#silver lining?

So, I was just thinking about how in the movie Simon says:

"I just wanna live. Is that so wrong? Why doesn't anybody else want that?"

Which is an AMAZING line, don't get me wrong! But I think that the next part doesn't get the love it deserves.

"Everyone at Eden just has given up... Y'know, nobody at Eden wants to think this way, but what's more likely? That every planet and star disappeared, or that a few space stations disappeared?"

And I just... What if they did??? What if the couple of space stations that were left did disappear, got sent to some alternate dimension? Some sort of cosmic judgement?

What if dying in that dimension, being judged, ends one of two ways? You're worthy, you've seen the light, the fragility of life and fought to the end. Or you were selfish, made unnecessary sacrifices and turned your back on humanity for the sake of survival?

however. we've already had to deal with a big plumbing issue

I've decided that the fractured ankle of January 1st happened to teach me some lessons.

Lesson 1. Watch where you are going. It doesn't matter how pretty the stars are. Keep your eyes on the path ahead.

Lesson 2. What doesn't flex, breaks. Now, ankle bones only flex to a point and that's fine. However, the rigid writing routine, while it may feel good, has a lot more leeway. It will not kill you to do your writing in little chunks rather than in one fell swoop. It might irritate you, but it's doable.

It’s hard to think positive when thinking about the new Republican majority in the Senate, but one good thing is that they will not have a filibuster-proof majority. A filibuster-proof majority would have been 60, but even if the last two senate races to be called end in favor of the republicans, they will only be at 55. There are two independents, but one of them is Bernie Sanders, so I would certainly say we can trust him to vote in the best interest of the people! I honestly don’t know anything about the other independent (Angus King of Maine), so I can’t speak to how he might vote.

Why we should care about their lack of a filibuster-proof majority: anything the republicans want to try to push through will face the extra barrier of the potential for the dems to filibuster tf out of everything. Normally, the filibuster is not something we tend to think of as a good thing since it can reduce Congress’s productivity, but after this election, it could really help us out as one protection against any bs legislation the GOP tries to pass.

Basically, I’m saying we can hope that their lack of a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate can help protect us until midterms in 2026. I can’t say how much or how little it’ll help, but it’s something to keep in mind.