Condensed Thoughts

I feel like I'm not very good at being eloquent or using my words too great but I feel like I have to say something about the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. I'm truly heartbroken. This year has already has so much bad horrible stuff and yet somehow this was something I did not see coming at all. I felt totally blindsided by the news of Justice Ginsburg's passing. While it may be a little thing in the scope of all the other tragedy of 2020 (what's one person's death when compared to 200,000? Or compared to the ongoing murders of black people? Or the atrocities committed at the border? or climate change? or? or? or?), it really feels like the straw that breaks the camel's back. I mean, on the one hand, it is just one person. And yet, Ruth Bader Ginsburg did more for me as a woman. I have so many more rights and freedoms because of her. Her work made a difference in my life and for that I will forever be grateful.  On the other hand this opens the door for so much

It's hotter than ever!! Here's some actual footage of LA this weekend (credit to Henrique for this clip) We've put up some blankets on our windows and it's been more effective at keeping the heat out so far than we could have ever dreamed (but being in the dark all day is kind of depressing). We also went hiking saturday before all the national forest were closed from the fires and we went to the boy scout mountain (which is coincidentally a small part of the PCT!). That sign on the horizon (apparently unreachable from any trail) indicates we were in the Sheep Mountain Wilderness in the Angeles National Forest. Why that sign is way out there no one may ever know LOOK AT THIS TINY LIZARD WOWOWOWOW  Anyway here's what I've been up to these last couple weeks, just reading I guess Reading The Untold Story of Otto Warmbier, American Hostage - GQ Wikihistory - Tor The Violence Could Get Much Worse - The Atlantic* To Manage Wildfire, California Looks To What Tribes