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I spent most of yesterday horizontal. After I dropped Ghin off I just went to get steak and slept on the sofa. I also watched the Power of the Dog. It was lovely and intriguing. An example of how you can tell a story without shoving it in people's faces. Lots of exposed male bodies and one neurotic female. I have to say that Jane Campion when she puts together a films puts together a film. It was a breath of delight after all the superhero mashups. 

It is another beautiful day. I think was it dull yesterday but not so today. I feel... alive. I will do the paperwork this morning and then the cleaning this evening. The day will pass as usual. The days pass so quickly especially when you are on a safe watching TV. This is how people live their lives. On the sofa watching TV, waiting for the days to pass. This is us now. I remember watching Indonesians sitting by the roadside talking, people drinking in coffee shops, just waiting. I'd like to think that I live HALF my life like this. Possibly because the other half is pure insane.

Right. Bullet to be bitten now...

What light this morning. What amazing light.

I have decided that I am not going to be vaccinated. Until I have to travel to Singapore and even then... I really did not think that people were going to be terrified and stupid. The vaccine will at least be a year old by then. They are now not firing nurses and policemen who refuse to get the vaccine. I wonder what drives these people to not get vaccinated. They have seen the effects up close and personal. 

Despite the coercion they have stood their ground. 

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