the misguided eskimo's correctional facility // step into my igloo...

the happiest place on earth

2011-04-08T14:34:00.000-07:00

REMEMBER WHEN...

do you remember your imagination?
where Neverland was a destination
your magical adventure isn't over yet
just hold on tight and don't forget

every wish, every dream you ever had
close your eyes and it will all come rushing back
fly away... all you need is to believe and remember when

you never know where your dreams might take you
so keep them safe and sound don't let reality break you
feel your sweetest memories come and carry you away
just get lost in yesterday

every wish, every dream you ever had
just close your eyes and it will all come rushing back
fly away... all you need is to believe and remember when

surrender to the innocence
you thought you left behind
and reach the child that lives inside...

every wish, every dream you ever had
Just close your eyes and it will all come rushing back
fly away... all you need is to believe and remember when

fly away... all you need is to believe and remember when

remember when...

Why Can't I Own a Canadian?

2009-07-15T09:36:00.000-07:00

(I got this from my friend, Liron, and it's fucking hilarious):

Dr. Laura Schlessinger is a radio personality who dispenses advice to people who call in to her radio show. Recently, she said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22 and cannot be condoned under any circumstance. The following is an open letter to Dr. Laura penned by a east coast resident, which was posted on the Internet. It's funny, as well as informative:

Dear Dr. Laura:

Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from your show, and try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate. I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some of the other specific laws and how to follow them:

When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord - Lev.1:9. The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?

I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?

I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness - Lev.15:19- 24. The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.

Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?

I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself?

A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination - Lev. 11:10, it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this?

Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?

Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev. 19:27. How should they die?

I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?

My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev. 19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? - Lev.24:10-16. Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14)

I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can help. Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging.

Your devoted fan,
Jim

what is this f*ckery?

2009-06-10T14:51:00.000-07:00

when i saw this photo at this link, i asked peter... what the hell is this?

this was his response:

I believe that is a Maramet. The Maramet is a highly intelligent land otter native to the Peruvian mountains. It's survival hinges on its ability to accurately mimic human traits and mannerism, allowing it to blend in with modern society. The Maramet is able to imitate young children, thus fooling human parental units into feeding him. However, in last few years, the Maramets population has started to dwindle due to the increasingly fatty foods that they are being fed. On a steady diet of Cheetos and Soda, Maramets have grown fat and lazy, becoming too unattractive to breed. The picture you are looking at is a new trial program being run by the Worldwide Wildlife Federation. The WWF is introducing beer to the Maramet's diet, hoping that the added effect of beer goggles will get the species to start mating once more. The trial is in its early stages and noone is quite sure if it will work yet.

Hope that clears things up.

from now on you shall all address me as...

2009-05-17T22:48:00.001-07:00

mrs. captain sexy kirk.

happy earth day!

2009-04-22T15:15:00.000-07:00

recycle. reduce. reuse--

we can close the loop.

je suis moi.

2009-04-06T20:56:00.000-07:00

i think my "checked out" list at the library very much sums up who I am in 10 items (aka a nutshell):

i've got... 2 vampire novels, 2 vampire comic books, 1 classic disney movie, 2 italian films, 1 non-fiction disney animation book, a non-fiction book peter's parents recommended, and lil bit o' sylvia plath.

ah, j'aime la bibliothèque!

ladeeda.

2009-04-05T15:05:00.000-07:00

just another lazy sunday... and what am i doing?

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ho hum.

pixar vs dreamworks

2009-04-03T09:25:00.001-07:00

(got this from peter, pretty frickin funny).

here's the difference between pixar and dreamworks, via slashfilm:

that is why we should all hail the genius that is pixar.

i gotta get outta here.

2009-03-09T09:35:00.000-07:00

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then they charge you with the ~~rescue~~ monday blues.

decisions.

2009-03-05T18:34:00.000-08:00

there's only us,
there's only this:
forget, regret...
or life is yours to miss.
no other road,
no other way--
no day but today.
there's only now,
there's only here..
give in to love
or live in fear.
no other path,
no other way--
no day but today.

i want to be where the people are...

2009-03-04T22:23:00.000-08:00

after dinner, i got on the piano to play my usual slew of disney songs.

afterwards, my momma said i played so beautifully and that i never look happier than i do when i'm on the piano, that she is convinced that i must quit my job so i can play disney music full time.

haha. ... i wish.

oscars 09 - movies 08.

2009-02-22T22:42:00.001-08:00

my top three, most important, favourites won, YESSSS <3 !!

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congrats to kate, sean and slumdog millionaire <3 !!

my fair lady REMAKE?!

2009-02-17T00:17:00.001-08:00

from an excerpt here:

Oscar-nominated film-maker Stephen Daldry is in negotiations to direct a new film version of My Fair Lady, with Keira Knightley playing the 'guttersnipe' Eliza Doolittle.

Daldry believes that people have been 'fooled' for nearly half a century into thinking that the 1964 screen My Fair Lady was a great movie.

stephen daldry needs to shut the fuck up.

now i know why i've always liked ken...

2009-02-12T14:44:00.000-08:00

how fitting. piano fighter? street pianist?

[source]

adooooken!

one ram, two ram, bad ram, good ram.

2009-02-05T22:41:00.000-08:00

[gizmodo]
dr. seuss <3 !!

let them eat cake!

2009-02-04T08:38:00.000-08:00

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om. nomnomnom.

old britney's (bod) is making a comeback.

2009-01-28T10:50:00.000-08:00

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homegurLz lookin gooood!

bringing it back, teeny-bopper style.

2009-01-26T23:26:00.000-08:00

we lived
we loved
we hurt
we jumped
we're right
we're wrong
we're weak
we're strong
we lived to love

but the planets all aligned
when you looked into my eyes--
and just like that,
watch the chemicals react...
and just like that
the chemicals react.

Free At Last...

2009-01-20T20:01:00.000-08:00

Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free...

at last.

a time to dance in the streets

2009-01-20T09:05:00.000-08:00

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finally.

obama's inaugural speech

2009-01-20T07:07:00.000-08:00

it's time for some old school, new school mad libs!

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"My fellow Americans, today is a translucent day. You have shown the world that "hope" is not just another word for "gyrator", and that "change" is not only something we can believe in again, but something we can actually lag.

Today we celebrate, but let there be no mistake – America faces euphoric and palpable challenges like never before. Our economy is delectable. Americans can barely afford their mortgages, let alone have enough money left over for geraniums. Our healthcare system is emo. If your sphincter is sick and you don't have insurance, you might as well call a Pirate. And America's image overseas is tarnished like a eyeball spork. But fluffing together we can right this ship, and set a course for Andalasia.

Finally, I must thank my symbiotic family, my voluptuous campaign volunteers, but most of all, I want to thank the NRA for making this historic occasion possible. Of course, I must also thank you, President Bush, for years of guzzling the American people. Without your gracious efforts, none of this would have been possible."

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YES WE (CAN)!!

cough cough still sick... cough cough

2009-01-16T14:07:00.000-08:00

which means, more staying at home this weekend, watching star wars!

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i can has lightsaber-wielding nutnibbler?

star wars: retold (by someone who hasn't seen it)

2009-01-15T07:27:00.000-08:00

i would totally say "spoiler alert!" except she gets half the stuff mixed up, and why would it be a spoiler if YOU'VE SEEN IT ALREADY?! (at least you better have!) :D

by Joe Nicolosi on Vimeo.

live long and prosper. heh, jk.

stay in the red.

2009-01-14T11:53:00.001-08:00

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don't be a stupid fuck.

return of the jedi's cold.

2009-01-12T00:44:00.000-08:00

it has finally caught me--i can run away from it no more: I AM SICK.

but that means i can do my favourite to do when i am ailing (besides sleep)...

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watch star wars... w00t!

in other news:

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congrats on your fab win! i love you, kate!!

c, eh? n, eh? d, eh?

2008-12-21T14:27:00.000-08:00

i'm off to the motherland!!

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merry christmas!

ps. happy birthday, café! i <3 you!

cnn likes gizmodo.

2008-12-15T11:21:00.000-08:00

yesterday, it was my birthday. pretty chill... and today...

CNN quotes my headline and screencaps my story. (thanks for sending me the link, erica!)

BOOYAHH!!

happy birthday to you...

2008-12-05T14:10:00.000-08:00

dear mr. walter elias disney:

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happy birthday!

last year, in celebration of this momentous day, peter and i took a road trip down to disneyland.

this year, i am working; but after i drop off my macbook at the apple store, peter and i will be watching bolt in 3D.

and perhaps, we'll have a slice of cake afterwards...

because it is, after all, your wonderful birthday.

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love,
andi

p.s. guess what tomorrow is...!

no on prop 8: the musical

2008-12-03T09:16:00.000-08:00

oh... and britney's back with another one, bitch!

ahhh... l'amour.

update: twilight review

2008-11-21T02:45:00.000-08:00

and now, a review by andi (aka 10 words or less):

twilight sucked. but t'was funny.

and RPATTZ WAS FUCKING HOT!!

rpattz brings on the lolz.

2008-11-21T00:13:00.000-08:00

in honor of the new movie, twilight, here is my mini (visual) ode to the sexxxiest man alive, robert pattinson.

[don't ask me where these came from, i have no idea.]

ok. in all seriousness now... i give you actual pictures. (... you have a little ... drool on your chin over there ...!)

ILU RPATTZ <3 !!

it all started with a mouse...

2008-11-18T07:50:00.000-08:00

Happy 80th Birthday, Mickey!

it's britney, betch! (part 2)

2008-11-12T17:25:00.000-08:00

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an 8 minute teaser of britney's new album, circus (due out dec. 2nd), has hit the internets!

ahh! andi likey!!

billy mitchell is an asshole.

2008-11-11T07:27:00.000-08:00

motherfuckers didn't really cancel the twilight event yesterday... YOU BITCHES!!

anyhoo, i want this shirt:

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'nuff said.

SFPD hates Twilight!!

2008-11-10T07:57:00.000-08:00

robert pattinson, yes.. MY robert pattinson... was supposed to make an appearance today in SF at stonestown.. but the SFPD shut it down due to a "safety hazard," aka too many fans lined up around the block to see rpattz. how did i know this?! i called hot topic when i woke up... *blush*

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in other news, i think having a tetris bracelet would be really cool. but this one would just piss me off... cause look! those pieces don't fit right!! ... no wonder why it says "game over" ...!!

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p.s. if anyone wants to get me a cool birthday present...:

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december 14--gracias!

halloween recap, OH-EM-GEEE!!

2008-11-07T17:37:00.000-08:00

a week ago, on all hallow's eve peter and i dressed up and went to see the (silent, old-ass) phantom of the opera--accompanied by a live organ--at the paramount in oakland. i was a vampire, and he was my victim:

anyhoo, for all of you who guessed i'd be a disney character for halloween.. YOU WERE WRONG!! altho i think it's quite hilarious what my unnamed boss said before i clocked out that night: "you seem more like ariel, EXCITED AT EVERYTHING YOU SEE OMG IS THAT A FORK"

to which i replied that belle was my favourite, because i thought i was more the intellectual, creative, "i love books!" type... to which my unnamed boss said, "hm, no, not exactly :P"

HARHAR!! gee, thanks!!

share the love: don't be a hater!!

2008-11-05T14:17:00.001-08:00

altho i am quite ecstatic that obama has been elected as our new president for the next four years...

i am deeply saddened and disappointed about the majority of americans who believe that just because we now have a black president, it proves that they aren't prejudice:

however, they don't realise that sexism is STILL hatred:

congrats, obama!! ... and heres to overthrowing prop 8 in 2012!!

my dear country.

2008-11-04T07:13:00.000-08:00

last week, peter and i attended day 2 of the annual bridge school benefit, where we got to see some awesome bands and artists perform for a good cause.

the performers there included neil young, cat power, wilco, death cab for cutie, josh groban, jack johnson, norah jones and... the smashing pumpkins!!

it was hella funny cause for their last song, billy corgan had josh groban come out and sing disarm with him. admittedly, it was AWESOME.

oh, and norah jones's set was SO fucking spectacular - her voice, her music, her hair, her presence, her cute little smile - it was ALL so splendiferous! oh, and even tho she said she was sick of politics, she performed my dear country

... and that, my friends, brings me to today's message:

VOTE!! **gooo obama/biden**!!

(not so) HOLY CRAP!!

2008-10-31T00:13:00.000-07:00

press play to listen to the most amazing piano adaptation i have ever heard in my entire life!!

grim grinning ghosts played by Alan Thompson, Jr.

P.S.

* happy all hallow's eve!! *

my thoughts on the GMAT:

2008-10-30T12:57:00.000-07:00

ah, fuck it. let's just get this shit over with.

warning: working at gizmodo may lead to geeky nightmares!

2008-10-27T20:42:00.000-07:00

last night, i dreamt about being on the hunt for a black DS.. but i couldn't find one. so i had to build one myself. but the kit i got didn't have all the pieces. so then i ran around EVERYWHERE looking for the correct pieces to build my own black DS. and on my journey, i ran into this random dude with whom i got my mack on. this random dude turned out to be:

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kevin rose. creator of digg.com/host of diggnation.

btw. hooking up with kevin rose wasn't the nightmare...
having to build my own DS was.

creepy.

twenty three marbles for one hungry hippo.

2008-10-16T00:07:00.000-07:00

dear p ♥,

i am:

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actually...

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♥ a.

p.s. happy birthday!!

my presidential endorsement goes to...

2008-10-15T16:23:00.000-07:00

i have never officially announced who i am a supporter of in this current election (as if it's not obvious enough)... so i would like to take this time to publicly declare my endorsement in true, geeky, misguided eskimo fashion:

so... to mccain and palin: suck it, bitches!!

it's britney, betch!

2008-10-10T19:57:00.000-07:00

HOLY SHIT, BRIT!! OMG - SO. F*CKING. HOT!!

WOMANIZER

she's baaaaack...

when i say L-U-V, you best believe me, L-U-V... GIMME A BEER!!

2008-10-07T23:50:00.000-07:00

i just realized that i post on the most ridiculous, pointless things EVARRR.

that being said... i just found my new favouritist site... failblog.

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tehehe. i love this world ...

... especially when it's a world full of FAIL!!

ladies of never-you-mind.

2008-10-05T23:37:00.000-07:00

today, peter and i went to the san francisco stop of neil gaiman's book tour, where we all received copies of neil's (not yet released!) new novel, the graveyard book.

neil also read a chapter of his novel for us, showed us sneak peeks of his new movie coraline, held a Q&A session, and shared, with us, a beautiful prayer he wrote for a special newborn baby girl... which i will share with you now:

Prayer for a Blueberry Girl
by neil gaiman

Ladies of Darkness...
And Ladies of Never-You-Mind,
This is a prayer for a Blueberry Girl.
First: May you ladies be kind.

Keep her from spindles and sleeps at sixteen;
Let her stay waking and wise.
Nightmares at three, or bad husbands at thirty;
These will not trouble her eyes.

Dull days at forty, full springs at fifteen;
Let her have bright days and true.
Let her go places that we've never been;
Trust and delight in her youth.

Ladies of Grace, and Ladies of Favour,
and Ladies of Merciful Night,
this is a prayer for a Blueberry Girl,
Grant her your clearness of sight.

Worlds can be worrisome, people complex;
Motives and manners unclear.
Grant her the wisdom to choose her path right,
Free from unkindness and fear.

Let her tell stories, and dance in the rain,
Somersault, tumble, and run;
Her joys must be high as her sorrows are deep,
Let her grow like the weed in the sun.

Ladies of Paradox, Ladies of Measure,
Ladies of Shadows-That-Fall;
this is a prayer for a Blueberry Girl,
Words written clear on the wall.

Help her to help herself, help her to stand,
Help her to lose, and to find.
Teach her we're only as big as our dreams,
tell her that fortune is blind.

Truth is a thing she must find for herself,
precious, and rare as a pearl;
Give her all these, and a little bit more,
gifts for a Blueberry Girl.

hello, gizmodo.

2008-10-03T19:38:00.000-07:00

today was my first official day interning for gizmodo.

while working, i got sidetracked and found this flow chart:

it has nothing to do with technology, but i thought it was pretty funny because even though i think sarah palin is an idiot, her winky face is so freaking adorrable! ;P

anyhoo - here's a link to the best blog in the world:

p.s. today was awesome.

a royal insight.

2008-09-27T20:07:00.000-07:00

i must be made out of a block of cheddar, because i sure am cheesy today!

guess what i just realized...

my bf's initials are P.C. ... you know... as in... my very own...

PRINCE CHARMING!!

do you know the pizza man?

2008-09-16T17:23:00.000-07:00

HOLY CRAP. i had a totally fantabulous awesome day today. well, at least part of today.

i met JOE PAVELSKI, BRIAN BOUCHER and JODY SHELLEY at amici's today!! (the proceeds to all pizzas bought today are going to charity!)

we had a nice little chit chat about managing 27,000 fans (as i am one out of four of the Facebook SJ Sharks Fans' captains), and we chatted about torrey mitchell (hott!!) being traded (which is TOTALLY UNTRUE)... but who the F*CK knew how hot BOUCHER really was under that helmet of his!! don't get me wrong - the others are hot too... but... BOUCHER?! HOLIEST OF THE HOLYS OF HOLY CRAPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ps. shelley got up from the meet and greet as i was waiting for my pizza and he headed to the kitchen... a couple minutes later, my name was called, and the manager of amici's handed me my pizza and said, "shelley just handed me this pizza and wanted me to tell you that he personally sliced it just for you!" i turned and looked into the kitchen, and shelley waved and winked at me! IT WAS SO CUTE!!

um. how. freaking. AWESOME!!

oh. and the pizza was DELICIOUS!

GOOOO SHARKS <3 !!

glorious.

2008-09-12T18:21:00.000-07:00

this is an update to this previously posted blog.

thanks gracious and lolo <3 !!

ps. happy 1st birthday to this blog! w00t.

my baby brother is so smart!

2008-09-11T15:17:00.001-07:00

side note: my mom doesn't really know anything about politics - she just listens to what the church says and then "supports" whomever seems like they're the most christian... which is probably why God made her a canadian -- so she can't vote in America - w00t!

anyhoo... my mother spammed our mailboxes today giving us reasons why palin is so-splendiferously-awesome. here is my baby brother's response to that:

"Sarah Palin is evil!

She can't manage her family, so how's she going to manage the country? She's pro-life, yet she hunts all the time in Alaska for fun, and has killed many bears and such. And most importantly, she's a woman!!! Actually, I'm just kidding about the last part.
But seriously, McCain is a hypocrite for criticizing Obama's lack of experience, yet choosing a vice president with much less experience, even though he might drop dead at any minute and leave the country in her hands.
Mom, don't pull the religion card for politics, because though it is ideal, look at Bush - he's Christian yet started this war.
So don't support Palin just because she's Christian. Obama is a Christian too!"

dude. jeff is really freaking brilliant - especially for a kid who isn't even old enough to vote!

ps. never forget - sept 11.

concert by deaf

2008-09-10T22:13:00.000-07:00

press play.
Berlin (Tess Angus Edit) - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
last night, i went half deaf after seeing black rebel motorcycle club. again.

i should have learned the first time around -- you know, when my ears melted and my head almost exploded after seeing them live last year...

why, andi, why?! why don't you ever learn?!

oh right. because they FUCKING ROCK like no other.

well, actually, others have rocked like them.. which brings me to...

andi's top 5 concerts list:

5. Muse

amazing stage presence. amazing light show. amazing music. amazing musical talent. one word: AMAZING.

4. Sigur Ros

thank you, peter, for opening my eyes to such a glorious band -- put it this way, sigur ros's opening act was even better than half the bands i had ever seen live: sigur ros wasn't just a concert -- sigur ros was an EXPERIENCE.

3. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

pure mother fucking rock and roll. i must admit though, the second time around wasn't even close to being as bomb as the first -- well, the first time around, they had nick jago. he has since been replaced by a girl (which is not the problem because she is a hot, un-girly *reminiscent of shane mccutcheon* kind of girl named leah shapiro - hellllll yeah!) the problem was their set list kinda sucked, the encore was an hour too long, the acoustics at the great american music hall were shabby, and i swear - all the crazies came out last night (i'm not even kidding - i almost got bitch slapped by a 47 year old crazy ass woman until peter told her to back the fuck off.) but besides all the shit that went down last night, robert levon been is still hot as fuck. but brmc's peter? not as much. my peter? even hotter than robert ;P

2. Ryan Adams and the Cardinals

i've seen ryan adams three times in concert -- the one time i saw him solo, it was not hot (probably because he was drunk, carpal tunnel was killing him, and he ended up stopping his songs half way through only to cover the backstreet boys...). If you're gonna see him, you HAVE TO see him with the Cardinals -- he's more than fucking spectacular with them!!

1. Smashing Pumpkins

billy corgan = rock god. what else can i say? i saw him when he went on his solo tour, and he was still amazing... but add jimmy chamberlain's uncomparable, kick ass drummer skills to the mix, and you've got a fucking awesome show. oh. and ginger sling is -- BY FAR -- the sexxxiest bassist that the pumpkins has EVER had.

before i sign out, let's take another good look at robert levon been, shall we?

i know: how absolutely delicious.

ps. major kudos to those who get the title of this post. you fucking rock.

... i need to stop saying fuck.

viva la piñata, bitch.

2008-09-07T01:06:00.000-07:00

[side note: hell -- it is just as you/i/we remember. completely pointless, but oh so fucking mesmerizing.]

people of the world: i have had viva piñata: trouble in paradise for three days now ...

i apologize to those who miss me -- i will re-emerge again sometime soon...

HAH. not.

OREGON OR BUST!!

2008-09-03T04:34:00.000-07:00

a year ago, i graduated with bachelor of arts degrees in both english and philosophy, hoping that my english degree would land me a deent job in journalism, and hoping that my philosophy degree ...

wait. pause. who am i kidding? we, the ridiculous crowd of philosophers who hold philosophy degrees under our belts, are well aware that philosophy = a penny for your thoughts! exactly. there is no money in philosophy.

that is besides the point, however.

growing up in an asian family -- with an emphasis on crazy asian parents -- has been difficult in that NOTHING is ever good enough. for those of you without the yellow gene, let me set the record straight: we are not smarter than you. we were just beaten if we didn't get good grades. no, no - i was never physically beaten... but mentally and emotionally? YES.

my educational biography in a nutshell:
* i have three brothers who excel in all areas of math and science.
* my mom is a doctor, and my dad has a phd in physics.
* i never took physics.
* in high school, i took geometry ... and failed biology ... TWICE.
* i live to write and i love to read.
* i rock out to music and i make my own.
* i enjoy the movies and i'm an amateur filmmaker.
* i am an artist who finds comfort in the arts.
* i want to be a writer. a teacher. a rock*star. a wife. a mom. a philanthropist. a lover. and a fighter.
* i was studying the GREs because i wanted to get my masters in journalism.
* i was a journalist and had around 30 articles published in less than four months.
* my parents never read a single one of those articles.
* i don't think they approved.
* i am now studying the GMATs to get into business school.
* i don't want to go to business school.
* i don't. i don't. i don't. i want. i want. i want. i don't want.

my dad has been pushing me to go to stanford. whenever he speaks about business school, it's always about stanford. i graduated from UCDavis - i'm guessing it was not good enough for this family? now, i HAVE TO go to stanford to save my image, my name, my stamp: FAILURE.

don't get me wrong - stanford is a GREAT school! i would be SO lucky and blessed to attend that fine institution ...

but, honestly ... i have my heart set on a different school -- the school where i wanted to get my masters. i've always wanted to go to the university of oregon. my dad got his PhD there - but i guess it's still not good enough for him?

but if i absolutely HAVE TO get a f*cking MBA, then just as i have been rebelling for my entire life, it's time for me to take a stand... again. forget stanford -- IT'S OREGON OR BUST!!

plus. they have such a rad mascot, dont'cha think?

but then again, maybe that's the disney in me speaking.

GO DUCKS!!

a canadian delicacy

2008-08-20T15:35:00.001-07:00

i love valentine's day.

why, you ask?

is it because of the chocolates, the candy-hearts, gifts, flowers, balloons and all that love? NO. well.. yes, but it's also because that is the time of year when my aunt and beloved twin cousins send me KETCHUP CHIPS from canada (and in return, they get some flamin' hot cheetos!)

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for some strange reason, the states (aka the u. s. of a.) does not sell ketchup chips!! (and it should be noted that canada does not sell flamin' hot cheetos...)

we, the americans, put ketchup on just about anything ...

so why not potato chips??!?

would you like fries with that?

2008-08-10T23:38:00.000-07:00

The French had their own expectations, ones they obviously did not feel compelled to keep behind closed doors.

“The Americans?” Bernard recently told the sports newspaper L’Equipe, “We’re going to smash them. That’s what we came for.”.

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"The Americans shattered the world record set by their "B" team the previous evening in the preliminaries, touching with a time of 3 minute, 8.24 seconds -- nearly 4 full seconds below the 15-hour-old mark of 3:12.23. ...

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The French were second in 3:08.32 -- eight one-hundredths of a second behind."

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U.S.A.!! U.S.A.!! U.S.A.!!

SUCK IT, FRENCHIES !!

choices, choices...

2008-08-06T21:37:00.000-07:00

just recently, my mother had been lecturing me about abortion ... which is strange because 1. i've never had an abortion or even been pregnant before, and 2. i've never argued with her about abortion, or tried to shove my abortion views in her face before... but she lectures me as if i keep yelling "i'm pro-choice!! i'm pro-choice!!" at the top of my lungs.

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my mother thinks i'm pro-choice, many of my friends think i'm pro-life ... so what am i?

i am pro-choice. HOWEVER, pro-choice does not mean i am an advocate of death!

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for example - i don't like it when people smoke cigarettes. i have asthma, and i think - why would you ruin your healthy pair of lungs when people like myself were born with this auto-immune disease that hinders my life so? however, i would never vote to actively BAN cigarettes from everyone in america - if they choose to silently kill themselves, then go for it.

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in the same way, i would never get an abortion myself ... i think babies are so adorable, and are these tiny little miracles of life ... i wouldn't WANT anyone to actively CHOOSE to get an abortion... however, i believe there are those special circumstances - (i.e. rape) - where women should be able to choose what happens to their own bodies and lives (as having a baby will drastically alter that said life). however, if you're a dumb 16 year old girl (or boy) who don't know what safe sex is, then i think you should just have the baby. oh. and tho they shouldn't be getting pregnant, i believe minors should have the right to have an abortion without parental consent - it makes everything so much more safe in this world (think about it.)

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get it? got it? good.

of course, if you're a vampire, i'm totally pro-life (altho technically that would qualify as pro-undead...)

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YEAAAAYYYY VAMPIRE SPAWN!!

why you so crazy, girl?!

2008-07-27T16:12:00.000-07:00

taken from the newest issue of Rolling Stone featuring the Jonas Brothers on the cover:

Big Rob escorts Nick, Kevin and Joe to their places. Suddenly, the lights go dark, triggering a roar in the 20,000-seat Cricket Wireless Pavilion that can only be described as primal. And it is, in a way. The neuropsychiatrist Dr. Louann Brizendine, author of the bestseller The Female Brain, says the release of dopamine in a screaming teenage girl's brain upon seeing her pop idols is like "injecting heroin." Being with other screaming girls, she says, only makes the effect wilder.

"There's a thing in biology we call synchrony," Brizendine says. "Basically, one girl affects another affects another, and it becomes a domino effect building up to that level of hysteria. They are getting all these brain hits of dopamine, and also oxytocin, which is a love-and-bonding hormone. Teenage girls have so much estrogen, which just catapults the level of dopamine and oxytocin in the brain, creating this sort of ecstatic rush in themselves and others. It truly is a state of ecstatic love."

last week, i worked at the jo bros concert ... at shoreline ... where i went deaf. for a few hours after the concert, it seriously felt like my ears were submerged under water as they skipped towards the bright light on the far side of a tunnel ... i did not go deaf because the music was loud, however, but because of those things we like to call:

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teenage girls. bleccch.

i believe in barkey dent.

2008-07-24T10:42:00.001-07:00

duh nuh nuh nuh, nuh nuh nuh nuh...

BATDOG!!

i believe in harvey dent.

2008-07-22T20:38:00.000-07:00

yesterday, peter's boss treated the off*base team (and friends!) to a sold-out IMAX screening of the dark knight at the metreon. (thanks, greg - you're the best!!)

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all i have to say is ... the dark knight rocked. it was seriously the most AMAZING, beautiful, captivating, baddest batman movie to date - old or new - and heath ledger's joker was the most bad ass villain EVER ... yes, EVER.

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end of story.

the twins have arrived!!

2008-07-13T00:43:00.001-07:00

call me a dork for blogging about this, but tonight/last night ...

knox leon and vivienne marcheline (you know... of the JOLIE-PITTs) were born!!

hooray!! i love you, angelina!! (brad? not so much ...)

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congrats to their ginormous, happy family.

ps. HAPPY 23rd BiRTHDAY, HELL <3!!

bring FOURTH the fireworks!

2008-07-04T00:00:00.000-07:00

happy independence day !!

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to all the troops who are helping serve and protect our country, thank you. not only do i pray for your protection and safe return, but also, in your honor, i will scream it at the top of my lungs:

FUCK YOU, GEORGE W. BUSH!!
*you mother-fucking, bible-humping, son-killing, douche-bagging, bitch-ass, stupid, ignorant FUCK!*

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ah, freedom of speech: how i love america!

pace per tutti.

2008-07-02T01:41:00.000-07:00

tonight, i told my mom i was going to shank her in her sleep.

it's not every day you tell your mother you are going to stab her with a random, home-made, knife-like, sharp object ... prison style.

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but of course, i didn't mean it ... did i?

i swear, there is a back story to this!

so basically ... every time my mother and i get into an argument -- (for those of you who know me/my family pretty well, this will come as no surprise) -- my mother likes to call in the calvary, which is basically her posse of pastors, bible thumpers, and basically just the (all-christian) prayer circle of enthusiastic, exorcising, super friends.

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a couple nights ago, my dad was talking about gay unions, and when my mother asked me my opinions, i told her that i am completely, one-hundred percent pro gay marriage. she flipped out, of course, and when we got into an argument over it, her ONLY argument for why it should be illegal is "because the bible says so".

i am for gay marriage because i believe NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE -- whether you are white, black, chinese, mexican, male, female, transgender, etc. -- if you are an American citizen, you should have the same rights as any single other American has -- it's all about equality, right?

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plus, Love is Love - it doesn't matter who you are, what body parts you have -- or don't have, who you were born as, or how you were born ... you should be able to love who you love, marry who you love, have children with who you love (yes, gay people can have kids!), and share a life with that one person to whom you have given your heart.

without getting into too many more details ... i woke up from a nap this afternoon to find the calvary waiting for me downstairs ... a pastor from taiwan, a local pastor, his wife, and two of the pastor's children (who are not children, they are around my age), were all sitting at the dinner table tonight. close to the end of dinner, my mother asked if i had something i wanted to talk about, and i shook my head, knowing what she was going for ... which made her bring up the argument we had the night before.

she then turned to the calvary and coaxed, "so, who wants to go first?" ...

in front of 6.5 bible thumpers (my dad is pro gay union, but not marriage, so he's half a bible thumper) ... i was questioned and challenged and basically ATTACKED because of my political stance and personal opinions ... and question after comment after question, i was able to stand my ground and defend my beliefs ... (and put in my two cents about abortion too!)

the point of the story is ... just because i'm a little, 5'3'', 115 lbs, asian girl who looks like you can physically push around (i'm sure you can beat me up if you tried), don't think you can bully me into believing what your doctrine has brainwashed you into believing yourselves.

furthermore, i am not one to push my beliefs and political opinions ONTO you - i like having DISCUSSIONS, not ARGUMENTS, when speaking about such topics ... but i will never, EVER put you down for what you believe -- i will always respect your opinions and what you have to say; all i ask is that you give me that same respect as well.

to add insult on top of insult, when the pastors realized that i would have none of their crap, they told me that they would be open to "evangelize" and speak with me about God and life after death when i was "ready" ...

excuse me, i was born and raised in a christian family ... i was baptized at birth, and reconfirmed/baptized again at 12 ... i've attended church every sunday since i was born until i was 18, and these days, i still attend services when i have the time ... what makes you think that i need to be EVANGELIZED to?? what makes you think i'm not already saved?!

it's true that i don't like to label myself as "christian," but it's mostly because of the negative connotation and all the other craziness, ignorance, stubbornness, and close-mindedness that comes with it -- i have most of the same morals and beliefs that christians do, i would just rather think of christianity as a syllabus and guideline for life, or even suggestions and advice on on how to live, rather than a stamp on your forehead that ties you to a firm set of biblical laws -- plus, if the bible is all about interpretation, who is to say that their interpretation is the only one that is correct?

also ... if God loves unconditionally, and we were all made in the image of God, we should live and love as He does ... which is ...

UNCONDITIONALLY.

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right?

oh. going back to why i told my mom i was going to shank her. although i'm a pretty decent/good kid, my mom thinks i'm pretty much satan spawn ... so sometimes, i like to play into her beliefs and scare her -- all in the name of fun! so i told her the next time she sics her super friends on me, she better sleep with one eye open.

just to add a little more wood to the fire, i was going to tell my mom that i was gay ... but i thought she'd probably get her friends to kidnap me in the middle of the night and ship me off to JESUS CAMP!!

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SPOILER ALERT:

btw, mom: i'm bi.

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*gasp.*
...
ps. happy belated pride weekend everyone!

o, canada.

2008-07-01T12:30:00.000-07:00

happy canada day!

meet the matador.

2008-06-30T10:08:00.000-07:00

the other day, i applied for an internship at MATADOR, which is this interactive travel magazine... (and because i love writing, i love traveling, and i love interacting, working here would be a perfect fit for me!) before i applied though, i checked out the magazine/company (which is actually a Web site), and it turned out to be REALLY FANTABULISTIC. It's kind of like a facebook/myspace (except not as invasive and trashy!) and a travel magazine mixed into one. you guys should ALL check it out. c'est super chouette! :P

[click here to experience the awesomeness that is matador!

you can add friends, share travel stories, post pictures, and write travel blogs ALL on ONE site! there are also other features like travel tips, studying abroad, volunteering, night life, and things like that too - it's all very useful and SO user friendly!

to check out my profile on matador, just click on the photo below:

happy traveling! :)

spore-ing!

2008-06-29T12:07:00.000-07:00

when life gets boring, let's go spore-ing!

i was messing around on the spore creature creator today... and this is what i came up with (i know, it's amateur and there are a million other creatures that look like him!)

may i now introduce you to... *drum roll please*

the marleauwacker!

yes, he's named after patrick marleau of the sj sharks...

when i realized the marleauwacker didnt' really look THAT cool, i decided to try using a different approach at making something even CUTER! ... here's the suckatashtic:

then peter pointed out that the suckatashtic was basically just an uglier, more colorful mosquito :( ...

so he came up with THIS adorable spore named maple:

then i counteracted by coming up with maple's even CUTER cousin, leopald!

aren't they adorable?

a very merry unbirthday to you!

2008-06-25T21:22:00.000-07:00

today is my little brother, ant's, 20th birthday -- happy 20th, an-to-to!!

although he is currently in vancouver, canada, my grandma, aunts, uncles, and cousins are throwing him a huge birthday bash as we speak... which got me thinking... i never have birthday parties!!

warning: not for the tl;dr crowd!

when i tell people this, they usually think i'm exaggerating ... but it's true! firstly, my birthday is a week before Christmas (december 14th), which makes it "reasonable" (really, it's not reasonable) to get a "combined" gift for both my birthday AND Christmas ... which usually ends up being a crappy gift, or no gift at all. secondly, because it is during the holiday season, when my mother throws me a "party," it usually consists of all HER church friends, and there ends up being a huge church celebration with singing and sermons and testimonies ... with a cake. THAT's not a birthday party! thirdly, my birthday, being in the second week of december, usually turns into finals week, so people are usually to busy "studying" to go out and celebrate, although they promise they will AFTER finals... which is untrue because AFTER finals, you're on your break and you go straight home! lastly, there are quite a few december birthdays in my extended family, so usually when my parents throw me a "party," it's on a family reunion vacation, and this party is just another excuse to have bible study, conjecture prayer circles, and scream hallelujah while eating cake, which has five other names on it.

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so i ask you.. WHERE'S MY BIRTHDAY PARTY?! ... and then i thought about it... and even though i haven't gotten many birthday "parties" in my life ... my past few birthdays, though sad, turned out to be times where my closest friends and family have really supported me and shown me how much they love me.

six cases and points:

december 14, 2001 : sweet sixteen
today, i was supposed to have a huge party, go out with my girlfriend to dinner and then karaoke ... long story short, i lost my friends ... it gets decided that i will, in fact, NOT have a sweet sixteenth birthday party after all ... but my best friend grace shows up that day anyway with two tickets to JINGLE BALL (which my parents paid for, w00t!) ... and we end up having a BLAST that night, watching aaron carter "rap," witnessing jessica simpson forget her lines and dance like a dinosaur, drooling while sugar ray's mark mcgrath strips his shirt off, and giggling while shaggy got his dirtaaayy groove on. although it may have been a small party of two, it was still the sweetest sixteen a girl could have.

december 14/15/16, 2003: not-so-legal eighteenth!
my first semester of college, i befriend an awesome girl named koy, whose birthday just so happened to fall on the day after mine. that year, we were both turning 18, and although we couldn't celebrate on my birthday (because it was the last day of finals), koy kept her promise and celebrated with me AFTER finals. NO, we didn't have a birthday party ... but we celebrated by driving down to santa cruz to hang out with her older sister and my big brother. in order to celebrate our "legalness," we scoured a smoke shop, visited a tattoo/piercing parlor, bought a bong (which we lovingly named Captain Zafo) and a beautiful pipe (named Vera) ... and without indulging you with all the details ... we spent the next two days with the munchies.

december 14, 2004: simple gestures
this year truly sucked. if i recall correctly, i had one final before my birthday, one finals ON my birthday, and TWO finals the day after my birthday. i couldn't do a single thing but study, study, STUDY ... and cry a little to peter. however, during one of my breaks from studying ... the lights suddenly go off ... peter then walks into the room holding in a huge platter of home-made chocolate brownies with 19 sparkling candles, which not only lit up the dessert and the room, but also put a huge smile on my face.

december 14, 2005: two cakes are better than one!
once again, finals finals FINALS! i couldn't do anything ... like the previous years, i am stuck in DAVIS ... no party, once again ... i should be getting used to this, right? suddenly, there is a knock on my apartment door, and when i open it ... my dad and my older brother, justin, are standing there. although they couldn't stay long (because i had to go back to studying), they drove 2 hours up just to take me and peter out to a birthday dinner ... only to have to drive 2 hours back down again. later that week, after finals are over, peter's mom asks me if i would like to help them decorate their tree (i got to put the angel on the top!!)

after decorating and dinner are over, peter's mom comes out with the cakes ... YOU HEARD ME... CAKES, not CAKE, with candles on top. that night, i had not one, but TWO pieces of birthday cake - they were delicious!

december 14, 2006: a classy twenty-first birthday
people often say, "it's not your twenty-first birthday unless you throw up." well, let me tell you about my twenty-first birthday ... i was studying in siena, Italy, and it was midnight on our LAST day of the program. i was about to go to bed when suddenly... *BAM!!* ... my door swings open, i'm tucked under my spiderman blanket, in my pajamas when all of a sudden twenty of my friends storm into my room, led by, of course, my closest friends amy (b*baum!!* and bao (my bao bei).

they sing happy birthday to me, bring out a cake, then realize it's kind of late to be eating cake because we ALL have final exams the next morning ... so we all say goodnight and go to bed. the next day, we do our exams, we all go back to our own rooms and start packing/cleaning up (because we'll be leaving italy the next day). later on in the afternoon/early evening, i am invited to a "pre-party" of our final banquet (which was coincidentally being thrown on my 21st birthday!) ... and when i get to my friends chris/bryan's apartment, a circle of my closest friends were waiting with me with bottles of wine and a bottle spumante (which bao and i shared amongst the two of us!)

we had a wickedly awesome pre-party, which we then left only to go to the final banquet... and at the final banquet, the ENTIRE PROGRAM, gave me a toast to my 21st birthday and sung happy birthday (in italian!) to me! the banquet went awesomely, i ended up having twelve glasses of wine ... we ended up at borrone rosso after the final banquet/closing award ceremony... then ended back up at our apartments where we had cake. it is safe to say, the night was FANTABULOUS, and i ended up NOT throwing up on my very classy twenty-first birthday!

oh. and two days later, peter took me out for my birthday dinner by the eiffel tower. now i KNOW you're jealous! >;P

december 14, 2007: a year of a million dreams
the only thing that happened on my birthday this year was that peter's mom took me out for a fabulous spanish dinner with paella and sangria! *mMmMmMm!!* ... oh, and the week before, peter took me on a date to meet MICKEY MOUSE... you know ... in DISNEYLAND!! but THAT, my friend, is a whole other story!

um ... tl'dr!

polly, want a cracker?

2008-06-23T20:53:00.000-07:00

four years have passed since i had stayed at an ayurvedic treatment center on the coast of india with my older brother and my dad.

most of you probably don't know that while in cochin, (and i'm sure you will not be surprised to hear), i bought a parrot off the street for just 30 american cents.

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my brother and i named our parrot after our car driver, Sonny ... and because we got him during the time of the onam festival, the ayurvedic staff called him Onam... and then this french couple at the center said that in france, they call parrots (a nickname) Cocoa... and because my dad is strange and couldn't think of any other foreign sounding name, he called my parrot Jafar.

he was beautiful. he ate bananas. and he liked to poop.

when we left india, we had to leave him in the care of the ayurvedic center...

four years later... i still wonder if the center wound up taking care of him, releasing him into the wild, or ended up cooking him for breakfast...

where are you, my dear sonny onam cocoa jafar? :(

headstrong.

2008-06-18T12:18:00.000-07:00

last night, i gave myself a mild concussion.

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it was pretty fucking funny.

bloodlust.

2008-06-17T14:09:00.001-07:00

i am not drawn to YOUR blood.
only his.

i miss my little vampire minion. :(

ohhhh, she's my cheeseburger.

2008-06-17T04:25:00.000-07:00

i just came back from hanging out with grace.

i totally forgot how much i missed her until i was sitting at a table, laughing alone, realizing my best friend wasn't there to egg me on.

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grace and i can sit there in silence and totally be comfortable with each other ... or we can talk for hours and hours about really nothing at all ... i never have to worry about being judged when i'm around her ... i don't feel like i have to impress her ... i feel like being with grace (just like being with peter) is one of the only times i can truly be myself and not be ashamed of anything.

i'm SO HAPPY my best friend is finally home!!

... but ...

i'm going to miss her when she leaves in a few days. :(

not just MY half birthday.

2008-06-14T02:24:00.000-07:00

today, stephen would have turned 32.

[click on photo/here to donate to the SCM fund]

happy birthday -- we miss you!

'lightning bolt!'

2008-06-13T01:57:00.000-07:00

the other night, peter turns to me from his computer and asks, "hey, have you ever heard of LARPing?"

"Live Action Role Playing?" I shrugged, "of course i've heard of LARPing -- why?"

he laughs, "the first time i'd ever heard about it was last week when i saw these videos posted online ... " he asks, "wait ... how do YOU know about LARPing?!"

"the real question is ... how do you NOT know about LARPing?!" i fire back at him.

peter points out for all the times i've called him a nerd, my flamboyant display of LARPing knowledge outgeeked him just then; if i could blush, my cheeks would have flamed red.

whatever. LARPers rule. w00t!

allegiance.

2008-06-12T11:14:00.000-07:00

about five minutes ago, i received a call from a radio station *which I will not name in order to protect their identity ... protect them from what? i don't know...*

they offered me a job ... but in return, i had to quit working for a "competing radio station" : Radio Disney.

"QUIT DISNEY?!" I questioned.

"NO THANKS!!" I replied.

BITE ME!

2008-06-09T10:34:00.001-07:00

last night, i finished eclipse, the last third installment of the twilight series by stephenie meyer. (and yes, i'm not ashamed of it: i'm in love with the series!)

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do you remember the absolute hopelessness and depression you felt when you realized you were a muggle and that you would, in actuality, not be able to attend hogwarts: school of witchcraft and wizardry??

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well, that's what i'm feeling right now.

where is my breathtakingly beautiful vampire love?! where is the werewolf who wants to steal me away from my one true vampire love?! why is no one waging war over my awesome self?!

boooooooooooooooo, urns!!

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by the way. i am super freaking crazily excited for the twilight movie to come out 2 days before my birthday!! i have been totally head-over-heels in LOVE with robert pattinson since he played cedric diggory in harry potter and the goblet of fire.

after seeing him in the trailer for twilight, i almost died and went to vampire heaven -- he looks PERFECT for the part of edward cullen... and if i had to choose anyone to phase me into the vampire world, it would definitely have to be mr. pattinson and his beautiful crooked smile ... *drooooool*

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see? gorgeous, ain't he?!

you have garlic breath!

2008-06-04T15:48:00.000-07:00

i have a predicament!

1. i LOVE garlic.
2. i want to be a vampire.

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uh ohs ...

some imagination, huh?

2008-06-03T00:02:00.001-07:00

i'm not ashamed to say it: i love disney. i always have and i always will.

as i was re-listening to my disneyland soundtrack tonight, the track for "FANTASMIC" started playing -- instantly, with tears welling up in my eyes (i know, how cheesy), i was transported back to disneyland, watching mickey mouse defeat the villains in his nightmare as fireworks shot out from his fingers.

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last december (for our four year anniversary), peter took me to disneyland ... and it was one of the most magical and best times in my life -- meeting mickey mouse and seeing all the disney characters waving to me from the mark twain boat will forever be one of my favorite memories ...

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so, walt, if you can hear me up there: i love you, and thank you for creating the magic.

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hello, lover!

2008-05-30T18:22:00.000-07:00

i just came back from watching the brand-spankin-new sex and the city movie ... and i just have one word to describe it: fabulous!

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usually in movies such as these, i feel like there needs to be an underlying lesson learned... or something that you can take away from it after all is said and done... however, instead of one giant lesson, here are five points that sum up what i took from the film:

5. you can't push it -- if it's not working, it's not working. (samantha)

4. life CAN be a fairy-tale! (charlotte)

3. forgive, forgive, forgive! (miranda)

2. there is no greater vow than this: "i will love you forever." (carrie)

1. friendship is about quality and not quantity.

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before watching this movie, i was trying to think of which girlfriend(s) i could ask to accompany me to the theater ... basically, who are the samanthas, mirandas and charlottes to my carrie? (YES! i'm a carrie - haha!)

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admittedly, i could only think of TWO girls who i can tolerate enough to call my closest friends (you know who you are!!) ...this kind of made me sad -- i only have TWO close girlfriends?? ... WHAT??!! but then i thought about it long and hard... and it really didn't matter that there were only two, because their friendship and loyalty is worth more to me than i could ever express ...

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my personal charlotte/samantha is slightly high-maintenance, yet classy and dignified, whose animal side might appear (screaming "NOO!!!") when the time comes to stand up for her friends ... and although she's NOT a slut/promiscuous at all like samantha, she's experienced in life and quite independent, and she sure knows how to chase down and get what she wants!

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and my little miranda, who is away in college, can be extremely strong willed, which makes her pretty stubborn ... but even so, she is hard working, entirely honest, terribly loyal, and is a little spitfire and the bestest of friends.

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so to the fabulous two of you out there:
i will love you forever.

my first (ghostly) will and testament.

2008-05-29T23:24:00.000-07:00

last night, i saw the movie the haunted mansion, you know, that i-can't-believe-disney-put-out-that-crap film starring eddie murphy. YES. IT WAS CRAP. but, there was this beautiful scene in this beautiful ballroom where master gracey (this handsome, debonaire, dead guy) accosts eddie murphy's wife (who looks like his long lost love, elizabeth), and keeps asking her, "elizabeth, don't you recognize me??" ... and then he grabs her and tries to dance with her as this melancholically beautiful waltz plays and suddenly... a great number of lovely dressed, old-fashioned coupled-apparitions appear and begin to waltz around them ... and it just reminded me why i love haunted mansions, ghosts, vampires, and morbidly beautiful subjects of the sort.

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for example ... black is my favorite color, but one day, peter pointed out that black is, in actuality, NOT a color. so i revised my answer and told him my favorite color is the most translucently foggy bluish-grey that one would see if there was a mist, floating around ghostly couples, waltzing around a giant christmas tree at midnight...

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i swear to you - i am not putting up a front ... i am not trying to be goth or morbid in any way -- there is just a charming sadness to it all that just fills my heart with loving curiosity when it comes to these sorts of things-- i don't even know how to describe it, but i promise to you, there is a point to this post.

my parents don't believe in cremation, and for all of you who are reading this post ... if i were to die, please let them know that my wishes are for my remains to be cremated. i think being buried in the ground is disgustingly suffocating (as i am claustrophobic) and cremation ultimately sounds like the better option ... and as i do not know how to legally put it on paper... let me say it clearly:

cremate me. and please spread my ashes in the ballroom (where all those ghostly couples are dancing by the dining room table/birthday party) at disneyland's haunted mansion. i know it's not legal, but hey - if i'm dead, do as i would and break a few rules in my honor!

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actually ... if you spread my ashes in the ride, would i just be swept up and put into the garbage once a cast member cleans it?? ... well, if you really can't spread my ashes there (or my parents are a billion percent against it), please just spread my ashes somewhere in disneyland (tom sawyer island/rivers of america?) ... AND do something kinda like THIS (i read this at doombuggies.com):

"Last night, one of the weekend cast members asked me to look for something he found under one of the dinner plates on the banquet hall table, at the end of the table with the candle blowing lady is reflected on. Under each plate is a photo of the place setting and how it should look. When I lifted up the plate at the end of the table, underneath were two photos and notes on the back, both the same photo and message. The photo was of a very nice looking woman, 30-something, standing somewhere in the park with a big smile on her face. I didn't copy down the message, and I really wish I had. It started out like this, and the rest is sorta close:

'This is our mommy. She died of Cancer in July of 2002. we had so many good times here and this was our favorite place. Could someone please put these pictures under a plate in the banquet hall, so that when we come back, our mommy will be here with us.'

I took the other picture and put it under the plate at the opposite end of the table. I am assuming that (the family) gave it to an operations person, and they put them there. I am passing the word around for anyone who finds them to leave them there..."

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capice? capice. thanks.

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in-di-ana f*ck-ing jones!

2008-05-23T10:33:00.000-07:00

two days ago, there was a major accident (head-on-collision involving multiple cars/critical injuries), which happened on the golden gate bridge. peter and i were heading to the city that day, and just as we were about to leave his home, he realized that he had forgotten his car keys ... which took him a couple minutes to go back into the house and actually find them.

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when we were approaching the bridge (not even less than half a mile away from the entrance), traffic suddenly slowed down and then came to a halt. a few minutes later, we heard an array of sirens as ambulances, fire trucks, cop cars, tow trucks and helicopters sped past us and swarmed the bridge ...

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now this makes me ask: what if peter hadn't forgotten his keys and we actually left on time? could it have been us in that accident? fate or chance, who knows how this world works?

on a happier note, i'm finally going to see Indian Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull today! yipppeee!!

... however, i did hear from a pretty reliable source that it wasn't all that and a bag of chips, so hopefully (now that my expectations have been lowered), it'll be all that and a bag of chips.

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speaking of Indiana Jones... i read this hi-larious article a while back (i don't remember from where)... but anyway, enjoy!

"Did you know that when Williams composes a score he comes up with lyrics in his head first and then writes the music to them, even though he knows no one will ever hear the words? For the first time ever, Williams revealed the lyric to “Raiders March,” the stirring title theme of the movies:

In-di-ana fuck-ing Jones

In-di-ana moth-er-fuck-ing Jones

In-di-ana fuck-ing Jones

Bite my ball-sack you Na-zis I’m In-di-ana fuck-ing Jones!"

hello, halo!

2008-04-26T00:07:00.000-07:00

answer me this: is there any greater joy than shooting someone in the ass, then punching them in the face when they turn around to see who's beating them down?

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no? there isn't? i didn't think so.

break me off a piece of that stanley cup!

2008-04-17T18:57:00.000-07:00

GO SHARKS!!

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ps. happy 22nd birthday to my best friend, gracie poo <3!!

poisoned apple MY ASS!!

2008-02-05T02:52:00.000-08:00

it's almost 3 a.m. and when i'm practicing my insomniac tendencies, i tend to watch episode after episode of nerdy shows like freaks and geeks, or in this case, netflix movies that i was too embarassed to catch in the theatres (or ones my boyfriend refused to take me to see).

currently, i am about 3/4 through watching amanda bynes in what is called the modern-day snow white story ... SYDNEY WHITE.

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the reason why i am typing away on my blog in the middle of the night (instead of finishing the movie) is because of one VERY offensive device the movie used in order to move the story along. in the classic fairytale, snow is poisoned by the evil queen (witch) with a poisonous apple. ... fair enough.

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however, in this chick flick spin-off, sydney's computer gets hacked into the night before a huge essay is due. this is understandable, seeing that most college kids go through some sort of crisis everytime a paper is due ... HOWEVER ... what really pisses me off is ...

1. Sydney received the virus through her e-mail ... on the Mac's Mail program nonetheless!! ... I've used this application for the past five years, and I rarely EVER receive spam ... and when I do, Mail tags the mail as "JUNK" and won't show you what the contents of the e-mail are unless you approve the sender.

2. SYDNEY owns a Mac Book ... you know... an APPLE laptop. (the whole point of this story line was that it was the poisoned apple of death). however, i hope Steve Jobs took some action over this ridiculousness because it is a well known fact that... MACS DO NOT GET VIRUSES. They are so super-dee-duper protected that it would be nearly impossible to hack into a Mac and destroy someone's hard-drive ... unless, of course, you take a hammer to it.

CASE AND POINT, BITCHES!!:

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That is the end of my rant for now. Bottom line: Macs are awesome. Sydney White sucks. (or at least the WRITERS of Sydney White SUCK).

- andi w.

Chef shows he has NO RESERVATIONS!

2007-11-29T21:25:00.000-08:00

Update: After meeting Anthony Bourdain and almost passing out at the very (sexy) sight of him, I found out that he would be visiting Left Bank Brasserie in Menlo Park -- a french restaurant ten minutes away from my home -- in order to further promote his new photo-journal No Reservations.

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After begging and pleading with my editors to let me go to this event and cover this story, (which, by the way, they said rarely happens at PAW), they said I can write an article about the event IF I could get into the event on my own and pump out a story before I left for the Thanksgiving weekend.

Long story short: After sweet talking to "his people", I got into the event, interviewed THE BOURDAIN, met a handful of other awesome people (i.e. Gordon of Gordon-Biersh; Liam Mayclem, the Emmy-winning host of Eye on the Bay; and Roland Passot, the exec-chef and owner of Left Bank ... and more!) ... and I got to sit right next to Anthony Bourdain at the head table for dinner!

Anyway, this is the article that came from my awesome experience - I hope you enjoy it!! -- bon appetit -- !

NO RESERVATIONS!!

2007-10-09T12:01:00.000-07:00

I love my boyfriend('s MOM) !!

I'm at work right now but I was so excited I have to update. It's not even my birthday (until December) and Peter's mom just got me a lunch date with ... wait for it ... (drum roll please)...

ANTHONY BOURDAIN!!

tickets were like $200 a pop ... I'm finally going to meet my husband and profess my love ... how awesome is THAT?!

cause i'm leaving on a jet plane...

2007-10-04T01:16:00.000-07:00

it's 1:17 a.m. and i'm about to throw up.

is it because it's that time o' the month?

NO.

peter and i are leaving for the airport (to go to NY) in 3.5 hours...

i don't do well with planes. :(

if you can spare a minute...

say a little prayer for me!

forever, and ever, you'll stay in my heart!

pwned!

2007-10-03T14:55:00.000-07:00

don't be a perv!

Do blondes really have all the fun?

2007-09-27T11:48:00.001-07:00

People say that blondes have all the fun.

Correction: PERMS have all the fun.

The strangest things have been happening to me since I've had my hair curled… it seems like everyone (and their grandmothers!) feel compelled to "hollaaa at a playa!" when I pass by them on the streets.

so, someone please tell me...

what's in the water ... ?

DWD: Driving While Drunk? Driving While Drowsy? ... Driving While Distracted!

2007-09-18T14:02:00.000-07:00

This post is a response to a recently posted news article:

New law aims to curb distracted teenage drivers

Starting July 2008, it will be illegal for 16 and 17 year olds to use their cell phones - handsfree or not - while driving. People over the age of 18, however, can still use their phones if they use a handsfree device.

It is unfair for the California government to restrict this alw to 16 and 17 year olds - it is true that they are not as experienced drivers as others may be, but age is really nothing but a number. What about people who are 45 and have recently gotten their licenses? Or how about 80 year old senior citizens who are almost legally blind?

I have seen my fair share of inexperienced drivers on the road - whether they are young or old, black or white, short or tall, female or male. Talking - especially text messaging - on a cell phone is extremely distracting, no matter what your age may be. If a law is passed for it to be illegal for 16 or 17 year olds to use their phone while driving, it should be illegal for the rest of the population as well.

Just recently, the Discovery Channel's MYTHBUSTERS dedicated an entire episode to testing which one was more dangerous: DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED or DRIVING WHILE TALKING. The results: they are EQUALLY hazardous.

Although, statistically, there aren't as many fatal accidents as drunk driving ones, driving while on the phone is still a cause for many deaths on the road.

CASE AND POINT: #1, #2, #3, & #4.

However, there is also the question as to where do we draw the line? If using your cell phone while driving should be illegal, then what about putting on make-up? Or changing a CD? Or even trying to get the baby in the backseat to quiet down?

go go power rangers!

2007-09-14T12:55:00.001-07:00

today, i am sitting on my butt at home instead of work. i was going to go to the mall, but then i can't cause i wouldn't have anywhere to put my purchases because my room is a fucking mess.

tonight, i'll be chillin' with my very own mswangdoodle. we'll be nerdifying our lives with settlers (of catan), cranium, and catchphrase.. oooh, and BANG if it becomes a partaay. i know- we be wildin' up FO' SHO', bitches!

this was last week's geek squad session.

Anyhooooooooooo.. shower time! tata!!

hungry hungry hippos

2007-09-13T17:14:00.001-07:00

it's just like free slave labor - work is kicking my ass. i'm on a freelance writer's contract, but i am still getting beaten down by THE MAN. everyday, i come home tired and starving because i have no time to go find/eat lunch when i'm working.

i do, however, have these little snack packs (and electrolight-laced water) stored in the trunk of my car, just in case i'm feeling faint. in a way, i guess i'm on a diet. the special k strawberry snack pack diet.

last week, i was feeling adventurous and even bought these 100 calorie snack packs from nabisco.

i tell everyone it's really just 99 calories though - i take comfort in knowing that one calorie always gets lost in a small pile made up of cumulated crumbs. it's great, really!

this diet also helps this disease (SLAD) i've recently acquired since graduating from college in june. SLAD stands for Stupid Lazy Ass Disorder. but, i mean... not being able to eat lunch at least helps me from becoming part of the obese population of america... right?

anyways. i'm starving. i'm gonna go git me some grub...

up and running.

2007-09-12T23:59:00.000-07:00

i am a self proclaimed "disney blogger." however, ever since work has been kicking my ass (and since i found out Disney Adventures will no longer be in print after November 2007), i've been a pretty angry girl with some pretty headstrong thoughts. although i love running my disney blog, i do feel at times that i cannot property express the things i want to say... and honestly, now that my dream of becoming the editor of Disney Adventures is no longer attainable... WHAT'S THE POINT?

well the point of this blog for me is to be able to have an outlet for my thoughts. although i will be simultaneously running the mad hatter's disney blog, i will do so only for the younger audience who must be shielded from the cruelty of mainstream media.

for now, i must go to bed so that i won't collapse from exhaustion at the office tomorrow. until then... buona notte.

ciao.