Day 159

Day 159, self quarantine:

Thursday, August 20, 2020

Okay, I’m cool, everything is fine.

Not really.

But if I don’t take a page out of Gary’s book and live one day at a time and accept things I can’t change or control, I’m gonna lose it.

I just wasn’t aware there were so many ignorant racist xenophobic homophobic people in this country.

How else do I explain Donald Trump not being dragged from the White House in handcuffs or a straight jacket this week?

Forgive me if I didn’t know, I live in Philadelphia, my friends are all musicians and writers, I’m a sheltered east coast liberal.

My heart is broken and I’m trying not to feel defeated, but things are really bad in America and I know I’m preaching to the choir here so I’ll stop.

It’s just that I’ve so had enough of that horrible, horrible man and the horrible, horrible people who support him and I really am terrified he has no intention of leaving, even if he loses in a landslide.

I’ll say it again, I’m scared.

And exhausted.

However, Obama’s speech last night was brilliant and uplifting and it was all kinds of awesome to see Donald completely lose his shit all over Twitter because Barack tore him a new asshole on international television.

Kamala was also triumphant and brilliant, filled with grace and beautiful...everything Donald and CottonTop are not.

I hope it’s not too late to save us.

In other news, something happened at work a couple of days ago that I normally would have been all over, hysterically texting my boss the minute it happened.

Instead, I shrugged.

My boss, however, noticed my absence of reaction and brought it up yesterday, three days after the fact.

I shrugged it off again and quickly changed the subject.

Now I feel guilty because he knows me and I’m sure he’s wondering what’s up.

I can’t help it, quarantine  has changed everything. I can’t sweat the small stuff anymore and I have zero tolerance for anyone who does.  I no longer obsess over going back to the office during this pandemic or even think about it because I’m not doing it.

My former self has left the building forever.

There’s those passages again.

So what else.  Focus, Robin, think of something funny.

Okay, Gary’s pants fell down in Ocean City.

Truth.  He’s been eating mostly vegetarian with me since the pandemic and because I see him every day, I didn’t realize he’s lost about ten pounds.  He wasn’t heavy to begin with.

Anyway, he got out of the car and stood up and stretched and his shorts fell down to his ankles and I pretty much lost it, laughing.

So there’s that.

Oh, this is pretty cool.  My cousin Sherrie sent me a picture of my grandmother Rose.  I’ve only seen one other photo, she died when my mother was 16.

I’m named after her.

Rose is the one with the darker hair in a topknot and holy moly is it just me or do Eric and I look just like her?

Standing next to Rose is her sister, Rebecca.

I know Facebook is evil but this is the content and people I’m here for.

That, and music.

Oh, and pictures of food.

I should just stay on Facebook food pages until November 3, huh.

As if.

Anyway, happy Thursday.

Day 158

Day 158, self quarantine:

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Joseph Biden.

“It is the honor of my life to accept the Democratic Party's nomination for President of the United States of America.”

 Ady Barkan: "[W]e do not guarantee this most basic human right. Everyone living in America should get the health care they need ... Even during this terrible crisis, Donald Trump and Republican politicians are trying to take away millions of people's health insurance."

https://youtu.be/XV7xSzXyaT8

If you could watch this speech  without crying, you’re a better person than I.

John Kerry: "On June 6, 1944, young Americans gave their lives on the beaches of Normandy to liberate the world from tyranny. Out of the ashes of that war, we made peace and rebuilt the world. That was and remains exceptional. It is the opposite of everything Trump stands for."

“When this president goes overseas, it isn’t a goodwill mission. It’s a blooper reel. He breaks up with our allies and writes love letters to dictators. America deserves a president who is looked up to, not laughed at.” — John Kerry at DNC.

Dan Rather: “Joe Biden now has Colin Powell and Cindy McCain speaking for him at the Democratic Convention. But Donald Trump has the gun totin' couple from St. Louis. So... I call that even.”

Jill Biden: "Joe's purpose has always driven him forward. His strength of will is unstoppable. And his faith is unshakable — because it's not in politicians or political parties — or even himself. It's in the providence of God. His faith is in you. In us."

So those were some highlights from the Democratic Convention last night.

I’m not gonna lie, I’m depressed and scared shitless.

This has to happen.  Trump is poison and he has to go.

The virus is accelerating.

Thanks to Trump insisting colleges and schools reopen without any plans to slow the pandemic, the virus is raging.

Federal unemployment benefits were abruptly cut off July 31.  People aren’t going to be able to pay their rent.

People aren’t going to be able to eat.

I’m not an alarmist but I am ALARMED. 

We’re headed for Armageddon in just a couple of weeks if someone doesn’t take positive action.

I’ve lost hope of that.

“SAVE THE POST OFFICE!”

Yes, that freak PotusVirus Donald Trump tweeted that yesterday.

How mentally ill does someone have to be to do that?

Especially since he’s the one directly responsible for destroying it.

By that tweet, he’s a classic abuser.

Got it?  Trump is the abusive husband and America is his battered wife.

He slaps the shit out of her then throws a box of candy at her and gets enraged when she doesn’t thank him.

And by the way, the post office is still being sabotaged. Trump already did his part - he planted the seeds of doubt among idiot Americans. 

Unless he loses in a crushing landslide, we’re fucked.

So that’s my mood today. 

Paralyzed with fear and rage.

Have a nice day.