Saturday, 22 Sept

Yesterday was really nice. Nikos and I woke up to clouds and we were crossing our fingers hoping it would rain. It had been all over the news this past week; word that we'd have this huge storm and could expect more rain than we've had in the last two years. When it finally came, it rained for about 10 mins and quickly moved out. We drank out coffee and took the time open the balcony door and take in the rain since we rarely get it out here.
Within an hour it was completely clear and sunny and we could already hear the planes and helicopters outside buzzing around, getting ready for the Red Bull Air Run. We drove over to Coronado and ended up grabbing some food before walking down to the bay. We weren't sure what to expect but I knew it was going to be cool when two Navy planes suddenly flew over for no reason other than to show off cool military stuff. When we got down to the water it was packed. We even passed a bunch of chairs that had been set up on a lawn for a wedding that had been planned. How random is that?

So what is the Red Bull Air Run? Well, it's basically a bunch of stunt pilots flying ultralight little prop planes through a bunch of uprights that are placed out on the harbor. They have to fly around this course/track as fast as they can and after a few qualifying rounds they get down to the best pilots.
In between the races, the Navy, AF and Marines would do fly-bys in everything from F-18 Hornets to a Soviet-era MIG. It was awesome.


After the races were over we started to walk away and when we turned around the wedding we had passed before the races was just starting. See the bride in the picture below?
With plenty of random gawkers watching on, the ceremony started and the officiant made a joke about the fact that they had just happened to plan a wedding the same day as the air races. As the maid of honor started to give a little speech about how she had known the bride since they were little kids, I kid you not - suddenly out of the corner of our eyes we see an F-14 come by doing some sort of slow, low level maneuver with its jets blaring away. It was so deafening and honestly, one of the funniest things I've ever seen. I mean, the wedding had to completely stop while this Navy pilot did his fly-by and on lookers ooh'd and ahh'd. It was awesome.

As we left the island, we got stuck in a huge traffic jam because someone's car died on the Coronado bridge, but at least I got a chance to catch this bumper sticker.
When we got home we sat down for about five mins before we headed out to P.B. to roll sushi with friends in P.B. All in all it was a really busy day and when we got home we passed out almost immediately. So today is a lazy day of sitting back and relaxing and just catching up on things around the house.

red bull air race

This afternoon after I got home from work I heard the planes buzzing outside my back yard. This weekend is the Red Bull Air Race, being held on the San Diego harbor. Apparently they've launched at least one of these planes from the deck of the USS Midway, which is kind of interesting because it's the first time a plane has taken off from the deck of this carrier since it was decommissioned.

we need more maps

1. "I personally believe that US Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don't have maps and I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and The Iraq everywhere like such as and I believe that they should our education over here in the US should help the US or should help South Africa and should help The Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future for our children." - Miss Teen USA South Carolina
   
2. I want the new iPod Touch.
   
3. Going to St. Pete tomorrow... yeah.
4. The Gimli Glider.