daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad
Hi all! How’s it going? Getting ready for Christmas?
Tonight was a huge night for us. We saw Star Wars Episode 7. It was fantastic! I got chills down my spine a few times!
I won’t say more about it because I want to write a longer post but will have to do it another time because I am so tired and we have to wake up early to go to the airport. So I will just say Sweet Star Wars dreams!
-B
Hello! How’s it going? Today was pretty slow at my work… lots of my coworkers are on holiday. I still have lots of work and projects, but it was nice to concentrate on them rather than the myriad of small tasks that always seem to pop up. But of course, it’s always nice to be busy!
A couple of weeks ago, I made a nice change in my daily routine. I started limiting myself to one cup of regular coffee in the morning, and then I drink decaf or tea the rest of the day. It’s been a great change! I think I have more energy in the day, but the real benefit that I have felt is in the quality of my sleep. I have never had a problem falling asleep, but now my sleep seems more restful, my dreams are more vivid, and when I wake up, I feel energized and with a more positive attitude. It’s been wonderful! I don’t know if this will continue, but I will enjoy it while it lasts. ☺
Tonight, the kids opened up a few of their Xmas gifts. We are traveling in a couple days, and we don’t want to bring lots of things with us, especially since the airlines are charging for checked baggage.
Tomorrow is my last day of work before vacation. I can’t wait to get to California and see my family! ✈ 🌴
おやすみなさい！
バロン
こんばんは！
This evening we finished watching Episode VI of Star Wars and we’re now fully prepped to see Episode VII! And we only have less than two days to avoid all the spoilers… so far I’ve done pretty well. 😎
Earlier in the day, we just relaxed and enjoyed our coffee, breakfast tacos, a couple episodes of Psych, and printing more photos on the Instax printer. I’m totally hooked on it! So much fun. I’ve printed 20 so far, and all have been from Lightroom. My workflow for these is to crop the photo to 4:3 ratio, lower the exposure a bit (the printer overexposes) and bump up the vibrance. Then I export at the proper size/dpi (more on this in a later post) to a Dropbox folder. On my phone, I download the photo from Dropbox to a local folder, then fire up the Instax app and print away! I have yet to print directly from my X100T, but I am looking forward to doing that. Maybe on the plane!
Just two more work days, and then it’s off to Los Angeles for the holidays. I’m pretty sleepy now (thanks to a couple glasses of wine) so I’ll end it right here. 🍷 Talk to you again!
おやすみなさい！😴
-B
Hi all! I’ve been blogging for quite a long time now (over 16 years!) but lately I wanted to start writing 📝 just a little bit every day. So, for the past week and a half you may have noticed a daily post from me. I’m trying to make it part of my daily routine, which has been difficult in the past but I am making a larger effort this time. I have a laptop set up next to the bed, so before I climb under the covers, I’ll sit at the laptop, with my cat Miki 🐱 joining me, and tap out a few words to share what has happened in my day, or a photo or two. It’s really easy and I have no excuse not to.
I’ve enjoyed blogging (even if mine is nothing special) because I find it therapeutic, and making it a daily thing gets me to think about what my priorities are, and if I am giving them enough attention. I won’t write anything profound (I don’t have the talent to put thoughts like that into words) but my mind gets an extra jolt ⚡ of activity… and that is a good thing!
To tell the truth, I have long been inspired by Tao Tsuchiya’s daily blog! She’s one of my favorite actresses and (with the help of Google Translate) I enjoy reading her blog daily. It’s inspiring to see her dedication to journaling for so long!
Over the years, I’ve seen a few of my favorite blogs get retired, and I understand the reasons why the blogger decided to stop or take a break, but for myself, I don’t think I can ever stop doing this in one form or another. I think it’s a lot of fun, and has been a completely positive experience for me ever since I started. I think the most challenging thing for me in blogging is coming up with a title for each post! 😖
Well, it’s actually Sunday morning that I am writing this, but I woke early before anyone else and felt a bit inspired. I’m sure the coffee ☕ helped too.
It looks like today will be warmer weather-wise. ⛅ Hope you have a good one!
またね！
-B
Hi all! Saturday was a time to rest and take it easy. I did a little shopping while the kids were at Japanese school, and then we had a big pizza for lunch. It was delicious, especially since I have been craving pizza for a couple days.
On Tuesday we will watch the new Star Wars movie. We have been watching all the older movies, starting at Episode I and moving through them to get ready for Episode VII. Today we watched Episode V, and it was of course fantastic. Bay laughed a few times at the “primitive” special effects, like the stop-motion animation Taun-tauns and AT-ATs, but overall, he said it was way better than all the other ones. 😃
Early today, I bought a small photo album to keep my Instax prints in. A friend told me that the Fujifilm albums were on sale at the local camera shop, so I picked up a white album that holds 108 photos. It’s pretty good! I’ve been going a little nuts, printing out a bunch today – 13 prints in all. But it is so fun and I have really enjoyed going through my old digital photos on the computer to pick out ones to print. Some people say that 80 cents per photo is pretty expensive. But for myself, I’ve gotten a lot of joy looking at these. And when I am at the end of my life, which would I be happier about: A) Printing, sharing and enjoying memorable images from my life, or B) that I saved 80 cents?
The weather is supposed to warm up in the next few days, so I am happy about that. ☀ But still, be careful with your health as we head into the holidays, especially if you are traveling!
おやすみなさい！😴
-B
