Jamie wins!
Friday, April 30, 2004 09:42 a.m.

I know more Greek and Roman history than I'll ever need. But it did help me in yesterday's crossword. "NERO"... remember that.

In any case... came home...made dinner ... watched TV all night...hahah Lindsay Lohan on MTV diary (so cute!) and Friends and Survivor and ...

Finale of Mad Mad House! Jamie won...and deservedly so. Nicole was such a faker...and the other people just bashed on each other...jamie was the "ex-stripper with a heart of gold" ... yay.

Other than that... migraine...tired... work.

Busy , busy weekend.

TGIF, kiddies.

crazy productive
Thursday, April 29, 2004 10:10 a.m.

Ok...someone pulled the emergency brake on the train...and I was stuck with people cursing and freaking out..

In any case...yesterday was GRUMPY day... I was just pissed off and scowly the whole time. Greek and Roman history all day long...arrgh! AND lack of sugar...gggrrrr. Sorry, Eunice.

Got some comics and some groceries... went home... ate...and cleaned up majorly... rearranged bookshelves...and finished burning CDs... was just all around productive.

I might join the Lindsay Lohan fan club...just to get the autographed picture. Ok... sheeesh...leave me alone. Chris wants me to join too. we both love her.

other than that... back to the grind.

Happy Birthday Eric! Even though you are 27...you'll always be my baby brother butthead. I love you.

and happy thursday to everyone else.

I need sugar!
Wednesday, April 28, 2004 09:51 a.m.

I went to bed early last night...and still could barely get up... arrrgh. I feel so rundown and tired... is this South Beach hootenanny really going to work ? I feel exhausted and drained!

Work has been super hectic...I'm editing the Greek and Roman historical essay...and the freelancer that wrote it... seems to have been plagiarizing stuff from the encyclopedia...HELLO...we learn NOT to do this in 2nd grade.

Other than that...had a nasty veggie-nut patty at Bonobo ...raw food/ organic place with Eunice. let's just say...I won't have a craving for that place any time soon.

Home...made a beef stew... no carbs. Just caabage and leeks.

Let's see what happens in two weeks... I heard the third day is the hardest...eh.

Kids in the Hall rule.

weather !
Tuesday, April 27, 2004 09:38 a.m.

Ok...it's gorgeous outside now...but it was pouring yesterday... and it's supposed to pour again soon... April is always a weird month.

Not much going on... Emily is off to Austin...so it will be quiet here for a few days....and Reva is off to Atlanta sometime soon. When do I get to leave ?

Not much else...just work.. tv... watched half of American Splendor...really liked it so far...will try to finish it tonight.

Ripping all my Smiths and Moz CDs... something I wanted to do for a long time.

Started the South Beach Diet...it's really annoying...because there is such randomness in what you can and cannot eat...etc. URRGH.

Kinda ho-hum here. I'm bored....at least it's Tuesday!

long, but fun weekend.
Monday, April 26, 2004 09:48 a.m.

WOw...I'm still worn out from this weekend. I didn't get much sleep...so I'm still a bit groggy... recap time!

Friday: Work was work... and re-evaluating somethings... it's hard to "bring up walls" once you've let your guard down...but then again...you have to pick and choose how you interact with people... sometimes you can't show all of yourself to someone... it's one of those things you take for granted with your friends...in any case...I don't like the fact that I have to watch what I say or how I joke around...but that's the way the worlld works...and to be respectful to other peoples sensibilities ...even when you are kidding around...is something we should all keep in mind...

But on the other hand...once you've shed some of those barriers...it's hard to put them up again. DIstance is hard to maintain sometimes. But yeah, I'll have to try.

Anyhoo... killed 3 hours in the LES...until I met Grace for dinner... went to Le Tableau...it was ok. I was expecting a little more...but we went all out and got a bottle of Riesling (Sp?) had some foie gras, scallops, salmon. It was good...and then went to Veneiros afterwards.

She is totally my hero. She's running a 26 mile marathon in San Diego in a few weeks...this, from the girl who can barely stand up in sneakers! She's amazing...and she just gets more gorgeous everytime I see her. Brains, beauty, determination, will... what a knockout. We are not worthy!

Saturday... Barely up and Mom got me out to play handball with Justin... he was pretty good...he even beat two 6 graders at once! But I still beat him...and he was cute about cheating...he tried to change the score and called all sorts of interference...but he still couldn't beat me! My Dad came later and tried to play... it was funny.

Justin biked home and I jogged half the way (Grace inspired)...and it was fun...but tiring...

Went home and watched Freddy vs. Jason...some dumb fun..but I liked it...

Our whole family went to Flushing (most dreaded place for several reasons) for my Grandpa's 88th birthday...and I called up Serena to come over since she lived so close by... we had dinner...I beat up Serena and she gave me TWO black and blue marks...TWO! she pinches hard!

Albert and Florence's family were there for her baby's one month... and it was a big ol' lovefest.

Afterwards...me and Serena tried to go see a movie...I checked out her apartment...it was really nice. And then we tried to go and catch "Man On Fire" or KB2...both sold out...eh...so we went home.

Sunday... not enough sleep! Serena still wanted to see movie...so we caught the 2:00 showing of "Man on Fire" which was pretty good. Dakota Fanning is adorable...and Denzel is a righteous dude. I didn't quite like the ending...but I bet the DVD will have deleted scenes...ha!

Went shopping with Serena around Forest Hills...and more beating up. She's awfully cute when she wants to be...but it's the sassiness that makes you want to pinch her. I even changed her name on my cell to "Mistress of the Dark" ...we all love Serena. *thwap

So tired... went home and hung out with Chris... Knicks lost... as expected...and Sopranos was good.

Made a neat little animation on my website. Check it out: http://www.geocities.com/abechangrocks

So tired...was in bed by 11:30...out shortly after...

I'm beat... this week should be a little quieter. But it's only Monday!

lazy day off..
Friday, April 23, 2004 09:34 a.m.

Well...I was just tired and a little itchy...allergy season seems to be starting up...but I could have come into work... but I was just so worn out lately.

Anyways... overhauled my closet... cleaned out a bunch of crap... ran a little bit...and had Inuyasha binge... damn...I love this show.

Knicks Nets game was really good... but the Knicks are gone...if they can win one and not embarass themselves...I'll be happy.

Friends: FRANCE...um Sex and the City did that already!

Shii Ann...HAHHAHA...and Alicia was most likely to go...I think Jenna or Tom is next...I really hope Rupert wins now. But Amber is HOT....

And Mad Mad House...man... by Loana... she was getting annoying...I hope Jamie wins... sheesh. I don't like the final three. boooo.

And seriously, I don't watch TV all day... just on Thursday.

Justin is getting so tall! He's skinnier too...my baby is growing up !!!

TGIF! Belated bday dinner with Grace tonight.

Have a good weekend, kiddo.

home!
Thursday, April 22, 2004 12:22 p.m.

Took a sick day today... I'm ok...but all those migraines I had this past week...just wore me out. I'm just tired and rundown... at least I got most of my work done yesterday.

In any case, yesterday was pretty good...got a lot of Zen Parables stuff out of my system...got anime mags...and went to get haircut.

It's not a good haircut....too short to be long...and too long to be short...I shoulda just chopped it all off...give it a little while to grow in...and then...I might have to hack it all off.

Had Joe Shanghai's with Kate and her friends John and Andy... Andy didn't bring a coat so he borrow Kate's...needless to say...FUNNY. Food was good though.

Got a KB2 bootleg...couldn't resist...but I'm glad I saw it in theaters...bootlegs SUCK.

Anyways...working on the new mp3 site...I'll tell you when it's ready...new tracks sound sweeet.

Going to do laundry and clean up...and relax...been tense lately. Anyone want to step on my back ?

home!
Thursday, April 22, 2004 12:17 p.m.

Took a sick day today... I'm ok...but all those migraines I had this past week...just wore me out. I'm just tired and rundown... at least I got most of my work done yesterday.

In any case, yesterday was pretty good...got a lot of Zen Parables stuff out of my system...got anime mags...and went to get haircut.

It's not a good haircut....too short to be long...and too long to be short...I shoulda just chopped it all off...give it a little while to grow in...and then...I might have to hack it all off.

Had Joe Shanghai's with Kate and her friends John and Andy... Andy didn't bring a coat so he borrow Kate's...needless to say...FUNNY. Food was good though.

Got a KB2 bootleg...couldn't resist...but I'm glad I saw it in theaters...bootlegs SUCK.

Anyways...working on the new mp3 site...I'll tell you when it's ready...new tracks sound sweeet.

Going to do laundry and clean up...and relax...been tense lately. Anyone want to step on my back ?

Another one bites the dust.
Wednesday, April 21, 2004 1:17 p.m.

Our little Christine is getting hitched.

It all goes according to plan for her.

MOZ setlist!
Wednesday, April 21, 2004 10:17 a.m.

First few dates on his tour ...he's been playing these. Notice how many Smiths songs are in the lineup... I will pass out!

The First Of The Gang To Die
Hairdresser On Fire
How Could Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel?
A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours
I Have Forgiven Jesus
Subway [into...] Everyday Is Like Sunday
I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday
Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference
Little Man, What Now?
I'm Not Sorry
The Headmaster Ritual
The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores
All The Lazy Dykes
No One Can Hold A Candle To You
Jack The Ripper
I Like You
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Irish Blood, English Heart

Bearbrick fun.
Wednesday, April 21, 2004 09:40 a.m.

Work is still kicking me in the arse...I was buried in a mound of papers...but I finished writing the manuscript for the PIllow Book section...whew.

Walked Eunice up 6th...she went to see puppies...I went to see guitars... I think I'm going to trade in my old guitars for some new gear...I never play them...and they are kinda wonky anyways... hmmm...we'll see if I can fix them or what...

After work...met up with Serena...too early to eat...but we went to Toy Tokyo and the girl was so nice...I got a Lum gashopon figure... she traded the one behind the counter for the one I got...awesome. And Serena got a BEarbrik figure... lego-like Japanese bear figures...HUGELY popular. Worth a lot of money. Then we went to look at comics and Serena bought this indie BEAR comic...see the theme?

Anyhoo...huge line for Kanka (I think that's what it's called" and this one weird bike messenger guy was like "I Love Japanese girls...damn girl...you look good" to Serena...and then he was talking to other people and said "I noticed that Japanese girls are really skinny...but when they start eating American food...they get fat." ...HAHHAHAH !!!

The food was realyl good...really super cheap...draft beer was 1.50 for a huge mug! Almost a pint ! And at the end...they give you a little sake cup full of colored sugar...that you take to the cotton candy machine and make your own candy !!!! FUN...and kinda gay. I threw mine away.

Anyhooo... Serena wants MORE bears...she wanted the purple one...so we went back...and proceeded to buy 6 more bears !!! And the ones she got were all rare...I found the purple one for her...and the funny thing was...there was an opened one...ON THE WALL....HAHAHAH...so she's addicted to Bearbrick figures now.

All my fault.

But seeing her cutemadness (emphasis on madness) ...made my day...kind of reminds me of me...when I am in full geekmode... but I'm more adorable...or more mad...go figure.

Watched the rest of the Office...and it was hilarious!!! KEITH! ...awesomeness...please tell me there is more ! "Fanny pack = bum bag... Fanny is your bum...not your minge." HHAHAHAH

Remember how I was saying the crosswords were all weirding me out...I was flipping throught the VOice...and I saw an ad for "ABEST" movers or something..."ABEST" was Sue's nickname for me...ARRRRGH !!!!

ANyhoo...dinner with Kate and co...and haircut....

Serena's IMing me pics of Bearbricks...must go see.

I created a monster. BWAHAHHAAHH !

migraines...again! arrrgh.
Tuesday, April 20, 2004 09:47 a.m.

Ok... weirdest sight this morning...in along time by far... Amish guy in a wheelchair with three Amish women...and a van...parked in the middle of the sidewalk...on the block that I work...and if that wasn't weird in itself... are they allowed to drive cars ??!?!

Anyhoo... yesterday was all Pillow Book... writing annos for Japanese Lit... I'll try to finish that up today...and then I have Zen Parables to contend with.

Emily had a good bday..and she wrote me a thank you card for the gift I got her... man...she must get lousy gifts from other people...HAHHAH.

Went home in the heat...got some groceries... mixed down a little...want to get a better mix for "Don't Want to be Friends"...and that's pretty much it...

The Office is hilarious... why doesn't anyone else watch this show ?!?! Why am I such a weirdo.

Woke up at 3 am with another migraine... and had to take some tylenol...is it allergies? What ??

That's about it for Monday... dinner with Serena tonight. Oh joy.

why last weeks crosswords pissed me off.
Monday, April 19, 2004 02:08 p.m.

Hah. funny.

"A Biblical heroine" ... ESTHER.

"Coffee, Tea ___" ... ORME (Sam's last name)

Why must the crosswords taunt me ?!??!

The soda machine is giving out free sodas again...not just one... just push the button and you get two. SHHHHH.

And at Best Buy I saw Bonnie and Bettina from the green room...and I saw the actor that played Casey Jones from the TMNT movie ! Elias Koteas...I think that's his name.

It's like 80 degrees outside. weird.

PDA sucks...get a room!

wacky weekend... I'm beat.
Monday, April 19, 2004 09:58 a.m.

Friday: Well...pitas is alive again... and I had a long ass Friday... after work... went to NYU meeting...with Karla...who is still having some major problems in her life... man.. I feel bad...but there has to be a point where she keeps some things private!

Jane came for the first time and hopefully not the last...she seems really cool...and Deborah Digges taught her before... cool ! ...and she's kinda cute. heh.

Went to meet Eunice for some Kill Bill 2 goodness...and wow...it was amazing... from the old skool Sergio Leonne inspired stuff to the Martial Arts training stuff... it was just flat out amazing...and Daryl Hannah... holy crap...she was awesome. Won't spoil it for anyone...but it is a MUST see... ROAR !!!

Eunice wanted to walk down 5th Ave...and we walked from 34th to 57th... it was really fun...and it was nice out... unfortunately my bag weighed a ton and I had a long ass day...and was just exhausted...but I'm glad we did it...

Saturday: Just tired... cleaned up...made cream of carrot soup... from scratch...and just relaxed... burned some CDs.

Sunday: More of the same...but passed out for like 3 hours and woke up too late for church... watched Sopranos and some of the DIVAS on VH1...

Justin is on the AnimePlay DVD that comes with the Last Exile issue! We went to AXNY last year...and got Saitoshi Kon's autograph...the little doc feature on the DVD has Justin smiling after Kon signs his poster...so cute !!!

FInished round three of mixdowns...and I think they are done...meaning... no more mixing...no more fiddling...it's done and in the can... WOOO !!! I can start working on the new batch now.

Woke up with mad migraine...ok now... but it's still Monday...it's gonna be 87 degrees ?!??!

Friday's entry
Monday, April 19, 2004 09:57 a.m.

Looks like pitas is down... so hopefully it will be up and running later. So I’m writing this in WORD...and it looks weird...hmmm.

Yesterday was chockablock with work...Emily loved her bday present... and she took the day offand I went out and got tix for Kill Bill Vol. 2 at lunch...wooot. So I am definitely seeing it tonight! CANNOT WAIT!

Went home and hung out with Chris...Survivor is getting brutal... damn... and Lex got a mohawk...hahaha... Mad Mad House...man...that Loana is hot...but she is an annoying "Christian" girl...sheesh...is she playing an angle ??? I think Jamie should win...

Caught a little of the Apprentice... a certain guy won... hmmm. All I know is Katrina is HOT.

Mixed down "Don’t Want to Be Friends"... 7 times! This is the song I have the most trouble with...arrrgh... But almost done! One more song to go and the first half of the album is DONE. I’m excited to record again... can’t wait.

That’s pretty much it...

TGIF, kiddies. It’s gonna be a beautiful weekend.

rain ! ARRRGH !
Thursday, April 15, 2004 10:16 a.m.

Before I forget... they didn't fix the line in Kill Bill that I had such a big problem with... in the "toe-wiggling" scene...the correct word is "atrophy" ...not "entropy"... ARRRGH! I wrote about this when the movie came out in theaters...but seeing it on the DVD (and in print...subtitles) ...it just bothered me...

Anyhooo... yesterday was just work... went out during lunch to get some goat cheese, DVDs...Hollywood Video 2 for $20 deal... (If I bought "Under the Tuscan Sun" ...does that make me gay ?...

Home... made awesome grilled chicken sammiches for me and the Oph...and we watched a little TV... oh...and I ran again... to KORN! wooot.

Mixed down "reverie" and "senses" last night...this is like the 4th round of mixdowns...man...I better get it right... ok... 2 more to go...and I'll have a 6 song demo to choose the best mixes... man...this is harder than recording.

Got Emily her bday present... Dry by Augustyn Burroughs (she gave me Running With Scissors...his first book) and a gift certificate to Guitar Center...I'm too good to her.

Talking to Angeli again... she's pretty cool... and Serena is a nutcase.

Big news is... my Doris is back !!! She's back from Mexico trip...I'll see her sometime soon.

AWESOM-O 4000 !!!! South Park rules.

This is why July 20th will be a good day (and two weeks after that): http://www.dvdfile.com/software/dvd-video/archive/2004/04_14.html

Must get Kill Bill 2 tix !!!!

KILL BILL V. 1!
Wednesday, April 14, 2004 09:45 a.m.

Work, rain...it's all the same to me at this point... dreary.

Got KBV1...and ANOTHER copy of Reservoir Dogs... I have 3 copies now... all I know is someone is getting it for Christmas...heh.

Emily was mad because I didn't like her hait... well, I didn't...and if other people said they liked it...they were lying ! LIARS! HAHHAHA.

Home... more groceries... serious downpour... ran on the elliptical for 30 mins or so...made dinner and watched Kill Bill with Chris... I am so ready for Friday ! I cannot wait !!! Reviews for Vol.2 have been AMAZING... better than Vol. 1 ???

Took me three nights to finish "Night on the Galactic Railroad"...this weird "anime classic" about anthropomorphic cats... anyways...weird Christian subtext that wasn't done very well...turns out the cats are on a train to Heaven...or HeavenS... very odd... but kind of predictable...and why do all the cats have Italian names? Campanelland Giovanni ?!?!? and the only people...are some weird Amish looking guy and two kids... that he decides NOT to save from the Titanic...and goes down with the ship to "save their souls"... but he was their tutor/guardian...those kids could have survived!!!! The whole movie was like a weird dream... very odd.

This article in Rolling Stone...talks about near-death experiences...and how this one doctor is talking to kids...and trying to prove it scientifically... anyways... most of it is typical..."good" experiences...but then...at the end of the article it says that a lot of people have frightening experiences...

One guy was having a pacemaker fit...and the doctor couldn't get it right and everytime he had to adjust the wire...the patient would convulse and turn blue...anyways...the patient screamed "Every time you take your hand off...I"m back in hell again!" He was having a near-death experience and being tortured in hell! ...so he asked the doctor to pray for him...the doctor refused... but the nurses made him...so the doctor just kept repeating "Jesus is the Son of God" ...and both the doctor and the patient had a religious experience and became born-again Christians after that... and apparently...this Dr. Rawlings has a book out now about other bad experiences or something ...it's called To Hell and Back or something... WEIRD!

In any case... this whole "mercury in retrograde" thing that Eunice told me... well...my computer at work crashed like 10 times because of some corrupted WORD doc or something...I just hope my computer at home doesn't. Anyways... I can't psychoanalyze her dream... it doesn't work over IM...I have to talk to her in person! Sheesh!

Watched the streaming vid of Reva's kids' recital... they are so cute...and Reva is a lovely young woman... ok...she's HOT!

Doing the final mixdowns for the first 6 songs... and I mean FINAL...no more re-recording...this is it... so after next week... I'm going to record the last few songs...and I will have about 15 ready to put on a gold master...and "lo-fi is chic" will finally be done...whew.

Ugh... back to work... it's Wednesday already ???

wooot.
Tuesday, April 13, 2004 09:39 a.m.

Not a whole lot shaking...just mounds and mounds of paper after the lull... the storm is back!

Emily gave me a Knicks keychain from the game she went to... and we've been play fighting again... weird. She's a dork.

Left early to help my aunt and cousin with stuff...but they were all done.. so I got a mound of groceries and went home...

Folks came over with Costco goodies... watched tv with the Oph...and that was pretty much it.

Serena is back from Cali...yay !

Read the article about Modest Mouse in the Onion... jeebus... the lead singer was arrested for DUI (spent a week and a half in jail) and "attempted murder" since someone dislocated a thumb in the car, was accused of date rape and freed of charges, is an atheist, watches Witch Hunter Robin ...but says it's boring... sheesh... thank goodness he makes good music.

Esquire has an excellent article on Jesus and Christians' perspectives in this months issue... go check it out !

Had MEAT for dinner...and my first SEC in over a month....wooo... I love breakfast.

Other than that...same old same old...

Kill Bill V. 1 DVD out today ! It will be mine !!!

meat..long time no eat.
Monday, April 12, 2004 09:42 a.m.

What a weekend... I'm still sore.

Friday: Left work early to go to church... ran into Christina and Linda Lin... anf we went to the lovely service at All Soul's (where one of my aunts got married) and ran into a whole bunch of Boston and High School people... but it was one of those quick "hibye" things...but Friday was good.

Chris was pretty much moved in by the time I got home and things were cool...we watched TV and moved stuff around.

Saturday: Lots of moving my aunt and my cousins... I was completely spent...But I got a mini-elliptical machine out of it...and aside from complete muscle failure... I got to see the whole family... it was Philip's bday and allthe kids came over...so it was more clean up for me... I was just ZONKED. The kids grow up so fast. *tear.

Sunday: Happy Easter! Got up super early and made it by 10 for the 945 service. It was good.. Tim Keller was preaching and he gave us a glimpse of what he though heaven would be...and it's not ethereal and floaty...but solid and bodily... with a heightened sense of all that is pure and good. Thank You, Jesus. wow.

Went home after Easter service...and thought about the whole giving-up-meat for Lent thing... and I realize...that I spent a lot of time wanting meat...and a lot of time wondering how Jesus could have spent 40 days in the desert with just about nothing.

The Lent thing taught me that discipline is important...and it's hard...and it is something that you have to work at and really REMEMBER. I guess a lot fo people do the Lenten thing...just because they have to. But I chose to and I did get a better understanding of what it means to meditate (in a spiritual and bodily way) and in a small way...what it means to sacrifice.

It wasn't all "thinking about godliness" ...of course not...but everytime I didn't eat meat...and had to think of ways to avoid it...it reminded me of God. So, in a small way... it made me a bit more conscious of having God in my life every day.

In any case... I got a big carton of Popeye's and ended the meat-lessness... and that first bite...it was the best fried chicken I ever had !

But having chicken for lunch and dinner...ugggh.

More tv and Sopranos with Chris...so far things haven't been bad... getting used to having someone else around... we'll just see how things work out when either one of us is in a bad mood...that will be the real test.

Pray for me.

MONDAY... hooo boy. Gonna be a busy week!

Lent ended yesterday?
Friday, April 9, 2004 12:37 a.m.

According to Catholics...Lent is over on Holy Thursday ...but Lenten repentence continues through Saturday night vigil.

In any case... I'm not eating meat until Sunday... and boy do I need it.

Pretty good essay on Lent:

http://www.rushman.org/lent1.html

On Sunday, I'll write my thoughts on this experience.

Good Friday
Friday, April 9, 2004 09:48 a.m.

And yes it is... I'll give more thoughts on Sunday... but take this as an affirmation of my faith. I may not be the "cookie-cutter-Christian" boy ...but I do still believe that Jesus is my Homeboy (and not in an Ashton Kutcher/ Von Dutch moron way) ... so amen and amen. God bless.

Work is just coming in waves... had to re-edit Sappho stuff I wrote because of changes to the SE edition...this is the 4th edit ! ARRRGH! Make up your minds people !

Took a walk in the sunshine yesterday... just walked around for a bit...and came back and an hour later and it was raining... what a downer.

In any case, went home to clean out the apartment some more for the Opher...and actually threw out a bunch of crap...so he's got a huge space back there now. It's actually as big or bigger than the second bedrom now...nice.

Survivor! Um...Lex... pot...kettle...black...mean anything to you? The Apprentice! Mad Mad House...was awesome... conniving ! and nudity! ...reality shows are moronic...but why can't I stop watching ?!?!

Vicky called me up ... "drunk" ... hahah she might be interning here again this summer. What a cute kid.

Inuyasha! I cannot get enough! Sweetness. ARRRGH! Must wait for next volume.

I'm wearing a tie today... going to church tonight... and apparently I'm going by myself. I think it might be better that way. Gives me a chance to reflect and pay attention.

Have a Good Friday, kiddies! God loves you....and sometimes, I do too.

TURDUCKEN!
Thursday, April 8, 2004 04:45 p.m.

Sunday after church... I am going to EAT MEAT ...(not KILL BILL...that's next week. heh)

Wouldn't it be lovely to have this abomination?

http://www.cruftbox.com/cruft/docs/turduckhen.html

Vegans would be soooo offended!

SOUTH PARK !
Thursday, April 8, 2004 04:16 p.m.

Did anyone see the "You Got Served" episode of South Park last night ??? I WAS DYING.

Stan gets "served" by a bunch of kids...his Dad teaches him the "Achey Breakey" and he "brings it" and "serves" them back...and then..."It's ON!"

So Stan has to put together a 5 man team of dancers... one goth kid, one booty dancer (Raisins) , a duck, and an asian kid who was good at DDR !!! HAHHAHAHAHAH !!!!

And then the duck sprained his ankle and Butters (who is tap champ) comes to dance and kills the other team with a shoe... (he has killed before..bwhahahahah!)

And Wayne Brady on Chapelle's show... HAHAHH ...awesomeness!

TV is so good sometimes.

Just got THRICE's new album...so awesome!

Eric's getting tix for Dashboard, GUK, and Thrice show for us! WOOOO !

Ok...no more work!

MTV: Driven...Justin Chang!
Thursday, April 8, 2004 09:33 a.m.

I can imagine myself on that program one day talking about my little brother... He did another reading last night of "Plays Well With Others" ...and this time it was a full blown affair... the kid from Mystic River was one of the leads in it...and Cynthia Nixon (Miranda from Sex and the City) is attached (according to my parents...she was the last one in and first one out...I think my Dad took a picture of her) ...after the reading... they said a lot of actors came up to congratulate Justin on his work... I'm so proud of him...he's actually learning something... kid actors... alot of it is "cuteness and type" ...but the talent part... it kicks in later...hopefully for Justin...it's starting to kick in.

In any case... if he wants to take this seriously...he better start thinking about taking some real acting classes...and getting some real skills. He won't be this cute forever... but he still is really adorable.

Any case.... finishing up my first Chinese lit assignment and got some comics.

Went home and did some major cleaning up...cleared out a whole closet for Chris .. I hope he appreciates it !

Inuyasha... man...why did I finally decide to start watching this show...it's GREAT! One episode about a ghost girl...got me all choked up at the end. I am such a wuss for anime sometimes. Heck, I'm a wuss, period.

Good Friday tomorrow...getting out early to go to church... whew...this week went by pretty fast, no?

funny? disturbing ?
Wednesday, April 7, 2004 03:28 p.m.

http://www.bondcliff.net/content.mv?file=tinafey

She's still my dream girl! Even if she is a "lesbian geek-chic" icon.

I don't believe it...
Wednesday, April 7, 2004 09:26 a.m.

After all this talk with Eunice about astrology...I got a little weirded out yesterday... my horoscope said "you are about to enter a difficult phase" ... and all day...nothing really happened until I got home.

My mom tells me that my cousin has to move in with me for at least 6 months... it's not so bad...but consdiering what I know about myself and my cousin...it could be difficult.

I have a soft spot for my cousins...and I feel like they take me for granted or take advantage of me because I can't really say no to them...so I really have to put my foot down and establish some rules before all of this happens.

In any case, I like living a lone... two months with Lucia was tough enough...but 6 months with family? I don't know how this is going to turn out. But I don't really have a choice...there isn't another way around this right now.

And I love Chris and I know he's going through a hard time with the new job and with family stuff... and it will be fun for awhile...but I am very particular about my routine and I definitely need my peace and quiet to write and work on music and such... I don't want to have to put anything on hold... I've been working on the CD and the novel again...those things I have to keep working on.

In any case... will have to deal with all of this later...

Work was hectic...new assignment (Chinese and Japanese lit) and meetings...

Home... set up the mic for my Dad...and the funniest thing was hearing him try to sing "Unbreak My Heart" by Toni Braxton... it was HILARIOUS.

Dinner with the family and went home to clean up and try to make some space for Chris...and then watched Puni Puni Poemy... I was expecting more SHOCK...but it was funny and a little wild...but nothing so super crazy compared to Excel Saga... it was just ok...not super.

Sigh...lots to think about. My pooor brain. Please bear with me.

too funny...
Tuesday, April 6, 2004 12:46 a.m.

Yes, third entry for the day...

Anyhoo...I just picked up Matrix Revolutions and the new Modest Mouse CD and Puni Puni Poemy at Best Buy saw a guy in his mid thirties in the park... and he had on headphones and was singing "The Promise" by When in Rome... remember that ol skool newwavey song ??

AND THEN...he pulls out his Razor Scooter and scoots away...I had to walk in the opposite direction or I might have laughed out loud.

what's all the hubbub, bub?
Tuesday, April 6, 2004 11:25 a.m.

Here's a scan of the infamous article:

http://www.tienmao.com/images/detailslarge.jpg

Does this offend you?

It offends me because it wasn't funny! LAME.

Esquire gets a subscription renewal... Details goes in the recycling bin.

Your mileage may vary.

super productive!
Tuesday, April 6, 2004 09:40 a.m.

Yowza...got a lot done yesterday... finished pretty much all of my work here... waiting for the next batch to come in...

Got my dad a microphone for his karaoke machine...for his bday...and got Emily something for hers too...

Went home... thought I was going to see the family...but they were busy with people from out of town... so I just stayed in and ate and watched crap on tv... Fear Factor is getting boring, no?

Recorded some very cool vocal stuff... pretty much done with first batch...I must stop tweaking with crap! Just mix it down already ! Sheesh...

AND...worked on my novel again... wrote a few pages of dialogue that will be going somewhere in the middle. I think the best approach to it...is when inspiration hits...just to write in concentrated bursts and then edit it all later... so... little vignettes, scraps, snippets...and then I will play Dr. Frankenstein...and put it all together like the monster it will be... IT'S ALIVE! ALIVE !

Anyhooo... another thought...why do horror purists insist that it's "Frankenstein's monster"...since the creature is his "son" wouldn't the monster be a "Frankenstein" himself? Am I right ? huh? huh??!?!?

Doris is on her way to Mexico now...and Serena is halfway through her Cali trip... man...I need to get out of NYC sometime...

In any case, I considered it to be a very productive Monday.

I am brokeassbroke this week...so don't ask me for nuttin'! I'm trying not to eat during the day... so I can buy DVDs...heh.

On to Tuesday!

lions, and tigers, and bears...oh my.
Monday, April 5, 2004 09:25 a.m.

Ok... didn't get to see any of those since we left early...but the circus was loads of fun... went with Cindy, Cathy, and Cindy's aunt and grandma (they stayed longer) ...the best part was the sheep dogs (so fluffy!) and the Crazy Wilson guy who was on that spinning contraption...and upside down clowns and upside down juggling was pretty cool.

Went to Ktown and got some groceries...and headed home...so sleepy...but I managed to stay up and watch Sopranos...man...that show is getting good. HAHHA IBS..poor Adrianna.

Other than that... this daylight savings thing...and the cold...urrrgh...making me even crazier than I already am...was... is...are.... @_@

My Dad's bday today... happy bday, pops!

Urrrgh...another Monday.

MOZ !
Sunday, April 4, 2004 11:08 a.m.

Ok...that last entry was a serious downer... so I'm going to just blog early about the weekend..

Friday: ooooh... I got Emily good with the 7-11 story...she was so mad...and she fell for everything...like the proverbial hook-line-and-sinker... that story works so much better in person. heh.

I went to Commerce Bank to convert some spare change...$16.30... I am such an old man...I kept spare change in a jelly jar.

Went to St. Mark's early before I was supposed to have dinner with SoWOn, Jeremy, and Irene...and then Justin calls me telling me he is at my apartment by himself... my parents went out and they left him here. He could have stayed by himslef... but I felt bad...so I had to bail and go home... and it was worth it...I could tell how happy he was to see me.

Chris came over with Fred later too...and just watching TV and horsing around... lots of Chappelle's show.

Saturday: ... So I didn't go see TWilight Singers...decided against the long trek etc...and mostly because...I GOT MORRISSEY TICKETS! ok seats...but the Apollo looks small..so no sweat... In any case... I heard all 5 shows sold out, just...like...that. WOOO HOOOO ! MOZ !!!

So who do I take...might be Doris' bday present...but does she even like the Moz ??

Watched Cabin Fever and Matchstick Men...both great, great movies...Cabin Fever was just gross and HILARIOUS...it's cheesy and kind of winky... but it had a whole throwback to 70's horror movies...LOVED IT...and Matchstick Men... oh man...great movie... plays with your emotions...little twist at the end...you should see it coming. Seriously. Ending was a little pat...but how else to end it without upsetting some people?

Did some major clean up around the house... rearranged a bunch of stuff... hung up all my hidden anime wall scrolls...I ain't ashamed of my Cowboy Bebop and Evangelion stuff ! :P

Though I am thinking about painting the apartment now...hmmm.

OK... gonna have some breakfast and shake off this crappy feeling... get out and about to the circus with Cindy and co.

More tomorrow.

nightmare. :(
Sunday, April 4, 2004 10:56 a.m.

I just woke up a little while ago...and I had a terrible, terrible nightmare...and I know exactly why I had it. I was talking to Doris about the past yesterday and I was watching some stupid love story anime...

Anyways... just wanted to get it off my chest... try to make a long story short... I was with my family...most notably my cousin and my uncle...and for some reason I heard that SHE was moving to Germany with my friend Frances... and it was at some weird farmer's market or something where they had a table...and I talked to Frances and asked her her plans...and SHE was standing next to her...not saying anything... just smiling that fake smile. And Frances said that Esther might not even be able to move... and my heart was so conflicted...at first I was like DAMN! I wish she would leave the country...and then I was relieved because she might still be around.

And I got into the van and for some reason...I was talking to my uncle about this..and I clearly remember saying this... "It's like when someone who once loved you, just doesn't love you anymore...how can anyone do that?" And in the dream I just started sobbing uncontrollably...My dreamself has never done that before...and then my uncle starts reading from his paper...and he says.. that there was an article he wrote once ...where a wise man told him a parale of how when people are patient they are called "hoohoos" and when they are kind they are called "heehees" and then I remember Nina's face right up in mine...going "HOOHOO!" ...and then my dreamself turns away and goes "what is this crap?" ...and I wake up.

So, I was lying in bed this morning... feeling crappy...and being mad at myself for still dreaming about the past. Just when I think I am all better...stupid crap like this happens and makes me angrysadpissed. This sucks.

So how do I get over this? It's what I told Doris...what I thought was going to happen with E... that someone new would come and heal you of all the wrongs that someone else did to you... by proving themselves to be different. By proving themselves to be true.

Unfortunately ...for me...it's just gotten worse and worse. The pattern seems to be... insanity, deception, abandonment. I hate it. I don't trust anyone anymore... and I've gotten colder and colder.

Anyways... I just want to leave this all behind and move on. Romantic love is overrated.

Take off those rose colored glasses.

concert woes!
Friday, April 2, 2004 09:49 a.m.

ohmanohman... so many concerts! Twilight Singers tomorrow...still deciding if I'm gonna go...may have to go by myself. AND Morrissey is playing a bunch of dates in May...AND Van Halen is back together! EEEEP !

Had another bad headache ...woke up at 2 and took tylenol...what is going on??? Had a nightmare too...I won't say about what... :(

Work was super productive yesterday...got a whole huge batch done...and the whole iced tea incident. heh.

Headachey all day.. so just went home and watched Survivor...man...that Rob is attached to Amber "take care of her and I'll take care of you." hahahah..

MadMad House... man...Fiona is hot.

Barbaric. They dragged bodies out and mutilated them? Who does that? What is wrong with them? With us?

There's a new indie film called "Marathon" ...about a woman who needs to do 77 crosswords in 24 hours... and she does them in the Subway...hahahah if I get any more obsessed...that will be me ! How weird is that !?

Arrrgh...there was something I wanted to blog about last night...but I forgot...oh well.. I'll post if I remember...

Serena should be in Cali now. yay for her...boo for me.

Dinner with Sowon, Jeremy, and Irene tonight? Might go see Twilight Singers tomorrow, circus with Cindy on Sunday...weird!

TGIF! WOOOT!

Nobody's fool.
Thursday, April 1, 2004 10:12 a.m.

Ok... let me just say that I had the worst, WORST headache at 5 this morning. It was terrible...the worse migraine I EVER had...woke me up...had to take an advil and try to sleep. My eye was throbbing...and I thought I was having a stroke or an aneurysm...in any case... a little late to work...but no worse from wear.

Work has been hectic...as usual...went to get comics with Zakhar...JLA/Avengers...it was so so...some good moments but...eh... overall.

Went to gym FINALLY... ran for about 30 mins. did some weights...didn't drink enough water...maybe that's the reason for the headache?

Got my tax stuff all prepped... hopefully, I will get a bigger return than the 25 bucks I got last year...what a marooon!!!

Was going to play an April fool's day trick on Eunice...but I don't have the heart. She's too sweet.

DON'T EVEN! You can't get me...I'm no fool!

I told my "7/11" story AGAIN...to Cindy, Sunjoo, Jen, Serena...differing degrees of believability... it's all in the details!

South Park thoughts: They dealt with the whole Passion thing in typical SP form...but I was a little let down...I do agree with the fact that they said that the focus should be on Jesus' life and what He taught...not how He died... is it a snuff film? In some ways...but without his death and resurrection... all of it wouldn't mean as much... hmmm food for thought, kiddies. And Cartman as a jew-hating Nazi ? Funny...but oh-so-wrong...and the Mel Gibson as just bonkers thing...that was lame.

Chapelle's Show! I cannot wait for the DVDs...why haven't I been watching this from the beginning ???

Oh...and right before...I got Chinese food and I specifically told the guy I didn't want a drink...he gave me a Mint Snapple iced tea anyways...was it a mistake...or is it one of those "you are my kind, I give you free stuff" deals? Maybe no one likes Mint Snapple...and he just gave it to me...I'm so confused ! hahahah Thanks for the free drink!

Happy April, enjoy the rain. :P

Archived...and the "S" List
Wednesday, March 31, 2004 02:40 p.m.

Archived.

The "S" List (AKA My ideal qualities in a girl)

1. Sane
2. Smart
3. Sweet
4. Sassy
5. Sexy
6. Spiritual
7. Supergood at something (hahah creative in some way.)

Any other "S" es I should add ?

Archived...and the "S" List
Wednesday, March 31, 2004 02:40 p.m.

Archived.

The "S" List (AKA My ideal qualities in a girl)

1. Sane
2. Smart
3. Sweet
4. Sassy
5. Sexy
6. Spiritual
7. Supergood at something (hahah creative in some way.)

Any other "S" es I should add ?