Coffee Day 2024

There has been little desire to maintain Notes, given the ongoing personal existential crisis. So, a brief update is in order on this momentous Coffee Day.

Sleep deprivation continues, much of the latter caused by the ongoing heatwave. Sometimes the affliction is caused by external events. About 12:15am on Sunday, the fire alarm in the “old folks home” in Waikiki was triggered, most likely, by a senile senior citizen cooking (read: burning) food with the mausoleum’s door open. Naturally, the useless resident manager never responds to such incidents. Instead, everyone in the building must wait for the Fire Department to arrive and reset the alarm.

At 4am on Thursday, four police vehicles were observed parked in the “old folks home” parking lot. An ambulance arrived silently (i.e., no siren), but later caused a major disturbance with its OSHA reverse alarm. Perhaps another decrepit senior citizen has passed on. Oh well. And, there’s always the mangy mutt barking away in the wee hours of the morning.

Heart palpitations and irregular heartbeats seem to be correlated with sleep deprivation. The reduction of coffee, carbohydrate, sugar, and sodium derivatives intake does not appear to make any difference. Obviously, there is absolutely no consumption of alcoholic beverages anymore.

After ten days, the skin anomaly caused by the Watch Series 9 cleared up (or healed). The device was powered on and worn during the day. All of the device’s sensors are disabled. The Watch Series 9 is then powered down at night. If contact dermatitis is the culprit, then the skin reaction should reappear. Otherwise, the skin anomaly was probably a burn caused by a sensor malfunction. The investigation will continue. For now, the Watch is just a watch.

The iPad Pro M4 is still powered down and has accrued only one battery charge cycle. Essentially, it has been relegated to temporary deprecation status just like the AirPods Pro 2 and Watch Series 9 (and, possibly, the Beats® Pill). Sheesh!

There have been no late afternoon or evening outings to the International Marketplace. What would be the point? The latter policy will remain in effect until the new Target® store opens towards the end of October.

Coffee Day will still be celebrated, even with the current limited consumption of the delicious beverage. There is much gratitude that coffee can still be consume at all. Coffee is the only personal “vice” remaining, so it must be treasured.

Addendum: Dehydration caused by caffeine (diuretic) appears to be highly correlated to the heart anomalies.

Miscellany: The ZenRadio account was mummified. The Beats® Pill is best served with House Music.