Archive for December, 2002
Settling Back In
Home now, showered and unpacked. Well, that was a nice vacation. I met up with old friends and made new ones, watched The Two Towers and Nemesis at Metreon, saw the sights of San Francisco, got reacquainted with my brother, ate clam chowder at Pier 39 and In-N-Out in Union City, and generally had a [...]
MTV on ATA
Air travelers taking ATA, a word of advice: don’t be in a hurry to board the plane, unless you have a music player with good earphones, or a high tolerance for flip-down video screens playing soppy Lee Ann Womack, Elton John, Tony Bennett, and Vanessa Williams music videos at semi-loud conversation-level volume. On every flight. [...]
Home from the Holidays
That was a fast flight. I slept right through it, and sleepwalked through the layover at Chicago to my connecting flight, waking up only briefly to breakfast on scrambled eggs and sausages at the airport cafe. Now I’m back in the office. Yes, I go straight to work after a red-eye trip. Then I blog. [...]
Blogging from the Airport
I’m posting this from a high speed internet phonebooth at SFO. Red-eye flight back to DC is leaving in a couple of hours. After I land in DC tomorrow morning, I head straight to work for the rest of the day. Been snowin’, I hear. Fun fun.
Christmas Eve 2002
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light [...]
On Track
Little girl on the cable car tracks, downtown San Francisco. “Schindler’s List” style color effects applied. Photo taken with an Aiptek Mini Pencam 1.3MP SD.
Gollum vs Jar Jar Binks
Gollum versus Jar Jar Binks. Who would win? (Personally, I think Gollum makes Jar Jar look like Lawnmower Man.)
Chowder with Rhesa
I met up with Rhesa yesterday for a lunch of clam chowder at Pier 39. After attempting — unsuccessfully — to wolf down our entire bread bowls, we window-shopped the pier and talked about school, faith, work, cute kitties, and other bloggers. But alas, the afternoon was over too soon, as I had to meet [...]
Raffy and Pau do SF
Thanks to Raffy for a fun tour around downtown yesterday. We attended morning worship with friends, had a hearty Filipino lunch at Ongpin in Daly City, then hopped on the BART and the MUNI to get some cool photos at Pier 39 and Fisherman’s Wharf. Then, after a few rounds of Hyperbowl at Metreon, we [...]
Martin and Kathleen
Hearty heartfelt congratulations to Martin and Kathleen, who tied the knot today over at Mission Santa Clara, in a ceremony that was at once whimsical and beautiful. I sang bass with the small choir while the vows were exchanged, and it was wonderful to see my old friend (from waa-aay back in grade school!) perfectly [...]