Week Notes 18

Week Notes for August 5-11, 2024

I read Jedda's post about the Camp Snap camera again and it has me thinking about simple point-and-shoot photo adventures. While I love tinkering around with settings to get creative shots, I like the idea more and more of just taking the photo and going with the image I get - no auto processing from software algorithms, no post-processing. I suppose the middle ground (aside from buying a new camera) is to set the settings I want ahead of time and just taking the photo I get from those settings instead of fiddling to get the best shot.
I found a bunch of free Lightroom presets: https://www.lukeptaylor.com/blog/category/Presets - I'm not a huge fan of all of them, but I'm definitely going to play around with them. So far I've only tried them in Lightroom Mobile so I think I'll get a better feel for them on a big monitor.
I've been thinking about my "Now" page - prompted by a post from Noisy Deadlines. I'm going to write something up about it this coming week, probably.

Tuesday: Win; 2-for-4, 1x2B, 2xR ✰
Wednesday: A double-header! Game 1: Loss; 1-for-3 | Game 2: Loss; 2-for-2, 2xBB, 1xHR ✰✰
Sunday: Loss; 1-for-2, BB, 2xR ✰✰✰
✰ I started this game with a sore back. My first at-bat ended up being a double - that was a hard run. I didn't care too much about the results off my bat, but still came away with a solid game. My best inning defensively was the top of the 1st, when I threw out a runner at first and at home.
✰✰ So you'd think I'm starring this for the home run (it is my first home run since May I think!), but the reason I'm starring this game is because of the single I hit: we played the same team for both games of the double header, and in pretty much all of my at-bats in the first game I was hitting opposite field (toward first base). Their pitcher kept saying to their 1st base player it was coming her way, and I could see they shifted all the way to the right. I sometimes get frustrated with this and tonight was one of those nights. I set myself up at the back of the batter's box and waited for a pitch that was closer to inside, and ripped a grounder between third and short. Perfection.
✰✰✰ I played an inning at third base in this game, and made an amazing catch - the ball was lined to my left, and I ran over with my arm outstretched and made the catch. No one was expecting it.
Season stats: GP: 33 | Slug Line^[1]: .625/.650/1.516 | 5 Home Runs

I was presented with my first "dilemma" of my new plan: to eat a DQ Blizzard or not? A bunch of free Blizzards were brought into the office on Wednesday, and I was debating whether I'd like the free treat or not. Turned out they were the "mini" sizes so I opted to fit it into my budget for the day. I pushed a snack I bought at lunchtime to the next day, so that was one less snack to buy!
I changed up some activity levels in Cronometer to get a more realistic TDEE number (outlined in the follow-up post to my weight loss colophon), which will hopefully translate to more accurate tracking numbers & better results.

Just some things I've read online that interested me and I didn't get around to writing about them.

Really enjoying Moon of the Turning Leaves. Rice writes tension very well and it feels like there's danger around every corner.
Watched 3:10 to Yuma (2007, James Mangold). Fantastic movie, great western overall and great action. This is now the 5th James Mangold movie I've seen overall (which is two more than I thought I had watched).
Then watched Children of Men (2006, Alfonso Cuarón). This was only my second time seeing the film; the first was in 2006, in theatres. Why have I not re-watched this since then? It's a beautiful film. I'm glad that I did see it in theatres because even on a big screen TV at home, it's not the same at all.
- And I realized that I had an unintended theme: One character transporting another character to a mode of transportation (a train in 3:10, a boat in Children of Men).
Started watching Batman: Caped Crusader. I like it so far, especially the deliberate aesthetic. Makes me want to go back and watch Batman: The Animated Series too.