BREAKING: I will be ignoring the internet, and specifically "the news", on Monday, Jan 20, 2025. Whatever stupid shit happens, I will learn about in *abbreviated* digest form on Tuesday, rather than following along with whatever mortifying nonsense happens in realtime elevated-heart-rate horror. If it is important, it will come back.
This is self-care and I strongly urge you to consider it.
Dear Diary,
Today I got takeout from a taqueria and sat on the grass in my local park listening to jazz singers celebrate MLK day. Then I read half of the (paper) book that I am currently enjoying. After that, our little clubhouse put on a Prince-themed burlesque show and we made it Purple Rain.
If something else happened today, I'm sure I don't need to know, or maybe eventually I'll hear about it later.
@jwz sounds nice. I ran home from work. It’s a sunny day, all the beaches along the waterfront were full of people enjoying the warm sand. I was listening to a medieval history scholar dissect a translation of a late medieval document.