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Just a general pop in thread
Carter-Orange:
Can't say I've ever watched Bluey lol, but whatever takes your mind off real life.
RokofAges75:
This has been such a long, hard week. I don't even have the words to express how disappointed I am in the results of this election and in my country. The fact that over half of the people who voted apparently care more about the price of gas and groceries than the rights of women and marginalized groups is disheartening and disgusting. The fact that Donald Trump is a convicted felon who already tried to stage a coup once and wants to be a dictator - and that none of that was a dealbreaker for the people who voted for him anyway - is downright disturbing. While I don't want the next four years to be worse than 2016-2020, I can't wait for these ignorant morons to discover that their savior did nothing but lie about all the things he said he was going to do to fix the economy and make their lives better.
We thankfully did not talk much about it at school. My class held a mock election on Monday, which Trump won, and I did not even bring up the results of the actual election on Wednesday. It was hard enough to stay neutral in the weeks leading up to the election and even harder to put on a happy face for my students the rest of the week. Work was a good distraction though. Thankfully, I have a few like-minded friends there that I could vent freely with away from students, and I got together with a couple of them to decompress and eat and drink our sorrows after school yesterday. I have been avoiding most news and real TV since Tuesday night, too. I also used to listen to the news while getting ready for work in the morning, but the last few days, I've listened to ER reruns on the Pop channel instead. I've never seen Bluey, but it sounds like a better option than reality right now.
That is truly awful about that woman who killed herself and her kids. What a horrible, selfish thing to do. I'm sorry it happened and sorry your sister had to deal with the aftermath of it. I wouldn't feel like handing out candy or dealing with people at all after that either.
Now I'm just trying to distract myself by disconnecting from the world and escaping into my story. That's the one thing that has been going well this week. I hope you've been able to distract yourself with writing and books, too!
mare:
You're right, this week has been rough! And he isn't in office yet. I honestly don't know how I'm going to do it this time around. The last time was hard but at least we had control of one of the branches of government so there was at least some push back. Now, there's nothing anyone can do to keep him in check. I have been doing a pretty great job at not watching the news. What we ended up doing in the mornings now is watching the previous night's Stephen Colbert show. For my own sanity I've snoozed anyone I saw celebrating his win, which surprisingly wasn't all that many people. I've also just been trying to do things that make me happy.
I've been really ramping up on reading. Ironically, I was reading a book called "This Book Won't Burn." About a Muslin, Indian high school senior that moves from Chicago to a suburb far away. I could have very well been very close to where you are. I'm not sure if the town was made up or exists. I think it was called Baybridge. Anyway, she quickly finds out that it's total MAGA country and the school board bans any books at the schools that they find the least bit suggestive. Without even reading them of course. Mostly by BIPOC authors. She decides to do something about it so she takes the banned book list and picks one of the books and goes across the street to the park during her lunchbreaks. Seniors and juniors get to leave. She starts reading the book out loud and every day more and more kids come and listen until they have a full-on huge group of kids. It quickly becomes a students Versus the school board situation. It was inspirational to read.
My writing has been going well too. That hasn't slowed down. I'm also working on an Op-ed. I doubt I'll do anything with it, but it's helping me cope and when it comes to my feelings, I am a much better writer than speaker.
I truly do believe something nefarious was behind these results. He was talking about having the votes long before the election and I just flat out refuse to believe that a race that was supposedly tied went so far right. I need to feel that way because the alternative is living in a country that runs on hate first and foremost.
Blech! I have started wrapping Christmas presents already. LOL I mean who the hell cares, right?
I'm glad you're writing is going well. It is a good escape! And that you have likeminded people you can vent to. That's really important. Today someone left me a random kudo on A Million Little Things.
Carter-Orange:
A mock election and even the kids voted Trump? That must've been hard to deal with but I'm glad you have friends you can get away from it all with.
RokofAges75:
Yeah, it was awful listening to them cheer for every Trump vote. I know they're just parroting their parents because they're too young and naive to know any better, but it was very hard to be neutral. I teach in a low-income area, and a lot of people around here voted for him because they blame Biden for the inflation that followed Covid and believe Trump will magically lower the price of gas and groceries and improve their lives. Can't wait to see what they say to defend him when that doesn't happen.
Mare, that book sounds good, and so does the one you just posted about today, "All the Colors of the Dark." I need to get back into actual reading instead of just watching TV while doom-scrolling on my phone. A teacher friend lent me a copy of another Freida McFadden book (The Teacher), so I should probably read that one first so I can return it to her.
My writing has been going well this month. I stayed up until 3 a.m. last night writing, which is rare for me to do during the school year. I love this time of year when it's dark and cold outside because it gives me a good excuse to just stay cozy at home and write. I get more done when I'm not feeling guilty about how I should be outside working in the yard or enjoying the nice weather. I finally finished that damn skiing chapter a few weeks ago and posted it tonight. It ended up being over 9,000 words - no wonder it took me so long to write! The next time I update, this story will officially be longer than Song for the Undead, which is my second-longest story after BMS. I never thought I would write another one that would rival the length of either of those, but here we are. Never say never, I guess.
I hope your writing is still going well, too, Mare! I saw that you just finished another story? Congrats! I love that you're still getting random kudos on your BSB fics. Those emails make my day!
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