So this past Saturday I went on “The Great Los Angeles Walk”, an annual event that has folks meet up the Saturday before Thanksgiving for an epic walk around Los Angeles. This year (19th one!) was from USC to UCLA. Approx. 14.2 miles. We saw amazing buildings, murals, restaurants, etc. It was quite a day, but my legs, hips and butt are killing me!! I’ve never walked that far in my life. I’m glad I had the forethought to park at UCLA and get an Uber to the start of the walk! I was in no condition to get public transport or fight for an Uber/Lyft when we were done, lol!

Next year is going to start at One Wilshire all the way to the beach, which is longer than this year’s walk.

 I better start training soon!

Just a note- Bluesky is such a friendly place! I’ve been off the other one for pretty much 13 years, so it’s nice to scroll through positive, productive, informational (not just political) posts. I have a feeling I’ll need that a lot in the next 4 years.

I don’t post, but it’s nice to scroll. 

Okay, I waited a couple of days after the election to post. I thought by now I wouldn’t in a state of disgust, sorrow, fear or anger. Turns out I’m still knee deep in all of those feelings and more.

We’re going to have a convicted felon, sexual abuser, racist, classist, misogynistic, sociopath take the highest office we have. I’m so proud.  Actually, I feel sick. Anyone want to start a suffragette group with me? I’m sure women’s right to vote is going to be on the chopping block soon. 

Just an aside to everyone who voted for him- he hates you and thinks you’re stupid. HE ADMITTED IT!! And if you did it for the economy and consumer prices, you should have done your homework because he won’t do shit for you but make it worse. 

He’ll be even more of an abomination this time. No accountability. He’ll get away with anything he wants, he always does because you let him. He laughs at you. All of you. 

I feel hopeless. All the innocent people who will be attacked by their administration will be unprecedented. Not to mention street level attacks by racist assholes.

Just remember, once he’s back in office, this is YOUR fault. Anything that happens. YOU did this. And you can fuck off if you say you didn’t know, because you did. Your greedy, selfish, racist self knew, you just didn’t care. 

Awe man, I need to stop. Believe it or not, I edited out a lot of this post.

I’m glad I’m not on social media, I’m sure I’d feel worse if I was.

Hey Er’body! I thought I posted stuff, but I guess I didn’t. Sorry! This post going to be a mish-mash over a few months (oops!). Kinda random to be honest. 

I went to D23 yesterday. It was “meh”. Probably because I had not been able to find anyone who’d been before and didn’t know any tricks to see / participate in cool stuff. The Loki TVA interactive exhibit was cool though. Would I go again? Not sure. I guess I have two years to think about it!

I started getting back to being serious about my health back in the end of May and I’m at my goal weight. Buttttttttt, as most of you know, I have a “disordered” past, so it can be a struggle for me to know when to stop. I’ve noticed a bunch of muscle loss, especially in my arms so I had to start buying protein shakes and that makes me feel old, especially the Ensure Max Protein, I associate Ensure with seniors! Slate is the better one of the two, but I’m also going to try Quest. A friend recommended it to me. I started physical therapy for my shoulder, so hopefully I can build up the muscle in my arms over the next few months.

Let’s see, what else? I saw Squeeze out at Agua Caliente, Keane at the Greek (on the hottest day of the year! It was 109F at 10pm!). Both were great shows.

I got Covid for the first time and it kicked my ass HARD! I think I got it at Keane, but I didn’t test positive for a week, so I’m not sure. My brain is still foggy and I haven’t gotten all taste and smell back yet. I have a crappy memory to start with, I can’t believe how bad it is now, lol! I know I saw a movie a few weeks ago, but I can’t remember what it was. I know I enjoyed it though!

Went outlet shopping and lunch with a friend a few weeks ago and found out they have stage 4 lung cancer. That was devastating. They have good medical, so we’re hoping for the best. They’re the strongest person I know, if anyone can beat it, it’s them.

Work is still less than ideal. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about my options within the firm. Speaking of work, is it me or does everyone think it’s weird for a co-worker to be on their cell phone in the ladies room at least once a day and give anyone who walks in the stink eye before walking out coz we invaded their privacy? Keep in mind, we are expanding to the entire floor and the space is ready for people to move in! Go over there and talk! It’s beautiful with amazing views of the mountains. Much nicer than a ladies room.

Oh, two of my bosses are “no longer with the firm”, yay for uncertainty! 

Agatha All Along is amazing, if you’re not watching, you should  be! Two episodes left, but they both air next week. Can’t wait!

I still need to plan my trip to see my folks for the holidays, ugh. I hate making plane reservations. Not sure why.

I think that’s it for now. Should look at my calendar and see what I missed, lol!

Enjoy your day!!

Hey everyone!  It’s been a minute, sorry. Work and stuff have been keeping me busy and every time I was about to take a second to post, I couldn’t think of anything to type.

The summer has been okay so far, if not a bit too warm for my taste.

I’m going to D23 next week. It’s my first time and boy does it look complicated! We could only get passes for Saturday and to be honest, the programming doesn’t look great. I was able to get reservations for the Wolverine 50th anniversary thing so I at least have that to look forward to. I thought Saturday would be filled with the big ticket events! Then again, I don’t understand this event so I might have read things wrong.

Speaking of Wolverine, Deadpool and Wolverine is a FUN movie! If you can, go see it! Since I’m old, I always see movies at an IPic theater, where i can lay down, have delicious food and drinks brought to me and not have other moviegoers “too” close. They have things kind of like two-person pods with blankets and a small table. Love it! I may see it again today/tomorrow and might try the theater around the corner. I think they have luxury recliners. We’ll see! It’s supposed to be around 100F (38 C)  this weekend, so a cool movie theater might be a nice break.

What else has been going on? I thought I finally got Covid for the first time, but it was just mild food poisoning. It suuuuucked!

My landlord got the plumber in to fix a clog in my bathroom pipes, which was good. My tub is separate from my shower and they were draining into each other and the sink was draining into both. The only bummer about having the plumber in was my landlord finally asked him to replace my kitchen faucet. He only had one that was compatible on him and it was really expensive. I told him it could wait until he had a different one, but my landlord insisted he do it. So they took out my old one and put in this fancy tall curved number with a hose in it. Well, I didn’t think to take an aerator/adaptor off that I’d put on for my countertop dishwasher and it turns out they’re not compatible anyway. I bought about $50 worth of parts to try and make it work to no avail. So then I had to buy a new countertop dishwasher with a water tank you manually fill up so it doesn’t need to be connected to the faucet. Unfortunately, its capacity is quite a bit less than my original unit. It IS fancier though! Omg, it has a window, interior light, digital countdown timer, all kids of stuff! Dumb thing is, because my cupboards hang lower than standard, neither unit fits under them (not even close!). It’s nice to have one though, plus they use WAY less water than hand washing, isn’t that neat? I would have thought the opposite. Luckily, there were good deals on units for Prime Day.

I never got around to re-arranging my living room, so I’m going to try and map something out today or tomorrow. I hauled out my super-fancy portable a/c unit to keep the room cool if I decide to move furniture (first time this year I’ll be using it!). Question is, do I really need a desk and workspace in here? I’ve got artwork up and rugs that use the robins egg blue color of my sweet, sweet desk. I dunno! 

And I STILL need to do something about my kitchen…

Lol, how boring is my life?!!??

More later! Have a great weekend, stay cool if it’s warm where you’re at.

Woo hoo, it’s Friday y’all!

I’m off work, got the cats fed, comfy clothes on, some interesting stuff playing on Youtube and planning a hybrid fajita/soft taco dinner. Gotta figure out when to put the chuck into the pressure cooker. Pair that with sizzling peppers and onions and my place is going to smell amazing tonight!

I’m trying to decide if I want to drive out to Palm Springs tomorrow night for another art print release party. This artist has really been getting out a lot of new stuff the last few months! The new print has a version of Johnny Cash in it and I really like it. It seems like a waste to drive out there and back though. Maybe. I dunno. Since I’d be driving, I can’t have any of the free cocktails, I guess I could have a Diet Coke. 

I hope we get some more rain today, it looks spooky and stormy. The cats are in the front window watching crazy squirrels outside racing around. It’s so cute! What a nice afternoon!

More later…maybe.

Okay, so I’m off work today. It was so counterintuitive not getting up and to the office by 4:30am. My two monster cats had other ideas though. Racing around making weird noises and all kinds of stuff to get me out of bed to feed them. 

My younger cat turned 1 year earlier this month and is still obese. My other cat that turned a year in October is a normal weight, if not on the slim side. Why??  I feed them the same food and treats! Poor fat thing grunts whenever he jumps up or down off things. Don’t try to shame me, I took him to the vet a few months ago and was told to not worry about it yet.

I’m not sure what I’m going to do today, what do people do during the week?? I guess I could run weekend errands? I’ll probably just spend the day in the couch or something, lol!

This is weird. 😳