So fandoms associate today with Star Wars and also Arrested Development's Cinco de Cuarto fake holiday, but I didn't realize that people on Bluesky would also note today as the date of Holmes's presumed death at Reichenbach Falls. I mean, I've been a Sherlock Holmes fan for decades, since middle school, but this date in "Final Problem" never really stood out to me; plus the idea to celebrate a death date, let alone a fake death date, is weird to me. I'd rather celebrate when Holmes returned in "Empty House." Now that I think about it, I did write one Holmes/Watson story where he calls May 4th "our unhappy anniversary" as he's trying to apologize for deceiving Watson. But other than that, I didn't hold onto May 4th in the context of Holmes. But happy May 4th, whichever fandoms apply to you. I'm sure non-geeks were celebrating Cinco de Mayo early this weekend.
Hooray for the great election results in Canada and Australia! I was also glad for the May Day protests everywhere. Has Elon Musk left DOGE yet? He said he was leaving in May. Meanwhile, Trump is claiming he can defund NPR and PBS with an executive order. Republicans have been after PBS forever. I hope they don't succeed.
The past few days I had vivid dreams that I suddenly had a perfect plot point for a story and was trying to write it down, only to wake up. So yeah, I don't think I'll be able to write fic any time soon. I am sad about Jill Sobule's recent death. I knew her from her song Too Cool to Fall In Love playing on the radio, and then I got her album and liked those songs too. I hope she didn't suffer too much in the fire. Maybe the smoke got her before the fire itself?
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