I went out and voted tonight. Here in Orange County we have this new fangled electronic voting system. Based on the instructions in my ballot materials, I thought it was going to be confusing and difficult. I think the instructions were just legalized (i.e. approved by lawyer committee). When I stepped into the voting booth, I actually found it to be quick and fun. I…
November 2, 2004So once again I find myself living the same day again. November 1st x 2! I love time travel – I see why they do it in Star Trek all the time. Here are some highlights of the trip: 1- Backstage with Mariko and Eric at TDR 2 – Riding the rollercoaster in that spooky amusement park in Himeji 3 – Visiting the Golden and…
November 1, 2004Sooooo Saturday was an interesting day here in Japan. Just as Daniel and I made our way back to the hotel, literally as I sat down on the bed and Daniel went into the bathroom, our whole hotel room started to shake. This shaker lasted quite a long time. A few minutes later it started again. We went downstairs to make sure everything was OK…
October 25, 2004The plane flight was actually quite nice. For some reason i thought that it was going to take forever, but 11 hours just went by in a snap. I think a good deal of that is owed to the iPod which made the trip. I had thought I lost one of the ear bud cozies during the flight, but I found it on approach to…
October 22, 2004Well I am off to Tokyo. I wish I could point you in the direction of the photos from the last trip, but alas, I can only tell you to check out the Tokyo Disney photos. I am going to try and add some depth to the photos, but I know I certainly won’t be taking as many as before. Yesterday was the ol’ birthday…
October 21, 2004So I finally joined the 21st Century and purchased an iPod. I had looked at all of the other MP3 players out there, but none were as simple to use and good looking as the iPod. So far the only setbacks I have had was trying to import the music (once it cleared up and I restarted iTunes it worked) and setting it up as…
October 19, 2004Last night I left the park around 2am. By the time I reached the parking lot, it was pouring rain and I was soaked. So I ran to the car with my keys ready to open the door. When I reached the car my key FOB decided it didn’t want to deactivate the alarm and open the doors. I stood their in the rain for…
October 17, 2004This time next week I will be on my way back to Japan! I know that I was just there in March – making this the first time I have visited a place in less than a year. (The Euro trips of the mid to late 90’s managed to happen just about every year). The path to this vacation has been a long and arduous…
October 14, 2004While I was watching my new Aladdin DVD Bonus features, I noticed that one star was given the least amount of coverage – Brad Kane. He was the singing voice of Aladdin and I thought he should have been given at least as much time as Lea Salonga (the singing voice of Jasmine). Lea didn’t get much time either, but at least they got her…
October 13, 2004Apologies for the delay…. So up I went to Tower Records on Sunset early in the AM on the 5th to get the new CD and wristband. I realized that the demand was not really great and that I could have just come later. Oh well. Flash forward to around 7pm. I am standing in line at the store and I have convinced the guy…
October 10, 2004