#therona

[pugsandfrenchbulldogs]

[poetrythreesixfive]

The Rona

Once upon a long year dreary, as I pondered weak and weary

over many a curiously crazy story of political lore

about the insanely fraudulent scheming, it felt like I was dreaming

that some crooked, reality show con-artist boor

had become the president of this American shore—

           it had to be a dream, and nothing more.

Ah, unwitting and unwary, I remember it was February

and the freezing snows had not yet melted outdoors

when in quiet winter stillness we first heard of some strange illness,

some new viral illness spreading on a distant shore,

a novel corona virus infecting the distant Chinese shore—    

           and certainly not here, forevermore.

And the crazy quick outrageous spread of the disease contagious

thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before,

so that now, to still the racing of my mind I began pacing,

wondering if this foreign agent would come knocking on my door,

if this deadly, infectious agent would slither underneath my door—

           and kill us all, and nothing more.

Not to mention, conclusions foregone, in the white house sat a moron,

(and if you are a Republican, your forgiveness I implore)

but intellectually, he was napping; and his hair was always flapping,

flapping in the wind that emitted from his mouth forevermore,

ignoring figures, facts and reality itself forevermore—

           this is the truth, and nothing more.

Deep into this quandary peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing,

doubting that this administration full of idiots galore

could possibly save us in case of crisis, from terrorists like ISIS

let alone a pandemic that threatened to spread to our shore,

for anything resembling reality they tended to ignore—

           yet their loyal base continued to adore.

Back into my chamber turning, my feverish forehead burning,

little did I know the Rona had already crossed my door,

had entered our unwary nation by the thousands on vacation

flying into airports and entering unscreened by scores,

pouring into the population, spreading the virus galore—

           unscathed we were, nevermore.          

Open here I flung the shutter to get some air and loudly utter,

“What did you expect from a man who is a cretin at his core?”

who had left us drained and weary with his nutty conspiracy theories

of how the virus was a Chinese hoax and nothing more,

or a plan by democrats to make him look bad, or so he swore—

           and dismissed it all, forevermore.

But the Rona stepped in anyway, ignoring him, and was here to stay,

for the cretin’s cartoonish, buffoonish tweets little relevancy bore,

for we cannot help agreeing, no living, stable, thinking being

ever saw a president quite so petty at his rotten core,

so pompous and tyrannical at his obviously shallow core—

           who refused the truth forevermore.

And the Rona spread, beguiling all the victims who weren’t smiling,

circulating from mouth to mouth with every sniff and cough and snore,

and not the least exception made he, not a minute stopped or stayed he

but infected every lad and lady from Atlantic to Pacific shore,

and perched above the busts of Washington and Lincoln and more—

           and conquered America forevermore.

Much I marveled at this insanely infectious bug that so plainly

cared not for political party, creed, class, race, location, or

whether or not you believe it existed, or how much you resisted,

a ghastly, grim, and virulent Rona from a distant Asian shore,

who could be stopped by simply wearing a mask inside the store—

           but some would not forevermore.

So the scientists spread the word, and every rational person heard

that if you simply kept your distance and wore mask in the store

and every time you encountered folks, for this virus was no joke,

we could stamp it out like other plagues that had come before,

stop its communal spread within weeks and shut the door—

           but some would not listen forevermore.

Startled by the ignorance broken by advice so aptly spoken

some idiots instead listened to their witless leader they adored,

attending maskless parties and rallies, and no one keeping tallies

of who was infecting whom, spreading the Rona around galore,

and hundreds of thousands perished from shore to anguished shore—

           and the Rona continued forevermore.

And then it started spreading faster, and unmerciful disaster

dispersed across the entire land to nearly every single door,

until the hospitals were flooded, yet the Rona, so cold-blooded,

continued its march unimpeded like an invading force at war,

until one day there appeared a vaccine for which we did implore—

           and the Rona was invincible nevermore.

Then, methought, the air grew lighter, for the vaccine was a fighter

ready to knock out the Rona and kick its ass across the floor,

Savior! I cried, hope has lent thee, by science God has sent thee

to save us from the relentless Rona that had conquered our shores,

but whose virulent ass the vaccine would kick out the door—

           and eradicate forevermore.

Be that word our sign of parting, viral fiend! I screamed upstarting,

get thee back to thy dark, infectious hell-spawn shore,

leave no spore as a token of all the lives you have broken,

leave us alone and never again knock upon our nation’s door,

take your wheezing, feverish hands off our folks and find the door,

           and get thee gone forevermore.

But the Rona, never quitting, still is sitting, still is sitting

on the minds and memories of all those affected from before,

and that time has all the seeming of a nightmare we were dreaming

and the aftereffect will forever throw its shadow on the floor,

and the soul of our nation from out that shadow

           shall be lifted nevermore.

                          -G.J. Filip, 12/2020

                           2020 was the 175th anniversary of Poe’s ‘The Raven’

[ashymcgee]

What ever you are hearing in the media isn't true. . It is extremely peaceful. There is a lot of graffiti but that is only within the Chaz. . Other than that, everyone is calm. No broken glass. The park has been converted to a tent town where those who have time sleep in the Chaz. . It is extremely organized with medics, volunteers, donation stations and clean up crews. There are gardens. There are vendors selling food and other items. There are corners where you can eat for free. . In contrast, because I'm about balance, the cops were peaceful despite the growing crowd of protesters 'oinking' and screaming 'pig'. There also were some very entitled protesters who felt like their whiteness should allow them to take over speeches and demand praise for their time. . I call them 'Hippy Hanks' and 'Hippy Hillaries'. My dreadlocks was a beacon for them and the followed me around, trying to get me to go do whatever public facing task would give them 'color cred'. Obvious, I did not, but it did sadden me that white privilege couldn't take a back seat. Not even in The Chaz. . One of the humorous moments was seeing quarantined tech bros walking their dogs and trying to pick up Protestor chicks. Yes. It was like Grub Hub for Hoes. If she was wearing Burning Man jeggings and had green hair, you saw the Tech Bros introducing their golden retriever to them. . All in all, it was an interesting experience. It was cool to see the white people who did not want praise spouting off history and rattling off police brutality statistics. . It was cool to see people cleaning up after themselves and policing themselves. Note: You can be kicked out of The Chaz if you're an asshole. . I can see why Trump is terrified. If this is what happens when people govern, feed and care for themselves, then what do we need him, or the police, for? . #coronavirus #therona #quarantinebae #stayathome #covid19 #seattle #blackgirlmagic #chaz #capitolhill #blm #georgefloyd #spd (at CHAZ) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBTtpV8Diqa/?igshid=1ndet8q64skg2

[jdmndrifting]

#nissan #s14 #frlegends #driftcar #drifting #itsokay #slapsticker #cambergang #stance #therona #quarantinelife https://www.instagram.com/p/B-cxd_PFnpS/?igshid=ylrnqg28wfxa

[climbingtrees]

Sometimes you just gotta jab the Rona in the face, amirite

[maydave]

I joined Tumblr 10 years ago

And I found that in one of my first posts I did this A-Z quiz... Let’s compare. Then and now!

(2010/2020)

A

- Available: Yup / Still yep - Age: 20. / 30 (O.O) - Animal: Zebra. / Bees

B - Birthday: April 7th.  - Best weather: Cold and/or Cloudy /Still cold or cloudy - Been on stage?: Yes  - Believe in magic: Very Much! :) / Yes, magic and energy - Believe in God: Yup / Believe there is something bigger than us, whatever you want to call it - Believe in Santa: Not anymore. haha 

C - Candy: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups / Dark Chocolate Truffles - Color: Green /Green & Turquoise - Chinese/Mexican: Mexican /Mexican! FOREVER - Cake or pie: Cake /Pie - Cheese: Gouda / Blue Cheese (Though I currently do not eat dairy anymore)

D - Day or Night: Night / Night - Dance in the rain?: Yup. / Yes

E - Eggs: Fried. / Scrambled - Eyes: Brown :) - Ever failed a class?: NEVER! / NEVER HAVE, NEVER WILL

F - First crush: A kid in my kindergarden class - First thoughts waking up: 5 more minutes? / I gotta pee... I want COFFEE  - Food: Sushi <3 / Noodles (In every way)

G - Greatest fear: Being Abducted by Aliens or failing school -.- / Losing another loved one - Goals: Be as good as I can / Be happy - Gum: Peppermint / Cinnamon or peppermint

- Get along with your parents: Yes, very much so. / Actually gotten closer to them - Good luck charm: Don’t have one / Positive attitude!

H - Hair color: “Golden Brown” :) / Redhead - Height: 5’6 / I am actually 5′5″ lol - Happy: Most of the time / I strive to be every day - Holiday: Christmas :) / Still Christmas, though I have not really celebrated it well in a while - How do you want to die: Asleep / Peacefully

I - Ice cream: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough / Pistachio - Instrument: Violin / I always have wanted to learn to play the Violin (I love it’s sound). Though I am currently learning how to play the Ukelele! 

J - Jewellery: Long Necklaces / Small, and fun earrings - Job: Dream Job? Designer for Music Industry, right now? Assistant Designer at a firm. /I am a professional chef, though I still do some graphic design.

K - Kids: 2 at max I guess / Not really in my life plans

- Kickboxing or karate: Kickboxing / KUNG FU - Keep a journal: Nope / Never have been good at it...

L - Love: Music <3 and my fam and friends / Music, food, traveling, concerts, my family, and my friends <3 - Laughed so hard you cried: Many times / MANY MORE TIMES

M - Milk flavor: Vanilla / French Vanilla (gotta be more fancy!) - Movie: Grease / I have no idea, to be honest... - Mooned anyone: Nope. XD / No, no, no - Marriage: One day I guess / Not really in my plans. If it happens, cool, if not, cool was well. - Motion sickness: Nope / Not really, though it has happened!

N - Number of siblings: 1 / Still one (that I know of) - Number of piercings: 4 2 on each earlobe :S / 2... two of them closed off - Number: 7 / 7

O - Overused Phrases: lol, LMAO, “In fact” / LOL, fuck, Meh, shit

- One wish: Meet Simple Plan / (I HAVE MET THEM!! - 12 times now) I wish to find the right place for me.

P - Place you’d like to live: Canada / London, Montreal or San Francisco (My 3 favorite cities in the world) - Perfect Pizza: Pepperoni, Mushrooms, Ham and Onion / Mushroom, onion, bell peppers, and a bit of garlic. - Pepsi/Coke: Coke / Coke

Q - Questionnaires: Are a way to pass time / I wonder why I still do them

R - Reason to cry: Stress / STRESS - Reality T.V.: Not into it / Not my thing still... - Radio station: Idobi “Music that doesn’t suck” :) / I still listen to Idobi! haha for the podcasts mostly... but I mostly now listen to “The Beatles Channel”  & “Pop Rocks” on Sirius :) - Roll your tongue in a circle: Tongue Taco!  - Ring Size: 10 XD / 7... My fingers are thinner now, I guess?

S - Song: Right now its “The Rhythm of Love” - Plain White T’s / Currently,  “Where I Belong” - Simple Plan & State Champs (Feat. We The Kings) - Shoe size: 10, 10 ½ / 10 - Salad dressing: Cesar or Ranch / Caesar or sesame/ginger - Sushi: <3 Sushi wa totemo oishi desu! Watashi wa sushi wa totemo suki desu! / (WTF) I like nigiris: Salmon, yellowtail, scallops or toro (though I no longer eat fish! I still cannot deny those are/were my favorites) - Skipped school: Never! Ok 3 times the same class, and 2 of them I fell asleep / During culinary school I did skip a few, I was the top student, and I lived 8 mins away from school, so I knew my limits on absences and sometimes slept in and missed one or simply did not go... - Slept outside: Yup / Even camped outside a venue once... - Shower daily?:  Yes :) / Still yes. - Sing well?: So so / Not too good, but I try - In the shower?: yes / Full on concerts - Strawberries/Blueberries: Strawberries / Raspberries!

T - Time for bed: Lately 1-2 am :p / Usually 10-11 PM. Because of Rona... back to 1-2 AM  - Thunderstorms: Rule! (except when the lights go off, no internet D:) / Still marvelous. - TV: I don’t watch much, but i do like Series DVD sets! / Don’t really watch much still... - Touch your tongue to your nose: Nope / No, still can’t

U - Unpredictable: Sort of / I am pretty predictable, to be honest.

V - Vegetable you hate: Cauliflower / (I really like cauliflower now) I still dislike broccoli a bit. - Vacation spot: Orlando, Florida / (HA! I was there a month ago...) Going back to Cabo is now the spot.

W - Weakness: My dad and mum / My mom, and my friends - Wanted to be a model: Once for Torrid :3 / That was an opportunity I missed, but nope, not really a wish of mine. - Which one of your friends acts the most like you: Isaac, we are such losers / Still Isaac, though Mara is a close second. - Who makes you laugh the most: Isaac / All my friends. - Worst weather: extreme HEAT / Fucking heat...

X - X-rays: Many times / Many MORE times

Y - Year it is now: 2010 / 2020 - Yellow: By Coldplay rocks! / Sill a good song LOL

Z - Zoo animal: Zebras / Elephants and Zebras (still) - Zodiac sign: Aries 

[geekbroll]

Disney has finally gotten around to bumping the dates for the Pixar movie Soul, and the Disney animated movie Raya And The Last Dragon. Soul moves from June 19 2020 to November 20 2020. (Opposite Godzilla vs Kong, and a week before No Time To Die) Raya And The Last Dragon moves from November 25 2020 to March 12 2021. Between Bond and Soul, seems likely that Godzilla vs Kong will move to 2021. Also my guess is that Disney will drop New Mutants as soon as theaters reopen with little or no publicity. Either people will flock to it because it's the only game in town or they will stay home because theaters were opened too soon. #COVID19 #therona #coronavirus #doul #pixarsoul #soulpixar #rayaandthelastdragon #gvsk #godzillavskong #NewMutants #disney #disneyplus #disneypixar #007 #jamesbond #notimetodie (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-7-oqzBCcO/?igshid=1g9nc4lh1j50m

[theorangelinepoet]

Y’all have any paper towels?