{"id":2816,"date":"2022-08-07T11:26:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T18:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/?p=2816"},"modified":"2022-08-07T11:26:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T18:26:37","slug":"a-unit-of-time-in-the-life-august-7-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/?p=2816","title":{"rendered":"A Unit of Time in the Life: August 7, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s been a month since I&#8217;ve been moved to write anything here. I feel like nothing is happening, though that&#8217;s kind of always true. I also feel torn between the many things I like and want to do, but wanting to rest and relax. In theory, we should all rest more (see: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thenapministry\/\">The Nap Ministry<\/a>). In practice, there are many interesting things on this earth and I want to do them. Blogging was cut for time over the last month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m currently in my hometown of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Redlands,_California\">Redlands<\/a>, where I&#8217;ve been for the last week. My mom was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. I&#8217;ve been out here for moral support and to attend some of these initial appointments. It&#8217;s stressful and I still don&#8217;t know what to think about it all. The doctors have said she will need a mastectomy and chemotherapy, so that&#8217;s a lot. It&#8217;s hot here and I miss my cats (and Kirk). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some other thoughts in no particular order:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I <em>still<\/em> have not heard the results of my Spanish exam. I thought it might come last week, but no. Some of you have asked about it, but I don&#8217;t have answers yet. <\/li><li>I watched Hannah Gadsby&#8217;s show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81054700\">Douglas <\/a>on Netflix yesterday. I&#8217;m never going to get into comedy because she already did all my material about autism. Also she is great and you should watch it.<\/li><li>I also saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt10954984\/\">Nope<\/a> in the theater with my mom this week. It&#8217;s a horror\/alien invasion in a western setting. I liked it and appreciated that the alien was truly alien.<\/li><li>Here&#8217;s an <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/interview-with-geocities-founder-on-the-new-web-tiktok-1849179509\">article from Gizmodo<\/a> about GeoCities and the way the old internet was organized. Long story short: geocities organized people around interests rather than the self. <\/li><li>This week I learned that you&#8217;re not allowed to sit in the plane&#8217;s emergency exit row if you are using a seatbelt extender and this seems unfair to me.<\/li><li>Although I&#8217;ve been reading books and taking photos of cats, you&#8217;ll have to wait for a future post to see them (or check my instagram for book photos) because I can&#8217;t be bothered to organize photos on my laptop right now.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Until next time, internet friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a month since I&#8217;ve been moved to write anything here. I feel like nothing is happening, though that&#8217;s kind of always true. I also feel torn between the many things I like and want to do, but wanting to rest and relax. 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