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CW: Today... 2026 March 17 ... Food... Groceries... Attempt to rest...
Well, um yeah that rest thing. How does one do it? I got up early, as I wasn't sleeping. As I was trying to find a bit of just trying to get my "tea" (basically hot water most days) at least started before people tried to interact, I don't think I even had the kettle on and was dealing with other folk.
That said, I got food in the morning, I got some water out to the birbs. It was warm today (I didn't really notice, as I wasn't out other than briefly, and it was warm enough, but it got a good deal warmer).
Snow's been melting, but I'm not sure how much. It's probably down to about 1/4 what we got overnight the other night in the places that it's still hanging about.
I did just kind of crash on my bed after a bit. It was worth it, though very strange just like not properly in bed... Just flopped on the bed, which wasn't really in a state to be flopped on.
Did have a sauna today. That was good.
Groceries were got. I don't really remember what was got. It was fair, but kind of annoying putting stuff around when mum's saying "we don't want that..." and it's like. "who's this we who doesn't do any (or more than about once a week) of the cooking?"
I know, I'm kind of grumpy, but maybe I have a right to be? Do we have spinach? I wonder... That might be something to look into, see if I can make some sort of spinach thing with the filo (not sure if it's #spanakopita #σπανακόπιτα, but sort of). I don't know how to enter Greek. At least not easily.
Managed food today. Decently. Loads of dishes to deal with. I probably don't have enough room in the dishwasher for the dishes, and that's OK.
That's kind of it for the day. I think.
Thank you everyone. Take care. -
CW: Today... 2026 March 17 ... Food... Groceries... Attempt to rest...
Well, um yeah that rest thing. How does one do it? I got up early, as I wasn't sleeping. As I was trying to find a bit of just trying to get my "tea" (basically hot water most days) at least started before people tried to interact, I don't think I even had the kettle on and was dealing with other folk.
That said, I got food in the morning, I got some water out to the birbs. It was warm today (I didn't really notice, as I wasn't out other than briefly, and it was warm enough, but it got a good deal warmer).
Snow's been melting, but I'm not sure how much. It's probably down to about 1/4 what we got overnight the other night in the places that it's still hanging about.
I did just kind of crash on my bed after a bit. It was worth it, though very strange just like not properly in bed... Just flopped on the bed, which wasn't really in a state to be flopped on.
Did have a sauna today. That was good.
Groceries were got. I don't really remember what was got. It was fair, but kind of annoying putting stuff around when mum's saying "we don't want that..." and it's like. "who's this we who doesn't do any (or more than about once a week) of the cooking?"
I know, I'm kind of grumpy, but maybe I have a right to be? Do we have spinach? I wonder... That might be something to look into, see if I can make some sort of spinach thing with the filo (not sure if it's #spanakopita #σπανακόπιτα, but sort of). I don't know how to enter Greek. At least not easily.
Managed food today. Decently. Loads of dishes to deal with. I probably don't have enough room in the dishwasher for the dishes, and that's OK.
That's kind of it for the day. I think.
Thank you everyone. Take care. -
CW: Today... 2026 March 17 ... Food... Groceries... Attempt to rest...
Well, um yeah that rest thing. How does one do it? I got up early, as I wasn't sleeping. As I was trying to find a bit of just trying to get my "tea" (basically hot water most days) at least started before people tried to interact, I don't think I even had the kettle on and was dealing with other folk.
That said, I got food in the morning, I got some water out to the birbs. It was warm today (I didn't really notice, as I wasn't out other than briefly, and it was warm enough, but it got a good deal warmer).
Snow's been melting, but I'm not sure how much. It's probably down to about 1/4 what we got overnight the other night in the places that it's still hanging about.
I did just kind of crash on my bed after a bit. It was worth it, though very strange just like not properly in bed... Just flopped on the bed, which wasn't really in a state to be flopped on.
Did have a sauna today. That was good.
Groceries were got. I don't really remember what was got. It was fair, but kind of annoying putting stuff around when mum's saying "we don't want that..." and it's like. "who's this we who doesn't do any (or more than about once a week) of the cooking?"
I know, I'm kind of grumpy, but maybe I have a right to be? Do we have spinach? I wonder... That might be something to look into, see if I can make some sort of spinach thing with the filo (not sure if it's #spanakopita #σπανακόπιτα, but sort of). I don't know how to enter Greek. At least not easily.
Managed food today. Decently. Loads of dishes to deal with. I probably don't have enough room in the dishwasher for the dishes, and that's OK.
That's kind of it for the day. I think.
Thank you everyone. Take care. -
CW: Today... 2026 March 17 ... Food... Groceries... Attempt to rest...
Well, um yeah that rest thing. How does one do it? I got up early, as I wasn't sleeping. As I was trying to find a bit of just trying to get my "tea" (basically hot water most days) at least started before people tried to interact, I don't think I even had the kettle on and was dealing with other folk.
That said, I got food in the morning, I got some water out to the birbs. It was warm today (I didn't really notice, as I wasn't out other than briefly, and it was warm enough, but it got a good deal warmer).
Snow's been melting, but I'm not sure how much. It's probably down to about 1/4 what we got overnight the other night in the places that it's still hanging about.
I did just kind of crash on my bed after a bit. It was worth it, though very strange just like not properly in bed... Just flopped on the bed, which wasn't really in a state to be flopped on.
Did have a sauna today. That was good.
Groceries were got. I don't really remember what was got. It was fair, but kind of annoying putting stuff around when mum's saying "we don't want that..." and it's like. "who's this we who doesn't do any (or more than about once a week) of the cooking?"
I know, I'm kind of grumpy, but maybe I have a right to be? Do we have spinach? I wonder... That might be something to look into, see if I can make some sort of spinach thing with the filo (not sure if it's #spanakopita #σπανακόπιτα, but sort of). I don't know how to enter Greek. At least not easily.
Managed food today. Decently. Loads of dishes to deal with. I probably don't have enough room in the dishwasher for the dishes, and that's OK.
That's kind of it for the day. I think.
Thank you everyone. Take care. -
CW: Today... 2026 March 10 ... Archivedon... Computers... Humans... 1/?
Yeah, let's go with that last one. This morning I was just not feeling up to dealing with humans. The caretaker showed up to get groceries, I hid. I was genuinely tired, and it's not really my thing to deal with that. At least there's no reason it should be, and I don't get why anyone would make a point of ensuring I do deal with stuff that isn't really mine to deal with.
I get the desire to ensure that things aren't "wrong" or whatever... I just don't see how dealing with people who stress me out is ever any way to make sure things are going fine... It feels like a great way to make sure things are going poorly.
Yes, I have tried to communicate this. I really would like this sort of thing be handled with, "hey you want a ride to do this, sure no problem..." Not even saying that it should be just that it happens. People (unfortunately) have to be paid. Don't have a problem (well beyond the whole it's a stupid state of affairs), with that, or other stuff.
I just have a problem with the people who ask questions like, "how are you?" and then when you answer honestly, tucking that away to weaponize later... Or those who ask, "what would you like in this situation" when the situation involves like a dozen different variables, and they are "in a hurry"...
I also "had" to deal with the doctor. Not my doctor. Not really "anyone's" doctor. Was from the hospital... And since it's very clear that they have zero interest in responding to, "I can't respond to your question because it's defined in vague ways, and I just can't process it," in a way that allows for more effective communication, but rather, "sure fine..."
Why are you talking to me, if you will ask me questions, and I'll say why I can't answer your question, and you just dismiss it. Are you making a claim that you are incapable of addressing the fact that you asked a question of, "what do you want to happen with your mum?" when there's like a dozen things involved... Many of which are out of my control. Many of which there's been promises which have fallen through, and simply not happened, with zero communication as to what would happen.
And please don't ask me what she wants. Especially since I've only talked to her, briefly on the phone. I only confirmed that I don't have reason to believe that her state of mind around what she wants has changed.
I'm not OK with sharing stuff that I know "is not working" when it's clear in my mind that the reason you're asking me, is so that you can justify your coercive communication... Dad's "good" with that, because he's not really even aware of what's going on.
To my knowledge, I don't have a legal duty to provide care against the wishes of my parents. If so... The health care system can fuck itself.
I went to watch the #Archivedon film, and I'm not really sure if it's going to be possible to do so on that computer... -
Watching here an hour (or more) behind. It looks like about 62 minutes behind.
I'm about 14 minutes in, and it's not going terribly well. Anyone got any #Archivedon feedback?
Oh... There's a Thing showing up now... -
Just went to watch the #Archivedon film. Even locally it's not playing. I do have audio (that took close to an hour (45 minutes) to figure out, and not the way I want it). I'm starting an hour late not sure if anyone has said anything or is watching. If I missed something sorry. Thanks everyone.
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CW: Today... 2026 March 9 ... Weather? Archivedon...
Yesterday was the warmest we'd seen for months (as far as I can tell), and this morning woke up to fresh snow. Weird weather I guess. It feels weird, though it's "Spring in the Kootenays" and this is somewhat normal that it be weird like this (very much like this, where it seems very much warm, spring and everything, then snow).
Tomorrow is #Archivedon at 19:00 PDT (GMT-7?)... I have the film up at:
https://video2.jigmedatse.com/w/rifHHdHZjUX9mj9Pgh78ad
I think. There's another version which has the same timecode listed, but it's ~1/60th the length. No idea why it may have done that, but when I was looking at it earlier, it appeared to be the full film, but it's just not there.
It appears the file (original) claims that length, but it is wrong.
Please join us tomorrow night to watch this. I think that we should be good to go.
Searching for it, gives me:
https://archive.org/search?query=The+Thing+From+Another+World+1951&page=2&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22movies%22
which the actual films, are way down at the bottom, but it's only 96 or so films shown there.
I'm going to try to get some sleep... May be lucky, set things up downstairs, and enjoy a nice nap while #Archivedon is happening.
Tomorrow for Archivedon is Tuesday March 10... Which is actually today. -
I don't think I mentioned that we got wood yesterday. I think I did. It is very wet. I'm hoping I'm just being paranoid about it being so wet, but there's some sign that it's stuff I wouldn't want in a use that I'm relying on it staying strong in a hidden location. We have a tester, but I'm not sure how good it is. The wood which is clearly drier than it was when we got it, is at 30% or there abouts. Not happy with that, as I'd like to not have to re-season wood that has been kiln dried. I'm hoping the fact it's been kiln dried, means it'll dry fairly quickly. #woodworking #lumber
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I don't think I mentioned that we got wood yesterday. I think I did. It is very wet. I'm hoping I'm just being paranoid about it being so wet, but there's some sign that it's stuff I wouldn't want in a use that I'm relying on it staying strong in a hidden location. We have a tester, but I'm not sure how good it is. The wood which is clearly drier than it was when we got it, is at 30% or there abouts. Not happy with that, as I'd like to not have to re-season wood that has been kiln dried. I'm hoping the fact it's been kiln dried, means it'll dry fairly quickly. #woodworking #lumber