Pixel Pushing Monkey

IM conversation of my friend asking me what I was doing on New Year's Eve. Well, it's really just me rambling on, but I do that a lot anyway.

I'm not big on new years celebration anymore.
my friends & I used to go up to Twin Peaks in San Francisco every year, years and years ago.. and watch the fireworks.

'til this one year, we all got sick
because it's super windy & cold up there on New Year's Eve
and that was the last time
of course, everyone also went their own separate ways
because we all deeply hated each other
deep inside...

No, not really... it makes a good backstory for some sort of a revenge epic involving former best friends who acquires super powers and then proceeds to destroy like... downtown Tokyo or something in their fights.

Oh, the things my friends put up with. Or something like that... (trying to figure out a clever thing to say to close this post....)

...

Me: I'm full of useless analogies today.

Tinu: You can be a writer!

Me: I am, according to my own blog.

Tinu: Haha.

There are many places that I would never volunteer as my destination, any countries with political instability, any countries without consistent supply hot water on demand, and any countries without reliable internet connections. On the other hand, there are places that are unavoidable, despite the harsh conditions. For example, the public bathroom.

The perils of the public bathroom is often absent in the recess of our minds, which I suspect is a form of primitive self preservation technique. Denial is obviously the most effective tool for curbing one's natural instinct to avoid dangerous situations. Despite my brain's better effort to mask the dangers, thus disallowing any confrontations of the public bathroom, I will put my own life on risk to address this series of life-threatening issues today.

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In regards to my low energy & lack of sleep:

(10:31:49 AM) nano: you need more sleep
(10:31:51 AM) nano: lunesta maybe
(10:34:39 AM) Steve: or maybe just watch the commercial for it like, 1,000 times
(10:34:40 AM) Steve: that'll put me to bed
(10:36:10 AM) nano: its so peaceful
(10:37:14 AM) Steve: so very peaceful
(10:37:17 AM) Steve: or viagra commercials
(10:37:42 AM) Steve: ironically, for a commercial about a product that cures erectile dysfunction
(10:37:46 AM) Steve: it's also very good at inducing it
(10:37:57 AM) Steve: watching a middle age guy tossing a football through tires repeatedly...
(10:38:02 AM) Steve: is just... too.. depressing
(10:40:08 AM) nano: hahha
(10:40:12 AM) nano: so true.

Courtesy of my dear friend Colin at: A)bort, R)etry, F)ail.

Stick to your cat, it's not religiously judgemental, so long as you worship it.

Indeed, Colin, indeed.

Last night, my best friend informed me that she thinks one of my best talent (at least I hope it's not my only talent) is being a critic. I think her exact words were something like:

"you are a very good critic, b/c you are able to articulate your likes and dislikes very very clearly... especially the dislikes"
"If you don't like something, you will find the best words to say it... and say it in different ways 200 times"

I guess nothing illustrates this better, than a recent email that I had to send off to my housemates. I hate to admit this is almost the best writing I've done in ... a long time:

Hey gang,

I noticed that the lint filter is sometimes being left full of lint after a load. Please take the small bit of time to clean after your lint. I don't really mind cleaning out the lint before using the dryer; but it's just a nice common courtesy to clean after your own lint, rather than having your lint being cleaned after.

Another issue of mine, is the amount of time that's been taken up to do laundry. IMO:

1. It really shouldn't take multiple days to do laundry, unless you're doing laundry for a family of four or five (I do remember the good ol' days when my aunt always seemed to be doing laundry.. but that was a family of five).
2. Even if you separated all your colors & whites & delicates & whatever, it really shouldn't take more than half a day.
3. I see laundry being left out there for days at a time, this creates a few problems:
   • I'm not sure when someone's laundry is "done". Sure, I can open up the washing machine and take a peek, but that's almost an invasion of privacy. I don't want anyone to look at my underwear & such, and I certainly don't want to look at anyone else's underwear & such. Which brings me to the next point...
   • I could remove your clothes from the premise, but I really don't want to touch your underwear & such, just as I would like it if no one touched my underwear and such.
   • The only situation at which I would feel comfortable with seeing your laundry out in public display, or having to touch any part of your laundry while it is in public display is:
     • I happen to be your mother, and I'm doing your laundry for you.
     • We are in a physically intimate relationship where I feel comfortable with that.
   • Given that neither of the situation above applies to any of us (unless I've been ignoring obvious signals? If so, I apologize, I'm a bit of a dimwit when it comes to intimacy), I think it's safe to say that I really shouldn't be seeing someone's laundry just "hanging out".

Anyway, depending on the time of the day, the mood which you're in, this email may come across as 1) Bitchy & whiny or 2) Hilariously entertaining. Whatever the interpretation, I hope we can all respect each other's laundry rights and perform the aforementioned duty quickly & respectfully.

I can be such a bitch.

During the tedium of the work day grind, I have all sorts of weird IM conversation with my friends. While we're talking about what we had for lunch today, I brought up one of my minor annoyances with... I'm not even sure to whom this one would be directed.

Why do we have asian/chinese "chicken" salad? Our cuisine covered an entire spectrum of all sorts of dead animals, why "chicken"? Is there a perception that Asian people only eat chicken, or somehow the only ingredient that you can mash into a salad from the entire range of Asian cuisine is chicken? Why isn't there Asian barbecue pork salad? Asian fish salad? Well, if you really need to stay within the realm of poultry, how about Asian duck salad?

Of course, the mere fact that we have a certain salad created to cater to our culture is funny. I mean, growing up in Taiwan and all, Chinese people don't eat salad, ever. Salad is clearly not a part of our traditional palette. So first we have our named tagged onto a type of food we don't make, then have it limited to only one type of meat.

There is one possibility I have yet to consider though, maybe all Asian chicken salad strictly forbid the use of any other type of chicken excepted the ones imported from Asia...

Wow, that's a whole 'nother mess of complications.

This is the video clip from WWDC, so hilarious~

Enjoy!

It's rare that Microsoft comes up with something truly funny, but this parody is really, actually, LOL-kinda good. Which makes you wonder, if they had this much time to make this parody... where is the ZunePhone?!

Another miscellaneous test for a WordPress plugin, with a cute picture!