You'd think a laptop circa 2013 would be smart enough to self adjust to different time zones. You'd be wrong, but you'd probably think that. Another win for Windows 8.
Today my family and I arrived in San Francisco for a quick visit before I continue on to Hong Kong on Tuesday. We were told we'd have an unusually fast flight (5.5 vs 6+ hours) which my Dad attributed to the jet streams, but since my knowledge of weather patterns doesn't extend beyond my 5th grade project of "El Nino" (Windows...accents...come on. two for you, Glen Coco!) I didn't question it and moved on to the windfall that was my CD drive:
So many more months ago than I care to admit, my friend stupidly lent me his entire Harry Potter DVD collection. One disc stowed away inside my laptop and came with me to college last semester. Upon discovering it, I promptly removed it and put it with my classical show tunes collection, where I knew it wouldn't be disturbed. By the grace of god, when I moved out I remembered I still had this precious disc in my possession, so back it went from whence it came, into my laptop and back to Boston. Apparently its journey ended there.
But all that's totally ok, because today I spent a solid 2 hours with the special features of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. It was even more awesome than it sounds. And now it's coming with me to China. Sorry, friend.
There were also some naps, an overpriced snack box, candy I snuck through security, and several high school a cappella recordings I found while going through my iTunes account, which are now in a playlist entitled "Blackmail".
Pride is living and giving in San Francisco. Even the rental car place inside the airport had celebratory rainbow balloons! We usually stay in the city for a night or two, but since my time here is so short, we drove straight to my Aunt and Uncle's house in Santa Rosa. I got some great pictures of the Golden Gate, and as we were driving, the famous fog was just starting to roll in for the evening. When you leave San Francisco, you go through a tunnel with a big rainbow painted on the entrance. I learned today that it's actually called "Waldo Tunnel", not "The-Rainbow-Tunnel-After-Which-the-Temperature-Magically-Increases-By-15+-Degrees". Either way, it seemed especially appropriate today.
We made it to Santa Rosa just in time for an amazing home cooked dinner of salmon, veggies, and my personal favorite, San Francisco sourdough garlic bread. California enables my bread addiction like nothing else.
So far so good in terms of beating the jet lag. Only 9 more hours to go in 3 more days.
~Rodcocker, out
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