making myself do other things

[tielan]

Doomscrolling really isn't helpful to my state of mind.

Even just watching the outrage of "that could have been my life!" fade away among Republican politicians is frustrating.

And then our PM and deputy PM are doing the outright 'lie, lie, lie in public, and then blather on and they'll forgive you just about anything'.

I want to make an Australian political video to The Ol' Razzle Dazzle from Chicago.

"How can they see, with sequins in their eyes" would be perfect for the PM at his church.

"Though you are thicker than a girder/they'll let you get away with murder!" would be an interesting line to fill. Don't think he's actually caused any deaths, even indirectly.

IDK at this point in time, I really want to make satirical music videas to all the conservative politicians filling the world with lies.

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Right, so that didn't turn out as brief as I hoped! It's just so frustrating.

Anyway, yesterday while doing a spot of grocery shopping, I bought a box of plums and a box of tomatoes.

This morning I am making plum preserves. I used about 2/3 of the box and my sister wants me to leave the rest for her to eat straight up. She really likes fresh plums. Well, so do I, but I am spoiled by the ones off my tree that are fragile and delicious and melt in the mouth. Frankly, I'm spoiled by growing things in my garden: the bought versions just aren't as nice.

Later, I hope to make tomato passata from the tomatoes. I don't have a passata maker to sieve out the skins and seeds, but that's okay. I can just whizz them together in the blender and skip the sieving. I don't mind a more chunky sauce, and if I want a fine passata, then I can sieve enough of the puree to make a bottle or two of really fine sauce.

If I have enough tomatoes, I might even be able to make some small amounts of tomato paste - enough to freeze in ice cube trays and store somewhere for when "a tablespoon" of tomato paste is a PITA.

Also: I don't know why I bother buying bunches of coriander. I should just carefully cultivate plants of it all year around. Don't know where I'd cultivate it, but there you have it...

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I have quilting and gardening posts to make but, eh, I just can't even today. I want to sleep and eat and sleep some more.

Comments

[wpadmirer]

Well, apparently Mitch McConnell has gone all "let's impeach" on Trump. I saw someone say that he'll be 84 at the end of his term, and he's probably not planning on running again, so he's just going "Fuck it!"

[tielan]

They could really do with an age restriction on Senators and Reps, seriously. Oh, and judges. Because 40 years on the Supreme Court? *sigh* NO.

[wpadmirer]

Well, that's unlikely to happen. Also, honestly, as someone who's 67, I see the value of the view of someone who's been around long enough to have a strong sense of history.

[tielan]

Maybe a term limit, then? 23 years, or something.

[wpadmirer]

Believe it or not, they've tried to vote in term limits and it's had limited success. It's crazy.