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It's been a while since I did a thefridayfive

1. Do you plan to watch the Oscars broadcast this Sunday?

No--too long and boring IMHO.

2. Have you seen many of this year's Oscar-nominated films?

No, because we haven't been to a movie theatre since 2019.

3. Which movie is your pick for Best Picture?

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4. What are some of your other picks to win Oscars?

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5. What is your favorite movie of all time?

Too many to really name, but if I had to pick five, they would be: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, Ladyhawke, The Party, Blade Runner, and The Fifth Element.

Borrowed from LJ user spacefem

1. Are you an Essential Worker?
No. I can still work remotely, however.

2. How many drinks have you had since the quarantine started?
Zero...we don't drink alcohol.

3. If you have kids... Are they driving you nuts?
We don't have kids, but we do have a teenage cockatiel and that's like having a perpetual toddler.

4. What new hobby have you taken up during this?
None really--I'm working from home and am just keeping up with my regular hobbies.

5. How many grocery runs have you done?
We try to go once a week.

6. What are you spending your stimulus check on?
No Trumpbucks here--we're Canadian :-)

7. Do you have any special occasions that you will miss during this quarantine?
The Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo was cancelled. We couldn't celebrate hub's birthday...

8. Are you keeping your housework done?
Yup! I have a twice daily helper that comes to medicate one of the birds and I have to keep things super clean for everyone.

9. What movie have you watched during this quarantine?
Check out my movies and TV tags!

10. What are you streaming with?
Netflix, YouTube and TuneIn.

11. 9 months from now is there any chance of you having a baby?
Nope nope nope nope

12. What's your go-to quarantine meal?
Frozen dinners :-D

13. What month do you predict this all ends?
My area is supposed to peak in mid-May. I'm guessing life should be semi-normal by September.

14. Have you run out of toilet paper and hand sanitizer?
Nope! We had a 50 roll pack in the basement and somehow we had a stash of 70 and 90% alcohol.

15. Do you have enough food to last a month?
Yup. It may not be the engaging food, but we can be fed.

16. What did you do to prepare for the quarantine?
Bought some extra food, but not a whole lot.

17. What didn't you do for the quarantine?
I think we covered all the bases.

18. Are you preparing for a second wave to hit?
Not at this moment.

19. What are you most upset about?
It sounds dumb, but no longer having a regular routine and having to build a new one. First my auto-pilot was broken and that caused some mental distress. It will get better!

20. What are you most grateful for?
Our health and shelter and the arrival of spring!

I'm back at art college, although technically it is a university now! My first class yesterday was great. Our first mission for next week is to find some used clothing we can repurpose. The title of the class is Selvedge/Salvage. A selvedge, in fibre terms, is the manufactured edge of fabric that looks like a tape. It's meant to kept the fabric from unravelling and is usually discarded.

One of the cool things about this class is that it involves material culture. I took a material culture class five years ago and loved loved loved it. Demystifying the how and why of everyday objects is so cool and we especially take clothing for granted. We buy it, we wear it, we wash it, we mend it, we thrift it, we discard it...clothing is extremely personal. The instructor handed out a questionnaire for us to think about our clothing habits. My answers are under the cut.

Strangely enough, the clothing and fashion industry, particularly fast fashion, is a major polluter and exploiter of cheap labour. Thinking about our choices and changing our behaviour can make a world of difference to someone who has to live next to a polluted waterway or struggles to make pennies an hour.

• How often to you shop for clothes?


• Do you wear second hand clothes?


• Where do you shop for clothes?


• Do you have a favourite retail store?


• Is there a retail store(s) you avoid?


• Are you drawn to specific fabrics or colours?


• Do you mend anything?


• Do you modify any of your clothing?


• How often do you wash your clothes?


• Do you use a dry cleaner?


• Do you use a dryer?


• How long do your clothes last?


• How old is your oldest piece of clothing?


• Would you pay more for better quality, longer lasting clothing?


• Do you have a favourite piece that you care for more than others?


• How many pieces of clothing do you have?

( My answers )

A friend needs a couple of more answers for her bird quiz! The deets:

List as many birds as you know from memory. No looking in books, the internet or anything else. Just list as many birds that you know. There are no right or wrong answers as long as they are birds. Exctinct birds are also allowed. Comments will be screened (no cheating from the person above you)

How could I not resist?

( The Big Read )

( Yoinked from taeha )

Apparently these are the movies I'm supposed to like. I can only find 3 on the list that I've seen, but only because I'm not a huge movie watcher.

damewindhunde's is a lot better than mine...I never get the fun answers!