It's going to be a hell of a year
Feb. 26th, 2026 03:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
grinninfooleAs the Trump administration's crowd of incompetents, toadies, drunks, bigots, and crooks empowers lawless thuggery, dismantles programs and departments that actually help people, I have reached out to friends and family, asking if they or folks they know need help, because strengthening communities and mutual aid is a way to fight fascism. Of course, I am still supporting several people coping with war and disability and I also have Skeezix and the Pixie moving into the basement sometime next month, so I'm taking on more in my efforts, but I feel I must truly step up in a time of crisis.
That hasn't stopped me from buggering off to Mexico for almost three weeks to stay with Millari and Pokemon. I left my phone behind and it was a truly relaxing time. I played some PoGo, spent a bunch of money at El Dragon, reread War In Heaven and Many Dimensions by Charles Williams, and made supper a few times. The only times I missed my phone were during layovers in DFW airport, which would have been excellent places to catch more pokeys. As it is, on the return leg, with nearly 8 hours to kill, I checked into a short term suite to nap and read (Emily Wilson's translation of the Odyssey on Kindle) and, on whim, watch Sliding Doors. Gwyneth Paltrow was SO THIN.
Pretty much the next day, Stoic and I went to Morristown for Dreamation, which was a good time. I underwrote Skeezix and several of her friends getting to the con, staying in the hotel, and then renting an airbnb for a few days after; the iHunters coming to hang out; and Survivor also getting to enjoy the con for a couple of days. We had to leave early because a massive storm (gale force winds, over a foot of snow) was blowing in on Sunday, though. (I drove Stoic and myself back home after midnight.) Also, we got to have lunch with Lefty! He led us a to tasty place called Macho Nacho.
But, I got play a casual Commander magic game against three others with my vampire bankers deck, and somehow won. I managed to stumble through a basic Space Hulk scenario successfully, and then (after Macho Nacho) I played a Blades In The Dark variant with Lefty and some others, investigating the ruins of a failed Martian colony a century after it went silent.
Now I'm home again, and I have to make some decisions about how much money I want to throw at various problems, including election campaigns. I hope I make wise and lucky choices.
That hasn't stopped me from buggering off to Mexico for almost three weeks to stay with Millari and Pokemon. I left my phone behind and it was a truly relaxing time. I played some PoGo, spent a bunch of money at El Dragon, reread War In Heaven and Many Dimensions by Charles Williams, and made supper a few times. The only times I missed my phone were during layovers in DFW airport, which would have been excellent places to catch more pokeys. As it is, on the return leg, with nearly 8 hours to kill, I checked into a short term suite to nap and read (Emily Wilson's translation of the Odyssey on Kindle) and, on whim, watch Sliding Doors. Gwyneth Paltrow was SO THIN.
Pretty much the next day, Stoic and I went to Morristown for Dreamation, which was a good time. I underwrote Skeezix and several of her friends getting to the con, staying in the hotel, and then renting an airbnb for a few days after; the iHunters coming to hang out; and Survivor also getting to enjoy the con for a couple of days. We had to leave early because a massive storm (gale force winds, over a foot of snow) was blowing in on Sunday, though. (I drove Stoic and myself back home after midnight.) Also, we got to have lunch with Lefty! He led us a to tasty place called Macho Nacho.
But, I got play a casual Commander magic game against three others with my vampire bankers deck, and somehow won. I managed to stumble through a basic Space Hulk scenario successfully, and then (after Macho Nacho) I played a Blades In The Dark variant with Lefty and some others, investigating the ruins of a failed Martian colony a century after it went silent.
Now I'm home again, and I have to make some decisions about how much money I want to throw at various problems, including election campaigns. I hope I make wise and lucky choices.
