You're not gonna believe what happened to me.

Now this here is a great rap song. What I love most is the story told, then the story he tells his friends. About the basketball player who came home early (from a game ostensibly) "Musta been rained out or something." I've always hyena laughed at that one. 
Any how, been depressing here this winter. And I mean way more than normal. Glad to see others think the same. The rain started in October and basically hasn't let up even once. Of course I haven't lived here as long, but even the old timers are saying the same:

Lived here my whole life of 50 years and I can’t recall a Winter that has been so dark and dreary and just dead feeling. I think part of it is that normally I wake up and go to work. Now that commute time is spent looking outside thinking how dark it is. IDK
Born and raised in Seattle and this winter is the first time I’ve been seriously looking at other states to move to.
You can. I'm 30+ years here, this is fucking awful trust me. I mean...this might just be climate change, but this is also a la nina year so I don't think this is an every year occurrence. It seems the awful years are going to continue to be more awful, but most years aren't awful. Worst case scenario, you get a Boba Fett costume and pretend you live on whatever that planet is. Also, it seems to rain a lot in batman so maybe we just don't have enough flair for the dramatic here. Maybe we aren't living our best lives.
I've been here for sixty years and this winter has seem extra dark to me.

Well, it appears as if the old salts of Seattle have spoken and decreed that it is, indeed, a cold and dark and rainy winter here. That and covid hitting us full speed (10k deaths in WA) is part of it all. 

Just look at that curve. Of course, I don't know where exactly that death curve will go. Even though I will note again, it has basically been hovering at around 1k deaths a day. A day, and rising only slightly (1.4k a day give or take). I sense that, like I said before, the wave will end up being worse than thought. Do stay safe out there. 

As for stories, just read this one on the Kalahari Review. Solid stuff. You should check out more of what they put out. This one in The New Yorker, by Thien, is downright brilliant. Gonna go check out her other work right away. 



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