Done Since 2024-06-16

[mdlbear]

On the whole not a bad week. Some annoyances -- Bronx being a cat (turning on my CPAP by stepping on the button, barfing on the floor), company websites being extremely annoying (I'm looking at you, gastrohealth.com), electronics being unpredictable (the monitor in the Lair being temporarily broken for unknown reasons), car chargers being out of service, and COVID interfering with two different events. But nobody close to me died, there was some good music, I had some fun Wikipedia dives, some good conversations, and lots of cat cuddle, and both my kids sent me Father's Day messages.

I think being a cancer survivor may have changed my perspective a bit. I'm not complaining.

Three walks, not enough other exercise (3 sessions), not nearly enough writing, and not enough guitar practice (2 days logged, though I'm not very consistent about that). I'm not too consistent about logging water intake, either. On the gripping hand I'm getting more fiber in my diet thanks mainly to dried apricots.

The STANCE (Seattle Trans And Nonbinary Choral Ensemble) concert that was cancelled Saturday due to COVID exposure was, fortunately, livestreamed on Friday; you can find it on YT at True Colors: A Pride Concert. I'd intended to make it an s4s, but (as usual) didn't; I may revisit that once it gets a stable URL on the STANCE website. It's notable because (1) my nibling k is in it, and (2) the third piece is a setting of one of my favorite Yeats poems, “Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven”.

The Festival of the Living Rooms included a panel on Making Music When You’re Neurodivergent, also recorded from the livestream.

Have a good week!

Notes & links:
0616Su Father's Day
  @ Father's Day - Wikipedia
  & awake 2:10; 2-cat cuddles (not conducive to sleep) giving up 3am
    -> did a little work on Sherman - logging, update + reboot.
  * up 7am; S=6:51,
    : cats still at my feet when I woke up.
  * abiraterone 07:10, rest of am 08:21, PEG + senna 19:15
  * H2O: 08:19:c, 08:20, 08:52, 17:40, 
  @ Above image is a pride flag with every color band represented by a NASA image. White
    is Earth clouds, pink is aurora, blue is... – @andrewducker on Tumblr
  * 10am (11mdt) FOTLR Making Music When You’re Neurodivergent, with Griff, plus panelists
    Benjamin Newman, Matt Leger, and Halo Quin. recording on YT
    : Capplor sang WItC toward the beginning of the open filking
  : Happy Father's Day text from (Younger Daughter)E
  * 15min: empty dishwasher
  * email to Mary saying that I've decided to stay in Memory Keepers -- the next few
    months are going to be crazy enough that I'll need all the stability I can get.

0617Mo  * litter boxen
  & awake 3am;
    : some cat vomit on the floor off the end of the carpet.  Stepped in it of course.
      Put down a couple of paper towels;  * deal with it in the morning
  * up 7:30;
    % dreams involved CPAPs, which is somewhat weird
  * abiraterone 07:35; rest of am drugs 08:40; pm 22:27
  * H2O: 08:30ish; 8:50ish??, 10:12:c, 17:55, 
  : the monitor in the Lair seems to have died.  Weird.  I did splash that side of
    Panther, but I also tried the VGA port input with Sherman.  So WTF? It turns on, you
    can get it to display the input selector _sometimes_, but then it says "no signal"
  * 10:20 leave for 11am Memory Keepers realspace at Third Place Commons.  Third Monday
  @ Banks Are Finally Realizing What Climate Change Will Do to Housing | WIRED
  @ Microsoft pinky swears that THIS TIME they’ll make security a priority - Doctorow
  * refill abiraterone
  * 4pm photo session
  & on G's suggestion, tried the BT dongle that I've had since forever.  No dice.  And now
    my Thinkpad keyboard isn't working in dongle mode either.  WTF?
    -> pulling and replacing the dongle fixed it.  I had to power-cycle the dongle!  :P
  : there are apples.  Tomorrow.
  : R sent me a father's day card (GIF), and we had a nice conversation via Discord DMs
    -> He agreed with me that regular monthly payments would help -- A, who's the one who
       writes begging letters because R is just as bad as I am when it comes to asking for
       help, is very depressed
  : N has found temporary housing in Den Haag - a 1BR and 2BR.  Expensive.
  : 22:17 back in the Lair -- Bronx had turned my CPAP on.  But OTOH the monitor is
    working again.  So there's that.

0618Tu
  & awake 6ish (!); cat cuddle and bed exercises
  * up 6:30; S=7:28, W=192.8; exercises, Dutch
  * H2O: 07:30, 08:05:c, 08:08, 11:09, 19:00ish, 
  * abiraterone 06:35, rest of am drugs: 
  @ AI, the Fedivese and Indieweb.social | Patreon
    $ now supporting indieweb.social on Patreon at $5/month
  * guitar:  Millennium's Dawn, Bad Guys.  Need to trim LH nails.
  . consolidate funds - MAIN ASSIGNMENT #1
    * set up meeting with Jerad
    * docs  * uploaded, then
  * 3pm Elizabeth Geschiere
    *- sense of awe/wonder - Ship of Stone
    *- Ferret.  (see 0615Sa)
    *- Values:  kindness, friendship, usefulness... learning
  * 4:15 leave for j's graduation.  w\ m, who went home with j and N
    % inevitably, regrets about missing my 50th reunion
    % had trouble getting up after sitting on the grass waiting for j to say goodbye to
      the school.  lost my balance.  No damage (except to my dignity, which isn't worth
      much, and smacking the back of my R hand on a water-valve cover, a bit of sting but
      no pain); accepted hands up.  Combination of not allowing for the slope, and being a
      bit wobbly... not sure what's up with that
    % 21:38 may have slightly damaged my R knee.
  @ Official JOANN™ Fabric and Craft Stores Online
    Chapter 11 bankruptcy -- they intend to keep stores open.  Hope they manage it.
  * load drugs

0619We  Juneteenth  * litter boxen
  @ Juneteenth - Wikipedia
  & awake 6:30
  * up 06:40; S=6:07, W=193.0, BP=128/79, P=64; exercises, Dutch
  * abiraterone 06:44; rest of am drugs 08:07; pm drugs 
  * H2O: 08:07, 08:32:c, 09:14,
  @ 15 Essential Dutch Learning Website Resources to Learn Dutch
  . move financial stuff from ~/Documents to secure account
    * docs  * uploaded, then   * moved to secure account.
  &  sardines and eggs for lunch:  EVOO, onions, shrooms, lemon pepper, 
  * schedule colonoscopy
    -> their patient portal is a piece of sh*t
    -> so is their telehealth browser app.  Maybe there's an android app, but not obvious
    -> sent annoyed email to accessibility@eclinicalworks.com
    -> There's a phone app but I had to turn on images to find it
    " Dear [mdlbear],/We have exciting news regarding your health care!
      Welcome to the Gastro Health patient portal! " as if this wasn't just like every
      other health provider's portal, except crappier.
  * pick up abiraterone at UPS store
  * charge Molly
    -> The Northgate chargers are out of service, and the ones at Freddy's were full
    -> went out again after dinner.  the ones at Safeway on 15th are out of service.
    -> finally went to Freddy's on Lake City, arriving ~9pm.  got home ~10pm.
  * TP for Lair -> in blue bag
  * guitar:   Wheelin' (added the next day, so don't remember what else.)

0620Th  Solstice
  @ Summer solstice - Wikipedia
  & awake 4:50
  * up 7ish; 
  * abiraterone 07:05; rest of am drugs 08:03; pm drugs 22:15
  * H2O: 08:03; 08:30ish:c, 09:05, 17:41, 
  * set alarms for meetings
  x 8am Google Meet - Dutch realtor (maybe)
  ~ 11am zoom meeting with Al and Greg - link in email and below
    -> rescheduled because Greg has covid.
  @ Is Microsoft trying to commit suicide? - Charlie's Diary
  @ Who-T: The future of xinput, xmodmap, setxkbmap, xsetwacom and other tools under
    Wayland
  @ Structured Procrastination
    also logged 20240221We
  @ The 2024 summer solstice will be the earliest for 228 years. Here's why.
  @ Bryan 🏳️‍🌈 Mastodon: "any instagram users out there …" -> Pixelfed.  links
  @ Sensory secrets of penis and clitoris unlocked after more than 150 years
    " Krause corpuscles in both male and female mice [...] fired in response to
      low-frequency vibrations in the range of 40–80 hertz. "  cf sex toys
  * 2pm Zoom meeting with Jerad
    ~- consolidate funds - how to deal with trust
    *- set up auto-transfer to R+A  -> NOW - on list since last year
       -* full legal names, phone#
  * walk: MonkeyGrind 16:00ish: w=0.8mi, s=2100, 16hp; today 34mm, 1.2mi
  * 2min:  declutter Sable's browser by removing travel-agency tabs - we're not doing
    that, but they're bookmarked just in case.
  * laundry

0621Fr  * litter boxen
  & awake 3:30
  * up 7am; W=193, S=8:11; Dutch
    % at least 45 min cat cuddle.  May have been twice that.
  * abiraterone 07:50; rest of am drugs 09:17; pm drugs 21:30ish
  * H2O: 09:18, 10:19, ??
  @ Grief is not a process with five stages. It is shattered glass | Psyche Ideas
  @ AI Just Permanently Changed My Medical Practice — for the Better | MedPage Today
    " My hospital is piloting a program allowing some clinicians to use their smartphones
      to record the audio of patient encounters. An AI app called "Abridge" records and
      then converts the audio into well-organized, appropriately formatted medical notes
      for the electronic medical record. "  Hopefully the doctor proof-reads it carefully
    Abridge|Generative AI for Clinical Conversations
  @ Potatoes Are the Perfect Vegetable—but You’re Eating Them Wrong | WIRED FRESH
  * walk:  16:10 Dayton+90th 16:35: w=0.9mi, s=2116, 21min, 14hp,
    % very hot and sweaty; took off socks, pants, and pantsu on arrival.
  @ Amigurumi - Wikipedia
    " By 2006, amigurumi were reported to be some of the most popular items on Etsy, an
      online craft marketplace, where they typically sold for $10 to $100. "
  : SA:  looked at former incremental backup drive using the Sabrent "lay-flat" docking
    station.  Should take it out to the Lair and try my luck.
    -> works, but NOT through the mini-hub!  Growf.
  : some weirdness going on with bluetooth between my phone and Sable.  Possibly due to
    DreamMapper (which was still running) doing something stupid.  Turning BT off on the
    phone doesn't fix BT on Sable, though.

0622Sa
  & awake 22:50
  * up 5:30ish; S=5:58; 
  * abiraterone  6:40ish; rest of am drugs 07:45 ; pm drugs 22:15
  * H2O: 07:44, 08:12, 22:20
  x leave ~1:30 for 3pm STANCE concert Seattle First Baptist Church (collect m en route)
    -> cancelled due to COVID exposure.  We will have a watch party in the LR sometime
    True Colors: A Pride Concert - YouTube (recording of yesterday's livestream)
  @ World Sunlight Map
    Xplanet packaged in ubuntu derivatives
    Xplanet - Wikipedia
    Help:Producing maps with xplanet - Wikipedia
    HamClock
    EarthDesk mac or win
    " pricing starts at $24.99 for a new single user license and $12.99 for upgrades. "
  : the Unitek usb/hard drive adapter works when plugged in directly.  Growf.
    xplanet -lat 47.6 -lon -122.3 -body earth -geom 1200x900 -window #needs tweaking
  * get Mom's memoir and other materials into mm/books/Lynn_Savitzky
  @ An Atheist Composer on Choral Music - New Music USA
  * walk:  taqueria via Evanston 18:10 w=1mi, s=2131, hp=10, 23min
  * watched/listened to k et. al. in the recorded livestream of the previous performance
    of the STANCE concert that was cancelled due to COVID this afternoon:
    Seattle Trans and Nonbinary Choral Ensemble
    True Colors: A Pride Concert - YouTube Program
    -- it will probably move to the past performances page soon.

Comments

[solarbird]

Oh cool, I'll check the concert. Thanks!