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okay so: 2, 3, 10, 18, 20 📚👀

bonus question, did you know there apparently is booklr (it pains me to write this, how would you even pronounce it without swallowing your tongue) drama??

(and: wait I also want to know nr. 6)

Ok buckle up because I know a lot of words but "concise" is not one of them.

2 - Did you reread anything? What?

Yes - from previous years, I reread Ninth House before reading the sequel that came out this year, and I reread The Secret History because it’s one of my favorites and I notice something new each time I read it. Same-year rereads was the entirety of The Locked Tomb series - I think I read all three books four times each, partially because I love them and partially to try to puzzle out what the fuck was going on.

3 - What were your top five books of the year?

To make room for others I’m lumping all three of the Locked Tomb books together here because in my head they count as one big story, so, Gideon/Harrow/Nona the Ninth. I got the brain rot, big time. Plenty of folks more eloquent than I have been able to articulate what’s so great about them so I’ll leave it at: goth lesbians with swords + internet humor + horrors of love and climate change + tamsyn’s absolutely bonkers writing style = exactly my cup of tea, 9546928740/10, no notes.

Women in the Picture by Catherine McCormack - An art historian examines the ways women are depicted in art and art history - especially works we consider “masterpieces” and who we consider “masters” - with a particular focus on the archetypes of venus, maiden, mother, wife, and monster. Both affirmed many of my own lived experiences as an afab person in art and history, and opened my eyes to different perspectives and historical context.

Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death by Laura Cumming - This one made me cry. A really beautiful memoir/history book in which the author (herself an art historian) shares stories of her artist father’s life, interspersed with stories from the lives of painters of the Dutch Golden Age, particularly Carel Fabritius and Johannes Vermeer. Fabritius died young, killed in the “thunderclap” explosion of 1654 Delft, and what works of his that are left are masterpieces: quiet, detailed, and intriguing in their execution.

Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey - You have unlocked: Special Interest™ ! I LOVE contextualizing ghost stories and urban legends with local history and collective memory and this is an entire book of such stories. I also do a lot of research and writing for a historic tour guide in Charleston, South Carolina, arguably one of the most haunted cities in the US and definitely the site of some of the worst atrocities of this country’s history, so this book scratched an itch (and even inspired a new tour route!) I loved the handling of storytelling as both entertainment and oral history record, while providing historic context for famous ghost stories and asking readers to question: who gets to be a ghost, who gets to tell the stories, and who gets to be haunted?

Babel by R.F. Kuang - Tears again. Really fantastic story about growing up and realizing one’s own role in an empire, the losses in translations, the impacts of imperialism, and the relationships between knowledge and power.

6 - Was there anything you meant to read, but never got to?

Uhhh my entire TBR, really. But specifically within this year, I keep saying “you next” (and it’s a lie, whoops) to:

-Authority & Freedom by Jed Perl

-The Real Rainbow Row by Harlan Greene

-Art is Life by Jerry Saltz

-Everybody: A Book About Freedom by Olivia Laing

10 - What was your favorite new release of the year?

“Favorite” is hard to pin down, but probably Thunderclap for reasons above. Honorable Mention goes to The Art Thief by Michael Finkel.

18 - How many books did you buy?

Shhhh. More than I ought, but since I was on a self-imposed book buying ban for much of the year, far fewer than I might have. 20, I think? I don’t want to look too hard at what that says about my idea of a “ban.” (Edited to add: 20 physical books. Another ~10 ebooks 🥲)

20 - What was your most anticipated release? Did it meet your expectations?

Definitely Hell Bent - I loved Ninth House and was SO looking forward to finding out what happened next! It was…fine. It went to Some Places that I definitely wasn’t expecting, but mostly I remember finishing it and thinking, what the fuck did I just read? I want to re-read it, but haven’t gotten around to it.

Bonus answer: I know about bookblr (book-blur? booklr? book-lur? headache) drama the way I know about the circus when it’s in town: I become aware of it from other people bitching about it, and sometimes I’ll take a peek at what’s going on out of morbid curiosity. But I’m not buying tickets to the show - I’ve got too many books to read at home.

#thanks for the ask!#asks #books & reading #heyspaghettihey #books #reading #bookblr #this made me realize how much nonfiction I read this year #and also how usamerican and euro centric my books are yikes :/#something to work on next year!

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NCIS: Los Angeles Season 14 Rewatch: “Body Stitchers”

The basics: Alleged artists and confirmed killers the Body Stitchers are back.

Written by: Adam G. Key & Frank Military

Adam George Key co-wrote "Monster" with Frank Military, "Searching" with Kyle Harimoto and “Land of Wolves” with Justin Kohlas. Key also played LAPD Officer Harrison in four episodes in seasons 11 and 12.

Military wrote or co-wrote "Little Angels", "Deliverance", "Lockup", "The Job", "Greed", "Betrayal", "Crimeleon", "Vengeance", "Out of the Past" Part One, "Rude Awakenings" Part Two, season four’s finale "Descent", season five’s premiere "Ascension", "Allegiance", "Spoils of War", "Black Budget", "SEAL Hunter", "Rage", "Unspoken", "Unlocked Mind", "Revenge Deferred", "The Seventh Child", "Crazy Train", "Uncaged", "The Silo", "Monster", "Line in the Sand", season ten opener "To Live and Die in Mexico", "The Patton Project", "Better Angels", "False Flag", "A Bloody Brilliant Plan", "Code of Conduct" "Raising the Dead", "Through the Looking Glass", "Indentured" and “Down the Rabbit Hole”.

He also appeared as Donald Kessler in "Raising the Dead" and several other episodes in photos.

Directed by: Suzanne Saltz directed "Outside the Lines", "Murder of Crows", "Sundown" and “MWD”.

Guest stars of note: Alicia Coppola as FBI Senior Special Agent Lisa Rand, Rob Nagle as Albert “Al” Barrington/Plague Doctor, Tobias Jelinek as Bobby Griffin/Wolf, Matt Kelly as Justin Tucker/Clown are all back from “Monster” - that delightful Easter Sunday season nine episode. Teya Patt as Cindy Ferguson/Faceless Mask replaces Kerrie Blaisdell who played this role in “Monster”. Richard Gant as Raymond Hanna is back from “Game of Drones”. JD Cullum as FBI Forensic Psychologist Mark Collins, Derrick A. King as Michael Jeffries, Adrian Elizondo as Philip Guerrero and Antony Del Rio as Alexander Hughes.

Our heroes: Try, try, try again.

What important things did we learn about:

Callen: Away on assignment – he always misses these wacky Body Stitchers. Sam: Pulled away from the case for a terrorist threat in San Pedro. Kensi: Not thrilled to be dealing with Cindy Ferguson again. Deeks: Not thrilled by any of this. Fatima: Working late. Rountree: Heard about the Body Stitchers case in the Academy. Kilbride: Wants the team to stop whining about losing the bad guys the first time and get them this time.

What not so important things did we learn about:

Callen: Absent. Sam: Cleaning up after Arkady in Sam’s own backyard. Kensi: Working with Agent Rand for a lot of the episode. Deeks: Working with Sam for a lot of the episode. Fatima: In charge of freeing the Body Stitchers almost victim. Rountree: Catches a Body Stitcher on his own. Kilbride: Warns the team that they can help on this case as long as NCIS doesn’t need them.

Where in the world is Henrietta Lange? No mention today.

Who's down with OTP: Not a lot of OTP time today.

Who's down with BrOTP: Not a BrOTP episode either.

Fashion review: Black, long-sleeve tee for Sam. Kensi has on a wine-colored long-sleeve v-neck tee. Deeks wears a very pale blue/nearly grey henley. Fatima is wearing a purple turtleneck. Rountree has on a charcoal grey pullover sweater under a denim jacket with a leather collar. Admiral Kilbride is in his usual three-piece suit with a pale blue dress shirt and a blue tie with a darker blue paisley tie.

Music: “Gravy Train” by Lettuce is playing while Raymond is having breakfast.

Any notable cut scene: None today.

Quote: Sam: “I'm just a government employee. Explain it to me.” Ferguson: “He's a great master, like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Renoir. These humans who changed the world with their imagination and a pencil.” Sam: “So Vincent is a master artist?” Ferguson: “Yeah, Vincent, like Vincent van Gogh. Uh... You know?” (mimics cutting her ear) Sam: “Yeah.” Ferguson: “He's the great master behind the bodies. It's his vision. We're just his apprentices, learning the art.” Sam: “The art of sewing bodies together?” Ferguson: “God. Isn't it beautiful?”

Anything else: Lots of previously-s from “Monster”. And the weirdos are back doing weirdo things. This time with extra self-importance.

Raymond is having breakfast, listening to tunes when Sam walks in with a cigar butt. Raymond feigns ignorance but there are four others in the backyard. Raymond starts to call Callen – obviously an investigation must be started. When told Callen is out of town, Raymond suggests bumping it up to the SecNav. Seems the cigars don’t belong to Raymond – he doesn’t smoke. But Arkady does. Raymond made a friend not to Sam’s liking. The family fun is interrupted by a call – Sam’s being called to the office. Leaving, Sam bars Arkady from the house.

Rountree is waiting as Kensi walks into the office. Agent Rand from the FBI called. Kensi speaks highly of Rand and asks why Rand called. Rountree tells her about the “legendary” case while he was in the Academy about killers who make Frankenstein monsters out of their victims. There was scuttlebutt Rountree heard about another agency being involved in the case. Kensi said they were all in a dark place after the case.

Up in Ops, Kensi and Rountree join Deeks and Fatima. Agent Rand is on the big screen. In a different Zoom box is Special Agent Zachary Collins from the BAU. The FBI heard the group is back in LA. Rand sends Fatima some pictures from a the “Body Stitchers” last crime scene. It freaks Fatima out a little and Rand apologizes.

Rountree asks for a motive. Collins explains the killers think they are creating some kind of art and make money selling the event as art on the dark web. The money gives the killers the freedom to move around largely undetected. Collins thinks the motive is also sexual – the killers meshed violence and sex together as young people and are acting on it.

The Body Stitchers have been seen in the US, Central and South America. The FBI has gotten close several times but just missed. Deeks asks why. Collins tells the group – including an arriving Admiral Kilbride that the killers aren’t stupid. They set up, do their thing and move on. They avoid common ports of entry and regularly purchase new identities on the dark web.

The Admiral puts his foot down – this is not a military related action, the OSP’s involvement will be limited. If NCIS needs the team or a team member, they’re out of the case. Rand is fine with that – the OSP is the only agency ever to interact with the killers. As advisors or part of the task force, the FBI wants NCIS to offer whatever they can. Kensi tells the Admiral the case is unfinished business for the team. No, it is unfinished business for the FBI, he replies. Deeks brings up Lt. Commander Weir but Lt. Commander Weir was a random crime victim and not killed because of his service. Kensi brings up how he was killed and the Admiral relents – NCIS will be mildly involved. Rand is grateful.

Sam, Kensi and Deeks arrive at the crime scene. Rand is there with the dead guy and Collins from BAU. Collins introduces himself as Mark Collins which is weird since he was Zachary Collins about five minutes ago. Sam asks when did the FBI figure out the killers were back in LA. Rand explains a woman named Staci Campbell was murdered. Suspect Michael Jeffries got a text with photo of all the body parts used to sew the “art” together. Sam notices freezer burn on the dead people’s shoulder. That makes sense to Collins – if they don’t have enough parts to sew together, the killers have to preserve the parts they do have.

Kensi asks about Jeffries, who is in custody but there isn’t much to hold him. He’ll likely be cut lose in a few hours since a judge turned down their warrant request to search Jeffries’s apartment. He was only seen with the dead woman a few hours before her death – that’s not enough. Sam, Deeks and Collins are off to interview Jeffries, Kensi and Rand are teaming up.

Just after the men leave, a young female FBI agent has something to show Kensi and Rand. There was a locked room, now opened. Inside are a lot of dead bodies.

While Collins is interviewing Jeffries in interrogation, Sam is in the main room of the boatshed talking about how the four people in the case lied right to his face. They killed people and sewed them back together. “And we had them.” The Admiral arrives and wants Sam to stop “wallowing in the fact that you missed something” and tell him what Sam learned.

Sam said the killers knew exactly how to manipulate the investigation. Deeks chimes in that the killings themselves, the planning, the execution – “the intelligence was off the charts.” They did not present themselves as smart. Collins joins the group. Jeffries knows the FBI and NCIS have nothing so he’s going to be released soon. Sam asks about Jeffries, who doesn’t really work, just short-sells stock online. He has no connection to the killers, just lives in the same building as murder victim Staci Campbell.

Fatima pops up on the plasma to connect Kensi and Rand. The only person to see Campbell and Jeffries together is the super in their share apartment building. They are going over to interview the super now.

The Admiral tells Sam and Deeks to remember who they are, put the past in the past and “get this thing done.”

In interview, Deeks just stares across the table at Jeffries while Sam sits near the door. Jeffries is about to speak when Sam tells him to “hold that thought.” Deeks talks about the smell of the sea around them, the ocean breeze and how these things hide a cold, hard truth. Jeffries tells them he did not kill Campbell. They were neighbors but he never touched her.

That’s not the truth, Sam tells Jeffries. Deeks explains that Jeffries is surrounded by frustrated and angry agents from several government agencies. “We’re hungry and you’re the only thing on the menu,” Sam says. Jeffries is keeping up – the kitchen is closed, he didn’t kill Campbell. Deeks brings up his connection to the killers, killers who executed a member of the US Navy. That’s federal lock-up.

Sam pushes the idea that they have proof that Jeffries has provided financial assistance to the killers. Jeffries admits he’s a fan – “people love true crime and serial killers.” He though the body parts came from grave robberies or morgues. He didn’t think they were being killed for the art.

Outside Jeffries’s apartment building, Kensi and Rand approach Phillip Guerrero, the super. He’s trimming some hedges in the building’s courtyard. He liked Campbell, “good tenant, nice girl.” Guerrero saw Campbell and Jeffries walk into the courtyard. They were chatting about food delivery people leaving too many menus by the mailbox area. As the conversation goes on, Guerrero brings up “Mrs. Jeffries”. Rand thinks wife but it actually Jeffries’s mother. She’s in bad health – an invalid after a partial stroke a month ago. Guerrero drops off food deliveries from time to time – he likes her.

There is no response from Mrs. Jeffries after they knock on the door. Guerrero lets himself in to see if she’s OK. While he’s looking around, Kensi checks in with Rountree. He’s trying to chase the killer’s money but it all leads to offshore accounts which are dead ends. As Rountree finishes, Guerrero runs from the apartment, horrified and unable to breathe. Kensi and Rand enter the apartment. They find Mrs. Jeffries in the bathtub. Kensi and Rand flee the premises when they get a whiff of sulfuric acid fumes.

Outside, Kensi provides the team an update. The building has been evacuated due to the health concerns around sulfuric acid. Guerrero breathed in too much and is getting treated. Kensi assures everyone she and Rand ran out as soon as they understood what was in the air. Collins notes that sulfuric acid is easy to find so tracing its purchase will be tough. This fact annoys Sam.

A titanium knee pretty much identifies the woman in the bathtub as Mrs. Jeffries. Collins offers the idea that Jeffries killed her because she had incriminating info on her son. This doesn’t work for Rand. Based on the lack of damage to the bathtub, Mrs. Jeffries is likely dead only 12-hours. Jeffries has been in custody for over a day.

Sam, Deeks and Collins ask Jeffries about his mother, why he didn’t mention an older, sick woman alone in his apartment while he was in custody. Sam tells Jeffries his mother is dead and he seems genuinely surprised.

Jeffries blames Collins for his mother’s death. The killers would know the Feds were in town while they were planning their show. He had a ticket to go but couldn’t because he was in custody. The killer thought he was selling them out and since they couldn’t kill him, they killed his mother as a message. Collins thinks Jeffries’s mother knew he killed Campbell and he paid someone to kill his mother. Jeffries is willing to trade info on the dark web he has about the show for witness protection.

Rountree gets to the Body Stitchers’s website on the dark web. It’s been cleaned out but they access to the e-mail server and will be able to track the killers to their next website. Kensi calls in with Rand. Mrs. Jeffries right hand was sawed off before she was put in the acid bath.

Fatima found the new website with a new live video going out shortly. Everything is password protected but she’s working her way in. In the live stream, everything is set up but nobody is there. The stream is coming from an abandoned movie theater in Woodland Hills.

As the team is about to leave, a terrorist warning come in based on an OSP case in San Pedro. The Admiral has to send something to deal with San Pedro since it is an NCIS priority. Sam goes. Deeks and Collins are off to Woodland Hills.

Kensi, Deeks, Rountree and Fatima pull up with Rand and Collins leading the FBI. SWAT is on their way but not expected for 30-minutes. The teams can’t wait and enter the theater. There are 16-theaters. Everyone breaks off to clear their own theaters. Fatima and Rountree are in five, Kensi is in theater six. Deeks enters a theater on his own. He’s worried the place is too big – too many places to hide. He starts looking around as one of the FBI agents notes the comms in the theater barely work.

Outside of theater seven, Rand find the group at theater eight. Kensi and Collins are on their way. A shot is fired during the “art” event, dropping one of the killers on the stage. Rand is as surprised as the killers. She yells FBI and seems stunned that everyone runs. One of the killers, Barrington, is chased by the young FBI agent who showed the team the dead bodies earlier in the episode. Barrington drops his knife in his right hand but has a really small boxcutter in his left palm. When the FBI agent tries to cuff the killer, he stabs her in the throat just as Collins arrives. As Barrington flees, Collins calls for an EMT.

The young agent claims she’s fine so Collins goes after Barrington. In a hallway, he runs into Deeks. The two startle the hell out of each other. They search as a team for Barrington.

In the theater, Fatima is having the planned victim released from the board he is strapped to with the help of the FBI. Another FBI agent removes the mask of the dead killer – it is Bobby Griffin. Everyone wonders who shot him.

Kensi finds Cindy Ferguson trying to escape and quickly cuffs her. “You’re not getting away, again,” Kensi tells her.

Justin Tucker, the fourth killer, runs right to where Rountree is searching. Tucker pulls out a big knife, which Rountree insists he drop. An elevator ping and opens, giving Tucker a way to escape. Rountree tries to get to the elevator before the door closes but doesn’t make it. On comms, he warns everyone that Tucker taking the elevator down. Collins says he’s nearby but the elevator barely moves before Tucker shuts it down.

Outside the elevator, Rountree and Rand try to talk Tucker into surrendering. Rand demands a cellphone. He wants to speak to Vincent, the last living master. Rountree and Rand have no idea what he’s talking about.

Deeks is in a projection room when he hears Collins call “Agent down.” Deeks finds Collins, who says Barrington stabbed him in the neck. With the comms are failing, Deeks goes after Barrington when Collins says he’s alright. Deeks finds a fire exit and starts making his way down.

In the theater where all the killing was going to go on, Fatima with Kensi and Deeks are talking to Alexander, the man who nearly was killed. She has photos on her phone of the Body Stitchers and Alexander recognizes a few of them but wonders why they don’t have a photo of the main guy – “Master”.

Cutting a deal, Tucker will come back to the NCIS/FBI floor and turn himself in if he can speak to Vincent. He does go to the NCIS/FBI floor where he cuts his own throat in front of the NCIS and FBI teams.

Kensi has a very tough talk with Ferguson, who the FBI dropped off at the boat shed. Ferguson doesn’t know Michael Jeffries but she’s not interested in talking to Kensi. Talking to Kensi takes time away from the beautiful places like the Taj Mahal and not the prison cell she will call home for the rest of her life.

Out in the main room of the boatshed, Sam is back with Deeks, Rand and Collins. The reason to call Sam away was a paperwork issue. Collins doesn’t think Ferguson will offer up anything – she’s too committed. While they have to cut Jeffries loose – no real reason to hold him – Jeffries lawyered up and the lawyer wants him in witness protection. Deeks thinks that’s the next best thing to having him in custody. Sam wants a chance to speak to Ferguson.

Ferguson remembers Sam. He asks to speak to her without Kensi and Kensi is happy to leave. Reintroducing himself, Sam tells Ferguson she’s being turned over to the FBI. Ferguson doesn’t care and Sam knows that – because she’s “stupid.” Ferguson doesn’t like that. She really doesn’t like when Sam tells her Vincent is in custody and spilling everything he knows. He gets time off any sentence for every crime he helps the FBI solve – crimes that will put her in prison for decades. Ferguson doesn’t believe him but Sam says it is a done deal.

Sam would like to Ferguson explain the whole idea of Vincent being her master. He isn’t her master, Ferguson explains, they aren’t a “cheesy cult.” Vincent is a great master like DaVinci or Michelangelo – a great artist like Vincent Van Gogh. Ferguson shows off her ear and pretends to cut it off. She is an apprentice to a great master learning their art. It is “affecting” and Sam agrees – he’ll never forget what they did. Ferguson goes on about their art making them immortal, gods and how they’d die for Vincent.

At home, Sam is enjoying a nice dinner with his father. Raymond jokes that he’s cooking great meals hoping it will keep him in Sam’s house. There’s a WBA middleweight fight that night – Sam thinks the two of them should watch together but Raymond has other plans. A honking horn outside the house is Arkady, who knows he isn’t allowed to come inside. Raymond is off to play poker and drink some fine whiskey. Sam isn’t happy about this. Raymond is annoyed – he’s happy, he has a friend and someplace fun to go. He plans to live whatever days he has left as full a life as he can have. Raymond hits up Sam for a few hundred dollars – he’s joking.

Just after Raymond leaves, Rand calls. She’s sure they missed something. Jeffries’s mother was dead for at least 48-hours based on the blood lividity tests. He killed her – Jeffries wasn’t in custody at that time. And if he removed his mother’s hand, he’s part of the Body Stitchers. Sam wants another crack at Jeffries, who is being taken to an FBI safehouse in San Diego by Collins. Sam calls with an apology to Fatima but he needs her help. She has Kaleidoscope searching the cameras around the theater. They are looking for video of Barrington leaving.

Saying “Dementia can eat my shorts,” Raymond returns home with a large wad of cash. He throws it to Sam, who was snoozing in the living room. When Raymond leaves for bed, Fatima texts Sam – “You need to see this.”

There is video of Barrington leaving the theater through a back door. There is someone wearing a dress shirt holding the door open for Barrington. A flashback shows a wounded Collins getting up and letting Barrington out of the theater.

In a car, Collins is joined with Barrington, who is sure the entire state of California is looking for him. Collins tells Barrington he updated the killer’s profile saying Barrington is likely to return to his home in Orlando. Collins plans to have him on a beach half-way around the world.

Sam contacts Rand with questions about Collins. Rand met Collins during the Body Stitchers case. He’s profiled many serial killers, a logical addition to the team.

In Collins’s car, Jeffries joins Barrington and Collins with a “gift from his mother, I thought she could give us a hand” – it’s a cooler. Collins is relieved they got rid of the amateurs – Griffin, Tucker and Ferguson – who were only going to get them caught. Another flashback shows Collins killing Griffin from the theater’s projection room.

The plan is for Barrington and Jeffries to lay low for a good long time. Collins gives them envelopes with new identities and $10,000. There will be more cash when needed. Down the road, they will reunite and change their art. Make a body with three arms, five legs and a head growing out of its stomach. “What would Picasso or Dali do?”

Rand tells Sam that Collins and Jeffries never made it to the safe house in San Diego – they were due hours ago. She’s worried something happened to Collins. Reviewing Collins’s interrogation of Jefferies, Sam sees Collins run his hand through his hair and showing Jeffries his ear. Sam flashes back to Ferguson and her Vincent Van Gogh remarks. Sam tells Rand that Collins is Vincent.

What head canon can be formed from here: “Monster” was a really well done episode that was also a one and done hour. No need to stop on USA or ION when you see it is rerunning there. It was clever (if disgusting) and rarely does the team get beaten by the bad guys at the end. There was also the introduction of Spencer Williams and all that would unfold in the Mosley storyline.

This wasn’t that. A little lighter on the gore, though only a little, a lot more muddled in the storytelling. Hated the idea that what we thought were these clever psychopaths were actually just lemmings following a serial killer who was working for the FBI. It takes away the accomplishment of the “Monster” episode.

Always happy to see Rand but Collins (with three names here – Zachary, Mark and eventually Vincent) was going to be one of two things – the red-shirted member of the team or one of the killers.

Did like the Sam and Raymond storyline bracketing the episode. Raymond putting his foot down about living his life the best he can as long as he can was good to see. Sam has his father’s best interests at heart but Raymond lived a long life and planned to enjoy what he had.

Also liked that Rountree learned about the case in the FBI Academy. A reminder how much younger he is than the rest of the team that participated in the case.

Kudos to Callen who missed both of these episodes with the Body Stitchers.

Episode number: The third episode of season 14. Episode 305 overall.

#NCIS: Los Angeles Rewatch #NCIS: Los Angeles #NCIS Los Angeles #NCIS: LA #ncis la #Youtube

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WHEN A GROUP OF GRISLY MURDERERS RESURFACES AFTER EVADING CAPTURE YEARS AGO, THE NCIS TEAM JOINS FORCES WITH THE FBI TO HUNT THEM DOWN, ON “NCIS: LOS ANGELES,” SUNDAY, OCT. 23

“The Body Stitchers” – The NCIS team join forces with the FBI when a group of grisly murderers known as “The Body Stitchers” returns after evading capture by NCIS years ago. Also, Sam’s dad makes a new friend in Arkady, on the CBS Original series NCIS: LOS ANGELES, Sunday, Oct. 23 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+*.

REGULAR CAST:

Chris O’Donnell

(Special Agent G. Callen)

LL COOL J

(Special Agent Sam Hanna)

Linda Hunt

(Operations Manager Henrietta “Hetty” Lange)

Daniela Ruah

(Special Agent Kensi Blye)

Eric Christian Olsen

(NCIS Investigator Marty Deeks)

Medalion Rahimi

(Special Agent Fatima Namazi)

Caleb Castille

(Special Agent Devin Rountree)

Gerald McRaney

(Retired Admiral Hollace Kilbride)

GUEST CAST:

Alicia Coppola

(FBI Senior Special Agent Lisa Rand)

JD Cullum

(FBI Forensic Psychologist Mark Collins)

Derrick A. King

(Michael Jeffries)

Richard Gant

(Raymond Hanna)

Rob Nagle

(Albert “Al” Barrington/Plague Doctor)

Tobias Jelinek

(Bobby Griffin/Wolf)

Matt Kelly

Teya Patt

Adrian Elizondo

Antony Del Rio

(Justin Tucker/Clown)

(Cindy Ferguson/Faceless Mask)

(Philip Guerrero)

(Alexander Hughes)

WRITTEN BY: Adam G. Key & Frank Military

DIRECTED BY: Suzanne Saltz

#s14 #ncis la

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Books Read in 2022

Essays & memoirs

Tiny Beautiful Things, Cheryl Strayed

The White Album, Joan Didion

In the Margins, Elena Ferrante

For Now, Eileen Miles

The Clan of One-breasted women, Terry Tempest Williams

Becoming Wise, Krista Tipett

The Source of Self Regard, Toni Morrison

Art & Creativity

The Gift, Lewis Hyde

Why has there been no great women artist? Linda Nochlin

Diary of an Artist, Anne Truitt

Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert

Everything She Touched, Marilyn Chase

Art in Emergency, Olivia Laing

Art is Life, Jerry Saltz

Science & Technology

Homo Deus, Yuval Noah Harrari

Starry Messenger, Neil Tyson deGrasse

Fiction

My year of rest and relaxation, Otessa Moshfegh

Expectations, Anna Hope

No one is talking about this, Patricia Lockwood

The Ministry for the Future, Kim Stanley Robinson

Outline, Rachel Cusk

Psychology & Personal Development

The Untethered Soul, Michael Alan Singer

The Source, Tara Swart

Expecting better, Emily Oster

Cribsheet, Emily Oster

French Literature & Essays

La Plus Secrète Memoire des Hommes, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr.

La Carte Postale, Anne Berest

L’Evenement, Annie Ernaux

L’Ecriture Comme un Couteau, Annie Ernaux

La Guerre des Sexes, Manon Garcia

Comme un Ciel en Nous, Jakuta Alikavazovic

Le Soleil des Corta, Laurent Gaudé

Capitale de la Douceur, Sophie Fontanel

Fille, Camille Laurens

Etre à sa Place, Claire Marin

Vers la Violence, Blandine Rinkel

Toute une Moité du Monde, Alice Zeniter

Vivre Vite, Brigitte Giraud

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Reading List (2023) Part 2

An Acceptable Time - L'engle (3-14-23)

Life of Pi - Yahn Martel (3-16-23)

Needful Things - S.King (3-23-23)

Song of Achillies - Madelline Miller (3-30-23)

Mr.Mercedes - S.King (3-30-23)

The Shining - S.King (4-4-23)

Doctor Sleep - S.King (4-11-23)

Finders Keepers - S.King (4-18-23)

11-22-63 - S.King (4-28-23)

End of Watch - S.King (4-30-23)

Coraline - Gaiman (5-1-23)

Shawshank Redemption - S.King (5-3-23)

Ain't I a Woman - Bell Hooks (5-9-23)

Revival - S.King (5-4-23)

The Dead Zone - S.King (5-10-23)

Cujo - S.King (5-4-23)

Prey - Michael Crichton (5-15-23)

Joyland - S.King (5-14-23)

Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift (5-19-23)

Welcome to Night Vale - Joseph Fink (5-23-23)

Fugitive Telemetry - Martha Wells (5-24-23)

Of Mice and Men - Steinbeck (5-25)

The Great Gatsby - Fitzgerald (5-30-23)

Desperation - S.King (6-5-23)

Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll (6-6-23)

How to be an Artist - Jerry Saltz (6-7-23)

East of Eden - Steinbeck (6-15-23)

Think Like a Freak - Steven Levitt (6-19-23)

Creativity Inc - Ed Cattmull (6-22-23)

Caveat Emptor - Ken Perenyi (6-25-23)

101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think - Wiest (6-27-23)

Carrie - S.King (6-30-23)

The Long Walk - S.King (7-6-23)

The Langoliers - S.King (TBD)

#thoughts #reading list

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Media List 2023

Ok I’m making a list of the things I want to watch/read/have been suggested to me etc before I lose track lol and so people can look if they want to see I guess. I’m putting suggestions on this list too even if I haven’t looked into them very hard and I think it goes without saying that just because it’s on the list doesn’t mean I’ll get to it.

None of these are in any real order, but I’m doing a numbered list so I can use a random number generator if I’m getting decision paralysis. I’m putting where I can personally watch them for reference, they may be available other places that I don’t have a subscription to.

Movies

Pinocchio (2022), Netflix

Glass Onion (2022), Netflix

Girl in the Picture (2022), Netflix

Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), rent/buy

Bird’s of Prey (2020), HBOMax, Owned

Carol (2015), Prime

Blue is the Warmest Color (2013), rent/buy

Love Simon (2018), rent/buy

Moonlight (2016), rent/buy

Parasite (2019), Hulu

The Batman (2022), HBOMax

Lighthouse (2019), rent/buy

Bladerunner 2049 (2017), Hulu

Vertigo (1958), Rent/buy

Pleasure Unwoven (2009), youtube?

Weird: The Al Yankovich Story (2022), ?

The Last Unicorn (1982), Prime

The Green Mile (1999), rent/buy

Spirited Away (2001), HBOMax

Princess Mononoke (1997), HBOMax

Everything Everywhere All At once (2022), rent/buy

Possession (1981), rent/buy

Bicycle Thieves (1948), HBOMax

The Menu (2022), HBOMax

Amélie (2001), ?

Brokeback Mountain (2005), Netflix

Wall-E (2008), rent/buy

Black Girl (1956), rent/buy

Yi Yi (1999), rent/buy

Sunset Boulevard (1950), rent/buy

Imitation of Life (1959), rent/buy

The Apartment (1960), Paramount+

Taxi Driver (1976), Paramount+

Seven Samurai (1954), HBOMax

The Godfather (1972), Prime

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), HBOMax

Tokyo Story (1953), HBOMax

The Invitation (2022), Netflix

Shows

Castlevania, Netflix (started and need to finish)

The Haunting of Bly Manor, Netflix

Midnight Mass, Netflix

Fleabag, Prime

Xena, ?

The Two People Who Can’t Fall in Love, ?

Dead End: Paranormal Park, Netflix

Wellington Paranormal, HBOMax

James Acaster comedy, Netflix

Centaurworld, Netflix

Tuca & Bertie, Netflix

Kid Cosmic, Netflix

What We Do In the Shadows, Hulu

Veronica Mars, Hulu

Defunctland, YouTube

Ted Lasso, Apple+

Books

How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr

Unmasking Autism by Devon Price

The Roots of Desire by Marion Roach

Why Does He Do That? by Lundy Bancroft

The Kalevala

Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA by Richard English

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff

ADHD After Dark by Ari Tuckman

Your Brain’s Not Broken by Tamara Rosier (audiobook)

Misfit Mage by Michael Taggart

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (audiobook)

The Affair of the Poisons by Anne Somerset

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

The Ex-Con, Voodoo Priest, Goddess, and the African King by William Jones

My Name is Ron by the family of Ron Goldman

I did it by Fred and Kim Goldman

Death of Innocence by Mamie Till-Mobley

The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgramage by Haruki Murakami

If Walls Could Talk by Lucy Worsley

How to be an Artist by Jerry Saltz

The Blood Never Dried by John Newsinger

Bright Dead Things by Ada Limón

History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage (audiobook)

A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell (audiobook)

Hate to Want You by Alisha Rai (audiobook)

Lazy Does Not Exist by Devon Price (audiobook)

How to be an Artist by Jerry Saltz (gift)

An Anthology of Finnish Folktales edited and translated by Helena Henderson

Games

Venba (spring 2023)

Dordgone (spring 2023)

Storyteller (March 23, 2023)

Fe (skipping, it makes me cranky)

LOVE

A Short Hike

To The Moon

Finding Paradise

Night in the Woods

Life is Strange one and two

Spiritfarer

Life is Strange: True Colors

Powerwash Simulator

#katie does new media 2k23

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Sending you the VGK wag list that I have as well!

Mark stone - hayls stone @haylsstonee private wife

Jonathan marchessault - Alexandra marchessault @alexrandramarchessault public wife

William karlsson - Emily karlsson @efergie13 public wife

Alec Martinez - Emily Martinez @__emily_martinez private wife

Alex pietrangelo - Jayne pietrangelo @jayne.pietrangelo private wife

Jack eichel - Erin basil @erinbasil private gf

Ivan barbashev - Ksenia Barbasheva @ksenia_barbasheva public wife

Adin hill - McKenna Jones @mckennajones private gf

Logan Thompson - Linnea saltz @linnea_saltz private (I believe just gf)

Keagan kolesar - Sydney besson @sydneybesson private gf

Brett howden - meike howden @meikehowden private wife

Nick haghe - Ally Bruder @allycbruder public engaged

Nick roy - Laurie pépin @lauriepepin_ public engaged

Noah hanifin - Monique Fischer @monique.fischer private (I think they’re engaged, she was spotted with what looks like an engagement ring during the winter classic, you can find the pics in the hockeystyletea blog)

Shea Theodore - Mariana Theodore @marianatheodore public wife

Brayden mcnabb - Lelanie @lonzeyyy private, don’t know their relationship status

Michael amadio - bronwyn bolduc @bronwynbolduc private, dk their relationship status

Chandler Stephenson - Tasha Stephenson @tashastephenson__ public wife

Anthony mantha - Caitlyn mantha @caitlynmantha public wife

Pavel dorofreyev - Valeria dorofeyeva @valeriadorofeyeva public (I think they’re married)

Tomáš hertl - aneta hertl @aneta.hertl public wife

Will carrier - caroline carrier @carolinevcarrier public wife

Zach whitecloud - Madison wedderspoon @maddyygracee public gf

Single/didnt find anything

Paul cotter

Jiri patera

Anon I actually love you! Thank you so much 😭🙏🏻

#wag.list #vgk

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The Winding Road: My Journey Through Life and the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour

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HIGHLIGHTS FOR ABC NEWS’ ‘GOOD MORNING AMERICA’ APRIL 12 – APRIL 17

The following report highlights the programming of ABC’s “Good Morning America” during the week of April 12 – April 17. “Good Morning America” is a two-hour, live program anchored by Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, Michael Strahan and Ginger Zee is the chief meteorologist. The morning news program airs MONDAY-FRIDAY (7:00-9:00 a.m. EST), on the ABC Television Network.

Highlights of the week include:

Monday, April 12— Actress Carey Mulligan (“Promising Young Woman”)

Tuesday, April 13— Author Jeff Mauro (“Come On Over”); author Dr. Ian Smith (“Fast Burn!”); founder Sarah Jakes Roberts (“Woman Evolve”)

Wednesday, April 14— Actress Maria Bakalova (“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”); executive producer Bishop T. D. Jakes (“Lust”); a performance by Florida Georgia Line

Thursday, April 15— Hosts Stephanie McMahon and Paul “Triple H” Levesque (“WWE’s Most Wanted Treasures”); actor Desmond Chiam (“The Falcon and The Winter Soldier”); Deals and Steals with ABC e-commerce editor Tory Johnson

Friday, April 16— Actor Andy Garcia (“Rebel”); cooking with Joanna Saltz; author Gabriela Garcia (“Of Women and Salt”)

Saturday, April 17— Binge This! with Jeremy Parsons; cooking with Chef Sheldon Simeon; Deals and Steals with ABC e-commerce editor Tory Johnson

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Tiptoeing through “The Body Stitchers” guest cast

Alicia Coppola as FBI Senior Special Agent Lisa Rand Rob Nagle as Albert “Al” Barrington/Plague Doctor Tobias Jelinek as Bobby Griffin/Wolf Matt Kelly as Justin Tucker/Clown All are back from “Monster”, that delightful Easter Sunday season nine episode. Richard Gant as Raymond Hanna Back from “Game of Drones” two weeks ago.

Teya Patt as Cindy Ferguson/Faceless Mask Kerrie Blaisdell played this role in “Monster” so this is a change.

Patt is currently part of For All Mankind as Emma Jorgens. She appeared in episodes of Weeds, Review, Fresh Off the Boat, Lost ‘n’ Found, Girlboss, Casual, Fear the Walking Dead, The Rookie and How to Get Away with Murder.

JD Cullum as FBI Forensic Psychologist Mark Collins Cullum was AAG/ASA John Redfield in Judging Amy and Lloyd in Grey’s Anatomy.

Appeared in episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Married with Children, Lois & Clark, Bodies of Evidence, Can’t Hurry Love, Campus Cops, Smart Guy, Sliders, Chicago Hope, NYPD Blue, LA Doctors, Sliders, Ladies Man, Dead Last, Frasier, 24, Charmed, ER, Medium, Weeds, Law & Order, Lie to Me, The Wizards of Waverly Place, Mad Men, The Event, The Newsroom, The Mentalist, Bones, Code Black, Aquarius and The Orville.

Cullum is the son of actor John Cullum, who was Sen. Beau Carpenter in Madam Secretary, Big Mike in The Middle, Holling Vincoeur in Northern Exposure, one of the rotating defense attorneys turn judges in Law & Order SVU and David Greene in ER.

Derrick A. King as Michael Jeffries Was Luke Will in The Pre-Quarter Life Crisis and Rev. Isiah Johnston in The 4400. King appeared in episodes of Betrayed, Solve, Call Your Mother and The Game.

Adrian Elizondo as Philip Guerrero Appeared in episodes of Shake It Up, Austin & Ally, Talents, Astrid Clover, Only Children and The Pet Psychic.

Antony Del Rio as Alexander Hughes Del Rio provides voices for many animated projects, including He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Rugrats, Star Wars Resistance, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power and many others. He was Jeff Tobey in Bunheads and appeared in episodes of Rosewood, Major Crimes and Hannah Montana.

Written by: Adam G. Key & Frank Military Adam George Key co-wrote "Monster" with Frank Military, "Searching" with Kyle Harimoto and “Land of Wolves” with Justin Kohlas.. Key also played LAPD Officer Harrison in four episodes in seasons 11 and 12.

Military also appeared as Donald Kessler in "Raising the Dead" and several other episodes in photos.

Directed by: Suzanne Saltz directed "Outside the Lines", "Murder of Crows", "Sundown" and “MWD”.

#tiptoeing #NCIS: Los Angeles #NCIS: LA #NCIS Los Angeles #ncis la

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Die!

What I did during my pandemic non-vacation

Right before the pandemic hit, my work was slow. My client stable was dwindling and so I set the goal of finally compiling all my personal essays from the last 20 years into a book I'd call "The Unbearable Heaviness of Being". And then, serendipitously a more literal unbearable heaviness of being hit.

Still, one would think a pandemic would be the ideal time to start that book. Maybe even start the "Letters from the Inside" book about my serial killer writing project for the last 10 years, or even my own memoir. I had nothing but time. I had to stay inside anyway. Nothing else was pressing, and I am usually especially creative during times of stress and hardship.

But lo! I am also a procrastinator when it comes to a writing assignment -- even a self-inflicted one.

So over the last three months I found every excuse not to write those long-form pieces. It seems like all I did was bathe, eat, eat some more, and lay around in bed, most often talking to the dog in guise of actually talking to myself. I spent an inordinate amount to time figuring out how to handle my grooming at home now that my external fleet of professionals were no longer available. Day after day I wore sweats or pjs (careful to change from day ones to night ones once the nightly New Year’s Eve-type cheering started, a new type of closing bell.) The one day I felt invigorated and optimistic enough to put on jeans I had to peel them off by mid-day unsure of how I ever wore such a tortuous garment.

I felt comfort when I saw reassuring messages on Instagram -- which along with Facebook and Twitter, I spent an inordinate amount of time on -- saying that it was just fine not to produce anything during this quarantine. That is was an unprecedented time and one that was highly stressful so it is fine to do whatever you want to keep calm and keep on... I did just that, or at least it seemed so. I felt like a sloth, eating carbs and sugar -- things for the last two years I carefully avoided. I texted exes, fought with feral Trump supporters, washed dry-clean only clothes. You know, indulged in the wildest of vices.

The shelter-in-place mandate will come to a close soon. Being in NYC, probably it will take longer than most areas to dissolve, but still the streets are getting a bit more crowded, and people seem to be back in my NYC apartment building, once again, hogging the dryers (which I then have to neurotically wipe down with disinfectant wipes.)

So I initially felt a bit down at what a failure I've been to do something productive during this time.

As a result, I decided to take inventory of my last three months. ***

- I applied for PPP (dealing with Chase bank for two months having to re-apply three different times at their ever-changing directives, only to be told they couldn't verify my income and therefore I was turned down). I applied for EIDL,got $1000 payment and then was told that because inadvertently answered a question wrong -- these applications are super hard--I was denied and now they were only allowing re-applications of agricultural industry workers. Then I applied for freelancer unemployment, twice, only to not be able to get through, not be able to revise my PUA application and am still waiting to hear something, anything. As such with EIDL, PPP, SBA, WHO and all other pandemic-related acronyms, I now have a great fear -- PTSD, if you will -- of acronyms in general. No good can come from them.

- I washed my hands -- and my dog’s paws -- a billion times. I also did way too much laundry because in times of stress and lack of control, my OCD (another scary acronym!) gets rampant and doing finite tasks makes me feel more in charge. I saged my apartment weekly, casting out negative energy and viruses and calling upon all good things to enter instead. The only entrance was made by my super who yelled at me for mentioning him in an article I wrote about my doorman who passed away from Covid-19. Still, I disinfected doorknobs, elevator buttons, and even the container of wipes, multiple times as if trying to free a genie in a bottle, to no avail.

- I tended to all sorts of medical tests for myself and my dog, culminating in standing a long line to get the Covid-19 antibody tests. (Sadly I was negative.)

-I binged watched (Dead to Me) and cringe watched (White Lines), valuing a good hate-watch more than quality programming.

- I read about 10 books, a few that have stayed with me in the best way possible, such as "My Dark Vanessa" and "Excavation".

- I listened to the full true-horror podcast "Let's Not Meet" - because sometimes the only way to quell true-horror is with true-horror. Hair of the dog sort of thing.

- I tracked down ARCs (one of the nicer acronyms) of books that will come out later this year so I could read them without any preconceived notions about them.

- I finally watched the backlog of hoarded movies I had borrowed from the NYPL: The best of which was "Giant", a classic 3.5 hour saga.

- I read countless magazines and most things I read were drivel, but then I curated the best essays and realized they all seemingly dealt with food, which makes total sense during a pandemic when we all reverted back into hunter gatherers. “Fuck the Bread. The Bread is Over,” the NYT’s written by restaurant owner/chef of Prune, and the essay by art critic Jerry Saltz about his peculiar eating habits were the best. While they all seemingly dealt with food and eating, they really don't deal with that at all. They definitely appeased my appetite for touching writing.

- And I did some touching writing of my own. I wrote an essay about the death by Covid-19 of my favorite doorman to much notice. It was the article I’ve written that has gotten shared the most online, I think, ever! More importantly, it touched his family in a way that seems significant, his daughter reaching out to me with this message:

- Related: I organized a GoFundMe for the aforementioned late doorman’s family and raised over $7,000 in just one week! I got our whole complex and neighborhood to participate, and I believe it helped us collectively mourn.

- Related, I helped a dear friend with dealing with heartbreaking news that her elderly mother had contracted Covid-19. She called me the night she found out to weigh options. Sadly her mother passed. I had a tree planted in her mother’s honor.

- I signed up with Postcrossing and sent postcards to people all over the world and have gotten a ton back. In times of isolation it helps to feel connected in some way.

- In that same vein, I participated Oregon Humanities’ “Dear Stranger” project - in which one writes a letter to a stranger and sends it to the organization and they exchange it with other stranger’s letter and mail that one to you. Interestingly I wrote my letter on an old map. The letter I got in return was by a female freelance writer of my same age, also written on an old map. More serendipity! More connection without ever leaving the apartment.

- I saw a segment on NY1 talking about how this pandemic and isolation is taking its toll on seniors and one NYC nursing home that was requesting cards and letters to cheer them up. It was the catalyst for me to start a new project I call: “Letters from the Inside... of the Senior Center” - in which I researched and compiled a list of nursing homes around the country who accept letters of cheer to their seniors. I now have a list of about 800 names. I’ve sent about 75 cards/postcards myself so far, and have enlisted friends, neighbors, and others to send cards as well. My goal is to get each senior at least one card or letter.

- I had a milestone birthday with little fanfare. My dog, Biggie, turned three.

- I finally finished annotating each chapter of “Blind Eye,” the best-selling book about serial killer Michael Swango, who I have written to for 10+ years as part of the aforementioned “Letters from the Inside” project I created. I sent him questions on each chapter.

- Related: After 10 long years of corresponding, on my birthday we started what has now turned out to be weekly calls. His prison has finally allowed them. Last call I told him that he has not answered my last few letters. He told me to yell at him, remind him, and push him to get on it. I quipped that it was probably not in my best interest to antagonize someone who murdered 60+ people. True horror, indeed.

- The CNN docu-series about him in which I appear as an expert was postponed but will air later this summer.

- Speaking of true horrors, I had a woman threaten to spit on me when I requested she leash her dog -- who had tried to attack Biggie. (Odd foreshadowing for the recent Amy Cooper debacle.)

- I lost my long-time nurse (I get immuno-therapy infusions twice a month and have for years for an immune disorder) because she was fired by her nursing company. After having to deal with an inadequate string of nurses I lobbied to get my nurse hired at my pharmacy’s nursing division so now she can be my nurse again. She is thrilled she has a job; I am thrilled I have my old friend back each month.

- I feel in love with Cuomo.

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After sitting down and taking this inventory, I am amazed at how much I have actually done in such a short period of time. It seems insane that I was feeling so bad and slothlike for being so unproductive, when in retrospect, I actually accomplished a lot.

I guess what I can take away from this long stretch of isolation is this: We can’t see how far we are traveling without looking back on our journey. While something -- particularly traumatic or stressful -- is happening, it is easy to feel static, frozen and worse, uncreative. But feelings aren’t facts.

Just because I didn’t write my book, I did lots of creative things with my time. I was tangibly helpful to others without even noticing it when I was doing it. I felt like I was faltering and failing, but in looking back at that list above, I really wasn’t. I may have even excelled.

And now, I think I need to lay down.

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