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by JamesNew bed delivered. Old bed taken away. New bed won't go round the corner at the top of the stairs!
I took off the handrails and a decorative piece at the top of the wooden support pillar. Nope! No amount of twisting, turning or applied geometry was going to make the two halves of the base go round that corner.Japanese houses are notorious for this. Our old place, which was new and not tiny, couldn't even fit a queen-sized bed up the stairs. As these kinds of things are common, when you order something big, often the delivery company comes to measure first to ensure it can go where it needs to go. Ultimately, we did what a lot of people do and got two singles and pushed them together. -
by JamesLunch Run
Keeping my left arm from swinging in front of me is getting easier.4.3km
30.3min
26m climbed
140.1avg bpm
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by JamesEvery time I use the Photos app I get disappointed. Years later it still feels like it's not nearly as easy to use as iPhoto...maybe it's the volume of photos has changed? i.e. In iPhoto days it was managing photos I took with my camera. While Photos is now housing those plus every shot with my cellphone. So there's heaps more volume... and most of the photos taken with my phone should be temporal in nature and deleted anyways.
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by JamesAfternoon Run
Zoot suit riot. Nothing as frustrating as Bluetooth things that work magic most of the time and require reboots when they don’t. Like iOS 17 and AirPod Pros.3.5km
25.5min
29.2m climbed
163.1avg bpm
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The Week #175
by James- 🚲 For culture day we went to the park by the river. This was the first time we went in the new car with Leo's bicycle in the back. It fits! we brought our popup tent and ate the finest of 7-11's offerings for lunch. While we were eating, there was another kid on a bike in just an tank-top undershirt (and pants, of course) that reminded me of one of the kids that Yumi met when Leo was just born and we lived in Fujisawa.
And since I'm mentioning this fact, you can probably guess, it was them! They played for about 45 minutes together before they had to go off for lunch. It's such a small world sometimes. - ⚽️ Leo had his first real soccer match in Hodogaya. They played 3 games at 10 minutes each...and I don't think Leo's going to be a soccer star. He was out there, but he didn't go after the ball, always staying a bit back. But still, he seemed to enjoy himself and being with the team.
What was hard was listening to some of the other parents (from the other teams) going into full monster-parent mode yelling at their kids from the sidelines. Not friendly "you got it!", but "what are you doing? move! the game isn't over yet!" in really rough Japanese. They're 5...relax...
It was my first time visiting the park and driving in the general area. Having a smaller car (with instant torque gives me a lot more confidence driving around unfamiliar streets. - 🥵 It also happened to be really hot. Not something I was expecting to say in November, but here we are. 3 days this week it's been 24 - 25C out...we've had over 141 days this year above 25C and I'm over it. Makes me think a lot about the saying that goes around, this isn't hottest summer on record...it's the coolest summer for the rest of your life.
- 📘 I've started a new book - Running is my Therapy (perhaps related to the above 😂). I'm not as brave as Colin to talk too deeply about my mental health online, but since I've been a teenager I've had my share of ups and downs. Thankfully something that passes in a couple of weeks at most and doesn't affect my work. My running matches this, too. My starts are when I'm feeling good / getting out of a funk...and stop when I get into one. One thing I have noticed is that when I run I feel better. So my theory is that if I can just continue the routine a bit longer, the gap between ebbs and flows will also elongate.
- 🎶 The Beatles released their final single, Now and Then. John Lennon wrote the song and recorded a demo playing on the piano. Paul, Ringo, and George tried to finish the song in the 90's, but John's voice wasn't clear enough to mix. It wasn't until they developed the technology for the Beatles documentary to extract audio tracks that they could isolate his vocals enough for them to mix and finish the song. Really good.
- 🚲 For culture day we went to the park by the river. This was the first time we went in the new car with Leo's bicycle in the back. It fits! we brought our popup tent and ate the finest of 7-11's offerings for lunch. While we were eating, there was another kid on a bike in just an tank-top undershirt (and pants, of course) that reminded me of one of the kids that Yumi met when Leo was just born and we lived in Fujisawa.
