tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321031862012-02-07T00:26:24.793-08:00There is nothing important being said hereMy fingers just need exercise.all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.comBlogger5851100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-56899320972334835172011-01-17T10:26:00.001-08:002011-01-17T10:27:58.397-08:00Superstorms in California?
Thanks, Global Warming!all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-35844711898127284092011-01-17T10:25:00.000-08:002011-01-17T10:25:58.821-08:00Superstorms in California?
Thanks, Global Warming!all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-68118624267250423732010-09-13T13:05:00.000-07:002010-09-13T13:05:08.324-07:00If only all problems were so easily resolvedall carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-45959973604491784352010-08-04T08:05:00.002-07:002010-08-04T08:05:54.961-07:00Uh, your personality also determines the type of beer you drinkOr, was it the other way around?
http://adage.com/article?article_id=140106all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-22112510382613286232010-08-04T08:05:00.000-07:002010-08-04T08:05:00.633-07:00Your personality determines what you do.Uhhh, tell me what I don't know.
http://adage.com/article?article_id=136408all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-33994879061098283442010-07-05T09:58:00.000-07:002010-07-05T09:58:26.076-07:00Free KobayashiDrama in the competitive eating world. W.T.F.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/07/04/kobayashi.hot.dog.arrest/index.htmlall carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-74923662733587410342010-05-10T11:39:00.000-07:002010-05-10T11:39:09.216-07:00Hi, do we know each other?Facebook is driving me nuts. I'm sure a lot of you feel the same way. The company keeps changing its privacy policy and setting its defaults to public. Every time the privacy policy changes, I have to remember to go into my profile and re-set my settings to private so only my friends can see my personal info. If I haven't been on Facebook for a few days, who knows how long my info has been all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-45005619545060367722010-05-08T22:50:00.000-07:002010-05-08T22:50:23.605-07:00Learning limitsWhen I started this blog lord knows how many years ago, it was a way for my friends and family to check in on my nonsensical mental ramblings from time to time. I'm not cool enough to think that anyone really cares what I'm doing or thinking about on a day to day basis, but this blog was an excuse for me to not write each and every one of the people that cared enough to ask me what I've been up all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-71165112293768377702010-05-08T20:42:00.000-07:002010-05-08T20:42:11.792-07:00Northwest PassageI finally got caught up on my episodes of Fringe, and OMG, the show gets better and better with every episode (except for Brown Betty, which was good for character development but did absolutely nothing to move the story along). I love how the Northwest Passage ended with such a good cliffhanger (even though we all knew that was coming). Watch FOX cancel this show just as it's getting good. all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-18301710361035613732010-05-08T19:23:00.001-07:002010-05-08T19:23:47.196-07:00Hardcore Riot Dog Seen At Nearly Every Greek Protest (PHOTOS)Up next: The riot porcupine. Less bark, but more spine.Read the Article at HuffingtonPostall carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-11094493088154164172010-04-20T13:42:00.000-07:002010-04-20T13:42:23.799-07:00Look, it's a cottonball!No...it's a sweater!
No...it's a sheep!
No...it's a PIG!??!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1266440/The-sheep-pig-pulling-wool-everybodys-eyes-.html
Holy cow... (I meant, pig)all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-64495898394682421522010-04-14T12:21:00.000-07:002010-04-14T12:21:41.099-07:00Astronaut squirrel!
F reports success in her squirrel endeavors. Astronaut squirrel takes off!!!
all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-80871446975218569212010-04-14T11:25:00.000-07:002010-04-14T11:25:56.465-07:00I better behave my twinkie selfMTR is a huge fan of Stuff White People Like. Despite MTR's fair skin and blue eyes, he reports that I'm WAAAY whiter than he is.
These are the things MTR likes:
#123 Mad Men
#114 America
#107 Self Aware Hip Hop References
#99 Grammar
#96 New Balance Shoes
#85 The Wire
#76 Bottles of Water
#73 Gentrification
#64 Recycling
#54 Kitchen Gadgets
#53 Dogs
#42 Sushi
#39 Netflix
#26 Manhattan (now all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-81900462031046179832010-04-06T13:33:00.000-07:002010-04-06T13:33:36.373-07:00This scares mebecause I think his picture of the future is right. And, I think people prefer to play games that provide instant gratification, not games that eventually make us better people.
http://www.ted.com/talks/jesse_schell_when_games_invade_real_life.htmlall carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-77806095866557140442010-04-05T22:16:00.000-07:002010-04-05T22:16:57.694-07:00This explains so muchabout why so many Americans don't know how to use flatware.
all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-5407103186891224552010-04-05T19:32:00.000-07:002010-04-05T19:32:46.802-07:00Squirrels and their nutsRemember the squirrels in England that loved their coconuts? http://allcarbon.blogspot.com/2010/03/nice-nuts.html
Well, F has finally gotten around to creating her coconut helmet. She reports that the "stupid squirrel
can't figure out how to get inside my coconut helmet."
all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-15709338603058671632010-04-05T18:56:00.000-07:002010-04-05T18:56:46.515-07:00Birthday flowersfrom MTR. Ask me a year ago, and I would have never guessed MTR would be the person he is to me today. It just goes to show, it's always the ones you never expect to surprise you that end up surprising you.
all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-30649962158442692732010-04-04T19:34:00.000-07:002010-04-06T00:18:23.365-07:00Another year, another month, another day, and more of the same. Please don't ask me how I'm doing.Technically, I've now been in California for six months, but let me cheat a bit and say I've only been in California for one month. I'm not counting the five weeks I was in Hong Kong or the 2 months I was laid up due to hip surgery. On bad days, I won't count the three weeks I stayed with Auntie H in Sacramento either. Therefore, by my adjusted count (this is the rationale by which economists all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-71489961210180963342010-03-31T15:26:00.000-07:002010-03-31T15:26:36.639-07:00Getting old just isn't that GRRRREEAAAATS.F. Zoo pulls Tony the tiger from moat
This is probably what I'll end up doing when I'm old and senile.all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-85840355985778286572010-03-30T08:35:00.000-07:002010-03-30T08:36:31.787-07:00This is my lifeI've been unhappy lately. I've been unable to motivate, I wage a small war with depression and my ability to get out of bed in the morning, and I'm frustrated. I often ask myself what I did wrong, replaying what-ifs in my head and wondering where things went wrong. I can't quite put my finger on things, but I think what I suffer from is a lack of fulfillment.
Which surprises me and teaches meall carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-15371808552470716822010-03-26T17:59:00.000-07:002010-03-30T18:00:53.672-07:00F says, "Poor alligator, probably swimming around thinking 'Where the fuck am I? This don't look like Georgia.'"Fresh water alligator found 20 miles out to sea swimming with whales
This is why animals love F so much. Because she always knows exactly what they're thinking.all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-59460760957287942052010-03-26T17:42:00.000-07:002010-03-30T18:01:17.393-07:00"You are disturbing me. I am picking mushrooms,"Best fucking response to anything. Ever. If I were as smart as Perelman, I might have the balls to respond to someone that way.
Grigori Perelman, Reclusive Russian Math Genius, Refuses $1 Million Prize
As to why Perelman lives in a shithole, cares nothing about personal hygiene or creature comforts -- perhaps he's so freaking smart he's transcended all of that? The rest of us of average all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-19775506412431996402010-03-16T14:27:00.000-07:002010-03-16T14:27:55.456-07:00Does skin color really affect the way people tip?This article seems to think so: http://www.thegrio.com/money/does-race-play-a-role-in-the-way-we-tip.php
Here's an excerpt:
Dr. William Michael Lynne, a full professor of consumer behavioral marketing at Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration has been examining the relationship between gratuities and race since the late-80s but due to what he saw as a politically sensitive topic, all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-53184080911394815292010-03-12T13:50:00.000-08:002010-03-12T13:55:55.184-08:00Maps versus humorMy obsession with all things diagrammatic and maplike is at war with my love of funny, witty and insightful observations. I can't decide which will win out. Check it:
http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/my-way/
OPINIONAbstract City: My WayBy By CHRISTOPH NIEMANNPublished: March 10, 2010Getting there from here: one artist maps out the most accurate routes for all occasions.all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-55996457570888497412010-03-11T11:14:00.000-08:002010-03-11T11:14:38.347-08:00When I grow up...I love the movie Ghostbusters. And, I think it was because of that movie that I've always wanted to live in a converted firehouse. While other girls were fantasizing about castles, Prince Charming and unicorns, I wanted to live in a firehouse when I grew up. An old school one with a pole through the floors. By the time other girls my age were hanging dream catchers over their beds, I was all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-24659694310150342902010-03-10T11:57:00.000-08:002010-03-11T15:09:02.414-08:00Nice nutsF has the utmost patience and understanding when it comes to animals. Animals gravitate towards her in an uncanny, come to jesus way. Remind me never to tell you about my embarrassing squirrel incident at Golden Gate Park -- Fran reacted to the same incident with poise and aplomb.
Recently, F told me about her new squirrel friend. She noticed that he spent a lot of time in her yard, so she all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-80186017045119875632010-02-23T21:14:00.000-08:002010-02-23T21:14:43.746-08:00BlogHer interviews Matthew Gasteier, creator of "F U, Penguin" bloghttp://www.blogher.com/interview-matthew-gasteier-creator-f-u-penguin-blogall carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-62210904837972719232010-02-23T19:57:00.000-08:002010-02-23T19:57:38.212-08:00I'll admit, I lizzed a bitOne of the funnier websites I've seen lately. I'll admit to a bit of lizzing when I saw it.
Fuck You, Penguinall carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-87834348196585976352010-02-22T21:51:00.002-08:002010-02-22T21:52:10.993-08:00Engrish license plateF reports she saw an Asian lady driving a Lexus with a license plate that read My Rexus.all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-59751195111265443202010-02-20T13:35:00.002-08:002010-02-20T13:37:49.059-08:00Happy 87th, Grandma!all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-2579372113268983512010-02-18T13:59:00.001-08:002010-02-18T14:00:43.873-08:00It's not just my fingers that need exerciseMy brain needs work too! I just signed on for a free trial on Limosity today, and the website is pretty awesome. I think I'll spend 15 minutes each morning flexing my mental muscles. After taking a few brain tests and doing poorly on them, I sure need all the help I can get!all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-49411445270553638512010-02-07T14:49:00.007-08:002010-02-07T19:52:47.018-08:00If you are stolen, please call the polrice.As many of you know, my dad has been staying with me for the last few weeks to help me out with my hip surgery. While he's US educated, has lived in the US for almost 15 years and has worked for a number of American companies, he still sometimes gets his words ("R"s and "L"s) and idioms a bit mixed up. After five weeks in Hong Kong and spending time with my dad, I can report that the pictures all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-6432782894269232372010-01-28T00:38:00.003-08:002010-02-07T19:30:11.738-08:00The first appearance of Frakis in the third episode of the original Battlestar Galactica. :-)all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-37678981061682523532010-01-28T00:00:00.003-08:002010-01-28T00:08:45.235-08:00Battlestar Galactica old skoolHulu recently posted the first twenty-four episodes of the original Battlestar Galactica. This show is almost as old as me! The series first aired in September of 1978, only a few months after I was born. TV is so much smarter and thoughtful these days (with the exception of Star Trek TNG of course!), so it's been a blast to watch scifi from the 70s. While the plot lines and special effects all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-50770694412087936312010-01-25T00:30:00.000-08:002010-03-19T00:33:51.296-07:00This is why people shouldn't let their pets run looseBecause not everyone will stop for animals crossing the street.
A cat which became famous for catching the same bus every day for four years has been run over and killed - while crossing the road to catch its daily lift.
Crafty Casper died in a hit and run accident as he tried to board the No3 service.
He hopped on the bus around 10am every morning and sat on the back seat throughout its all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-6033092418536233072010-01-11T09:32:00.004-08:002010-01-13T01:52:34.439-08:00I can't believe you just upped my credit limitDear Credit Card Company Which Shall Remain Unnamed,I'm unemployed. I've been unemployed since November of 2008.I'm transient. In the past 14 months, I've been in six different countries and traversed opposite sides of the globe.Finally, I'm homeless. I gave up my apartment in August and have been living with friends and family since.So, why in the world would you up my credit limit? I have all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-56989352373111858672010-01-10T01:50:00.003-08:002010-01-10T01:58:33.537-08:00Wow, other peoples' parents say the same things to them too!M sent this website over to me, and I feel better.Postcards from Yo MommaIt's good to know other peoples' parents say outrageous things to their children too.all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-39891241979231824822010-01-07T02:59:00.004-08:002010-01-11T02:27:44.356-08:00Back from Hong Kong!I got back from Hong Kong last night, and I've a lot to do this year in an effort to reconnect with my Asianness:First, I have to rehearse my new repertoire of asian picture poses. I thought that all I had to do was make a V with every picture, and I was officially asian, but nope. I've been told that there's an entire catalog of asian poses, many of which can be found on this website: all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-7007961076081793372010-01-03T03:28:00.013-08:002010-01-13T02:18:53.380-08:00He said what?The sign on my forehead must say if you're an old, creepy man, you ought to hit on me.As I've mentioned before, my "uncomfortable place" (my defense when I feel insecure or threatened) is to be extremely polite. Unfortunately, old men just see that as a shiny neon arrow that shouts, "Hey, old man, you oughtta hit on me." I hate to break it to you, old man, but politeness doesn't necessarily all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-84929489258556318052010-01-02T19:00:00.001-08:002010-01-11T09:19:58.110-08:00Monkeys in MonkeylandR invited me to go hiking with her friend J's church group. We took a short walk along the Shek Lei Pui reservoir in Tai Po and encountered quite a few furry faces. Check out the album by clicking on the link below the picture.From Monkeys that live in Monkeylandall carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-44224928171791597642010-01-01T14:53:00.001-08:002010-01-13T02:20:31.887-08:00New moonwould have certainly been more exciting had it been two hours of ass cheeks mooning me on the big screen. I promised L right before the holidays that I would watch New Moon with her, and she held me to that promise. I spent the first day of 2010 subjected to a painful parade of empty stares, pregnant pauses and cliche expressions monotonously and robotically voiced by Kristen Stewart and Robertall carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-71890872644503047762010-01-01T07:08:00.001-08:002010-01-11T09:16:59.129-08:00Wait, it's the New Year?It's 10am on the first day of 2010, and I am stone cold sober. I have no idea how that happened, considering I got in bed at 5am this morning, but here I am, about to leave my parents' place to go watch New Moon (not my choice) at IFC with L.First, I thought I'd leave you some images of the festivities last night. For more, go to the album.The view from the Star Ferry Pier: Kowloon:Central:all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-43589904682820723622009-12-31T13:25:00.000-08:002010-01-11T02:18:58.467-08:00Living in DisneylandHong Kong has a Disneyland. It's the smallest out of all the parks, but it's there. I've heard it's a huge Chinese tourist draw, with tons of mainlanders visiting per year. My mom told me that when the park first opened, so many mainlanders arrived to visit that the park stopped allowing people in. It almost incited a riot as mainlanders began scaling the walls in an attempt to bypass the all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-58029095332193841572009-12-28T18:55:00.000-08:002009-12-28T18:56:22.530-08:00Happy New Year!all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-53408834527670787972009-12-24T06:57:00.001-08:002009-12-24T06:57:47.647-08:00Merry Christmas!all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-4796559418149288062009-12-24T06:55:00.001-08:002009-12-24T06:57:22.231-08:00There's no hope for us common folkTim Robbins and Susan Sarandon, split after 20+ years?Marg Helgenberger and Alan Rosenberg, divorced after 18 years?I guess it's the season for... change?all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-90911939090973206652009-12-22T23:13:00.000-08:002010-01-16T23:16:29.711-08:00Who knew the Vatican was a Simpsons fan?Homer doesn't even believe in Jeebus!http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,26520387-952,00.htmlYesterday the paper, L'Osservatore Romano, congratulated the show on its 20th anniversary and lauded its philosophical leanings as well as its stinging and often irreverent take on religion.Religion, from the snore-evoking sermons of the Reverend Lovejoy to Homer's face-to-face talks with Godall carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-63700445194226841992009-12-22T18:03:00.000-08:002010-01-11T09:15:50.461-08:00Stranger things have happenedI was at the Star Ferry today, and this is what I saw.all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-81918382313943187952009-12-22T11:35:00.008-08:002009-12-22T12:52:44.593-08:00I look like a poodle.So I've gone and done it.I usually rock wavy hair, and while it looks totally natural (so I hear), it's not. It's what I call surfer girl hair, and I don't know how my hair guy Markus does it, but he's just brilliant. I explain that I want to look like I just spent the day at the beach and my hair is all wavy and surfer-girl-like, and he can magically just turn my straight asian hair into a all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-85163743095860607942009-12-22T10:05:00.003-08:002009-12-22T10:20:22.529-08:00Boby can count!I was telling my parents about CKY's dog Monty. Monty once found tennis balls at the dog park, and he had a lovely time chasing them. To Monty's disappointment, the next time he was at the dog park a few days later, there were no tennis balls to be found. A few days after that, Monty and CKY were about to head out to the dog park when Monty went to his toy chest and picked up a tennis ball. all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-78511272568324973902009-12-20T00:34:00.008-08:002009-12-20T02:38:22.024-08:00Who eats this shit?Well, apparently I do. I met L for dinner on Friday, and we were supposed to go to a Japanese restaurant in Mongkok. It was a really long wait, so we dropped into the restaurant next door where there were plenty of seats available. We quickly realized why.The restaurant had a bathroom theme! We sat on toilets, our table was a sink, and our food came in dishes shaped like urinals, bathtubs, all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-5177246926044194202009-12-19T23:39:00.001-08:002009-12-19T23:40:51.230-08:00"He's ten times the man you are,...and you're like forty guys."I had to laugh at that line. That's what I get for watching the Dollhouse.all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-38650813891295910792009-12-13T03:47:00.003-08:002009-12-20T03:58:37.693-08:00Grandma got herself an iPhoneRemember when I said my Grandma was a cool old lady? Well, she went out and got herself an iphone. She saw a commercial on TV, and decided that she absolutely HAD to have a phone with a built in camera, so she got herself an iPhone the very next day. Nevermind that she doesn't even know how to use a microwave yet. I'm sure she'll figure out how to use the touchscreen and her new bluetooth all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-5399579580054716812009-12-11T03:04:00.000-08:002009-12-20T03:59:47.642-08:00In Hong KongI haven't been to Hong Kong to visit my parents in so long, I feel very much the stranger here. Especially now that my parents have moved to the New Territories. I'm here for a few weeks, so I've fallen into a routine. Most days, I get up, walk a few times around the manmade lake that sits at the center of my parents' housing development, walk around the neighborhood a bit, and then head back all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-47705051246864089162009-12-10T01:46:00.004-08:002009-12-20T03:04:28.620-08:00the menagerie at my parents' houseI'm at my parents home in Hong Kong, and I feel very much the tourist these days. When I lived in Hong Kong for three years before heading back to the States for college, my parents lived on Hong Kong Island, within easy access to the financial district, downtown and shopping. These days, they're located in the "countryside" (by HK standards) a good half hour from the hustle and bustle of a all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-72229483437429201622009-12-10T00:23:00.004-08:002009-12-10T00:48:36.142-08:00hooray for vintage aviatorsMy mom saw me eyeing aviators the other day, and she stopped me from buying them. When we got home, she pulled out a pair of Raybans that she's had since the early 90s. They're mine now, since she wears glasses these days so uses clip-on sunglasses. Hooray for vintage aviators!all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-75182280454922858292009-12-09T23:49:00.003-08:002009-12-10T00:11:42.938-08:00Cover MeI recently discovered Cover Me on Hulu, and I've been unable to pull myself away from my computer since. It's well written, not over the top, and loosely based off a true story about a crime-fighting FBI family. Plus, the acting by Peter Dobson and Michael Angarano is just brilliant. Too bad USA cancelled the show after Season 1, but if you've got time, there's a good 25 episodes to watch on all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-91768418707180941632009-12-09T20:58:00.005-08:002009-12-09T21:45:31.126-08:00cheese mites : adding flavor through "action" on the cheeseMTR reports that he recently bought a wedge of Mimolette. Here is the excerpt from a wikipedia entry describing how mimolette is made:"The greyish crust of aged Mimolette is the result of cheese mites intentionally introduced to add flavor by their action on the surface of the cheese."And, here's an excerpt from a wikipedia entry on cheese mites:"[Cheese mites] gain their name from the fact thatall carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-12780917547862930502009-12-08T22:15:00.000-08:002009-12-17T22:23:50.209-08:00An awesome hair salon in Hong Kong!!!I am in desperate need of a haircut. After a month of moving, 5 weeks camping out of my car, and then a month settling into northern California, my hair needs HELP!I've been putting off a haircut for the following reasons:1. I didn't trust anybody to do my hair but the hair guy I've been seeing in NYC for the last 6 years,2. My hair guy didn't charge that much, but he gave amazing cuts. I'd all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-16682739159814557552009-12-08T01:32:00.000-08:002009-12-11T01:36:44.712-08:00in hong hong, part 2...My stepmother's vertigo is gone, and it's nice to have her up and about. She's happy to have me visit, and with her around, my dad lays off a bit. He still tells me several times a day how selfish I am because I won't get married and have children (selfish?), but at least it's only a few times a day.It's a little backwards to have my own parent treat me like a criminal, especially when it's all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-31651934853975879952009-12-06T09:17:00.003-08:002009-12-06T09:25:43.035-08:00Are those your real teeth?Mom, Dad and I accompanied Grandma to get fitted for her new dentures today. For someone born in 1928, Grandma's a pretty cool dame. She still works at looking her best, getting her hair dyed, keeping up to speed on accessories, wearing ballet flats instead of sneakers. After looking at me intently, she turned to my mother and said something in Chinese. My mother laughed. Grandma had been all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-12698266154010453172009-12-06T08:42:00.002-08:002009-12-06T09:01:41.096-08:00Back from the land of squat toilets...Mom, Dad, Grandma and I went to Shenzhen for the first time ever today, and it was an... experience. My twinkie self was completely overwhelmed by the massive amounts of people jammed into tiny spaces, the socially acceptable spitting and littering in public areas, and unenforced traffic signals that drivers consider optional.The Chinese concept of personal space is amazing in that there isn't all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-87190159211659508682009-12-05T06:48:00.003-08:002009-12-06T09:26:56.949-08:00Er, have you seen my teeth?Grandma lost her dentures, so tomorrow, we're going to get her a new set.all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-23412594681195639262009-12-03T01:26:00.001-08:002009-12-11T01:29:42.906-08:00In one ear and out the otherDad's stressed me out so much that I wasn't sure if I could stay the full five weeks. Fortunately, my brother K helped me put things in perspective:"We all know dad is dad. We know that dad wants what he believe is best for us, all parents are like that. Parents believe that their children are a product of their life, teachings, etc, so we just need to recognize that. I think all dad ever wantedall carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-34065287197190449172009-12-02T23:17:00.003-08:002009-12-06T09:05:09.573-08:00in hong kong...I haven't been here since 2004, and it's different now. It could be because my parents now live all the way out in Tuen Mun now, but I also think that the government has developed the heck out of the islands since I last lived here in 2000. Plus, the SARS scare has made Hong Kong so germaphobic that all public areas are disinfected several times a day. The impeccably clean public bathrooms, all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-76047537070115374942009-11-05T22:12:00.002-08:002009-11-10T02:33:54.156-08:005 weeks and 5,934 miles later...I've arrived.I'm not sure what to do with myself. I haven't slept in the same bed for more than two nights in a row (excluding my four nights at C's in Salt Lake City and three nights at E's in Toledo, of course). There's a part of me that's glad the constant travel is over, but there's part of me that wants to get back in the car and keep on driving.In the safe cocoon of my car, my world is all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-54877041692848220772009-10-28T07:03:00.004-07:002009-10-28T07:07:01.827-07:00Yet another winter storm...A storm was blowing in yesterday afternoon, so I hightailed it out of the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park and am hiding out at the Rustic Inn in Moab. I had optimistically hoped that the rain/snow/ice would magically disappear by the time I woke up, but it's currently 40 degrees (23 with wind chill) in Moab. I was going to go up to Island in the Sky today to do some hiking, but I all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-90312822659392598092009-10-26T00:08:00.004-07:002009-10-26T01:04:58.580-07:00Erosion HappensIt was another gorgeous day -- 55, sunny and windy. I went to Natural Bridges National Monument and got to clamber up and down canyons today, and there was no wind when I was down in the canyon. I was happy to be active.Natural Bridges National Monumentall carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-76936650697559172522009-10-24T01:33:00.003-07:002009-10-24T01:46:51.078-07:00Plants that want to eat peoplePeople sized viney or big-leafed plants scare me. I'm convinced that they secretly want to eat people.I've always been nervous around big leafy plants. I've thought about it, and it's probably the result of A Little Shop of Horrors, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and an overactive imagination as a child. The first was because absent parents translated into no television censorship whatsoeverall carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-51498000763922578772009-10-24T01:10:00.006-07:002009-10-26T00:07:54.987-07:00Cliff Palace and the Petroglyph TrailToday was yet another good day. I had told C that I'd be in Salt Lake City by this weekend, but once M left, I realized how much harder driving is when one can't share the load. I decided to take it slow instead of trying to stick to a schedule, and I feel much better for it.I slept in this morning, and then made my way back to Mesa Verde National Park. It was sunny and 60 degrees when the all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-58568224829224982762009-10-23T01:03:00.009-07:002009-10-23T01:38:47.872-07:00The Chapin Mesa and Mesa Top Loop at Mesa VerdeAfter lunch, I headed over to Mesa Verde National Park. Since it was closing in on 3, I decided to drive the scenic drive and take a self-guided tour of the Far View Sites and Mesa Top Loop. My initial plan was to camp in the park, but its only campsite closed last weekend. I'm staying in Cortez for the night, and I'll return to Mesa Verde (a 15 minute drive) tomorrow to take a ranger guided all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-24645402525991281512009-10-23T00:58:00.002-07:002009-10-23T01:03:32.627-07:00Fall in DurangoI spent the morning having coffee and walking around Durango, CO. Now that I'm in southern Colorado, the weather is milder. It was sunny, dry and in the high 50s, and the fall colors were in full effect. From DurangoI stopped in at the Old Tymer's Cafe for lunch. While there, I met a handful of retired or close to retired California transplants. Meeting retired folk is what happens when one all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-20821464231099977912009-10-21T07:50:00.005-07:002009-10-21T08:55:23.890-07:00In Florence, it's called whitenerI checked into a Super 8 in Florence, CO last night to wait out the storm. It's a decent, clean, and quiet place, and the manager is very nice.My room has a small fridge, microwave and coffeemaker. I made coffee this morning, and as I reached for the motel-provided non-sugar sweetener and creamer, I noticed that the creamer was called whitener. I decided to have my coffee with just sweetener all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-1100768411456058482009-10-16T23:39:00.004-07:002009-10-17T01:01:50.502-07:00Perhaps I should have called it chasing the sunbecause that's what this trip has been all about.It started to pour on my way to Saratoga Springs from New York City, and I've been racing precipitation as I've moved west.It poured my entire drive from Saratoga to Niagara Falls (Canada).The sun broke free in the morning in time for me to see the falls but retreated as I drove through Ontario wine country. While I loved the rolling hills of all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-49625072550626638452009-10-09T07:05:00.008-07:002009-10-09T07:23:56.606-07:00Rain and snow? Er, it's not you, it's me.I'm starting to wonder if it's me.The weather was wonderful in the weeks preceding my cross-country adventure. I was excited to experience fall. Then, on the day I left New York City, the skies opened up.But, it wasn't like the skies opened up in New York City, and I left the weather behind. It's actually more like the skies opened up and then stayed open wherever I've managed to stop along myall carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-38312259652620189022009-10-09T05:41:00.003-07:002009-10-09T05:46:56.734-07:00Congrats, Barack!It's great that Barack just won the Nobel Peace Prize. I'm happy for him, for this country, and for his cause, but I have to wonder...what'd he win the prize for?http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/09/nobel.peace.prize/index.htmlPresident Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, a stunning decision that comes just eight months into his presidency.Less than nine months into his all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-53342217017202671452009-09-28T05:36:00.000-07:002009-09-29T05:39:05.395-07:00Congrats to J and K!I celebrated their wedding this weekend!For more K and J related pictures, click here.all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-4369349835440698742009-09-24T05:26:00.002-07:002009-09-24T05:29:37.385-07:00I heart NPHNY Mag's profile of NPH is totally right on and awesome:Neil Patrick Harris used to be an underage doctor on TV. Now he’s another Hollywood first: an out gay actor who can host award shows, play a womanizer, walk the red carpet with his boyfriend, and then get cast in movies as a straight dad. Neat trick.http://nymag.com/arts/tv/profiles/59002/Styling by Sharon Williams/Celestine Talent; Groomingall carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-81382991579879929382009-09-07T20:12:00.005-07:002009-09-07T20:21:49.685-07:00MongoliaI fell in love with Mongolia when I visited in 2005. When I read this in The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, I felt it put into words how I felt about the place and what I imagined Gengiz Khan to have felt too:Sometimes, when one is moving silently through such an utterly desolate landscape, an overwhelming hallucination can make one feel that oneself, as an individual human being, isall carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-31837996407547921942009-08-21T13:04:00.003-07:002009-08-21T14:58:00.235-07:00I hate you too, bike thiefhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/deryid/3835365190/all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-82055204240539726762009-08-05T13:15:00.001-07:002009-08-05T13:15:39.245-07:00So cute, I might puke.http://gawker.com/5270201/pixar-search-no-further-for-your-next-adorable-characterall carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-60167113555858472542009-08-04T22:10:00.005-07:002009-08-07T05:49:12.164-07:00What I've been doing the last two weeksI've spent the last two weeks hiking, camping and attempting to surf on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica with the Costa Rica Rainforest Outward Bound School (CRROBS). I did a similar trip with CRROBS last winter and had a blast, so I decided to take advantage of my current situation and return while I'm still on the east coast.Unbeknownst to me, I would spend the next two weeks with mostly boys all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-5133814293486384282009-07-06T08:05:00.000-07:002009-10-01T08:19:35.992-07:00I'm all for greenbut this might be a tad too crunchy for me.http://nymag.com/guides/summer/2009/57478/The girls have a room, used mostly for playing (they don’t have homework), but everyone sleeps in the family bed, a king mattress plus a twin pushed together. “The girls love it,” Chew says, “and I’ve gotten used to sleeping with a foot in my face. If Blake and I need privacy, there are plenty of other places in all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-8343598093632462992009-06-28T10:10:00.001-07:002009-09-30T10:19:25.619-07:00Brigantine, NJP, Manchmod and I went to Brigantine, NJ for the weekend. It's a very beautiful island, despite some of the hilariously ostentatious homes and the neon casinos in the background. NJ can be a beautiful state. For more pictures, go here.all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-58637956778467271392009-06-22T16:27:00.003-07:002009-06-22T16:36:55.497-07:00I wish I could paint like thisAL and I went and checked out the work of Valeri Larko one weekend in late April. She does small size studies first, and then large scale paintings. The industrial subject captured in paint is a nice juxtoposition. She told us it takes her months to finish a painting. I don't know how she does it -- it's a study in perserverance.all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-17031541614674425002009-06-19T14:26:00.000-07:002009-06-19T14:27:06.006-07:00This is what happens when you hang out with sheepall carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-66189792220123063942009-06-18T08:06:00.002-07:002009-06-18T10:21:18.545-07:00Longboarding in NYCSo Uptown Skate School is running a coupon special for skateboard (longboard, mind you) lessons. I've signed M and me up for a lesson, although I'm nervous.I took skateboarding lessons at Chelsea Piers one summer with the hare-brained idea that I would be this super cool badass chick doing crazy ollies and other stuff (that I wouldn't know about, since I know nothing about skateboarding). I was all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-62222815814992254512009-06-17T19:09:00.001-07:002009-06-17T19:11:15.702-07:00yeah, them jews are keeping me from obama too...http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1615917,w-wright-obama-jews-061009.articleall carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-38137899855130277042009-06-15T10:08:00.000-07:002009-09-30T10:09:41.229-07:00Happy 3* Birthday, R!all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-20757917876610811742009-06-12T12:42:00.007-07:002009-06-22T18:32:14.720-07:00VDM is beyond tackyKB and I caught up over dinner at Via Dei Mille (VDM). The place is marketing itself as Soho's version of Cipriani, but it's got a long way to go before it can come close.The service needed serious help and training. We arrived to a raucous happy hour event at the front of the restaurant. Our hostess didn't realize we had a dinner reservation and almost wouldn't let us in. Once we were seated, weall carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-13432604897655012972009-06-10T17:16:00.000-07:002009-06-22T17:37:39.915-07:00Love the clever riffsin Jonathan Monk's new exhibit, Rabbit Redux, which is at Casey Kaplan until June 20.all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-48647800901331402612009-06-10T16:57:00.000-07:002009-06-22T17:04:39.077-07:00LEGO appeals to the hipster nerd in all of usas it rolls out Frank Lloyd Wright Collection® LEGO Architecture sets... Among them are the Guggenheim (shown below) and Fallingwater.all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-68946615439150424342009-06-02T15:42:00.005-07:002009-06-02T15:59:47.938-07:00I love mascotsI know that's weird, but I'm a little obsessed with them. Not in a creepy fetishist way, but because mascots usually involve the anthropomorphization of animals. Animals don't have human characteristics! That'd be CRAZY! (Except for the animals on the Brian Fellows show, that is.)all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-53244574693839407782009-06-02T13:41:00.004-07:002009-06-02T13:53:42.416-07:00RIP Dr TillerRIP George Tiller. Thank you for your bravery and dedication.You were a pillar in your community and were mercilessly gunned down while entering your church, a place a sanctuary, love and worship.Thank you for being a courageous man who stood by your convictions despite death threats, bomb attacks and a previous shooting. After being shot in both arms during the 90's, you still showed up to work all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-26212171281866798642009-06-01T17:04:00.000-07:002009-06-22T17:15:28.679-07:00Sperm facial, anyone?A few years ago, I wrote about a disastrous date with Mr. if-you-market-it-properly-people-will-buy-anything-even-beer-named-cum. Well, I guess he was right. Sort of.According to this blurb in NYMag:Spermine, a powerful anti-oxidant originally discovered in, yes, human sperm, is said to diminish wrinkles and smooth the skin. The substance is now being synthesized in laboratories and sold by a all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-38558126802351391072009-05-28T17:48:00.001-07:002009-05-28T17:50:19.303-07:00What kind of napper are you?all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-81162736401457802022009-05-28T17:32:00.002-07:002009-05-28T17:35:27.884-07:00A.B. van der WeideA.B. van der Weide Photography all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-88398492734119482332009-05-27T10:27:00.003-07:002009-05-28T10:19:19.292-07:00Douchey McdoucheInfamous internet celeb and wannabe actor:http://arthurkade.com/2009/05/27/philadelphia-magazine/all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-38297414794859470092009-05-27T09:52:00.002-07:002009-05-27T09:52:45.076-07:00Making the distinction between racial and racist one furniture store at a time...all carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32103186.post-87269149228395063492009-05-27T09:48:00.001-07:002009-05-27T09:49:30.251-07:00So Cool!It's so simple and beautiful, it's complicated!http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrixall carbonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01536416856504113209noreply@blogger.com0