thimbles and pesatas
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the_siobhanTo get to the new bus stop I take a shortcut through the park by my house. It's only a city block wide but it's nice for the few feet it lasts. It's always about five degrees cooler under the trees. In the morning there is a group of older Asian women who get together to do tai chi. By the time I'm passing through they have finished their exercise and they are sitting together at a park bench chatting and sharing food out of Tupperware.
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An article I read about the techniques that are being used by the Hong Kong protesters to keep them ahead of the riot police.
https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2019/08/be-water-seven-tactics-are-winning-hong-kongs-democracy-revolution
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Project "try to take care of the meatsuit better" is actually making decent progress. I set myself a minimum of stationary bike plus weights at least three times a week and I've been able to stick to that. I've been less good about the yoga and I really need to work that in somehow because my back is terrible. Even once a week would be good.
Teaching myself to get more sleep is the next big monster fight. I suck at going to bed. I suck at getting up. And the more tired I am the worse the inertia hits me so the problem tends to compound on itself.
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The roofing job we couldn't afford finally got done so it's no longer raining inside the house. I got the residual sludge off the counters and floors this weekend and at some point I will get around to washing the walls. I also managed to reduce the shit-to-get-rid-of boxes from six down to four. There is still a ton of clutter but I am making gradual headway through it.
Money remains my biggest problem. I flat-out do not make enough to live here. Why can't I win the fucking lottery already? I promise I will use it for good and not for evil.
An article I read about the techniques that are being used by the Hong Kong protesters to keep them ahead of the riot police.
https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2019/08/be-water-seven-tactics-are-winning-hong-kongs-democracy-revolution
Project "try to take care of the meatsuit better" is actually making decent progress. I set myself a minimum of stationary bike plus weights at least three times a week and I've been able to stick to that. I've been less good about the yoga and I really need to work that in somehow because my back is terrible. Even once a week would be good.
Teaching myself to get more sleep is the next big monster fight. I suck at going to bed. I suck at getting up. And the more tired I am the worse the inertia hits me so the problem tends to compound on itself.
The roofing job we couldn't afford finally got done so it's no longer raining inside the house. I got the residual sludge off the counters and floors this weekend and at some point I will get around to washing the walls. I also managed to reduce the shit-to-get-rid-of boxes from six down to four. There is still a ton of clutter but I am making gradual headway through it.
Money remains my biggest problem. I flat-out do not make enough to live here. Why can't I win the fucking lottery already? I promise I will use it for good and not for evil.
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Date: 2019-08-13 11:01 am (UTC)Either way, the heat island thing is real!
I worry about the Chinese protesters.
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Date: 2019-08-27 05:22 pm (UTC)I used to live across the street from a 24-hour Hispanic grocery store but there was a tree line in-between the apartment complex and the parking lot. I would often make my first cup of tea in the morning before work and sit on the back patio relaxing with my tea and the trees.