Take 5, D.

Week Notes, 2025-05-11

Weekly Features from May 5th - May 11th:

🀱🏻 Today is Mother's Day in the US, and as mentioned in the previous week notes, it's the first one after my mother's death. This morning, I woke up feeling cranky with little desire to interact in person with folks, so I skipped out on church.

πŸ“ Last week, I also mentioned my desire to write about my feelings regarding today and my mother. Some writing has taken place, but I am not up for sharing it today. I'm not sure it would be an easy read, given that its working title comes from a comment made by a family friend when I delivered the news of my mother's passing: "She wasn't a good mother, but she loved you very much." This may end up being a piece I write for myself to purge the feelings out of me, but not one I share--final results TBD.

πŸ—£οΈ Time to move on. Let's talk about something else...

πŸ“Έ I ordered a Canon Canonet QL17 GIII last week, and according to FedEx, the camera has already made its way from Japan to the St. Louis region. It may show up as early as tomorrow! The Canon jumped ahead of the Minolta due to the latter's relative scarcity online. I likely confused the 7sII model, which is what I originally wanted, with the older and lesser Hi-Matic 7. By contrast, I could find a lot more examples of high-quality Canon QL17 GIII's to buy, so that's where my money went.

πŸ“š The Random House version of Craig Mod's Things Become Other Things arrived last week. I have set aside enough time off of work to visit his Chicago stop on his book tour (interviewed by Dan Sinker of Punk Planet/MayorEmanuel/Quaxelrod fame, no less), so here's to a longer Memorial Day weekend than usual.

🚲 First bike ride of the year happened yesterday along the somewhat flooded trail by the Meramec River. The overall distance was around 7 miles, give or take. We discovered the second half of the levee trail that surrounds the original part of Valley Park, allowing us to see a) the attractive scenery near a water treatment plant, and b) how utterly hosed this part of Valley Park would be in the event of a major flood worse than what has happened in 2015 and 2017.

πŸ›ŒπŸ» I was onsite on Friday 05-09 for a work assignment that was productive and enjoyable, but as it started at 7:30 AM, I'm pretty sure that early start contributed a lot to today's cranky mental state. When three coffees and a cola can barely keep you awake, you know you're pretty exhausted!

πŸͺ› My Doctor Who backlog is currently up to five episodes. I may be able to watch the Christmas Special today, once I finish some outdoor errands that with luck won't involve too much social interaction.

Other Things to Note from The Week That Was:

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πŸ—ƒοΈ Work:

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