{"id":34768,"date":"2023-10-16T08:25:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T12:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/2023\/10\/16\/payphone-tour-video-and-some-morning-prattle.html"},"modified":"2023-10-16T08:25:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T12:25:28","slug":"payphone-tour-video-and-some-morning-prattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/2023\/10\/16\/payphone-tour-video-and-some-morning-prattle.html","title":{"rendered":"Payphone Tour Video, and Some Morning Prattle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some surprises, some failures on this tour of Manhattan&#8217;s last publically-accessible pay telephones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B7B9ThPP5Ps?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sitting in the break room, by the air conditioner, freezing my ass off, teeth are almost chattering. But I like it. This week, for the first time since taking this job, I get 5 straight days off. In the past I&#8217;ve requested consecutive days off but was rejected so regularly that I quit asking. I did squeeze a couple of 4-day breaks, but those did not go well, and felt like no time off at all. So I&#8217;m looking forward to Wednesday through Sunday away from this place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am, truly, feeling the lure of going back to my Bohemian life. I just have to find a way to afford being able to do it again. This job, for all its merits, fails to pay a living wage. My income is well below the official New York City poverty line. But I am feeling motivated to pursue other options in addition to this job. So we shall see. I&#8217;m becoming a true Beekeeper, with multiple hobbies and multiple jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking of Beekeeper status, I spent far more time than a growed-ass man should scrolling through TikTok yesterday. It&#8217;s not as daffy and twitchy as I remember from a previous tour, where I could not seem to shake titty-teasing teens and obviously staged &#8220;accidents&#8221; or police encounters. Things seem more real now, with good NYC vibes if you know where to look for them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before and after yesterday&#8217;s payphone stramble I spent time organizing and re-encoding some of the endless quantity of stuff I grabbed from Usenet. It is not the best use of my time but then what is? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I learned yesterday that I will not be allowed to upgrade to future versions of Premiere Pro because my processor is lacking. This comes just a couple of weeks before my subscription expires, or renews, depending how I decide to go. I&#8217;ve tried most if not all of the open source video edtor alternatives and none of them work for me. Either they encode at glacial speeds or they crash without even a dialogue box telling you it crashed or their keyboard shortcuts are sorely lacking. I downloaded DaVinci Resolve last night and will try it this week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have to be at work now. Yay. A 2-day week. I&#8217;ll take that.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some surprises, some failures on this tour of Manhattan&#8217;s last publically-accessible pay telephones. Sitting in the break room, by the air conditioner, freezing my ass off, teeth are almost chattering. But I like it. This week, for the first time since taking this job, I get 5 straight days off. 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