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[Jul. 15th, 2007|01:34 am] |
You were an asshole.
You said what you thought no matter what the consequences. You offended my friends left and right. You pissed off your friends left and right. You pissed your wife off to no end.
Growing up you loved swimming, dirt biking, and dogs. You shared your passions with everyone.
I hadn't seen you in years, and except for your photographs, I never will.
I never understood you. You'd come over to hang out and see what we could do. My family wasn't rich, but you didn't care. You just wanted company to go biking, fishing and swimming. These were the things you loved.
I never wanted to be like you. I didn't respect you in the ways that I admire my other friends. You weren't the smartest, or the most creative person I have known.
One day my family moved away to the other side of the city. Then your family moved away, outside of the city. Then you practically left the state. You came back.
When the first baby came, you did something that some men choose not to. You married your girlfriend and started a family. You moved, leaving your very life behind to start a new one for your family. A better life.
You grew up from a punk ass teenager to a red neck thug, growing facial hair, and looking like a danger to society. At first glance one would think you only cared about survival and nothing else, but you loved, fishing, swimming, and biking; these passions you endlessly shared with your friends. Most of all, you loved your family.
You loved your wife and children, as they love and respect you.
You were a great husband, and a great father. I respect you for that. Goodbye my friend. May you rest in peace. |
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| Chess, and life |
[May. 3rd, 2007|02:46 pm] |
I haven't played Chess for years. I only used to think of it as a game. I feel much regret now. The lessons one can learn from chess are lessons that can be readily applied to real life. Offense, defense, mobility, time management, forsight, liability and sacrifice. Understanding these principles and executing in play, these are the key to victory in chess.
I re-acquainted myself with the game back in February, having repeatedly lost, or barely edging out victory, to my younger brother. My foray to Yahoo!Chess was no less inspiring, losing to a 16 year girl, who apparently just learned two weeks prior. Nonetheless my spirit and resolve were not broken. I noticed certain things.
Mid Pawn openings, 80% of games started with either the E or D pawn moving up two spaces. I started to formulate patterns of defense against these motions. I didn't understand why until a week later, Scholar's Mate. While my defense allows for prevention, the defense doesn't allow for offense.
Up until now I have played strictly with defense in mind. No offense, but our discipline dictates that offense and defense must be equal. The only way to do that, is to play offense. I'll start researching offense possibilities from now on. Chess is fun again. |
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| Ticketmaster |
[Feb. 9th, 2007|02:34 pm] |
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I love music. I love listening to horns, woodwinds, strings, and percussive instruments. I love exploring new bands and artists. I like heading out to jazz clubs and small venues of independant artists. Yet I rarely go to major artist concerts despite how intensely I love the band, Deftones, Muse, and Mana are some bands I've passed on seeing in the last years. Why? Ticketmaster. 29.50 for one ticket, 9.85 for "convenience", 4.60 for "processing" my order, and 2.50 to allow me to print out the ticket using MY paper and MY ink. Bitches. |
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| update |
[Jan. 17th, 2007|07:02 am] |
This last Sunday was the first time I had gone to jiujutsu practice in about four months. My wrists and forearms ached all day Monday and Tuesday. I've noticed that the more comfortable I get with something the more I want to test out real life applications, I feel invicible with a Jo and I got by pretty well in bars by smarts alone, lord knows how I'll avoid temptation of conflict now that I'm getting confident with my body's capabilities...
I watched the premiere of 24 this Sunday, a large suspension of disbelief is required for this show. First the main character is tortured and suffers a punctured lung, next hour he's running around like he's muthafucking Wolverine...it's a guilty pleasure for sure, and Valencia, wow. Thanks for the fill in Thomas.
I missed the next day because I was working on an arcade stick for my ps2. It started out as the 15 anniversary stick by Nubytech, beautiful artwork, horrible parts. I swapped out the original switches for cherry's and the 4 directional joystick for a happ P360. I sourced the happ's 5v from an old sony discman. Overall I'm happy with the gameplay now. |
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| Back from Tulare |
[Dec. 28th, 2006|01:34 pm] |
Came back to SoCal Tuesday night. Monday I rearranged my living room to accommodate my increasing amount of junk. I brought back a busted computer and a busted trombone.
Wednesday I went to work on the computer and installed SuSE linux 10.1 on it, I did an install of it on my bro's computer, but his was the 64-bit version, this box is getting the 32-bit version. Needless to say 64-bit=teh shit. I am currently experiencing difficulty getting the computer to log into our DSL provider. Network support is there, but no DSL activity.
Later on last night I also got to work on the trombone. The slide was intact and very smooth so I decided to sanitize the mouthpiece and polish the outside. Here's what the slide looked like before:
and after:
resolutions on plan, dropped 5lbs and back to 165 lbs. |
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| New Years Resolutions |
[Dec. 12th, 2006|07:23 pm] |
I normally don't make them, but this year I'll make an exception.
Get a new bank. I'm tired of being constantly screwed over by Wells Fargo. I have constantly wanted to close my account, but my laziness keeps me from breaking off the relationship. What would happen to my direct deposits? what about my other commitments? Checks? Bills? I don't care anymore Jan. 3 I will have a new banker.
Lose the fat. I don't care if I gain weight, but I want my svelte 6pack back. I will lose 10lbs by Dec. 31st.
Get a new place. I am tired of giving money to a slumlord. If I'm going to be giving away money I might as well have some god damn property rights. I don't care about mortgage, or property taxes. |
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| Identity Crisis |
[Nov. 21st, 2006|12:23 pm] |
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So in my 24 years on Earth I have gotten various guesses at my ethnic identity. Guesses that are reasonable such as: Mexican, Native American Indian, Peruvian, Guatemalan, Spanish, and Filipino. Then guesses that stretch the imagination: Korean, Chinese, Hmong, and last week, Jewish. I was asked if I was Jewish. Now, I'm not saying it's offensive, maybe for real Jews to hear someone call me that, just that I was surprised. |
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| Jet Li is a Feline Robot |
[Sep. 26th, 2006|04:01 pm] |
I first grabbed a MTA bus to take me to Le Meridian in Beverly Hills. I was told to arrive at the hotel and check in at 12:15pm. I arrived at 12:00pm and ran into Jack Song, a compnanion of mine who set up the round table discussion I was attending. We talked for a bit, running into actors Tim Strong (the referee in Cradle 2 the Grave) and Anthony De Longis (Spanish Fighter in Fearless). Jack led me to the check-in room.
The two women asked for my name and affiliation, after which I was told to enjoy the catering and wait to be called for my discussion. Not finding anything to my taste I grab a coke and sit down at a table. Tim Storm and Anthony De Longis come in and sit down next to me. They start talking with each other, relating past work experiences, Tim in Swordfish and Cradle 2 the grave, De Longis as a stunt actor and partial trainer to Michelle Pfeifer in Batman Returns, and the ethics actors should have. They turn around and ask if I enjoyed the movie.
I tell them I loved it, but my opinion is just that. A fan of Jet Li my views are biased. For example, I watched Cradle 2 the Grave 3 times, and I myself think it's a horrible movie, but I still enjoyed it. The difference between Fearless and Cradle 2 the Grave is day and night though, and while I would not recommend the former to my friends and family, I would gladly point to the theatres for Fearless (that's why I'm writing this, right?) My favorite scene being the river scene when Huan arrives at the village.
Huan Jia falls into the river, the sky and water are a briallant jade green. Does that color really exist in nature? Poon Hang Sang performs an incredible task of capturing light on film, as the scene is completely sublime. Sang also captures Jet Li's movements on film at full speed completely and lucidly, a task that was impossible to cinematographers back when Bruce Lees set that martial arts film standard.
One of the women at the check-in table calls my name, interrupting my discussion with Storms and De Longis. I excuse myself to proceed to the next room. Two other men join our group, an older fellow from Reuters and a younger male from Radio Free entertainment. We are led to a room and asked to sit down . We comply to her wishes.
We start to talk with each other about the film about Jet Li's career, the fellow from Reuters asks me what I thought about the children in the segment about Huanjia as a child. I told him the children seemed to try to hard to be cute and that I was confused as to what function the village idiot was to serve, perhaps a sidenote to old Shakespearen plays? Mr. Reuters agreed, but added "Did you notice how he didn't acknowledge Huanjia until after he saved him, maybe he was to highlight how his pupils only attached themselves for his fame. Also, maybe the kids were speaking that way to accentuate how immature comparing, and pronouncing one art to another is." He kept talking about how he spent four years in Shanghai dubbing films into English, four voices on average per film at a rate of 2 films a day. We were interupted once again by the check-in lady.
Jet Li stepped into the room. Holy shit, Jet Li stepped into the fucking room. He walks in silence, not making a sound, despite the fact that his movement should betray some form of audbible sound. I shook my head, caught in a moment of fanboydom. I stood up and gave him my present for him, a cactus, then sat down. Jet Li quickly glances around the room tilting his head like a feral cat.
The two gentlemen pull out voice recorders, shit, I don't have a voice recorder. I pull out my camera that I had used earlier to record De Longis and Storms, but am to shy to point it at Li. I tilt the camera to the chair next to him. They ask their questions and get answered.
Jet Li looks at me, holy shit Jet Li is looking at me.
I ask my question, "The man who knows enough is enough will always have enough. Are you saying you've had enough of martial arts movies, what other goals do you have now?"
He looks at me, "No, I think that...I started out being a five year champion, and I thought, that's good enough. I don't need to prove anything else anymore, 6 or 7 time champion won't mean anything, but knocking or taking somebody down, nothing is prove. So it was good enough for me, I changed my career and make movies.
--Now I think, 42 years, good enough. I can make more certainly, but it's time for me [mandarin] to complete everything I believe and find a way to present a martial arts still life. Everything I believe in this movie. Now that's finished, these are my personal beliefs and that is my personal movie. In the future I'll still make movies, I'll just be an actor, not a martial artist, in them.
--A lot of characters do somethings I don't believe in, but I do because that's my job, for example a couple months ago I did a movie where these cops or FBI fight with mafia. They beat each other on the streets, there's a car chase and gunshots. I don't see any martial arts, only see bad guys and good guys beat each other up in a physical, kind of street fight, for what we call an action thriller. There isn't much meaning about martial arts.
--Okay, now another part is, a lot of action films are about seeing the bad guy--and he has 10 or 15 (henchmen) with him--then the tough guy, with face, the good guy comes in and kills the bad guy. Okay, maybe he's doe a lot of bad things and deserves to die, but this guy kills 20 to kill the bad guy, and I don't feel right because these others, they'd maybe get two or three year sentences for their crimes, while the bad guy would get 60 years. They're not supposed to die because we're trying to say "This guy is tough" and that's a different angle to see life.
--And I will still play, it's not a personal belief, it's a part of my job. I'm taking my life to a different angle, to be fearless, I don't have hopes, I don't have goals. If there's something I want to do, I will try my best, and after that it's out of my hands I can not control. Like, Friday, the opening of the movie, who knows. It's really out of control. Life is like a big movie, if you know to change, thirty years of movies. That's good enough, it's good enough. And so these other movies are not my life, they're a part of my life."
Jet Li answers another round of questioning by my peers, again he turns to me. I ask, "In Fearless Huanjia uses the fame he acquires to establish a sense of national unity, whereas Hero, I felt like it was about establishing a national identity, as opposed to unity. Do you feel that Chinese people are losing their sense of culture, now that US influence and global influence are being more invasive into everyday life?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to_1QF2J0Cw
What the heck does that mean? Jet Li walks out of the room. I'm left pondering exactly what his words meant. Does it mean he wishes to stop global conflict, that China, that everyone, should not arm itself and instead be more diplomatic? I leave the room, damn I was too nervous to ask him to take a picture with me. |
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| for Kim and Raj |
[Sep. 22nd, 2006|11:38 am] |
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dude, yesterday at practice it was just Steve, the Professor and I. I actually started to get blisters on my hands. I've never had blisters or calluses, not since I started KSSR. And when I got home, I picked up dinner on the way, I ate and passed out at 9pm. I didn't wake up until 7am. I've never felt so tired in my life. |
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| For Kim |
[Jul. 12th, 2006|09:10 am] |
Jock-=-
[X] You've played a sport.
[ ] You've been on a school varsity team.
[ ] You've been on JV
[X] You've been doing some sport for years.
[ ] You know your closest friends from some sport.
[ ] You are physically fit.
[X] People would not call you "lazy."
[ ] You eat healthy.
[ ] You own at least one nalgene water bottle.
[ ] You want/have already recieved a scholarship for playing that sport.
[X] You like to work out.
[ ] You are a member of a fitness club.
[ ] You take winning in P.E. class more seriously than others.
[X] You don't mind getting down and dirty.
[X] You don't have modesty in the locker room.
[ ] You tend to whip others with wet towels.
[ ] Your shoe collection consists of mostly sneakers.
[ ] you've won an award for a sport's achievement.
[x] 4 shots of tequila doesn't even phase you.
Total = 7
-=-Outcast-=-
[ ] You don't have very many friends.
[ ] Often times, teachers forget your name.
[ ] You were always picked last for kickball.
[ ] You don't like to talk a lot.
[ ] You tend to avoid mass social activities (i.e.- dances, ice cream socials, football games, etc.)
[ ] You don't participate in any extracurricular activities.
[ ] All you wish for is to move away or get a fresh start.
[X] Your friends have blown you off before.
[X] You sit alone in most of your classes.
[ ] You have a feeling that once you leave high school or college, nobody is going to remember you.
[X] You hold interest in activities that other people find strange.
[ ] People don't find you friendly.
[X] You hold extreme hate towards another high school stereotype (i.e- jocks, preps, Goths, etc.)
[X] You eat alone at lunch.
Total = 5
-=-Party Girl/Boy-=-
[ ] Lets face it: you like to party.
[ ] You party every other weekend.
[ ] or every weekend?
[ ] You've been going to frat house parties since early high school.
[ ] You're the defending beer pong champion.
[ ] You know the best hook-ups in the state.
[ ] Everybody who's anybody goes to the same parties you go to.
[x] You've hooked up at parties.
[X] You spend time getting ready for parties.
[X] You've partied all night.
[X] you're pretty much nocturnal.
[X] you like to go clubbing.
[ ] you and your friends always party hop.
[x] you've crashed a party before.
[ ] One way or another, you've wound up naked in front of everybody at a party
[X] you've thrown up from drinking too much.
[X] you've done something that you regret at a party.
[X] You can dance.
[X] you're friends with a lot of people older than you.
Total = 10
-=-Scene Kid-=-
[ ] You know what sXe and hXc actually mean.
[ ] You have a obsession with dinosaurs, robots, or Pokemon.
[ ] You idolize Jeffree Starr.
[ ] People have called you scene before.
[ ] You spend at least an hour getting ready to take pictures of yourself for your myspace.
[ ] You have a mirror picture.
[X] You listen to bands that most people have never heard of.
[X] You enjoy going to shows.
[ ] You only go to shows for the sake of going to shows, not the music.
[x] Your hair is multicolored.
[ ] You accessorize your hair with kiddie barrettes and bows.
[X] Fashion is one of the most important things that define you.
[ ] You mosh.
[X] You often mix vintage with modern.
[ ] Your myspace picture captions are sad lyrics to sad songs.
[ ] All of your friends are scene.
[ ] You don't know many of the people on your friends list in person: you just added them because they were hot.
[ ] You take angled pictures of yourself.
[X] You enjoy photography.
Total = 6
-Prep-=-
[ ] You pop the collar
[x]You own at least one thing from a designer store.
[ ] You are very clean cut.
[ ] You are squeamish.
[ ] People have called you preppy before.
[ ] You never leave the house without putting on cologne/perfume
[ ] You have a lot of money.
[ ] You know who LC is.
[ ] You watch shows like The OC, The Real World, The Hills, and Laguna Beach.
[ ] Your favorite stores are Abercrombie & Fitch or American Eagle Outfitters or Hollister
[ ] Your afraid to set foot into Hot Topic.
[ ] (Girls) You carry a purse wherever you go.
[ ] You will not take alcohol straight up.
[x] You need to wake up at least an hour before school so you can get ready
[ ] (Girls) You do not leave the house without make up.
[ ] You are content overall with how your life is going.
[ ] You constantly text message.
Total = 2
-=-Band Geek-=-
[X] You have played an instrument before.
[x] You still play an instrument.
[x] You are/were in Jazz Band.
[x] You are/were in Marching Band
[ ] you've never dated anybody outside of Band.
[x] Most of your friends are in band.
[x] The band room/band hall is/was your second home.
[X] You enjoy listening to classical music on occasion.
[x] You aspire[d] to be a Drum Major.
[ ] you've made out with somebody on a band bus or at a band competition.
[ ] You have trouble getting your non-band friends to go near the band room.
[x] Band is/was your favorite class.
[x] You have been to band camp.
[ ] You walk in step with all your friends.
[ ] You talk about band constantly.
[ ] You know that American Pie has got it all wrong
[ ] You abhor rap music.
[ ] Marching Season is your favorite time of year.
[x] When you go to football games, you don't really pay attention to the game itself.
[ ] Your favorite jokes are band jokes.
[ ] You know it's not about the bloods and the crips: it's the brass and the woodwinds.
Total = 11
-=-Thespian-=-
[X] You have seen a school play.
[ ] You have seen a Broadway musical (traveling or in NYC)
[x] You like to act.
[x] You have participated in a school play
[ ] You have participated in a play outside of school.
[ ] You have gone to the Thespian Conference (Districts or State or International or all)
[ ] You get pissed off when people make that "thespian, did you say lesbian?" joke.
[x] You have done tech.
[x] You know that you cannot touch anybody else's props.
[ ] You have played in the pit orchestra for a musical.
[x] You have been to a cast party.
[ ] You are in a thespian troupe.
[ ] You often sing show tunes at the top of your lungs.
[ ] You know who Idina Menzel and Johnathan Larson are.
[ ] At one point in your life, you were obsessed with RENT.
[ ] You do not have a personal bubble.
[x] You actually understand Shakespeare.
[ ] You know how to put on stage make up.
[ ] You have been a lead.
[ ] You met a lot of your better friends through theatre.
Total = 7
-=-Overachiever-=-
[ ] You participate in a lot of extracurricular activities.
[ ] You have a part-time job.
[ ] You have straight As.
[X] You are in mostly honors/IB/AP classes.
[ ] You do not procrastinate....unless it is getting dressed or something
[X] You have scored a 5 on an AP test.
[ ] You do not have very much down time.
[ ] You are very organized.
[ ] You always have a thousand things going on at once.
[ ] You aspire to get into an Ivy League School.
[ ] In your extracurriculars, you hold leadership positions.
[ ] You are/were on Student Council.
[ ] You are/were the class president.
[ ] You are/were a class officer.
[ ] You are/were the Salutatorian for your class.
[ ] You are/were the Valedictorian for your class.
[ ] People have told you that you don't have a life.
[ ] You are getting/have already received the IB Diploma.
[ ] You cry hysterically when you get anything lower than an A on anything.
Total = 2
-=-Slacker-=-
[x] your grades are slipping.
[X] You always wait until the last minute to do big projects.
[ ] You do a lot of things half-assed.
[X] You are an overall procrastinator.
[X] You tend to do your homework when you're watching TV.
[ ] It takes you ages to turn your job applications in.
[ ] You are often late to school/work.
[x] You don't turn in a lot of your work.
[X] You spend the majority of your time watching TV, the computer or going on Myspace when you could be doing something more productive.
[ ] You sleep in past noon on the weekends and during the summer.
[ ] You do not get out of your pajamas unless you have to leave the house.
[ ] You could walk, but you'll just drive.
[ ] You have fallen asleep during class before.
[ ] Friends have called you lazy.
[ ] Life is hard when you lose the remote & you have to walk a million miles over to the TV and change the channel.
[ ] When you hang out with your friends, the majority of your time is spent playing video games or doing something where neither of you have to stand up.
[ ] You have eaten an entire pint of ice cream in one sitting.
[x] You have sat through an entire running marathon of a show before.
Total = 7
-=-Goth-=-
[ ] Your wardrobe consists of mostly black things.
[ ] When you have the money, you shop at Hot Topic.
[X] You think tattoos are hot.
[X] You think odd piercings are hot.
[X] You don't get along with your parents.
[X] You have/want to dyed/dye your hair an exotic color.
[ ] You've styled your hair in liberty spikes.
[X] Sometimes you ponder the meaning of life and death.
[X] You have written dark poetry.
[X] You are into S&M.
[ ] You have a pair of oversized black pants.
[ ] At one point in your life, you liked Foamy, Happy Bunny, Emily the Strange, and the Happy Tree Friends.
[X] You listen to grunge.
[ ] You have a messenger bag with buttons up and down the straps.
[ ] You smoke cigarettes.
[ ] You will only date other Goths.
[X] You don't really give a crap what people think about you.
[ ] Overly happy people scare you.
[ ] You like black makeup the best
[ ] You like black nail polish the best.
Total = 9
-=-Nerd-=-
[ ] You actually study for tests and quizzes.
[ ] You have straight As.
[ ] You havent had any luck with the opposite sex.
[ ] You are into WOW, Magic Cards, and Halo.
[ ] You overanalyze jokes to the point where they arent funny anymore.
[ ] Your mom buys your clothes for you.
[X] You actually answer the questions in class.
[x] You sit front row center in all of your classes to get the best learning experience.
[ ] You miss school during the summer.
[ ] You wear your pants at your waist.
[ ] You prefer sweatpants to jeans.
[ ] You have a pocket protector in your shirt with pens and a calculator in it.
Total = 2
Band Geek=11
Party Boy=10
Goth=9
Slacker=7
Jock=7
Thespian=7
Scene Kid=6
Outcast=5
Nerd=2
Overachiever=2 |
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| Adulthood... |
[Feb. 24th, 2006|08:52 am] |
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I realized I'm a full fledged adult now. I did this when I broke my promise to my little sister, not going to her birthday party. |
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| (no subject) |
[Feb. 12th, 2006|12:13 pm] |
| Guilt | What is yours? | Explain yourself | | Culinary: | Del Taco |
The food initially made me sick to eat, but I kept coming back for their shakes....mmm...I think i'm gonna grab some now. |
| Literary: | Ayn Rand | a true free market society would work just as well as a true communistic society in the same ideal world. | | Audiovisual: | ummu...The Island? | Scarlett Johansson |
| Musical: | *Nsync | ....ummu... |
| Celebrity: | Lindsay Lohan | The red hair, so cute, and she's got her curves back! |
Now I tag:-
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) kdawg860 pelisdragn meghandani55 next_big_thing and ono_sendai
to complete this same Quiz, Its HERE. |
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| Nightmare |
[Feb. 11th, 2006|06:43 pm] |
Last Night I dreamt I ended up with a white woman. She refused to live in a house, so we had to live in a trailer, and she couldn't cook, so whenever I needed food she would bring me lettuce and carrots.
Grr...I woke up in a cold sweat. |
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| New Year's in Little Tokyo |
[Jan. 5th, 2006|03:01 pm] |
I'm really only posting this because people seem to enjoy it when I make a fool of myself. Those of you who speak Japanese will probably laugh before the punchline. Here goes...
Sunday of New Year my friend Deborah, her friend Hai Ming, my room mate Scott, and I ventured down to Little Tokyo for New Year's festivities. We left around noon and got to Little Tokyo at about one o'clock pm. The four of us watched a Kempo demonstration, got lunch and tried to find the sake event. Unfortunately all the sake was gone before we got to it.
The group continued to occupy ourselves, looking at card tournaments, kimonos, and later watching a Kendo demonstration. At about the time we decided to make kites it started to rain, but that didn't deter us. I was talking with Hai Ming and told her I could make origami dolls, she didn't believe me so I set out to the origami table and started to make the torso.
I got to the table and there was an elderly woman and a young girl of maybe 12 years of age. I asked the old lady if I could get two pieces of paper and showed to fingers, she gave me the papers and I set out to fold. I got to the torso and forgot how to make the bottom. I then asked the old woman how to make a man.
"Sumisase" The lady looked at me.
"How do you make the man?" Again the lady looks at me whimsically. I scratch my head and try to remember how to say pants in Japanese. A light bulb clicks in my head.
"Pantsu!" I point to the bottom I am making, the woman is shocked, making a strange bewildered face, and get's her assistant, I explain to the young girl, and she relays to the woman.
"Hakama." says the old lady and smiles at me. I repeat it and laugh, rejoicing in my small victory. The man is made and we head home.
When Scott and I get home I explain to Ed, my room mate the events. And he starts laughing. Pantsu means panties. |
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| New Music |
[Nov. 23rd, 2005|01:34 pm] |
Fort Minor.
Sharing the same release date with Xbox 360, Mike Shinoda's solo project dropped on November 22, 2005. Time will tell which one will leave a bigger impact upon the world. For the time being Shinoda and company (read Linkin Park) have definately proven to be contenders. Xbox has proven...Halo?
Jokes aside Shinoda's solo effort is masterful and proves that he is more than just a hook man that can press some keys. "An underground hip hop record with big sound" That is the best way to describe it, not in the same league as Common's BE, but well worth your time and money.
Speaking of Common, guest appearances made by Common on Back Home, John Legend on High Road, and others do not go wasted. Thoughtful (Kenji), ridiculous (Cigarretes), subtle (Where'd You Go), and loud (Petrified) Ft. Minor is an eclectic, yet cohesive mix of styles. The end result is a good album. (A side note, if you decide to buy the album look for the DVD package, it contains loads more goodies.) |
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| Durnken IM Time |
[Nov. 15th, 2005|11:14 pm] |
Saul hats'e it when i IM him when I"m drukn.
disgracefulninja: hey sual!
disgracefulninja: guess what/>
UrbanArmory: yeah?
disgracefulninja: i'ts that trime again
UrbanArmory: oh shit
BTW thakns all for wishing me a happy birthday. It certain ly was. I"ll fix this sheit later so i don't look stupoid. |
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| weird dreams |
[Oct. 16th, 2005|10:20 pm] |
I dreamt aliens were invading the earth. Atleast I felt it was going to happen.
First one dream about living in the suburbs in a shitty house. We'd flush the toilets and the contents, instead of heading down the sewers, would head into the bathtubs. I've had this dream before.
Then another about me participating in a Speed Racer/Mario Kart race in the inside of a volcano. The lava people knocked me down and the lower half of my body was burned.
The last dream requires more detail. |
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| Computer Crash |
[Sep. 24th, 2005|06:49 pm] |
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My Laptop quit on me once again, I believe the hardrive is faulty. |
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[Sep. 24th, 2005|06:18 pm] |
I have my car back. 780 dollars to add in a four barrel Edelbrock carburator, 220 dollars on a new steering wheel and I have yet to actually get started. Looks like I'll be needing 4500 to do an SR20DETT swap probably within a year.
People ask me why, and my answer is "I do not know". Which is not true, the truth has proven to be too difficult to explain to others. The blending of passion for performance, speed, and the feeling of moving over asphalt while tires are chirping alerting you to a dangerous reserve of grip. Then there is the elitist sense in creating something that has few, if any, identical copies on the road. The car becomes a work of art.
In the past I have made statements about how I detest Civics. That's just Hatorade, they truely are dependable, economic, and multifarious usefulness. Sadly, they are far too abundant in the cityscape of Urbania. That's where the tuner attitude comes from, and it is not a new thing. Our generation did not create it, we inherited the need to stand out from Hot Rodders. |
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