Raisins: Mystery Solved
After my recent foray into baking – including my obvious substitution of chocolate chips for chopped walnuts – I was led to ponder raisins. After all, in my experience a LOT of baked goods feature raisins and I really don’t know why. Correction, I never used to know why. I believe I have figured it out.
For the record and full disclosure, I don’t like raisins. That said, I don’t dislike them as much as I used to. I remember a time where my dislike for raisins used to be so strong that I would even struggle to watch OTHER people eat them. Seriously. And I also remember the moment I got over my dislike of raisins … or at least my COMPLETE dislike for them.
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Career Change?
A video editor’s perspective.
Last month was pretty bleak. Sure, I made a few fun videos. But those don’t exactly (or remotely) pay the bills. On the upside, I have to say the CERB application process was stunningly easy. Although, I guess applying for such support could be deemed a downside. But, back to the upside, a month later I’ve found myself with more than a few video projects in the works. And a few more on the horizon. If that keeps up, my CERB experience will only be a one time affair. And I’m more than okay with that. Side note: If nothing else, I think the current state of things does show there is merit to a Universal Basic Income. I don’t expect it to happen anytime soon. But it has merits. Of course, it wouldn’t be a perfect system. But, clearly, neither is our current one.
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Playlists and Other Silliness
Some people hoard toilet paper. I opted for this instead.
And as these days become weeks, and now a new month, the new normal is becoming seemingly more normal every day. Or maybe that’s just me. As I’ve mentioned before, my routine hasn’t actually changed all that much. Plus, I’ve been thoroughly enjoying making my mini-movies (for a minimal audience), learning new software online – or learning new tools for not-so-new software, and going out on the bike (with or without the wind) as much as I can. Cycling and social distancing continue to go together well. Of course, there are challenges. My tendency towards independence means I didn’t particularly enjoy having staff at Bulk Barn scoop my purchases for me the other day but I suspect they don’t particularly enjoy it either. Either way, I fully appreciate the caution.
Banjos!
Another week of self-isolating and social distancing has come and gone. It’s been a week of editing (some for pay, some for fun). It’s been a week of watching tutorials and learning new things. And it’s been a week of going grocery shopping at 7:00 AM to avoid the lineups.
Nice day for a ride.
(or ride BACK, anyway)
On the upside, I got out on the bike the other day … according to the time stamp on the photos, it was Wednesday – again, not that it matters. What matters is that it was a glorious ride. Correction: It was a glorious ride BACK. My typical strategy when I’m limited to roundtrip rides is to head out into the wind for some arbitrary amount of time so that the return trip will come with a tailwind. And I find it’s always better to end with a tailwind. On strong wind days (like Wednesday), the arbitrary time heading into the wind can be more than a little unpleasant. However, it’s more mentally manageable (oooh, alliteration) with the knowledge that the ride back will be wind aided. That strategy played out beautifully in this instance.
As usual when I head out on such rides, I really had no idea where I was going to go. Or for how long. In hindsight, I probably should’ve taken a water bottle with me. Anyway, once I determined the general direction of the wind, I turned my bike into it and kept pedalling. For about 25 km. Much of which was uphill. And all of it into a pretty stiff headwind. And it took about 90 minutes. Then I found myself in Bamberg. No, I’m pretty sure I had never been to Bamberg before. But that’s where I was and that’s where the ride back began. Much of which was downhill. Most of it aided by a pretty stiff tailwind. It took about 50 minutes. And was wonderful.
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Friday = Monday. And Vice Versa.
This was during my online course. Without context, it might look confusing. Fortunately, I had context.
Once again I’ve found myself falling a bit behind on my updates. I’d like to say it’s because I’ve been busy with work but that wouldn’t be particularly (or remotely) accurate. However, I have been trying to keep busy … some of those attempts could be viewed as more productive than others. For example, I’ve been watching a few tutorials on Lynda.com which have been rather helpful and would fall into the productive category. Similarly, I did a 3-day, online course a couple of weekends ago which, despite the occasionally dry subject matter, was also rather productive and successful. One of the nice things about online courses is they tend not to get cancelled due to pandemics. Hypothetically speaking. And speaking of hypotheticals, the past couple of weeks MAY have seen a few hands of online Blackjack being played. Fortunes were neither won nor lost.
Despite the pandemic shutting down pretty much everything, the days (and weeks) still seem to fly by. Hard to believe I’ve been back from BC for over a month now. Harder to believe is that the majority of that time has been spent in some form of self-isolation.
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