Another full night, last night. Put the 2nd coat of paint on the area I was working on up in the loft. Also on the bookshelf and shelves. Tonight I can flip that over and get the other side, and move things around to expose another area to paint up there. I've also got one can of paint really used up, so I can take it to the paint store and get more because I'm sure I'll need another gallon. I paid $60 a gallon, who knows what the stuff costs now.
It's been in the news that someone went into a shopping mall food court with a long gun to shoot a bunch of people, killed three, but was in turn stopped by some young guy who was (legally under new laws) carrying his Glock on a date with his girlfriend. Who carries a gun on a date with a new squeeze? I guess he does, and responded two minutes after the bad guy started shooting. The young hero did a good job too; the bad guy was killed.
Maybe that's the future for this shithole country though. Since we're bringing in laws stricter than Sharia law with regards to women's rights, and I'm sure we'll end up stricter than Sharia on a lot of other things in a few years, I guess it makes sense that everyone will go around armed. This is how it is out in "tribal" areas in Afghanistan and such places. Everyone goes around armed.
This is why I see Big-5 applying for a license to sell pistols, and they have a lot more rifles like an "American Ranch" bolt rifle with a magazine feed prominently displayed. Also an Umarex (parent company of Walther) pepper ball defense pistol for sale. I looked that one up and the reviews are not good. Better to just carry pepper spray.
It's sad that the new laws apply to Hawaii also and Hawaii does have its Trumpist element. Hawaii does *not* need more guns but it looks like it's going to get 'em. The only saving grace of Hawaii is it being majority Asian and it's as progressive and civilized as it is because of this. It's why I'm going to stake my future on the place - as opposed to here, people know each other and I have a network there where I have none here other than Ken's family. Plus life there is so much more affordable.
I made my post office and FedEx run. Traffic was almost as bad as in the Before Times, and of course the chute was jammed so I had to pile my packages on the center counter. I got a small carrot and a very small daikon radish from the organic dumpster, but got some lettuce "butts" from the trash behind the restaurants, like Togo's, where I often pick out boxes. Essentially they take a head of Romaine lettuce and cut 25% off at the base and discard that.
I checked the bountiful dumpster and there were only bags of shoe boxes and who cares about shoes? I got some merlitons from the veggie dumpster.
I got back here and relaxed and moved some things around upstairs, and threw some boxes away, and had the place all neat and clean for when Ken was coming over, except he didn't. And his phone went right to voice mail. He probably got some combination of tired and too hot coming back from Reno. I guess he'll show up when he shows up.
Working in tech, of course I get worried about whether I'll get paid. Ken not paying me last week doesn't help my worry. I guess this is why I'm so keen on getting ready to leave, even though the planned date is two years away. What if I have to leave sooner?
I should mention I made a tiny breakthrough last night, practicing on the shinobue and on the flute headjoint for an hour. I'd been having real trouble doing the octaves exercise and I think it was due to tensing up too much to do the high octave. But I figured it out, somehow, and did it better than ever.
I'm glad I got my flute when I did, too. I mean the good, new, ones from West Valley Music. Because I've checked now and their web page is down. My browser won't even go to it, seeing it as a scam site or "certificate not renewed" or something. As things break down, there will be more and more of this; you don't go to a web site for a place, you go there in person. And if you're not within a bike or bus or train ride, you don't go. At least things are, by comparison, super easy to get to on the island of Oahu.
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