Done Since 2020-05-17

[mdlbear]

I sang QV and Riverheart in last Sunday's FotLR dead dog. That was the last online singing I did all week. Am I suffering from con fatigue? Maybe. It occurred to me Sunday evening that I may be showing symptoms of burnout. That's on top of depression, anxiety and stress about the future.

Also, I think more back pain than the week before. Probably influences my mood. Also neck, arm, and hand pain, all of which can be attributed to my online reading addiction. But will it make me cut back? Doubtful. Time for better living through chemistry.

I ran out of gin Thursday night. I try not to buy more than 750ml/month, but there are plenty of other potables in the house.

From this article in AAAS's Science magazine, there are strong indications that clusters of cases happen in places where people shout or sing. That's not so good for the filk community. And I hope my singing teacher can make the jump to online.

The usual excessive plethora of links. Developers should take a look at Quickref. It's an experimental search engine for developers, searching a curated subset of the web: official docs and community-driven sources. No JS, cookies, tracking, external requests or data collecting.

Notes & links:

0517Su  * litter boxen - LR scooped, BR changed
  * up 6:45ish; S=4:43;
  / major cleanup
  @ Repairable Products Make Good Sense - iFixit repairability scores! (via ysabetwordsmith | Poem: "The Right to Repair")
  * 10am FotLR-2 workshop: internet platforms for concerts and music circles <<
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86082600385
  * FotLR II - sang QV in the dead dog -- I'd had a couple of requests during Jen's set
    Riverheart as a swansong around 10:10
  % 9:30 definitely overdid something -> meloxicam and heat
  / major cleanup.  Catheter leaking, so probably plugged or coming out.
    should have done a flush before she went to bed; maybe tomorrow morning,
  % 11pm a bit of a scratchy throat.  Probably just voice out of shape, maybe combined
    with the way I talk when I'm cleaning up
  % occurs to me that I may be showing symptoms of burnout

0518Mo
  * up 7ish; S=7:20;
  @ siderea | Fwd: The COVID-19 Fugue [music, Coronavirus2020]
    The COVID-19 Fugue - YouTube
    Hide Away (new expanded version linked in description) - YouTube
    Hide Away | Alice Dillon (Original Song) - YouTube
  @ Victory! ICANN Rejects .ORG Sale to Private Equity Firm Ethos Capital | EFF 
  @ Governments Shouldn’t Use “Centralized” Proximity Tracking Technology | EFF
  @ How Fashion Designers Are Outsmarting Facial Recognition Surveillance. - YouTube 
  @ Giphy - Wikipedia (The Joy of Tech comic... Facebook grabs Giphy!)
    Facebook Buys Giphy For $400 Million | Digital Trends
    When Facebook Bought Giphy, It Bought Our Emotions Too | Digital Trends 
  @ How to Let Your Children Be Upset - The New York Times  A series of children’s
    books can help start conversations about deeply uncomfortable subjects.
  @ A Simple Acronym Sums up What’s Wrong With Social Media " BUMMER.
    It stands for Behaviors of Users Modified and Made into Empires for Rent. "    
  & about an hour in the garage looking (unsuccessfully) for fabric and The Pharos Gate
    % exhausted to the point of being a little wobbly, but no pain despite having
      (carefully) moved several boxes.
  @ For Non-Autistics: How to Survive COVID19 in a World Not Made for Your Neurology 
  @ If Someone Has These 6 Personality Traits They May Have Childhood Emotional
     Neglect I have several, but I don't think I was emotionally neglected.  OTGH,
     there was apparently a great deal I didn't learn growing up.

0519Tu
  & awake 2:20; C woke me for...
    / major cleanup -> 2:50 will try to get back to sleep
      * need to change the bottom sheet on her side.
  * up 7:40ish; S=7:08;
  x 2pm dentist - take bite guard -> call to reschedule
  @ The need to go is a big barrier to going out. Why public bathrooms are a stumbling
    block for reopening. | The Seattle Times
  @ Restaurants? Libraries? Sports? Here’s when things in Washington might reopen
    according to Inslee’s 4-phase plan | The Seattle Times
    Phase 2 — earliest expected date for Seattle area based on current data trends: June 1
    Phase 3 — earliest expected date based on current data trends: June 22
    Phase 4 — earliest expected date based on current data trends: July 13
  / major cleanup
  @ Virtual Jamming: The Latest Tools for Playing Together in Real Time 
    JackTrip A System for High-Quality Audio Network Performance over the Internet
    works with Jack Audio Connection Kit
    one node is a server, so need an open UDP port on that end.  Poorly documented.
    Jamulus Software Wiki
    JamKazam
    sofasession - Online Jam and Band Rehearsals browser-based
  * 2:30 pick up S's drugs at Rite Aid
  / cleanup
  @ Using Body Language (ysabetwordsmith)
    an overwhelming amount of stuff on this site
  @ Why do some COVID-19 patients infect many others, whereas most don’t spread the virus
    at all? | AAAS " The report about the choir in Washington made her realize that
    one thing links numerous clusters: They happened in places where people shout or
    sing. And although Zumba classes have been connected to outbreaks, Pilates classes,
    which are not as intense, have not, Knight notes. “Maybe slow, gentle breathing is not
    a risk factor, but heavy, deep, or rapid breathing and shouting is.” "
    -> not so good for filk
  @ Coronavirus infection isn't just about hygiene and distance. It's about time,
    too. "So it's always a balance of exposure and time. If you get a high level of
    exposure, it's a short time (to infection, and if you get a) low level of exposure,
    it's a longer time before that infection can establish."
    " data is limited on exactly how much exposure and time are needed for an
      infection. The number also varies by person, as older or immuno-compromised people
      have lower thresholds to infection. "
  % C:  Have you done the laundry yet?  Me:  Do you mean the load of laundry I washed
    yesterday, or the pile I haven't washed yet today?
    % I felt somewhat aggrieved.  ? nagging about something I already did/planned to do?
      I'm not sure why I get so annoyed at that.
  @ 7 Pointers for Setting Boundaries When You're A True-Blue People Pleaser
  @ How People-Pleasers Can Stop Apologizing for Everything 
  * call Mom
  @ The 3 Key Areas of Self-Awareness and How to Build Them 
    . Start thinking of your body as something to take care of
    . Pay closer attention to the feedback you receive from the people who know you best.
    . Begin to pay more attention to what you are feeling.
  @ Inslee announces expanded county variance criteria and Working WA Small Business
    Grants -> Island county is now eligible to apply for Phase 2
    Inslee announces restart of all medical services in Washington
    Inslee announces guidelines that could allow 10 more counties to reopen under
    coronavirus recovery plan | The Seattle Times 
  & cleared icemaker -- again.  12 days since the last time.
  / cleanup.  back hurts (left) -> meloxicam, heat.  give it 15 before I load my drugs

0520We
  & Awake 3:30; some trouble getting out of bed because cats.  / C also awake
    -> back to bed a little after 5
  * up 7:30; S=5:30; 
  * load Colleen's drugs
  @ Governors Are Allowing Some Businesses To Reopen, But Customers May Not Be Ready 
    " governors didn't shut down their states' economies all by themselves, and they can't
      reopen them alone either. "
  @ CDC Activities and Initiatives Supporting theCOVID-19 Response and the President’s
    Plan for Opening America Up Again
  : Call from sleep center rescheduling to Google Duo next week
  & Installed Zoom on phone (for some reason I hadn't); re-arranged icons some
  / 11:30ish cleanup
  @ Quickref S(L) Experimental search engine for
    developers. Searches a curated subset of the web: official docs and community-driven
    sources. No JS, cookies, tracking, external requests or data collecting.  
  @ Could the coronavirus reset society? Questions we should be asking about
    post-pandemic life | The Seattle Times not in the US, anyway
  @ Coronavirus Will Change the World Permanently. Here’s How. - POLITICO 
    " The aftermath of the coronavirus is likely to include a new political uprising—an
      Occupy Wall Street 2.0, but this time much more massive and angrier. "
  % my eyes itch.  I probably haven't mentioned it much, but the itching has been there
    for weeks, if not months.  Eyelid wipes help some, but not completely

0521Th  * litter boxen scooped
  & awake 0:55ish
  / major cleanup
  * up 6:05; W=196.2, S=6:07;
    % back a little sore, mostly on the left.
  @ Georgia’s Experiment in Human Sacrifice - The Atlantic The state is about to find
    out how many people need to lose their lives to shore up the economy.
  @ Hints & Kinks for online Zoom music events f(The Mermaid's Tavern)
  & (0521) finished gin bottle (Big Gin 750ml started 0506)
  * forwarded some of L's mail.  Should probably print address labels
  / major cleanup.  Left most of the shower-stall cleanup for morning
  
0522Fr
  * up 7:30?; S=8:20, W=195.8; shower+cleaning
  / cleanup
  % back (left) -> naproxen, heat
  % 10:20 and now there's pain in my left forearm, undoubtedly from mouse-clicking
    -> heat -> seems to have helped a little.  Maybe had the temp. set too high.
  : network speed measurements.  hardwired shows no significant difference between gw and
    dsl-gw routers, ~18Mb/s up and 4 down.  WiFi is down about 20% from there (14ish), not
    much difference between west5 and south5.
  : S broke a tooth; made appointment for next Wed.
  @ posted: Episode 13
  % 4ish now the pain is on the left side of my neck/back of head
    -> heat.  Not all that successful.  Almost time for more naproxen
  @ Bolero Juilliard | April 2020 - YouTube
  @ The "Zoom Block Tango" — OnStage Blog
  & I'm addicted to reading online.  No idea why.
  * guitar: a little noodling, mostly QV in drop E. Which would be too high, but drop D
    would work the same way.
  / major cleanup
  % naproxen

0523Sa
  & Awake 3ish;
  / major cleanup
  & rabbit hole  starting from Fantasia Apocalyptica through a Wikipedia dive via "The
    Seventh Seal" and danse macabre
  % back to bed 5ish; may have done another cleanup
  * up 8ish; S=5:05; 
  / cleanup -> naproxen, heat
  * made rice pudding for lunch.  almond milk, raisins, maple syrup, cinnamon.  A little
    water to thin it.  Could have used quite a bit more milk.
  @ How To Make Easy Rice Pudding From Leftover Rice | Epicurious
  : Aeron chair's air spring lifter crapped out.  Won't go up.  Very sudden, accompanied
    by the smell of oil. -> replacement cylinder is $50 at $A.
  $ Lic $338.10 AX Paid for Molly's tabs
  & some git administration - Honu had gitlab as its default remote
  @ Coronavirus upended everything. What will life in Seattle look like when we
    re-emerge? | The Seattle Times (links to the actual stories)
  * Several hours in the garage.  Not completely unproductive.  Started removing shredding
    from the hutch box.  Found Ria  Re-arranged some boxes in the back corner
  / catheter leaking

Stay safe.