
Blankets, blankets, blankets
As I mentioned in my New TV Show Squee post back in January, I’ve been enjoying episodes of the (new to me) show The Good Place when I have a little downtime. In the episode I watched yesterday the head demon Michael (the Good Place architect) was complaining about humans and their fragile little bodies and ridiculous number of emotions. “You only need two,” he insisted. “Anger and confusion.”
While that can’t be right, I can’t help admitting that those two have topped the list for me more often than not for quite some time.
Possibly the last 404 days or so.
The news broadcast I generally watch when I get home from work begins each night with “it’s day xxx of the current administration,” oddly similar to the way broadcasts during the 444 days of the Iran Hostage Crisis of 1979-81 began years ago. It’s hardly something to engender happy, positive thoughts, not that the news makes any attempt to do so. Consistently seeing people doing (and generally getting away with) bad things definitely leads to confusion and anger, making it a real challenge to maintain a level of positivity. Continue reading