The Red Menace

[izmeina]

So it's party time in Mainland China tomorrow. I cannot begin to imagine the gloating over Hong Kong and Apple Daily and how the CCP government knows they can do whatever they damned well like because no other country can or will stand up to them.

"There is no good and evil. There is only POWER and those too weak to seek it" has turned out to be a saying for the ages. Lord Voldemort really does get all the best lines.

Bonewall UK is losing its power and that truly is a sight to behold. Schadenfreude on steroids.


It has taken me a whole month to finally post a little squiggle. Camp Nanowrimo starts tomorrow as does Plastic Free July so I may finally manage to get back in the habit of squiggling after several month's absence.

Also the New Financial Year starts tomorrow in Oz. Due to the lockdown, there has not been the usual ritual of Officeworks and assorted tech toy shops opening until midnight for stragglers grabbing some very last minute tax deductions.




This bit of the Wild West of Oz has been in lockdown since midnight on Monday. It is rather disorientating to get used to nearly everything being shut down again.

It's only when all the cafes are closed - or rather in take away mode only that I realized just how addicted I am to the daily ritual of lurking in cafes reading the papers, squiggling and doing assorted puzzles.

I didn't go to my usual day job today. I intended to ring them on Tuesday to see if they were open but the plumbers rang me first and scheduled a visit for 9am. Needless to say they did not turn up till 1pm.
But since the nursery where I volunteer on Fridays is closed this week on account of the lockdown, I can pick up that day instead at the op shop if there is too much new book stock to do tomorrow.
Missing work today also had the added advantage of not having to put up with the new staff member who I call Mr Men as he is one of the worst male chauvinists that I have ever encountered. A swaggering git who sings his own praises every chance he gets. One other woman has already changed her days to avoid him since it's like being in the presence of a psychic vampire.



I figured that it's long overdue to do some inner bitch training. With that in mind, I signed up a few days ago to Lichess . An online site where you can play chess against humans or computers.
I keep getting trounced. Once it was checkmate but it's usually because both sides get 10 minutes each and I keep running out the clock long before my opponent. I do much better on the puzzle boards where you are given a scenario in the middle of a game and have to play the next 3 or 4 moves.

But with a bit of practice, I might learn to blitz being devious and ruthless in my quest for world domination.