How Many Blue Skies?
My oshimen’s solo center, Nogizaka46’s 10th single, 「何度目の青空か？」sung at Meiji Jingu Stadium in the summer of the rona. For a time, all is right in the world.
Talking About The Weather
It’s bugging me. Staying indoors. The outdoors has been beautiful since the rona had hit. The weather has made it difficult to stay inside. Too nice. Except if you go out, you die. STAY HOME!
It was never really hot and unpleasant so far this summer. Maybe a few days we’ve reached into the 90s, but we haven’t had that week where it’s been 90 and humid everyday. It makes it fun to go out for a walk. I’ve been doing that plenty.
It was a nice spring. Always a pleasant and cool day. Not too much rain either. I think although being in doors makes it hard to judge.
I wish the weather was worse. It would force everyone back in doors. We need for you to stay home to stop the spread of the rona. You do it now and maybe in the winter we can go out again. But wear a mask.
Link of the Day [7.12.20]
I check out this website, because I want some hot sauce, and the top of the head starts sweating. I should buy a few and really get that feeling.
Black Bean & Corn Salsa
I sort of made something decent today. As the title indicates, it was a black bean and corn salsa. I’m eating it with some tortilla chips. I’m sure this will taste better once the flavors meld together overnight. Yeah, I’m eating it right now it’s so good to me. Here’s how it came together.
About a 1/4 to 1/3 cup of dry black beans soaked overnight or like I did for the day about 8 hours. I soaked for 6, but did a quick soak where in you put it in a pot, bring it to a boil, then turn off the heat and let sit for an hour or so. After the beans where “soaked,” I dumped them into a pot and simmer for an hour. I added some salt, ground cumin, and ground coriander.
The other ingredients where a small can of corn kernels, one shallot diced, diced cilantro, and the juice of a lime. Throw all these into a bowl, add some salt and pepper to taste, mix well. Then add the black beans. Mix and check for seasoning.
Eat with tortillas. Enjoy.
Independence Day 2020
If only it was as simple.
Celebrate the 4th of July. Enjoy it. As Americans, remember that the country could be a better place. Then remember to take the fight to them, and get ready to take back the country to make America America again.
What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July?
Frederick Douglass asks in a speech in 1852, is this America for everyone? Is this America? This isn’t. It was never, and it will never have been.
#BlackLivesMatter
Now, we are no closer to the promise of America as it was back then. Even now white people are asking themselves that. The injustice upon which America was born has never been eradicated. It still exists and it ropes in everyone.
We must fight for it. We must fight for ourselves. For America. To live for the ideas. To fight for the ideas. Let’s remember this is ours, too. It’s their’s as well.
Link of the Day [6.26.20]
The answer to what that perl script t-shirt said, or at least, a paraphrasing of.
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Link of the Day [6.23.20]
Just because one recurring post series ends does not mean it stays done. Just look at “Link of the Day” as this series is just forever constant. Isn’t most everything I post a link of the day though? I guess I am just lazy at writing titles.
Anyhow, I return, once again, to Nogizaka46. I know, right. You’re probably sick and tired of them. You who do not know the fantastic group of girls. So today’s link can get you all the streaming of Nogizaka46 that you can handle. I think it’s just a couple hundred yen per month. Maybe it’s $10. Maybe it’s $15. I don’t know. Run it through a translation website. But at least you get tons of Nogizaka46 content.
Me? I’m not signed up just yet. Waiting for more concerts. You? Sign up. Today.
Covid-19 Days – 100
I think 100 consecutive days of blog posts is enough. I’ve done it before (see lotd). And I’ll most likely do it again. Maybe a few days from now we reset the counter and try it again?
Nah.
I ran out of things to say. And since we’re re-opening the country, there’s no need to be introspective anymore. We’ll either die or live. Our chances are 50-50. Just live your life carefully here on out.
What have we learned? Nothing. Wash your hands. Wear a face mask. Republicans are the devil. All this we’ve known before the pandemic. All this we’ll forget and have to relearn for the next pandemic. If there is one thing to never forget though is that Republicans want to kill you don’t let them.
Stay safe. Stay hopeful. Stay alive.
Fin.
Covid-19 Days – 99
My sleep schedule is totally messed. I’ve been trying to catch Nogizaka’s 46 Hour TV since yesterday. I was up late last night, and caught a couple hours of sleep this afternoon. I’m here for the last day for this. I’m loving every minute!
For me, the first Nogizaka46 Hour TV pulled me totally into the Nogi fandom. It happened back in 2016 in place of their 4th Year Birthday Live in February of that year. It was the last big thing to see them as they were when I first became a fan. I think it was 36 members across only two generations. Nagashima, MaiMai, and Nanamin would be graduated by the end of the year. Third generation would be there by the fall. But just those 46 hours early in the year cemented my love for the group and for its members.
It looks like we have about another 5-6 hours left. Nogizaka will always make me smile.