Tuesday

Victor left early today and was gone by eight. I began to set up in the big room for breakfast, but Pop was sleeping in his recliner. Once he got up, he got busy right away setting the room back aright. I helped. I have to hand it to Pop. He really does have a certain work ethic. I was thinking that if I had some of that, I might have succeeded at graduate school. However, it then occurred to me that it might not be genetic. Pop might have got that instilled in him from his military career. It might have helped to raise that workiness from his potential. ... ... It has been a long time since I have taken anything down from Sugar World. I couldn't pass this up. There was an article about a woman who uses semen for a number of things, including as an ingredient in her facial ointment, as well as other things. Andrew Somebody said, "Pretty sure you're not a vegan if human semen is part of your diet. Jizzitarian, maybe." Good old Sugar picked up the ball and ran with it. She said, "Okay, because vegans actually get this question for real, consent is the relevant part of the equation." Ah, it feels a little bit like Blurty days! ... ... Of course the night I leave the cats out the rain comes storming down. At least the rains have brought in a cold front. It's below 80 degrees in the house in the middle of the afternoon. It's gray outside too. Very cozy and comfortable. If my right upper-arm weren't bothering me, the day would be practically perfect. I slept on it wrong. ... ... Muttering from my afternoon, "How did I live my life?" My life still feel like something that shouldn't have been possible. I have to be in competition for the most absurd life ever. ... ... Cripes, here we are heading into evening, and my arm seems to be only getting worse instead of better. Daimon scoffs, "Do you want to go to the hospital, or what?" No, just commenting. I'm feeling my loneliness, and I just want to say something, putting it in words and punctuation. Pi says, "I guess that means you at least aren't feeling depressed." Right. If I were depressed, I'd just be sitting down or lying down, trying not to drool on myself, with all my thoughts being little more than a haze, and I without the energy or will to cut through the haze. I guess I actually feel kind of good and just wish that I had something better to do, or at least something better to write. ... ... Let's make it official: this is election day. It's evening and they are counting ballots, and the early results are a little unsettling. Trump is doing more strongly than the Never Trump People dared to imagine. Douthat notes that outsiders can surprise you: "Schwarzenegger and Jesse Ventura both surprised on election day." ... Krugman is more stark: "A terrifying night, and not just because Trump might win. It turns out that there is a deeper rage in white, rural America than I knew. ... Even if HRC pulls it out, how does she govern? The GOP has shown itself completely craven; now it will be fully in thrall to the crazies."... Douthat: "History's only arc is the one described in Revelation." ... Josiah Somebody said, "Is it time to panic?" Douthat said, "That time arrived 30 minutes ago." ... Krugman: "I truly thought I knew my country better than it turns out I did. I have warned that we could become a failed state, but didn't realize that it wasn't just the radicalism of the GOP, but deep hatred in a large segment of the population. How do we move forward?" ... My god, the New York Times is now forecasting a Trump victory. ... You know the election is going bad when Ann Coulter is exultant. She says, "After 240 yrs, despite all the chipping, cheating, and executive orders, the people are still the Supreme law in the USA. GOD BLESS AMERICA!" ... Here's a good piece of advice for Democrats. Freddie Somebody says, "No joke, I'm begging liberal Democrats to discover a tactic other than wealthy celebrities mugging in a camera about how dumb the GOP is." ... Peter Somebody says, "Just to remind you: The US Presidential Election is currently being won by the man who was endorsed by the KKK." ... Krugman says, "I don't know about other people, but I'm not wailing or turning to drink; I just feel numb. You know that life as we know it may soon be changed beyond recognition, but it's hard to grasp, and right now there doesn't seem any alternative except to plug along. America, we hardly knew ye. Certainly I misjudged the country. But as I said, recriminations don't help. The road back begins tomorrow. But right now, I'm just going to bed." ... Douthat says, "It may not be the end of the end of history. But perhaps it is the beginning of the end." A woman tweeted, 'Street vendor here just yelled, "hey guys, at least now it will be legal to grab pussy!" And high-fived a group of men who laughed.' Another woman replied, "I got viciously street harassed on the way home. Viciously. It's on, I guess." ... ... Sammy has taken a little wound. He had a soft bump on top of his head, and I wetted a paper towel and wiped it off. It was a scab. There's a little blood there. It's not deep, nor is it scary in itself, but it worries me because Willy suffered a similar wound before things went bad for him. Was it a cat fight? A wound from climbing a fence? ... ... Pi says, "You've been spending some quality time on your jigsaw puzzle." Well, I can't concentrate on a book with this dire election news unfolding.