My computer is back! I don't know
what happened, but suddenly there it was again. I guess it just
needed a long nap.
For
the past 30 years, around this time we would be trying to figure out where
we were going to get together to memorialize Gilbert on the anniversary of
his death, July 14, 1986. As I started to write this entry, I realized
that the anniversary is today and nobody has mentioned it, not even when
we were all together a couple of weeks ago, memorializing Orva Hoskinson.
I suggested last year that perhaps 30 years
is long enough to have this annual get together, with all of us aging and
becoming more infirm and immobile. Nobody wanted to agree to calling a
halt to it, but nobody has contacted anybody about going ahead with it this
year either, so I am going to assume that it was a lovely 30 year tradition
that, inevitably, has come to an end. We memorialized him far longer
than any of us knew him in life. Some of our group have died, at least
one is housebound, and we are all getting older, some of us into our 80s and
less interested in getting together.
So...it was very sweet while it lasted and I
am happy that we did it, but all good things come to and end, and I think
GRUB (Gala Re-interment of Uncle Buddy) has run its course.
Oh. It's you!
It must be the year for it. I drove
past the little memorial that was built to a girl who was killed in Davis
the weekend that David died in San Francisco. It has been such a
carefully tended site, with fresh flowers, and various loving additions,
always clearing away the grass, etc. It made me smile, sadly, whenever
I drove past. A couple of years ago they added a "ghost bike" (a white
bicycle roadside memorial, placed where a cyclist has been killed or
severely injured, usually by a motor vehicle). But she and David were
dead 20 years last year and I noticed today that the memorial is so
overgrown you can't see it any more. All good things come to an end.
I was passing by the memorial on my to and
from Cindy's. She was filling a cavity for me, and, as always, I enjoy
my trip there, even when she is drilling holes in my head. It never
hurts and she and I always have a good time catching up.
This time, I have to admit I was a little
shocked. After we had compared notes on family and stuff, we talked a
bit about the current mess in Washington. As we discussed the absolute
stupidity of Donald, Jr., it was obvious that her assistant didn't know
what we were talking about and Cindy had to explain it to her.
This is why Trump is president.
And then there was the computer. I was
happy to have a laptop available to me, and dreading calling my guru today,
because he always makes me feel stupid.
I turned the computer on this morning hoping
to see something different, but it was the same thing. I didn't turn
it off, though. I was doing a lot of stuff on my desk, so I just
pushed the keyboard aside and continued what I was working on.
Then I looked up--and the log-in screen was
back!!! Cautiously, I logged in and everything was back to normal.
I think that when I logged off yesterday, it had a lot of updates to
do and while I thought it wouldn't start, it was just working in the
background doing all those updates. I DID let it sit for over an hour
last night, which was why I thought it was broken.
But it's back and I'm relieved.
While waiting the endless time it takes to do
anything on the laptop, I was going to watch something on Netflix, perhaps
an episode of House of Cards, but when I turned on to Netflix they
were advertising the arrival of the movie Okja which I had never
heard of, but which sounded intriguing. It's a So. Korean film, but
with Tilda Swenson and Jake Gyllenhaal and other English speaking actors.
So while I was getting yesterday's entry posted, I was also watching Okja,
which is difficult to summarize, so I will just say it was a good film,
moving in many spots, a strong message in others, and funny in spots as
well. And absolutely amazing CGI!!!
Look it up in IMDB.
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