Life Coming at Me Fast: Poka-dot Express

For those who are interested in updates in blogs, here is this one....

1. I think I have a "boyfriend", his name is Tim - we went to a Dodger game as one of our first dates.
The picture here is the last time I saw those pair of glasses...I have been blind for 3 weeks now until I get my new pairs with new prescriptions. Two so in case I lose one I have another. It's hell to get old!



While at the game I thought I take a shot of a boy who decided on the best looking headgear.




Since I am a prisoner of the friendly skys, I ended up talking to a family traveling to CA for the first time on vacation. I was their 'tour guide' telling them what cool places to check out; free or not. I had to take another shot of the boy's headgear for travel








2. Went to watch a Kung Fu fighting tournament last weekend to watch Tim's son Josh compete. ("Everybody was Kung Fu fighting, it was just as fast as lightening") All I saw was a bunch of people dressed in pads and a samauri outfit hitting each other with rattan sticks. Afterwards, the grand master of Josh's school guided us to Chinatown in L.A. - best Chinese food! He told us about his Kung Fu fighting school, the business and the people drama; just like a soap opera. After hearing about their people drama, I called it "All My Sticks".












3. I finally finished the backside of my poka-dot sweater that April and I started. I am losing track on the time of how long it's taking; this is a huge chore. Since I am an inname to Detroit suburbia, this is my daily task while I emotionally melt with the project (an activity that supports the income of my consumerism e.g. cashmere) that is supposed to convert in 6 weeks. Ode to the therapy of knitting; without it I would definately loose it.





4. Today (July 28, 2007) I watched my cousin's daughter Alexa Scimeca competed in a figure skating competition here in Detroit suburbia. She looked beautiful on the ice. This wasn't her best day and she seems to have a reputation everywhere even on the net. Kinda cool to have a famous relative! Just like any athlete, she has to skate every day with thousands of dollars invested in her training and competition mode. I hope she does well in regionals; it's one more step toward the Olympics. At least I won't have a problem knowing how to spell her last name.

iPhone Frenzy - is it for You?

Apple came out with the newest techy gadget June 29 iPhone which costs >$600+. I used to love new gadgets that would come out in the technology world since that is my industry of work. However my priorities from lessons learned (and practicality) have taken me away from such a "gotta have it" paradigm. Here is My Top 10 List of not getting iPhone:

10. Heard the funtionality is not all there as designed
9. Another opporutity for foreign language speaking people to call me thinking that I am there relative with that phone number
8. Another opportunity for organizations to call me thinking I am the person that had the number previously
7. My eyesight is already out the window; have to keep my glasses on to read the screen and make sure I am touching the right iconic windows
6. Hanydman bill of service vs. iPhone billing for continued service; choose the latter since the results last longer
5. One more valuable piece of hardware to loose in my cave-live purse to search for
4. Cashmere yarn lasts longer than this product; and it doesn't require upgrade or replacement for better quality or "newer features"
3. Another medium of opportunity for hackers to steal my identity
2. Even though the craze is to get the newest technology available in the market and be part of that history, I never was one to follow a "trend"
1. Very limited people that want to talk to me on the regular phone now / I can access the net when I am working anytime (when I find the time)

In terms of our capital world, "What's in your wallet?"