Groundhog Day
Does no one care about this holiday (it is a holiday, right?) anymore? Today, I checked a couple of newspapers, expecting some blurb on the front page, but I didn’t see anything. I finally went and searched google for it, and y’know what? The first news link for it was from a British paper! Maybe cos it’s bad news — we have more winter coming, and no one wants to hear it.
Super Bowl: Pretty Good
The first half was pretty much whatevers. But the end was pretty exciting! Lead changes! A safety! Not bad at all. Of course, I think I thought last year was pretty good, and it took us a moment to even remember who played, so by next year I’ll have forgotten all.
Ads were mostly not too bad, my fave was the Coca-Cola Heist ad.
It’s pretty! And happy! And I like the music (Peter’s theme) from Peter & the Wolf! :)
The Alec Baldwin Huluwood ad was pretty good too.
Well those, and maybe a couple of others were the ones I noticed. But I didn’t watch them all, especially the first half? Three-quarters? :) Any other good ones out there?
Oh, and if you didn’t watch any, and you’re curious, you can watch them all at adage or hulu.
Succumbing to Peer Pressure
Okay okay, it’s really more like I was encouraged to get off my butt, but whatever! The point is, I’ve finally finished uploading photos from last year. What? No pat on back? :p
I think it’s pretty representative of what we did. Lessee, there was a big Christmas Eve dinner with the extended family, including some Wii and some Taboo and some cards (of course), there was birthday party for misa, there was a lot of eating, more games, sister got her ears pierced, etcetc. About the only thing not covered was the shopping. CT kept taking us shopping and somehow we ended up closing down multiple malls on multiple days. Honestly, she’s talented. I just started to whine and talk about how I’d rather just steal her stuff. (“Bad sister!”)
birthday party
Actually, this all happened in December. I am slow and disorganized like that. And I still have photos from December to upload. I only recently finished uploading photos from Yan and Steve’s wedding … in October!
Anyways, us (old) folks went out, ate, partied, and drank in honor of misa’s birthday (happy birthday misa, hope you had fun!). And drunk dialed my cousins! And closed down the bar. Not bad, eh? :)
Desperation
My office has one of those water machines — yay! Sadly there are currently no cups — boo! Or yay, in a way — I mean, less plastic cups lying around is a good thing. I’ve been meaning to bring a mug to work, but I keep forgetting. But I get thirsty! So… the other day, after my co-worker left, I went to the printer, took out a sheet of paper and made myself a cup. I saved it! So I’ll use it again (surreptitiously so as to not alert my co-workers to my lame-ness) until it breaks or I remember to bring a mug. Which will be tomorrow. Although I’ve been telling myself that for a week now. But this time, for real, tomorrow.
Happy New Year!
Happy Lunar New Year — 恭喜發財 (gong xi fa cai)!
Not that I’m much of a traditionalist, but I’m wearing some red, and no black or white. And I won’t wash my hair tonight. And I had noodles for lunch (for longevity) and I’ll have an orange tonight (for good fortune); I’m also gonna drink some tea, but I think that’s just cos I like tea. :p
No firecrackers everywhere alas — check out Elyse Sewell’s Journal (she’s in China) for some clips of the fun: oxing day.
Bush: A Statistical Retrospective
Harper’s Index: A Retrospective of the Bush Era [Daring Fireball]
Well… I really don’t see how Bush is gonna be vindicated by history. I hope not.
Portion of his presidency he has spent at or en route to vacation spots: 1/3
Still Bitter
We went to visit my family this December holiday, and besides cards and video games and not enough sleep, Kay brought Taboo, which was surprisingly fun.
EXCEPT! One of our games we played females vs males (chicks vs. dicks:p), and on my turn, my word was “dungeon.” I thought I was being so clever and started saying, “role playing game, played on paper,” and what I thought was the kicker, “multi-sided dice.” All of my teammates had blank expressions on their faces. All of my opponents were practically rolling on the floor laughing. I mean dude, I’ve never playing Dungeons & Dragons, and neither had some of them, but we all knew what it was!!! The only one on my team who even managed a guess was Yuli, the youngest, who ventured, “Magic?” The rest of them came up with nothing but, “Uh…” GAAAAAH!!!
Then they tried to claim it was cos they weren’t dorky nerds. Hmmph. I mean, knowing what Dungeons & Dragons is doesn’t mean you’re a nerd (not that nerd is necessarily a bad thing); it’s a cultural thing, like Mario or Donkey Kong or MONA LISA, not a nerd thing! (Yes guys, I’m still going on about this. :p)
And, look, on today’s PostSecret:
There ya go, now all of you know what he’s referring to, kind of. See? Cultural! :D
Are You Smarter Than a 1-Year-Old?
Okay, admit it, you didn’t even know all of these:p And you’re probably not as cute! (Or is it just me? :p) [kotaku]
Tea Latte
Had my first Starbucks tea latte finally, soy vanilla rooibos. Not bad! Not as good as the tea lattes at Coffee Bean, but pretty good. It’s nice to have more options than just the chai tea latte that they had before. (At the Coffee Bean, I’m partial to their English breakfast tea latte — haven’t tried Starbucks version yet.)
I guess they are trying to have more tea options because last weekend I had an apple chai tea infusion, which tasted an awful lot like mulled cider. Quite delicious, but I did think that if I was in the mood for tea, it wouldn’t do it. On the other hand, if I kinda felt like a spiced (mulled) cider, then yah, darned good! :)
