Airplanes

I am loving flying RC airplanes. I've been able to fly three out of the last four days and haven't had any incidents like this. The propeller picked an inopportune time to fly off in this case, and Crüe's scratch built hit the ground too hard just after takeoff. Tragic. Next will be pictures of my beat up trainer.

Arena football

tonight I got to see the storm play in an arena football game.

RC Aircraft

My friends and I have recently fallen for RC aircraft. Trent and I are latecomers to the fun but Trent's son has progressed to building his own airplanes out of foam board and other pieces acquired at the hobby shop. The results are very impressive but are not all in this video. We always have fun flying and laughing at the often unexpected and spectacular crashes.

To Boldly Cut Pizza Where Pizza Has Never Been Cut Before!

Thanks to the Joneses, I can never cut pizza with anything else.

Vacation Funnies

Visiting with the relatives in Orlando today was a barrel of laughs. The first hilarious incident was when my brother, aunt, cousin, mom, and I were playing tennis. Mom, being the tennis expert among us, was leading us through warm-up drills. We were all doing alright but my brother was really hustling to get every ball. He was doing very well. After we’d done a few exercises mom suggested that we do some cardio. My cousin, aunt, and I were not breathing hard or sweating yet when we heard my bother say, “THIS ISN’T CARDIO?!” Everyone turned to look at him – he was red-faced, breathing hard, and covered in sweat. It sounded like he was going to die if he had to work any harder. I laughed so hard I was temporarily blinded but I heard everyone else laughing too.

After tennis we went to the poolside to have lunch. Mom and her sister cut up the lemon slices that came in their water so that it looked like teeth. It was pretty special. When we went to Outback for dinner, they did it again. The waiter said he had never seen anyone do that before. I don’t find that surprising at all. When my family gets together no social norm is safe.

Later that night my cousin said that she was going to get her hair cut the next day. My uncle said “You’re going to get your hair cut shorter?” Before I knew what was happening I heard myself say “No she’s going to get it cut longer.” I was doing so well, too. He told me it was too bad we didn’t work in the same office because one of us wouldn’t be going home. I know about an office full of people who feel that same way!

New Retrofit Defiant

My new Defiant is awesome. It has more weapons than the original and it cloaks. It’s a killer. It won’t cloak during combat but you can choose where to decloak if you’re attacking someone by surprise. I haven’t tried it with a tractor beam yet, but it should be awesome to choose the shield facing to punch through first. The picture is of the Lionheart cloaked at Sol with Earth (North and South America visible) and Spacedock in the background. One may wonder why I’d be cloaked at Earth since there are no enemies around. Well there are so many vagrants around Earth in the 25th century that staying cloaked makes getting in and out much easier. Plus if you accidentally hit one nobody can see who did it.

*THUMP*
Navigator: Sir, I think we just…
Captain: Nevermind! Just keep going! And disintegrate that cardboard sign.

Las Vegas – Friday – Paris Buffet, Mac King, and Matsuri

Friday morning was spent playing Starcraft 2 and fasting for the Paris Buffet. The buffet was great. All kinds of different French foods including lamb and duck. Quiche Lorraine was my favorite I think. After the buffet we went to Harrah’s for the Mac King comedy magic show. He is both talented and funny. They were selling his books there, but they’re a lot cheaper on Amazon.   

 

 

We had a couple hours between his show and Matsuri at the Imperial Palace so I walked down past Treasure Island to the mall while everyone else watched the floor shows at the Imperial Palace. The mall has way more levels than are necessary. I think there are two escalators involved just to walk across one level.

 

 

On the way back I was able to catch the show in front of Treasure Island. It was pretty neat the way they blew up the buildings behind the ships and sank the one with red sails. I don’t know how the people right next to the ships kept their eyebrows when the pyrotechnics went off.

 

 

 

 

I liked Matsuri a lot. It was like a Japanese Cirque Du Soleil. The costumes weren’t as complicated but the gymnastics were just as good. Except for the part with the jump ropes. They must have just added that because the performers made several mistakes in that segment.

After Matsuri we went down to the Freemont Experience. We got there just in time to see a show and discovered that parts of the screen run all the time now, showing music videos and commercials. They only turn the casino and street lights off for the hourly shows. When we’d had enough amazement we went back to Tahiti Village to rest up for my departure in the morning.