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Short notes on the state of affairs

 A few notes on the world today, September 2nd 2020. 


I'm loading my dishwasher far too light. It's a rainy day in Providence,  they seem to be alternating as of late and though I can't see the sky from my bed I can tell by the dim reflection of lights on the wall what the weather will be. 


I put on Dave Brubeck in the living room and decided not to make coffee right away, I need water first I figure. 

I made a egg n ham n cheese tortilla like in a video I saw on my phone when browsing first thing in the morning. It was delicious. I had some dreams that I don't remember. 

From the other room where my computer is playing youtube videos, the host of the Daily Social Distancing Show is discussing how Jacob Blake in Kenosha Wisconsin was shot 7 times in the back by police officers and is now paralyzed. the sounds of the rainy morning jazz doesn't drown it out. 

I went to a bar last night with two classmates from school. We didn't wear our masks and chatted for a while, it was wonderfully pleasant. I haven't done that in so long. One girl, upon my remarking on the novelty of being out and about said she had been going out "so much" and I realized that maybe I've been overly cautious with the quarantine. Obviously not, as people continue to die and America continues to fall farther behind the rest of the world, but the personal sacrifice in my circumstance may be beginning to outweigh my safety. Maybe I should be going out more in situations like that, they both seemed to be, and I have little to no additional metric for responsible behavior in people my age. 


Only time will tell. Regardless I'll need to log into my online class in about 20 minutes to continue the long journey to becoming a Respiratory Therapist, in Rhode Island, in 2020, of all things, somehow, strange and unlikely yet here and real and frankly good. 




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