Me and My Bright Ideas

Thinking of getting deeper into this TikTok thing, I purchased a vlogging kit.

With no idea as to what the content would be, I thought I’d first learn how to operate the equipment and wait for inspiration to strike.

Picked the kit up on Tuesday.

Unboxed it last night and immediately broke a nail trying to get the cellphone into the holder.

Then chipped two other nails putting the darn thing together.

Already not happy with the purchase, I began liking it even less when I realized the holder would only allow the phone to be used in a horizontal manner.

Having had just about enough, what tipped the scale to more than enough was when, in removing the cellphone from the holder, the phone slipped out, fell on my foot, hit a bone.

While icing the area to numb the pain, prevent swelling, I reboxed the kit with plans of returning to point of purchase this morning before anything else can go wrong.

My bright idea now is to spend less time on TikTok, get back to my needlepoint project where the worst that can happen is I drop a needle.

No harm there, unless I forget to pick the needle up and later step on it.

Other than that, not much going on around here except, from my perch on the couch, I have seen that fast walking maskless Covid recovered resident twice and, lo and behold, she was wearing a mask.

One day, heading to the Pain Cave, I saw her returning from the market, wearing a mask.

Someone must have told her she’s still contagious but, just in case I’m outside and she’s approaching unmasked, I always make sure to have those extra masks on my person.

In the midst of rising covid cases and the variant, in person 5Ks are making a comeback.

I received notification of three (Moreno Valley Roadrunners 5K, Run for the Ridge 5K in Riverside, LA King’s 5K in Redondo Beach), all on the same day — September 18.

Thinking perhaps September 18 was chosen because of some special meaning, I googled “Is September 18, 2021 a holiday” and discovered Aids and Aging Awareness Day — United States, Batman Day — United States, National Cheeseburger Day — United States, Batman Day — United Kingdom, Chile Independence Day, Octoberfest — Germany, Love and Friendship Day — Columbia.

None of those days, meaningful to others, appear to tie-in with 5Ks, so, I dunno why that particular day. At any rate, I was instantly sold on the King’s 5K because the path appears to be in, through and around a place called Riviera Village, which looks to have a multitude of sights and sounds to take my mind off possibly struggling because I’ve not trained since that encounter with knife guy caused me to feel it unsafe to go out walking.

Having now registered, booked a hotel, I’m having serious 2nd thoughts about the safety of being in a hotel and on the path surrounded by others — some masked, some maskless, some vaccinated, others not.

The more I think about it, much as I do NOT enjoy Virtuals, the plan now is to cancel the hotel, eat the registration fee, re-register as a Virtual participant and qualify at one of the malls.

On another note, if long time readers — who know I live in the Fire Zone, were wondering about the path of the SouthFire, now raging through Lytle Creek, it’s quite a ways away, no ash, no smoke but, ever cautious, I’m keeping my eye on how things are progressing just in case it jumps.