Line of Sight
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I went to the store the other day for some groceries and spotted these roses. I liked the bright yellow and I thought Mitzi would enjoy them. They're on the dining room table to my left. As I glanced around to talk to Mitzi about something, they caught my eye in the morning light. I have four cameras on the desk in front of me. I picked the Olympus Stylus 1s. The result is before you.
We only have moments to live. It was a good moment.
We watched Jason Statham's Shelter the night before last. I wanted something mindless and I told Mitzi in advance that I was going to mock the movie out loud as we watched. She didn't mind. It often makes her laugh. The movie is a recycled genre piece, its only redeeming feature being the presence of Bodhi Rae Breathnach. The first third of the movie is mostly Statham brooding, staring out windows at the horizon. Clearly a "deeply troubled" man.
It was fun to mock it, and it kept my mind off of other things, but otherwise it's just crap.
We started watching Apple TV(+?) Friends and Neighbors, the Jon Hamm series. It's fairly entertaining, we're only three or four episodes in, but we'll keep watching. The commentary on the emptiness of wealth and privilege is the highlight, but the sex and troubled relationships is less entertaining.
Yesterday was TACO Tuesday. Why this guy is still in office isn't a mystery, but it is terrifying. Michael Moore dropped a new video yesterday. It's supposedly a scene from his Fahrenheit 11/9, but it seems to have been updated with contemporary videos. I only saw Fahrenheit 11/9 once, and I couldn't tell you I remembered this scene. I can't say it's inspiring, but it does seem to be of the moment.
The "more affordable" assisted living facility I'd been playing phone tag with isn't. The two are fairly comparable in terms of cost, once services are figured in. They market their services differently. One offers "standard" services as part of the rent. The other offers lower rent, but all services are a la carte. It's expensive to get old. I still think we can do it, and it would be a bite, but it's worth every penny to have Mom safe and comfortable. We'll see. It seems as though my input is unproductive at the moment, so I'm just going to step back and let them figure out what they want to do, then I'll figure out how I wish to help.
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