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Nope.  Not going to either.  Even if I do find someone I got myself fixed back in December because I don't really want to bring children into this world.

Right now it's about 3° F here in Minneapolis.  It's been clear and cold the past few days up here.  I'm so looking forward to it warming up so I can go out on my bike again.

Following (1998) - pretty cool movie by the guy who did Momento. It's a tale of crime and betrayal made more interesting by the fact that the scenes are presented out of order. Filmed in black and white it has a backstory like they filmed in on weekends every day for a year or for 30 dollars or something. If I watch it again I will do so a little more closely.

4.25 /5

Light dusting in my neighborhood early this morning, but it didn't stick...
Gloomy Groundhog Day...

It has been a very busy week, but I think we are over it now. Hopefully, Friday will be a more settled day.

I had to go around the sqns, delivering some discs. I went over to 2 sqn first. Now, because of the security level of these discs, transferring them involves some paperwork. Since there were a lot of discs, it means sitting with someone and individually transferring them from one book to the other. We were almost finished when the 2 sqn guy ran out of room in his secure book. Since they were a bit busy I offered to give him a lift over to SHQ to collect a new book. His management agreed, but when they'd left the room he confessed to me he didn't have all of his uniform with him (this is a breach of regs and technically I should have reported him for it), but I said I'd drop him off at his room and he could pick the stuff up.

Fair enough, all is simple so far. I asked him what block he was in and when I told me I said "Oh that is the first block I was in when I first arrived on camp, back in 2003. "It would be funny if you were in my old room," I said. Yeah, he was in my old one. I chuckled and told him the story behind the damage to the wall above his sink (I was sitting watching of all things, Drilla Killa, when someone in the block next door accidentally drilled all the way through the wall into my room). He offered to show me the room and I said yeah, thinking it would bring back a whole bunch of memories and make me feel all nostalgic. It was pretty much the same room as before. Bigger than I remembered I guess, but in the end of the day it was just another room and looking at it, it didn't feel any different from looking at somewhere I'd never seen before.

He did make me feel really old though. I mentioned I was leaving in about 6 weeks and he started asking me about my career. I mentioned about me starting phase 2 training on September the 11th 2001, and how I'd never forgot that day and he asked me "Why, what happened that day?". Turns out he was born in 2001.

I didn't tell him why I am leaving though. Figured he was just at the start of his career (he'd only arrived here in September out of training himself), and seemed quite keen. My increasing sense of detachment from the mob is my own problem to deal with. I did go to a job fair today though. It was the local council recruiting. I figured I go and see what jobs they had available. What they were recruiting for though was things like being a school dinner cook, or care assistants, or fixing street lamps. All worthy jobs, but I rapidly came to the conclusion that what I was really looking for was an office job. I've done my time working outdoors, I've worked fixing things, I've worked shooting at people. I want something ordinary, and in the warm indoors.

I had a couple of dreams recently that were just about entirely ordinary things and kitchen sink drama. I guess that was my brain trying to tell me this it what it wanted now. Enough with adventures. I haven't felt the urge to go do something reminiscent of my wilder days since Ash was born. Having a family is my new adventure and I am satisfied with it.

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It seems today is:
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Hey, I thought this was the bad movie calendar! 

Feb 2, the first member of the Donner Party Dies.  The group would later resort to cannibalism to survive.  Been the inspiration for a few movies and stories  over the years.

[ERIK SATIE Piano Works Daniel Varsano / Philippe Entremont pianists]

ERIK SATIE Piano Works  Daniel Varsano / Philippe Entremont pianists  

 



CONNIE CONVERSE How Sad, How Lovely  





CAROLE KING Music    

 



Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys  The Essential Bob Wills 1935-1947   

 

Still have to catch this one, probably before the next one comes out. What did you think of it?

I honestly thought it was better then X. COVID restrictions show but they tried to make it work.

Stupid things we do for no apparent reason:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-a9ZQxYyl8

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As I said there: I'm African and I don't know cold like that 🥶🥶🐢