Throwback Blog: A Mixed Bag Of Everything

Blogger's Note: Throwback blogs are blogs from my past. I start posting past blogs reflecting what I wrote. It's like my "A Second Look" blogs for which I give myself feedback.

Today's throwback blog is titled A Mixed Bag Of Everything written on Aug 11, 2006. The throwback is actually a second look at Aug 2006. I learn from the mistakes I made. I remind myself lessons learned. I refresh my acquired knowledge. I rediscover wisdom. I correct errors. I write changes. I share my feelings. Pardon the bad grammar. I write what happened first. I write my second look next.

Time Just Froze
Summary: I purchased a new watch which replaced my Casio G-Shock I wore since 1996.
Feedback: I purchased another Casio watch. I realized decades later my Casio watch made me look ignorant in terms of fashion and in terms of proper appearance.

New Laptop Bag
Summary: The grip handle on my laptop bag broke. I sent the laptop bag back to the manufacturer because of their lifetime guarantee. The manufacturer sent me a new laptop bag.
Feedback: I still have the laptop bag. I carry the laptop bag using the shoulder strap like a messenger bag.

Pictures Are Memories
Summary: I took pictures from events in Jul and Aug.
Feedback: I took too many pictures. There are lines between taking enough pictures, taking too many pictures, and taking inappropriate pictures. I stop acting like a professional photographer.

Ryu's Birthday Party
Summary: There was a popular anime fan nicknamed Ryu. He hosted an open invitation birthday party. Attendance reached the thirties. Everyone was having fun.
Feedback: Fast forward to 2008. Ryu's true colors were shown in a negative way. His 2008 birthday party attendance was under ten. He came in and out from the anime community. He disappeared completely in Jun 2019.

Anime Overdose (AOD) 2006
Summary: I attended their third AOD anime convention.
Feedback: AOD changed from Anime Overdose to Animation Overdose. 2006 was the year I attended the most anime conventions at six.

Last Night's Dinner
Summary: My mom cooked leftovers last night. She cooked in a lazy way. I cooked with heart. I cooked doing my best.
Feedback: No changes. My mom continues cooking in a lazy way. I cook with heart. I cook doing my best with infinite improvements.

A Quick Filling
Summary: I got a tooth filling before work. The dentist tried to sell Invisalign. My family suspected our dentist needed money.
Feedback: I took his Invisalign hint months later getting braces on Jan 2007 from an orthodontist. The family changed dentists on Aug 2019. His prices increased. His professionalism decreased. I can't explain why we didn't change dentists earlier.

Alphabetically Ascending A-Z
Summary: I listened to 98.5 KFOX's annual tradition playing their entire classic rock library by song title from A to Z.
Feedback: I continue listening to classic rock. Thank you classic rock. Today's music is garbage.

Broken Dryer
Summary: My dad attempted to fix the dryer.
Feedback: Thank you to our former neighbors the late Shermans for giving us their old dryer.

Green Tea
Summary: I drink expensive green tea from a bag costing $17.
Feedback: I stopped drinking green tea one year later.

Work Today
Summary: Today's work day was busy. I admitted my company stinks.
Feedback: I started job searching in mid-2006. I can't explain why I stopped. I resumed job searching in Jan 2007. I found a new job in Mar 2007. I should have more strength and courage to find a job when I realized the company started going downhill earlier in 2006.

Feeling Sick
Summary: I ate a poor lunch. I was fatigued. I got a sore throat.
Feedback: I repeat the lessons I learned years later. Get enough sleep. Exercise. Minimize processed foods. Eat good meals.

Keeping It Cool
Summary: I was sick during a brief heat wave.
Feedback: I'm proactive taking care of myself and my environment on hot days.

Double Day Off
Summary: There were two people in my department. My dumbass co-worker and I. I get a day off at work when he takes a day off away from work.
Feedback: I talked to one of the veteran brokers on my last day. He disclosed my dumbass co-worker had lots of personal problems. He had a good relationship with my dumbass co-worker because they worked in the company for years.

My coworker was a dumbass. He taught me Excel the wrong way. I unlearned his lessons years later. He taught me real estate statistics incorrectly. I was warned multiple times from past managers. Unfortunately, I didn't recognize them.

A Yummy Dinner
Summary: Inflation was the business headline.
Feedback: The Federal Reserve accepts the current inflation as transitory.

Still 5.25%
Summary: The Federal Reserve kept interest rates at 5.25%.
Feedback: Today's interest rates is 0.25%.

Shopping On eBay
Summary: I purchased a new watch and a new laptop battery on eBay.
Feedback: I believe my new watch stopped working around 2008. eBay is a legitimate ecommerce website.

Final thoughts. I ended the blog saying, "Who is to blame or to be faulted for a mixed bag of events the last two weeks? Nobody. I blame nobody for the last two weeks of completing something and more stuff comes to me. I'm going with the flow. . . . I feel mixed emotions." Going with the flow was accurate. Mixed emotions was accurate.

Honestly speaking, I was mostly depressed. I was mostly unhappy. Most of the happiness was faked. I should have been proactive to minimize chances of being depressed and to maximize chances of being happy. The writings were on the walls what I should have done and what I could have done such as find a new job, self-teach myself Excel correctly, and research gym workout plans. Better late than never. All mistakes in Aug 2006 are corrected.

Man, lots happened since my late Grandmother's funeral service July 29 weekend. It's all a mixed bag with mixed results, mixed emotions, mixed outcomes, and, just about mixed everything. *Hee, hee* I'm going to share the latest happenings all mixed or in no particular order. Here is everything #__# Mood: Relaxed and Optimistic.

Note: I didn't proofread the Blog entry carefully. To use my friend Barnes' to the point one-liners: Enjoy it or complain.

Time Just Froze

My Casio G-Shock watch went haywire and froze during Pictionary with my cousins, brother, and sister the weekend of my Grandmother's service. The watch still has power. It's just frozen such that everything is being displayed; in other words, the time is 88:88:88. I going to purchase a new watch on eBay because the mall was selling my watches overpriced. I wore the watch since 1996 when I purchased at Big 5 on sale. Mood: Angry and Sad.

New Laptop Bag

On Wednesday August 9, I got my new laptop bag. The handle broke at Anime Expo 2006. I sent the laptop bag to Targus after receiving a confirmation number from email. Targus responded by sending me a brand new laptop bag. Wow! I thought Targus replaced the handle only. I'm going to try to carry necessary items. I remember purchasing the laptop bag on March 4, 2005 at Fry's Electronics, the day before Anime Overdose 2005 XD Mood: Happy and Shocked.

Pictures Are Memories

Earlier today, I finished the 2006 Mar Reunion pictures when all of family visited for my late Grandmother's service. I called in work saying there was a family emergency for which I spent the day with the family. I took at least 100 pictures and I uploaded 66 pics. Uh, oh! I hope 66 is not really 666 0:-) I need to tell my brother and Dad to pass the link to all of the family members. Mood: Success!

On the other hand, I have pics from Anime Expo 2006, Anime Overdose 2006, Kima's Reunion, and Ryu's birthday party. *Sigh* The correct choice is Ryu's birthday party because the party was fun, fun, fun, and turnout was great for the next round of pics to be uploaded. Everyone, don't feel bad about me. It's all timing and events out of control for which I have so much to do. I find time for everything. Mood: Confused and Razzed.

Ryu's Birthday Party

What a birthday party. I attended late because I attended Anime Overdose 2006. Looking at the pictures others took during the afternoon, everyone was having fun. I'm happy. When I arrived, the joy was all around the house. People were talking and people were smiling and people were hanging out. We also went to the park and played lots of kiddie games such as Freeze Tag and Hide and Seek. Everyone was being a kid *hee, hee* Thank you Ryu for inviting me. Mood: Happy and Joyful.

Anime Overdose (AOD) 2006

I attended AOD. O.K., it's really Animation Overdose. I'm going to called it Anime Overdose to the point when I feel like saying Animation Overdose. For the time being, I'm going to call it AOD to get away with saying Animation Overdose. LOL! AOD was a good convention. I purchased a stuffed Tea Club Mr. Bear, two Tsubasa Chronicles mystery figures usually sold in supermarkets where people buy the box and there is a random character figure and a candy treat, and a Rozen Maiden pencil board for Ryu's birthday gift.

I cosplayed as Syaoran from Tsubasa Chronicle (hey, the ending theme to Tsubasa Chronicle is playing on my laptop as I'm listening to random music *__*). I met Hohenheim, EvaX, Richie, Craig, Jeff, H-Chan, Alan, and a few others I forgot ^^ Sorry. I also took cosplay pics and listened to Ramen and Rice play for at least 45 minutes. Alan and I left around 5:00 P.M. where we went to Japantown San Francisco and then Ryu's birthday party. Mood: Upbeat and Friendly.

Last Night's Dinner

My Mom cooked leftovers last night. No problem. I prepared the vegetables which was easy. Unfortunately, when the meal was fixed, my Mom didn't finish cooking. She cooked the food in a quick and lazy way. *Sniff, sniff* I'm one who likes to cook with heart and the best I can do. I admit I'm not a chef. I'm eager to learn better ways to cook. Having a half-ass dinner ruins an evening . . . at least to me. In defense, my Mom admits she's tired of cooking. I hope I never get tired of cooking. Mood: Depressed.

A Quick Filling

Monday August 7 I went to the dentist to get a filling at 9:30 A.M. The filling was quick. The dentist was trying to sell me InvisAlign, a product to help strengthen my teeth. I think my dentist revenues are low and he is selling products. The dentist tried to sell products to Mom which she really didn't need. I admit my teeth needs to be strengthen and if my insurance covers my ortho, I strongly consider using InvisAlign. Mood: Half Awake and Half Tired.

Alphabetically Ascending A-Z

Next week, 98.5 KUFX or KFOX is going to play their entire Classic Rock library from A to Z. I'm going to listen at work next week. Mood: Happy.

Broken Dryer

The family dryer is broken. My Dad is trying to replace the motor. So far, it looks like my Dad needs to hire a repair man. If I was half as good as a handyman as my Dad, I could make a second income as a handyman after work $-) In the meantime, my Dad and Mom go to my late Grandmother's house and use her dryer. My late Grandmother lives in walking distance from my house. Mood: Frustrated.

Green Tea

After at least a month without drinking green tea, I'm drinking green tea. I drink green tea after dinner. It's refreshing. I buy the lose leaves at a tea shop in Japantown San Francisco. One bag is $17.00, and it's their cheapest. The $4.00 green tea in the supermarkets is terrible. Mood: Relaxed.

Work Today

Today's work was all bad timing. I had to rush inputting a bunch of closed deals because a broker needed a report with the closed deals for a breakfast the next day. In the afternoon, a bunch of requests came in all at once which I hate. I managed to finish the requests and I was really tired. I really didn't eat lunch because last night's dinner was terrible and I hate to eat bad food for lunch because it ruins the work day. Then again, how worse can my workday be because my company stinks. Mood: Depressed and Feeling Despair.

Feeling Sick

I ate three pieces of bread and a candy bar for lunch. Bad choice. I feel sick and tired. I now have a sore throat and I hope I recover quickly. I canceled my gym schedule today and tomorrow. I haven't been to the gym in two weeks. In middle July, I went to the gym which was only a light workout. I feel out of shape. I hope timing goes in my favor soon because skipping gym is like skipping drinking water. Mood: Disappointed.

Keeping It Cool

Yesterday, temperatures reached the middle 90s. I hate hot weather. Fortunately, yesterday was the only day of the week temperatures are over 90s according to weather forecasters. Thank goodness. Being sick and 90 degrees weather are a bad combination. Mood: Concerned.

Double Day Off

For the few of you (thank you for visiting my Blog often) who knows my co-worker is a dumb-ass, I'm confessing I can't handle him. I thought I can handle him with his bad tobacco smell and his smoke breaks every 15 to 30 minutes. The guy is a pure idiot and jerk. Fortunately, when he takes a day off, I get a day off. Although, I have to take the day off at work and I get extra workload which I don't mind going to work and I can handle the extra workload because when it takes my co-worker an hour to complete an assignment, I can complete it in 15 minutes and complete much better. Mood: Cheerful.

A Yummy Dinner

Today after work I went to Safeway supermarket and purchase chicken and steak for tonight's dinner and tomorrow's dinner. I created action for redemption for a better and delicious dinner. I can't believe I paid $15.00. I know it's cheaper and healthier compared to eating out. With $15.00, I can purchase 5 times more chicken or 2 times more steak at Costco. Moreover, the cost of living in my area is really going up. Is it inflation? You bet, man. Mood: Scared.

Still 5.25%

The Federal Reserve kept Federal Fund Interest Rate at 5.25%. I think the Federal Reserve failed to keep Inflation in check. And I think the Federal Reserve put little effort to keep the economy from Inflation. Inflation is coming and then a recession. Be prepared. It's the time to wait and then make the move. It's the situation where good things come to those who wait. Mood: Opportunistic.

Shopping on eBay

Finally, after the Blog, I'm going to purchase a new watch and another battery for my laptop. Mood: Practical and Happy.

Who is to blame or to be faulted for a mixed bag of events the last two weeks? Nobody. I blame nobody for the last two weeks of completing something and more stuff comes to me. I'm going with the flow. Everything that has happened I feel happy, sad, joyful, depressed, despair, confused, cheerful, friendly, lost, hopeful, disappointed, and innovative. I feel mixed emotions. It's like I'm being thrown curve balls; unfortunately, I'm in a slump hitting them for base hits and home runs.

Life is a mixed bag of good and bad. The successful people are the ones who endures the mixed bag with strength, integrity, knowledge, and innovating. Currently, I'm practicing and practicing to be one of those successful people. Mood: Focused and Lost and Innovating.

No On The Job Training For Excel. Also No Classes On How To Use A PC. Better Know How To Type.

There is no on the job training for scientists, engineers, business men and women, analysts, administrative assistants, and researchers for which Excel is a job requirement. Times have changed. The past generations a co-worker or manager was happy to teach a new worker a skill such as Excel. Today's generation nobody is happy to teach. Nobody wants to train Excel because chances are they taught themselves Excel during their spare time.

College students many majors require self-learning outside the classroom. I was a math tutor for three semesters. One student in the math lab was a computer science major. She knew nothing about computers. She tried hard in her Calculus classes. One conversation was on how to use computers. I told her there were no classes to teach how to use computers. The Mathematics And Computer Science Department assumed all students know basic PC. Basic PC was an unwritten prerequisite. Some freshmen computer science majors knew programming. I never saw the student afterwards.

More jobs require more skills. More jobs require more skills self-taught or educated at a learning institution. Be prepared to spend time outside the workplace or outside the classroom to learn additional skills and acquire additional knowledge. We live in the Information Age. Many industries require a plethora of advanced skills and knowledge.

Random Knowledge Or Random Trivia June 2021

We live in the Information Age. Look it up on the internet. Random knowledge or random trivia? A life improvement? A waste of time? The answer is subjective. The answer depends on the reader.

Co-worker eats part of a cake in the break room. Never eat unpackaged foods or partial foods for health reasons.

Qwake Technologies. The companies makes C-Thru Ironman AR for Firefighters technology. Firefighters see through smoke fighting fires.

Esophageal Manometry. A friend experienced problems digesting foods. Esophageal Manometry is an outpatient test used to identify problems with movement and pressure in the esophagus that may lead to problems like heartburn. The esophagus is the "food pipe" leading from the mouth to the stomach. Manometry measures the strength and muscle coordination of your esophagus when you swallow.

Power to the Penis! With Dr. Edward Karpman. A podcast from Sex With Emily on the penis.

Greatest American Sports Moments of the Decade [2010-2019]. Sports YouTube video.

Aaron Gordon Dunks Over Tacko Fall - 2020 NBA Slam Dunk Contest. Probably the best dunk in the 2020 NBA Dunk Contest.

feebly: In a way that lacks strength or force. In a way that fails to convince or impress.

Life by Ludovico Einaudi.

Physicists Freeman Dyson past away at 96. ArsTechnica article.

Is it better to retire one year too early than one year too late?

Ceiling fans turn clockwise for cold days or counterclockwise for warm days.

plinth: A slab-like member beneath the base of a column or pier. A square base or a lower block, as of a pedestal.

What Monta Ellis told Steph Curry after trade from Warriors to Bucks. There's nothing to worry. The Warriors is your team. NBC Bay Area article.

Teachers, what's the darkest thing you've seen from a student? AskReddit post.

A legal prostitute in Nevada named Molly Sinn. AMA Reddit post.

A personality quiz to find fictional characters similar to you.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Major Kong survival kit contents check with his crew.

Survival prepper skills with pantyhose.

Life In A Northern Town by The Dream Academy. Ah hey ma ma, ma-me doo-de din-day-ya.

Top Ten Worst Movies I Watched

My top ten are not the worst movies in the history of movies. It's good because some of my top ten worst could be another person's top ten best. These worst movies I watch there is no connection between the movies and me. Be honest when sharing opinions on good movies and bad movies. Don't like a movie because of peer-pressure. Good movies and bad movies are opinions.

I reserve the opportunity to update my top ten when I watch another worst movie I become angry I waste my time watching the bad movie. Here are my top ten worst movies I watched.

10. Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi. An entertaining Skywalker vs. Kylo Ren battle could have saved the movie. I stopped caring about future Star Wars movies.

9. Dune. I remember two college friends and I watched the movie. One of them read the book. He said great book. The movie sucked. Too many voiceovers. I was bored watching the movie. The three of us entertained each other making jokes on the voiceovers.

8. Superman Returns (2006). I remember the big promotions at sci-fi conventions. The movie flopped at the box-office. I yawned.

7. Batman & Robin. Unfortunately speaking, the movie was my first thought when director Joel Schumacher past away in Jun 2020. Nipple shots. No! Butt shots. No!

6. Spider Man 3. Good bye to your acting career Tobey Maguire.

5. Chariots Of Fire. I enjoyed the cinematography more than the movie. Raiders Of The Lost Ark should have won best picture. Chariots Of Fire should have won best cinematography.

4. The Five Year Engagement. The Elmo and Cookie Monster was the only good scene. I forgot about the movie, Emily Blunt.

3. Slumdog Millionaire. My opinion is biased. The book is fantastic. The movie sucked. An Indian friend said some parts of the movie is Hollywood influenced. The parts are not real life.

2. Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas. I recognize the movie as a cult classic. I'm in the minority. The movie never connected with me. I wasted two hours of my life.

Honorable mention. Megaforce. I loved the movie when I was a kid because of the armed with rockets and machine guns motorcycles and the dune buggies. I'm an adult. The movie is stupid. The final battle scene all the enemy tanks missed the motorcycles and the dune buggies in linear bunch formation. The flying motorcycle scene was ridiculous.

Another mention is Run (2013). I stopped watching at the 23rd minute. I can't remember another movie I stopped watching. Run is the first movie I stopped watching anywhere in the middle.

The rest of the honorable mention are the following: Punch, Drunk, Love; After Earth; and Kids In The Hall Brain Candy.

1. Annie Hall. The first half of the movie is Best Picture quality. The second half of the movie is awful. Star Wars should have won Best Picture at the 1978 Academy Awards.

SOMT: Calculators Are Allowed

Blogger's Note: SOMT stands for Sign Of My Times, an occasional blog sharing my thoughts how time changes life from when I was young to today.

Calculators were not allowed in tests. My junior high math classes calculators were not allowed. My high school math classes from freshmen year to junior year calculators were not allowed. Calculators were allowed doing classwork and homework. The top reason was students must learn how to solve math problems in case there were no calculators. Another top reason was students understood the math concepts and math theories completely without calculators.

My education life changed in my senior year. My trigonometry and pre-calculus math teacher allowed calculators. All of my college classes involving math calculators were allowed.

Look who's talking now. Calculators are everywhere. Most people carry a calculator. The calculator is on their phone. Calculators are encouraged. Calculators are acceptable in education, in the workplace, and in the household. Calculators are efficient. Calculators reduce errors.

My high school chemistry teacher said don't memorize formulas. He provided the formulas during the tests. My Introduction To Physics professor answered any questions directly related to formulas during the tests. If the student forgot a formula, then he told the student. Don't memorize. There's no need. People remember the formulas by repetition and by practice. It's like a pharmacist memorizing the drugs and their spellings. Pharmacists learn drugs in college. Pharmacists work with drugs at their jobs.

My Mechanics Physics professor allowed open books and open notes. The first exam all questions were straight from the homework. The professor told the class a few students were stupid they scored a D or a F. All students earned A's copying our homework to the exam.

Open Book, Open Note, Open Everything

My Macroeconomics professor was my only Economics professor who allowed open books and open notes in all exams. The multiple choices questions were three choices. A few of the questions the students were required to open the textbook to a specific page. The negative was all exams except the final were timed. He explained the students after the first exam there was no such thing as a perfect test. The professor graded on a curve. A few students scored a D or a F. I believed the professor knew if we forgot anything we learned outside the classroom, then we could look it up from a book or ask for help.

Look It Up, Google It

The internet is the third source to look up anything. Forget memorization. Remember repetition. We live in the information age. There is information everywhere. There is knowledge everywhere. Access to information and knowledge are on our phones. People look it up when something is unknown. There is no shame not knowing. There are exceptions; e.g., a football fan must know a touchdown is six points. A friend of mine is a programmer. He and his co-workers Google programming documentation. No memorization required. Programmers learn new concepts. Programmers remember new concepts by repetition and by practice eventually. The programming and the pharmacist examples apply to many aspects of life.

The information age gives people methods to save information, save exercises, save work, create templates, and backup our work. The methods include USB flash drives, cloud storage, printed hard copies, network storage, and online repositories. People can access any method to recall procedures, retrieve knowledge, practice exercises, remember past projects, and research information.

Just In Case

Finally, I carried a flashlight and a multi-tool plier on my belt, and a Swiss Army Knife in my pocket while I was a student. I received criticisms. I received funny looks. Fortunately, there were no emergency situations. If there was an emergency situation, then nobody was laughing because either my flashlight or my multi-tool saved us.

Today's information age technology people with smart phones have access to a flashlight. Everyday carry or EDC technology tools allows people to carry multiple and miniaturized tools like a multi-tool plier. I carry an EDC bag 90% of the time when I'm out of the house. Some items in my EDC bag include three flashlights, AA batteries, USB battery storage, first-aid kit, sewing kit, pens, and matches. I don't bring my EDC when I run errands locally. Nobody laughs at me when my EDC bag saves myself and other people around me from an emergency situation.

Update On A Past Blog

I update the blog SOMT: Newspapers Are Still Great on Aug 5, 2010. My local newspaper prices have been going up two times a year. My household is paying more for less content. I learn less. We cancelled our newspaper subscription.

Do You Know What Day Is Trash Night Brain Test

The common questions people ask to another person to test his or her brain function are the following: the person's name, today's date, occupation, spouse's name, son or daughter's name, birthday, the last meal, and present location. I add another question to the common questions list. The question is, "Do you know what day is trash night?" I'm not a neurologist. I'm not a brain specialist. I believe nobody forgets trash night. Trash night is routine. Trash night requires brain function even though minimal mental effort is needed. Trash goes inside the garbage can. Roll out the garbage can to the driveway. Roll back the garbage can back to the side of the house after trash pickup. No sane person wants to live in filth.

Update On A Past Blog

Commentator Dave Ross released a podcast Commencement speakers are talking to the wrong people talking about his luck becoming successful on Jun 11, 2021. I remind myself three blogs on luck The Lesson To Be Successful Rarely Taught on Sep 12, 2018, Top Ten Men Truths on Jan 7, 2017, and Luck Is Part Of Life on Nov 15, 2016. Few successful people admit luck is a factor. I stand by my opinion on luck. The most successful people under appreciate luck. The least successful people over-rely on luck. A common wisdom is the harder a person works, the luckier the person becomes. However, there's not enough luck for the thousands of people working hard. The late Steve Jobs and Bill Gates admitted they are lucky from the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson.

Some People Need A Ferris Bueller's Day Off

I watched the Ferris Bueller's Day Off movie yesterday for the first time. The movie takes off at the Twist & Shout parade scene. People who thought living in the 1980s was fast may want to rethink 1980s speed to 2020s speed in comparison.

The movie made me think how I take my next day off. The last day off were multiple days off during the beginning of Jan 2021. However, I spent days continuing my indefinite self-job training. For instance, I spent Jan 13, 2021 reevaluating what job skills I need to learn, choosing books I should read, choosing books I avoid, and rescheduling when I learn new skills or reviewing existing skills. Also, I spent Jan 16, 2021 reorganizing my computer files and folders. My learning new skills and reviewing existing skills are a two-week rotation schedule. One week is six days. The second week is five days. In addition, I exercise four days a week, search for jobs, learn life skills, write blogs, cook meals, read books, watch one movie a week, and maintain the household.

The one day off on the first week and the two days off on the second week are planned leisure activities. These three days are not Ferris Bueller days off. The planned leisure activities are reading more pages, writing more blogs, sleeping more hours, watching another movie, listening to music, completing one-time responsibilities, running errands outside the house, and researching.

A Ferris Bueller days off is coming soon. I need a vacation on the fly. There is no planning. One Ferris Bueller day off is acceptable during the COVID-19 pandemic. I continue living a COVID-19 cautious lifestyle such as continuing social distancing. I model the on the fly vacation from the movie with intelligence. I blog the day off or days off when it happens.

Update On A Past Blog

I add Ferris Bueller's Day Off to the Top Ten Movies I Watched Late written on Mar 1, 2014.

Here are selected past blogs on taking a break. It's time to take a deep breath. It's time to remind. It's time to review. The blogs are the following: Today I Want To Talk About Sleep on Aug 2, 2016, Yes Slow Down on Oct 9, 2015, Time Out And Refocus on Apr 26, 2013, and Dear People, Take A Break on Mar 8, 2012.

"Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." --Ferris Bueller, Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Shelter In-Place COVID-19 Blog May 2021

California issued shelter in-place orders on Tue Mar 17, 2020. I have been logging the highlights and lowlights. The May month continues a quick 2021 year. We are in spring with one blink of an eye. Blink again. We are in summer. I got my second of two COVID-19 vaccines. I'm fully vaccinated on Wed Jun 2, 2021.

Tue May 4. San Francisco County was the first Bay Area county to enter the yellow tier in the State of California's Safer Economy COVID-19 color reopening tier. The yellow tier is the least restrictive tier out of the four colors yellow, orange, red, and purple.

The recall campaign for CA Governor Gavin Newsom began. The recall petition was certified.

Wed May 5. Renewed my auto insurance. Shopped at Target.

Fri May 7. 30 US states reported cases dropping. 33% of the US population are fully vaccinated. 45% of the US population received at least one dose.

Sat May 8. The first weather red flag warning. The warning started on Fri May 7 at 11pm. The warning ended on Mon May 10.

Mon May 10. The FDA approved the Pfizer vaccine for kids ages 12-15 for emergency use.

Wed May 12. The CDC approved the Pfizer vaccine for kids ages 12-15.

San Mateo County entered the yellow tier.

Thur May 13. The CDC announced fully vaccinated people can stop wearing masks outdoors in crowds and most indoor settings. Masks are required in public transportation, hospitals, prisons, and homeless shelters.

The US virus case numbers were the lowest since Sep 2020.

Governor Newsom announced fully vaccinated people wearing masks ends Tue Jun 15. The exception is large gatherings such as sports, festivals, and concerts.

Kids age 12-15 are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Sat May 15. Health workers in Great Britain identified two variants in two towns in north England.

Movie theaters plan to lift all lockdown restrictions on Mon Jun 21.

Mon May 17. Retail stores Trader Joe's, Costco, and Wal-Mart announced mask mandates are dropped for fully vaccinated customers.

Tue May 18. Santa Clara County and Santa Cruz County entered the yellow tier.

Wed May 19. I received the second of two Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. There were no lines at Levi's Stadium. I shopped at Costco afterwards. There were no lines at the cash registers. I got gas before I went home. Traffic was light like a weekend afternoon.

I watched the fourth quarter of the Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Lakers play-in tournament game.

Dr. Anthony Fauci said cases in the US are decreasing.

Sun May 22. The delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan is scheduled even if a state of emergency is declared. The Olympics begin on Fri Jul 23 and ends in early Aug.

Sun May 23. The Oakland Coliseum mass vaccination site closed. 500,000 shots were administered.

Mon May 24. The US Government warned Americans not to travel to Japan for the 2020 Summer Olympics. The Tokyo Olympics officials said athletes, their families, and sporting officials are allowed.

Wed May 26. The CDC reported 50% of US adults are fully vaccinated.

I shopped at REI's Anniversary Sale. The number of customers was bigger than I anticipated for a Wed afternoon. There was a line to buy shoes because of social distancing.

Fri May 28. Quick errand at the bank. Early Christmas shopping at REI's Anniversary Sale.

Sat May 29. The Indianapolis 500 was the first major sports event with full attendance.

Sun May 30. Helped my dad shopped at The Home Depot. Crowds were small for a Sun afternoon.

Mon May 31. First heat advisory of 2021 for the Bay Area.