January 4, 2009
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Blindfolded Eating & Cubing and a New Year’s Concert on the Shore
I haven’t had much time to blog, so here’s a vlog to start the year. On New Year’s Eve, Roin, Jack & Lucie, the kids at our party, wanted to make a video of me, blindfolded, eating unknown foods that they prepared! The adults supervised to make sure they didn’t poison or hurt me (Tabasco Sauce on the apple was vetoed), but other that that, the little rugrats had run of the kitchen. They were nice enough to have the foresight to provide me a barf bag, LOL. Why I agreed to let them do this, is still a new year’s mystery. The foods I ate were:
1) Lettuce, Pickle & Peanut Butter
2) Apple Juice & Lime Juice
3) Apple & Salsa
4) Tztziki & Orange
5) Sausage, Chocolate & CranberryMy worst reaction was to #4. I really hate white and creamy foods, and it shows!! LOL. (I suspect that Eva, who knows my disinclination towards anything creamy, had a hand in #4. Vicious!)
After that, as it still wasn’t midnight and since they were kids at an adult party, I showed them a bunch of videos of Tyson and Macky solving the Rubik’s Cube, blindfolded and juggling respectively. They thought it was a trick and didn’t believe that the videos were real. So I sent Tyson, who had just finished ringing in the New Year with friends in Boston, an instant message. He was nice enough to solve the Cube for them on the webcam, in less than 20 seconds. Needless to say, they were amazed. Thanks Tyson! Happy New Year!
Here are a few more photos from yesterday and today. The rest can be viewed here.
Joaquin the little angel
The first sunset of 2009
Eva & Patrick in the Jacuzzi at sunset on New Year’s Day
The Enchanted Forest
That could almost be a painting behind them!
Facebook finally has a video embedding option, so here are a few more videos from the past two days. This first one shows a little musical performance on New Year’s Day, led by 3 year old Patrick. The second one shows Tom & Cathy’s backyard tonight at sunset when it got very cold and windy! I’ll compile a few more after I get home. Does anyone know a free and easy to use alternative to Windows Movie Maker for the PC?
Click for the whole photo album…updated in real time by my new Eye-Fi wireless SD card!
Thanks Tom & Cathy! What a great gift!!
Comments (18)
Will check the videos later, but that photo! It does look like a painting behind them! Beautiful!
@Dezinerdreams - The photos don’t look as good when I shrink them for Xanga. They look a lot better on the Picasa slideshow. Happy New Year!
I LOVE sunsets and here you are capturing it in its full glory.
I’m all choked up now…….gulp.
you are a glutton! – for punishment, that is – lol. what a great start for my morning to watch that vid – lol. otherwise some beautiful pix of a beautiful spot. lucky guy. peace, Al
@reckless_eagle - There’s something about the first and last sunset of the year…especially when you’re on the edge of a continent. So beautiful. Thank you! Happy New Year!
@pukemeister - That should have been the title of this post! A glutton for punishment indeed. Thanks
What a great way to see in 2009 with a sunset!
You are so brave to let the kids blindfold you while you were asked to eat ‘ stuff ‘. I love it. May be I should have done that instead of dressing up as Santa. ha ha ha.
What a breathtakingly beautiful view of the ocean from the windows!!. I am sure they never would want to go anywhere for any vacation. Its all there for them.
eva & patrick in the jacuzzi that sunglasses were quite the attraction.
loved the enchanted forest.
i still don’t know who you did that blind taste testing. i couldn’t have done it. UGH!
The place you stayed at looks so nice. Was it rented?
I would have put some raw oysters, sea cucumber, pork kidneys, beef tongue, chicken heart for you to try! hee hee….
Happy New Year!! Hope u dont mind me, just stopping by. What a great way to spend the New Year’s eve =) Beautiful pictures!!!
Very nice new year, except for the food tasting, I think. You are quite a sport though. I am not sure I would have taken the chance.
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Most of these video editing tools are free and in ranking order by user rating’s. VirtualDub et al and TMPGEnc are powerful video processing tools, but for simple cutting/joining AviDemux or Mpg2Cut2 are probably more adequate. Check the compatibility of your video source before you install a program.
Tzatziki+Orange… yikes! That’s a picture that will stay with me for quite a while… ;)
o-m-g u trying to figure out the food SO HILARIOUS!
“its a liquid”
carey “… THANX”
haha your face was like DUH lol
@Fongster8 - Yep, it’s kind of become a tradition. Happy New Year to you too.
@ZSA_MD - Thanks. Yep, they never get tired of their view. I’m going to miss the ocean as the first thing I see when I wake up! Happy 09.
@razzlebash - Thanks. I love how the sunglasses reflected in the windos of the house. It was a pretty night! Bon Ano Novo!
@ElusiveWords - I’ll never let you blindfold me then!! Nope, my friends live there. One of the fringe benefits of discovering a galaxy and making the cover of National Geographic!
@Ratinha - Thank you. Your son is beautiful. I’m glad he had a nice Christmas.
@stevew918 - Thanks Steve.
新年快樂
@da5id_de - I should have asked you in the first place David! Had a nice seaside chat with your brother yesterday via Skype. See you soon. Happy New Year.
@Sc12EeN17aM3 - LOL, yeah…and Jack didn’t tell me that it was liquid before he gave it to me, so I almost choked.
wow ! cool new year activity !
love all the sunset picture , awesome.
happy new year !
@aizzat - Thanks! Happy New Year to you too.
@CareyGLY - wow, you have a great new year! and great photos!
@liucolinbb - Thanks Isabella. Yep, we had fun. Happy New Year to you all.