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My episode 10 notes didn't get saved :/ But I loved the scene where Lito is at the audition, and Sun really needs his help, and he ends up making the sidecar for her and saving the day. I thought for sure he blew the audition, but then Sun of all people helps him channel that loneliness. Really lovely twist, and it was nice to see Sun and Lito connect when I don't think they have scenes together very often.

The hollywood party! It was so fascinating to see it be so overwhelming for Lito, who I already think of as such a big movie star. The show does a great job of capturing how new things feel now that Lito is trying to be himself and not just some character all the time, but this party really was all about playing your part and being fake. I loved the beautiful scene at the beach with Hernando, where Lito really could feel like himself.

It was so sad to see Capheus' lovely moment get ruined but the speech was great. He really has some of the best lines.

( Episode 11 )

silver_chipmunk

But I celebrated it today.

Started out with breakfast and coffee and showering and dressing and heading to my Al-anon meeting. It was small but good.

The S and G and I went to a different diner for lunch. I got French onion soup, whihc was good but not as good as the other diner. Then I went home via the 12 bus to Parsons Blvd. It was a nice springlike day.

Got home and went to the Starsky and Hutch episode watch and chat. I actually got to see a part of the episode, The Collector. Then we chatted until I left at 5:15.

I got ready to go meet the Kid and her boyfriend and

mashfanficchick at Applebees in Astoria. That meant taking the 66 bus.

The bus was running with delays for some reason, and I waited about half an hour for it to show up. I was afraid I would be late meeting the Kid, but I got there right on time, and just as she and her boyfriend were arriving. (

mashfanficchick had called me and said ze would be late). They had a big bouquet of flowers for me.

We got seated and ordered drinks. When

mashfanficchick texted to say ze would be there in 15 minutes we ordered food (Ze had texted me zer order)

The food was excellent, and the Kid only a little annoying with her lecturing me about my weight and finances. I know she only does it cause she loves me.

I got dessert, and then we left. I took the 66 home again, only had to wait 7 minutes this time.

I got home around 10:00, and fed the pets and put the flowers in a vase. I Teamed the FWiB and we talked for a little less than an hour.

Then I frantically played solitaire cause I had an event that was ending at 12:00. I finished with literally one minute to spare!

And now it's time for bed.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. The Kid.

3.

mashfanficchick

4. The Starsky and Hutch fandom.

5. My meetings and the people there.

6. Finished that solitaire event on time.

Current Mood: cheerful

greghousesgf

I finished off the last of the muscle relaxants last night and the pain has not come back, it just feels a little tender. They apparently turned on the pool heater because it doesn't feel like ice water now so I swam some laps, if D. and A. ask about using my pool again I'll be happy to have them over.

I don't know why

paperghost banned me. We didn't have an argument

Current Music: Velvet Underground

temris

It's Eid right now, and I have exams after a week. I had picked up a Turkish translation of the Iliad earlier this month and managed to finish it yesterday, but it was very boring. I'm not someone who gets bored easily when I'm reading something "historical". This was not the case with this work.

I'll share here my review I've posted on Goodreads.

( Review )

Current Mood: annoyed

silver_chipmunk

Got up this morning at 11:00, had breakfast and coffee. I puttered online for awhile, then showered and washed my hair.

I got dressed, and puttered online some more. I played some solitaire too.

I ate the chicken that

mashfanficchick gave me that was left over from dinner the other night, for lunch.

Finally at 5:00 I went to my meeting in the Bronx.

Very annoying, I waited on 35th and Farrington for the 25. The bus stop is no longer marked, and the bus passed by me and didn't stop, so I have no idea what they've done with that stop.

I walked to the 50 stop, and just made a 50. But it's a long walk and I was annoyed.

Went to the pizza place and had pizza for dinner. Then went to my meeting. There was some confusion if we were supposed to be upstairs or down, but we figured it out.

The meeting was very good. M drove me to the bus stop afterward. It was raining but I brought my umbrella. The bus was about 11 minutes late.

I got to the stop for the 25 and 61, the 61 got there before the 25 which is unusual. So I took the 61.

Got home a bit before 10:00. Fed the pets, and got on the computer to Team the FWiB. We had issues that were not the fault of my computer!

We talked a little over an hour, and then I started here.

The Kid texted me today. We are meeting at 6:45 tomorrow at Applebee's for my birthday.

mashfanficchick is coming too. So that should be fun.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. My computer seems to be working well, mostly.

3. My meetings and the people there.

4. I had my umbrella.

5. The Kid.

6. My birthday is coming soon.

Current Mood: cheerful

greghousesgf

Had some spice tea. God, did I have a crazy morning. Normally in my bldg there are a bunch of grocery carts that the maintenance guys use to haul around stuff and us tenants use for laundry and to get groceries. The grocery outlet is several blocks away and for years you could use carts from other groceries and just take them and put them back later. Well, I was trying to do this when the damn cart freezes up completely when I haven't gotten to the store yet, in fact I haven't even gotten more than halfway across the parking lot. I consider trying to get another cart when I get into a conversation with a woman who had accidentally locked her keys in her car. I try to help but there isn't much I can do, then she says if I go in and get my groceries she'll give me a ride home if she's been able to get to her keys by the time I come out. So I go in and get my groceries and when I came out she had gone! I was so pissed.
Now you need to know one of the main reasons I don't have Uber is I haven't put my credit card on my phone because I'm too paranoid about my phone getting lost or stolen. So I tried to call a taxi and I had to call SIX taxi companies before one would even tell me they would come over there. Then they were at least 20 minutes late. By some MIRACLE, a lady drives up and offers me a ride. As we're driving out of the parking lot the damn taxi driver calls me and SAYS he's there. I got a very good look out of the woman's car windows and there's no taxi in the damn parking lot so I just tell the guy I already left. (I had also been standing in front of the grocery outlet for a VERY long time with my damn arthritis so my legs really fucking HURT. there are no benches or anything to sit down on in front of the grocery outlet).
oh, and I forgot the damn potatoes!

Current Mood: stressed
Current Music: Paolo Conte

southernmedicine

Life is pretty chill, for the most part.

Blair was hit hard with the flu and is way behind in almost everything. She graduates in May and is looking down the barrel of having to find a career in her field, though that's looking to be quite difficult these days (national parks and whatnot are being defunded, after all).

I need to do my taxes. I've been doing everything BUT.

Mostly between the two of us, we've been working, sleeping, and cuddling on the sofa watching youtube. It's a listless time, as the season changes over. We got a LOT of snow this last weekend, so much so that my work was closed down on Monday. Keeping things tidy, running errands, and trying to keep up with my shows. I'm not a very interesting person these days, haha.

We've got a small local convention we're going to, the weekend of May 1st, so we're going to have to get our cosplays out and clean and patched up if anything needs patching. We're concerned about Blair's, because, well. Since starting T, she has gotten quite buff, and there's a very good chance that parts of her costume won't fit now. We're also futzing with our hair, because neither of us are much interested in continuing to use wigs when we don't have to. Los Angeles Comic Con also FINALLY dropped their dates for this year, and I've submitted my time off request. It's going to be over Halloween weekend this year, which should be interesting. And a lot of fun.

Trying to finish this week's episode of The Pitt before I gotta get ready to go to Blair's mom's birthday dinner.

Current Mood: lazy

silver_chipmunk

I forgot to say yesterday that when I checked the tracking on the replacement Stephen Colbert Pop that I ordered, it said that delivery had been attempted but they had been unable to get the front door opened so the package was returned to the shipping facility.

Today I got up at 10:00 and checked the tracking and it was out for delivery again. So I had breakfast and coffee and called

mashfanficchick and told zer that I would wait until it was delivered or 6:00, whichever came first, and then head over to zer place.

So I waited. I did useful things, I called and made an appointment with the sleep doctor for my birthday (actually first I made an appointment for the 24th, then discovered that was the day I have my gyn appointment
and had to reschedule), and made an appointment to have my taxes done on April 2nd. I put a new picture of the Kid in my wallet to replace the one I had there which was pretty messed up. I redownloaded VLC Media Player to the computer to use with the external dvd player. I filled in the application to renew my New York City ID. I put my unfinished stories that I saved to the external hard drive back on the computer, and I wrote a little.

I did take a quick shower, all the time listening for the door buzzer in case the delivery guy came. And I dressed.

Time went on. Finally it was 6:00 and nothing. So I put on my shoes and got ready to go.

And as I started down the street, got about halfway down the block, when an Amazon truck came around the corner and parked. (Funko uses Amazon shipping.) So I waited as the guy delivered packages to the first buildings on the block (I'm in the last building). I asked him if he had anything for my building and he said he didn't know but I'd have to wait. Finally he got to my building. He apologized he couldn't just give me my package, he had to deliver it to my apartment and take a picture.

But he had it, and I got it! All mine finally!!!

So I took it in and opened it and I have it here. Then, finally, I headed off to

mashfanficchick's.

Got there no problem on the bus. We ordered Indian food for dinner, and watched 911 and 911:Nashville. Had fun. The lamb korma was delicious. And the mango lassi.

After the TV, we talked for about an hour, and then I Ubered home. I fed the pets and started here, And now I'm about done.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB, sadly didn't get to Team tonight.

2. Got my Stephen Colbert Funko Pop FINALLY!

3. Easy to make the appointments for the doctor and tax preparer.

4. Good TV.

5. Yummy dinner.

6. Got some writing done.

Current Mood: happy

greghousesgf

Not much going on here. I had a lot of really bad dreams last night. At least that pain in my side has gone but I'm still worried about it coming right back when I get off these meds.

Current Music: Alan Stivell

reeby10

Reading

Read some more of Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. It largely seems to be just a collection of little stories, which are interesting, but it does feel like slow going.
Read some more of Demon Fish by Juliet Eilperin. The stuff about shark calling was very interesting, especially because I was surprised to have not heard of it before!
Ficwise, I'm all over the place. Read quite a bit for Private Property and Never Let Me Go, with some PondPhuwin RPF in the mix. Currently rereading a JunDylan fic again because I needed some comfort food lol

Watching

The roommate and I finished MuTeLuv. I enjoyed the Dew in Japan story, though once again, the het romance did not work for me. But the SurfJava story was just as good as everyone had been saying! Possibly my favorite one in the bunch. It was nice to see Surf getting to do more than he did in Head 2 Head, as well as Java playing a much less pathetic character. (I just had to ignore that this was supposed to be the OhmLeng story...)
The roommate and I started watching Century of Love. The production value is a bit iffy, but Daou and Offroad are delightful so far. Very interested to see where it's going.
The roommate and I watched more of Running Man Thailand. Well, attempted. Idk what's going on, but the app we stream it through keeps freezing up a few minutes in and won't load anymore. It's just for this show, none of the others we watch there, but it's happened on episodes 2, 3, and 4! We're waiting for episode 3 to make it to youtube so we can actually finish it.
The roommate, best friend, and I watched the latest episode of Cat for Cash. Very sweet episode! And Winny did show up just like I'd seen spoilers for, which was kind of sad considering he and Satang recently broke up. So this is their last role together. We'll see if he shows up in any other episodes.
The roommate, best friend, and I watched the latest episode of Duang With You. It's getting steamy! I was surprised that kind of scene was happening already, which makes me wonder, especially with the preview for next week, if things are going to start falling apart for them.
The roommate, best friend, and I watched the latest episode of Only Friends: Dream On. Some machinations happening that seem to be heading in interesting ways, both positively and negatively. Looking forward to more of the fallout. Especially with Rome seeming so disappointed with Raffy's choices, which didn't even work out for him.
The roommate, best friend, and I watched the latest episode of Yesterday. I am refusing to believe Lalit is dead lol But ooh, Kelvin! I hope he goes insane over thinking Vier's dead. The preview for next week is very puzzling in that regard though...
The roommate, best friend, and I watched the latest episode of My Romance Scammer. And it all comes tumbling down! Poor Tim and poor Pai, they really went through it. Excited to see how they manage to rebuild things!

Listening

Still making my way through the LYKN tour videos.

Writing

Started on my fic for songkranexchange . Not sure if I love the concept, so we'll see if I finish it or try something else.
Wrote more on the omegaverse ArmTae fic. I think maybe I'm about halfway through? Maybe? They're taking their sweet time...

Learning

I took my laptop to the cafe to write on Saturday, but it ended up not being charged and they don't have outlets, so I worked on Japanese since the roommate had her workbook with her! I practiced hiragana, which was honestly a lot more longhand writing than I've done in a long time lol

silver_chipmunk

I got up at 11:30 and had coffee, showered and dressed, and puttered on the computer a little. I packed the documents for the DMV in the computer bag, and left my backpack with my pajamas and clothes and stuff at

mashfanficchick's. Then I left for the DMV with my computer about 1:40.

I just missed a subway, and had to wait longer than usual because the E was running with delays. I got to Jamaica and found the 6 bus pretty easily, but again I just missed one. I was worried about getting to my 3:00 appointment, and worried about finding the DMV after I got to the right stop, But it worked out, though I made the appointment by a hair.

Almost immediately I was called for them to take a new picture for the new ID. I'm sure I was a mess, but that's traditional for DMV pictures. Then I went back to a seat and filled out the application.

I waited awhile, I didn't time it, and eventually they called me to the counter. I handed over the application and my documents.

Unfortunately after all the trouble I went to finding the lease, it was no good because the renewal was two years ago and it has to be less than one. Which it does not say in the online information. So that was a problem but the man let me sign an affidavit that I live here. So that was OK.

Then I paid the $36.50 for the renewal and upgrade to enhanced ID, and that was all. Very simple, very fast.

I packed everything away and walked down to the McDonald's that I passed on the way and got a celebratory lunch. Something called the Big Arch Meal. Very tasty in a fast food kinda' way.

Then I went to the bus stop and took the 6 back to Jamaica. Rather than take the subway again I just took the 44 bus all the way home.

Got here around 6:00. Said hello to Oreo who was happy to see me! Put everything away, set up the computer and put in a Shipt order.

Then at 7:00 I Teamed the FWiB. We talked until 8:00 when I went to my D&D game.

Sadly, there was still trouble with Discord. Particularly in audio. I did most of the game on my phone.

But it was a good game, we killed a minotaur.

Then after the game I fed the pets, had a little something myself, called the Kid who didn't answer, and started here.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. Got to the DMV on time.

3. Was able to use the affidavit for my address.

4. Everything was fine at home.

5. My D&D group.

6. Bed soon.

Current Mood: relieved

greghousesgf

Had some cinnamon tea. Had some good phone conversations with my mom and L. Still taking the muscle relaxants, hoping the pain doesn't come back the second I go off them. I never did hear a word about the results of all those medical tests.

Current Music: Michael McGoldrick

silver_chipmunk

Hopefully, at least. Got up this morning at 11:00 and had coffee. At 12:00 I tossed on clothes an

mashfanficchick and I went down to Cobblestones and got corned beef and cabbage and potatoes to go.

We came back and ate, waiting for HP to call back, which they were supposed to do at 2:00. They didn't, so at 2:20 I called them. And we worked on the computer.

They created the reboot flash drive, and then tried to use that. There was not enough disc space. So she stripped out as much from the computer as possible and rebooted it internally. Or something. I don't understand it, but we restored it.

And so far it seems to be working better. I have reinstalled some of the programs we took off, but it's working much better.

Anyway, we finished that somewhat before 6:00. At 7:00 I used it to Team the FWiB. Had a little trouble, but I think it was the app, not the computer.

Then at 8:00 I had my Al-anon meeting by Zoom. That worked too.

After that I puttered a bit while

mashfanficchick napped. Then we had dinner, salad and cold chicken, and then watched tonight's episode of Will Trent which ze had dvr-ed.

Hope everyone had a great St. Patrick's Day.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. My meetings and the people there.

3. Maybe the computer is fixed!

4. Good TV.

5. Corned beef and cabbage.

6. Sunny nice day when we went out.

Current Mood: hopeful

greghousesgf

I want to go to my favorite Irish pub today but I can't because I'm on meds where I'm not supposed to have any alcohol. What I'm more upset about is I don't intend to miss my friend's party on Sunday but the buses are fucked up all over Oakland that day because of the damn marathon. I don't know how I'm supposed to get to the Bart station to get into SF to get to my friend's house. It's too far to walk with my arthritis. I talked to a few people who work for the bus company and they didn't know anything about it. Fucking jocks. Think the world revolves around them.

Current Music: "Rather Have the Blues"

silver_chipmunk

Got up this morning at 10:00 and had coffee, then showered.

mashfanficchick knocked on the bathroom door and told me zer mammogram appointment today was cancelled, so that I had extra time before we had to leave since my appointment wasn't until 3:30.

I finished and got dressed, and puttered on the computer til we left at 1:00.

We took the Q46 bus to the N25. The Nassau busses now take Omny which made everything easier. We took that one stop and then got out and went to Wild Fig for lunch. It was delicious, Wild Fig does Mediterranean bowls.

At 3:00 I went across the street to the building where the doctor's office is, and I checked in. They took me pretty quickly. The medical technician (that was the title he gave me) who took my blood pressure, weight, and pulse mentioned that it was three years since I'd had an EKG and maybe I should have one. But my blood pressure was great he said, so that's good.

Then the doctor checked me out and I told him what

mashfanficchick said about my snoring, that it sounded like sleep apnea, and was pretty bad. The doctor gave me the paperwork to see a sleep doctor so I'll get that checked out asap.

He looked over my blood tests and everything was good. He said I didn't really need an EKG but arranged for the nurse to give me one anyway, and it was normal.

So then I made my next appointment, three months, and made a gyn appointment Tuesday next week. Then I called

mashfanficchick to find out where ze was, ze was at Barnes and Noble so I went over and looked at books. I bought the Naomi Novak book that's the first in the Scholomance trilogy, I forget the title.

Then we walked across the parking lots of the mall and the medical buildings and went to Shop Rite. We did some shopping, and then when we were leaving, it was pouring so hard that we decided to Uber back to zer apartment.

We went to Chipotle for zer to get something to drink, and called the Uber from there.

When we got back to zer place, I Teamed the FWiB and

mashfanficchick put the groceries away and took a nap. The FWiB and I talked for an hour and a half, and then

mashfanficchick got up. We hung out for awhile and now ze's setting up the new laptop in preparation for the HP call back tomorrow.

The Kid just texted me, she's not going to be able to get together the weekend after my birthday because Brianne is having something for her birthday then. So I don't know when I'll get to see her.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. Good doctor visit.

3. Yummy lunch.

4. New Book.

5. Heard from the Kid.

6. Reread The Devil and Dan'l Webster.

Current Mood: calm

greghousesgf

I'm cooking my lunch right now, later this afternoon I'm going to get a few groceries. I also have to take out the garbage.

Current Music: Keltik Elektrik

silver_chipmunk

Got up this morning at 9:30 and had breakfast and coffee, then showered and dressed, and packed for the coming days at

mashfanficchick's.

First I took the 44 bus into Flushing and went to Duane Reade to get a prescription filled. That took about 15 minutes. Then I took the subway to

mashfanficchick's.

I dropped off my luggage, including the computer, and we went into Manhattan. We took the E train but the E was running on the F line uptown so not going to Penn Station which was the area we had to go to. So we went to 14th Street and took the L back to the E downtown to Penn Station.

When we got there we were both starving so we went into the Moynihan Train Hall Food Court. We got food from a hot pastrami place. It was delicious.

Then we went to the place where ze was getting zer computer from, and got the computer.

Then ze looked up where there was a nearby Whole Foods and we got hot food to take back to zer place for dinner later.

An then we took the E train back. When we got here it was just after 6:00 so ze took a nap and I set up the computer and got ready to Team the FWiB.

We talked for a bit over an hour and a half. I called Middle Brother at 8:30 as usual. He is fine and looking forward too St. Patrick's Day. Also the first day of spring.

After I got off with the FWiB, we had dinner. Then we put Top Gun:Maverick and watched that. It's pretty good. Ze made popcorn which was yummy.

Now it's time for bed. My doctor's appointment is tomorrow.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. Not bad weather.

3. Wonderful hot pastrami with friend onions.

4. Middle Brother is fine.

5. Got my meds without difficulty.

6. Good movies.

Current Mood: cheerful

greghousesgf

My friends left a little while ago. They liked the brownies but we couldn't swim in the pool because it needs to be cleaned and the water was really cold. I wish they'd stuck around longer.

Current Music: Mozart

silver_chipmunk

Got up late but made it to my Al-anon meeting on time anyway. Ate breakfast and had coffee and showered, then took the bus there an got there a few minutes early! L had brought home made Irish soda bread and butter. Marvelous.

After the meeting went with S and G as usual to the diner. Had my usual bacon, egg, and cheese on a toasted English muffin. Nothing but ice water to drink but I dropped a lemon slice in it.

Took the bus home, the 13 to the 12 to Parsons Blvd and walked from there.

Got into the Starsky and Hutch chat, and had a very good time there. My story A Twice-told Tale got complimented.

We talked til after 7:00 so I was late in Teaming the FWiB but we had a nice time. Talked a little over an hour.

mashficchick called while we were Teaming, about the upcoming days.

During our conversation is was suddenly and horribly reminded that my non-drivers ID expires on my birthday and I need to go to DMV to upgrade it to an Enhanced ID. So after I got off the Teams with the FWiB I got on the computer to DMV and found to my dismay that the closest place I can get an appointment this month is Springfield Gardens. I made an appointment for the 18th, at 3:00.

Then I started digging out the ID I need for the enhanced ID. THe non-drivers ID is easy, also my passport, And fortunately I still have, carefully preserved, my original social security card. But proof of address was difficult as all my bills and bank statements come by email. I finally, after much digging, came up with my original lease and the most recent renewal.

So then it was pet feeding time so I fed the pets and started here.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. I made it to my meeting on time.

3. My meetings and the people there.

4. The Starsky and Hutch fandom.

5. Was able to get an appointment with DMV before my birthday.

6. Was able to find the lease.

Current Mood: drained

greghousesgf

Some of my friends are coming over tomorrow so I've got peanut butter brownies in the oven right now.

Current Music: Bloc Party

Amber Sutton

Reading

Sense8 s2 ep 10 and 11

It's not actually my birthday

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Al-anon night

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I got my Stephen Colbert Pop!

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Wednesday What I'm...

DMV day

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Final HP call back

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Doctor day

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