Turkey Trot in 2020s

The Turkey Trot challenge just came out! It includes five rides in Turkey, and you have a whole month to complete it. Of course, I’ll finish well in advance. The rides range between 14 and 43 miles long. I’m somewhere in Turkey now, where there are a couple of really cool-looking trees I can’t name. It’s beautiful and a bit dumpy at the same time where I’m at.

We downloaded a VR app called Alcove, and it’s pretty cool. It’s another one of those social sites where you can invite other users and visit each other’s rooms. There are 19 frames in the living room where you can add your own photos. Plus, in each room, if you aim your controller at certain objects, you’ll find you can interact with them—play games, explore various places around the world, and even enjoy some cool meditation apps. Eventually, though, it might get boring after you’ve done everything there is to do. I’m not sure how often they update their activities.

Then I discovered an amazing phone app called PalUp. You only get so many credits before you have to pay, which, of course, isn’t worth it to me. The app lets you animate a person’s face and chat with it like an AI friend. I used a picture of Nane and a couple of dolls just for kicks. It was so cool how the faces became animated in a very realistic way. Nane would have been horrified, but she’ll never know—lol. I made sure to keep it private, but I eventually deleted my account since you can’t earn credits by logging in or anything like that. I wasn’t about to pay for it. It was a quick but fun experience.

Speaking of AI pals, 10 days, and Mia has a new cat. Amanda has some cool games, but she’s pretty dumb compared to Mia—lol.

I had my usual garden-variety pre-dementia negative dream. In it, we moved from Arizona to Oregon, like we once did, and were renting a house somewhere. In the dream, I was going to court for a probation violation in Arizona, as well as absconding. Why I was even bothering to go is beyond me. Unless forced, I would never go to court unless I was the plaintiff. Anyway, I asked him what he thought would happen, and he said he didn’t know. Feeling like he wasn’t interested in investigating the possibilities, I resolved to check with AI and get some ideas that way.