Irish People Eating [ ]...a brilliant series of videos on YouTube. You can watch one HERE. I've spent over an hour watching these clips, with no regrets.
News Boycott...I'm still mostly engaging in my national news boycott. And I have no compelling reason to change. Mind you, I'm staying informed, it's just that I have no use for the theatrics of the Trump Administration or the news media that's feeding it. On both sides of the political spectrum by the way. Donald Trump will go down in history as the worst president in this country's history, of that I am sure, but part of that story will be lost because of how the media has chosen to cover the man. Here's a suggestion: They are not "alternative facts"...if you or I did it they would be called "Lies".
In Nausea News...I had my first ever case of Norovirus. I don't like to throw up (I know, who does?), and in fact, it takes me a lot to get to that point. But last week, well, it happened about six times, in succession. And other things happened as well. A week and a half later there are still some things that I just can't be around, as the smell makes me want to gag. I also can't seem to stomach diet cola for some reason. Maybe there is a silver lining to this past storm after all.
Just to add a coda of sorts to the throwing up part, well, the cold I had before talking to Ralph has come back with a vengeance. I'm shocked as to how much worse my asthma makes having a cold. It's like a turbo-charger of suck.
What's I'm Listening To Now...A Flock of Seagulls. Really take a moment to listen to the guitar parts in "I Ran" and "Space Age Love Song"...you'll be shocked as to how good of a player Paul Reynolds was, back in the day.
At the time he was very, very young. Sadly, he doesn't seem to play much these days. As I understand it, he had something of a breakdown just two years or so into his time with AFOS.
9/10ths...In about a week or so I will be 9/10ths of the way done with my graduate degree coursework. After completing my last class I need to pass an industry exam and then, well, I'll be a fully fledged Villanova graduate. In an odd sort of way, the timing could not have been worse. During my time working on the degree I've had more than a few major life events, but yet, the show (or in my case "the paper writing") must go on. More than anything else though, I've promised myself and Ms Rivers that, after the final class, I'm going to start to throttle back my life a bit. It's time to end doing things because I feel as if I have to, and it's time to start doing more things that I just plain and simple enjoy. All of that is a just a few months away, and I'm very, very glad.
The Expanse...I don't watch much television, but I'm never the less intrigued by the SyFy channel's "The Expanse". So much so that I'm going to buy the first season on DVD.
One Week (in the can)...Prior to Monday the 20th, the last time I was a new employee somewhere Ronald Reagan was still President. I seem to have survived the week, although physically it was on the difficult side (see above). My mantra, more than anything else, is that this time I'm doing it for me...not to climb some corporate ladder, not to impress anyone, not to somehow prove something to anyone other than myself. One of the many blessings in my life has been that I am now at a place where I can actually think in those terms, although I will note that old (and bad) habits relating to competition (both real and imaginary) are hard to break.
Finally...I don't write much about dreams in this space, mainly because a) I usually don't recall them, and b) Ascribing meaning to them is about 6 degrees of new-age too much for me. That noted, I had a dream last night that my brother Chris was talking to me. I don't recall what he said. I do recall that he looked well, full of color and full of life. I'll gladly have that dream again.
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