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Doing that icon meme, because I'm a physical and emotional wreck and wanted something else to focus on. @dine gave me these three, and these are the rules:
1. Comment on this entry with "I'm with you to the end of the line" and I'll pick 3 of your userpics/icons
2. Make an entry in your own journal (or just reply, if you prefer) and talk about the icons I chose.
I made this one and it's literally the only time I was able to get Photoshop Elements to do what I wanted by masking out the background of Liz Lemon being on a plane sitting next to Oprah. "I want to go to there" is something Liz was famous for saying on 30 Rock, it became her iconic line even though she only really used it once or maybe twice at the most. I think it perfectly encapsulates a desire to see or do something, and it made me laugh.

This was an icon I saw on someone else's journal and asked agentxpendable if I could use it--The Professionals has always been my once and future fandom, and I'm a huge tea fanatic, so Doyle, Bodie, and Tommy with their teacups was perfect for me. The text perfectly captures the three of them.

This one I made because the xkcd comic about tautologies was so hilarious to me, and I just thought this was so perfect as both a meta joke about Fight Club's stupid rules but also about this device itself. /word nerd
I'm a little bummed because I will probably have to lose some of these in the near future, since my paid account is expiring soon and I just can't really afford it right now. I imagine a lot of us are in that boat. I want to support DW but things are tough.
In pandemic news, I started coughing last week, and had a bad headache the night before. I don't have a fever, just an occasionally stuffy nose, and the worst of the cough is gone and now it's just the occasional dry one, but for a few days I had that really bad taste in the back of my throat that I always get with bronchitis, that gross phlegmy taste. So I have no idea if I could be mildly infected, or if this is seasonal reactions, or what, and testing is not really a thing unless you're seriously symptomatic and need care. I've been in the house for days, not even going for walks, only going out to get the curbside delivery of cat food and litter my pet store offers. (No, chewy is not an option for me, as they don't carry a lot of what I want and the ones they do are more expensive and often out of stock.)
I mean, if I had a mild case, and I could build immunity, that'd be ideal, right? But who the fuck knows, since this is a garbage fire of a country and since the people in charge hate our governor and we're both a blue state and one that doesn't have many electoral votes, we get nothin', so. I heard they're setting up a testing tent near me, but they emphasize it's gonna be for people with serious symptoms on certain plans. I would love to have a mask so I could at least venture out a bit for a walk, but I have no fabric, no hair ties or rubber bands, and absolute zero skills for making one. I have a couple of those paper ones from when I was taking care of my sister, but the bands are all disintegrated and I don't think they can be washed, so even if I can dig up some rubber bands or something, they'd be gone after one use.
Still. @minim_calibre is bringing me some coveted flour this weekend on a run to deliver to her folks, and some other staples, and I hope I can figure out some things to do with them so I can continue to stay the fuck home. So I will be okay for a little while longer, and will also keep trying to get some kind of fuller grocery delivery. Which is proving to be frustrating but... Also am rationing toilet paper, which is hard when one of your meds is a diuretic.
Mostly, though, I'm so lonely. I'm a hermit by nature, but it's very different being home alone 24/7 and not seeing or speaking to people when you're forced into that. I think a lot of us will come out of this really unhinged. I'm not even a hugger but I want to hug the people I talk to on zoom so fucking bad. I want to just sit on the couch with min and watch stupid movies where people have questionable hair and clothing, especially CEvans.
We've had our stay at home order extended to May 4th. It seems like the numbers are improving, and we've been at this a little longer than many places, so I'm trying to be hopeful. That's all I've got, though.
1. Comment on this entry with "I'm with you to the end of the line" and I'll pick 3 of your userpics/icons
2. Make an entry in your own journal (or just reply, if you prefer) and talk about the icons I chose.
I made this one and it's literally the only time I was able to get Photoshop Elements to do what I wanted by masking out the background of Liz Lemon being on a plane sitting next to Oprah. "I want to go to there" is something Liz was famous for saying on 30 Rock, it became her iconic line even though she only really used it once or maybe twice at the most. I think it perfectly encapsulates a desire to see or do something, and it made me laugh.
This was an icon I saw on someone else's journal and asked agentxpendable if I could use it--The Professionals has always been my once and future fandom, and I'm a huge tea fanatic, so Doyle, Bodie, and Tommy with their teacups was perfect for me. The text perfectly captures the three of them.
This one I made because the xkcd comic about tautologies was so hilarious to me, and I just thought this was so perfect as both a meta joke about Fight Club's stupid rules but also about this device itself. /word nerd
I'm a little bummed because I will probably have to lose some of these in the near future, since my paid account is expiring soon and I just can't really afford it right now. I imagine a lot of us are in that boat. I want to support DW but things are tough.
In pandemic news, I started coughing last week, and had a bad headache the night before. I don't have a fever, just an occasionally stuffy nose, and the worst of the cough is gone and now it's just the occasional dry one, but for a few days I had that really bad taste in the back of my throat that I always get with bronchitis, that gross phlegmy taste. So I have no idea if I could be mildly infected, or if this is seasonal reactions, or what, and testing is not really a thing unless you're seriously symptomatic and need care. I've been in the house for days, not even going for walks, only going out to get the curbside delivery of cat food and litter my pet store offers. (No, chewy is not an option for me, as they don't carry a lot of what I want and the ones they do are more expensive and often out of stock.)
I mean, if I had a mild case, and I could build immunity, that'd be ideal, right? But who the fuck knows, since this is a garbage fire of a country and since the people in charge hate our governor and we're both a blue state and one that doesn't have many electoral votes, we get nothin', so. I heard they're setting up a testing tent near me, but they emphasize it's gonna be for people with serious symptoms on certain plans. I would love to have a mask so I could at least venture out a bit for a walk, but I have no fabric, no hair ties or rubber bands, and absolute zero skills for making one. I have a couple of those paper ones from when I was taking care of my sister, but the bands are all disintegrated and I don't think they can be washed, so even if I can dig up some rubber bands or something, they'd be gone after one use.
Still. @minim_calibre is bringing me some coveted flour this weekend on a run to deliver to her folks, and some other staples, and I hope I can figure out some things to do with them so I can continue to stay the fuck home. So I will be okay for a little while longer, and will also keep trying to get some kind of fuller grocery delivery. Which is proving to be frustrating but... Also am rationing toilet paper, which is hard when one of your meds is a diuretic.
Mostly, though, I'm so lonely. I'm a hermit by nature, but it's very different being home alone 24/7 and not seeing or speaking to people when you're forced into that. I think a lot of us will come out of this really unhinged. I'm not even a hugger but I want to hug the people I talk to on zoom so fucking bad. I want to just sit on the couch with min and watch stupid movies where people have questionable hair and clothing, especially CEvans.
We've had our stay at home order extended to May 4th. It seems like the numbers are improving, and we've been at this a little longer than many places, so I'm trying to be hopeful. That's all I've got, though.
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Date: 2020-04-03 11:28 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2020-04-03 11:43 pm (UTC)I feel you on the isolation - I'm still venturing out a couple times a week, mostly to drive around for 20-30 minutes for a change of scenery; but aside from the occasional drive-thru encounter, I'm not seeing people. I even cancelled coffee at my place with
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Date: 2020-04-04 12:28 am (UTC)I think what might help us is in spite of all the people rushing to move here, Seattle's still nowhere near as dense as NY or LA. People seem to be obeying the stay at home orders so far and Inslee seems to be doing a good job. It still feels precarious as all hell, though, and I'm really really worried about November. The Republicans obviously have no intention of letting people vote by mail, and I can't blame people if when the choice is between voting or risking their lives, they stay home. (And fucking Bernie Sanders STILL HASN'T DROPPED OUT.)
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Date: 2020-04-06 06:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-04-06 06:32 pm (UTC)There was ONE PERSON with a plan for a pandemic! One! It was not one of the people with a dick! Gahhh. Like, people will apparently actually rather die than elect a woman? (I am BEYOND furious at fucking Bernie Sanders. DROP THE FUCK OUT ALREADY. Biden is a horrible mess, but I'm hoping he picks a young smart female Veep.)
I'm trying though just to focus on the here and now and getting through it. It's gonna be a long spring and summer.
Yeah, meanwhile Trumpty Dumpty is all "It would be so lovely if people could worship for Easter!" (evangelical vote) "We need to open the NFL back up!" (NASCAR type vote) He's apparently going to wipe out his base, and then is it going to spread to the rest of us who aren't deranged? IDK.
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Date: 2020-04-04 02:42 am (UTC)Yeah, allergy season is making this a lot harder: is that cough allergy and stress bringing up the asthma or is it impending death?!?!?!?
Starting next week they're having em come into work a couple of days each week through the end of the month. Which will be good for the boredom and extreme hermiting, but I'm finding myself more anxious about those days than when I was just coming in or regular days.
But no body knows what the fuck is happening day by day.
My mm and I have experimented with making some very amateur masks and we think we've got it figured out. A lot of people here are ging with bandanas. Coz it's the freaking Southwest and we all have at least a couple of them for yard work and other stuff.
I am having a little bit of fun at the idea of how all the masks are going to fuck with surveillance tech.
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Date: 2020-04-06 06:54 pm (UTC)We just passed, at the end of our session and then the governor signed it even in the midst of all the pandemic shit, facial recognition surveillance software. It was sponsored by my local rep, who was a former Microsoftie, so it surprised me that he did. But I think it's important, especially now. And of course, people of color can't really go into stores wearing masks and expect to come out okay. So I don't know how all this mask wearing is really going to shake out here.
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Date: 2020-04-06 07:38 pm (UTC)It's sooo much fun that I can't escape that smell these days...
Yeah, I have seen quite a number of comments online from POC about the mask issue. One could be absurdly optimistic and hope this could be a social leveler, but it's more likely to be a shitshow that puts POC more at risk for contracting the virus as they forgo a mask in favor of, oh I don't know, not getting shot.
Yay.
And once it gets hot - which is gonna be soon here - wearing a mask its going to get real uncomfortable real fast. The bonus is that the heat will keep people in, as well, but it's still gonna suck. There is a certain amount of people here who wear masks regularly anyway, because of dust and pollen, and all the construction guys that don't bother to take the masks off when they're on a break, but what's normal in a desert town will be pretty odd in other places, I'll bet.
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Date: 2020-04-04 01:17 pm (UTC)And: I'm with you to the end of the line!!
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Date: 2020-04-06 06:10 pm (UTC)How about these:
(God, I miss Deb. DOn't miss the show, but miss her.)
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Date: 2020-04-04 02:15 pm (UTC)Yup yup yup. I am also very much a hermit/homebody, so while I'm probably doing better than many, I do find myself actually missing going into the office. Sometimes. Occasionally. I can't even imagine how the folks who are used to going out socially on a regular basis are handling it.
Anyway, I hope your Zoom and other interactions continue to help soothe at least some of that, and that you're not sick, or at least not seriously so. (I actually found myself grateful for a high pollen warning this morning, since it meant my sniffles and slightly scratchy throat had a cause.)
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Date: 2020-04-06 06:59 pm (UTC)