17 is a Prime Number

broderic on June 20, 2021

Brood X’s buzzing has diminished. It’s not as loud as it was two weeks ago. I recorded them in the park out back and their cacophony reached 95 decibels, but today, they’re not as loud or as voluminous as at the height of their swarm. The noise app on the Apple watch was in the yellow. Don’t walk too long in that volume as it is dangerous to your hearing.

Brood X is the cicadas that come out every 17 years along the east coast of the US. This is the third time I’ve witnessed them. I wonder if I will witness them come out again. We shall see.

They will be gone in another couple weeks. The adults who have succeeded in propagating their offspring for the next time will all be dead. The larvae will have buried into the ground waiting for that glorious summer 17 years from now to do what they’ve been doing for so long. It is the cycle of life.

「ごめんねFingers crossed」

broderic on June 9, 2021

Before we forget. Nogizaka46 27th single on sale now! It’s solid and maybe it heralds a new musical direction for the group. The members are the same as always though… cute AF.

ここからTea Time

broderic on May 29, 2021

If I made it to Tokyo, this would be the extent of what I would tour. Yes. I am a terrible Nogizaka wota. LOL!

Anyhow. This YouTube channel has been silent going on two years. I wonder what happened. I hope she’s doing well.

Covid-19 Days — 441

broderic on May 28, 2021

I believe the last time I got my hair cut was perhaps a week before the state shutdown because of the rona last year. So even though I am balding, I was sporting some long hair at the end of these tumultuous times. Long hair was great and glorious running my fingers through it was the best.

Today I got my first hair cut in 14 months. I just asked for the barber to clean it up. She did and showed me. It was ugly. I wasn’t liking it. So I told her to cut it a bit more. She cut at least two inches off. Now I can’t put my hair into a ponytail. I miss running my fingers through the long hair.

The haircut looks good. Yet even as I sat in the chair, I wondered how long will it take to grow back.

Bald on the top, but long in the back. I was sporting an ugly rona mullet. I want to get that back…

Covid-19 Days — 427

broderic on May 14, 2021

So does it seem like we are exiting from the problems of this pandemic? The government has relaxed rules for those who have been fully vaccinated. Is it the right time? Are we ready for this? Am I?

I have mixed feelings. I don’t want to leave the house. I especially don’t want to leave the house and see everyone without a mask. We all shall be going around and interacting with people after one year. I don’t like it. I am also not wanting to go back to work, but that is for personal reasons.

I guess we’ll have to live it as we live it.

Link of the Day [5.11.21]

broderic on May 11, 2021

Well, it seems like every few months we’ll put another Nogizaka46 item up. Today is no different. Link to a special site for their upcoming, 27th Single 「ごめんねFingers crossed」(Gomen ne Fingers Crossed).

While I am not too happy with the lineup — the center is Endou Sakura, it still looks to be a great music video. Hopefully, it will be a narrative type. Maybe it is Nogi’s fast & furious version!

https://www.nogizaka46.com/27th_single/

Oh Man, It’s Down

broderic on April 27, 2021

The iPad, I think, is finally bonked. I hit update for the latest iOS, but it has been rebooting for the better part of the day. It progresses with the update, but then… kaput. Reboot.

Plugged in it kept doing that dance, so I took it off of life support and let it drain its battery. I just tried connecting to it with my laptop and it is still the same.

The problem was always there. For the past year, it would periodically reboot unexpectedly. It would first freeze then restart. Sometimes it would do it in succession. Something was definitely wrong with it. Sadly, I think I will be without an iPad for quite sometime then.

This May Be Problematic

broderic on April 17, 2021

We’re running out of disk space. How will I ever download those bootlegs? Nowhere to put them.

But I wiped out my NAS and should be finding transferring things to it. I guess. Except maybe I might want more space on that thing. We’ll have to see. I guess.