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[cosmolinguist]

3 For every day of 2020, you will be required to wear a t-shirt with the same one word on it. What word will you choose?

My first thought was something like "queer" or "fuck" but considering some of those days I'll see my parents, this is a difficult one!

I'm a big fan of Sarah Millican and when I went to see her she did this whole great thing about saying no to things and she handed out badges at the end that said "No." I could probably do with less politeness and less reflexive attempting to be helpful and accommodating and putting myself last.

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Today has been pretty good: I've been able to actually write the first 300 or so words of the first of the three essays I have to write in the next week or two (total word count for all of them: 9000) which feels much more like Getting Real Work Done than the necessary reading and taking notes I'd been doing until now.

Then I got to see Lucy and her kids, which are growing alarmingly despite me hardly ever getting to see them (they're basically at the stage where the younger one is about the age I think the older one should be). We went around the vivarium and the taxidemry/fossils section of Manchester museum.

And now I'm on my way to Currybeer!

Comments

[ivy]

Heh, I think I pick "fight". I have no idea if that makes notional one-word-shirt me any friends this year or not, or if they're the friends I'd want.

[cosmolinguist]

I kind of had the same idea about "no": it wouldn't be long before that made someone go "oh, why are you being so negative?!" But I bet I wouldn't want to talk to those people anyway. ;)

[softfruit]

Currybeer == a handy reminder so I skipped acting on your message from last night as that probs means Dave is out and about at the same shenanigans.

[cosmolinguist]

He was, but you should text him at some point anyway. ;)

[softfruit]

Lucy as in "Kat and"?

[cosmolinguist]

Yep, Lucy and the kids were here for a flying visit.

[softfruit]

What a splendid day that makes it.

[otter]

I wear a backpack every day that I leave the house that has a large patch on it. It says "ANTI-BIGOT". Does that count for my one word? I haven't been confronted about it by any bigots yet, though I half expect to be. I do get words of solidarity and support every so often, which is encouraging. I even gave out a bunch of patches when I first started wearing it, because I bought 10 with the intention of sharing.

[cosmolinguist]

That sounds like a great patch! I might have just changed my word choice for this question. ;)

[silveradept]

No is a fine word and a complete sentence all by itself.