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Monthly Archives: May 2008
Memorial day weekend recap: Saturday
Woke up. We were out of it. We got ready and tried to figure out where to eat. Jason wanted a burger. In ‘n’ Out doesn’t sound as exciting when it’s not two states away. But that’s a moot point, … Continue reading
Memorial day weekend: five
Those awesome tourist pictures where the guy is alone in the frame in front of a landmark. And Jason’s raising the roof. These are in fact from 2008 not 1997.
Memorial day weekend recap: Friday
Woke up. Jason was still at work. Wally looked like he’d probably sleep all day if nobody bothered him. So I made my way to Jason’s room to try to sleep on an actual bed, but instead I just listened … Continue reading
Wow that picture of Wally got lost in space or something, because I sent it out on Friday and was wondering why it never showed up. Better late than never!
Memorial day weekend: four
I’m writing this about a couple months after the fact. At the time, I really thought the Lakers basically were on their way to a championship. And I wasn’t the only one. I enjoyed the audience blackout.
Memorial day weekend recap: Thursday
Went with my mentor aka P-Mac (I’ve told him that I have a site where I just talk smack about all my coworkers and use indistinct names like “P” and “B”) to watch Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the … Continue reading
Memorial day weekend: three
Graffiti in L.A. The Los Angeles Times logo looked awful gangster when we passed by it. All I could think of was that song “Old English”. Which is also what comes to mind in the grocery store when I pass by the wood cleaner.
Here’s Paul‘s national TV appearance.
Memorial day weekend: two
We ate at Sushiya before driving to Los Angeles. They have 50% off of everything. All the time. It’s basically the same business model that makes laptop prices sort of high on manufacturer sites because of the perpetual coupons. That’s supposed to be an “L” for the Lakers game.
“Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake!”-Olgrin
Bill Simmons with Chuck Klosterman (Links directly to an mp3 file). Klosterman is in Germany. It’s an hour-long, so I don’t expect anyone to listen to the entire thing that hasn’t already. There’s a fairly interesting discussion near the end … Continue reading
Memorial day weekend: one
This is from Thursday night and Friday morning. We’re just exercising our 8-year Starcraft enamorment together. This was an awesome weekend.
That last post makes it seem like we were 10 feet away from Paula in our seats. Not the case, we saw her while we were making our way to the will-call line. My phone battery died during the game … Continue reading
Dan’s in New York right now. Us each being in one of two largest cities in the U.S. Might never happen again.
El dot ay dot Californ-I-a hot days got shades something something. I butchered those Murs lyrics pretty bad. Anyway, we’re in L.A!
2008 NBA Playoff picks, 3rd round revision
Previously: 1st round , 2nd round West finals LA over San Antonio (6) East finals Boston over Detroit (7) Finals LA over Boston (6)
Ok. I’m packed. One more day of work then the california adventure (Mickey is proud of me for that one) begins!
Dan posted his first video without a cat it in. Good job man. But I can’t let you step up your game without stepping up mine. So I got a camcorder for myself. Dan, you might do highlights, but I … Continue reading
“Soda and Soap” – Masta Ace. I’ve listened to this song so many times but I guess I was never really paying enough attention. After four years I finally realize that the lyrics are a bunch of puns involving soda … Continue reading
I put a kaleidoscope monocle in front of my phone camera
And smiled! It turned out a lot better than I expected, considering it was on my camera phone. Work is riveting.
Tropic Thunder red band trailer. This movie’s looking real promising, so long as they didn’t stick all the good parts in the preview. I basically can’t stand Jack Black at this point, but Robert Downey Jr.’s killing it right now.
The double knockout. So this is what it looks like in real life. Here’s what it looks like in fake life.
Barkley discusses gambling problems. Just another reason to love Inside the NBA. I was sort of curious how they would handle Chuck’s most recent gambling problem. Charles and Ernie discuss the situation, and Charles declares that he’s going to stop … Continue reading
Steve Carell hosted the SNL season finale. Here’s his monologue. And a pretty good skit, the original, Japanese version of The Office.
Mystery Men
Mystery Men is about some lackey superheroes (think The Tick, but with even fewer powers) grouping together to fight evil when Captain Amazing, the city’s only actual superhero, is captured. I don’t remember how well the movie was received upon … Continue reading
South 1st Ave First Fridays May
This is when I tried to expand my horizons. I guess I’m uncultured, but I really couldn’t stand being in there. The art is definitely cool, but I left once I caught myself staring at a painting for way too long and trying to think of some sophisticated blurb to describe my appreciation for it.
If you’re gonna be a bandwagon fan, you may as well give it 110%
This Thursday I’m flying down to San Diego to meet up with Wally and Jason, then we’re driving back up to San Jose. Some people think it’s sort of dumb, but a one-way plane ticket costs maybe $10-$20 more (if … Continue reading
Blue stop-motion painting/graffiti/street art. Amazing, just watch it.
Athletes in Tears. Some are fairly touching. Tonya Harding—not so much.
True Romance
Jason asked what I did last night. I said I watched a movie alone and he asked what movie. I said True Romance and he seemed to think that was the funniest thing in the world. It took me a … Continue reading
You can choose the start and end times of clips you embed from Hulu, allowing me to share this scene from Hercules in New York. Governator vs. a Bear. The best thing is that his voice is dubbed over.
Charles Barkley reads the teleprompter. But EJ gets his hands on it and changes the script slightly.
Michael Jordan & Scottie Pippen tribute video. Set to “Big Brother”.
Mariah Carey married Nick Cannon? That seems out of the blue.
D12 featuring Royce 5’9″. How excited are you for another Bizarre verse? And here’s a freestyle with Royce and a bunch of others.
Videos of animals falling asleep. If your heart needs warming.
Starcraft videos. Korean girls love a good psi storm. And youmustconstructadditionalpylons.com.
Kuya Dan Dan 50
I took a bunch of pictures of Dan throughout the day and told him I’d title the series “Kuya”. I don’t know if he appreciated it all that much, but he’ll thank me later.
This is what happens when u drink & drive. Trippy ad (don’t stare too long), sort of like that picture that’s composed of a bunch of pineseeds.
2008 NBA Playoff picks, 2nd round revision
Previously West semifinals LA over Utah (5); San Antonio over New Orleans (7) East semifinals Boston over Cleveland (6); Detroit over Orlando (5) West finals LA over San Antonio (6) East finals Boston over Detroit (7) Finals LA over Boston … Continue reading
Light drawings from the 80s. I want to do more of this.
New Batman Begins trailer. Heath Ledger’s performance is supposed to be based on the Joker from The Killing Joke. I read it last week and it seems like good background material.
Pineapple Express trailers. There’s a red-band trailer up also. I don’t know how good it’ll be, but it seems fairly certain that it won’t be bad. Between Freaks and Geeks and that Hills parody, I figured James Franco could do … Continue reading
People with SLRs
It seems like basically everyone has an SLR in San Francisco. Probably just tourists. I saw a middle-schooler with a 5D and wanted to throw up. That’s the jealousy talking.
A short story about Kobe Bryant. One of those things that makes you remember they have lives off the court.
Iron Man
Really good but not 96% good. That means critics liked it more than basically every movie except Toy Story 2. As far as summer blockbusters go, I liked Transformers more. But that could’ve also had to do with not being … Continue reading
In about half an hour, I forever lose my right to crack jokes about that guy in the theater by himself.
Wired article about the Gizmodo and Engadget rivalry.