Saturday, October 03, 2020

September Review

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This is the September review, live from lockdown v4.2 - the stages are counting up now.


The lockdown diary:

  • The first days under 100
  • Estimated we're going to be trapped inside the state until Christmas
  • Some more excellent new phrases
    • Deadliest day yet
    • Open up
    • Stubborn case numbers
    • The lowest day since X
    • The X hasn't been this low since Y
  • The lockdown was extended by 2 weeks
    • But really it's 6 weeks because the first change is so insignificant
    • Still trapped inside 5km radius - even 7.5km would have been something
    • Extended to 2 hours of exercise at least
  • The new plan has incredibly strict requirements to reduce restrictions
    • Some NSW wouldn't meet today but have nowhere near the same rules
    • 5 cases per day will be a long way off
  • Regional Victoria is moving forwards now, that's one more place we can't go
  • People getting too excited once the average reached 50
    • The next step provides nothing and still have to wait over a week for the checkpoint
  • Daily reports continue to provide almost no information about active and new cases compared to NSW
  • Easily under the 30-50 target
    • Why not just call it 50
  • Everyone interviewed for the hotel inquiry could not remember anything
  • Got stuck in the 40s for a while, but finally started back down towards 10 a day
  • Government continue to deny any:
    • Areas for improvement
    • Past problems


Back to the usual.

Another pretty good month of running, although lots of small injuries kept popping up. A couple of good training sessions running just under 3:50/km for 8-9 kilometres, but would like to start progressing that to under 3:45/km some time. Had a good 5 x 1 kilometre session on the bike path, even though it's not an ideal place for sessions and not completely flat.

Hit a few new record weeks - 94km, 94km, 95km - but don't want to risk an injury to try and break 100km too soon. I hoped to transition into some new shoes during the month, but my old Nike Structure 21 have managed to last through to 900 kilometres. I have several pairs that are around 500 kilometres, so hopefully in another couple of months I'll be able to start on 3-4 new pairs, I'm not sure if the difference will be that noticeable.


A bad month in shares with hardly any recovery days, lost something like 10% in a week, then A2 Milk crashed 15% by itself.


Some more activity in sports again.

  • AFL
    • Carlton miss the finals again - no surprises
    • MCG misses out on the grand final - also not a big surprise but disappointing
    • Lots of low scoring games still at the end of season - even considering the shorter quarters
  • EPL
    • Somehow they are back even with the virus increasing in England, hope it can continue
    • Manchester United came into the season with a bad start, and minimal player transfers
  • NBA
    • Disappointing finals series so far except for Boston vs. Toronto perhaps
    • Haven't had much opportunity to watch while working because been too busy
  • NFL
    • Struggle to keep up with the highlights, don't finish watching until late in the week


The to do list is still quiet:
  • Laptop
    • Haven't concluded on a laptop to replace the outdated tablet yet
  • TV
    • Found some suitable 43 inch televisions that would be suitable size
    • The main problem is the standard legs are wide with every product
    • I'll need to buy a separate stand to attach instead


Slightly less busy at work for a change, after getting through a lot of overdue development work on the weekends. Back to doing designs again.


That's it for this month.
  • Books
    • None
  • Movies
    • None
  • Music
    • None
  • TV
    • All Or Nothing - Tottenham
      • Great presentation and lots of access to the players and staff
      • 10 out of 10
    • Hard Knocks
      • Probably the worst season
      • Ruined by all the focus on the virus and no preseason games
      • 4 out of 10
    • Last Chance U season 5
      • Not as good as previous seasons, the team didn't do so well either
      • 6 out of 10
    • Manifest season 2
      • Doesn't seem to be going anywhere now
      • 6 out of 10
    • Sick Of It season 2
      • It was alright but only six episodes
      • 6 out of 10
    • The Last Man On Earth season 3-4
      • Not as good as the first two seasons
      • 5 out of 10
  • Video Games
    • Xbox One
      • Fallout 4
        • Good fun wandering around and shooting things
        • The variation of enemies becomes quite limited though
        • It also takes too long to increase levels, and there's too many level upgrades

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