Enthusiastically Ambiverted Hopepunk
The stuff about me and my life. The “diary” side of blogging.
Day 194: As part of getting ready for the next fall holiday, I’m in charge of the fall foliage centerpiece for the table. Which, in a rather brilliant move, considering my flower arrangement skills, is one of the Lego botanicals kits. Got most of the way through this evening, and should finish it tomorrow.
Day 193: Another slow, relaxing day of doing very little. We started the day with watching Mean Girls, which I’d not seen before, and then made it through the first three episodes of Mike Flanagan’s The Fall of the House of Usher. Not a bad day at all!
Day 192: Since we had the day off today, we ran a few errands in the morning and then decided to make it a movie day. Today’s triple feature: Barbie (just as good as when we saw it in the movie theater), Singin’ in the Rain (always good), and Asteroid City (weird, but enjoyable if you like Wes Anderson).
Day 191: I needed a photo for an intro slide for my presentation today. One iPhone selfie on a balcony later, and here we are!
Day 190: Tazo’s Glazed Lemon Loaf tea is amazing. It manages to capture both the lemony taste of the cake and the vanilla of the glaze. Really, really good.
Day 189: This week is Highline College’s Disability Justice Week, and this year I served on the organizing committee and will be presenting on Thursday. Yesterday was a keynote address by Vilissa Thompson, today was viewings of The Right to be Rescued and Loving With Three Hearts, tomorrow is a talk by Ivanova Smith, and then Thursday I’ll be presenting and demoing some of the accessibility tools built into Windows (many of which can be helpful for non-disabled users as well).
Day 188: This is much later than usual for us, but it’s done! Have you voted yet? Local stuff is as important (and often more directly impactful) than the big high-profile national stuff. Don’t let it slip away!
Day 187: Spent part of this afternoon swapping out Halloween decorations for Thanksgiving. So many cute little gnomes!
Day 186: One of these plates is for me, the other is for the birthday girl. I wonder which is which?
Day 185: We ran away to the Elks Temple McMenamins in Tacoma to celebrate my wife’s birthday (and my half-birthday). This gent graces the wall in our room, and, despite appearances, is not Teddy Roosevelt.