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June 2nd, 2015

My favorite things: June 2015

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Thanks to those who were concerned and asked if I was ok because of the recent flooding! Some of you might know that Texas and Oklahoma have been getting a ridiculous amount of rain, which has caused severe flooding in some cities. I live in Austin, which did flood, but mainly in and near the downtown areas. I live in the north part of Austin, which fortunately didn’t flood. We just lost power a few times, and that was it.

On a positive note, the weather has been great lately (no more rain!), and it’s time for another entry to the My Favorite Things link up! Here’s what I’ve been loving the past month.

Haikyuu!!

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I’m a sucker for sports Anime. They are kind of ridiculous and exaggerate everything, but they really pull me in and make sports more exciting than the real thing. Haikyuu!! is one about volleyball, focusing on the high school, Karasuno. I also finished the second season of Free! recently, which is about swimming.

What I like about both Haikyuu and Free is that no one has “super powers“, and while they have good players, none of them are perfect. (As much as I love Prince of Tennis, that series was very guilty of this.) They still have cheesy lines and drawn out scenes, but at least the moves they do are somewhat believable. Anyway, Haikyuu is a fun series to watch, and the characters crack me up 🙂 I can see why it’s been so popular lately!

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May 25th, 2015

Project 52, part 5

It’s Memorial Day weekend, which means I have Monday off from work! Though I originally didn’t have big plans for it, I did end up doing some fun things:

  • Hung out with a friend who was visiting for the weekend. He moved to California just 2 months ago, so I was glad he came back to see us 😀
  • Saw Mad Max: Fury Road, which was a wild ride. So much action and kick-ass women!
  • Played in a video game tournament with a team of 5 friends. (I can’t say which game because of NDA.) We didn’t win every game but did well enough to advance to the next one.
  • Spent a lot of time indoors due to rain, booooo.

And lastly, took a photo for week 21 of my Project 52! As usual, here is the recap for the past 4 weeks.

#18 – Wildflowers
We finally had a weekend of nice weather, so I took a walk at the Bull Creek Greenbelt. I was hoping there’d be a lot of wildflowers blooming now, especially since I’ve been seeing them on the side of the highway. There weren’t many, but I did manage to find a patch of them near the river.

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April 28th, 2015

Project 52, part 4

Spring is here and with it comes some great weather. It also comes with a lot of rain. I was going to say it’s unfortunate, but really, Texas usually needs the rain. And of course, it picks the weekends to rain on, which are the days I’d like to go out and take photos!

The plus side of being stuck indoors is that it forces me to practice with my speedlite flash. The first photo is an outdoors one, but the rest are indoors and use an external flash for the light source.

#14 – Bluebonnets
Bluebonnets are the state flower of Texas, and when spring comes around, they pop up everywhere. And I really do mean everywhere. They’re most commonly seen all over the grass strips next to roads and highways. There was a large patch of them next to the feeder road near my house, so I walked over to take some photos. More are in this gallery!

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