Posted on 04/11/2020 7:01:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The last thing I want, emerging on the other side of social distancing, is to feel I could have done more with my time. Plus my show has 11 seasons
My first week in self-isolation was a flurry of enterprise and initiative. I don’t mean to boast, but it’s astonishing how much I managed to get done.
My biggest achievement? I watched almost half a season of the hit Australian competitive-cooking, reality-TV show My Kitchen Rules, a dozen 60-minute episodes, devoured as ravenously as a vegemite buffet. Of course, this demanded commitment and intractable resolve, and there were more than a few evenings when, howling at the screen in agony as Manu Feildel lambasted another auspicious dish for being served without adequate sauce, I seriously considered abandoning the endeavour.
But this is an extraordinary moment, and the last thing I want, emerging on the other side of social distancing, is to feel I could have done more with my time. And My Kitchen Rules has 11 seasons.
An unexpected consequence of the coronavirus pandemic is that we have suddenly been endowed with a colossal surplus of time. More daunting than the time itself seems the continuing prospect of it — the huge expanse of unused time still to come, stretching out ahead like a collective sabbatical.
We’re now being advised that social distancing measures, such as the closure of non-essential businesses, could persist in something like their current form for as many as eight months, which means we might have to spend the rest of the year sequestered in our apartments, forbidden to leave except to pick up groceries once a fortnight. In the absence of bars and restaurants, without concerts or cinemas, deprived of parties and dates, we are facing a period of superabundant leisure. The spare time is our
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Cooking Crystal Meth
Hey it ain’t Monday yet!
You’d think that with the emphasis on handwashing it would have been MacBeth.
I’m posting commando.
PRAYING
Practicing Piano
Practicing Guitar
Watching College Lectures on TV(Art History, Drawing, Gothic Cathedrals, American History, Music)
Reading
Yard Work
Playing with my Dog
FREEPING
Reading
Housecleaning
Other than that, not much.
Staying alive and sane, at least trying to. Writing a lot, reading. To bad can’t share my fungus blog with this forum. Would love to, but cannot for legal reasons—not to mention the ridicule from MumblerBumbler...Stay well and healthy everyone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNFzfwLM72c
This the twelfth night of stay-at-home and it’s a comedy of errors.
I spend all my time trying to solve this ancient riddle:
Who put the bomp in the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?
Who put the ram in the rama lama ding dong?
Who put the bop in the bop shoo bop shoo bop?
Who put the dip in the dip da dip da dip?
We geez! I’m taking care of 6 acres, two dogs, two cats, a mule, two horses, and picking up the treasures brought in by the aforementioned cadre. Then working on wearing out my pellet grill with just enough time to sit on my ass and eat my grub have a beer and get some sleep so I can do it again tomorrow. Social distancing? What the hell it that a new dance? Living in the country does offer some advantages. :)
eating....I have taken two walks....
Cleaning.
Lubricating.
Loading.
Reloading.
First the wave of fear and anxiety packed hourly news stories about the deadly virus. And the destroyed economy.
Then the guilt trip about how well or poorly we’re efficiently utilizing our time in self quarantine.
I was already retired and my wife and I like being at home so I don’t owe it to someone to create and make myself useful to society. I did that full time working from 1969-2011 plus part time before that.
Only thing different I’m doing is I’m finally watching the Harry Potter movies. Saw the third one today. The first two were better.
Your reply is on target.
Translating and subtitling two WWII Japanese movies for posterity
Changing the oil in the car, repairing the air compressor, repairing the trimmer, trimming, praying a lot, calling to check on others, selling ammo to various individuals, etc.
I am solving the Unified Theory of Physics. Please leave me along for a few more days, Einstien didn’t have it right and it is taking me a few minutes to fix his bad math. Thx!
Binge watching The Chosen.
I'm passionate about math. Have been told I need to get laid but, that not being an option, I'll go back to my first love.
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