‘Cause there is so much wrong going on outside.
Kind of amazing that this song came out a year before the virus.
Song of the Moment: Walk Me Home
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I keep saying I’m going to put together a proper post about the virus and what’s been going on over the last…almost six months. That post is still coming. Stay tuned.
Song of the Moment: Live Your Life
Some very sad news today- Nick Cordero, who played Earl in Waitress when I saw it on Broadway in 2016, has died after suffering from COVID-19-related complications for three months. He was only 41, and was healthy before contracting the virus. I’ve been following his wife Amanda’s Instagram updates about Nick. She was always so upbeat and positive throughout the entire horrible situation, and one thing she would do is encourage people to play and/or sing Nick’s original song “Live Your Life.” And she’d repost all of the videos people sent on her stories. Nick’s friends from Waitress made a recording of all of them (separately) singing it.
Rest in peace, Nick. Everyone else- wear a mask. Don’t be part of large gatherings. Continue to be vigilant so that this virus doesn’t spread any further.
Live your life.
Not All Lives Matter
The lives of Trump voters are not worth anything.
I will never stop believing that.
Black Lives Matter
Being on Earth these days really sucks.
There is not much I can say about the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and so many others by police officers that hasn’t already been said by others who are more eloquent than me. For now, I’ll just share these:
https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234
https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/
Infographic by by Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence (2005) and adapted by Ellen Tuzzolo (2016):
Life Is So Weird These Days
I’m going to write a longer post about what’s been going on with me lately, during this age of COVID-19 and social distancing. I’m healthy and employed, which is more than a lot of people can say, but life is…still not great, for anyone.
March Has Outdone Itself with Awfulness
I’m not sure if anyone’s still reading this blog. I don’t really promote it anywhere anymore. With what is currently going on in the world, I’m not sure I can really offer anything valuable or interesting for anyone else. My perspective isn’t really unique. But we’re in the middle of a scary, stressful, historic time. I’ve said that I think one day, historians will read our group texts and social media posts as artifacts. Whether or not that’s true, I want to write about what’s going on for myself.
I’ve been social distancing for over two weeks now. I live alone, so I have not touched another person or had a face-to-face conversation with anyone other than cashiers and delivery people at all during that time. But I really can’t complain- I am healthy, my family and friends are healthy, and I’m not in a high-risk group. I’m working from home and have been repeatedly assured that my job is safe.
March has always been my least favorite month. It’s long. There are no days off, or major holidays. We turn the clocks ahead an hour and it feels like winter should be over, but it never is. But March this year has absolutely outdone itself. The month began with Super Tuesday, and a couple of days later, I grieved for Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign. And then came COVID-19, and the mass of tragedies, big and small, that came along with it.
I’ll write more. I want to write about what it’s been like to go through this day by day. For now, I’ll just end with…eff you, March.
Playlist of the Moment: Waiting
I went to an event recently that included a talk that had to do with waiting. Music was mentioned, in particular the U2 song “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.” But then I started thinking about how many other songs are about waiting.
In so many ways, I feel like most of my life has been about waiting for things that take too long to happen or never happen. I’ve blogged about all of that so many times that I don’t want to get into it again. But here’s my playlist about waiting.
Books of 2019
Getting this in there on the last day of January 2020!
I managed to read EXACTLY 200 books last year. This year I might actually try to read fewer books so that I can get more done! Some of my stats:
Total books: 200
Fiction: 102
Nonfiction: 96
Poetry: 2
Library books: 183
Books I bought: 10
Books given to me: 6
Books won in a Goodreads giveaway: 1 (The Other Americans by Laila Lalami)
Rereads: Again, only one! (Lonely by Emily White)
Female authors: 132
Male authors: 63
Anthologies: 5
Another Year Without Love
I miss when my default state of mind was hopefulness, and happiness.
I don’t think most people realize how sad I am the majority of the time.
There is never a moment of my day where the emptiness of my life and the possibility of a future where I never find love or fulfillment are not on my mind.
Sometimes I think lasting romantic love is only for people who are mundane and uncomplicated. That people like me, with strong negative emotions and a tendency to overthink, aren’t worthy of it.
Another year, another decade, are upon us. As much as I’d love to feel hopeful about it, I’m not sure I can.