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i think the weirdest thing about the shelter-in-place has been the nightly howl, which i forget about every night until i’m walking my dog and the neighbors just suddenly start fucking howling.

see, we all live literally miles from each other; with the shelter in place in effect, most of us never see other humans FOR DAYS besides the ones we live with.  so my neighbors decided we should just howl— like dogs— every night at approximately the same time to ‘encourage community bonding and release tension’.

it’s also a useful reminder that everyone is still alive. i’m not sure what we’re supposed to do if we notice a howler is missing.

at least one neighbor suggested, “hey, maybe we should just set up a telephone tree instead” but was soundly called off because “listen, we all moved to the mountains because we don’t want to talk to other human beings, we’re just going to howl instead”.

i vote that once a country becomes quarantine literally any outfit becomes fair game. if you have to leave your house, do it in a cloak, cape, leather jacket, full suit of armor. it’s pandemic time and i for one believe pandemic time deserves a Look. I want people to study this moment not only for history but for fashion. 

the best way to avoid corona virus is to have an outfit that slaps so hard that everyone gives you one full meter of awed and respectful distance 

I work in an airport. A few days ago a man came into the departure hall wearing

He looked like a modern au plague doctor, both ominous and awesome, and I salute him for going all in on the social distancing aesthetic.