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Checkin to Blue Bottle Coffee
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The Week #298
by James- β° In almost 300 weeks, it's the first week I've been in Japan where I haven't posted on a Tuesday. Turns out it's harder to blog in the morning when little one is glued to you and you commute in to the office.
- πΆ Sophie turned 14 years old. Hard to believe she's already this advanced in age. In some respects, she still behaves like a puppy. In other respects she is really showing her age. She's started getting boney and walking slower.
- π We went to the aquarium in Enoshima. While I've been to enoshima in the past few weeks, I hadn't been to the aquarium in at least a year. They had a tomogachi collaboration going on, which seem to be all the rage these days.
We got an annual pass as we will definitely go a second time or third time in the next 365 days. Leo wanted to take photos while we were there and thankfully and I happened to have my camera with me for him to use. I feel like that he had the camera and that it explicitly wasn't a distraction rectangle helped him keep engaged.
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Checkin to KUA`AINA
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Checkin to Starbucks
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Checkin to Saza Coffee (γ΅γΆγ³γΌγγΌ)
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The Week #297
by James- π I got my car back from the shop and not a day too soon. It's nice to be back in my EV with my one-pedal driving (automatically slows down / charges the battery when I lift the accelerometer), instant torque, and not adding to local/global air pollutants. I had to fill it loaner car up with gas before returning it and it's such a faff, so much easier to just plugin at home.
- π΄ I almost finished my taxes. Almost instead of finished because I need to double check them β I've never gotten a refund, so surely I must have flubbed something somewhere. And if they are correct and I did not flub them, I'll try not to spend the Β₯500 all in one place.
- π The energy market is getting interesting, but not in the "woo" way, more in "may you live in interesting times" kind of "interesting". Renewables and battery storage are the only sane path forward. Not only are they better for the climate, they're also better for geopolitical stability and sovereignty. Maybe this spike in the cost dino juice will further accelerate the adoption of solar and wind. One can hope.
- β Fuck war.
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The Week #296
by James- π₯ Leo's sticking to me has continued everyday since last week. It's thrown quite the spanner into my regular routine. On one hand, I'm no longer getting up at 4:30 - 5:00ish am most days and waking up at 6-ish instead i.e. more normal. On the other hand, I'm in parenting mode before I've even had a chance to brew my coffee i.e. sub-optimal. This also means I'm getting in my YouTube time before bed, which is not great for the quality of my sleep. Hopefully this too shall pass?
- βοΈ The algorithm did recommend a good video (in Japanese), in which Kimutaku (main character in Good Luck!!) visits Haneda and a shop with a training flight simulator and takes off from Narita and lands in Honolulu.
- ποΈ I booked a short trip for the fam to Okinawa over spring break. For as long as I've lived in Japan I haven't really seen much of the country. I'm looking forward to relaxing in Japan's Hawaii for a couple of days and to flying ANA domestic again.
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by JamesMorning Run
Running commentary on the buds. Hoodie off at the end, itβs warming up in Japan.4.3km
30.1min
24.2m climbed
146.9avg bpm
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The Week #295
by James- π The emperor's birthday was this week and the weather was a fantastic 21c. Worrisome for end of Feb, but fantastic nonetheless. Leo decided it was a good day to wake up and stick to me from 4:30am. We did a reverse loop to Katase-Enoshima for a burger and to look at the water.
Or rather, I looked at the water and Leo threw rocks into the ocean...but no kid goes to the ocean and doesn't get in. Good thing I saw that coming a mile away and brought a towel and change of clothes.
On the way to the monorail we heard the theme song to Dragonball GT coming from one of the shops. And to my surprise, despite waking up at 4:30am, and walking and riding his bike Leo made it through the day without a nap and in good spirits. - π© I finished reading Enshitification. It's a bit of a frustrating read because it so accurately describes the situation that we collectively find ourselves: beholden to fewer and fewer number of conglomerates. Maybe the backslash from the current US admin will help introduce more choice (and hence competition) back into society so we'll have interoperability and an internet closer to the old, good internet.
- π I took my car in to get repaired after the repairman put his laddar through my side door and they gave me a gasoline kei-car. It's the worst. Gasoline cars are loud, they don't respond immediately when you press the accelerator,Β and they move forward if you don't keep your foot on the brakes. Like what are we even doing? It feels like going from any elevator made in the past ~40 years to one of the old timey ones.
- π The emperor's birthday was this week and the weather was a fantastic 21c. Worrisome for end of Feb, but fantastic nonetheless. Leo decided it was a good day to wake up and stick to me from 4:30am. We did a reverse loop to Katase-Enoshima for a burger and to look at the water.
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Checkin to Doutor Coffee Shop (γγγΌγ«γ³γΌγγΌγ·γ§γγ)
Waiting for a watch battery change.
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