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greghousesgf) wrote2025-10-22 12:13 pm
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somedayseattle) wrote2025-10-21 02:34 pmthe next avenue over
The perfect combo.
somedayseattle) wrote2025-10-20 02:33 pmthings i cannot do
Then, in a couple seeks when they are eliminated from the playoffs, stash all that shit away and go back to my trusted "Who Farted?" cap.
susandennis) wrote2025-10-22 07:19 amFog season
I learned yesterday that they are trying to convince Hazel to move into assisted living. John is not dead yet but he's not ever going to move back to their apartment. She can't live there on her own - she has minor memory issues but mainly can't see shit. She can't work the telephone most of the time. She can turn on the TV but only to Netflix and if something screws with that, she's lost. She can't drive or figure out how to get a ride to anywhere and has had two major (stitches) falls since Labor Day. BUT denial is strong. She says the assisted living apartments are too small and she is claustrophobic. This is going to be a situation.
They are closing the pool down Monday-Thursday of next week to do work on the filters or something. Yesterday, I sent a note to the maintenance scheduler to ask if I could sneak in a swim Monday morning before they start and I just got the nicest note back saying they won't be closing the pool actually until about 9. So I can get easily get a Monday swim in before they do.
Bonny and I are having dinner in the dining room tonight. I rarely eat there so this will be a treat for me. She eats there a couple of times a week but rarely with me so this will be a treat for her. hahahah
Otherwise, the day looks normal. Puzzling, TV, knitting - the usual. My knee is 99% healed and I'm so grateful. It's such a relief.
Ok. Time to hit the pool while we still have this fog.
house_wren) wrote2025-10-22 03:32 amwhite and gold
I saw a golden eagle sitting in a field. Golden eagles are BIG!
I went on a long drive to visit a small town with a yarn shop. Result! The staff were friendly AND helpful, it was well organized, and it had the kind of yarns I like.
Assuming my joints will allow it, I'm going to make 'banana' socks, which is a tube sock (no heel) that uses ribbing and welts for shaping.
On the way home I took the smaller roads. The sunlight was hitting the trees on the hills in just the right angle to emphasize the colors. I passed by two one-room schoolhouses. They were white clapboard buildings, each with two front doors. Evidently the doors went into the cloakrooms, one for boys and one for girls.
There were one-room schools out in the country when I grew up. There was still one operating when I was in college; I knew the teacher. When it closed, and the kids rode a bus to the school in town.
I'm watching The Queen of Office, a comedy k-drama. Sometimes it is predictable, and sometime it surprises me in a way that makes me laugh out loud.
days_unfolding) wrote2025-10-21 10:58 pmIn-Person Meeting Day 1
Woke up with my alarm at 6 AM. I couldn’t remember why I was getting up so early for the longest time. Oh yeah, the in-person meeting. My stomach is upset, but I have to go, so that’s that.
The meeting went okay. My grand boss got a little teary because it’s her last annual meeting, and my glasses fogged up a little too. I did get a major dizzy spell during the morning and had to sit down and put my head down.
I loved the pants that I wore to the meeting, so I ordered a pair in navy.
Another dizzy spell. Sigh. I want to lie down.
Um. I got a like on Coffee Meets Bagel from a guy in Gainesboro, TN. I don’t think that will work geographically.
I stupidly left my Kizik shoes out, and one got chewed. Sigh. I ordered a new pair for my trip.
Napped and slept until 9 PM. Got the garbage out.
The BBC had an article about bacteria on your toothbrush. Ugh. They suggested soaking it in mouthwash.
It’s a zoo here. Gracie is barking at Oliver. Oliver is hissing. Lily has gotten out of the fray and went upstairs. Bella ate Gracie’s food. Fed us all.
Now I need to log on and modify a file for our training exercise tomorrow (done).
I was looking for a straw and found my spare set of Zenni glasses. (My housekeeping style is "There appears to have been a struggle".) Now I need to start laundry because I want to wear the jeans tomorrow that I have on. And go to bed.
inchoatewords) wrote2025-10-21 08:49 pmMedia Post
Television/Streaming: Taskmaster, of course. Continued with season 2 of Farscape:
- "The Way We Weren't," which shows us Aeryn's past as a Peacekeeper and how Pilot was installed on Moya (against Moya's will; and I really felt for Pilot being constantly in pain due to the grafting)
- "Picture If You Will," where Chiana gets the painting that shows hers (and others') fates in it and they gets sucked in, all Maldis' doing.
Also continued with season 2 of Buffy:
- "Inca Mummy Girl," where the museum exhibit of same comes to life in the form of an attractive girl that somehow likes Xander (ugh at Xander doing that "talk slow and loudly to someone who is not a native English speaker," glad he abandons that quickly. Ugh at Cordelia for being a total bitch).
- "Reptile Boy," where Cordelia convinces Buffy to go to a frat party, where they end up in a basement dungeon as potential sacrifices to a snake-like god. All of the college guys look 30+ in this episode. I made a lot of snarky comments during this one, hah.
Books: I finished The Painted Bird, which was . . . something. I'll just copy and paste my Goodreads/Storygraph review:
I read Being There by this author many years ago. I didn't particularly care for it, as I recall it was too implausible. I understood it to an allegory but it still bugged me.
Fast forward to now and this book, which i didn't even realize was the same author at first. I think this is on the Goodreads Most Disturbing Books list, which might explain how it ended up on my tbr.
The Painted Bird is, indeed, disturbing. Anything anyone could possibly think of for a trigger/ content warning is here: assault, physical and sexual, including children; violence to animals, including bestiality; suicide; and that's just the ones I can recall as I type this.
Now, obviously many atrocities were perpetuated on people, both Jewish and non, during WWII. This book takes place in Poland, as the protagonist (implied to be the author himself, or based on his experiences) travels from village to village trying to remain safe as the Germans begin to round folks up and send them to the camps. The main character is dark haired and dark eyed and is called what is now considered a slur. Romani people were also rounded up back then, so the villagers' hatred of him is historical.
But the torture and the violence are so unrelenting that i had to stop halfway through and look up the author. And it seems that this book is actually fiction. In addition, there is some speculation about whether Kozinski actually wrote it.
I actually hated the main character by the end of this book. I know that all the evil and misery and such obviously have an effect on him, but I was glad to be done and I can't recommend this to anyone.
I also read a short story called "Death Row" by Frieda McFadden. A lot of folks on Goodreads were apparently confused by the "twist" ending, whereas I thought it was pretty evident what happened. The plot reminded me of asinine Reddit posts, where a person suspects their partner of something, usually cheating, and instead of actually talking to them and confirming this, they go right to Reddit and draw up divorce papers. I've never read anything else by this author and I think that's fine.
Video Games: Stardew Valley! We've gotten to Ginger Island now and are working on the quests and such there. I also just got the movie theatre opened.
greghousesgf) wrote2025-10-21 10:55 am
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susandennis) wrote2025-10-21 08:47 amNo more This Is What It's All About
So all's well that ends well. hahahahaha
I played volleyball this morning and it was fun. My knee twinged a couple of times but not badly and it is fine now. In all the knee madness, I'd taken to no longer wearing the brace for my elbow tendinitis. I need to still wear it. So I'll put it back in my swim bag.
My across the hall neighbor, Jim, has been deteriorating mentally for a while now. Yesterday afternoon, I ran into him coming back from dinner and he had a carer!! Finally. And she's a good one. We have a solid program here of careers. You can hire them for an hour a day or 24/7. They will help with every day things or just be with you in case you need help and, in Jim's case, they will make sure he's ok inside his apartment and goes to get meals. There are a bunch that work here a lot. The one with him yesterday took care of Gail, who lived down the hall, when her husband died. Jim appeared to be very comfortable with him. So, whew. I don't have to worry about his burning down the place or turning up as a corpsicle.
Today is house cleaning day - yeah!!! And that's about it for action. Fine by me. The only thing on my list today is lunch x 4. Their lunch menu this week includes Chicken Teriyaki Bowl. And theirs is better than anyone else's in Issaquah. PLUS. it reheats from freezing beautifully. So I'm going to order up a bunch today for the freezer (and lunch). This will also help my monthly meal credit balance. I think I'll order that up now for pickup later and then... go get dressed.
greghousesgf) wrote2025-10-20 07:05 pm(no subject)
days_unfolding) wrote2025-10-20 08:23 pmDiscombobulated
I forgot to put my hearing aids on. With it, I’m not. Dropped off the car to be fixed. I've heard that it's not a great place to buy a car, but they have a slick, well-organized operation in their service department.
It's COLD today (38F/3C this morning). I was toasty last night under the comforters though.
My neck is killing me. I was going to skip my massage until after my cruise, but maybe I need to squeeze it in. Okay, I booked for Saturday at 4:30. I'm wondering if I need to consult with a chiropractor.
The car is ready but I’m waiting until after my 1:00 meeting to pick it up. I'll go get it at 4 PM (done).
I'm a little nervous about our in-person meetings tomorrow and Wednesday. I'll be glad when they're over. I'm doing a last-minute survey and some notes for one and a presentation for the other. Must remember my hearing aids!
Gracie cracks me up. I was going "SSSSSSSSHHH," and she cocked her head like, "What is that noise?" Now I know how to shut her up :)
There was an accident right outside at the intersection. The people involved are okay, but the cars aren't. I heard it upstairs. My neighbor said that's because we have a "Yield" sign rather than a "Stop" sign.
The retirement place at which I was looking is indeed REALLY expensive. I found one in Bloomington that's more reasonable, but I'd really like to stay in Champaign-Urbana. There is one in Savoy (south of Champaign) that is worth checking out.
My hearing aids were dead as a doornail (how did that phrase come about?), so I told my choir director that I was staying home. That also will make it easier to get my things together for tomorrow and to sleep early.
And my glasses are missing again! I think that I need some of those dorky glasses chains to keep them on me. Found the glasses. They fell out of my pocket.
Fed us all and took the dogs out. Checked the weather to decide what to wear tomorrow. It’ll be cool.
I’m trying the “Coffee Meets Bagel” dating site for a hoot. I don’t expect much from it.
Ugh. The "work all hours" culture is back in Silicon Valley. They're calling it "996," a demanding 72-hour workweek, working from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week. But I used to work longer hours than that. I remember working every day for a month. I'm glad that I left that behind.
I've got my clothes for tomorrow in the wash. When they're done, I'll go to sleep, although I also need to pack up my work laptop for tomorrow.
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susandennis) wrote2025-10-20 08:04 amIs it memorex
And finally I get a news notification from the New York Times that Amazon reports issues with AWS. HA! Yes. It's not me!! Hilariously, when I click on the article, it errors out. Oh well. At least I don't have to get a new router. Hope they fix their shit soon.
The Mariners lost again last night which means they play tonight - the final final final - last game. Unless they win and then the Dodgers will be at them four games in a row starting Friday. I am coming to believe that baseball needs to be over by mid October at the latest.
My knee is much better. Lying on my side to sleep still makes it complain a bit but standing, walking, moving around is fine. I think I'll take it for a swim this morning and play volleyball tomorrow. Nothing else on the agenda really.
Hmmmm Flickr is also dependent on AWS... Ok, while Amazon fixes their cloud, I think I'll go swimming.