Forty years of blind visions wasted

[sovay]

I don't have much to say right now that isn't about movies; my reviews are where I am putting whatever attention and interest I have to spare, because I enjoy them and they give me something to do with my brain, two qualities which otherwise feel like lost causes these days. I spent most of today balancing accounts and paying bills, which was awful because our finances are awful. I realized that I've been actively sick with one thing or another since before Thanksgiving, which explains but does not cure my feeling of never getting a chance to breathe. I had a story rejected after a six-month hold, which didn't help anything. The migraine or even its fringes are definitely over with, but walking to the bank and back was exhausting. I suspect I am in the anti-sweet spot of still dealing with the sinus infection while simultaneously dealing with the antibiotics; I know I'll have to feel better at some point, but why can't that be now? I enjoyed this article about Jennifer Mendelsohn's resistance genealogy: "Someone called it 'ancestor doxing' . . . Please—it's called journalism."

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, well, I do hope that once the anti-biotics get to work, you can finally feel a bit better, because it's very wearing and horrible when it goes on. But in the meantime, as I've said before, your movie reviews are worthwhile and beautiful. They are most certainly things to be proud of. <3

And, ha, that is a great article. I'm only surprised, given the endless nosiness and access to records possessed by most genealogists that she's the only one!

(Although: "The historical record doesn't lie." Ha. hahahahaha. It depends which sources, but it does quite a lot, as the historical record was generally created by people, and we weren't magically infallible or unbiased in the past, either.)

[sovay]

Aw, well, I do hope that once the anti-biotics get to work, you can finally feel a bit better, because it's very wearing and horrible when it goes on.

Thank you. I'd just really like to feel better on some axis. It shouldn't be impossible.

But in the meantime, as I've said before, your movie reviews are worthwhile and beautiful. They are most certainly things to be proud of.

I appreciate hearing it and I am really glad.

(Although: "The historical record doesn't lie." Ha. hahahahaha. It depends which sources, but it does quite a lot, as the historical record was generally created by people, and we weren't magically infallible or unbiased in the past, either.)

I understand her meaning, but . . . yeah.