The Pandemic Did In Fact Not End

Dunno how these pansies were still flowering in December. So the pandemic did not end by xmas because of vaccines because of the assault on science and the politicization of everything. So not enough of the world got vaccinated, new mutations happened and keep happening and the world will never eradicate Covid 19 because of all the vaccine deniers, vaccine hesitancy, misinformation/conspiracies, and just in general don't tread on me thinking.

the crazy on purpose interior design of Liz and Terry's building in Williamsburg

Terry gave us a weed seed

can't remember but xmas trees were very expensive this yr and probably for a few more years cuz of a few reasons. I think our usual 7-8ft tree was $100

Jen got this in the mail and she doesn't read or write Korean

of course he has to lay on these cut off boughs i was weaving into a wreath

my annual tradition, i use twisty ties and a coat hanger

harvest fest cider alcohol reading. it was like 7.5% alcohol and after it aged a little it was great stuff.

Jen and I working on our downstair neighbors book cover

inside the sad adjunct professor's office that's shared by like 30 of us

the Knife sharpening man! i've never seen him in our neighborhood and i don't know how we'd even catch him in time

trying various solutions to keep the bag from making too much noise/vibration on the roof. when the base is full of water its like 250 lbs but when you're wailing on it or even going easy on it the rocking amplifies through the roof.

xmas time whiskey tasting in Brambleton

he doesn't even know how dope his dad is

great just wat bob needs is a weighted blanket so he can become an even bigger weirdo

we went to Canisteo after Virginia xmas for a post xmas xmas

now he gets to go off leash in Canisteo too and of course he loves it. 

new years eve dinner pork chop at Side Car which was closing a few days later which was sad cuz it was the best burger and fried chicken in the hood. It would reopen later as Rullos as just a bar by the same owner Bart

might have been just me Jen and Matt for new yrs

goodnight 2021. You think i'd say it was horrible cuz, pandemic but no. I actually have liked a lot of how the pandemic has changed my life. Having the "excuse" to stay home with my wife and dog and drink cocktails and eat dinners and focus on my art and being 40 and not needing to go to parties and watch movies and play video games and not have to go to birthday parties all the time or have endless obligations is awesome to me, getting to spend time with my loved ones. Yes all of these things i've said could have been this way before the pandemic but honestly reader you know how hard it is to change things until a global catastrophic pandemic disaster happens. (caveat, there were many bad things about the pandemic and we were lucky we have remote jobs that didn't disappear cuz of the pandemic and all our other privileges in life and our financial situation and i know MANY people had a horrible life changing time and that i'm so lucky to be able to say everything i've said here)