It's been a week and it's only Wednesday. Nothing really to point at, but there it is. :shrug:
I've been spending a lot of time reading the news and, for the first time in 5 years, I'm feeling optimistic about the present. (I write dystopian, so it's hard for me to get optimistic about the future. So many things can go wrong between here and there.)
It seems like people have finally gotten a clue. Maybe that's one thing the whole Kung Flu thing did for us - it taught people that not everything you hear or see from the supposed experts is right or true. Especially those that point at things as being dire. People are learning to laugh at it rather than take any of it seriously. At least I hope that's what I'm seeing.
Oh, I'm still seeing crap. Yesterday, Turner Classic Movies did a whole run of Nazi movies. I don't think January 21st was a day of note regarding WWII or the Holocaust, so I couldn't see a reason there until my conspiracy senses started tingling and I wondered if it was some kind of backhanded stab at our newly inaugurated president. Or Elon. (He wasn't giving a Nazi salute, by the way. Watch the video. He was throwing his heart to the people.)
Anyway, like I said, I'm feeling optimistic. The big T is already doing awesome things with more to come. If he can push a majority of the crap into the dump truck and hold the line for the next 4 years, AND JDV is the man I think he is, which will make him worthy of the 8 years after that, then we might avoid living the dystopian nightmares I have written about.
Speaking of which, UNEQUAL is free until Friday. I wish I could say I planned to make this book free because of the above, but it was just a happy coincidence. I'm not that smart a planner.
Read that one. Then read BLINK OF AN I. Then let out a sigh of relief that we no longer appear to be headed in those directions. Jus' sayin'.
Yes. To all of the above. Also, there are memes making the rounds of Pelosi, Warren, Harris, and AOC(?) (I can't remember now who exactly) making the same exact gesture. Ah, the hypocrisy.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I'll pull out the dystopian trilogy I hever finished and complete the last one, making it more hopeful than dystopian. They're short novellas so it was always meant to be one volume. We'll see.
We're getting above freezing today. Wallyworld run in the near future--once LG gets back. Only still has my vehicle and I can't/won't drive LG's truck unless it's an emergency.
Happy Hump Day!