Happy New Year 2022!

broderic on December 31, 2021

Hopefully this one will be a better year than the one that is on its way. I think I said this last year as well.

Will we ever get back to normal?

Anyhow, Happy New Year to everyone. Peace and goodwill to all.

Merry Christmas! And a Happy Holidays!

broderic on December 24, 2021

I’m not partying this year cause I just got the Omicron. So while the family is having fun, I’m biding my time in quarantine.

Anyway, have a wonderful and merry Christmas. May the cheer and feelings of this season last for the next 365 days until next time.

Trail Mixing

broderic on December 11, 2021

I thought that maybe I should make my own snacks.

Actually, it came from thinking that I should be eating more oatmeal in the morning. Plain oatmeal isn’t the most delicious, so I thought some toppings and mix-ins would make it better. I thought that I would look forward to it more. So, I went to my local Trader Joe’s and bought a whole bunch of nuts and dried fruit — several bags. Pecans, walnuts, almonds, dried blueberries, dried ginger, dried bananas — that sort of mix.

Yet, in the end, I did not eat any more oatmeal.

So I decide to turn it into trail mix. Again, there’s a lot of that to make it. Like I have at least 3 pounds worth of mixture which is a lot.

Hey, you’ll be getting a nice Marry Christmas present soon!

My wondrous encounter with you is the start of romance

broderic on December 3, 2021

Erika-sama for the 10th Anniversary Best of Album giving us a cute rendition of 「ロマンスのスタート」You do know that by the end of the month and the end of the year Erika-sama will have ended her idol career and graduated from Nogizaka46.

She’s still best girl.

And I wish her all the happiness in the world.

Covid-19 Days — 626: 8850.9 miles

broderic on November 28, 2021

A week or so after the lockdown in March 2020, I had set the B trip odometer to my truck back to zero to figure out how many miles I would drive during the lockdown. You see, commuting daily would be at least 60 miles a day. I would do about 320 miles a week in my truck with the commute and local driving on the weekends. For the year, I think I would do about 18,000 miles.

I was just curious to see how many miles I would put on during the lockdown. Of course, we’ve been out of lockdown for almost a year so this isn’t an accurate account of how many miles I did during lockdown. If I thought to have checked immediately, I’m sure the count would’ve been under 4,000 miles. But I missed that chance to record it.

For the record, it’s 8850.9 miles for the 626 days since the lockdown. It turns out to be about 99 miles per week, 433 miles per month, or 14 miles per day. Quite a bit less than what I did before the rona. Just a bit less.

感謝。Thanks!

broderic on November 25, 2021

One more year coming to its end. Here we are at Thanksgiving. The rona still around. It’s the new normal, but we’re still hanging out with friends and family. That means there’s some things that are nice to be thankful for…

Piano playing, eccentric idols. Purple. Nogizaka46. Team 963. Idols of Japan. Baseball. M1 Max. Space gray. Food. Drink. Movies. Sunny days. Rainy days. Hats and sweaters. Shorts and a t-shirt. Swimming. Biking. Walking. Running. Living. Eating. Loving. Internet. Dogs. Being here. It’s all there. 1期、2期、３期、4期、５期。

There’s a lot to be grateful for. I’m sure I am missing things. I wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving!

Is there something you’re thankful for?

A Sudden Kiss

broderic on November 18, 2021

This song. This song. This song.

It’s one’s gateway to City Pop. It’s mine. If you listen to this it may be yours.

Hopefully it will be.

Listen. This song.

Nostalgia for a place and time I have never been to.

Don’t you think?

Yeah. I’m a weeb.