in sadder news...
another co-worker passed last week, one I'd known since day 1 - unlike the previous two, I hadn't hung out with him outside of work, but nonetheless he was a great guy who had been a great assist when issues arose post-divorce with the county/state regarding insurance
he was only at our location a couple days a week, usually, but there've been necessary changes since he became too sick/hospitalized to come in & in a short period of time passed *sighs*
as I had previously posted (to some of my posting spots), I tend to... "joke with a dash of serious"... about my 'relationship' with death in most of my lifetime...
I've mentioned before that since I turned 15, there's only been 1 year in which someone I know didn't pass - the 'worst' year having had at least 12 people I knew which died ( I admit, I lose track sometimes... or am not aware of someone's passing until long after they've passed )
this, of course, includes the oddities & dangerous circumstances I not only found myself in, but somehow survived...
by no means would I call this 'luck,' gods know ! ...even though others have said I was 'lucky' to have survived, if I was truly 'lucky' I'd never have been *IN* the situation to begin with !!
car accidents, attacks/robberies, falling off of water towers, getting hit by cars walking, & a bevy of other decidedly UN'lucky' incidents, to be certain !
coupling these two things, the ex & I had - after throwing out several possible reasons, including humorous ones - come up with two likely possibilities behind it all...
1) genetically-speaking, death-ception - wherein being in my extended presence in my natural 'mode' for too long incites/excites the likelihood that one will, well, die
( with rare exception, sadly - extended time separation, distance, & my other natural ability of 'the most unlikely thing to happen, will' coming into play )
2) paranormal/parapsychologically-speaking, death-munity - wherein the embodiment of death has, for some demn fool reason, either taking a liking to me or is unable to do a demn thing to me
weirdly, this feels the most likely given now death(s) tend to occur to those I've spent substantial amount of time around outside of work & similar situations - again, with rare exception
I'm not a religious man, though I've tasted/tried a few belief systems in my time - and definitely've done research of even more
for a time I'd taken on Eris & Eros as my god & goddess - primarily due to how chaos & lust were definitive factors for the majority of my life <3
...taking this - and other things - into consideration, an embodiment of death is by no means inconceivable... quite the opposite, actually
as for why it would take a liking to me, well, I have no idea since I still can't understand why ANYone ever takes a liking to me
perhaps I pissed someone off in another lifetime or in the years before 15 that I can't remember *shrugs* - I'd... summoned... something(s) in my past, but nothing that would relate to either 'death'-possibility nor is likely to still be/have stayed around
*shrugs* who knows, I surely don't, and sans question that I'll continue to "joke with a dash of serious" regarding my death-ception and/or death-munity...
I'd be the first to laugh at myself and the things that've occurred in my life(time), as well as the oddities that seem to follow me in this strangeness of being :)
ANYways - that's all I've got for now, my lovelies & gentlefolk - keep Laughing, Living, & Loving Life !
twittage ::
2/6 : who would EVER think It's ok @ 2-3a to stand in front of a neighbour's door blasting music - then run back downstairs when I start unlocking the door ?!?
2/6 II : pathetic that some kid just Could Not Understand that since he was 2hrs late for his shift @ McDs that his slot was filled !!
2/6 III : well... no ordering groceries for tomorrow ( & it'd be premature to order for Fri already ) - they've stopped deliveries today & tomorrow due to expected inclement weather... admittedly, it's not perfect & more snow expected *shrugs* - no worries, can last another couple days...
2/8 (7:30p) : grocery delivery should be arriving anytime in next half-hour or so - yay! - they could only fill half my order since they hadn't gotten THEIR deliveries this week due to the weather - *sighs* ... oh well, at least I'm getting SOMEthing as a partial re-fill of sustenance
2/8 II : the delivery driver who'd gone to another location closer to home is back ! :) ...great guy! I guess they didn't tell him the other location had FAR fewer deliveries ( 4 a week! ) & that he'd be working overnight shifts to compensate :( ...she he came back to this one :)
2/9 : recycling bin & garbage are almost empty for the first time in month(s) ! ...now's my chance to finally get rid of some of this stuff :) ( at least, 'til the next time someone fucks it all up again )
** I can walk semi-into my walk-in closest again ( not that I spend much time in the bedroom as it is, while room has become a storage space *laughs* ) - since there's a new city ordinance that closets need to be able to close in all rooms of an apartment, they're inspecting next week... so it's clean-it-up-a-little time ( with the added bonus that I can finally get rid of some stuff I've been holding/waiting for the bins to be empty! ) **
2/9 II : ok, wtf ... it's nearly double-digit negatives, thick snow, and as I'm taking out trash & recyclables a kid comes out of the building in sandals, shorts, & a hoodie !!!
2/12 : the only "good thing" I can think of at all about this wintertide is that in 9 weeks I'll be in O'ahu/Hawai'i and nowhere near the extreme cold & perpetual white stuff ... and just a few months after that we'll have that day or two of spring before summer... maybe, just maybe...
2/14 : Apt hallway REEKED of vegetables this am *gags* ... longest I've had t'hold my breath in a long time (to avoid v'ing)
2/14 II : historically the VERY few v-days that I spent with anyone ( which is absurdly rare ) have been hellish in either absurd fashion or painful ones... including combinations thereof... at least the ex-wife & I never actually did anything together, let alone celebrate v-day *whew*
This Week's Random Playlist (albums) ::
16 Volt - The Best Of
Wednesday 13 - Transylvania 90210: Songs Of Death, Dying, And The Dead
Def Leppard - [multiple albums]
watched recently :
via rental/streaming:
Fullmetal Alchemist (2017)
Wynonna Earp (2nd Season)
Supernatural (9th & 10th Season)
Lavalantula
2 Lava 2 Lantula
Tag
Mutant X (1st Season)
The Hot Chick
The Ridiculous 6
The Black Adder (series)
The Orville (2nd Season)
The Flash (4th Season)
Titans (1st Season)
Doom Patrol (1st Season)
The Umbrella Academy (1st Season)
The House With A Clock In Its Walls
The Gifted (2nd Season)
ownedflix:
Mad Max: Fury Road
Beetlejuice
Dylan Dog: Dead Of Night
Disney's Moana
Eureka (5th/Final Season)
Once Upon A Deadpool
Johnny English Strikes Again
American Reunion
Hold Your Breath
México Bárbaro
-thom Wolfox sR Rhose, AK/GOT (OOP)
unusualist - I have yet to find a religion and/or spirituality that fits my own personal beliefs... other than, of course, the fact I am a (fallen) god.