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mallorys_camera) wrote2025-03-22 11:08 am
mallorys_camera) wrote2025-03-22 11:08 am
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Planning
All those hours at the gym? They're paying off. Six months ago, it was hard for me to carry a 20-lb cannister of kitty litter. Now, I can tote one with no effort at all. Effortlessly toss it from hand to hand!
Take that, Entropy!
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In general, though, this will not be the trend—as Ichabod reminded me in a longish phone conversation yesterday.
I am a grasshopper; Ichabod is an ant.
Periodically, we have Discussions About the Future: What are you going to do when you begin peeing on yourself?
Sometimes, RTT is inducted into these conversations—though RTT is a grasshopper, too, and thus not terribly helpful.
Fact: I will be 73 years old next month, so I am looking at a future where I will grow weaker & less competent & at some indeterminate point dependent instead of independent.
What do I plan to do about that?
Ichabod, God bless him, is big on plans. I was never taught how to plan and have not a single earth sign in my astroloogical natal chart; thus preparing for unpleasant inevitabilities is not my strong point. Though I do recognize the necessity of planning for unpleasant inevitabilities.
Does anyone ever imagine they'll grow old when they're young?
I sure didn't.
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Meanwhile, on the venue today: Remuneration & Adrienne's website!
I kinda want to see Mickey 17, Bong Joon Ho's followup to Parasite (which I ❤️LUV❤️ed) but that would require driving home in the dark—which I know longer feel is quite safe for me to do (see lamentation above on getting old.)
Take that, Entropy!
###
In general, though, this will not be the trend—as Ichabod reminded me in a longish phone conversation yesterday.
I am a grasshopper; Ichabod is an ant.
Periodically, we have Discussions About the Future: What are you going to do when you begin peeing on yourself?
Sometimes, RTT is inducted into these conversations—though RTT is a grasshopper, too, and thus not terribly helpful.
Fact: I will be 73 years old next month, so I am looking at a future where I will grow weaker & less competent & at some indeterminate point dependent instead of independent.
What do I plan to do about that?
Ichabod, God bless him, is big on plans. I was never taught how to plan and have not a single earth sign in my astroloogical natal chart; thus preparing for unpleasant inevitabilities is not my strong point. Though I do recognize the necessity of planning for unpleasant inevitabilities.
Does anyone ever imagine they'll grow old when they're young?
I sure didn't.
###
Meanwhile, on the venue today: Remuneration & Adrienne's website!
I kinda want to see Mickey 17, Bong Joon Ho's followup to Parasite (which I ❤️LUV❤️ed) but that would require driving home in the dark—which I know longer feel is quite safe for me to do (see lamentation above on getting old.)