Queen’s Gambit

Qualifying for the vaccine, rural vs. urban living, hiking in Benicia, celebrating Lunar New Year in lieu of Valentine's Day, rolling a coin over your knuckles, Trump's second impeachment acquittal, finishing "The Queen's Gambit" on Netflix, being less enamored with it than others seem to be, the serious portrayal of chess, likely inspiring a generation of female chess players, watching "Movie 43" under the influence, living under the yoke of smoking cigarettes as a teenager, the potentially cool but ultimately disappointing movie "Looper," Dostoevsky's "Notes from a Dead House," faking a translation, struggling to retain information, being cooler as a kid, disappointing others as a consequence of knowing yourself better, and the value of doing what you need to do for yourself. Music by Disasterpeace.