I'm back

 Hey gang!  How goes it.  Sorry to be awol for so long.  Work got to being very busy, taking more and more of my energy to deal with the ever-increasing stress of waiting on a hundred people a day during a pandemic.  Today, the infection rate in Albany is listed at 6.40%.  I decided to take another leave of absence from work, due to being high risk for Covid 19.  Right now, I'm just chilling, decompressing, and recovering.  Soon, I hope to get back to writing.  More Confessions soon.  Who knows what else?  See ya around.

Donna's Birthday Again

Just a note that today marks what would have been my sister's 60th birthday.  Sadly, she took her own life a year and a half ago.  I miss her everyday.  Hold your loved ones close while you can.  Peace.

Top Ten-ish Yes Albums

The Yes albums ranked from worst to best (in my opinion):

13. Big Generator

12. Talk

11. Union

10. 90125

9.  Time and a Word

8.  Tormato

7.  Relayer

6.  Tales from Topographic Oceans

5.  Drama

4.  Going for the One

3.  The Yes Album

2.  Fragile

1.  Close to the Edge

Summer is Here

Summer is here.  Feels like it here in Albany, NY.  A sizzling start to the season.

Still super busy at work.

I've ranked the albums of some of my favorite bands, so that will be a thing that I'll be posting here soon.  Confessions still continues.  Um, what else?  Not much.

Happy Summer Solstice!  Peace to you, gentle reader.

Later,

Diana

Confessions of a Supervillain Returns!

So, last week I resumed weekly chapter updates of my blogged novel.  New chapters every Tuesday.

ConfessionsofaSupervillain.blogspot.com

My Favorite Album of the Year, Part IV: 1997 - 2007

Here are my favorites:

1997 - OK Computer - Radiohead

1998 - Version 2.0 - Garbage

1999 - Showbiz - Muse

2000 - Mer de Nom - A Perfect Circle

2001 - Origin of Symmetry - Muse

2002 - By the Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers

2003 - Absolution - Muse

2004 - American Idiot - Green Day

2005 - Out of Exile - Audioslave

2006 - Black Holes and Revelations - Muse

2007 - Tie:  The Heroin Diaries - Sixx AM,  Fear of a Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree

My Favorite Album of the Year, Part III: 1986 - 1996

Moving on, we continue:

1986 - So - Peter Gabriel

1987 - Appetite for Destruction - Guns 'N Roses

1988 - Now and Zen - Robert Plant

1989 - The Seeds of Love - Tears for Fears

1990 - Facelift - Alice in Chains

1991 - A Four Way tie?  Ten - Pearl Jam, Black Album* - Metallica*, Nevermind - Nirvana, Blood Sugar Sex Magic - Red Hot Chili Peppers

1992 - Core - Stone Temple Pilots

1993 - In Utero - Nirvana

1994 - Tie:  Purple - Stone Temple Pilots, Jar of Flies - Alice in Chains

1995 - Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morressette

1996 - Tiny Music from the Vatican Gift Shop - Stone Temple Pilots

Remember, these are just my personal favorites of the year.

* if you're gonna make me pick just one

My Favorite Album of the Year, Part II: 1975 - 1985

And we continue with more of my personal favorite albums, one for each year I've been alive.

1975 - Is a tie:  Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin, and Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (I just couldn't chose between them)

1976 - Leftoverture - Kansas

1977 - Going for the One - Yes

1978 - Some Girls - The Rolling Stones

1979 - The Wall - Pink Floyd

1980 - Drama - Yes

1981 - Moving Pictures - Rush

1982 - Asia - Asia

1983 - 90125 - Yes

1984 - Learning to Crawl - The Pretenders

1985 - Another tie:  Songs from the Big Chair - Tears for Fears, and The Firm - The Firm

My Favorite Albums of the Year, Part I: 1964 - 1974

I'm borrowing this idea from Pete over at Sea of Tranquility on Youtube.  For every year I've been alive I'm listing my personal favorite album released that year.  It's that simple.

1964 - A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles

1965 - Rubber Soul - The Beatles

1966 - Revolver - The Beatles

1967 - Disraeli Gears - Cream

1968 -Astral Weeks - Van Morrison

1969 - Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson

1970 - Paranoid - Black Sabbath

1971 - Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin

1972 - Close to the Edge - Yes

1973 - Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

1974 - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis

More favorites next time...

Back to Work

Leaving aside whether or not it is a wise decision healthwise, my employer has demanded my return to my essential job, and I have agreed to return.  I go back tomorrow, Sunday May 3, 2020.  Back to waiting on at least 60 customers a day, most with no masks and little regard for Covid 19.  Oh well.  That's life.

As a result, my writing will be taking a back seat.  I did post Saturday's (today's) chapter at Confessionsofasupervillain.blogspot.com , but we're going back to Tuesday only postings, and it might not happen this Tuesday, but I will try.

I will do my best to stay safe, you do the same.

Happy 4/20!

So, here we are.  Smoke em if you got em.

Just didn't want the day to pass without a nod.

Have a great day, kids.

Thanks for Reading.

Happy 420.

Happy Easter, I guess

Hey gang,

Hope you are all staying safe.  Socially Distancing.  Washing your hands.  That sort of thing.

I hope that if you celebrate Easter, Passover, or any of those springtime religious holidays you find a way to do so with some measure of happiness.

I've posted a lot more chapters over at Confessions of a Supervillain.  I call it, a novel in gyres and flashes.  Check it out at confessionsofasupervillain.blogspot.com

Be safe.  Peace to you and yours.

Best,

Diana

Covid 19 Leave of Absence

So, I broke down and took a leave of absence from work during this covid 19 pandemic, as I have COPD and asthma.  Things will be tight for a while, but hopefully, I'll be able to get back to work in a few weeks.

In the meantime, it means more chapters more often over at Confessions of a Supervillain, so there's that.

Be safe.  Stay home.  Wash your hands.

Later.

Panic Attack at Work

In real life, I'm currently the Assistant Manager in an auto parts store for a major chain, in Albany, NY.  The state is on lockdown, but we're considered essential, so I'm still working.

Customers are not properly socially distancing.  I am afraid of them now.  Yesterday, I had to go home because I had a panic attack.  I'm disappointed in myself, but it is what it is.  My boss told me to take the rest of the week off.  I probably will.  I'm off today and tomorrow anyway.  Tough times.

Anyway, thought I would share that.

Be safe.

So, Here We Are...

Hey, gang!  What's up?

Things look pretty fucking bleak right now on the news front, but you know that.  One of my coworkers was tested for covid-19 yesterday.  Scary stuff. Work is still open.

I ordered a couple of books to read if quarantined or isolated, David Copperfield and The Alchemist. I'll let you know what I think of them.

Got a full fridge, freezer, and cupboard.  Got TP.  Got some beer, tequila, bourbon, and greenery.

I'm hopeful that everyone gets through this pandemic safe and healthy.  Maybe, when we get through this, we learn some lessons, and change a few things.  I guess we'll see.

Stay safe, gentle readers!

Oh, yeah, Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Happy Leap Day

So, here we are.  February 29, 2020.  Leap Day.  A day that occurs only once every four years.  Neato.

Not too much going on.  Another cold winter's day here in Albany, NY.  A battle between clouds, sun, and snow showers wages in the sky.  I'm wistful.  A little restless.  Roundabout by Yes is playing in the background.

So, thanks for stopping by.  Have a good one.

Remembering Liz on Her Birthday

Today is going to be a tough day for me.  February 13th will always be hard for me for the rest of the days of my life.

Liz's birthday.

I honor you today, Lizzie.  As I shall always on this day.

I loved you.  So goddamn much.  I always tried to help you, even after everything, after our marriage was over, I still tried.  But, I failed you.  And I'm so sorry.  I wish you hadn't cut off contact with me last May.  I might have been able to talk some sense into you.  But, this world was always so hard on you.  It beat you up.  I know it did, because it beat me up, it still beats me up.

At one time we had the world.  We had each other.  We had our friends.  We had our band.  Then, things, started to fall away from us.  It's the nature of things, I guess.

One day, I hope to cherish the memories of our times together, right now, every memory is torture.  But, that's not your fault.

I wish you had had the strength to hold on.  I'm sorry I wasn't there for you in your darkness hour.  I'm sorry about everything.

Rest in Peace.

February 2020 Update

Not much happens in Albany in February.  People keep their heads down, go about their business and try to keep warm.  Same with me.  Work's work.  Installing lots of batteries and wipers at the auto parts store. Got my taxes done, so that's good, I guess.

On the writing front, which presumably is the reason you're here, the big thing for me writing project-wise is the Confessions of a Supervillain blog novel at

confessionsofasupervillain.blogspot.com


It's a lot of fun to write.  It's a delightfully disjointed tale of a time traveling speedster anti-villain, with a main character that is just so much fun for me.

Liz's birthday is coming up.  That's going to hit me hard, I think.  Donna's first birthday after her death beat me up, and I'm sure Liz's will too.  I'll get through.

I really enjoyed the last season (and frankly the whole series) of Bojack Horseman, and highly recommend that.

Gosh, how about that whole impeachment business, huh?  Scary times.

That's about it.

Not Much Going On

Sitting here, thinking about getting ready to go to work at my RL job.

Not much going on, honestly.  AbsoluteWrite is still down due to DDoS attacks.  Sorry, writer-friends.

Waiting for some more of my shows to come back...The Flash, BoJack Horsemen, Brooklyn 99, Better Call Saul, Rick and Morty...

As far as writing, well, new chapters are still being consistently dropped over on my novel blog, Confessions of a Supervillian.

As you may know, I'm not a huge fan of winter, due to my SAD, and the history of my friends, and family committing suicide in the winter months.  Life is hard in the winter, heat is expensive, you're always cold even with the the poor excuse for heat we have.

Anyways, hope you are well, dear reader. 

In Memory of Donna

Today is the one year anniversary of my sister, Donna's death.  Sadly, she took her life.  I miss her so much.  Today, it is hard to imagine that it has been a year without her.

I love you, big sister, I always have, I always will.

I'll see you at the Great Gig in the Sky.

Peace.

Confessions is Back!

My serialized novel blog, Confessions of a Supervillain is back today with new chapters:

ConfessionsOfASupervillain.blogspot.com

Enjoy!