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Funky Friday: Oblivious?

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I've not paid much attention to the news this week. I've been focused on getting things done in my life.

Ottawa

  1. Excited: Comiccon starts today! It feels like I've been waiting forever. There are lots of fun panels I'm attending, a geek orchestra, Q&As with Alan Tudyk (Wash from Firefly) and John-Rhys Davies (Gimli from Lord of the Rings).

  2. Relieved: I finished a project at work yesterday, so now I am truly unburdened. The actual project is a couple of weeks away from full completion, but my regular role for it is old hat compared to what I was put on to help finish a worrisome chunk.

  3. Happy: My Xbox 360 breakaway cable arrived yesterday and I was able to play some Rocksmith. I bought that game over 3 years ago and I couldn't play it because I had a guitar with a twisted neck that couldn't stay in tune, so advancing in the game was impossible.


Ontario

  1. Worried: There's another wildfire burning around the Ontario and Manitoba border. While that's not super close to me, there's also been fires in my hometown 4 hours from here. There's just a lot of fires all over Canada right now and we could really use some rain everywhere.


Canada

  1. Impressed: I'm impressed with how Trudeau handled the fire situation in Alberta by listening to what the firefighters, a.k.a. experts said. He didn't go out there for photo ops and instead continued handling the rest of his duties while on standby should the experts decide it was time to call in extra help. Oh, and he didn't put Canada at risk for being invaded. Autonomy is a great leadership quality. He followed protocol.

  2. Upset: I was attacked on Twitter for tweeting to the PM that he did a good thing working with the UN to eradicate preventable diseases. As such, I no longer allow people who aren't my followers to see my tweets or interact with me on Twitter. I have no need for trolls in my life or people who try to disguise disrespectful behaviour as "debate". They made me terribly sad that such rampant hatred exists. I don't think I'll ever understand such people.


World

  1. Proud: I'm proud that Canada is helping with the efforts to eradicate tuberculosis, malaria, and AIDS from the earth. I'm not sure on the actual dollars that have been committed to it, but I hope there's part of the budget that already speaks to this. The UN is predicting really bad things if more isn't done to get rid of these terrible viruses.


Well, I have a few things left to do to prepare for Comiccon. It doesn't start until 2:30 PM, but I took the full day off. I intend to put Spirited Away on while ironing my costume and cutting up veggies for my snacks.

Ciao,
R~
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