Red, Green or Blue: What's The Difference?

I just finished watching the gubernatorial candidate debate on the local news and let me say one thing: I was not convinced that any one of them is suited to lead our Country in the right direction. The whole thing was centered on childish attacks made to each other and no one came close to fully answering the questions fielded by the reporters. They just gave a generic reply and went back to pointing fingers.

It saddens me even more to see the reaction of the rest of the Island say how wonderful the debate was and that they stuck to the issues and whatnot. Those are the close-minded political zealots who can't see any other color than that of their own party.

I hope one day they'll be someone who'll look the puerto rican people in the eye and say "Enough is enough! This is not what we want for our Country. Let's forget about parties or colors and focus on what needs to be done so our Island can really live up to what it's supposed to be!"

Don't look at me! The only political aspirations I could have is to be elected leader of some geekish group of scifi fans and computer nerds.

The Force Is Strong With This Geek!

Finally, after many years, special editions, and a couple of prequels later, the Star Wars Trilogy was released to the public yesterday. It's a time to rejoice and cry tears of happiness, or sorrow because of the changes made to the movies. Whatever the case may be, George Lucas' vision is now updated to this century's technological entertainment medium: on DVD!

So far, I've managed to watch Episode IV: A New Hope between this night and the last. I can say the image is sparkling clean, the audio is amazing and I feel like I'm seeing the movie for the first time. Tomorrow I'll try to watch mine and most geek's favorite installation of the three: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

But, to quote Jedi Master Yoda: Do or do not. There is no try.

Thar She Blows!!

The gusts are getting stronger, the wind is howling, bits of rain are sneaking through the windows, the lights are out, and it's only noon. My wife and I are in our bed, watching and waiting while Jeanne has her way with the Island. According to the news, this will go on for another 12 hours. I know I shouldn't be worrying this much; it's only a storm.

Let me keep repeating that and see if I convince myself.

I Dream Of Jeanne

The last thing on my mind before I go to sleep tonight will be the imminent approach of Jeanne, a tropical storm gracious enough to catch us by surprise. According to the news from our local channels, we'll start feeling the winds early tomorrow morning and all throughout the day, but what worries me more is the amount of rain these storms bring with them.

My wife doesn't have work tomorrow, but I still have to wait for a call from my supervisor. In any case, we're pretty prepared and stocked: drinking water and for other uses, canned foods, a large cooler, and a portable gas stove. Our apartment windows aren't boarded up; my bad, definitely. I really need to save up and have them installed.

So far, Jeanne is no more than a pretty strong storm, but might upgrade to hurricane. I can't take these risks, especially when I have a wife, home, and dog to take care of!

Closed Captioned For The Hearing Impaired

Last night my wife and I began to take an ASL course so we can learn how to communicate with those with hearing loss. The first class was an introduction to the course and the situation of hearing impaired persons on the Island. We have many reasons as to why learn this language, but the main one is to "speak" with our (future) baby. There's this study that focuses on teaching sign language to children at a very early age, not because they might be deaf, but because they can't speak when they're that young. This way the baby can tell his or her parent what he or she wants, like signing for milk, sleep, and even mom or dad. It also relieves the parents' frustration of not knowing what the baby wants or needs. More info on this can be found here.

Taking A Bite Of The Big Apple

And I don't mean the Cupertino Headquarters of my favorite computer company.

My wife and I are going to New York this Thanksgiving! We've been saving up penny by penny to buy our tickets and this morning I finally managed to book our flight. We leave noon on the 24^th and come back after 9PM on the 29^th. We're also going to meet up with some good friends of ours that holiday weekend over at Connecticut. Thanksgiving and my birthday: that's a lot to celebrate! Honestly, I'm pretty excited. This is our first trip together as a married couple. It might sound lame to some, but we are so psyched!

November couldn't come any sooner!

Pikachu, You Bastard!!

Sweaty palms. Nervous tick. Constantly looking at the clock. What seems to be symptoms of an ADD patient, it's just me counting down the minutes till I get to play Pokémon FireRed again. I've been bit yet again by the Pokémon bug and can't seem to put the damn game down. I play in traffic on my way to work, during my lunch break, and sometimes in the stall! The little critters began to infect me with their cuteness and battling antics since the first Pokémon came out in the 90's.

It's a good thing my wife understands my gaming needs. If she didn't, I'd be a divorced man right now!