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March 22, 2020
Day 2,336: Avenged
Liz and I watched the first Avengers movie tonight as part of our MCU rewatch. Damn. Its so, soooo good. That movie changed comic book movies for me. I didnt like them before that film. After that, I was all in.
Work day today. Not much to report.
The world continues to fall apart over corona. Our president is currently considering lifting the shutdown to save the economy and the governor of Texas said on TV tonight that grandparents should be willing to die to keep the economy running.
Its...
Day 2,335: Better Than I Remember
Liz and I watched Captain America: The First Avenger today.
I hadnt seen it since I first watched it back five or six years ago, I think. Whenever Winter Soldier came out, I think, is when we watched it last. We missed it in theaters when it first came out. Neither of us liked the movie all that much.
We were high. Its pretty damn good. Not perfect, for sure, but it works.
The difference? Between that time and now, Ive come to love Chris Evans as Steve Rogers and Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter...
March 20, 2020
Day 2,334: Rest
SoI think I just needed some rest. Which I got today.
I woke up feeling fine. Tired, but the real test of whether or not I was getting sick was if I woke up with a sore throat or a cough or otherwise had worsened from feeling achy and tired the night before. But I didnt. I woke up feeling fine.
I stayed in bed most of the day, just to be safe. Took an epic two hour nap in the afternoon, but when I woke up from that feeling hungry and otherwise normal, I knew I wasnt sick sick.
Excellent news!...
Day 2,333: Not Great
Not feeling great.
No fever. No cough. No shortness of breath. Thats all the good news. The bad news is that . . . I dont feel great. Im tired, and I have aches, the sick kind.
It could be just allergies. Those have been bad lately. It could just be fatigue from a long, stressful couple weeks. It could even be a cold or the flu. It could be any of those things. It could also be corona.
Odds of the latter seem low right now, but still, given everything going on, it was stressful to realize...
March 18, 2020
Day 2,332: Tsunami
COVID-19 is like a tsunami right now.
The water is pulling out away from the shore. And were watching it happen, knowing that this is not normal, and that something is coming, the wave is on the horizon, its definitely going to hitbut were still not sure how bad the wave is going to be. Thats a moment of dread. Certainty and uncertainty, all mixed together.
I worked today. I wrote, though not particularly well. I hung out with Liz and the pups. I talked to my mom, dad, and Scott. It was a...
Day 2,331: I Love Writing
I love writing.
Likereclined, fingers on the keyboard, headphones on with music playing, diving into my imaginationI love it. So much.
I dont know if Ive really forgotten that, but getting into bed tonight, putting the music on and setting up to write this entry really just made me feel that love. Its one of the great joys of my life. Thats why it was so painful when I felt like Id lost it . . . But even that I think of less and less these days.
Im not on a particularly good writing streak at...
March 17, 2020
Day 2,330: Knives Out
We watched the whodunit Knives Out tonight. It was delightfully old school. Well written; not overly twisty, just a dead-center master detective crime story. So satisfying. Well acted. Directed. All of it. Delightful.
Work was busy. Jeepers Ive been busy lately. Hopefully a little less so tomorrow, but well see.
Calling it tonight since its bed time. More tomorrow 
March 16, 2020
Day 2,329:
Started with my new company today, which is weird to say, because I still have all my same coworkers, even over on the Netflix side of things, and Im doing the exact same work 
March 15, 2020
Day 2,328: Still Adjusting
Still adjusting to the time change. I should be asleep right now, but instead, it feels like time to get ready for bed. Aaaallll because of the time change
Day 2,327: The King Returns
We podcasted tonight. Might be the last one we do for a little while given how concerning the outbreak continues to be. But, we wrapped up the Lord of the Rings trilogy tonight.
Its definitely too late to write much, but we had such a good time.
Tomorrowrest.
