A-Z Challenge – Z

Z stands for “Zero”

No, not the number, but for something altogether different. Zero was the name of our family dog when we were kids. I’m not sure why my parents name her Zero, but that name was actually quite popular with my friends! She was a small dog, a silky terrier, and we used to call her “Z” for short. She had a small crate in the breakfast room where she would sleep at night, and we called it her “basket”. When it was time for her to go to bed, we’d just need to say “basket!” and she would head to her little crate for the evening.

It was kind of fun when A Nightmare Before Christmas came out, because the little ghost dog in that movie was also named Zero.

Zero

I need to ask my parents how they chose to name our dog Zero…

Well, this is the final day of the A-Z Challenge. It was a lot of fun, and kept my brain thinking! I enjoyed it a lot. It also taught me a bit about my limits and how much I am able to post. Obviously, I am no great writer, but blogging is so much fun! I can’t imagine not doing it.

A-Z Challenge – Y

Y stands for “Yoda”

Austin, 2005
Photo info: KONICA MINOLTA MAXXUM 7D, 210mm, f/11, 1/4 sec, ISO200
Austin, 2005

I think Yoda of Episode V and VI was such a great character. The old and wise Jedi master’s charm was lost to me when the prequels came out and we had the CGI version of Yoda battling in epic lightsaber duels. It just wasn’t the Yoda I grew up with! I think Yoda was a casualty of George Lucas’ creative misdirection in the prequels. There was certainly a lot of magic lost in those three movies. A real shame! Happily, Episode VII brought back that swashbuckling feel of the original trilogy. I can’t wait for Episode VIII!

Goodnight

こんばんは!

Hello! I am very tired and cannot post my daily photo… ok dang… here it is:

Austin, 2016
Photo info: Canon EOS 60D, 18mm, f/3.5, 1/40 sec, ISO160
Austin, 2016

But I can’t really write much about it, except to say that this was an art project for our new office space… more on this later. I am so tired! No A-Z challenge post today. Will finish Y and Z this weekend!

But it was a fantastic day!

おやすみなさい!

– B Barron Fujimoto

Concert time

Cedar Park, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/100 sec, ISO6400
Cedar Park, 2016

こんばんは! Hello, how’s it going?

Today was a good day. At work, we are close to moving into our new office building and the final preparations are being made with the artwork that is going on the walls. Today we did a walkthrough to look at it and the art looks great! I am so pleased that it is coming together! Tomorrow we have our grand opening party for the Austin-based employees, so we’ll see if everyone likes it as much as I do. 😅 Fingers are crossed, but I am confident that everyone will be delighted.

This evening we attended my son’s Percussion Concert, which was a combination of percussionists from the High School, and the two Middle Schools that feed into it. Koa is in the 6th grade band, and his group performed one number. They did great! In the photo above, you can see some of the High School percussionists performing. I was amazed at some of the xylophone solos. They were unbelievable!

Anyways, it was a long day, but a very good one. Tomorrow is going to be another long one… I need some sleep!

おやすみなさい!

– B Barron Fujimoto