To make up for such a lame post today, here’s some action for you. Some skateboard action.
I keep watching these guys bomb these hills and completely worry about them. What about a pebble in the road? Or a crack? Or cars coming their way? What does a wreck look like? I don’t really want that answered. I just want them to make it down in one piece. It’s amazing that they do.
I owe you guys a post…
But I’ve got nothing.
Like the trying times we are in doing a post a day is exhausting. Don’t say I don’t do nothing for you guys.
Happy Easter! I actually left the house to go have some lunch with the family risking it all just for a bit more of human touch. It was good to spend the time, but I was truly worried. I don’t know if I am a carrier and if I was I don’t want to see the ramifications of that decision. I went for some food and fun with the family who I haven’t seen in weeks.
It was nice.
Twenty-Eight Days later…
I’ve had this article in one my tabs looking for a time to post it, but I keep forgetting. You shouldn’t, so “Let’s Never Forget: Republicans Recklessly Put Our Lives in Danger.” They’ve been doing that for the majority of my life and probably since the 60s when they became the party of racism. Fuck them, and fuck their voters.
What day are at now? Thursday, April 9, 2020. Doesn’t it feel like a whole lifetime has passed? I’ve kind of lost track of the days.
I was used to the normal Monday to Friday slog at work. Morning – you commute to work. Afternoon – you commute home. Sleep. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. Then it’s Friday and the weekend is here. Get to Sunday, and it starts again.
There is no commute. I wake up. Roll out of bed, make coffee, and get to work. Lunch. Then work more into the evening – a bit more than the hours required. Since there’s nothing better to do. Log some more work. Like a busy worker bee Hulk, I’m always at work. That’s just sad.
So, it’s been an eventful work week. I’ve got some new things to do, and this time I’m enjoying it. The tasking is always what makes it fun. When it’s like this, then I don’t mind. When it was like it was about a week ago. I just want to stay in bed.
Now, I need a desk.
It’s both a city and a country!! Huzzah for the Merlion!!
I can’t believe it has been six years since I had visited Singapore. It’s a place I would love to go back. I am glad I went before it truly became the hot destination to go to after Crazy Rich Asians made it a star. Still, it’s one of those places that seem to be so lively to be at. Enjoy this walk about.
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?
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.
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.
