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greetings in the age of corona virus
Apr. 7th, 2020 07:10 pmHello! It only took a pandemic to get me posting on DW again. Overall, I'm doing all right. I'm still employed full-time so that's the biggest source of worry out of my life. I had a minor illness about a month ago but wasn't sick enough to get tested. I get some kind of respiratory infection at least once a year, so it's anybody's guess whether I had corona virus or was just generally sick. I'm still getting my asthma beat back into submission but that's all. I miss seeing my friends in person and I want to travel.
It's good seeing everyone else's posts.
I've been trying to enjoy more books and TV shows since I can't do much outside of work other than going on walks and grocery shopping. Thoughts so far:
After rewatching a number of episodes from later seasons of The Closer, it could easily be subtitled Captain Raydor and Oh My God, What Did You People Do Now? I love her. The episodes featuring the misadventures of Flynn and Provenza continue to be my favorites.
My TV provider unexpectedly gave me a bunch of extra channels (for free as far as I can tell) including Showtime, and I now have access to all of Penny Dreadful. This pandemic just got a little bit better. I can finally watch Season 3! (I already hate the end of it based on spoilers, but I want to see at least the first half of that season.)
I listened to the audio book for Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley and it's great. I want to re-read all of Jane Austen's novels now. On a related note, I read Lady Susan early this year--it was hilarious.
I began reading The Decameron for the first time. It's been on my To Read list for years but this was definitely the right time to began reading a work of literature about a group of people who flee from the bubonic plague to the Italian countryside where they tell stories for ten days. If I began highlighting passages from the Introduction that have meaning for me due to our current pandemic, I'd end up highlighting the entire thing. I'm on Day 1 at this point and the stories are hilarious.
It's good seeing everyone else's posts.
I've been trying to enjoy more books and TV shows since I can't do much outside of work other than going on walks and grocery shopping. Thoughts so far:
After rewatching a number of episodes from later seasons of The Closer, it could easily be subtitled Captain Raydor and Oh My God, What Did You People Do Now? I love her. The episodes featuring the misadventures of Flynn and Provenza continue to be my favorites.
My TV provider unexpectedly gave me a bunch of extra channels (for free as far as I can tell) including Showtime, and I now have access to all of Penny Dreadful. This pandemic just got a little bit better. I can finally watch Season 3! (I already hate the end of it based on spoilers, but I want to see at least the first half of that season.)
I listened to the audio book for Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley and it's great. I want to re-read all of Jane Austen's novels now. On a related note, I read Lady Susan early this year--it was hilarious.
I began reading The Decameron for the first time. It's been on my To Read list for years but this was definitely the right time to began reading a work of literature about a group of people who flee from the bubonic plague to the Italian countryside where they tell stories for ten days. If I began highlighting passages from the Introduction that have meaning for me due to our current pandemic, I'd end up highlighting the entire thing. I'm on Day 1 at this point and the stories are hilarious.
