Hello, Hurray!

[tabaqui]

The 4th is over, the damn firework noise can start going away, now!

It seems to me that several people on my flist are suddenly not 'mutual' anymore. That is; they have *me* listed as a friend, but somehow they are not listed back as my friend. Which is nutty, because some of these people? I have been mutual friends with for a decade or more.

So I dunno what's going on with LJ (pretty sure it's exclusively LJ). But of course, those people couldn't see my 'friends only' post, and I saw one of them remarking in another mutual's post about how 'Tabaqui hasn't posted since last year'...... So - WHAT IS GOING ON!
So this post is going to be public so that if you and I are friends, but suddenly you're not seeing my friends-only posts, we can fix that.
*pokes LJ*




Hello, my dear flist. Long time, no post, as usual. But, there just isn't a ton of stuff going on in my life, and the urge to post is low when writing is such a damn *struggle*, anyway. Though I still persevere.

ExSO is doing really well his heart and his stents and his new, modified, low-salt diet, heh. He was shocked and disgruntled by how much sodium there was in all his favorite snacks, like sunflower and pumpkin seeds. Poor guy. :D

The weather here has been variable and frankly weird. Frost warnings in June, heat indexes over 100 for days at a time.... A whole week of rain and flash-flood watches and whatnot, followed by the most delightful weather imaginable. I did have the pleasure of watching a wee cardinal take a bath in what is, apparently, the standing water in one of my gutters. Need to get that fixed.

Otherwise, things are just...going. Delta-V COVID is on a meteoric rise in my state (shocking), and I'm so very glad I and Monstrous Bebe have got our vax, but WTF. Masks not coming off for the rest of year, far as I'm concerned.

Fandom seems to be the same as ever, and the recent J2 wank was...well. Wanky, heh. I'm watching 'Loki' and enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would. Watching a lot of non-US Netflix stuff (Katla, from Iceland, Equinox, from Denmark, some S. Korean sci-fi stuff, Call My Agent, from France....)

The best thing about non-US stuff, to me, is that when things get weird of scary or dangerous? The FIRST impulse is not 'get a gun, shoot it'. That's damn refreshing.

Anyway - I hope you all are doing well, enjoying summer (or winter), and reading this happy or at least not *un* happy.
*smishes you all*

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

Yeah, getting sodium out is even tougher than booting sugar, it's everywhere.

The best thing about non-US stuff, to me, is that when things get weird of scary or dangerous? The FIRST impulse is not 'get a gun, shoot it'. That's damn refreshing

True!

[tabaqui]

Homg, it really is! I decided to look at my sodium levels after all that, and they're not bad but - it's really ridiculous how much is in certain stuff, particularly stuff that really does *not* need it!

[actiaslunaris]

We'll still get some random fireworks tonight, I'm sure! Nice to see you around. :)

[tabaqui]

Oh yes, we will for probably the rest of the week, just not as crazy. So much smoke last night, looked like a London fog!

Nice to see you, too. :D

[chase_acow]

Sorry LJ has been messing with you! The weather has been so weird, and even though I feel real badly for them, I'm just really glad not to have to deal with the extreme heat here yet.

What I saw on tumblr for the J2 wank was halfhearted at best. It's like they're not even trying! : )

[tabaqui]

LJ is suspicious anymore, heh. Oh, well. So long as it's still there......

The weather *has* been weird. All those poor people in Canada and Oregon and SIBERIA experience 100+ degree weather - skeery!

I only know about the J2 thing through one friend and some kerfluffle in a community I follow, but mostly i tend to miss that stuff or never see it at all, which is just how i like it.

[colls]

The fireworks thing annoys me so much! I can prepare for it on NYE or the 4th, but they've been randomly going off for a couple weeks. I know they're fireworks and not gunshots, but they still startle me and there's a reason I moved out of the city. It's awful how little consideration some people have for their community (for neighbors who are war veterans or from war-torn regions).

Which kind of rolls into your other comment about non-US based entertainment. Heh.

[tabaqui]

YUP.
We're in a military town, so you think people would *think* more.....

Heee. yeah. :D

[lunabee34]

So glad Cat us doing well.

Hugs

[tabaqui]

Thanks, bb.
:D