Random Thoughts

It's Oscar Night.  I saw Wicked in the theatre but only because I was visiting FlapJilly at the time.  Other than that, I'm clueless.

People I respect recommend A Complete Unknown, and TBG is taken with Timothee Chalamet after seeing him as the celebrity guest on College Game Day .  I've heard that there's an Ayn Rand architect and some very powerful performances by women I've never encountered.  

I may see the films, I'm skipping the awards show like I always do.  It's too cringey for me.

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Dr. K hosts our Friday mah jongg game, although the game itself frustrates him every week.

Dr. K came to paint the ornaments that make up Ben's Bells on my birthday.  He did one, then sat back and joined the conversation as the rest of us enjoyed ourselves much more than he did.

We've been friends since 1973.  You'd think I'd be able to figure out something he likes.

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Lots of people from the past have been visiting Tucson recently.  A sorority sister who was dismissive back then has not changed in 55 years, if those who've seen her recently can be believed.  I'm not going out of my way to schedule some time with her.

Instead I saw The Kibbitzer and The Doula before and after Indiana, and am in the midst of enjoying our Friends From LaMaze.  They've become annual visitors, warming my heart with their willingness to spend some of their vacation time with us.

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My only male first cousin tells his Florida snowbirds that they are, in fact, tourists.  

I love the tax revenues and the small shops' increased sales (because why schlep to Tucson to go to Macy's?).  I'm not crazy about scarce dinner reservations.  

What I really resent is their assumption that they are Tucsonans, when they flee at the first sign of triple digit temperatures.  

It's just not right.

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The pollen is high.  

People used to come here to escape the pollen.

This is truly the Anthropocene Era.

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There it is.  

I managed to get through a whole post without crying about how embarrassing it is to be an American right now.

I'm pretty proud of myself for that.