kingtycoon | Come on. Come on. You can do it.

The candidate I liked lost this week. I was pretty displeased. Poor Nina - she ran hard but the israeli lobby came at her very strong in the end. In a less gerrymandered state she'd probably be a congressperson already.

I was down about it and worked not very hard on Wednesday because of it. But I work pretty hard. At home. That's my coup for '21 (as opposed to everyone else's I guess?) WFH forever. I moved to a nicer place because of it- if I'm gonna be home all the time - maybe it should be a nicer place. So that's done.

And Covid is still Covid. I think that people got shitty about their anti-virus behaviors because no matter what you did there was someone who seemed to be taking it more seriously than you, someone was trying harder than you were. Are. WFH - that's favorable. Masks came off, maybe they'll go back on? Got my shots, everyone in my clique got theirs - mostly. And then? Now it's masks again - and its associated shaming. First time with masks I used the prayer cloth bought from the feast- the bandana that I had. Now I've got a whole array of masks. For occasions.

Honor, my friend Jeff's daughter's college graduation was the first real event. Back at the end of June. That broke the levee I guess. Jeff wouldn't go out he's got breathing machines & whatnot already - so none of going outside for him for a year. Now we've been meeting at his driveway tiki-bar. Weekly thing. It's going okay.

Friends come by to the new place. There's protocols now. I figure I'll go back to baking. Made a pie already. Cherry - but you mix in some marmalade with the the cherry mess - it makes it more liquidy but also improves the taste, by a lot. When you come by you can get a plate to paint. I did the research & found the sealant that's food safe. Now you have a plate when you come over. Welcome.

Took a little trip to Chicago & had a bad time - back in July. Felt like I'd earned a departure for a while but - wasn't much of a vacation. Wouldn't have gone had I known. But still got out & had a weird time on the train.

Public transit is changing. My bus line stopped. I was excited that they'd take my advice & combine with the other neighborhood trolley & bus services - make it obsolete. RTA just killed the line instead. A lot of people off the bus for a year probably made the decision for them.

Agatha dyed her hair black to look like her parents, I guess. Went to a couple of weeks of art school on campus. I went to chicago for that - if she's not around why am I?

She made cool stuff & at the (poorly operated) show I had to get a loaner mask. That was still early July - pre-Delta/Post-Vaccine - the mandates lifted. Who knew right? But made it less than wonderful. She did alright though - made something cool

Today she ran off to the Ren Faire with her chums. It's an important part of any young person's life - learning that the Renaissance Faire is boring & dumb. I wish her luck.

My work has gotten to be more - scribal? I've been writing a lot for work & so not very much recreationally. Didn't even finish a book this year. Well, so far.