Dr. Chubby?

As part of our FPC group on Tuesday, we were all given gifts celebrating the year's end. Everybody got one of these medical kits. It's really nice -- it has everything a kit should have. A stethoscope, a blood pressure cough, an eye chart, review of systems checklist, and of course, a doctor's bag! Look at the cute picture of Elmo!


We're saving it for when Chubby is old enough to play with it. It'll be his first toy, meant just for him. No pressure to become a doctor of course, that will be his decision. Unfortunately, he won't be able to play with it until at least 3 years from now.
Yesterday (6/22) was the final day of the year. A 4 hour, 111-question exam to cap it off. Afterwards, Yu and I went to a barbecue place in the Richmond that looked good. The side dishes were delicious but the main attraction just didn't satisfy. The ribs were too dry, the pulled pork was too smoky, and the sauce didn't match the aroma. In the evening, we watched two movies; A Mighty Heart with Angelina Jolie, and a Japanese anime called Paprika, directed by Satoshi Kon.


Paprika is one of the coolest animations I've ever seen. The movie is about what happens when the dream world intersects with the real world, where people can enter other's dreams. Such power can be intended for good or for evil. It starts out as a research experiment to better conduct dream studies (psychoanalysis). However, it's quite natural to expect that the dream world doesn't welcome intruders from the real world, and crazy things start to happen when people can't keep the two worlds separate. The "bad guys" want to preserve the sanctity of dreams, but overdo it in their quest for dominion in the dream world. For those who fight against the imbalance, luckily, there's a backdoor in place for those , and it starts as an internet portal (genius!) Well, the movie plot is hard to describe, but it gives a lot of food for thought about the importance of dreams, of intrusions into private spaces, and of the value of psychoanalysis. I think the director gives an interesting treatise. Oh, the film is also wildly imaginative, not to mention at times wildly confusing. I'd like to see his other movies and buy this when it comes to video, just to see if it makes any more sense.

Today, (6/23) we were pretty lazy. Went to Ocean Beach and laid out at Land's End, on the sand, under the canopy of a very large Columbia jacket. Just as Yu said she loved the beach, the tide came rushing over us and our beach mat, getting our feet and sandals wet and sticky with the rushing sand.

Tomorrow, we might go furniture shopping. That's all for now, the battery is running out.