Covid-19 Days – 26

broderic on April 8, 2020

Want to do want these daily posts to be about? Is it my journal of what living through these times? Is it commentary on the current days events? What is it?

A blog.

First of all, I just wanted to write daily. This is the perfect time for it. Trapped at home with most nothing to do. I have blog I should use it. As you know when you look at my post counts, the blog has been stagnant for quite some time. Very few posts a month. Now is the perfect time to start writing. I can comment on what I see and what I am doing. Just my own slice of documenting living through the days of COVID-19.

Second, I wanted to write about the social and political turmoil going through these times. Except thinking about the politics makes me angry. Donald Trump makes me angry. Republicans make me angry. The GOP makes me angry. If there was ever time for the tumbrels to roll, nows the time. Their nefarious dealings and doings reminds me of the Battlestar Galactica reboot a decade ago. They fiddling around while the Cylons are showing up at New Caprica. They’re going to make peace with the devil and feed us into the infernal flames. I wish they would be the first to go, but sadly it us, the small folk, whole will suffer.

Third, working from home and I don’t want to interact with anyone anymore. Let me just do my job, code up some functionality, check-in the code, mark the story done. The other parts of work can all go away.

Last. I went for donuts. They were out of most every flavor. When will this nightmare end?

Covid-19 Days – 25

broderic on April 7, 2020

WFH sucks. And I am squatting like that!

Surprisingly, I’m still posting something daily. I can’t say the same about my exercise routine. I tried doing some “7 minute” exercise, but that was too, too long. Then I tried a stair challenge: 10 times timed. I got to about six days.

I don’t think it is lack of motivation. I am down 5 lbs. since the start of March, so I know I want to lose some more, but its just that it’s no fun. It’s better to sit on my butt and watch YouTube videos. I guess this is the same as the olden days.

Anyhow, the image above is from BusinessTown via kottke. I guess that’s me working from home, but the monkey has got a chair. It reminds me that I need to clear my office of the clutter so that I can work at a desk.

Covid-19 Days – 24

broderic on April 6, 2020

Let Erika Ikuta bring a smile to your face during these trying times. That’s all I’ve got for today. I think that’s enough to last us the rest of the week.

Covid-19 Days – 23

broderic on April 5, 2020

We’ve been sharing the food we’ve been cooking while locked up at home. Some of it looks good. Others look like a mistake. It’s all about cooking and staying at home since we really can’t go and eat out. If you do, it’s got to be carry out.

Today I wanted some donuts. There’s a Dunkin’ about a mile up the road. It’s not that far to walk as I do this almost weekly. I was going to buy a cup a coffee and a couple of donuts and eat them on the curb. Unfortunately, Dunkin’ only accepted drive thru. I didn’t want to bother, so I bought a box of six of Krispy Kreme from the Royal Farms on the other corner. It wasn’t the same.

So I got my walk in, and stimulated the economy, and ate some donuts. Maybe we’ll do some more tomorrow.

Covid-19 Days – 22

broderic on April 4, 2020

Now the laziness kicks in. Today I’ve got nothing to say. Just chilling at home. I did take the truck in. Turns out it was the AC giving up the ghost. I’m getting it fix. Just because summer’s just around the corner.

Beyond that, it’s all a waiting game as I am sure you’re all aware of. There really isn’t a place to go as things are kind of closed. I miss the bookstore. I miss going to some lame store just to browse. Eh. Things aren’t the same.

Covid-19 Days – 21

broderic on April 3, 2020

So, the truck has a coolant leak. What’s to do about this? Are auto shops open? Can you sit and wait or do you drop it off? Can I just wait for it to drain completely? But you know what, I think I would’ve been lazy about it even without the rona running around. Personally, I hate when these things happen. I’m doubly hating this because of the uncertainty about how to proceed.

Anyhow, I’m working on an off Friday to make up the hours that I need for this week. At the moment, I’m still short. LOL! Just need a couple of more hours.

Covid-19 Days – 20

broderic on April 2, 2020

It keeps going. The days go by and we still find ourselves unable to move freely. I’ve gone for walks, but don’t they feel awkward when you have to pass others on their own walks? Do you move a few meters aside? Do you not? How do you do it such that it doesn’t seem like your offended by the person?

So, is it alright to online shop for inessentials? Should I try buying a Nintendo Switch, a vacuum, or a couch? What about books from Amazon or clothing from Huckberry? Should I be pre-ordering Akimoto Manatsu’s photobook from Japan? What is the ethics in these actions?

Should I be putting others in harm’s way? Am I putting others in harm’s way? I guess I am just by doing my normal things. We must be careful and mindful lest we endanger others and ourselves. This virus really is a pain in the ass.

Covid-19 Days – 19

broderic on April 1, 2020

Matched! We made it, guys! Nineteen days. Got heem! We’re at twenty days because as a programmer I start at index zero.

And that’s where my interest in doing work from home. It’s at index zero and an emptiness where I don’t feel like working anymore. I feel like taking a week off to stare at the ceiling. I’ve seen nothing but the inside of my house, but that is all I want to see. I don’t want to see my work laptop. Just this laptop. I don’t want to do any work. We were supposed to have an Easter vacation. Yeah, that’s not happening anymore.

Link of the Day [4.01.20]

broderic on April 1, 2020

Toshiro Mifune would’ve been 100 years ago today. You can celebrate his legacy by catching a few of his films which TCM (Turner Classic Movies) will be showing all day. I think you should because you’re definitely stuck home because of the rona.

And if you don’t want to watch them all, I suggest Seven Samurai in prime time. Then stay up late to finish off the rest of his samurai epics!

http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/1565927|0/Toshiro-Mifune-100th-Birthday-Tribute-4-1.html

Covid-19 Days – 18

broderic on March 31, 2020

Yesterday I thought I had the rona. Today I don’t think I have the rona. Tomorrow who knows. I feel non-well, and I can’t tell if it is the rona or not. Perhaps I am frightened into feeling like I have the virus. It is all terribly confusing and frustrating.

Now we are truly locked up. The governor has issued the stay-at-home mandate. Except, I’m in an industry that is deemed essential and I have note that should get me through the blockades if needed. I don’t want to go to work. I don’t even want to do any work. I just want to lie in bed and worry about the world. I can’t tell if it is the rona responsible for my lethargy or if it’s naturally occurring because of staying cooped up for two weeks. It has been trying times, but that’s how it will go for the foreseeable future.

Now. I will bake some bread…