I remember now, how oppressive it became in the first lockdown, and now we're back in it again.
It's the increase in quantity from eating literally every meal in the house. It never stops. A ceaseless ever-growing mound of dirty plates. You feel like if you ignore it for two hours and you'll living in Withnail ad I.
....the embarrassing thing is we do actually have a dishwasher. My current state of lockdown lethargy means even unloading and loading it is too much of a hassle.
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There's still a bit of shock as what happened last night sinks in, but soon all the clever commentary will kick in and those who support nationalism will find their way of ignoring, or forgetting, or dismissing what took place.
The truth is simple. It's a litmus test of political values. You either recognise what we are facing and decide to fight it, or you're part of why it can succeed.
It's not just an American problem. It is all around the world: here in the UK, Hungary, Brazil, India, Poland, the list goes on.
I find it hard to put into words the degree of contempt I have developed for the anti-lockdown brigade in the right-wing press. Just the most appalling, irresponsible, self-serving, morally bankrupt Luddite delinquents.
Think of the NHS staff right now. Burned out, sometimes traumatised, working all hours, putting themselves at risk to keep the health service running. And all we have to do is stay at fucking home and not contribute to the problem.
But instead these loudmouth gobshites sit there actively trying to diminish public trust, which could lead to more people breaking the rules, which could lead to the NHS breaking. Pumping out their delusional horseshit in the mistaken that it somehow makes them interesting.
There's a tragic irony to Johnson's love of Churchill.
When Churchill became prime minister, he said: "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat". He was honest about the severity of the situation and what it entailed. He didn't pretend everything would magically be alright.
Johnson's approach is the exact opposite. He runs from bad news like a dog from fireworks. He invents nonsense timetables by which everything will be fine.
Lovely first few days of the year watching films, lazing about, reading newspapers in bed, cooking good food, drinking good wine, going on walks, playing records, sprawling out on the floor and reading comics.
A few days ago I was rather struggling with lock-down: missing pubs, restaurants, friends, work, the general bustle of a busy life.
I find it helps, if you can, to actively lower your expectations: to reset and limit your emotional bandwidth into assuming that home, and the nice things you can do in it, is all there is.
If the NHS breaks in the next few weeks - and sensible, well informed people are worrying about precisely that - it'll be because the government's failef to do what was necessary in the last two weeks and two coming ones.
And still the idiot masochist conspiracy theorists spew out their disinformation in the pages of supposedly respectable right wing newspapers, magazines and radio stations.
Utterly fucking incapable of grasping the reality of the situation or the human cost of their lies.