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Memory Fail

I had something that I wanted to write a post about but I can’t remember what it was.  Don’t get old, kids.  It sucks.

I already mentioned recording some guitars.  Three songs underway.  I posted a to do list earlier and all but one thing is done.  I swept and mopped the dining room floor, I filled the bird feeders, I started watching two shows on Netflix, Money Heist and The End of the F***ing World.  Two episodes into each and so far they are all right.  I can’t tell if End of the World is a black comedy, or an ugly drama that is sometimes funny.  Trying to answer that question is taking me out of it a little.

I got a delivery of replacement parts for my CPAP machine last week and I finally got around to putting the new parts onto the machine.  Everything that could be changed has been.  New hose, harness, mask, filter, and (for the first time) reservoir.  Also, reservoir is a difficult word to spell.

But what the hell was it that I wanted to write about?

I don’t know.  I give up.

It’s really hot out and it’s big time spring and my mild allergies are flaring up like mad.  Probably because all of the windows are open and I just went outside a couple of times.  My head feels a little stuffy and funky.  I’m going to go flake.  Talk to you later.

COVID Blues

246/365

Three songs in the pipeline right now. I put guitars on all of them. Two of the songs seem okay so far. The third is a sloppy awful mess. It’s a 12-bar blues. Should I call it The Covid-19 Blues?

The Stir Crazy Files – Episode 31

Jen’s watching NYC real estate videos.  I’m testing the waters on a couple of Netflix series.  Patches is sitting on my desk.

Jen is planning on a nice dinner for us today and that is going to RULE.  I want to do some music today, and some work on a javascript tutorial that I’ve been playing with, and I want to sweep the dining room floor.

All the while, the most entertaining thing in the whole history of quarantines is happening.  Outside my window there is a squirrel trying valiantly to get around the squirrel baffle on the bird feeder.   He climbs up the pole, tries to grab onto the side of the baffle, misses, slides down the pole, climbs up the pole, tries to grab the side of the baffle, gets it, falls on his face, climbs up the pole, sits there for a second looking defeated, slides down the pole.

Wash, rinse, repeat.

It’s like theater.

What’s gonna happen next?

The Stir Crazy Files – Episode 30

Is Netflix just better than Hulu? I Googled “Best Netflix original series” and got some really long lists filled with shows I’ve seen and shows that look worthy of a watch and shows that don’t interest me in roughly equal numbers.

I did the same search for Hulu and found a small number of shows I’ve watched, one show that I want to watch (Haindmaid’s Tale) that I haven’t had the courage to start yet (I read the book and given the current sociopolitical climate I’m frankly terrified by the idea of living through that story again), and a slew of shows that are utterly uninteresting to me.

Maybe Netflix is just better at the original series thing.

On an unrelated stir crazy note, I slammed my head into the light fixture in the dinning room today. At least it wasn’t a ceiling fan… my nemesis.

On another unrelated note (of questionable stir crazy origin) my beloved bride baked a cake from scratch today, including frosting. It was delectable. Thanks, lovey!

Quaran-TV-ine

Jen and I have been watching Travel Man with Richard Ayoade who is ridiculously funny.

Jen and Harry have been watching The Great British Baking Show which includes Noel Fielding who is so funny it’s nuts.

I have been watching What We Do in the Shadows which stars Matt Berry who might be the funniest person ever.

What do all three of these people have in common?  They were all on The IT Crowd.  Off to Netflix I go!

The Stir Crazy Files – Episode 29

Hair hell.

I have styling foam (is that what it’s called?) in my hair.

My hair currently is not in my eyes, but it isn’t quite holding in place from where it was when I got out of the shower 90 minutes ago.  So far so good, I guess… but it’s only been an hour an a half.

Change of subject, and speaking of crazy: Alex Jones.

Given that he publicly threatened to murder and eat his neighbors, would they then be legally justified to put a bullet into his useless, idiot brain if he put a toenail onto their property?  I will never advocate for violence, but to me this sounds like any of his neighbors would be perfectly within their rights to blow his brains out without any additional provocation.

Just saying.