Shockingly enough I have taken only 2500 pictures in my entire vacation which seems….lower than I thought I had. Don’t mind it though – less photos to delete! That said this trip I felt I needed a separate camera / not because iPhone camera is not good, but the camera is such a battery drain that I would be almost out of charge by 3pm daily! It’s good that due to heat we would always be at hotel most of times but I did have to charge my phone at restaurant multiple times. I am thinking of looking into a small dedicated camera now.
The amount of fuck Israel signs and Palestinian flags we saw all around in Spain was truly remarkable. I did not know Spain officially recognized Palestine state in 2024. Well done. It was also so poetic to see all the fuck Israel signs on trash cans in barcelona – people knew their assignments 😆. Couple that with strong LGBTQ+ and trans rights, Spain literally is beautiful not just geographically but in hearts and minds. Truly special country.
I saw the finale of last of us season 2 on flight back and I do not regret not watching beyond episode 2. Felt absolutely insufferable and drab and nothing in story felt like it moved. Even the finale also I fast forwarded some parts. This show is so over at this point.
Don’t know about you but I am over Avatar movies. Saw the trailer for Fire and Ash and I was like oh nice, I will catch it in theater maybe, but also it’s not going to be a must see event movie. The trailer definitely lacked the inventiveness and anticipation that the second movie had.
Dune part 1 has literally become my favorite in-flight movie. I saw the movie again flying in (and I have lost count of how many times I’ve watched it on flights now). Every fucking frame of this movie is a masterpiece. Not one second feels like it was wasted or not needed. Every frame is art. I don’t think Dune 2 came close to the absolute genius of Dune 1.
This time we really lucked out with Rover. Last two times we had folks over living at our place while we went on vacation and in the two years this has become very expensive and non-affordable anymore. So I reluctantly looked at Rover again and found an asian lady very close to our house. I did a trial night with her with my doggo as well as an initial visit with doggo to feel out the space. It was clear from get go that doggo was comfortable and happy. So we booked her for 2 and half weeks, and my god, my dog legit didn’t seem thrilled he was coming back with us! She is wonderful, and she kept doggo and others busy. Just based on how comfortable and happy doggo looked, this lady is a keeper! For my doggo to be so happy and almost unwilling to come back home after 2 and half weeks says a lot. Phew!
WoofyClub is an interesting concept however just littered with non serious people. The idea makes sense as a marketplace for helping out people within your location with pet boarding, and they return your favor or someone else does. Except, every single profile I have come across or message I have received has been about asking for help with “pet boarding” but not actually offering any. Some have breeds like Golden Retrievers, Huskies, GSDs and all, but their profile will clearly spell out that they don’t want to board a hair shedding dog. Talk about cognitive dissonance; you want me to board your heavy shedder but oh, you won’t be able to board my dog because he sheds? No wonder this app and business model is not picking up. And oh, desks galore all looking for that “free” boarding service hehe.
The new M4 Mac refresh I got at work is so bulky compared to the 2021 MacBook m1! And so heavy.
I was telling my wife yesterday that the highest compliment I can give a country is it feels like home. I felt this in Costa Rica, and Spain is the second country I had the same feeling no matter where we went. We landed back in DC last evening, and had the joy of seeing a white man giving the bird to the Uber driver mouthing abuses just as we were leaving the airport. Both wife and I looked at each other and went Ugh. Ugh just about describes everything I feel about this country anymore.
Apple was one of those few companies that I thought would hesitate to bend the knee, or at least try to thwart it as long as they could. But as Kamala said recently, its shocking how quickly everything capitulated to the dictator. This country has no hope.