tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211773395857840723.post4020962169224432491..comments2023-05-13T06:25:38.107-08:00Comments on Our Third Thirds: The Covid ChokeCloudyinAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04354513104617596508noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211773395857840723.post-26381210704167817312020-08-29T11:04:26.654-08:002020-08-29T11:04:26.654-08:00The thing is, I'm not sure the dread is an onl...The thing is, I'm not sure the dread is an only-Covid thing. I think Covid gives it its ... flavor.CloudyinAKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354513104617596508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211773395857840723.post-81099962664215885202020-08-29T11:03:09.055-08:002020-08-29T11:03:09.055-08:00I just finished reading Dept of Speculation by Jen...I just finished reading Dept of Speculation by Jenny Offill. In the book, the character is a New Yorker, married to a guy from Ohio:<br /><br />'"I fixed the wobbly chair," he tells me. "And I put a mat under the rug so that it won't ride up again. ..." This is another way in which he is an admirable person. If he notices something is broken, he will try to fix it. He won't just think about how unbearable it is that things keep breaking, that you can never fucking outrun entropy.'CloudyinAKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354513104617596508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211773395857840723.post-48949597697620705822020-08-28T23:30:28.519-08:002020-08-28T23:30:28.519-08:00Another day; another drama. Barbara, I had a bad d...Another day; another drama. Barbara, I had a bad day yesterday. Hated myself for the part I played in it, too. Not much to redeem myself, but at day's end, remembering sleep solves many problems.<br /><br />Woke up to find another day. Also resolved NOT to deal with the legal tangle our solicitor is putting us through because that's the way attorneys are: afraid of the world & its consequences.<br /><br />A bit like you & me, really. But I don't find them particularly enjoyable (professionally speaking) just as don't think we do ourselves when we spin into that hole of the world at its worst.<br /><br />But your condition is cultural just as mine is. East coast Jewish angst is so much more colourful than midwest Nordic angst.<br /><br />Can we get over it? Nah.Jacob Dugan-Brausehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06287631724339961459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211773395857840723.post-57910317809465849072020-08-27T22:51:29.641-08:002020-08-27T22:51:29.641-08:00And that's the point. There is always another ...And that's the point. There is always another way to mess up our life with 'complexity'. It only takes another project.Jacob Dugan-Brausehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06287631724339961459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211773395857840723.post-9095322254814048172020-08-25T13:16:34.736-08:002020-08-25T13:16:34.736-08:00Love it! I am functioning well, with much lemonade...Love it! I am functioning well, with much lemonade being made; but there are the few deeply important things missing. I will travel to visit my mom - now that I know how to do it safely. I hope to visit my son and younger grands, too. Everything else is managing well. Family is the big reward. lovethejourney~lupehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572836589443207851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211773395857840723.post-60201642240561640652020-08-24T10:39:31.878-08:002020-08-24T10:39:31.878-08:00I also periodically feel the feeling of dread you ...I also periodically feel the feeling of dread you describe. I didn't have a name for it, but I knew it was a reaction to life in the time of Covid. Thanks for acknowledging it and naming it.The Noodlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00931727195407264781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211773395857840723.post-22749705501494828832020-08-24T10:07:50.500-08:002020-08-24T10:07:50.500-08:00Wow, you have an actual date to move in! How great...Wow, you have an actual date to move in! How great! But handling all that contract management is NOT simple, NOT same-same. You're handling complexity!CloudyinAKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354513104617596508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211773395857840723.post-89240385370001690342020-08-24T05:01:45.422-08:002020-08-24T05:01:45.422-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jacob Dugan-Brausehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06287631724339961459noreply@blogger.com