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AU Quarantine day 7

We can’t go into the hallway although I have opened the door to peer into the hall even though I’m not even supposed to do that. The window is the an important connection to the real world during quarantine. A view Throughout the day, I aimlessly wander to the window and survey the world beyond […]

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AU Quarantine day 6

This was Sunday in AU and Saturday in CA so I had no work as diversion from the very long day that stretches out during quarantine. I buckled down and tried a stop-gap animation by using only Adobe products. Spoiler: this took 6+ hours for an 8-second video. No background, no lighting, no tripod These

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AU quarantine day 5

Something you probably don’t know about me: I love hair braiding and nail polish videos. Around 2016, I was totally obsessed and followed various Facebook pages that had these types of videos. There’s an ASMR quality to them that is calming yet exciting. Weird, I know. I had to ween myself away only allowing an

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AU quarantine day 4

This was a pretty good day considering I’m in a closed environment. It’s been raining on and off so the sound of rain against the window is a nice diversion. When BF was motivated to do the 30-day abs challenge exercises, we discovered it was a rest day. Why? He still wanted to do something

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AU quarantine day 3

I have a new appreciation for my pets’ behavior around being fed. They’re hungry, they know where the food comes from, and they alter their behavior in anticipation for food. I now have anticipation around food delivery. Food delivery is during 2-hour windows: breakfast between 7:30-9:30am, lunch between 12:30-2:30pm, dinner between 5:30-7:30pm. They knock at

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