This is blurry, but very description of their relationship with each other.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
A Good Family Day
Told myself I wasn't going to wait all day to post about yesterday because the details never fail to escape me, but here we are again.
Anyway, I thought to myself a few days ago how we haven't been to something as a family in quite some time, something kid-oriented and fun like. Because the year before we raided through the Entertainment book and pretty much did everything under the sun, last year we didn't hit the kid venues as much because it was still so fresh in my mind. Initally I'd thought we hit the Science Center and the Children's Museum inside the Seattle Center, but we simply stuck to the Science Center because there just wasn't that much time.
So we got there at around noon or so, and noticed that it was pretty quiet around Seattle Center. It was rather cold out as well, hanging around the high 30s I would imagine. We started off with "Dinosaurs Alive 3D", an Imax movie that I thought the kids might enjoy. Well, I was half right, while Zoe started off not sure but warmed up to it, Alex hyped himself into a frenzy, afraid that the dinosaurs might pop out and become real, and started crying. Once the movie started, he just began whimpering and my wife had to take him out of the seat and to the back of the theater. Luckily he calmed down back there, so she was able to see most of the movie. Alex hid through the scary parts, but like the bits where the scientist study the landscape and there were no dinosaurs.
We had lunch first at the Seattle Center, and we foolishly duplicated clamstrips for the both of us instead of splitting different orders. So there was that, and then I decided to get the orange juice which was cheaper than pop for the adults, and lemme tell you, OJ and clams are a wicked combination. And by wicked I mean it was absolutely horrid. Then I reckoned that we might improve on the aftertaste by getting mochas. Yeah, my mouth was having all sorts of new experiences.
The Science Center was pretty cool because it was the first time we didn't feel rushed throughout the visit. There were no schoolkids at there, just a handful of families with their preschool kids and toddlers. So we didn't get pushed around, didn't have to wait much, it was really pretty nice. The kids were well behaved, and we went home and watched "Horton Hears a Who?" for the first time since we watched it in the theatre. And we have some photos including our nice little photo booth souvenir.
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In other news, I finished Bioshock and I was thoroughly impressed. The Rescue ending was a touching ending, and I immediately wanted to play it again, which I did a little tonight.
Also, there's a slight mystery about work, which I won't elaborate right now. It happened a little fast and I'm a little blindsided by it, and I don't even really know what the hell it is. Hmm. More on that when I know more.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
This will be my ten min entry since that's all the time I have left on my break.
Anyway, B & M came by and visited on Saturday with their family, immediate and nuclear, and I opened their world with the awesomeness that is Rock Band. The amazing thing is that 2 songs in, M, who is the non-gamer of the duo, asked if they had it for the Wii. I seriously need to reap some commission off my unofficial quest to get everyone into Rock Band. But we had a pretty good time, by the end of the night though, Zoe was complaining about being tired and my brain was tired out. But it was a pretty good weekend because I got to play RB with an online friend and talk movies with him on Friday, meet up with my Bham homies on Sat., and get an hour of driving with Kenneth in Singapore on Sunday. And last night I got bored so I just took a boatload of photos of the kids jumping. I had done stuff like this before, but it was more fun because the kids like to see themselves frozen in midair. Something about that is appealing.
Not much going on at work, which is maddening as usual. It stops feeling like a job and more than some kind of community service/prison sentence. I dunno, perhaps just complaining about work but there's nothing very fulfilling about putting in your time to do something just to fill up the time. Which is what I do a lot.
Well, break's over and so is the post. Just got 2 more hours to paradise.
Anyway, B & M came by and visited on Saturday with their family, immediate and nuclear, and I opened their world with the awesomeness that is Rock Band. The amazing thing is that 2 songs in, M, who is the non-gamer of the duo, asked if they had it for the Wii. I seriously need to reap some commission off my unofficial quest to get everyone into Rock Band. But we had a pretty good time, by the end of the night though, Zoe was complaining about being tired and my brain was tired out. But it was a pretty good weekend because I got to play RB with an online friend and talk movies with him on Friday, meet up with my Bham homies on Sat., and get an hour of driving with Kenneth in Singapore on Sunday. And last night I got bored so I just took a boatload of photos of the kids jumping. I had done stuff like this before, but it was more fun because the kids like to see themselves frozen in midair. Something about that is appealing.
Not much going on at work, which is maddening as usual. It stops feeling like a job and more than some kind of community service/prison sentence. I dunno, perhaps just complaining about work but there's nothing very fulfilling about putting in your time to do something just to fill up the time. Which is what I do a lot.
Well, break's over and so is the post. Just got 2 more hours to paradise.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Back Post...
First week back to work and it's such a stark contrast to my vacation week. To see how much more tired I am, how much less time I've got, and how less patient I am with the kids. Also, I don't think much about blogging, gaming is condensed, and there's such a limited window to everything, including meals.
In a way though, it provides an insight on what I need to change about certain habits, like how I should crave out some time for the kids no matter what, and how I don't really need to put this imaginary pressure on myself to consume as much media as possible when I've got a slice of time. If I don't obsess about how much time I've got left to do anything, it just brings me to a level of stress that is purely self manufactured.
Even when I played through Bioshock, I just started all over on easy and I'm actually having fun with the game instead of stressing out about getting my ass handed to me by a Big Daddy.
No plans for the weekend, save for saving some pods of whales or fixing the ozone. After the snow, the weather just seems tame regardless that its still winter and slightly icky outside. So maybe we will do something outside. Or go to Costco.
They have a process here called the Super Backflush. What the hell, dude.
In a way though, it provides an insight on what I need to change about certain habits, like how I should crave out some time for the kids no matter what, and how I don't really need to put this imaginary pressure on myself to consume as much media as possible when I've got a slice of time. If I don't obsess about how much time I've got left to do anything, it just brings me to a level of stress that is purely self manufactured.
Even when I played through Bioshock, I just started all over on easy and I'm actually having fun with the game instead of stressing out about getting my ass handed to me by a Big Daddy.
No plans for the weekend, save for saving some pods of whales or fixing the ozone. After the snow, the weather just seems tame regardless that its still winter and slightly icky outside. So maybe we will do something outside. Or go to Costco.
They have a process here called the Super Backflush. What the hell, dude.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Last Rites
Look at me, all morose that it's my last day of vacation. Nevermind, at least I got a few more hours that I'll probably spend in Bioshock or Far Cry 2. Wasting the life away playing video games. Spend some time last night playing Burnout with Kenneth online, and that was a lot of fun, even if time never seems to be on our side. But considering the 17-18 time difference, we do pretty well. Before I dozed off, I was watching some trailers for Resident Evil 5, which features a completely co-op experience either with a buddy or an AI counterpart, so that got my juices pumping. Nothing like hordes of zombies zeroing in on a couple of geeks.
Anyway, uploaded a few of the scans I did the past few days.
Anyway, uploaded a few of the scans I did the past few days.
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