Well I made it to Hong Kong! After my marathon day getting my passport, by the time I made it to LAX, I was exhausted. We had to wait an hour in line for the TSA checked bag screener, but other than that it was a pretty low key adventure in the airport. The flight was a bit shorter than expected – only 13.5 hrs…
September 8, 2005It’s like an Oscar, but for Disneylanders. Here are pics of me holding trophy and the trophy itself:
September 7, 2005I owe Melissa a big hug. Last night at the Mouscars awards ceremony she mentioned that one of her relatives wasn’t able to travel because her passport was valid for less than six months from her departure. I checked my passport and sure enough it expired in Jan 2006. Panic ensued. I searched many websites including travel.state.gov and the China consulate and Hong Kong government…
September 7, 2005Last night, I picked up Daniel from the airport. We got back to his place and hung out with Tara and Saphap and made it over to Olive Garden for some dinner. Getting into the car, Tara noticed a spider and was squealing and making the usual “Ahhhh get it away from me” noises. When we got to the parking lot of the Olive Garden,…
September 2, 2005Not to be confused with the Great Tsunami of 2004 or the Great Influenza Outbreak of 1914 or even the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. This friends is the big time. Hurricane Katrina slammed into the gulf coast on Monday and basically created a third world country in New Orleans. Easily one of the strongest, deadliest, and costliest hurricanes ever to hit the US,…
September 1, 2005Gosh only the second post for August! Here has been what’s going on… For one reason or another, I have decided to stay put and not move into the new place. The price they finally settled on for the remodeled unit was way over what they originally estimated for me, and they were just going to assign me an apartment and not let me pick.…
August 30, 2005Trying to catch up on what has been going on: Umm… Err… (Looks around and notices not much has been going on..) Oh! I’m still waiting to see if I will be moving into a new apartment. I met my new downstairs neighbor and she seems real nice. Too bad I will probably leave. I did try and take some old VHS and laserdiscs to…
August 12, 2005It sucks big time. There is no way any sane person would spend $400,000 on a two bedroom one bath condo. Downstairs. With only a carport. For some reason, people do. I can only imagine how many people are buying places hoping to make some money of the ridiculous real estate market and are going to be burned when there is a pull back. Oh…
July 27, 2005****/**** Dir: Akira Kurosawa 1954 Black and White Japanese 206 Min (US Criterion Restored Version) Unrated because they didn’t do that back then silly. What can you say about The Seven Samurai that has not already been written? Not much really. This is the story of some poor farmers who are in a bind. Seems there are some bandits that keep raiding their village come…
July 23, 2005*** / **** Dir: Morgan Spurlock 2004 Color English 100 Min Rated PG for thematic elements, a disturbing medical procedure, and some language. (educationally enhanced version) This was a Netflix movie that was recommended by several people. I have heard a bunch of critics, pundits, friends say that this movie will change the way you eat and that you will give up fast food –…
July 23, 2005