Porthole

What won't be.

The song that won't win Eurovision '21:



The Norwegian teeny-boppers instead chose what imho is a very bland song. Tix will present "Fallen Angel". International reaction is that Norway will be shut out of the final this year by choosing the wrong song.

One comment was interesting. It suggested the Tix won because of social media presence. Could be. This has been lamented by authors trying to get published. No proven media presence? Don't bother us.

Marketing has always been an issue in the arts, along with racism and classism. Gatekeepers, as it were, jealously guard their domain.

36 degrees at 10:40 p.m. Other sad news. I knew it was the 21st but I wasn't sure which day of the week it was. Everything got thrown out of whack this past year and for me it's not back to normal in any way, shape or form.

I'm going to join the class on Steampunk. Blimprider suggests I have no clue... and maybe I don't, but I hope I learn something beyond my comfort zone. One reason why I signed up was because I still have no travel plans.

38 pale grey degrees of gloom. Almost noon. Finished my first coffee. That does count?

The bball saga continues. The women's games of Jane Doe versus Betty White is so predictable. I love Betty but poor plain Jane has no chance. It's as if she were purposely invited so the sorority girls could make fun of her. Maybe if women's basketball were played more seriously on the high-school level it would help with depth. Regardless, the really talented women could play on the best men's teams. Spoke too soon. BYU (11) won in the first upset. And Wright State (13) in a thriller! Now Belmont (12).

In men's bball: Oregon (7) with the upset. USC (6) over Kansas [I called this one].

42 and a stray ray of sunshine at 1:23.

Gasoline is $2.64/gallon. It's gone up a bit. I keep track in my journal because I see the sign out my window. Silly when one considers that I don't have a car; but, like the weather, it keeps me oriented to when and where I am.

New weekly goals:

write at least 2 postcards (and mail them!) and make 1 phone call to family.
find the photos to what I wrote in Journalistic Intentions for possible trinkets.
write in my hand-written journal every day.
enter 3 contests and not stress if I have to give up on the others. (wrote some)
read! I've neglected this goal for a couple weeks.

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