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January 16, 2022 12:23 AM

If anything happens I love you

During the holidays I watched several mostly terrible movies (that I considered adding links for in this blog post, but I don't think that's worth it). For the most part, my mom picked out the movies, but as we were endlessly scrolling through Netflix, one title caught my eye.

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If Anything Happens I Love You is an animated short that follows two grieving parents. I was initially drawn in by the art style, and I appreciate the use of music and (lack of) dialogue. I was reading the Wikipedia page for this film and it included a quote from one of the writers:

From the very beginning it was always going to be an animated film. We just thought a live-action version of this would be way too intense. We thought animation was the perfect gateway to have these deep conversations about loss and grief.

I'm positive there is no way I would have picked to watch this movie if it weren't for the art, so I'm glad they went with this approach, and I'm glad I watched it.

#film #review #ascii-art

February 10, 2022 9:26 AM

My mobile app code is on github

Yesterday I took a day of PTO and spent a couple of hours on my mobile app. This is what came out of it:

It now prevents me from trying to upload an image that will overwrite an existing one.
It also copies the url of the newly uploaded image to clipboard, which I only included for the purpose of showing this progress video.
My changes are on github! Hopefully I did it right and saved all the right files and didn't accidentally include any sensitive data.

#mobile-app-progress #personal

February 10, 2022 8:33 PM

A day for my dad

Today, I

Took my dad to an appointment with a new doctor.
Called my dad's former employer to ask about a tax form we haven't received.
Called two companies to inform them of my dad's doctor's appointment today.
Researched different tax software to see what would be cheapest and easiest for my dad's tax situation.
Drove to a Verizon store so my dad could switch to a smartphone.
Listened to my dad talk about the different exercises he's been trying.
Went on a walk with my dad.

#personal

March 3, 2022 9:49 PM

My Trip to Cambodia

These are notes that I took while I was on a trip to Cambodia in August 2017

Squatty Potties
Lots of trees
Lots of wooden furniture
Poopy things

Day 1: Arrive in Phnom Penh. Culture shock. Driving is crazy. Walking around the vehicles is crazy. Stay at the guest house. There is no barrier between the showers and the rest of the bathroom. There is no toilet paper. We tried to find some toilet paper at the central market in Phnom Penh. It was a challenge. Finally found some along with paper towels, but we bought the paper towels by accident. Ate at some relative's (to sopboy) restaurant. Avoided the ice, except for Dana. We are stinky. Went to the Aeon Mall. It has five floors and "ice park". Took bets on what it actually was, but it's an ice rink. Ate at some super expensive restaurant in the mall. We were all confused because they made the kids sit in a separate table and we didn't know how to order in Cambodian. Xiaoming felt sick. Had some bubble tea. There was a cool arcade.

#memories

March 20, 2022 1:51 PM

First day of spring

There are two things that make me proud to be part of something. One of them is success. The other is the times you spend with people, having truly quirky moments. The moments that make me forget that stupid things like American Idol exist.

- me, 12 years ago

I was a senior in high school and I was in the indoor drumline. We had a competition that morning, and we were really happy with our performance.

It was also the first day of spring, so a few of us celebrated by going to Rita's. That was fun, so we decided to go to another Rita's. And another. And another. We finished our round of Rita's at the local mall. Since it was spring, the Easter bunny was around and we all took a picture together.

My next door neighbor was also in the drumline, so we drove to his house, but we weren't ready for the day to end yet. We all stood in a circle in the driveway and asked ourselves, "What should we do now?" Standing there, it felt like we contemplated forever.

One of my friends really wanted to go bike riding, but there were 7 of us. Where were we going to get enough bikes? We ended up driving all around town to some of our houses and our friends' houses to pick up bikes from different places until we had one for each of us to use.

Right when we started riding, we had to cross the street to get to the park, and I nearly got hit by a car. But I was fine. We got to the park and we rode around and I was incredibly slow and lagging behind everyone. Once we got tired of riding, we all went swimming in the creek. I've never really been a huge fan of bike riding or swimming, and I'm not really good at either, but man, it was so much fun.

Somehow, only 5 hours had elapsed throughout our adventures that day. It truly felt like the best day ever.

#personal #memories

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