For the past 11 months, I’ve had my head down trying to deal with my own worries. Missed a few major events because of it such as The Royal Wedding, The World Cup and Aretha Franklin’s funeral. I have a weakness in saying ‘No’ and every time someone raises an issue my instinct is to provide a solution.
Like any combat medic there comes a time when you can’t heal yourself…..Then it’s game over and you are downed.
I miss my friend Nev, he was always at a standard I wish I could reach….morally grounded.
It’s a bright New Year for me now so time to rewind, refresh and start working on my goals…again.
Nothing significant about Year 52 apart from the consistent personal pressure and compliance under duress. I have carved out my own little oasis though and find myself exclusively on The Division nowadays 2-6 hours a day.
Is Air travel a luxury? I’ve put up with another year of flying the 4th worst airline in the world according to the AirHelp Global Airline ranking system.
I’ve become immune to the waiting times, nasty fees and negative staff attitudes and constantly over compensate by expecting a late arrival. No disasters but I’ve come too close to missing important life events and this accumulates to a constant state of high anxiety I sooth with massive doses of downloaded Netflix series.
So here’s how I did…again
No checked luggage -90% of the time my flight runs out of space, so I get to check-in luggage free of charge
Prepare for late night arrivals – the last flight is always delayed leaving me transportation issues when car hire closes at 11pm, fortunately I found all night train route.
Pack only what you need
Avoid gifts and comfort bits
Avoid speaking to airline staff, the ground crew just tell you to visit the website anyway.
Use the airport lounge, this oasis is perfect preparation to be squished up in a seat with absolutely no creature comforts. Worth every penny of investment and your last bit of civilisation for a few hours.
Don’t tell Loved ones you’ve landed till you are in the airport…. it’s not unusual to be left on the tarmac on plan waiting for a gate or “somebody” to bring a bus to the airplane.
Line up early, this actually beats the so-called paid “Speedy boarders “as it usually every man for himself as over 150 people try to board as fast as possible through 2 ground crew checking passport and boarding passes on mobile phones. Expect no decorum here.
Fly solo, it helps you get into the brutal zone but always have a plan B and C lined up.
I’ll be enjoying one of the better airlines this December and will be snacking with real cutlery on-board and with enough leg room for two.
It’s been 6 months since I last used the largest social media network on the planet and it’s been good for me. For certain relationships not so much, so I decided to turn it on again for Christmas.
Fake happiness ./Corrupted after compression
The pressure to be on social media is massive and we weave our lives and apparent facts about each other around it. Happy pictures equal happy life but how easy it is to fake this happiness for the satisfaction of others. Anyhow, after reactivating my account, the system rapidly to find your connections and suggestions. Normally, this is pretty easy if you do it from your phone as it would just scan your contacts and there you have it. Just the fuck with them I log in via Linux Kali behind some pretty odd firewall and intrusion detection gear.
I’ve always been terrible about tweaking the Social media privacy settings so just tend to BLOCK ANY inbound.
Tom Clancy’s The Division -trying to be a better person
iPods are brilliant standalone music devices that are no longer available, why?
You can no longer manage your Apps from iTunes, why?
We use our mobiles for everything and fundamentally lose the ability and interest in using desktops and laptops.
Been teaming up with newbies often recently on Tom Clancy’s The Division and the clear relationship is refreshing. It’s useful to meet me. Carrying folk or power levelling up is great when everyone is honest about their role. If you’re squishy, stay back and snipe while I mow down all NPCs in sight.
People are seldom that frank in real life and come with fakery when they really just want me to carry them.
Tom Clancy’s The Division – be honest for once
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