Meme Again!
I was looking through my old LJbook (your LJ blog made up into a large single PDF document, don't think you can get these made anymore but I did it not long before I finally left there) for something I wrote a long time ago, and it reminded me again how many q&A memes I did, and how I sort of communicated through them at a somewhat troubled time in my life.
But this one's for fun, yoinked from pal Sabs:
1. Are you an Essential Worker? No, I'm working from home. Don't really care for it.
2. How many drinks have you had since the quarantine started? None.
3. If you have kids... Are they driving you nuts? My kid is 25 and out, He worries about his health a lot, and caught a bad cold recently that he thought was the Plague, but he is back at work now. You never stop worrying about kids, but my main worry right now is that he keeps his job (working at a small manufacturing company). He's just getting started on his career, and now this nonsense.
4. What new hobby have you taken up during this? None, I had plenty to keep me busy before, and working from home has not given me a lot more spare time.
5. How many grocery runs have you done? Two.
6. What are you spending your stimulus check on? I'm still earning my regular income.
7. Do you have any special occasions that you will miss during this quarantine? I was supposed to go to Hawaii for the first time in my life in about two weeks! Also, all of the professional wargaming conferences I was planning to go to this year have been cancelled or moved, and the one big gaming convention I was planning on is not likely to be a go either.
8. Are you keeping your housework done? Ish? Lianne is cleaning everything, and then cleaning it again.
9. What movie have you watched during this quarantine? Lots of movies so far, but I like to watch movies anyway. New to me were Joker and It Part Two or whatever it's called. Also re-enjoyed were How to Get Ahead in Advertising, Tunes of Glory, Battle of Algiers, Repo Man, A Very British Coup, etc.
10. What are you streaming with? I have Netflix but don't watch it.
11. 9 months from now is there any chance of you having a baby? Mmmm, no!
12. What's your go-to quarantine meal? I've been cooking a lot of different things, one thing I've made a few times is roast chicken parts and potatoes on a sheet pan.
13. Is this whole situation making you paranoid? I was kind of rattled and worried the first week or two but I think that was a reaction to having my work routine disturbed; also I was very worried about my mom and sister, who would be killed pretty quickly by this virus if they got it but they seem to be OK so far. I'm getting more angry than paranoid about the stupid hand-lickers out there who have gotten tired of their brief spate of responsibility and are out there wandering around. It's a long weekend with nice sunny weather so I expect another spike of infections in about, oh, 8 days. Above all else, I am more than ever aware of just how privileged I am, in so many aspects.
14. Has your internet gone out on you during this time? No, thankfully. Cable boxes/PVRs are screwing up a bit which causes major domestic disruption (not to me).
15. What month do you predict this all ends? It won't. First wave should be receding by May, but there will be others.
16. First thing you’re gonna do when you get off quarantine? I will go back to working in the office. There's lots to do.
17. Where do you wish you were right now? Actually, this isn't bad right now, but I kind of resent the division I used to have between "day job work" and "home creative work", they are in the same place right now.
18. What free-from-quarantine activity are you missing the most? Eating in restaurants, I suppose, though I never did much of that before.
19. Have you run out of toilet paper and hand sanitizer? No.
20. Do you have enough food to last a month? We are victualled for a siege, verily.
But this one's for fun, yoinked from pal Sabs:
1. Are you an Essential Worker? No, I'm working from home. Don't really care for it.
2. How many drinks have you had since the quarantine started? None.
3. If you have kids... Are they driving you nuts? My kid is 25 and out, He worries about his health a lot, and caught a bad cold recently that he thought was the Plague, but he is back at work now. You never stop worrying about kids, but my main worry right now is that he keeps his job (working at a small manufacturing company). He's just getting started on his career, and now this nonsense.
4. What new hobby have you taken up during this? None, I had plenty to keep me busy before, and working from home has not given me a lot more spare time.
5. How many grocery runs have you done? Two.
6. What are you spending your stimulus check on? I'm still earning my regular income.
7. Do you have any special occasions that you will miss during this quarantine? I was supposed to go to Hawaii for the first time in my life in about two weeks! Also, all of the professional wargaming conferences I was planning to go to this year have been cancelled or moved, and the one big gaming convention I was planning on is not likely to be a go either.
8. Are you keeping your housework done? Ish? Lianne is cleaning everything, and then cleaning it again.
9. What movie have you watched during this quarantine? Lots of movies so far, but I like to watch movies anyway. New to me were Joker and It Part Two or whatever it's called. Also re-enjoyed were How to Get Ahead in Advertising, Tunes of Glory, Battle of Algiers, Repo Man, A Very British Coup, etc.
10. What are you streaming with? I have Netflix but don't watch it.
11. 9 months from now is there any chance of you having a baby? Mmmm, no!
12. What's your go-to quarantine meal? I've been cooking a lot of different things, one thing I've made a few times is roast chicken parts and potatoes on a sheet pan.
13. Is this whole situation making you paranoid? I was kind of rattled and worried the first week or two but I think that was a reaction to having my work routine disturbed; also I was very worried about my mom and sister, who would be killed pretty quickly by this virus if they got it but they seem to be OK so far. I'm getting more angry than paranoid about the stupid hand-lickers out there who have gotten tired of their brief spate of responsibility and are out there wandering around. It's a long weekend with nice sunny weather so I expect another spike of infections in about, oh, 8 days. Above all else, I am more than ever aware of just how privileged I am, in so many aspects.
14. Has your internet gone out on you during this time? No, thankfully. Cable boxes/PVRs are screwing up a bit which causes major domestic disruption (not to me).
15. What month do you predict this all ends? It won't. First wave should be receding by May, but there will be others.
16. First thing you’re gonna do when you get off quarantine? I will go back to working in the office. There's lots to do.
17. Where do you wish you were right now? Actually, this isn't bad right now, but I kind of resent the division I used to have between "day job work" and "home creative work", they are in the same place right now.
18. What free-from-quarantine activity are you missing the most? Eating in restaurants, I suppose, though I never did much of that before.
19. Have you run out of toilet paper and hand sanitizer? No.
20. Do you have enough food to last a month? We are victualled for a siege, verily.