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Social Distancing
So, I’m having an Introvert Pride Parade this weekend. Alright, it’s really just me walking back and forth from the sofa to the fridge.
No Actual Difference
Keeping social distance and not going to crowded places?
🌤️It’s a little slice of heaven!😇
Okay, so ComicCon has been postponed to September but they’re keeping the same lineup.
Hopefully, by then:
- All this COVID19 rubbish will be behind us
- I won’t be in agonizing pain every damned day
- I’ll actually have some kind of disposable income that I can waste on merch and autographs
In the short term, all the schools in Pennsylvania are closed for the fortnight. The great thing about that is that Connor gets to stay home a while longer for Spring Break and Emmeline can drop in a bit more frequently to see Rose!
Even greater is that Dorothy and Allan get to continue their schoolwork without interruption because homeschoolers never have snow days unless the power goes out. Bwa-ha-ha! 😈
As such, life goes on as usual around here. We don’t actually want or need to go anywhere but ComicCon, so it’s all good.
The Babylon Bee had a really funny article on the topic: Nation’s Nerds Wake Up In Utopia Where Everyone Stays Inside, Sports Are Canceled, Social Interaction Forbidden
Quiet Power
The quiet power of introverts | BBC Ideas
I can’t help but think that all of the mad extroverts who take everything for granted will be going stir crazy amidst the pseudo-quarantine.
It has been suggested that this is a ploy to cause people to riot in the streets. Social distancing, school shutdowns, cancellation of professional sporting events and prohibition of large gatherings all add up to a lot of bored people with too much time on their hands. In days past, this might lead to rioting and looting.
Nowadays, we have Netflix and Amazon Prime to occupy our idle time. No better time to binge 3 to 12 seasons of any given TV series or catch up on movies that we usually scroll past or even check out some of those foreign language films and series. If you’re bored enough to riot, you’re bored enough to sit around reading subtitles.
🌶️ ¡Viva la Siglo 21! 🎈
Reminder
Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. ~Stella Adler
That’s an apt observation for the days ahead of us. The neverending drumbeat of COVID19 can be a bit of a wet blanket for the soul.
In my story, I’m about ready to start beating characters down and crushing their souls. The Conclave has been running Empire City from the shadows since the early 1600s and they’re not about to let a couple of superpowered freaks of nature spoil their monopoly on power.
The Sentinels Movement is a social engineering project started by Lucius Deagle and Tim Wisler. The Conclave is a shadow government started by Priscilla Vrendenburg. It’s only a matter of time before we find out who’s going to take hold of the soul of the city. The Conclave has a huge head start but the Sentinels have the advantage of playing out in the open.
We’re having fun threatening to quarantine the kids in their rooms this weekend. There’s no actual need for it. We just enjoy taking a break from them occasionally.