Omar

Blue skies

Just learning that with Family Sharing on iOS that in-app purchases can’t be shared. So, it’s better to get an app that costs $ instead of a free app that needs $ to unlock the full version.

£5 a month just to play Grindstone ok Apple Arcade just doesn’t make sense.

Both L and I have both kind of hit a wall recently. It’s now 5 wks of being stuck inside. I can write about because I’m feeling a little calmer about it.

No idea of how much longer it will last. Considering going to Thailand but debatable whether that is a better choice for us.

I like the film viewing process when I don’t have a clue about it. It’s just so nice to not have expectations of what others think or what it’s about. It’s always a risk of course and some films it’s impossible to not hear anything about obviously.

I miss rolls of film.

I say that because apparently my 200gb of iCloud storage is full and I don’t want to have to sort out all my photos.

My wife tidies as she goes when she cooks and I’m very much in the - I’m cooking not cleaning school of thought. Which is why, when I think about it, that I normally wash up.

Been a tough weekend.

Now into our 5th week of self-isolation.

It’s normal now, not going out but L and I are finding it difficult having no time to ourselves now that our eldest refuses to sleep.

I used to watch The Office but fell out of it. We got Netflix recently and have watched the last season. Still one episode to go but the way they’ve done it is just lovely.

View off the kitchen balcony

Finally took todays nap time to get the Switch my friend kindly lent me off the top of the cupboard and to play a little Mario Kart. For the first time in a while I felt a little like myself.

I would love to see a playlist of music I’ve ‘loved’ on Apple Music but in the last day I’ve been making an effort to stop playing the same few playlists. It’s hard though.

I’ve turned off screentime on my phone. We’ve totally given up on trying to not use our phones or computers now.

I was going to try a screen free Saturday but here I am. The kids are, mostly, playing nicely in another room. I’m crashed out on a beanbag in the lounge considering doing some drawing and listening to some music.

Was interesting to read a discussion of subtitles of Parasite on Metafilter but I also read this post about subtitles missing some of the nuances.

For me, in China, Western films are normally subbed. Still, it’s when Western films have non-English dialogue that screws me!

Today’s Day 28 of self-isolation. I’ve been making a ‘freestyle’ @1secondeveryday (now 6.5mins long!) I realised, as I watched it that to start we made a conscious effort to do stuff to keep the kids busy but now we just do stuff with them. A small detail but feels significant.

I know I’m busy because I completely forgot to open my RSS reader.

I have such clear memories and ideas about some of the music I listened to when I was a teenager. I just don’t feel like that’s as true anymore. Now, I can speak out loud and pretty much any music I want will start playing.

I don’t know how I feel about that.

@vincent I’ve downloaded Gluon but can’t post and I think that’s because my blog isn’t hosted by Micro.blog? Is that right? Thanks

Had a moment with the eldest and it made me realise the importance of something. Of making time to spend time with your children individually.

Our youngest can be ‘overpowered’ by our eldest because he’s 1 and at 3 she can do so much more. But he deserves some quality time too.

Wide awake at 3am because I went to bed early to ‘get a good nights sleep.’ Ah well. Still, the quiet right now is amazing.

Still working on the superheroes name. Tomorrow, they plan to tell someone it’s ok to not know what to say to someone.

Basically, it’s the superhero the world I need.

Can’t we all just get along the kids are pointing maybe it is going to kick off maybe it’s just love?