It is such a strange experience to be in a crisis with literally everyone else on earth. But, while we are experiencing the same outside crisis, everyone's crisis within their homes is drastically different. Even people in the same city have vastly different experiences. What kind of building you live in, whether you have easy access to the outside, the level of social distancing at your nearby park, the level of emptiness of your neighborhood, your ability to have childcare, how your building is keeping things clean, the busyness of your local grocery store and pharmacy, whether you are working or not, your access to safe transportation all affect people in a different way. I had a lot of people just realize that I wasn't leaving the apartment because we live in a massive elevator/doorman building and that even taking the elevator to get outside is a risk. Our beloved doorman passed away from COVID this week, just to reiterate the point. So, we are all in this together, but it also feels like we are all on our own distant planets. Billions of little swirling dramas within one small blue planet in a far corner of the cosmos. Isn't it wild?
And now, my random thoughts from the week.
1. Why is it called angel hair pasta? This really got me going the other night during an episode of insomnia. It used to totally make sense to me, but now, it seems very wrong. Why would we imagine angels to have thin, delicate hair? In every depiction of an angel I've seen, they have long, thick, flowing locks!!!
2. I hate children's books that make the night or darkness scary. Without doing it on purpose, we've never brought up the idea that the dark or night is something to fear and, so far, our kids don't fear it. I realize there may come a point in their development that this fear develops naturally, but can we just keep it out of books geared towards kids 0-3?
3. My condolences to all of you quarantined with food bullies or food pushers. I feel your pain and am close to eating my meals alone in my closest. Can we just let people eat whatever they want and not scrutinize? If people want to eat healthy, let them. If people want to eat comfort food, let them. Eat what you want and keep your nose out of other's plates. EXCEPTION: Don't let your loved ones consume disinfectants.
4. This one is more of a confession. I love trap music. Intense workouts to intense trap songs are my form of aggression release right now. If you have a favorite trap song, send it to me (request echoes sadly within the chamber of my music snob friends).
5. Mario Odessey on Switch is an excellent way to combat cabin fever. You can roam planets endlessly playing short mini games. 10/10 recommend.
6. Lately, one way I've been passing the time on Zoom calls is imagining what else is going on in the room for each person on the call. For example, Ryan and I share a workroom and he is on Zoom all day. That means at various points of the day, I'm working out just outside of the frame. Or I'm getting dressed. Or I'm eating lunch. Or I'm crying. The people in his meetings have no idea. I imagine everyone has some sort of fascinating thing going on just outside the camera's view, kind of like this.
7. 6 is the max number of screens for an online party. Anything more becomes a shouting match and the shyer people get drowned out and you end up feeling like you didn't really connect with anyone. If you can't see everyone in the gallery view, you have too many people. For future (and hopeful) purposes, 6 is also my ideal max for a dinner party.
Until next week!
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