I know, I know, it's been awhile since I did a full posting - 1st post of 2025, actually *eep*
ANYways... been surviving the rollercoaster weather we've been having while dealing with work, volunteering, Lodge, & so much more - including my youngest spawnling nearing her 18th & graduation ! *whew*
have had a major monetary slowdown with having to replace my PC - tapped out the savings, but got it done
and, yeah, I've been surviving a little more frugal lately as well... not that I don't usually, but it's gotten tighter as the local bills have gone up a bit, surprise surprise ! it's all about timing, I suppose
and - yes - my youngest will be turning 18 AND having her graduation on the same weekend just a week away!
so I've been spending as much time as possible with her before my 'official/scheduled' time with her is done :(
so it's been a bit of an emotional rollercoaster as well...
just like my eldest did, she decided she'd be staying with her mothre - quite understandable since there they have a house and lawn and (etc)
and now have to figure out what to do with, well, an empty household, basically...
I mean, I work a lot and volunteer and have Lodge-related endeavours to fill much of my time but the apartment is going to be quieter than it's ever been before *sighs*
I have a certainty I'll survive ( obviously! ), but it's gonna be a far different world going forward once we fully enter June...
I'm slowly filling up my calendar for the rest of the year, presuming nothing unusual happens, so that's a good thing as well.
Time off end of June for Grand York Convocation followed shortly by a week-and-a-half off in July to use up my vaca time for the year ( and "celebrate" my b'day, too, I suppose )
sounds like there should be some local events during that time as well with the PD Reserve Unit :)
sooo... yeah. a dip into the deep-dive of my life of late :D
Until next posting, my Lovelies & Gentlefolk !
Recent Random Playlist (albums) ::
For Those About To Rawk: A Punk Tribute To AC/DC [album]
Fall Out Boy - Folie a Deux
Alice Cooper - Hey Stoopid
[many many others I forgot to track...]
watched recently :
via rental/streaming:
SNL/Saturday Night Live (random episodes)
Y2K
Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters
Doctor Who: Joy To The World
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
Creature Commandos (series)
The Legend Of Vox Machina (series)
Freakish
The Dresden Files (series)
My Undead Yokai Girlfriend (series)
Space Precinct (series)
Star Trek: Lower Decks (5th Season)
The Franchise (series)
What If...? (series)
Squid Game (series)
The Penguin (series)
New Girl (series)
Chompy & The Girls
Tag
Ghosts (series)
Grimm (4th Season)
Smallville (2nd Season)
Cemetery Man (DellaMorte DellaMore)
Glee (3rd Season)
The Night Agent (1st Season)
Defiance (1st & 2nd Season)
The Orville (series)
Being Human (UK, series)
Bad Boys: Ride Or Die
Star Trek: Section 31
Agents Of SHIELD (4th Season)
Wynonna Earp (series)
Lucifer (series)
Harley Quinn (5th Season)
School Spirits (2nd Season)
Kraven The Hunter
Frankie Freako
Cobra Kai (6th/Final Season)
SNL: 50th Anniversary
Shifting Gears (series)
Invincible (3rd Season)
Shoresy (4th Season)
Street Trash (2024)
The Good Place (2nd Season)
Daredevil: Born Again (series)
Riverdale (1st & 2nd Season)
The Fall Of The House Of Usher (series)
The Electric State
Lazer Team
Lazer Team 2
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Disney's Moana 2
Sonic The Hedgehog 3
Slow Horses (series)
Emerald City (series)
Eli Roth's History Of Horror (series)
Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts
Justice League: Crisis On Infinite Earths - Part Three
High School DxD: HerO (series)
The Testament Of Sister New Devil (series)
Val (documentary)
Interstate 60
Percy Jackson And The Olympians (series)
The Big Bang Theory (12th Season)
Stan Against Evil (1st-3rd Season)
Lockwood & Co. (series)
Captain America: Brave New World
That '70s Show (1st & 2nd Season)
Baywatch (2017)
Tobe Hooper's Invaders From Mars
The Last Of Us (series)
Doctor Who [random episodes]
Lost Girl (2nd Season)
Ghosts (US, 4th Season)
Stargirl: Frenemies
Dark Matter (series)
Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina (series)
Star Wars: Andor (2nd Season)
Black Mirror (4th Season)
Smile
Avenue 5 (series)
The Walking Dead (2nd Seaso...
The Studio (series)
Novocaine
Sweet Home (2nd Season)
No Hard Feelings
Cheers (series)
ownedflix:
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Thor: Love And Thunder
Night Of The Animated Dead
Deep Blue Sea 2
Deep Blue Sea 3
Eureka (series)
Pixels
Starhunter (series)
Jurassic World: Dominion
The 51st State
Mel Brooks' High Anxiety
Mel Brooks' Robin Hood: Men In Tights
Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Feast
Mean Girls
Down Periscope
TerrorVision
Blumhouse's Freaky
They Call Me Trinity
Paint Your Wagon
The Flash (2023)
Confess, Fletch
Jungle Cruise
Say Anything...
National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise Of Taj
Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Austin Powers: Goldmember
Disney's Tomorrowland
Annabelle
Annabelle: Creation
Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 3
John Wick
John Wick: Chapter 2
Stuart Gordon's H.P. Lovecraft's Dagon
too much twittage ::
12/31 : felt unwell most of the day, so crashed out moment I got home... still illish, so enjoy your NYE anyways, I'm gonna try'n rest this outta me by morning
1/1 : hny - even after sleeping over 12hrs still feel illish, take advantage of the day off & just gonna go right back t'resting until this crap breaks
1/18 : (wow...)
*knock on my door* "hello, I live downstairs, you need to stop taking showers before 9"
'...pardon ?'
"my baby wakes up every time you shower"
'sorry, I work in the morning & kiiinda need to shower...'
"then get a better fucking job"
'ma'am, goodbye'
*as I close the door* "I'll talk to managers!"
'you do that...'
1/24 : Sad yet kinda funny when I have to argue w/ a truck driver right at the work street entrance telling me to cross when I'm gesturing & telling him 'dude, I'm heading TO the building, NOT crossing !'
2/6 : I've, unfortunately, heard from local owners & managers utterly frustrated with younger employees 'complete refusal to actually work'
in my humble opinion, the US needs a big work ethic overhaul, a return to the willingness-to-work mentality that helped grow our nation - else we're going to hit a wall and grow stagnant, if not outright blow up :(
2/11 : all I know about this year's SB : the President was cheered, the dandruff singer was boo'd, a halftime rapper promoted his album while a tennis player displayed her streetgang affiliation
oh - and there was a football game where the dandruff singer's boyfriend's team lost
2/12 : we need to be more careful in what we designate as 'wrongfully detained' - ignorance of other countries' laws is not and should not be an 'excuse' in getting out of their laws
there's an old saying : 'do the crime, do the time'
2/13 : say what you will, but I love Idol's music...
I've had people say that he hasn't done anything since the '80s, then I play a track or two from a new album of his and they're like "cool, when did this come out?"
yeah, sorry kids, but Idol hasn't stopped :)
2/14 : no, I'm not adding [an app] to txt, call, send docs to my smrtphone - you can txt/call my smrtphone direct or e'mail me w/ docs 'normally'
* and if at work I don't respond to most txts/calls, etc and [an app] won't change that
2/17 : already heard a neighbour on their phone outside my apartment door 'it's not that bad, just have to warm up the car longer'
Yeh, well, *some* of us have to walk in these -30 windchill temps >:(
2/18 : these extreme neg-windchills are getting to me, physically & mentally...
after work last night I crashed out shortly & slept 'til this mornin' :(
2/20 : it's a touch awkwardly funny when someone tries to pull the 'in my generation' card... and they're only 2yrs older
2/27 : yes, my (7yr old) home PC is starting to show signs of technical difficulties... I should be able to order a new one in the nxt week, but my responses may be slow or intermittent 'til then...
3/5 : 'First World Problem #42' :w/ my PC twitchy/dying I'm (temporarily) utilizing my smrtphone more ... have had to charge it daily(!) when previously it'd be only once or twice a week !
3/25 : 'your hands are shaking'
you are correct
'I make you nervous standing here ?'
why, yes, my hands have been shaking for nigh 30yrs because I knew someday you'd be in my cubicle watching me work...
3/27 : the rain has stopped, and it's a cool, crisp 40° ... ~but~ supposed to reach 60° today and warmer tomorrow ! ( before it drops - again - into the 30s )
4/14 : Wow... what are the odds that my uber driver back home tonight knew & had lived in the same parts of MN I had in the past ( though not at the same time ) - knew a few people & locales from my past :)
4/15 : kudos on the Mpls PD addressing the encampments immediately rather than waiting for it to become a major problem for the communities as a whole...
it's not perfect, but a helluva lot better for everyone
4/20 : my smrtphone & PC keep reminding me that 6yrs ago I was in Hawai'i ... yes, I know, it's barely 40° & dreary, thanks for reminder that I'm *not* where it's warm, sunny, & beauty everywhere I look
5/20 : ...started raining last night & not expected to stop 'til tomorrow
5/21 : Cold morning & still-falling rain day 2... at least the roads are quieter ?
5/24 : please tell me it was meant as a joke... a local group made a statement on the news about changing Memorial Day weekend into 'George Floyd' weekend
-thom Wolfox sR Rhose, AK/GOT (OOP)
"Keep Living & Loving Life!"
"America needs creation not destruction, cooperation not contempt, security not anarchy, healing not hatred, justice not chaos."
President Donald Trump * June 1st, 2020