voices in the cage are getting way too loud to sleep through

[the_siobhan]

May
3 – Write a Review Day: Do you write reviews for products or services (e.g. reviews on Amazon, or on a restaurant's or shop's website)? Do you do this regularly, or only if you're particularly happy or dissatisfied with the product or service? Whether or not you write reviews, do you read reviews left by others to help your decision-making process? Do you find negative reviews more helpful than positive ones?
4 – Petite and Proud Day: Petite is used to describe a person about or under 162 cm / 5'4". Are you petite? Do you think petite women maybe have an easier time of it than short men? Would you (or have you) dated someone shorter than you?
5 – Space Day: Ever wondered what lies beyond our skies? Do you think we'll ever have permanent human settlements on the moon, or on Mars?

3. Occasionally. Usually when I am impressed by something that was better or worse than I expected it to be. 4. Ha ha, I am built like a linebacker, so no. I think short & slight men definitely have a hard time of it, and I have dated lots of people shorter than me. (The shortest by a full foot.) 5. That would depend strongly if on whether or not we off ourselves first.


6 – International No Diet Day: We usually associate a diet with an attempt to lose weight, but many have to follow special diets for other health reasons. Do you, or have you ever, followed a specific diet? Has it, or did it achieve what it was meant to do?

Yeah, I follow a diet. Don't eat red meat or fish too often because it makes my joints hurt. Don't eat eggs more often than once a week because no gallbladder means I can't digest them - and anything that's especially cream-heavy can sometimes be difficult too. Take lactose pills if it has a lot of dairy in it. Eat bananas for the potassium 'cause apparently that's good for joints. Eat handfuls of fucking supplements every day because getting old is bullshit. Eat at minimum three hours before bed so as not to trigger GERD. Try not to scream in frustration because the fucking meat suit wants to eat again, I fed it already today, what the fuck, who designed this thing?

So. Erm. I might have issues around food. A bit.

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I am absolutely slaughtered today and I have no idea why - all I did yesterday was sit on buses and streetcars. Literally all day - 90 minutes to get to the old man's residence, an hour on WheelTrans to get to his appointment, 40 minutes sitting in a waiting room, an hour wait for the bus back, over an hour trip to his residence and finally over two hours on the (packed) streetcar home - I sat on my ass All. Day. And today I feel like I was under the wheels the whole time.

 Of course I am dealing with insurance companies today, which is exhausting all by itself. But still. I was close to useless at work today.

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I assume somebody was here yesterday because some stuff was moved around, but nothing today. So I guess the electricians are done? The latest delay in the contractor's part of the work is because, and I shit you not, somebody tried to steal his truck and managed to scramble the computer so now it won't start. He tells me he gets it back from the mechanic on Monday and then work will resume.

Meanwhile Dr River Song is very interested in the plastic sheet barring her from the kitchen. I have zero doubt that she could bulldoze her way through if she decides she wants to. This cat does pull-ups on her scratching post and we have 40lbs of metal plates stacked against the front door to keep her out of the upstairs. I don't think she can get outside if she does claw her way into the kitchen, but I would just as soon not have her rolling around in the sawdust and fibreglass.

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I read an opinion piece recently that basically boiled down to, "If companies in Toronto want people to go back to the office, they are going to have to fix the transit system so that people can actually get there." Which... yes?

Apparently the current front-runner in the upcoming Mayoral election is Olivia Chow - former city counsellor and MP and with a solid progressive history. I hope the hell she gets in, she would actually prioritize things like infrastructure and public services.

Gotta thank the woman who got Tory bounced out of his job - she really took one for the team.

 

Comments

[jo]

My theory is Chow is the "frontrunner" because hers is likely the most recognizable name at the moment. There are what -- about 50 candidates currently running? I'm pretty sure that's why Tory was re-elected last time -- out of 30+ candidates, his was the only name most people who bothered to vote recognized. At the Legislature, we're betting that if Chow wins, the Assembly will be recalled to immediately repeal the "Strong Mayor" Act the government introduced because Ford and co. won't want someone like Chow having that much power to push things through that they don't agree with.

[the_siobhan]

Yep. I agree with your theory.

I hope that Strong Mayor shit bites Ford in the ass hard.