Mia's First Day in Hawaii - A Few Photos
A few photos from our first day in Hawaii. The first day was mainly getting Mia acclimated to the new time zone, and for me to recover from my Dramamine hit. Oh, but plenty of good food was eaten yesterday. What’s on the menu for today? We shall see.
Shopping at Times
Getting to know her cousins
Checking out Fruit Ninja
Anxiety Sucks
I hope to be on a plane to Hawaii when you read this. I’ll be doped up on Dramamine which will help me make it through the plane flight. I’ve always had a little trouble getting on a plane, whether it was a short or long flight. But for some odd reason, I’ve been getting more anxious about this flight.
I hate this feeling. I truly do.
I am writing about this in hopes of purging all this bad “mojo” from my brain. It really comes down to that, doesn’t it? It’s your inability to stop your mind from thinking discomforting thoughts. You feel the sudden shift of the plane because of turbulence and you think the worst-case scenario. Or you feel the air in the cabin is not as fresh and free-flowing as it should be, and you feel more enclosed than you really are. Yes, my mind is wandering. My mind is thinking of these things - and more - it should not be thinking.
But why, why now? Am I really thinking of something else?
It’s possible. This is our first flight with Mia. She’s been a pill lately. Either she’s teething or simply closing in on the terrible twos. I don’t look forward to her acting up. I’m getting uncomfortable just at the thought of feeling the eyes of people wondering, “Dude, can’t you control your kid?” Seriously? You try to stop her from squirming and screaming when she’s in the zone. Pressure. Tough on a five our flight.
So that may be it. I am not wanting to deal with what may happen. But to think more about it you can’t control what may happen. But shit happens. You cannot control everything. You can only set yourself up for the best result. Then you need to deal with the unexpected and adjust accordingly if it happens.
This is what I need to remember. Deal with it when things happen. And also remember that the Dramamine will kick in sooner or later.
Photos Taken Today
[gallery type=“slideshow” link=“none” size=“full” ids=“197057177,197057178,197057179,197057180”] These are a few photos I took with my iPhone 4S. They came out ok.
Ethan Hawke
All of three of us have been having similar feelings that we're ready to revisit those characters. There's nine years between the first two movies and, if we made the film next summer, it would be nine years again so we really started thinking that would be a good thing to do. We're going to try to write it this year.
Ethan Hawke talking about the possibility of a third film to round out Before Sunrise and Before Sunset.
How to Perfectly Cook an Egg
I have been eating more eggs lately. It is most likely due to Mia liking eggs so much. This has led me to search for different ways to cook eggs. In this link, a few chefs share ways they like to have their eggs cooked. Or do you have a better method?
Haywire - Trailer
I’ll be posting a few trailers of movies I’d be interested in seeing in the theaters - if we ever have a chance to actually go into a movie theater. This one is done by Steven Soderbergh. It looks like a straightforward action/revenge flick starring a bunch of people - Channing Tatum, Michael Fassbender, Michael Douglas, and Antonio Banderas. Oh, and Gina Carano is the person seeking revenge!
Wide and Tall
This makes me want to get a dog. But of course, they never stay this tiny, do they?
Via (halfway-through who sourced it from gusnyc)
The Jacket
Farrah thought this multi-colored jacket Mia is wearing was lost. But luckily, the great folks at daycare found it - stuck in a backpack. So I put it on Mia as we left daycare yesterday. Oh, we had to stop by the pumpkins that were placed throughout the lawn area. It gave me a chance to try out the camera on the iPhone 4S. Not too bad.
It’s going to be a fun Halloween this year!
Eating Tickets
We were supposed to watch the Smashing Pumpkins last Friday night at the Fox Theater in Oakland. Unfortunately, fate intervened. Having no desire to see any of the opening bands, and knowing the Smashing Pumpkins like to start late, we didn’t leave for the show until 8:30pm. The hour’s drive to Oakland should still give us plenty of time to see the concert. But who knew things were really happening in Oakland that night?!?!
The drive to Oakland wasn’t bad, the usual hour trip down a crazy 880. As we approached the Fox Theater on Telegraph though, things became a bit more complex. Crowds of people lined the sidewalks for several blocks down Telegraph. They were streaming out from somewhere but even when we made our way further down Telegraph, we couldn’t tell where the crowd originated from. It was a good mix of people too, both young and old. No protest signs, no apparel, just a crowd of people. We made our way around the area hoping to find parking and trying to avoid the crowds. But each parking lot we hit was full. And street parking was non-existent. We gave it a good hour of driving around before realizing we weren’t going to find safe parking.
This isn’t the first concert we’ve eaten the tickets on. Last year we didn’t make it to a Corrine Bailey Rae concert - on purpose. We were just too tired from working that day. And one time I missed Garbage because of a flat tire. I would have surely liked to have seen the Smashing Pumpkins this go around, as I heard they played mostly new tunes. Oh well, perhaps next time.