“Cat Stand” March, 2022
I picked up a new book from the library and set it down on my desk. Within seconds, Yuzu was testing it out as a perch. Cats!
Cat Stand
“Cat Stand” March, 2022
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“Cat Stand” March, 2022
White Snake 白蛇：缘起 and Green Snake 青蛇
“White Snake” Cedar Park, 2022
This evening I watched the Chinese animated films White Snake 白蛇：缘起 and Green Snake 青蛇 back-to-back. I thought the animation in both was great, but enjoyed White Snake much more than the sequel.
The setting of White Snake’s ancient China was more appealing to me than that of Green Snake’s dystopian mish-mash city. White Snake was filled with stunningly beautiful scenes, whereas Green Snake was filled with non-stop action, which was hard to take for two hours.
I believe there will be a third movie in the series, but it looks like it’s going to jump a thousand years into the future… oh well.
As far as the plot of both movies, they were nothing special. I think the main draw for me is the beauty of the animation (where the first film really shined). But I am still hoping for a more interesting plot to tie up the series.
Twilight Snapshot
“Twilight Photo” Cedar Park, 2022
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Miseyo Self Inking Date Stamp
“Miseyo Stamp” Cedar Park, 2022
I recently bought a Miseyo Self Inking Date Stamp to use in my daily journal. I like it a lot. It’s convenient ad adds a little bit of variety to my journal pages, as well as being functional. It add a bit of fun to my morning routine too, as it’s so satisfying to stamp. 😀
Using the Jaws Flex Clamp Mount on the Peugeot
At lunchtime today I went for a ride with Sophie to Brushy Creek Regional Trail. I wanted to try out the Jaws Flex Clamp Mount which I got a few months ago. I wasn’t really happy with the video I was getting when the GoPro was mounted directly to the handlebars. It tended to pan side-to-side quite a bit which didn’t look so good. So I thought that mounting the GoPro to the bicycle’s top-tube might give a smoother result, and I was right!
Even though the cables are in the way of the shot, I like the field of view much more. I enjoy watching POV bicycling videos where the handlebars are in the frame, which was a difficult angle to capture on the Peugeot. On my mountain bikes, my body is more upright, so I can wear the chest-mount and get the desired angle. But with my road bike, my body is leaning so far forward that when I use the chest mount, there’s too much of my arms in the frame.
The Jaws Flex Clamp Mount solves this problem, and now I can have smooth video with the field-of-view I like best. The clamp looks a bit silly on the bike, but when I am riding, it’s hard to tell it’s there.
