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Cold Morning and Transformers Movie

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"Summer's Over" Cedar Park, 2018
Photo info: SONY NEX-6, 16mm, f/3.5, 1/60 sec, ISO3200
 “Summer’s Over” Cedar Park, 2018

こんばんは。How’s it going?

This morning we woke up to some chilly weather as you can see from the photo above. It feels like Autumn has really arrived, but this is Texas, so a heat wave has a good chance of making itself felt again before the month is out. But it does feel nice! (I’m sure I’ll be wishing for the summer heat as soon as the temperatures hit the 50s)

This evening I went with a couple of friends to see The Transformers: The Movie from 1986. I was never into Transformers and don’t know much about them, but the movie was really fun because of the non-stop robot fighting, ’80s metal music, and voice acting by Orson Welles, Robert Stack, Eric Idle, Judd Nelson, Scatman Crothers, etc. I do admit that my eyelids got a little heavy at the beginning, but then I was fine the rest of the way through. I don’t think this film made a Transformers fan of me, but it was definitely fun to hang out and laugh with friends at the theater.

"From 1986" Cedar Park, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/75 sec, ISO3200
 “From 1986” Cedar Park, 2018

I hope you had a nice day!

またね～

Willpower

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"Food Drive" Cedar Park, 2018
Photo info: SONY NEX-6, 16mm, f/9, 1/200 sec, ISO100
 “Food Drive” Cedar Park, 2018

こんばんは。How’s it going?

As you can see from the photo above, dinner was provided by In-n-Out. But even though I was the one who picked up the food, I skipped buying anything for myself. I had lunch at work and kind of felt like that was enough for the day. It’s funny, but on our China trip, we had so much food available, that it made me realize (or reinforce my realization) that I don’t really need to eat as much as I am accustomed to.

A few years back, I fasted for 3 or 4 days which changed my perception about food, and how much we really need. And that feeling of being hungry is not a bad feeling. I actually like having that hunger! Anyways, on the China trip I decided to eat mostly new-to-me and local foods, but not have too much, and generally try to skip or limit the foods that I’m familiar with, for instance, eggs, sausages, and bread. Instead, I had noodles, dim sum, rice porridge, pickled veggies, etc. It felt great!

So tonight I skipped the Double-double and just had my multi-vitamin. 😀

またね～

Saturday Eats

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"Patties" Cedar Park, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/5.6, 1/125 sec, ISO5000
 “Patties” Cedar Park, 2018

こんばんは。How’s it going?

This morning I slept in until 11 am to get some extra energy. I was wondering if it is best to force yourself out of jetlag by adhering to normal hours, or if that will weaken your immune system. I guess it’s a tradeoff… but I really needed to get a few extra hours of sleep.

Anyways, when I woke up the kids said they were hungry so I mentioned that I had brought back some patties from my mom’s house and they were all for having a couple for lunch. The patties go so fast here at our house that I should probably hide a couple in the back of the freezer for myself. 😆

In the evening we had some old and new friends over for dinner, and we decided to make tacos, with beer-battered shrimp and cabbage as the main filling. I also made a large batch of carnitas in our Instant Pot for tonight and tomorrow’s dinner. Our friends prepared a delicious cactus salsa which went perfectly with the tortilla chips, but also on the tacos. And of course, I had to make some margaritas for sipping. 🍹 Finally, we had a huge assortment of desserts to enjoy with coffee before calling it a night. Very fun to hang out with old friends and make some new ones as well!

"Margarita Fixings" Cedar Park, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/125 sec, ISO2500
 “Margarita Fixings” Cedar Park, 2018
"Taco Dinner" Cedar Park, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/125 sec, ISO5000
 “Taco Dinner” Cedar Park, 2018