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The “How do I die?” dilemma – no, I’m not thinking of THAT!
After the somewhat emotionally traumatic week I’ve had it’s been so helpful to have received a lot of reassurance and support from my readers and fellow bloggers. Thank you to all who have been in touch, it really means a lot.
I followed up on one comment I received by reading through that lady’s blog and came across something which has highlighted a dilemma I face.
What happens when I die?
Overweight? Unhealthy? Puffed? Need an easy start to exercise? Take inspiration from this young man
As a result my accident in 2006 I suffered a mild traumatic brain injury which still affects my daily life even now.
As part of my recovery and rehabilitation process I joined up with Fife Headway, the local branch of the Headway brain injury association and, although my injury didn’t affect me in physical ways, I met a lot of people there with quite serious mobility and motabily issues. As a result of that my views on disabilities changed dramatically as I now have a far greater understanding of the issues involved.
The current lock down and restrictions imposed upon us over the past few months have resulted in a dramatic increase in weight due to “comfort eating” and, added to my circulation problems which cause me such pain in my feet, I was starting to wonder how I was ever going to be able to get into an exercise routine that was suitable for me. It would have to be something that I can do easily, especially to start with, as I’m now so lacking in muscle mass too from lack of exercise over the recent months.
Just by chance the following video appeared today in my YouTube recommended list and upon starting to watch it I immediately knew that I would be able to learn from it.
A year ago today …
… my daughter and I were at Wembley Stadium to see Bon Jovi.
I’d been to Wembley many times in the past to see sporting and music events but this was my first visit to the “new” Wembley.
To get my new YouTube channel started I thought I’d have a bit of a practice with some video editing software and post this so to have as a lasting reminder of a great day out.
Thank you, Tara, for getting the tickets and then “having nobody to go with”!! 😀
Of course, if you want to see how a PROPER video of the event looks, there’s always this …
Black Lives Matter – Five Stars for Rockstar
I play a lot of GTA-V Online (Grand Theft Auto 5) which, for those of you who might never have heard of it, is a game produced by Rockstar Games which is intended as a parody of “American life” and is full of violence, killing, gun running, drug running, and assorted other misdemeanours.
When I tried to log in this evening the game informed me that the servers were down and so I went online to their site to see if there was any particular reason for this and was amazed to see THIS on the screen …
In my opinion, for the producer of a game which embodies violence to take a stand like this is quite awesome, especially when the President of the country they are parodying doesn’t give a FLYING F**K for anyone but himself.
There will, of course, be the imbeciles who just complain “Hey, I can’t get on to my game!! To hell with George Floyd!!”. Well to them I say “It’s time to GROW UP!!!”
Wishing you all every peace and happiness, whether you be black, white, brown, yellow, straight, gay, trans, non-binary or a bleached tomato with fungus growing out of your ears.
We are ALL human!
A fresh view on gender stereotypes
I’ve not posted for a few days because despite trying to keep you all boosted up during the current pandemic I fell into a slump myself due to all this prolonged isolation. During this time I have, however, continued to research things that I consider you might enjoy and happened upon this very clever little film which looks at gender stereotypes from a “reversed” viewpoint.
I do encourage you to watch it right through to the point at which the credits start. 😀
We always know
Quarantine (is not quite over)
Covid-19 Isolation: Hang on in there #12
Well, nobody responded to my invitation yesterday regarding suggestions for today’s final episode of this collection, so to end the series I’m going to return to the most beautiful, instantly recognisable voice we’ve ever heard – Karen Carpenter.
Stay safe everyone.
Covid-19 Isolation: Hang on in there #11
I hope you have enjoyed this series of tracks which were intended to remind you of your friends and loved ones who you maybe cannot be with because of the restrictions during the current pandemic, and to let you know that you are not alone in wanting to be with people who are important to you and that you miss so much.
I’d like to round off a full dozen postings with one of your choices, so leave a comment below if there’s a song that you feel follows this theme and I’ll pick one of them for tomorrow’s last post in the series.
Stay safe, and know that love and understaning will win through.
Tish
Tish 