High School Band and Writing by Hand

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"First Band Performance" Cedar Park, 2018
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 “First Band Performance” Cedar Park, 2018

Koa started his high school band performance career today with a show for the band parents at the football stadium this evening. It was cool to watch them really get into their performance.

The percussion section (of which Koa is a part of) is always having fun. Because of the size of the instruments, they don’t march with the rest of the band, but are instead situated right in the front, hence the name “front ensemble”. And because they aren’t marching, they get to bob their heads and get into the groove. I suppose it would hard to stand still anyways, being in percussion after all! And it’s a lot of fun to watch them all enjoying themselves. In Koa’s words, “Oh yeah, we’re always having fun up there.”

In blogging-related news, I read an article that talks about the importance of writing using a pen and paper instead of typing on the keyboard, and how that physical activity can stimulate creativity. So that is what I am starting to do now. But, dang, my hand hurts! I gotta get used to this…

"Writing" Cedar Park, 2018
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 “Writing” Cedar Park, 2018

I hope you had a nice day!

またね～

Gelato at Work

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"Gelato Lit Up" Austin, 2018
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 “Gelato Lit Up” Austin, 2018

A wonderful afternoon treat at work!

Every few weeks, my work hosts a lunch, happy hour, or other get together in the office, and today it was afternoon gelato and sweets. I skipped the sweets, which were baked goods (cakes, tarts, and cookies) and had two cups of gelato from Frost. It was so good! The first one I tried was “Sea Salt Caramel” and it was awesome. And since I skipped the cookies, I felt that I was allowed to go back for a second gelato – “Lotus Cookie”. I think they said it was cookie butter… but whatever it was, I thought it was delicious! Since Frost Gelato brought in six flavors, I was tempted to go back and try more, but I decided to limit myself. 😁

It was a good way to end the work day!

"Packed" Austin, 2018
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 “Packed” Austin, 2018

Driving Soon

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"Driving Soon" Cedar Park, 2018
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 “Driving Soon” Cedar Park, 2018

こんばんは。How’s it going?

Today is the last day of summer vacation for the kiddos, and this year both of the boys will be in high school – one will be a senior and the other will be a freshman. It’s crazy how fast they grow up.

Bay will be getting his driver’s license soon and we’ve been practicing a bunch lately. Today’s photo is one that I took from the passenger seat and you can see Bay in the reflection of the gear selector. He’s a pretty good driver, so I’m not too worried about him on the road. He’ll be fine. (I keep reminding myself of that) 😀

In other news, I’ve been playing both my ukuleles every day, but I have to say that I love the newer Kala pineapple ukulele a lot more than my old Hilo. It’s just a lot more fun to play, and the soprano sound is very cool. But, I still play the concert ukulele because it has the low-G on it and there are a couple songs that I practice that require it.

Someday, I’d like to get another soprano ukulele (I prefer that size now) and put a low-G on it. But for now, I’ll stick with the Hilo concert ukulele.

I hope you had a nice day!

またね～

The Small Screen

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"Tokyo Story" Cedar Park, 2018
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 “Tokyo Story” Cedar Park, 2018

こんばんは。How’s it going?

Tonight I watched another Yasujirō Ozu film, Tokyo Story (東京物語), which is considered to be one of the greatest films of all time. I’ll have to write a review later after I’ve thought about it more and perhaps watched it again, but I’ll just say that I thought it was fantastic.

I started watching it on our big tv in the living room, but was kicked off it by my wife and son and had to finish the movie on the small screen (my computer). So the experience was not optimal… I think this movie deserves to be seen on a larger screen to be appreciated!

But now I’m tired and it’s time to read and sleep. I hope you had a nice day!

おやすみ