So I enjoyed writing that review last night of the “groundbreaking” 1960s movie Blow-up. Mocking something so utterly dumb was life-affirming. It’s like watching that video of Musk brow-beating that dopey BBC reporter, just wonderfully satisfying.
Today we have a party to go to in the mid-afternoon so it’ll be a limited writing day because I also was handed a honey-do list by Camera Girl and there was a seriousness in her demeanor that leads me to believe that stalling will be seriously frowned upon. Well, uninstalled new windshield wiper blades and blocked driveway drains are the stuff of wifely discontent so I guess I best bestir myself.
On the plus side I knocked off another 2,000 words on the story. That’s another 2%. Pretty good, pretty good. And on the topicality front I did add an AI character to the story. And that was before the current mania. It was probably more an homage to “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.” Interestingly I’ve made mine a girl and she’s possibly the most enjoyable character in the book. I’m trying to decide whether to kill her off or her creator. One of them will have to go.
We had a ninety degree day on Friday. That’s pretty damn hot for mid-April. But we’re back in the fifties today. But the heat really activated the dreaded mayflies. Yesterday a cloud of them enveloped me while I was pumping gas. Four of them followed me into the car and I was swatting at them like a lunatic while trying to drive on a busy road. And the pollen is so thick you can taste it on your tongue. People are walking around coughing up a lung. Ah the joys of spring.
But life is good. We turned the heat off a few days ago and there was still a balance in the heating oil account. So Dementia Joe hasn’t quite bankrupted me yet. Camera Girl will put aside her soup recipes and all sorts of warm weather provender will appear on the menu.
I was reading through the daily news and opinion rags with distaste. The left is made up of dishonest people and idiots. But the Right is hardly a paragon of virtue and intelligence. Even when they get something right often it’s like the whining of the village idiot. It’s just too painful to listen to.
I was watching a vlogger post about how camera photography was dying and how phone photography would kill it off any day now. Maybe he’s right but that just tells me people are just too lazy to use the best tool for the job. But he has a certain point. The convenience of the smart phone has taken a heavy toll on the use of conventional cameras. But despair seems a little melodramatic.
Well I better get on with my chores or I won’t get fed today. Camera Girl is a Harsh Mistress. So enjoy the day and I’ll see what I can think of to comment on later.
