minor update

Wow, I haven't posted in a month. Oops. Well, still alive and uninfected (AFAIK). Still in Koreatown, and here for a few more months. Not getting a ton out of it; I moved on the 4th, went to Ralph's, and got stuck in a long line with some guy who kept pulling down his mask to talk, which defeats the whole point. After that I switched to curbside pickup (which you can use without a car, not that the website suggests that); H-Mart doesn't have that, and I've figured I should avoid H-Mart as well to be safe. I have started getting more Korean take-out, though bibimbap is surprisingly non-ubiquitous; if anything the default entree seems to be soup or stew.

My rent makes me wince but I am very glad to be in my own space while LA tries to infect everyone before we can get a vaccine.

Work gave me a obscene very large amount of money to spend on a very nice holiday dinner takeout. After much consideration and consultation I went with steak: I knew I would enjoy it, and with limited portions I got like six servings out of it, so I feel less "first against the wall when the Revolution comes".

Last night I had the pleasure of learning that an old SF author was on Facebook, following her page, and discovering that it was not horrible. I would have given maybe 60% odds.

books:

Piranesi: weird and good
Dragondrums: kind of meh. May contain pederasty subtext.
Moribito, first three novels (in translations): enjoyable. I also enjoyed learning that the torture in the live-action adaptation was unique to it.
Outgrowing God: enjoyable.
Sugar (James Walvin): informative