Everyone is still driving around. You see hundreds of cars out. I wish everyone would lock down. It'd make things easier if there weren't mixed signals. Last night, I had a dream that a politician was talking to me, and he was saying, "It's over, Australia can go back to normal." That's all I remember of the dream. I sort of hope Australia gets it as bad as everyone else. It'd be a let down if we didn't. Of course, it'd be better if we didn't let it run away from us. Maybe we have avoided it. We've only had 52 deaths. US has had 16,000.
We've had many people working from home, and the unemployment has skyrocketed. I am not even sure if everyone is doing there bit. There's no community spirit, and I just do not feel inclined to stay at home. They need to do road blocks. The sooner the better. They should be doing 'stops', like the Random Breath Testing stops, but asking people, "What is essential about this travel?" Everyone is out, just soaking up the feeling they are getting paid without going to work.
But everyone is still driving around.
I was thinking of calling Lifeline the other day. I just want to check if I'm doing the right thing. I want to tell them I went and visited my mate, and we went shopping, like we would have before. I need to explain something before we go any further. I spend 50% of my waking hours reading. Before this COVID-19, I spent 90% of time at home, which is greater than the average person does. It makes it so now I am probably home more than the average person post Corona, but I haven't changed much about social distancing. Sometimes, I just have to have human contact. You need an interaction every 5 days, I believe.
When I was going to call Lifeline, I was going to say, "This is pretty shitty. I am single and lonely, and I need all the contact with girls I can get, and now they say, 'Stay 1.5 meters away from each other.' It isn't that staying 1.5 meters away is bad for a while, it's the habit it teaches me over a whole year. I seriously don't think I'm coming back from this. If I have to wait 1 year of not approaching girls... not even having the option to approach girls... it ends it for me. One year will be wasted. I am 37, I can't waste a year. I still have a nagging feeling, I could approach girls, but this is wrong. We need to keep 1.5 meters away. It's law, and it's courteous and polite in these times. A year will put me under."
So, I was going to say all that to Lifeline.
It's Easter, and I need a chocolate. I'm going out for a chocolate egg on whatever day the Easter bunny's supposed to come. People aren't allowed to travel. I don't celebrate Easter, anyway, in poor, or good times, or indifferent times. Enjoy your Easter. Thanks for the ads. They really added something to my life, and just made it that little bit better. I know you're flattered that I mentioned your ads. They're a real compass for the people, and you telling us your happy family are still making one hundred thousand from home is so great to see... NOT! Fuck Easter, and fuck off your crappy TV. (Note to self and notice to Blog of a Dog readers: avoid the TV like the plague.)
I like the sound of the TV. It's soothing and reassuring. I suppose that DVDs would be better. However, it gets kooky without the ads. I just wish they weren't so insipid. I visited one of my friends, and there was 1,000,001 ways I could have come into contact with COVID-19. I am going to another vulnerable friend too. I'll live with myself if I pass it on to these people, but I'll remember it, till death.
This isn't World War II yet, but there might be issues, you never know. I'll keep you posted.
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