They are making all of these over-the-top decisions about our "security," which amounts to being as conservative as humanly possible because nobody wants to take the blame if something were to go wrong. And nobody gives a damn about whether it's possible to live under these absurd, draconian and utterly unnecessary security provisions without losing our minds. Because the people who make the decisions don't actually have to live by them.
Mandela? still, my heart goes out to you, partly because it's also cold there.
Music doesn't work? Often works for me. "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
Can you tell more about these conditions - is this the same house with the insufferable housemate?
Hope they let you out soon, sounds like people have got far too used to solitary confinement as a solution to problems. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
The bad weather is 80 miles north of where I used to live. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
Authoritarianism in three sentences.