this, that, and the other
Yesterday there were two rallies on the Commons -- one for Black Lives Matters (etc.), and one for the police -- which was a little worrying both on a Covid-19 front and also because of the potential for things to escalate when the two groups encountered each other. Fortunately, it doesn't seem to have gone beyond some yelling.
The BLM rally was in Bank Alley, a block and a half(ish) away from my office, and didn't disrupt my day at all. The Back the Blue rally, on the other hand, started right in front of my office while I was on my lunch break. People started crowding up against the office door, so I flipped the sign to "closed" and kept the doors locked until they moved east along the Commons around 2:45pm.
Other than that, it was a pretty calm day.
Today I have very deliberately done nothing in particular, aside from mail my November rent check. I got a call from Landlord Dude on Friday asking me to not rake the leaves this year because he feels weird paying somebody to do it. He doesn't exactly pay me, as such -- I've just been in the habit of knocking off $25 from my November or December rent (only one of them, not both) in recognition that raking is a lot of work and also I've had to buy yard waste bags and yard waste disposal tags. I started doing this because Landlord Dude kept not getting around to the yardwork and I do, you know, like having grass in the yard rather than letting the trees smother it. But I guess since he lives closer now (he used to live halfway up the lake, in Locke) he feels more able to handle the yardwork... or else he's going to rope his son into doing it, since I know he's had his son helping out with some mowing and roof work and such this summer and fall. *shrug* I told him I'd put my spare yard waste bags onto the porch and wash my hands of the issue.
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If he still hasn't raked anything by mid-November, though, all bets are off. An unraked yard is just itchy, you know?
I have also signed up for Yuletide. That's always an interesting experience in years when I forget to participate in the nomination process -- I have to comb through the tagset looking for stuff I want to request, not just stuff I want to offer. But I found four things, all of which would make me very happy to receive, so it's all good. I have posted a placeholder letter and will get the real version up on... Tuesday, probably. Tomorrow will be busy. If you want to comment on this post, you can do so over here on Dreamwidth, where there are currently (
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The BLM rally was in Bank Alley, a block and a half(ish) away from my office, and didn't disrupt my day at all. The Back the Blue rally, on the other hand, started right in front of my office while I was on my lunch break. People started crowding up against the office door, so I flipped the sign to "closed" and kept the doors locked until they moved east along the Commons around 2:45pm.
Other than that, it was a pretty calm day.
Today I have very deliberately done nothing in particular, aside from mail my November rent check. I got a call from Landlord Dude on Friday asking me to not rake the leaves this year because he feels weird paying somebody to do it. He doesn't exactly pay me, as such -- I've just been in the habit of knocking off $25 from my November or December rent (only one of them, not both) in recognition that raking is a lot of work and also I've had to buy yard waste bags and yard waste disposal tags. I started doing this because Landlord Dude kept not getting around to the yardwork and I do, you know, like having grass in the yard rather than letting the trees smother it. But I guess since he lives closer now (he used to live halfway up the lake, in Locke) he feels more able to handle the yardwork... or else he's going to rope his son into doing it, since I know he's had his son helping out with some mowing and roof work and such this summer and fall. *shrug* I told him I'd put my spare yard waste bags onto the porch and wash my hands of the issue.
...
If he still hasn't raked anything by mid-November, though, all bets are off. An unraked yard is just itchy, you know?
I have also signed up for Yuletide. That's always an interesting experience in years when I forget to participate in the nomination process -- I have to comb through the tagset looking for stuff I want to request, not just stuff I want to offer. But I found four things, all of which would make me very happy to receive, so it's all good. I have posted a placeholder letter and will get the real version up on... Tuesday, probably. Tomorrow will be busy. If you want to comment on this post, you can do so over here on Dreamwidth, where there are currently (
comments)