TGIF & a long weekend

It’s Friday once again and luckily this particular Friday leads into a long weekend.  Pretty much every one of our offices in the Asia-Pacific region is closed on Monday for various reasons.  For Hong Kong and Mainland China it’s for the Dragon Boat Races.  I haven’t seen them but since we’ve sworn off local festivals here in Hong Kong that means that I never will.  And I’m OK with that.  Seriously.

Muse has created a new mommy blog for the upcoming hellspawn.  The title of this new site is Baby Barie.  There’s not much there but she has just started it up so head on over and bookmark.  You know you want to.  I need to get the latest ultra-sound images from her so I can scan them and post them for your amusement.

On a slightly perpendicular note, Muse’s photography site was recently completed and put back into live status.  Go check out ShotSauce for a very small sampling of Muse’s photographical talents.

And since I’m busy plugging my wife (in the internet link sort of way you gutter-monkeys!) I’ll take a moment to plug myself (hehehe) as well.  The latest comic of A Little Scary went live yesterday as it always does each Monday and Thursday.  People seem to like the zombies in the comics so this one should be a treat for those fans.  Sign up for the feed while you’re there so you don’t miss a strip!

A Sort of Homecoming

I believe Muse has already let the kitteh out of the bag, so to speak, but we will be coming home to St. Louis this year.  Muse will be leaving Hong Kong before me to get the pets all sorted and safe.  I was the first to arrive between us and I’ll be the last to leave.  I suppose I should take some comfort in that I’ll get to live here in Hong Kong for just a bit longer but I also remember the loneliness of my first month here.  But that was a long time ago now and I’m no longer a stranger in a strange land with no idea of what to do/where to go/what to eat.  I no longer need to subsist on ham sandwiches and cans of soup.  Although I may just because.

Now, when the time comes, I’ll probably spend my free time leisurely walking the street markets and shopping malls without the worry of wasting Muse’s time or needing to feed or walk the dogs.  Maybe I’ll go directly from the office to a local bar with people from work and see what the night life is like before I leave.  Maybe I’ll go for a hike without worrying about time constraints or anything but my own ability.  Or maybe I’ll just sit in front of the computer and play World of Warcraft all night.   It’s hard to say.

Actually when I say we will be coming home this year that makes it sound like something that will be happening at some far point in the future.  But really it’s nothing like that.  Muse may be leaving in a month or less.  I won’t be here any longer than mid-August.  It’s scary close to those dates already.  By the end of August we will be back in the United States of America and trying to figure out life once more.  This time with a baby on the way.

When we moved we did so on short notice and also threw in our wedding because it wasn’t a stressful enough experience.  Now with a baby coming, I see now that we just really like to complicate things.  I can offer no other explanation.  We sold our house and our cars and most of the rest of the stuff we didn’t ship to Hong Kong.  So add in another layer of sphincter-clenching in that we have a baby coming and we need to buy a house and at least one car but really we need two and baby stuff and furniture and Oh My Gawd what are we insane?

Yes.  Yes we are.  Nice to meet you.

Screw ADT, they have Guan Yu

No holiday here

So I hear it’s a public holiday back home in the States.  No such luck here; I had to work today.  Although we do get about the same amount of holidays here in Hong Kong but they are at different times and have different names.  Exactly the same only completely different.

I don’t remember actually explicitly mentioning it (and I don’t have much else to say today (OMG filler)) but if you use Twitter, you can follow me there via this link: http://twitter.com/cybrpunk Yeah there’s a feed for it over in the sidebar as well but then you won’t get to see the octopus again as he reigns supreme over my Twitter page.  He also will not allow me to post all my Twitter posts as a blog post here as a cheater post.  He thinks it doesn’t count as a post.  I tend to agree.

Since I’ve got nothing much else to say today I’ll just plug A Little Scary once more.  I’ve posted Monday’s comic which you should check out.  Remember to check back each Monday and Thursday for new comics.  Subscribe to the feed while your there too.  It’s a lonely feed.

Mutant Shrimp

I have no idea what these are really called in English and I certainly can’t remember what they’re called in Cantonese.  But they are edible and available in the seafood and wet markets in Hong Kong.  Here they are for your amusement.  Mutant shrimp.