So I was lame this weekend...

I'm saddened by my extreme lameness this week. So I'm putting up pictures of the airshow I attended last weekend, when I was not lame. You can't be lame when it takes you an hour to get into the air base, and an hour to get out. That's what happens when they make the show free, with free parking. But don't worry, the military recruiters were out in full force, so I'm sure they got their money's worth. But it was still an awesome event.

We saw tons of military aircraft, like this helicopter...


And we saw planes refueling...


Ooh, and of course there were snipers...I don't think they were part of the show of course, but were added suppport.


And we saw tanks!


And they did military stuff like blow up the ground, and fly loud fast planes around, and everyone brought their fancy cameras with their huge lenses to take pictures, but really the pictures don't work out, it's much better to see it in person. And if you bring your big fancy camera and end up sitting next to me, I'll greatly hinder your efforts to capture images, by refusing to move, and shoving my elbow into your lens.

Yellow Cat + Mouse

Yellow cat got a mouse. It's male. Cost $1.99. Named him Vladimir.

The mouse sat on the Yellow Cat.



Yellow Cat had no reaction to the mouse.


Vlady now has a small green, purple and blue cage, and he lives next to the litterbox. When Vlady dies, Vlady II will take his place, and so on.

I was really busy last week...all schoolwork. It's terrible when you open the book and realize you know nothing about the subject. There's layers, the first where you think you understand it all, then the next where the issues blur and you get confused, then the last level where you become enlightened. Well, I'm not at enlightenment, but at least I made it to the point of utter confusion. At the end everyone knows the same material, it's just who's more capable of analyzing and rationalizing the issues and solutions. Anyhow, my point is I was so busy I didn't get to do much besides study. I don't think I even went out during the week.

I did go to a school party. I was motivated by a chance to win $1000. They drew 100 names, and also gave out money for costumes. It's the advantage of a private school, you give them so much money they can't help but throw elaborate parties. We had tons of free food, pretzels, churros, funnel cake, kettle corn, ice cream. They also brought in a sound stage with huge projection screens, and set up decorations. You can see the stage in the picture. Downside was no alcohol, everyone was locked into a really small space with no in or out privileges. Oh, and the fact that I knew almost no one there. I really do need more/new friends.

Yellow Cat on a Leash

Have cat, got leash, let's walk!

Fleet Week Adventure

Fleet week in San Diego! Every few minutes one of the Navy's ships would sail by. I couldn't tell you which ship was which, but I can say most were grey, and the sailors stood on the deck at attention as each passed. Here's a shot of the USS Midway (the museum) on the left, with one of the many grey passing ships on the right.


The highlight was a free tour of the USS Comstock, docked in San Diego. It was commissioned in 1990, and serves as a transport vessel. The line was about 30min long, but the tour was well worth it. Every year you get a different ship.


While on deck we saw the hovercraft fly by. It's incredibly loud and big, and moves very slowly, but from an angle can appear invisible.


The marines on board get their own dentist and medical officer, but by far the best thing we saw was the war room. It's got screens showing where all the ships in the world are stationed, as well as navigation charts, radars, and all types of old computers that no one uses any more. The whole room's lit with creepy blue light, I guess to calm people down in case something goes wrong. It makes photography difficult of course.


And of course they showed us the guns. This ship isn't made for combat, so the weapons aren't impressive. This is the largest gun on ship, and is operated electronically. The guy did shoot it, too bad it was unloaded. It would have hit the Midway.