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The Bug of Ennui
Mar. 13th, 2021 06:24 pmI appear to have been struck by a bug of ennui; listlessness, dissatisfaction, lack of excitement. Certainly, I am going through the motions of normal behaviour. I'm back into my regular exercise régime post-operation, I am keeping up with my studies and especially my teaching, although I must say the student participation from the University of Rojava is less than optimal. I'm putting together the final touches of RPG Review issues 50 and 51, although I am still waiting on a couple of scenario articles from other authors. I've also found myself in a graduate teaching course at UniMelb for teaching online delivery, even though I'm not formally enrolled; something about professional development. I'm also about half-way through an article on modern monetary theory because that's the sort of thing I do for fun. Perhaps it is like a pregnant pause, as I have some rather exciting events coming up in the coming week (settlement on my apartment, forum with the breaker of the Zodiac cipher), and all I have to do this week is relatively mundane in comparison, going through the motions of my usual activities with very few exciting and unique activities. Given this reflection, it is probable that I will shake this bug in the next day or two.
Certainly at least part of this feeling comes from what is the utterly dire situation in Australian Federal politics. The past two months have witnessed multiple shocking revelations of sexual misconduct and rape by multiple Australian politicians and their staff. The Prime Minister resists multiple calls for an inquiry into the allegations of rape against the Attorney-General, Christian Porter, and has gone so far to describe Porter as innocent. Apparently, Morrison is a member of the "Big Swinging Dicks group in the Federal LP, designed to prevent women from attaining power; The results are self-evident. Then there's the debacle of the SARS-COV-19 vaccine roll-out in Australia. The Federal government made the orders for vaccines, and promised that 4 million Australians would be vaccinated by the end of March (so far it's 14,169), and everyone by October.
Certainly at least part of this feeling comes from what is the utterly dire situation in Australian Federal politics. The past two months have witnessed multiple shocking revelations of sexual misconduct and rape by multiple Australian politicians and their staff. The Prime Minister resists multiple calls for an inquiry into the allegations of rape against the Attorney-General, Christian Porter, and has gone so far to describe Porter as innocent. Apparently, Morrison is a member of the "Big Swinging Dicks group in the Federal LP, designed to prevent women from attaining power; The results are self-evident. Then there's the debacle of the SARS-COV-19 vaccine roll-out in Australia. The Federal government made the orders for vaccines, and promised that 4 million Australians would be vaccinated by the end of March (so far it's 14,169), and everyone by October.
