{"id":2782,"date":"2022-04-21T21:23:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T02:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/?p=2782"},"modified":"2022-05-22T23:38:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T04:38:24","slug":"beck-gave-me-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/beck-gave-me-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"Beck Gave Me COVID\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026and it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=204\">nobody\u2019s fault but my own<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After 2 years of doing all the right careful things as a good citizen, the allure of a solo acoustic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.setlist.fm\/setlist\/beck\/2022\/acl-live-at-the-moody-theater-austin-tx-63891ad3.html\">Beck show during SXSW<\/a> was too good to pass up.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_2799\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2799\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2799 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_1673-scaled-e1653280688683-300x295.jpeg?resize=300%2C295&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_1673-scaled-e1653280688683.jpeg?resize=300%2C295&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_1673-scaled-e1653280688683.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1007&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_1673-scaled-e1653280688683.jpeg?resize=768%2C755&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_1673-scaled-e1653280688683.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1510&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_1673-scaled-e1653280688683.jpeg?resize=800%2C787&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_1673-scaled-e1653280688683.jpeg?resize=407%2C400&amp;ssl=1 407w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_1673-scaled-e1653280688683.jpeg?w=1907&amp;ssl=1 1907w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_1673-scaled-e1653280688683.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2799\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=111\">fume<\/a> in this room&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=860\">chemtrails<\/a> too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m vaxxed and boosted. I\u2019ve worn a mask indoors and generally avoided indoor venues\/dining for the whole pandemic. My indoor restaurant count for the last two years is in the single digits, maybe even one\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=752\">back of my hand<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With all the protections in place, Beck felt like the right time for a return to normalcy. Embrace the science, trust the half-official, half-honor system of a &#8220;proof of vaccine or negative test&#8221; venue entry policy, and get back to the joy of live music and a night on the town. Go easy, right? <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=512\">Everybody&#8217;s gotta learn sometimes<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\r\n<p>Long story outlined:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Show was Saturday<\/li>\r\n<li>Felt a little rundown Tuesday night<\/li>\r\n<li>Sore throat kicked in Thursday afternoon; tested <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=626\">positive<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>Blah and tired for 4ish+ days. Slept for 12 hours twice.<\/li>\r\n<li>At the peak, air felt &#8220;heavy&#8221; in a sort of inverse to the way it feels &#8220;thin&#8221; at altitude. (Like I sucked down a <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=62\">cyanide breath mint<\/a>, causing <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=1415\">heavy breathing on the phone<\/a>.)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=213\">outcome<\/a> was different than I expected&#8230;<\/p>\r\n<p>As illnesses go it wasn&#8217;t so bad. All in all it could&#8217;ve been worse, and now I <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=124\">guess I&#8217;m doin&#8217; fine<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>Except for <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=48\">captain brain<\/a> fog.<\/p>\r\n<p>How do I describe it? I&#8217;ve certainly lost some brain <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=535\">cell<\/a>s over the decades, but never to the point where I could definitively say I was smarter two months ago than I am now. <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=74\">Something&#8217;s wrong &#8217;cause my mind is fading<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\r\n<p>I forget words, lose my <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=42\">broken train<\/a> of thought, or otherwise become <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=302\">totally confused<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>One <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=1424\">morning<\/a> I couldn&#8217;t figure out how to get out of the car. Sat there in the driveway pulling on the armrest and confused why the door wasn&#8217;t opening, like I was in a <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=527\">rental car<\/a> for the first time and not my own 10+ year old <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=69&amp;searchString=hyundai\">Hyundai<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>Another day I was riding my bi<a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=1458\">cycle<\/a> and heard someone playing a killer <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=254&amp;versionID=2\">sax<\/a>ophone solo by the <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=371\">side of the road<\/a>. I craned my neck to watch without slowing down and completely wiped out\u2014somehow not realizing the likely outcome of this action.<\/p>\r\n<p>My sense of direction has always been my kryptonite. People tell me I have a busted internal <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=1022\">compass<\/a>. Post-COVID it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=7\">almost a ghost<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=370\">already dead<\/a>. I can&#8217;t get anywhere without turning on navigation aside from walking the dogs around the block. It&#8217;s like a <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=913\">broken engine<\/a>. Yesterday I went on a coffee run\u2014take a right and it&#8217;s on the left\u2014and somehow took two wrong turns.<\/p>\r\n<p>The best analogy I have is my autopilot is out of whack along with my ability to process <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=764\">the information<\/a> in the background. With deep concentration I can usually get it back, but generally I&#8217;ve <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=120\">got no mind<\/a> as the wise man once said. It&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=522&amp;versionID=3\">ghettochip malfunction<\/a>. Or sometimes <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=1144\">just noise\u00a0<\/a>while the rest of my brain<a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=1449\">wave<\/a>s are <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=309\">buried alive<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This blog post has taken two months because I keep forgetting about it. And even when I remember, I struggle to recall the <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=117\">glut<\/a> of Beck lyrical references I used to be able to conjure up at will. Is it <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=152\">all in my mind<\/a>? Yes\u2014and that&#8217;s the scary <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=109\">Mountain Dew Rock<\/a> of it. <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=524\">Scarecrow<\/a>&#8216;s only scaring himself. (Big shout out to the amazing <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\">WhiskeyClone.net<\/a>\u00a0for jogging my memory.)<\/p>\r\n<p>Was the risk worth the reward? I&#8217;d like to say the answer is\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=522\">hell yes<\/a>!<\/em> but honestly <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=175\">lord only knows<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>At the <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=374\">end of the day<\/a>, this <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=313\">ain&#8217;t your time to go<\/a>. Use a <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=106\">forcefield<\/a> to protect your <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=54\">cold brains<\/a> unless you want to be <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=1509\">up all night<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=1610\">thinking about you<\/a>(r) IQ <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=754\">falling off a cliff <\/a>while plotting scenarios for <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=1523\">bringin&#8217; it back<\/a>, sleeplessly unable to <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=695\">silence them<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=1377\">Do you ever wonder? No, I don&#8217;t.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>I <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=1112\">know I&#8217;m gonna make it<\/a>, but predicting how or when I regain my <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=184\">maximum potential<\/a> is a <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=177\">lost cause<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=85\">Don&#8217;t get bent out of shape<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>These are the words we use to <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=1452\">say goodbye<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>(Now I&#8217;ll <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=258\">shut up<\/a> since this is <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=119\">going nowhere fast <\/a>and I&#8217;m <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=1111\">busting out some weak ass shit <\/a>instead of being <a href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyclone.net\/ghost\/songinfo.php?songID=426\">poignant<\/a>.)<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026and it\u2019s nobody\u2019s fault but my own. 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