Done Since 2024-06-02

Not a bad week. Got a few things done. Not enough, though. It's never enough, and I seem to have an aversion to finishing things. WTF, brain? Health-wise I've sometimes been feeling vaguely "off", especially in the evening; don't know what's up with that.

I'm back to a qualified "okay" for mood, because of persistant worries. But I had a good hour or so with both cats in bed this morning, and a lot of good cat cuddle other times this week, and I'm not complaining. And I went for a walk five days this week. (Not nearly so good about my normal morning exercises. Bronx has a little to do with that — I always used to do the standing exercises in the bathroom, but Bronx + bathroom = havoc.)

I had a good talk with Jonathan, my oncology social worker, on Wednesday, mostly about music and emotions. Apparently even though I'm not very good at verbalizing my emotions when asked (cf. alexithymia), they sometimes come out in songs. Maybe that's because in songs I don't have to actually name them. Also maybe because I don't write songs very often. The songs in question deserve a full-on post — I'd planned on posting an s4s but got sidetracked. Maybe next week, although as I have often mentioned, I have the memory of a mayfly on crack. So maybe not.

According to LJ I've been writing this blog for 22 years as of Saturday. Of course all the posts, and the posting, have moved over here to DW, and LJ broke cross-posting. That's their problem.

And, Public Service Announcement: don’t install any version of Windows 11 that can run copilot/recall (via @solarbird; more links under Tuesday). Don't believe Microsoft when they say they've fixed it, or that it won't run on your down-rev PC. There's never been a better excuse to switch to Linux.

( Notes & links, as usual )