KIP covid thread

The Stax Records box set is doing all my KIP heavy lifting tonight, thank fuck for music rn

got laid off from my beloved but flailing non-profit in late December, but was soon joined at home by... the rest of the world, in a way.

my now-college age kids are home, and it's amazing. they're as fun as always to be around, but now they also actually spontaneously help around the house. they've been doing a lot of cooking but also art projects and music playin'

i'm doing a lot, it feels like. trying to keep up with a statistics course on Coursera. kinda important as my day jobs have featured lots of program evaluation and applied research, and i've always been stronger on qualitative methods than quantitative.

also involved in a research & writing project with a team of folks from around the country. i dig the work but it's *hard* (writing almost always is, isn't it?)

taking a dance class online (martha graham based), doing some "running" (i.e., walking with spurts of running every couple of blocks, and a bunch of other exercise-y things. i try to be pretty regular with this stuff, for many reasons, not least because it keeps the demons at bay.

built raised garden beds!

growing shrooms!

reading books and playing rekkids.

keeping in touch with a bunch of friends, mostly through texts and emails.

some of these projects move a lot slower than i'd like. i go into each day with a list of five things pretty big things to do and it's often the case that i can only manage one. i'm getting a little better at not getting too down on myself for this.

sad about Florian news today. Ride in Peace.

ooh, VG, i'm jealous of your Stax box set!

I remember that day. it was 3/11. I'd seen Overkill the night before, and I knew things were about to change, but no idea how much. the morning was normal, but that afternoon, they'd announced a crowd-less March Madness, and a crowdless Golden State Warriors game. I go to rehearsal, Hanks is diagnosed right as it's ending, and Trump has banned Europe travel.

I get to my car 10 minutes later, the NBA has cancelled their season. That was a crazy day.

https://www.wired.com/story/an-oral-history-of-the-day-everything-changed-coronavirus/

great oral history of 3/11 here

9/11, 3/11, so many fuckin' 11s

every crew, every clique, and every posse

I’m still having fun making music on my dinky laptop I bought for school and we’re baking excellent sourdough bread twice a week. I’m getting up when I feel like it and still getting the same (or more) amount of work done, even with the added effort involved in supporting COVID response. My social calendar is off the charts compared to the last decade, since I can now indulge in happy hour activities without the usual 45-60 minutes of travel time to get home. I still have my job, my wife still has her job, our daughter’s teachers are engaged and keep ensuring she has plenty to do during most of most days. I am so grateful.

i don’t think neanderthal’s baby joke is getting the attention it deserves. i see you.

idgi tbh

third child = pimp c

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UGK

heh if ever a pun was outta my wheelhouse ey

Probably a good thing that I'm thinking "I need a haircut" for the first time in about 15 years. The fact that I'm beginning to look like Gavin McLeod is not so good.

Lol

good news folks

Lmao, city of NYC thanks goddamn. pic.twitter.com/gbIxbaDflT

— L😯LC😯X (@smileyniv) May 7, 2020

... before, after and during

work from home looks set to run into 2021 for us at which stage if trends continue i'll be at my 1999 weight with a mortgage deposit saved

When they let me out of this joint to go shopping I’m gonna buy a truckload of books and a steak dinner

me, once my dad's recovered, I'm going driving to a remote location and not telling anybody where I am for a month

these are not kip posts imo

why is what I said negative? sounds like bliss to me even when we're not in a pandemic

#aftercovid not #kipcovid imo

wheres the covid appeals board

“When Tony Parsons’s new novel came out you couldn’t get hold of his book”.

https://amp.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/10/could-lockdown-herald-an-exciting-new-chapter-for-the-book-trade

here's a fun way to figure out what the fuck is making noise outside your window
https://birbs.glitch.me/

neat!

working from home means that I could have a nap on my lunch hour to help with my hangover today.

that is a golden gift from the spirit upstairs that should not be underestimated

Probably a good thing that I'm thinking "I need a haircut" for the first time in about 15 years. The fact that I'm beginning to look like Gavin McLeod is not so good.

Nah, it'll have to go before it strays any deeper into Michael D. Higgins territory

I'm straying deep into mullet territory

I feel relief because for the first time in my life I truly do not care what my hair looks like. Is it sticking up? No? I'm good.

The excess fluff irritates me, but I'm rolling with it

i went from a neat pixie cut to looking like my dad in 1978
oh well! if it burns someone's eyes out, i fake-apologize in advance

I've had the exact same Dana Scully haircut for the past fifteen years, so quarantine is forcing me to switch things up, which is probably a good thing. I might just not cut it until the pandemic is over, and then I'll finally know what it's like to have long hair.

Finally obtaining a set of hair clippers has changed my life for the better.

Given we're going to be able to sit in the park before too long, are there any decent foldable chairs out there that are better than dad-chairs/camping chairs but more portable than standard deckchairs?

These are a pretty classic staple
https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/gunde-folding-chair-black-00217797/

this is wonderful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T65d1a574-I

I've cut my own hair since I was in high school. It used to be tricky back when I had hair. Now, being entirely bald on top with the sides and back cut very short means I can cut my hair quickly and easily using electric clippers. I did so yesterday. Feels good. Trimmed the beard short, too.

"sorry we are clothed" on all the strip clubs' marquees still p funny

my original plan was to grow my beard until the end of quarantine but I thought it was only gonna be a few weeks lmao

gonna grow my hair out just to see what kind of look I can accomplish. I've had it Italian Race Car Driver long but not Andrew W.K. long. luckily I've still kept it all at 34 but who knows what the future holds???

my hair is as long as its been since I was 18, which was 18 years ago. I got a haircut right under the wire as well, Friday March 13th, my barber's last day open was the next day.

the province is going to allow them to open back up in about a week tho and I'll get in for a haircut if I can, mainly to support the business. I've been with my barber for about 6 or 7 years, following him when he left his old job and opened his new place. really the only local business I am in anyway loyal too or care about (well i care about the resto my gf works at cause I like her having a job)

My utterly beloved stylist sold her salon and was going to have a chair in a place nearer to my home but instead she and her partner are moving to Chicago and I'll never see her again ;_______;

*taps the sign*

ok ok staying posi: I've been sitting on the deck in the sun a lot

I was enjoying my thickening beard until a friend asked me if I was trying to look like Scott Ian.

Was like, bitch I have HAIR

Went for a scooter ride in view of the Shawangunk Mountains.
Restocked wine & cocktail makings via curb-side pickup and asked the person in the store, who I kind of know from being a chatty repeat customer, to pick out some surprises for me to make up a case (for the discount). Looking forward to trying those.
Boyfriend hasn't made any income in like 8 weeks but his unemployment case seems to be inching forward, which will be a big relief. We've had serious conflict/resentment about his anxiety and my possibly overly blithe insistence that we're incredibly lucky and he should relax. He's watched his business tank and no idea if it will come back after. Otoh we are able to stock up on wine and ride scooters so I really don't want to hear about it.
I did a brief training to work as a dispatcher for a local mutual aid effort. First shift on Monday.
After tonight it should be warm enough going forward to move the tomatoes outside permanently.

dad is almost back to being his old self and not needing my help. bittersweet, as I've enjoyed the time, but i'm also looking forward to a little "me" time.

A bunch of people, including me, helped save our favorite bar: https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/continuing-coverage/coronavirus/local-coronavirus-news/community-raises-25-000-to-save-the-side-quest-bar-in-lakewood

(NB I am currently the reigning champion in annual Star Wars trivia and Steven Spielberg trivia at this place.)

Hey cool! My gf lives around the corner from there. I'm glad it's going to make it.

The local queer community especially kicked in a lot -- it's really like a second home for a lot of LGBT+ people, and they have a no-tolerance policy towards bigotry. Something like 90% of their staff are queer, POC or otherwise marginalized.