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The Week #206
by James- π For years when going out on the weekends I've been using the same holds a 15" Macbook Pro with ease - 32L capacity day tripping backpack that I use during the week. The size has come in handy more than once when Leo was younger (you need more things on hand when kids are little). It's a great bag that I've been using for 10 yearsΒ and will continue to use for years to come.
And for the past couple of years I've been thinking "I should get some smaller bag that can carry a couple of things", and I'd look a bit when we out and about, but nothing screamed "this one" at me. This week I said I did the sensible thing and looked at a website dedicated to packs, found their rankings, and picked one near the top that I liked / I could buy in Japan. All of this to say, I bought aΒ black Patagonia Atom Sling 8L and it's great. Wearing it aroundΒ town and I noticed that slings are standard Dad uniform in Japan β makes sense they are quite practical. - π It's getting warmer out and I remembered a wholesome moment last year where I went with Leo to get some ice cream at the bench 7-11 near...and thought to myself, self β we should do that more. So we did. I had a banana bar and Leo had a gari-gari-kun ice block.
- π We did the half-loop to Enoshima and the aquarium. It was crowded af. We made it in time to watch the dolphin show, but even arriving 20 minutes prior and there was nowhere to sit in the stadium. We watched the first 5 minutes of the show and left. Half-loop because we went back the way we came (monorail instead of odakyu)
- π΅ Thanks to Max asking a question on Mastodon about where our protest music is (there's a lot to be angry about with climate change, fascism , wars etc....), I discovered 2 new German punk bands and they're incredible. The first is Todeskommando Atomsturm (Death command atomic storm). Clicking around their apple music I discovered F*cking Angry. Both are perfect for those times I need to write JavaScript.
- π For years when going out on the weekends I've been using the same holds a 15" Macbook Pro with ease - 32L capacity day tripping backpack that I use during the week. The size has come in handy more than once when Leo was younger (you need more things on hand when kids are little). It's a great bag that I've been using for 10 yearsΒ and will continue to use for years to come.
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by JamesLunch Run
Run off my legs feeling a bit heavy from the run and heaps of walking yesterday.4.1km
30.2min
23m climbed
152.7avg bpm
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Checkin to Tully's Coffee
Afternoon pick me up. -
by JamesGerman Punk Run
I donβt understand German, but Todeskommando Atomsturm (death command nuclear storm, per the translations) rock.5.0km
32.5min
24.8m climbed
160.5avg bpm
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Checkin to MOS Burger (γ’γΉγγΌγ¬γΌ)
Yasai mos burger with Leo -
by JamesLunch Run
Ran out of sunscreen so ran as much as possible under the protection of trees.4.3km
30.6min
27m climbed
135.5avg bpm
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The Week #205
by James- πΊπΈ Guilty on all 34 charges. Unanimously. We'll see what sentencing actually brings, but justice seems to be working. Curious how the 3 other trials go. Completely unrelated, can felons vote in Florida?Β
- π² Leo and I rode bikes to the local Ito Yokado. He did good β though I need to work with him more on traffic safety. I can keep him on the left side of the road most of the time, but when he turns right, he kept on trying to hug the corner...which is a good way to getΒ hit by an oncoming car.
Besides making a trip to the big-box we've also been going around the neighborhood to the bench 7-11 and local co-op. - π£ A couple of co-workers of mine and leaving Japan and moving to Europe (π). We had a going away party at an Izakaya near our old office in Ningyocho and (part of me misses the lack of polish compared with roppongi...sometimes). We had sukiyaki and other nibbles. The finale though class. Heaps of the shop's specialty came out, a maki-zushi that instead of fish had green plant in it. We all konpai'd with it and that plant was WASABI. Soo good. Safe journeys and I'll see y'all in Paris (π).
- π₯ The other week my father-in-law gave me about 15 onions. If I had known he was going to give me onions, I wouldn't have bought 4 the day prior. So I'm on the lookout recipies that use heaps of onions (and despite the name, onion soup doesn't use that many onions). I also realized I had some fresh thyme that was starting to dry out a bit.
Trying to avoid waste I did something I've never done before. I thinly slice half an onion browned them with said thyme diced up and a splash of balsamic vinegar...and mixed that in with some pizza dough (shaped as bread) and it was amazing. As toast or sandwiches to savory is off the charts. Definitely doing it again. - π£ On Monday morning the Earthquake alarm went off... which is weird as I turned those things off. So it went off, but the quake never came for us in Kanagawa. It was a strong 5 at the Noto peninsula (where the large one occurred on January 1st. No point in this bullet point, other than it happened.
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by JamesWeekend Run
64% zone 2, getting slower! ππ»4.4km
33.5min
16.4m climbed
146.7avg bpm
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Checkin to Ito Yokado (γ€γγΌγ¨γΌγ«γγΌ η«ε ΄εΊ)
Rode bikes with Leo here. The furthest from home heβs ever ridden. -
by JamesLunch Run
Left AirPod decided not to connect π«. But these shoes! So stable. So good!4.5km
31.7min
23m climbed
159.2avg bpm
