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June 24, 2008

Dooooood, so evidently sometime last weekend, or maybe before, I’m not really sure when, my poor little blog was hacked. Well, something happened to it anyways. I didn’t even realize until neb asked if my blog was ok… which it wasn’t! Anyways, so I’ve been backing up and updating things and I’ve a ways to go. Actually I barely know how much I have to do to clean it up. Or maybe it’s already cleaned up. Grr… Guess it serves me right for not keeping up with the updates, but there are so many! Actually Wordpress is relatively easy to upgrade, relatively being the operative word. And also, last night I fell asleep at like 8pm, right after dinner. (Yeah, I got all sorts of good habits. :p) Gawd, I know it’s good that the program gets updated, but at this point I would be mad if Wordpress 2.6 came out next month. >:(

Okay and since I’m doing this upgrade and all, I think I’m going to stop using Disqus. It’s not that I don’t like it, I do actually, but it’s like 1 more thing to think about and deal with and right now, I don’t wanna! So I’m not totally sure, but I don’t think I can import the comments back in, and they weren’t mirrored, so they are sort of lost. I mean I can still see them on disqus, but not you. Like you care!

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Azuki Is Just That Good

June 17, 2008

This morning I woke up and I just kinda felt like azuki ice cream, so I had a big ol’ bowl for breakfast. Then for lunch I had a large smoothie. I have no idea why, but that’s what I felt like. It’s not even particularly hot today; it’s actually a really nice sunny day, perfect weather.

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This Is Why Weekends Always Seem So Short

June 1, 2008

There’s a new Staples in town, and I guess they sent out little presents like, “come check us out” sorta thing, including a $25 coupon. Well this weekend was basically the last weekend to use it, so yesterday we spent over an hour walking up and down the aisle of Staples trying to figure out what to buy. Usually I’m good at buying things, especially tech gadgets, I love ‘em! But I dunno, we weren’t really looking for anything and it’s not like $25 is that significant when it comes to gadgety things. In the end, we bought some super glue (you never know when that stuff’ll come in handy), 2 pairs of scissors (we’ve been using the poor kitchen shears for everything), a 6 pack of pens (on sale for 50¢), and… toilet paper (you can’t really have too much toilet paper:p). Also it was Marcal toilet paper, which is one of the brands of 100% recycled paper toilet papers that I hadn’t tried yet. Still, at some point before we realized that Staples actually sells recycled fiber toilet paper, we were standing in front of the bucket of Red Vines trying to decide, no actually discussing, if we could finish them fast enough or if we even wanted to, or if we’d get sick of them, and after they hardened who would eat them. It was totally ridiculous — who knew that randomly trying to spend $25 could be so hard. In the end we paid about $8 something for all that junx, not bad, I guess, and now we really know our local Staples backwards and forwards. Erm, yay.

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Second Out of Three, This Year

May 29, 2008

Okay, I believe in voting, but dooooooood!!! I’m voting again — this time in the California state primary election, as in the primaries for US Representatives, the State Senators, etcetc, state stuff. Why couldn’t they have bundled these votes in with the national primary election is beyond me, seems like a waste of time and money. They’re expecting really low turnout, but it would’ve been super high if they’d done this in February. It’s ridiculous! Gah! Erm, ok, end rant. :D

Wait! One more thing! Another annoying thing is that researching this stuff is hard! I’ve been checking the Sierra Club and California League of Conservation Voters and etcetc for endorsements, but they don’t mention everything that’s on the ballot, especially the people I haven’t heard of, of course. I have resorted to checking Facebook, for goodness’ sakes. Geez. Okay now I’m done, for real this time.

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Holiday

May 27, 2008

Barbecue Season is afoot

We spent all weekend barbecuing and watching Battlestar Galactica. Ah, the good life. BSG is our new obsession — I know, everyone else already knows how awesome it was, but we just figured it out recently. How was your holiday weekend? :)

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Psychic?

May 23, 2008

We picked up the Wii Fit on Wednesday, at the local Gamestop (where they’re really knowledgeable and friendly). All I can say about it is that I’m sore, so it must be doing something. Or I dunno, not enough stretching of my (nonexistent) muscles, or something? :p But the freakiest thing was this:
How Did It Know?!
HOW DID IT KNOW?!

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I’m Melting Like the Wicked Witch of the West, Only With Less Water Involved.

May 15, 2008

Usually when I talk about the weather, it’s cos it’s cold and rainy and I don’t like it. Well today it’s hot and sunny, and I DON’T LIKE IT! It’s in the high 90s (like 97 or 98°F or like 36 to 37°C); walking to the water cooler makes me hot and sweaty. Around noon today, Leafy called me, and as we were talking, I had to continually switch the phone from one hand to the other because the arm holding the phone up would get sweaty at the inner elbow so I had to switch arms to give the other one a chance to dry. Gross, right?! Except I’m sure my face, hair, and clothing are no better. Also, I thought I was going to faint — I was trying to walk fast from one shady area to another, not that the shade helped all that much. Gaaaaah, I won’t even be able to go home until at least an hour after dark cos the apartment is an oven right now. I could’ve probably put tea in cold water this morning and when I get home I would have lukewarm tea, not that anyone would want warm tea on a day like today. I hope this is making sense, my brain feels all fried, like one of those “this is your brain on drugs” commercials from the 80s or 90s or whenever. Blech.

Sun
The sky is actually a more brilliant blue than this, but the sun is blazing about right, I think. :p

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Re-Fit

May 13, 2008

Last week, I went to see the optometrist to check out my eyes, the yearly thing. Well also, I thought my eyes were getting worse, but sometimes when I have that kind of thought then I think I’m probably some kind of hypochondriac so then that let’s me ignore it until I feel like dealing with it. So I guess it’s not so much that I’m a hypochondriac, necessarily, but I’m lazy, and the possible hypochondria is an excuse! Probably.

Anyways, I got my usual lecture about how I shouldn’t wear my contact lenses to sleep, which I admit I do too much of that, but again, lazy! And I was using Focus Night & Days, which are supposed to be ok with extended wear. Also, if they’re comfortable enough then it’s so awesome to wake up and see, and before you ask I haven’t done eye surgery cos my prescription continues to change; maybe not every year, but not steady. So this year, I decided to try a refit for dailies, but I think I went through 5 different lenses (I guess that’s why they charge a refit fee:p) between last week and this week and none of them felt great, so no daily disposables. I’m testing out a pair of Acuvus Oasys now, 2 week disposables, pretty comfortable, I don’t really feel them at all. So I think if you can feel your lens all the time, or they’re sort of uncomfortable, it’s probably a good idea to get a refit, even thought it’s kind of a pain.

After I got home, my eyes were dilated, which sucks, so I took a nap — without my lenses, but that’s cos they were already off, I mean honestly, who plans a nap!

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Iron Man

May 10, 2008

Have you noticed how often movies (especially “summer blockbuster” types) are long integrated commercials nowadays? I think the most egregious that I can think of right now is probably Transformers, which was a series of car ads — GM specifically, I think — I dunno, I’m no expert. But anyways, Iron Man, it didn’t focus so much on one company’s products, but a multitude, instead — LG, Chevy (cars, not the restaurant chain), and Burger King that I remember. It didn’t detract from the overall movie too much, mostly it was well integrated (except Burger King), but if this sort of thing bugs you, you probably don’t want to watch this, or maybe any, summer blockbuster type movie. As far as the movie’s concerned, there are a million reviews out there, so no need for me to get into it, but overall, I liked it. It was fun, and moved well for an origin story — all too often the first movie featuring a superhero is way too much setup and it can get boring, but I thought they did a good job with it. Casting was pretty good too; Robert Downey, Jr. was pretty perfect for Tony Stark. I even liked Gwyneth Paltrow as his assistant Pepper Potts — so much better than Katie Holmes, who marred the otherwise rather good Batman Begins. (It looks like they replaced her with Maggie Gyllenhaal in the Dark Knight!) On the other hand, I confess to a little bit of weakness for comic book superheros, and all I’m looking for in a summer movie is fun, so I’m probably not the most critical person around. So yeah, fun, good for a Saturday afternoon, probably better on the big screen. Oh but one other thing that bugged me: Tony Stark’s lipstick. I don’t know what’s wrong with Robert Downey, Jr.’s lips, but his lipstick always looked much too obvious. Unless he’s one of those people whose lips are just naturally lipstick looking (like Emily Watson), in which case, forget I said anything. But it was weird.

Okay, that’s all I’ve got to say about that! Next weekend, Yut and I are going to visit Chicago, just a quick weekend trip. So if you have any can’t-miss places or restaurants or any other suggestions, lemme know! We don’t have too many plans right now, so anything’s good, but I guess especially if there’s one place that really stands out to you about Chicago, that would be especially helpful cos we only have a weekend. :)

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Not Above Rubbing It In

May 3, 2008

When I got home on Friday, I had a fever. I thought I was catching that terrible flu (or whatever) that has felled a good number of my co-workers. But I took an Advil last night, drank some water, and stayed in bed (well ok that part wasn’t exactly non-routine), and today I’m feeling better — knock on wood, hope I’m not speaking too soon. Upon hearing that I, the one who usually gets sick for weeks at a time, was feeling better, Yut, the one who tends to get over things in a day, said, “Wow, health! It’s like an STD!”

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