Alex C

@avatrix.bsky.social

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Principal data engineer, chocolatier, cyclist, yogi, dad, gamer. I also like puzzles. And hops. Boston-ish. He/him.

Two statues in Boston, each with an orange traffic cone on its head. One is a basketball player, the other a dog. Taken at night, and each is under a spot light.
A traffic cone is place atop the head of a tall statue. There are also some red-white-green striped ribbons tied to the “flag pole” that is held by a figure in the sculpture. Given this is the day after a World Cup game for Mexico, likely their colors. Skyscrapers and a blue sky with fluffy white cloud tower overhead.
Me on the Boston Common, wearing a white team shirt, red bandana, and sunglasses pushed up on my head.
Erlang Haaland, Norwegian soccer played, from the GQ fashion shoot. His attire is entirely in white.
Norwegian fans do the “row” chant? Guided by a drum.
Field crew surround the water puddle, working to clean it up.
A fountain of water is spraying upward inside the goal box on the field, at the Iraq v Norway World Cup game.
World Cup match, Iraq vs Norway, from behind the Iraq goal side.
Two black microwaves. Both of a sheet of paper taped to the door with the text: “Rules on cooking fish in the workplace. 1. Don’t” No other rules are listed.
Text that reads: “Caution! People may freak out when they see you eat a scorpion.”
A tom (male turkey) in the woods, responding audibly to a human made female turkey call.
A 1.75oz size bag of “Gardetto’s” snack mix.
Foggy nighttime view of Boston. The Old statehouse stands at the center, with skyscrapers behind and beside it. There are few people around, but the lights are bright and diffused from the fog.
A snowdrop flower with white petals grows out of a patch of snow. The snow behind it has melted away partly to reveal dirt and old branches. Another snowdrop grow on the right but is not blossoming yet.
Rows of carrot strips, cooked in sugar syrup, wound together to look like rose buds. The buds are resting on a sheet of parchment paper, with the carrot cake layers resting on a wire cooling rack behind them.
A forest with a mix of pine trees and black walnut. Every branch sparkles with a mix of snow and ice. Up close you may be able to see reflections of the sun through water droplets pouring down from the branches.
A small backyard deck. Snow covers the railing, the grill, and the table is barely visible with the snow on top and drifted against the sides.
A history of USPS tracking for a package. Starting From Irvine, CA on December 29th going to Providence, RI, then Springfield MA. Package then journeys to Indianapolis, then Philadelphia, PA. It is still "moving through network" on January 5th.
Five rows of geodesic dome shaped chocolates sit on a granite counter. The chocolates are airbrushed deep orange with speckles of red, and many are shiny enough to reflect points of light coming from above.
A man holds a grey, three month old kitten in his arms.
Three high end chocolate bars. A 69% Surabaya gold from Indonesia. A Maison Marou 78% bar for Vietnam, and a Chocolate Tree 100% bar from Belize (and it’s criollo!)
Red and green Aurora. Solid green band along the bottom with the red on the right over leaf-barren trees.
A solid green band of aurora in the sky, over the line of trees and the roof of a house.
An apple crumb cake sitting on a wood cutting board. A corner is sliced off to reveal the inner texture of the cake.
A woman stands holding a giant cabbage in front of her head as if a replacement for it. It is so large it entirely obscure her head, shoulders, and part of her chest.
Three men standing on podiums, holding trophies for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places.
Two men in racing gear, standing in the transition area with racks of bikes on grass and people behind them. It’s just past sunrise.
A growing cantaloupe still on the vine, supported in a make shift “hammock”.
The gears of a bike (by the pedals), with the chain not only derailed, but wrapped around the spindle. The chain is also twisted in a loop a bit further back. I don’t actually know how this physically happened when I shifted gears. It took me twenty minutes to untangle without bending or breaking the chain links.
A cocktail in a coupe glass. Tequila, mezcal, charred pineapple.
One of the first pages from the book Hilda and the Midnight Giant. She is inside a tent as it rains. Text across panels: “Nothing makes you appreciate the feeing of being snug more / a million assaults on my cosyness, thwarted noisily every time.”
A small fancy box, with the text “La Maison Du Chocolat Paris” written in it.
An email body with three paragraphs for step 1, 2, and 3. The steps are “Audience and Topic”, “Proofreading”, and “Call-to-action”. Each paragraph describes how a newsletter could be written to make it effective. Finally there is a button linking to the online store. Clearly, someone sent this without proofreading!
Snow accumulating on peach blossoms. The blossoms are a soft pink and fully open.
A metallic pin in blue, red, and silver, of the main character from the Murderbot books, from the shoulders up, facing left. Text on the helmet reads “ART Sent Me”.
View of the Epcot “ball”, lit up brightly in the distance. Closer, lights on resort buildings demonstrate the sprawl of Disney land ownership.
Two men pose for a selfie, at night. The Epcot boardwalk body of water is behind them.
Short rib grilled cheese, with caramelized onions, jack cheese, and arugula. Sliced on a cutting board.
A bread roll being filled with red chili paste and green sauce. A large pile of chili paste is on a piece of paper on the table.
Nighttime view of Mumbai. The city is light brightly with lights, and the sky reflects it in the smog.
A 750ml glass bottle of water, half emptied, next to a small glass also partially filled with water. They are sitting in a marble counter next to hand towels, so you can reasonably conclude it is in my hotel bathroom.
Doha airport. A truly giant screen plays ads, glass walls are all over.
Leek and fennel soup. A swirl of olive oil across the top.
Airline food, business class. Frittata, potato tosti, broccolini, tomato.
Champaign flute filled with sparkling white wine, sitting in a shelf at my airplane seat.
Business class window seat on Qatar Airways. Primary seat with space to the side. There’s a pillow, blanket, and side seat.
A glass mug of hot chocolate, topped with whipped cream.
Text that reads "Welcome to visit 17TRACK website, application,devices,and other related software under DEMON NETWORK TECH CO., LTD." I marked "DEMON NETWORK TECH" with a red box outline.
A charcuterie board with assorted meats, cheeses, crackers, chocolate pretzels, jam, smoked fish spread, rosemary, hummus, and pickles.
A dangling pair of “bike nuts”, like the infamous “truck nuts”, glowing in blue light (though it rotates colors).
A bottle of green chartreuse, held in one hand at a slight angle in front of a fireplace.
Three rows of open ballotin boxes. Each box has four types of chocolates all in the same positions, and its labels affixed to the inside of the lids.
Rows of dipped square chocolates on a baking tray. Each chocolate is decorated on the top with a pattern of a yellow circle in the center, shifting to orange at the edges.
Large square of peach pâte de fruit, poured within four steel bars.
Rows of hand dipped chocolates on a granite counter.
The mentioned tool. 8 pizza blades sit parallel to each other, threaded on the steel bar, with white spacers between each, and then also used to keep them in place between handle bars. The candy I cut with it is on a wooden cutting board beneath.
11” x 11” square of described layered candy ready to be cut for dipping.
Shot of the BSC VS USC men’s basketball game from the stands. The crowd isn’t very dense; USC is currently up 26 to 17.