Cool Day

Jacob, my Son.

The big topics here in the UK while you were two years old are that people don't like politics in football. Many people that I speak to get very angry when football players make political gestures before they start the game like the BLM crouch and the black panther fist pump. I think people watch football to escape everyday politics and issues, they just want to watch the game. I hear booing from the audiences so it is obvious that people don't want to see it. 

The other topic is the delta variant, everyone is talking about the delta variant of C19 because they are worried dead bodies will pile up again and we would be forced into another lockdown. We are getting vaccinated and keeping our distance. Every Brit is afraid in some way, some are hiding their fear and others are showing it. 

Many people think that the original Covid19 virus came from a lab in China. I embrace the official story, the Covid19 virus emerged from a wild animal in a food market, a variant of the animal virus was able to infect human cells. 

The other topic that pops up very often is the Oxford anti royal mentality. Many students at our elite universities, Oxford and Cambridge want to abolish the monarchy, they think we should be a republic. They associate Royalty with our colonial past. Everyone I know of Brings up the Oprah Meghan interview and has a view on Meghan Markle except for me, I don't know Harry or Meghan so I don't have a view. 

One third of June

One third of June has passed by, Spring is coming to an end. 

The first third of June was about people debating whether we should ease all the restrictions on groups and social distancing rules. There is a new variant of the virus present and more virus particles but also more antibodies because so many people have been vaccinated. On the last bit of June after the 20th the government plans to remove all restrictions but many doctors and virus experts are very concerned. Is it the right decision or are we jumping the gun again? I don't know. 

For me it was about finding a way to continue making documentary videos despite my lifestyle making it impossible. To get around the problem I used different devices and spaces. I recorded the narration on my phone in my car, I used my  smart TV box as an editing computer, when a keyboard and touch pad is connected to it, it behaves like a PC with mouse pointer. I also used my existing sketches for illustration. I made a short 3 minute video and I hope to make another two 5 minute videos before my birthday in mid July. I shared my video with the world.

Then I set my playlists to public and shared them and gave the community a window into my little world and some of the ways I cope with life's challenges. 

Playlist progress

When there is something messing with my head, like stress or resentment, I will sit on the concrete step outside the front door of my home. I take off my shoes and press my feet into to concrete apron of the footpath of my home and listen to a playlist while I drink a coffee. 

If that doesn't help then I will take my socks off and press my bare feet into the concrete and breathe deeply as I sip my coffee and listen. If the concrete is too hot or I need more, I will put my shoes and socks back on and walk in the park with my headphones on.

I have a playlist for everything. 

For resentment... Walking Sword

For Stress or Frustration ... Happy VGM

For feeling lazy or tired... Beat it

For Fear... Flying Arrow

Nothing I do needs to make sense, only to me. 

Happy VGM

Today I set my Happy VGM playlist to public and shared it with the world through all my social media platforms. 

It is a collection of happy and peaceful video game music tracks. I will cheer up as much of the world as possible. 

I am a peaceful servant that brings peace and joy to the world. That is my role in this world. I talk peace and joy and try to bring peace and joy to everyone. 

Happy VGM

Make two together

Earlier in the week I created a short documentary video. My videos are not popular because I am not an exciting person that a lot of people want to see. My goal is to make the videos as interesting and good quality as possible and have a million subscribers on YouTube. I will take a glass of whiskey when I have a hundred subscribers, there are about 75 at the moment.  I posted a twitter poll because I couldn't choose the topic for the next video. I wanted to make a video about the Juno Probe or the plot of the 1985 "the thing" movie. 

The jury was out on the twitter poll, when I say the jury was out I mean it had no votes. So I put a poll on my work social media site(Yammer), I had a bit more luck there but the jury was still out, it was 50:50 split. 

This inspired me to make two videos at the same time. One video requires my sketches and narration and the other requires me to pull off material from the NASA.gov website and research. So now I am making "The movie plot of the 1985 the thing"  and "what we have learned from Juno" at the same time. I sense that one will be finished before the other though. 

Bright Day

Jacob my son,

You are more than two years old now. I watch you every day of your life developing, learning and growing. I am hopeful that you will grow into a non hateful man of integrity with good health and a peaceful life. Sometimes I wonder if you will embrace the leisure of our ancestors, playing black jack, Cribbage, chess, dominoes things like that. I dream of one day sitting at the table with you and playing a simple card game and chatting about a debate that is relevant to that time. 

It has been a very tough year and the good thing is you probably won't remember it very well. The other day I took you to uncle Paul's to celebrate your cousin's birthday, you were full of energy and would run around every place. 

You don't like fruits or fudge. You only seem to like starchy foods like rice, potatoes and pasta. 

Self publishing Revolution

I am grateful for my eyesight, my hands, my working mind and access to computing with internet. Without those things I would not be able to create blogs books and videos on the public domain. 

If I was blind then I probably wouldn't be able to make documentary videos on YouTube. 

As long as I am in working order I will keep trying to create amazing things that can bring joy to other people around the world. I don't know how long my body will stay in good working order but I try to make the best of it. 

Eventually my videos will be fun to watch and may change the world slightly.