In which I realise how much I'd geared my life to being on the move
Some days, now that the world has changed, I wear shoes. Mostly I don't.
I have switched handbags. I don't need something secure that I can easily carry, while leaving a hand free, in public places: no, I need my old messenger bag with all the pockets, so I can drag pens / notebooks / Chromebook / medication / phone / headphones from sofa to desk to garden and back.
I'm using technology very differently. Public transport apps have been removed from my phone's home screen. Chargers and power banks remain in my dust-collecting werk bag. Meawhile, there is a plethora of streaming culture, which is awesome! but, to be honest, feels overwhelming: and I'm still not very good at passively watching things on my own. The only film / TV I have watched in the last few weeks is 'Jurassic World' (first seen in cinema, back when cinemas roamed the earth: I craved dinosaurs) when I was feeling too vacuous to do anything else. Oh, and I have vaguely participated in a Twitter watchalong of 'Sapphire and Steel' (the railway station one), except for not actually interacting with the commentary thread.
My best technological change: I have acquired a SodaStream, so I don't have to lug heavy bottles of fizzy water from the plague-infested outdoors. (Please do not mention grocery deliveries, they are not happening.)
Recently-installed apps include:
- WhatsApp, partly because my werk colleagues wanted somewhere outside werk to catch up, partly because it puts all my nearest, dearest and relatives in one place. Previously I had refused to install it, because OMG yet another way in which people can contact me whether I like it or not ...
- Sims FreePlay, to which I have turned before in times of unsettledness. It's just like having a life, except less risky and with better weather.
- Covid19 symptom tracker, which despite its drawbacks on the security front is a good and useful thing.
- Heavens Above, so I can watch the space station at the same time as my friends, and feel connected.
- Plague Inc, for illusory feelings of control (and actually a pretty good model of how various forms of disease spread).
And fabulous browser-based FraidyCat, which allows me to view blogs, Twitter, Instagram, etc on a single page (organised by how often I want to check them). Sadly it doesn't do Facebook, but it means I can keep an eye on close friends' online activity, if any.
I am soooo glad I have a kitty (an actual one, not an app with a cat icon). I've been rethinking an old grudge vis-a-vis my current situation: it would be so much harder to cope, right now, without cat and garden.
That's me, rambling on. How are you?
I have switched handbags. I don't need something secure that I can easily carry, while leaving a hand free, in public places: no, I need my old messenger bag with all the pockets, so I can drag pens / notebooks / Chromebook / medication / phone / headphones from sofa to desk to garden and back.
I'm using technology very differently. Public transport apps have been removed from my phone's home screen. Chargers and power banks remain in my dust-collecting werk bag. Meawhile, there is a plethora of streaming culture, which is awesome! but, to be honest, feels overwhelming: and I'm still not very good at passively watching things on my own. The only film / TV I have watched in the last few weeks is 'Jurassic World' (first seen in cinema, back when cinemas roamed the earth: I craved dinosaurs) when I was feeling too vacuous to do anything else. Oh, and I have vaguely participated in a Twitter watchalong of 'Sapphire and Steel' (the railway station one), except for not actually interacting with the commentary thread.
My best technological change: I have acquired a SodaStream, so I don't have to lug heavy bottles of fizzy water from the plague-infested outdoors. (Please do not mention grocery deliveries, they are not happening.)
Recently-installed apps include:
- WhatsApp, partly because my werk colleagues wanted somewhere outside werk to catch up, partly because it puts all my nearest, dearest and relatives in one place. Previously I had refused to install it, because OMG yet another way in which people can contact me whether I like it or not ...
- Sims FreePlay, to which I have turned before in times of unsettledness. It's just like having a life, except less risky and with better weather.
- Covid19 symptom tracker, which despite its drawbacks on the security front is a good and useful thing.
- Heavens Above, so I can watch the space station at the same time as my friends, and feel connected.
- Plague Inc, for illusory feelings of control (and actually a pretty good model of how various forms of disease spread).
And fabulous browser-based FraidyCat, which allows me to view blogs, Twitter, Instagram, etc on a single page (organised by how often I want to check them). Sadly it doesn't do Facebook, but it means I can keep an eye on close friends' online activity, if any.
I am soooo glad I have a kitty (an actual one, not an app with a cat icon). I've been rethinking an old grudge vis-a-vis my current situation: it would be so much harder to cope, right now, without cat and garden.
That's me, rambling on. How are you?