Thurs. June 29, 2023: Art and Music
image courtesy of JL G via pixabay.comThursday, June 29, 2023
Waxing Moon
Pluto and Saturn Retrograde
Hazy, rainy, humid
Latest on the garden is over at Gratitude and Growth here.
Yesterday was really frustrating, because of the relentless fucking beeping heavy machinery. I could not get anything done.
Today’s serial episode is from Legerdemain:
Episode 98: Noise in The Night Garden of Silence
A sprung trap, a new type of stiletto, and stone frogs come to life.
If you put the graphics from both of this week’s episodes side by side, you see that they are the same, except today’s has blood spatter over the petals. That gives you an idea of what’s going on!
While I was delighted to be alone in the laundromat and edit 14 episodes of DEADLY DRAMATICS, I was less than pleased that there are still stains on my great-grandmother’s vintage white linen tablecloths from the 1920’s. I need to do some research on gentle stain removal from it. I don’t have the stain removal materials I had in the previous location – I used them up. But I may try some organic stuff first. Time to get in touch with some of my wardrobe pals! I think I remember what to do, but I want to make sure.
Did all the follow-up emails from Tuesday night’s meetups, did the social media rounds for The Process Muse and Angel Hunt. Couldn’t get any new writing done because of the fucking beeping. Read the first three episodes of 5 other serials in one KV group, and first 3 eps of 2 serials in another. I worked on the newsletter – and kept having to send test emails and correct drafts because every time the relentless beeping began again, I made a mistake.
We’re fighting for my mom’s blood pressure medication. She’s out of it, and the insurance company says “Nope, no more until July 7th.” What is she supposed to do until then? They don’t care. Well, then, sell me a few more days’ worth without the insurance, like you did last week. Oh, and when she does get the new prescription? It’s 50% more than it was last month. Why do we have supplemental Medicare when it doesn’t do anything? Finally, between the doctor’s office and the pharmacy’s wonderful staff working their asses off to figure something out, I can pick up some pills today, but I have no idea if it’s a handful of pills or an entire month’s prescription. Only that it will cost 50% more out of pocket.
“Healthcare” does not exist in the United States.
The computer crashed, and when I got it rebooted – yahoo was my search engine, and I couldn’t get it back to Google. And McAfee (which was been uninstalled) flared up, trying to get me to buy it again because they “detected” a problem. Which they shouldn’t have, since they were uninstalled. Which you KNOW means they tried to install malware, so they could come and “save me” — for a price. I ran my malware defense program, went into my search engine settings, extracted yahoo, and got everything back the way it needed to be.
More wasted time.
Turned around 3 very short client projects (which was hell, because of the fucking beeping heavy machinery). Finished the newsletter, which needed four additional drafts because of the fucking beeping machinery. Every time it distracted me, there was a mistake.
Started reading the new book for review, which is a little out of my wheelhouse, but interesting.
We wanted to go out to a museum to get some relief from the fucking beeping heavy machinery, but a storm alert advised us not to. And then the storm passed us by.
A check showed up, for more than I expected, so that cheered me up enormously. It makes up for this pay period being so dismal, and means I don’t have to worry about July’s bills, even if the grant money continues to be delayed and the client situation is stark due to the WGA strike. I also got a royalty check from the serials, which wasn’t a huge amount, but more than I expected, and which is helpful.
Spectrum raised my monthly Internet fee – yet I’m getting less service. We are going to have a discussion about that. Since they are the only choice here, it’s not like I can switch to another provider.
On today’s agenda: whatever I can get done around this FUCKING INCESSANT BEEPING!!! They are cited every day by the city and don’t give a flying fuck. They’re intentionally assholes at this point.
Actually, after meditation, there won’t be much to get done, other than upload and schedule next week’s Legerdemain posts and do the social media rounds for Legerdemain. I have some errands to run (library, bank, pharmacy), and I think we’ll head over to the Williams College Museum of Art. When I get back, I have to figure out what to wear when I go to MASSMoCA’s chalet to listen to music. (The website says it doesn’t start until July 14, but the musician I talked to Tuesday is playing there tonight, so we’ll see what’s going on). If possible, maybe I can work on some Legerdemain episodes, but I have a feeling I will have to dig in and draft a flurry of Legerdemain episodes this weekend and on the 4th itself when THE FUCKING INCESSANT BEEPING isn’t around. I resent losing weekends and holidays because this company won’t comply with city ordinances.
One of the artists I met on Tuesday night has an exhibit up over at UMASS Amherst, so I’m going to make plans to get out that way and see it, and maybe do a few other things while I’m in that direction. Probably not next week; with the holiday on Tuesday, everything is in flux. Maybe the week of July 10th – the gallery is only open on weekdays, so I have to do it then. But I like what I’ve seen of her work on her website, and I want to see the exhibit. The Renaissance Center sounds amazing anyway, and I want to see it.
Also, over the next few days, I want to finish the edits on DEADLY DRAMATICS and get the initial episodes up; once they’ve been approved, I will go ahead and upload all the rest, probably in blocks of 6 or 10, until they’re all up, and then do the same with ANGEL HUNT (once I rewrite those upcoming sections that still need attention). And I need to get ahead on Legerdemain.
I can do that, though, these next few weeks. A medium-sized client project, that I can turn around on Monday, came in, but I’m planning for next week to be light, as far as client work goes. Which means I can work on the serials, unless I’m derailed by the fucking incessant beeping.
Have a great Thursday, and we’ll catch up tomorrow.
