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It's been a weird 50-something days here in Stumptown. The teargassing doesn't affect me directly. It's all confined to a small area downtown, about four miles from where I live (but exactly where I spent my whole working career). If not for Twitter, I'd probably not be aware of it, except to wonder about the nightly sound of helicopters.
I fall out strongly on the side of the protesters. I love my town, and I hate to see graffiti at the best of times, so it disturbs me to see it sprayed all over downtown buildings, layer on layer. It's ugly and it's hard to remove from stone.
But you know what? It's just paint. And this is a historic moment, and if those protest markings linger for a while to remind us that even here in lily-white Portland, Black Lives Matter and the police are corrupt, and we didn't ask for federal troops, well then, so be it.
As someone with a couple of "co-morbidities" and a healthy belief in science, I've elected to stay well away personally. I'm honestly terrified of getting covid, and I'm able to stay the fuck home, so that's what I do. If I have to go out, I wear a mask.
Boring as hell some of the time, but mostly I'm getting by. Latest foray into Chinese-language drama: Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty, which I'd describe as more adorable than brilliant, but fun and pretty.
How's everyone?
I fall out strongly on the side of the protesters. I love my town, and I hate to see graffiti at the best of times, so it disturbs me to see it sprayed all over downtown buildings, layer on layer. It's ugly and it's hard to remove from stone.
But you know what? It's just paint. And this is a historic moment, and if those protest markings linger for a while to remind us that even here in lily-white Portland, Black Lives Matter and the police are corrupt, and we didn't ask for federal troops, well then, so be it.
As someone with a couple of "co-morbidities" and a healthy belief in science, I've elected to stay well away personally. I'm honestly terrified of getting covid, and I'm able to stay the fuck home, so that's what I do. If I have to go out, I wear a mask.
Boring as hell some of the time, but mostly I'm getting by. Latest foray into Chinese-language drama: Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty, which I'd describe as more adorable than brilliant, but fun and pretty.
How's everyone?