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Stardate: 20200428.2211 PDT
Location: Garage
Input Device: minervax (medcart workstation)
Audio: Joshua Redman - Beyond album
Visual: Full disco inferno with garage lights
Energy: 50% + 10% coffee boost
Mental: 60%
Emotional: OK, kinda coffee'd out.
20200511 NOTE: it looks like I forgot to add this entry to my phlog
list after I lost connection to sdf a few weeks ago.
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OK, just wanted to check in. It has been a little bit. My garage
has been tranformed quite a bit. I have been spending more time in
here for work and down time. The clutter is more manageable and the
workflows more efficient between garage office, music creation space,
music enjoyment space, workbench task space, etc.
Today I took my guitar to the park to practice and there was this
chick taking pictures in the park. She was dressed in all black
and wanted to take my picture. I thought that it was strange that
she was dressed in all black in the park since it was getting quite
warm. Then again, I used to dress like that. She was probably an
art student or something. It was nice to have contact with a
stranger, which I usually did not have even pre-COVID-19. People
here can be very suspicious and do not want to engage in small talk
with strangers. I learned the hard way when I moved out here, but
that's a different story.
The chick had no mask on, like some of the other people in the park.
I guess it is optional for some people, kinda like using turn signals.
For me, I had full on camo cap with head covering zippered into the
cap that covers my whole head and neck. There is a place for eyes
but I had them covered with cop sunglasses. This has been my public
face since COVID-19.
I do notice the people without masks. I'd say about 50% of the
people in the park I encounter do not have masks. Masks are
supposedly a requirement, but I guess they won't comply unless
they see that it is enforced. Well, I know for myself that I am
part of the "high risk" demographic, so I try to take care of myself
and do what I can.
Kinda funny...the geek that I am, I had air conditioning in this
head covering setup. Last summer (?) I had picked up this neck fan
thing since my body doesn't regulate temperature like it used to...
to the point of heat stroke :( So I have been more careful with
regulating my body temperature. Since it was in the 80's I brought
out the neck fan and cooling towel. All of this can fit under the
head covering. I thought it was pretty cool (pun intended.) I can
even go hiking and do nordic walking when it is 80-90F with the
whole setup. Looking forward to doing more in the park in the days
to come.
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