CNN 10

At school, we have to watch CNN10. It's about ten minutes worth of world news with some trivia and human interest stories. Sometimes there's a focus on science, sometimes it's politics and once in a while food or art. Today there was a special segment on professional Japanese mochi makers. It was very cool.

I was mainly with our wheelchair assisted student today so I got to go to his film class and watch half of Casablanca. Unfortunately, he wasn't sounding like he was feeling well so we left early to wait for the other student in the hall where it was more calm and quiet before going to the nurse for afternoon changing.

Remember Doc Martin? It's like one of my top favorite shows ever since I discovered it but it was off the air for over a year so I thought (or had read) that it was canceled. Well, not canceled, but had been brought to its inevitable conclusion in the last season finale. However, there is a season eight and it's all done and I am contentedly on episode three currently.

I accidentally eavesdropped on a young woman in the theater saying to her friend that she wasn't conventionally attractive enough to be preyed upon by a random creep. I thought about it and then decided I had to say something lest she go around thinking that to be true so I apologized for interrupting and gave her an off the cuff mini-speech about how predators work based on my years of experience watching shows, reading books, and living life, and also let her know that she was quite beautiful. And I suggested she could take a free women/teen self-defense class to feel confident. She could even take it with her mom who was the one (I overheard this part) who was concerned with her walking by herself. I think I know enough to give a talk to classes about the subject. Maybe I should volunteer as an assistant to the women's self-defense classes. I am really grateful that they provide them for free and that I got to take two of them.

Another very rainy day. More celebrities and politicians accused of sexual abuse and harassment in the news. Still no word from our neighbor who moved suddenly and asked us to pack up some stuff for her. I am going to contact someone she had call me once and see if they know anything about the situation. There's a horrific human slave trade of refugees from Nigeria in Libya according to a CNN news report, it's terrifying and I am grateful to be living here and be free as I can be. Peace to you.

NOte: Today is the 19th and this was supposed to have posted on the 16th.