Watching Stuff Logging

I watched some of these more than a year ago (and others even longer ago). I'm very far behind on logging the things I've watched. This means that I've forgotten a lot of details about some of the movies and series.

( At the Circus )

( The Barbarian Empires of the Steppes )

( A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood )

( Birds of Prey )

( Cranford )

( The Croods )

( The Dragon Prince season 3 )

( Elementary season 7 )

( Gate Keepers 21 episodes 1-2 )

( Going to the Devil: The Impeachment of 1868 )

( The Hollow season 2 )

( Hustlers )

( I-Spy (2002) )

( The Mandalorian season 1 )

( Milo Murphy's Law season 1 )

( Miraculous Ladybug season 3-5 (by Netflix's listing) )

( Naruto: Legend of the Stone of Gelel; Naruto: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow )

( Russian Doll episodes 1-3 )

( Secrets of the Manor House )

( She-Ra and the Princesses of Power seasons 2-4 )

( She-Ra and the Princesses of Power season 5 )

( Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse )

( Star Wars: Resistance season 1 )

( Steven Universe the Movie )

( The Story of Saiunkoku season 1 part 2, part 3 DVD 1 )

( Teen Titans Go! Season 5 pt. 1 )

( Time Toys )

( Titans (TV) season 1 episode 1 )

( Top Hat )

( Toy Story 4 )

( The Trouble with Angels )

( Umi ga Kikoeru | Ocean Waves )

( Understanding the New Testament )

( Understanding the Old Testament )

( Warcraft )

( White Christmas )

( Your Name )

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Scott and I have received our absentee ballots. I had been a little worried. The election isn't until the first week of August, but I want time to research. For most local offices, the primary is the deciding election, and I want to make an informed choice. I also want time to take long breaks between each bit of marking I have to do. Holding a pen well enough to control it hurts like hell, and it gets worse the longer I keep going. Fourteen sections will take a while.

I'm seriously considering asking either Scott or Cordelia to help me with the marking of my ballot, but that will involve extra paperwork in terms of documenting who they are, how they're related to me, and that they really and truly did exactly what I told them to do.

I had three face to face medical appointments in June. One was my mammogram, and the other two involved tests that also couldn't be done remotely (allergy and urology). The mammogram follow up with the cancer center clinician was done remotely. I understand why, but I'm unhappy about it because, five years ago, the lump didn't show on mammogram or ultrasound but could be found manually.

I need to schedule another allergy thing later in the year, but it's going to be difficult because I need two appointments, about 48 hours apart, and have no good way to get to the office. The nearest in-service bus stop is two miles away, and most of the distance doesn't have sidewalks (and is otherwise pedestrian unfriendly). I don't know when those buses will start running again.

The allergist said that three days between the appointments was too long as I might have serious adverse reaction to one or more of the patches. The testing that we were able to do at the appointment was the scratch test stuff which I didn't much feel that I needed but that my current doctors felt I did. My last test results were from the late 80s and are too difficult to retrieve even though I'm still in the same medical system. These results were exactly what I told them they'd be-- cats, trees, ragweed, mold, dust mites. In practice, I'm allergic to other mammals in addition to cats, but I don't react as quickly or as badly to dogs or mice or whatever.

The allergist mentioned the possibility that my occasional breathing difficulties in response to things like rosemary might be mild (mild in as much as I never cease being able to breathe; I just have difficulty) laryngospasms rather than an unexpected resurgence of my asthma or any sort of anaphylaxis. Since I have GERD, laryngospasms wouldn't be unexpected. What would be unexpected is them lasting for hours which these issues do. There's also apparently damn all that I can do about them beyond what I normally do for GERD.

The urology appointment ended with a referral for pelvic floor PT that is on hold until the after the current crisis. Part of that is transportation, and part of that is that the problem is something I've lived with for years. I would like to resolve it, but I won't be harmed by waiting. If I was going to go out for PT or OT, it would be for my hands, and I'm not going out for them, so.

( Cut for urology details )

The buses are running reduced routes and only one bus per route per hour. They cap the riders at 15 people because they can't seat more than that with social distancing. If someone's at a stop and there are already 15 riders, that person will have to wait an hour for another bus that might have space. I took the bus home after my urology appointment, and I got the next to last seat.

I used the ARide for my mammogram, but that meant being prepared for pickup more than an hour and a half before I had to be at my appointment. ARide service is limited, too, right now, but is a better option than the bus since at least one knows whether or not a particular trip is even possible. I try not to use the ARide, generally, as it's meant for people who are unable to use the fixed route buses due to disability. Most of the time I can take the regular bus and do.

I last used the ARide regularly when I was recovering after radiation. At that point, I wasn't sure of my ability to walk to and from bus stops. For a while after that, I used regular cabs off and on, mostly for going to appointments from which I'd then take the bus home. Going somewhere is much harder than the trip home. Stepping out the door is often hardest because, once I'm out the door, I don't let myself think or feel much of anything.

I talked to our dentist's office yesterday. I had an appointment on the 20th but have put it off since I don't know if I'll have a good way to get there and home again. They're conveniently close to a bus line, but that doesn't help right now. Also, given that I'm not currently having trouble with my teeth, being in that space seems like an extraordinarily high risk undertaking.

The receptionist told me that they're quite busy due to many people trying to get in for cleanings that were due while the office was closed. I understand that the staff there are being careful and are really in need of getting paid, but... Routine dental care seems unwise right now.

Book Logging (Poetry)

I'm no longer trying to write notes on all of the books of poetry that I've read. I keep not recording any details and then having the books blur together so that I no longer remember which books were which. Even a few days after I finish a book of poetry, I likely won't remember much about it. I regret the loss of information because knowing what I liked or disliked and why helps me when I'm looking for more poetry. The library is apt to have multiple books by the same authors.

I've probably got notes on half of these titles.

I think I tagged all of the Project Gutenberg books as such, but I may have missed some. A few of these are from various university presses that made some books free online during April, May, and June of this year (I don't remember which ones, sadly).

( List with erratic comments )

Book Logging (Paper, ebook)

( Albert, Melissa. The Hazel Wood )

( Andrews, Ilona. Sweep with Me )

( Andrews, Ilona. Clean Sweep; Sweep in Peace; One Fell Sweep; Sweep of the Blade )

( Andrews, Ilona. Alphas: Origins )

( Bouchet, Amanda. Nightchaser )

( Bouchet, Amanda. A Promise of Fire; Breath of Fire; Heart on Fire )

( Carter, Ally. Heist Society )

( Danker, Sean. Free Space )

( Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell. An Old Chester Secret )

( Gray, Joslyn. Elsie Marley, Honey )

( Gunter, Jennifer. The Vagina Bible )

( Kingfisher, T. Paladin's Grace )

( Lord, Karen. Unraveling )

( Moriarty, Jaclyn. The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone )

( Nylund, Eric. The Resisters, book 1 )

( Older, Daniel Jose. Ghost Girl in the Corner )

( Pape, Cindy Spencer. Kilts & Kraken; Moonlight & Mechanicals; Photographs & Phantoms; Steam & Sorcery )

( Polk, C.L. Stormsong )

( Raybourn, Deanna. A Curious Beginning; A Perilous Undertaking; A Treacherous Curse; A Dangerous Collaboration )

( Thirteen Doctors 13 Stories )

Started but not finished:
( Cherry, Alison. The Classy Crooks Club )

( Danker, Sean. The Glory of the Empress )

( de Lint, Charles. The Cats of Tanglewood Forest )

( Farrey, Brian. The Vengekeep Prophecies )

( Older, Daniel Jose. Dactyl Hill Squad )

( Sim, Tara. Timekeeper. )

( Starmer, Aaron. The Only Ones )