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Lust, Caution... where?
I was interested in Ang Lee's new movie "Lust, Caution" when I first heard about it and said the trailer. However, it seems that no theater's showing it because of it's NC17 rating (apparently, it features some graphic … -
Zelda Contest!
First prize is a trip for two to New York, $1,000 closed-door shopping spree at Nintendo World (!), $500 spending money, a special edition DS and a copy of Zelda Phantom Hourglass.I swear that if I win, I am NOT going t… -
Food from Down Under
People have been asking me what Venezuelan food is like so here it is: First up is a Pabellon Criollo. This is the most Venezuelan dish out there. Black beans, shredded pork plantains and rice. Now, this is a churrasco… -
I am legal!
Yay. It's good to have a visa. Now I can do what I have been wanting to do for months: buy furniture!No more making tables out of plastic storage containers and crap from Target. I am upgrading to Ikea, baby. =)But t… -
2 months later...
I wrote this list of goals I set out to accomplish during my time at home. Let's see how I have done these two months:Goals1. Gain 10 pounds - Fred, let's see who's gonna lose the bet and have to take their shirt off … -
Nintendo: You are Mr. Gay!
Look at the Super Mario Galaxy boxart below. Look closely. Pick out the letters with sparkle and put them together.What does it say? U R MR GAY. Is this subliminal messaging by Nintendo???I don't see what's so gay a… -
Pluto loses it
Oh gawd, I love BoingBoing. Watch Pluto flip out, chase a kid around and then get pushed off the sidewalk by some lady.And I love the comments left by the BoingBoing-ers, more witty and less raunchy than Farkers.- Perha… -
Thank you Conan!
I get to work remotely until January because Intel is completely remodeling our workspace. Yays!It's gonna be a rough few months working from home. Maybe I'll get Tivo to help me bear the long days... *grins*Rumor has i… -
No Emmy for you until you save the world
Watched the Emmys tonight. Was curious when Ryan Seacrest mentioned that Masi Oka (aka. Hiro from Heroes) was on the cover of Time at 12. Wikipedia-ed him and turns out that it was the issue titled "Those Asian-Americ… -
My eyes, my beautiful eyes!
So I got my $40 Lasik. But it turns out that it's $1,000 ($400 if you use the black market exchange rate) because Mom did not renew our Venezuelan insurance policy because she is cheap. Oh well, $1,000 is a lot cheaper… -
More SD Chibi-Avatar!
Two new shorts! First one is Bender Battle:Second one is Swamp Skiin' Showdown:Spoiler: Is it just me or is swamp skiin' Appa the CUTEST THING EVER?!?But nowhere near as cute as the first one: School Time Shipping. -
I get Lasik-ed tomorrow!
Technically, in a few hours. So if I post an entry full of gibberish, you'll know why. -
It's that time of the month again...
I have to prep the monthly field comms package for work. It's almost 2am now and I just sent it off to Legal. My brain is dead and I think that I am gonna go sleep for the next 12 hours... *yawn*Chat with Johny earlie… -
Dorobo!
Someone grabbed Mom's butt at the Chinese Farmer's Market this morning. LOL!Stuff like this always happens to her. Once in Taiwan, some pervert stole her panties and bra off the clothesline (and just her stuff out of … -
Motherfobbisms
Mom's such a fob:Ex. 1Engrish/Spamish: instead of peperoni, she says "paparoni".Ex. 2I am in the kitchen preparing my daily protein shake.Mom: What is that for?Me: To help me gain muscle.Mom: *Gasp* Is that... *gasp* st… -
My New Hero/Nemesis
Have seen this video before but finally learned the dude's name. Jin8, you're going down.The beginning is kinda slow so skip to the middle to see his madz skillz. Then skip to the end to see him BEAT Tetris and then pl… -
Long Live Avatar!
IGN recently posted an interview with Avatar creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante Dimartino. Not much new is revealed except it looks like there will be more to Avatar after season 3 (Book 3: Fire):IGN: What can … -
Street Fighter: The Later Years, Part IV!
The long awaited part IV of the series has arrived after a long hiatus. Unfortunately, it's pretty short and nowhere near as good as the first or second one (the third one was kinda blah too): -
311 - no, not the band but the greatest service ever!
Didn't know about this until I read it on BoingBoing. Greatest thing ever!San Francisco 311 is a free service available 24-7 for locals to call and ask about ANYTHING. Officially, it's for non-emergencies and informat… -
Liu Kang, You Can!
I think that my gym trainer is a biggot. He keeps calling me "Liu Kang" (the Bruce Lee wannabe from Mortal Kombat). Or maybe he's saying "You can!". I can't really understand him. Either way for $90 a month, I don't … -
Plant Porn and Playing with Meat
"Avant-garde conceptual artist" Jonathan Keats is at it again, this time with plant pornography or what he claims is Cinema Botanica. His gallery is set to premiere next Monday in Chico, CA. There is even a trai…
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- Name: David
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MSFT WTF?!?!
MSFT spent $10MM for this shit??? -
Lego Gundam
Call me a geek but how can you not find this cool?... -
Things are pretty okay!
I dare anyone to go do this in Bangkok right now:
