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2020 has been ridiculous but like Sean Penn when he was married to Madonna, not like Maccy singing me to sleep each ni -
Anyway. It's almost finished, in a couple of weeks we get to say hi to 2021 but some (most?) of us will still be living under severe restrictions, with limited access to things we once took for granted, in a world which has a new US President and a UK about to do *checks notes* GET something, BREXIT DONE probably, and 2021 is probably only different from 2020 because this time we're expecting it.
So what are your plans for 2021? How do you plan given the fact the wheels have fallen off most of the things which have wheels, and that things which don't have wheels have been making the eyes at said things with wheels?
For the little it is worth, here in NZ where we're living in relative normality, the difficult part is trying to remember that this luxury we have where life is 95% back to normal will change in an instant when the next case of COVID is found. So our plans - my wife and family, not NZ in general, that would be presumptious of me - is basically 'aim high, accept lower, be grateful just to finish the race'. And I think that's it and I think that's ok.
What are your plans?
fake e: I had the below quote pop up when I started this thread from a thread I never (and correctly never) posted a month or so ago about how rad Beethoven was. I only leave it in because I think Ludwig van Beethoven would have looked forward to 2021 despite and not because of the assclown that 2020 proved to be.
Ludwig van Beethoven (/ˈlʊdvɪɡ væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən/ (
listen); German: [ˈluːtvɪç fan ˈbeːtˌhoːfn̩] (listen); baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist whose music ranks amongst the most performed of the classical music repertoire; he remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music. His works span the transition from the classical period to the romantic era in classical music. His career has conventionally been divided into early, middle, and late periods. The "early" period, during which he forged his craft, is typically considered to have lasted until 1802. From 1802 to around 1812, his "middle" period showed an individual development from the "classical" styles of Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and is sometimes characterized as "heroic." During this time he began to suffer increasingly from deafness. In his "late" period from 1812 to his death in 1827, he extended his innovations in musical form and expression.
Anyway. It's almost finished, in a couple of weeks we get to say hi to 2021 but some (most?) of us will still be living under severe restrictions, with limited access to things we once took for granted, in a world which has a new US President and a UK about to do *checks notes* GET something, BREXIT DONE probably, and 2021 is probably only different from 2020 because this time we're expecting it.
So what are your plans for 2021? How do you plan given the fact the wheels have fallen off most of the things which have wheels, and that things which don't have wheels have been making the eyes at said things with wheels?
For the little it is worth, here in NZ where we're living in relative normality, the difficult part is trying to remember that this luxury we have where life is 95% back to normal will change in an instant when the next case of COVID is found. So our plans - my wife and family, not NZ in general, that would be presumptious of me - is basically 'aim high, accept lower, be grateful just to finish the race'. And I think that's it and I think that's ok.
What are your plans?
fake e: I had the below quote pop up when I started this thread from a thread I never (and correctly never) posted a month or so ago about how rad Beethoven was. I only leave it in because I think Ludwig van Beethoven would have looked forward to 2021 despite and not because of the assclown that 2020 proved to be.
Ludwig van Beethoven (/ˈlʊdvɪɡ væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən/ (
listen); German: [ˈluːtvɪç fan ˈbeːtˌhoːfn̩] (listen); baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist whose music ranks amongst the most performed of the classical music repertoire; he remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music. His works span the transition from the classical period to the romantic era in classical music. His career has conventionally been divided into early, middle, and late periods. The "early" period, during which he forged his craft, is typically considered to have lasted until 1802. From 1802 to around 1812, his "middle" period showed an individual development from the "classical" styles of Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and is sometimes characterized as "heroic." During this time he began to suffer increasingly from deafness. In his "late" period from 1812 to his death in 1827, he extended his innovations in musical form and expression.