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This morning I am doing something called ‘standardisation’… which is not what I want to do on Saturday morning, but has to be done, once a year!
Do you have any annual procedure that you have to do for your job? Like,if you don’t do that you are not allowed to actually do your job until it’s completed?
There was a question here recently about how your country has changed since you were born (ok, is it a follow up to the Italian nostalgic for the times he never lived through). You know what, I have heard lots of great stuff about the 1984-2001 from older Americans. I think the main greviences are the costs of housing, medical care, and university rising much faster than inflation. Additionally, there’s more paranoia about terrorism today.
I can probably agree with many of those points, but I do have to say my family have done extremely well financially. Multiple branches of my extended family seem to have made it out like a bandit with their finances, a far cry from before. Do you think your country is better off than it was when you were born? What about your family?
I tried making oil pastels yesterday evening. I ended up with a chonky pastel crayon that melts like chocolate when I touch it (maybe I should have added more wax, dunno) and there’s still caput mortuum (it’s a dull purplish iron oxide pigment) under my fingernails but it was so much fun, and the resulting product is very nice to paint with. It smells amazing, too (well it’s made of beeswax and coconut oil). Once I have a few more colors that aren’t just dark purple, I will try to paint something with them.
It’s nice to try out new stuff.
We also started watching Sharpe yesterday. The episodes are on YouTube (each are an hour and 45 minutes, so better to divide them into two I guess). I must say, although not really historically accurate, it’s super fun to watch. And man. Sean Bean was very very hot when he was young (and still is, of course). And it seems like they chose the most unattractive co-stars to go with him, so he looks even more handsome. Damn.
A random song from a rock opera that I hadn’t heard in years came up in a playlist yesterday and so I’m listening to [The Hazards of Love by The Decemberists](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mxObBG7ku8) in its entirety this morning.
It tells the [old story](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hazards_of_Love#Plot) of a magical shape shifter who falls in love with a human woman. But of course his mother, the Queen of the Forest, is not amused and hires the evil Rake to kidnap the girl… and will true love prevail?
Do you guys and gals like Rock Operas? Any favourites?