{"id":544,"date":"2023-01-20T21:40:32","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T21:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/?p=544"},"modified":"2023-01-20T21:50:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T21:50:09","slug":"friday-january-20-2022-whale-tomatoes-vivillon-and-a-new-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/20\/friday-january-20-2022-whale-tomatoes-vivillon-and-a-new-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday January 20, 2022 – Whale, Tomatoes, Vivillon and a new Mac…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This week I finished the 18 Vivillon challenge through Pokemon Go. An endangered sperm whale washed up by the shipwreck at Iredale — one of many whales washing up on shores last week for unknown reasons… — I started a tray of tomato plants inside and installed a grow light in the shop to take care of them if they sprout — and my new Macintosh computer arrived.<\/em> And EGGS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Most people were stymied to try and achieve the Ocean Vivillon which was mostly to be found in Hawaii. (via Reddit) Thanks to Papa Rasta, I obtained the final postcard required and finished my Vivillon hunt! (i.e. Scatterbug)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Quick, loot this whale!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Poor whale, a 20ft long juvenile endangered sperm whale. They were quick on the draw to get the teeth and ambergris — for research of course. *wink* This kept the beach very busy as it made national news and everyone local showed up to see for themselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One tray is tomatoes, the other herbs and flowers. In a warm indoor spot until germination is acheived then they’ll go under the grow light outside in the shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mars Hydro Grow Light<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I guess I bought a grow light commonly used for uh…certain plants that fetch a higher price then my tomatoes. Seems to be a good one though. I bought this in 2019 and just now hooked it up. I figured there would be global shortages and growing my own food would be in the future… but uh….well, I finally got around to it. “Had this been a real emergency, you would be dead.” It’s not like I can grow enough produce to survive anyway. Meh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The cat scoping out a good spot for the new Macintosh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Next week I’ll be at my art desk on the mac. woot. After being so ill, I thought maybe my backup plan should be to write \/ work at my desk again and maybe let some of the other stuff go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Health: I had a sinus infection, ear infection, bladder infection, GI infection…and uh yeah, it’s all inflammation you know, it’s all bullshit. I passed the rest of the blockage which was phenomenally odd and full of blood. It hurt quite a lot afterwards, sharp terrible pains and I ran a fever, but it has generally improved. Everything seems less inflamed today and infections are receding, my mind is a little sharper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I didn’t have the worlds very best family – fun, funny, supportive, and lacking drama, I thought a couple of times this week — f-this. I’m not going to be running a single step. I’m done. I’m just going to cash in, I can’t do this anymore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have been eating vegetarian and mostly starch. Last night I had a sweet potato chili over cornbread for instance, and lunch today was baked potato with cottage cheese. I eat light, I eat what I can digest pretty much. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But yeah, I am tired of being sick. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Future me:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eggs are really expensive right now and nobody actually knows why. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Supposedly there is a bird flu, but like all the intangibles of the last few years, what kind of bird flu? Where, When, Who? Naaa’ man, bird flu. I invested in powdered eggs a long while back, last I knew my stock had raised from $20 to $70…. so let me go see…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wow! I have two canisters too. Betting on egg shortages: BINGO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I own two containers, now do I sell them…. or sit on them longer and see if the price goes up? Hmmm, decisions to make. Well, this girl had EGG SHORTAGES on her bingo card by God. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did not forsee the ‘gas stove ban’ — I grew up hearing about ‘clean burning preferred fuel of natural gas’ for thirty fucking years, the advertised it on tv like non-stop, and then last week the media is like, nope it’s a god damn death trap, we gotta ban it now. Science: Natural Gas is the cleanest best source of petroleum energy we have (for literally decades) Science: changes overnight to where Natural Gas is a horrible hazard. Remember, science never changes its mind once it decides something is safe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can’t with this time line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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