...kinda funny timing, since in under 9 days I'll be on a flight & on vaca in O'ahu for 8 days *laughs*
- no complaints, in the least, though ... hells, a speed test already showed a jump from the 5-7 I used to get to 70 !! *wow*
( I can actually be online, use my smrtphone via wifi, AND stream a film at the same time - will wonders never cease! *laughs* )
...hells, I may even be able to watch vids in their entirety for a change (wow!) - gonna have to test that one ;)
...and, no, I didn't get cable - I'm still fine with my rabbit ears, my movie collection, & hulu/netflix :)
this next workweek + a day is going to be pretty intense, getting as much done as possible before I'm off the continent :)
( doesn't help we didn't get monthly info 'til Thurs & I couldn't get started on my part 'til Fri - which usually takes me 7-8 workdays uninterrupted ! )
...but we'll see what I can do - in addition to other duties that come up
- as long as they don't inundate me on the last Mon before my flight, which has been tried in the past & I've had to short-shift a few via prioritization
but everyone should be well aware there's only so much I can do in any given time period and no way to please everyone in a short timeframe !
hopefully I have all I need for my upcoming trip - I have multiple shorts & trucker hats plus a pair of sandals I hadn't owned before, which were recommended
( since I was pretty much told I'd "die wearing my jeans in Hawai'i every day" & I'd need hats to help with the sun... and my aussie cowboy hat is awkard for airflight travel & fedora not quite sun-helpful )
I love my denim, mm-kay ? and intend on bringing a couple of my short-sleeve denim shirts - and, yes, my leather vest... I'll need those pockets once or twice, I know !
...I'm hoping my swimtrunks fit when I'm in water, I admit - they've always felt tight yet loose when worn in the complex pool that once-or-twice a year that I do ( I'm horrible with knots, so unties often :( )
I even got a short-sleeve 'sunshirt' that has built in SPF as well as my collection of sleeveless & otherwear
and, yes, even though I normally don't wear sunscreen I bought 100spf sunspray with water/sweat resistance
...since Hawai'i is in the tropics, I was warned that the 'light burn' I like would equate to 'crispy' in mere hours there
the anxiety has lessened & excitement built since my last posting on the trip - gods! this is gonna be so much demn fun !! :D
for the 7 FULL days I'm there, I've alternated tours/adventures already paid for & ready
(2nd full day a full island tour, 4th full day @ Kualoa Ranch!, & 6th full day a pearl harbor/military tour !!)
I fully intend on checking out the Zoo ( not even a block from the hotel! ) & Aquarium & a variety of other sites while I'm there
...I've already been told I'm nuts for spending so many days there - but since I may not have the opportunity again/for awhile, I want to enjoy the 7 hells out of it!
and it gives me my beloved chaos days of doing random things & random exploring of a new ( & honestly quite enticing! ) area :) <3
don't know if I'll see anyone I know ( or know of? ) while I'm there, but 99% of my vacations I've ended up knowing someone in some way wherever I travel...!
so - hey! - it's possible... 'course, if anyone I know ( or know of ) is on O'ahu & would like to see/meet this weary-weird self that is me, here's your chance - in less than two weeks!!
since it's been asked, no, I do not speak a foreign language - despite knowing people from countries all around the world !
took french in HS ( the 1st yr they offered it - weirdly taught by a spanish teacher from mexico )
...but via head-damage & lack of use I'm lucky if I can remember more than a few words ( which I discovered post-HS that we'd been taught to pronounce incorrectly *shrugs* )
the ex-wife spoke japanese semi-fluently ( enough to assist a company as a business translator for visiting businessmen years back ), though she's lost some of it via lack of use since I met her
...I know very few words ( when I remember ) but only since the girls like watching japanese anime with subtitles :)
I know a few swears in polish, since it was the only acceptable way to swear around relatives
...I have a polish phrasebook/dictionary, too, since I want to travel there in the near future
I know very, very few russian words via friends - including one that wrote a russia-based comic
so, essentially, sorry to disappoint but I do not speak anything but my own mangled version of american-english
...doesn't mean I'm up for some tongue time with the right 'teacher,' of course ;)
( I know, I know, that was purposefully wrong ... yet right ;) )
ANYways - during my vaca coming up, I won't have a laptop with me so any posts I do will be short/small ones... maybe a random photo or two...
at least until my return to *sigh* reality...
Farethee well my Lovelies & Gentlefolk, still a weekend & a half ( including one with my spawnlings! ) & 6 workdays before a long, long planeride to paradise :)
twittage ::
3/31 : Dreamage : on roadtrip w/ friend & our daughters, see sign saying "State Border: Midean" - which tells me our daughters were NOT navigating like they were supposed to! - then shortly approach a town w/ "Welcome to NW" sign, see a gas station/store, so pull in for directions...
(cont) : don't need gas, but snacks would be nice - pull around & walk up to building, friend & girls go towards front but I'd seen a living-room size miniature village behind the building so I walk up to that, but everything in my pockets has shifted so can't find a camera...
(cont) : so decide to go in ( through side door ), noticing that friend & girls are playing on the front deck which has a light rain falling from its roof ( can't see how at my angle ), people inside sitting at tables eating & drinking ( no store counters ), so approach one...
(cont) : "wanted to take a picture..." "...out back, but everything in pockets moved, yeah, that happens..." they interrupt - but THEN I wake up :(
tried to go back to sleep, but was wide awake now & Clio came out shortly, thinking I was still asleep *laughs* ...
(cont) : really not fair, because I never get to find out 1) what state I'm IN, let alone where the heck the state of Midean is, 2) how the raindeck works, 3) what 'NW' is short for ... though talking with Clio, I thought maybe "NorthWest," but she thought "NoWhere" *ponders*
4/6 : here's hoping this AM's install/upgrade goes smoothly - just upgrading the landline & internet services, which they expect to take roughly 2hrs *shrugs* ... nonetheless, will supposedly up internet speed ( by how much I can't remember *laughs* - go figure! )
4/6 II : well - install/update just finished... did a speed test for the helluvit - prior internet ran 5-7, net internet 70 ... so, yeah, I guess I DID upgrade just a little bit on the speed factor *laughs* ( weirdly, it's also cheaper - go figure how that works )
This Week's Random Playlist (albums) ::
Pink - [multiple albums]
watched recently :
via rental/streaming:
The Magicians (4th Season)
American Gods (2nd Season)
Doom Patrol (1st Season)
ownedflix:
Aquaman
Jack Of All Trades (Only Season)
Practical Magic
The Peanuts Movie
The Devil's Carnival
The Gate
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald
She Kills
Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles
Night Of The Creeps (Director's Cut)
Psycho II
Spiders (2000)
Spiders II: Breeding Ground
-thom Wolfox sR Rhose, AK/GOT (OOP)
unusualist - I have yet to find a religion and/or spirituality that fits my own personal beliefs... other than, of course, the fact I am a (fallen) god.