Congratulation Doug and Katie!
Another fine wedding π
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29
Jun
Congratulation Doug and Katie!
Another fine wedding π
Click here for some pictures
23
Jun
Every Sunday morning for some reason the TV always ends up on the Phantom Gourmet and of course they keep advertising their Phantom Gourmet BBQ Boston 2007…
Thanks to Keith organizing the get together!
Im not that into BBQ and would never stand in line for over an Hour to get some BBQ but this time I did.. damn that peer pressure! π I figured I stood in line this long, im buying the biggest thing they have. 21 Ribs and 2 sides… well worth it LOL
A few hours later we got some more BBQ.. lol so today was a very unhealthy day.
I also figure, We better get as much “stuff” done before little Ashihara shows up.
I have my new copy of Photoshop CS3… and I like to have fun.
So if you can’t tell, the Red Cable running across everyone is gone and unfortunatly it went right through Megan’s nose which is kind of hard to fix with my limited skills. I took another photo of Megan from the same day and did some photoshop magic LOL.
Before:
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Click here for a bigger After
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20
Jun
Kerry asks Becky, hey… can you pick me up at the airport tuesday night from our trip from Mexico?
Well of course! Ichiro will come get you. (LOL)
Cool, no big deal… thats what friends do π
I might be strange but I like to plan things out, details are nice.
I actually had no idea exactly which flight she was arriving or where she was coming in from, but she called me from the airport in Texas (which I had NO idea she was flying through lol)… she gives me the flight info and ETA to Boston. I hop online and check and it has “DELAYED” in big red letters…. I call her back and she had no idea till after she passed through customs and security just to sit around for a few more hours. (I feel her pain)
The original ETA was 11:58pm Tuesday June 19, 2007
………. it’s 1:30AM Wed June 20, 2007 and her flight is still en route.
The reason for the delay? Equipment problem? Weather? Maybe the Pilot was passed out at the Airport bar??? NO! Air Traffic Control was back logged… ATF DELAY!? WTF IS THAT? Don’t we have computers to figure out all this shit out?
This is not a big deal for me, since I am naturally a night owl anyways so im actually getting lots of work done (bills, listening to podcasts…etc, important stuff ha ha ha)
Only 30 min left! Uggh I JUST realized there might be construction on the highway to the Airport, I better figure that out…. enjoy the screen shot.. notice the “delay” at the bottom.
Thanks for reading my late night (early morning) rant LOL.
As much as this is annoying on my end, I can’t even imagine how annoyed Kerry and her traveling mate π is……. Traveling sucks and I hope the FAA fixes this problem… oh wait they are a government agency, forget it… shit now im sure they will put me on the “no fly list” for complaining.
16
Jun
Avalon Boston is getting rebuilt later this year so this is Paul Van Dyk’s last show at Avalon Boston as we know it. Becky was not able to make the show because she was in CT.
So it was Me, Keith, Megan and Geoff!
Thanks to Shane to hooking us up (he is the ‘visual guy’ at Avalon)
As you might know, JetBlue has live DirecTV and XM Radio during the flight (the reason why I only fly JetBlue)… what was playing on XM on my way home?… thats right lol.
Here’s a video clip, turn down the audio because it sucks:
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15
Jun
14
Jun
Becky’s Grandfather (Fathers side) passed away last week, and today was his funeral.
Unfortunately I was not able to attend the funeral but Becky and her sister have been with her family since Wed.
I have only known Howard for a few years, usually only during the holidays but I always felt happy that he immediately accepted me into his family.
Even though he was old and had a hard time getting around, he had a very sharp mind and memory. He was always able to recall memories and stories from back when becky’s dad was a kid.
He definetly lived a full and happy life, but I am very sad that he was not able to meet our future son…. π
14
Jun
http://www.iashihara.com/gallery2/v/ichiro/2007/wwdc07/
The last day for WWDC for me.
More sessions…usual stuff.
I was able to meet up with a family friend (Ken) for lunch!
(His parents were at our party in Japan just a few weeks ago)
It’s been a good 8 (I think) years since I have seen him! I helped him start his college life in Boston since his parents lived half way around the world my parents asked if I could help him out… no big deal, I picked him up from the airport, let him stay with me for a week or so before he was able to move into his dorm room.
I never really thought of it as anything but helping out a friend, but he was VERY appreciative that I was willing to help him out…. Now that I think about it, it must have been very intimidating to blindly go to a new city without knowing anyone.
Meeting up with Ken was my favorite part of this trip.
Unfortunately I was not able to get a picture of us, just never thought about it.
Ken is in a band in San Francisco now, check out his bands site!
http://stereo.alchemist.googlepages.com/
Tonight was also Apple’s WWDC Party, unlike before they held it at the Yerba Buena Gardens just down the street from the Moscone Convention Center. At first I was kind of disappointed that we were not going to Apple’s campus but now I can say this was a better party. The venue was nice, weather was perfect and not having to travel 45min away was great! Food was great but I did not recognize the band this year but they were kick ass!
http://www.ozomatli.com/
http://www.myspace.com/ozomatli
Leaving for Boston tomorrow…. Later San Fran!
I hope to be back next year!
13
Jun
Another Day at WWDC….
Leopard 10.5 is nice! Let me tell you some details.
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Whats going on? oh man, I think Apple’s powerful secret force field is blocking everything!
What kind of crazy power do they have? This picture was full of people and lots of code on the screen… but for some reason when I took it everyone and everything went blank!
Look for yourself!
12
Jun
Is it really only day 2? I feel like I have been here longer..Information overload LOL.
Sessions, Sessions and more Sessions….Then some geek fun,
The Apple Design Awards and Stump the experts.
11
Jun
Keynote day! It still amazes me how popular these keynotes are… check out this line!
There were so many people this year, many 1st timers… something like over 5000 people
And of course the keynote..
And to finish the night off, some video iChat with my wife π
There wont be much more posts about WWDC07 since everyone here is under NDA.