A slightly personal, post-CoVID look at “The Wheel”: the season 1 finale of Mad Men. (all underlined items are hyperlinks to videos, so enjoy!) 15 September, 2020. It’s been more than 6 months since a global quarantine was announced. I’m in India, which is now the fastest-growing country in CoVID-19 cases. How I passed much of our free time was trying to consume pop culture, and that was when I wasn’t worrying about finding useful work, or doing something productive. Sometimes, I chucked away work, or any hopes and aspirations of finding work for just whiling away my time instead. It had become painful to be nostalgic anymore. I was just in one lost fish in a treacherous sea. It wasn’t easy to find joy in my hobbies when the alternative — feeling sorry — was easier, which is why I’m incredibly happy I’m writing this today. It’s been the longest while since I’ve written something just for myself. It’s probably tied in with this whole idea I have of becoming independent of any systems in this pandemic, and just becoming self-sufficient in terms of skill or capability. But, that’s a long process in itself.
Remembrance of Things Past.
Remembrance of Things Past.
Remembrance of Things Past.
A slightly personal, post-CoVID look at “The Wheel”: the season 1 finale of Mad Men. (all underlined items are hyperlinks to videos, so enjoy!) 15 September, 2020. It’s been more than 6 months since a global quarantine was announced. I’m in India, which is now the fastest-growing country in CoVID-19 cases. How I passed much of our free time was trying to consume pop culture, and that was when I wasn’t worrying about finding useful work, or doing something productive. Sometimes, I chucked away work, or any hopes and aspirations of finding work for just whiling away my time instead. It had become painful to be nostalgic anymore. I was just in one lost fish in a treacherous sea. It wasn’t easy to find joy in my hobbies when the alternative — feeling sorry — was easier, which is why I’m incredibly happy I’m writing this today. It’s been the longest while since I’ve written something just for myself. It’s probably tied in with this whole idea I have of becoming independent of any systems in this pandemic, and just becoming self-sufficient in terms of skill or capability. But, that’s a long process in itself.