Day 14: This isn’t a cactus. It’s durian, a sweet smelly thing I like cold with ice cream in the Singapore heat. #mbapr #photochallenge
Day 13, #mbapr: A rainbow literally shows where my grandparents used to live in University City, MO outside of St Louis, my birthplace. This is just off Page Avenue and Woodson Road. I miss them and that corner of my hometown so damn much it hurts sometimes. 🌈🏡😿
📚 Finished reading: Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urba…
A great primer for anyone fascinated by how the Dutch went from almost losing the war with the automobile in the 60’s and 70’s to becoming the beacon for creating an entire country that is designed for humans first and cars last. It also details how these ideas are being exported to places around the world as more and more people seek to reclaim public spaces from cars.
Day 12 of the #mbapr photo challenge is tough. Magic…🤔 Welp, here’s a shot of Tokyo Disneyland from 12 years ago 🪄✨🧚🏾♀️🏰
Day 11, #mbapr: Maybe one of my favorite scenes are my golden hour shots of Kanagawa beaches near Yokohama, Japan where I lived. The sky, sea, and Mt Fuji in the distance gives me indescribable feelings.
for some reason, I’m into online crossword puzzles now.
Day 10 of the #mbapr challenge is train, which I suggested!
Here’s MARTA 184F at Doraville station in my hometown, Atlanta GA saying hi; I’m on it posting this. Trainspotting has been my hobby since I was a kid but if you follow me you’ll see mostly Japanese trains because I a the #tokyo #trainnerd.
Day 9 #mbapr:
I live in the Southern US, Atlanta GA. And there’s nothing more Southern than a crispy fried chicken dinner with black-eyed peas, greens and cornbread. (Now you know why we all weigh a lil' bit more down here too.)
Not as fancy as solar glasses but I still got to see the eclipse in my own way.
For the prevention of blindness, I guess I made a pinhole eclipse viewer box Just like I did when I was 13 to see today’s solar eclipse.
(It’s also day 8 of #mbapr)
Day 7 of the micro.blog photo challenge: well-being.
When I lived in Japan and Taiwan, I cycled pretty much everywhere, and it is responsible for my good health up to now. I plan on getting a good bike and getting back into it over the summer now that I’m back Stateside. #mbapr
These Kansas windmills are real powerhouses on a windy day.
#mbapr
And now since it’s midnight Eastern time, may as well do day 5 of the April Photoblogging Challenge. I always find beaches to be the most serene places on my travels.
Micro.blog photo challenge Day 4: foliage The palms of Jacksonville Beach, Florida. #mbapr
Micro.blog April Photo Challenge #mbapr
Day 3: card
My business card in Japan. The image of Tokyo Tower is my own as well.
Keeping an eye on on developments in Taiwan while on holiday currently. (Image courtesy Taipei Times)
Micro.blog April Photo Challenge #mbapr
Day 2: flowers A lone 🌸 tree in the Popeye’s Chicken parking lot in my vicinity.
So happy to participate in the micro.blog photoblogging challenge #mbapr
Day one: toy
A picture of a Woodstock plushie my daughter got from her big brother yesterday, her 11th birthday.
Did anyone else watch Halo season 2? It ended weirdly AF… Granted I’ve never played the games beyond the first XBox version and like 3 levels. Am I missing something?
UPDATE: I went and played a few speed-runs of Halo and Halo 2 to get a better understanding of the lore; I get it now. 👍 The hard part about narratives based on video games is the limited understanding and background that average people will have with the franchise.
There should never be major plot shifts without explanation and exposition (really in any film TBF). But with this genre, it’s at the expense of the superfans/stans and their hardline needs to follow cannon succinctly and precisely as they experienced the source material.
But since its a game, that kinda means everyone playing through gets a semi-unique experience in the first place!
It’s that time of year again! Boy-type still likes the sushi for his birthday meal so that’s what we did 🍣 (I enjoy his birthday as much as he does 😆)
