Fish Sticks and Green Jello

So Hard to Hold was on tonight. That old Rick Springfield movie from the 80's. It's pretty painfully cheesy to watch now but I had every 80's album of his including that soundtrack which I played until the tape wore out. Some of those songs are still pretty good too! I thought about getting the CD again but it's out of print and like $54 bucks on ebay (for the CD not the cassette!). I actually think I may still have some cassettes stored away somewhere but I can't imagine that still being good/playable after all these years. I should dig them up and see what I have. I probably got rid of most of them.

Anyways I remember seeing Rick Springfield in People magazine not long ago and he looks really friggin' good for his age. Like 'amazing', 'i'd totally go out with him even though he's old'. Not that he wasn't already like SUPER HOT in the 80's. He's SUPER HOT in that movie too if you're into Rick Springfield. He still tours actually and he's back on General Hospital too. He's 57. That's almost as old as my Dad. Crazy. He was basically my age when he did that Hard to Hold. I was 13. I remember being a kid thinking that I'd never be able to talk in blocks of ten year periods like, "yeah ten years ago etc". Now I can in blocks of 20. :(

I found this quote by him actually while looking up stuff tonight:
“Maybe I should write a book about it, the way everybody focuses on it!” Springfield says of his appearance. “I've always eaten well and exercised and I love what I'm doing and that helps. I've gone through phases where I've been miserable and looked like crap and I'm a big believer that what's inside shows on the outside.”

Anyways check out Rick Springfield's website and photos and see for yourself.

Or you can watch this cool "Where are they now?" clip I found on You Tube.


If you're really bored check out this Concert Cliff Notes site. It's pretty entertaining and wow the detail. Rabid fans!


Actually now that I'm talking about cheesey 80's movie I remember my Aunt Brenda taking me to see American Anthem and getting the soundtrack for me. That movie had Mitch Gaylord the gymnast in it. It was super cool at the time but watching it now is just painful. I loved the 80's though!

Labels: entertainment, family, movies, music

So I said I would keep up on my blogging and I mean it! I thought I'd put an update here for everyone wondering if I'd dropped off again. Tonight is the company Xmas party which I can't go to. Why, because I've been out sick all week from work. I knew I would be out sick this week since I had scheduled to have something done and it required me to be home to recover. It's been a sore, painful week but I'm recovering. Hopefully Monday I won't be hobbling around too much at work. I have to fly out to Virginia on Wednesday as well so flying like this should be delightful. I should be considerably better by then I hope. I'll still be sore though, that's how planes are.

In preparation for the plane flight I picked up a medium sized expandable pillow from REI along with a lightweight travel blanket in 'tree frog' green and a black wheeled tote bag. I can't be carrying things across an airport so rolling whatever I need to take with me on the plane around will be a huge help.

I missed another Xmas party on Friday as well so I've only made it to one this year which was Shawn and Libby's. I'll be in Virginia for 9 days visting my family and continuing to use the time to recover and lay low. New Year's Eve will be low key for me this year for health reasons and the New Year will hopefully be a good one.

So in terms of an update... not to be too vague but the thing I mentioned in my last big blog post that I was working on for the last month fell through. Really disappointing to say the least and a huge time suck. I hope that the work I did on that wasn't all in vain. I felt like I put a lot into it and I hope that it somehow pays off for me in the future. I'm still depressed about it to say the least but it's for the best I'm sure. The physical thing I posted about... that's going on right now and I'm getting better, yay! Things at work have been hectic while I've been gone I heard and I feel badly that I'm not there working on things but I will be next week for part of it at least. The holidays are a tough time. The year is coming to an end and I feel a bit blue and worried about life and the future right now. I hope that this next year is better than the last. I say this every year and sometimes it is better but in different ways. Maybe I'm hoping that something really spectacular will happen. Who knows. I do plan on working hard, taking classes, working out and other things so we'll see how that all goes for me.

I was invited to do New Orleans in February again with the gang and Jeremy and I had said we'd go. I'm starting to think I may not though for financial reasons. It wouldn't require me missing any work really but I just don't feel like putting out that kind of money right now and I don't know if I'm up to doing New Orleans, eating, drinking and spending money so soon after xmas. Probably not. Maybe next trip. I used to dream about going to New Orleans all the time. Two trips later and I'm kind of blah on the whole thing. I'm just not in that frame of mind I guess.

Okay back to laying on the couch or propped up on pillows in bed reading a book.

Movies I watched this week while out sick:
* King Kong (the new one): Nicely done but just too long, I found myself skipping ahead in parts. Plus I hate it when King Kong dies and for some reason Naomi Watts annoyed me in this.
* Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest: Nice special effects, amusing and entertaining for dvd fare but it seemed long as well (maybe it was just me being sick this week who knows) and of course it just leads right into the third movie with no resolution, yay marketing.
* Poseidon: The original was way better. This was pretty lightweight Hollywood action fare. It was pretty cheesy in terms of realism and they changed the ending. All in all it wasn't as stressful or hectic as the first one at all. Blah.
* Freedomland: This was pretty lame too. It was on tv so I just tuned in. It was totally obvious how the story was going to pan out and I'm not sure I cared really.
* Syriana: I started watching this late but it was really good. It was also long and really complex. At times I wasn't exactly sure what was happening so I'd have to backtrack and re-watch some scenes but it was a good film. George Clooney was really good in it. The torture scenes were pretty scary.

Here's a photo of Jeremy and I from Shawn and Libby's xmas party.

Labels: friends, holidays, movies, travel

Chris sent me this link. He said, "Don't you wish your pets got along like this??".

Yes indeed I do. If only Olivia would let Toby get away with it. She's way too mean. I'm missing out on hours of entertainment because of her!

Watch THIS.

Labels: cat, dog, entertainment

Here's something EVERYONE should know. Especially us west coasters that don't live in the snow.

1. You can survive for three hours without shelter.
2. You can survive for three days without water.
3. You can survive for three weeks without food.

I've heard all kinds of crazy numbers like, you can survive 3 weeks without water and 3 months without food etc. It's just not the case. The one that suprised me the most (and I've lived in the snow before albeit when I was younger) was number 1. I didn't know that 3 hours was the limit without shelter in bad weather. Heck I just watched that dog movie Eight Below about the dog sled team that got left in Antartica for 175+ days and lived. I know humans aren't huskies or anything but 3 hours is a very very short amount of time.

If James Kim would have stayed with the car and they'd all died because no one found them what would people think then? Or since he left the car and died of exposure and hypothermia then people think it was wrong because it was too cold out? After nine days I don't know if even I would have stayed with the car and I HATE being cold. After that long you have to think that no one is going to find you and it's a very real possibility. It happens. People die in remote locations in the winter and don't get found until spring. Would you sit there and wait and wait and wait until you and your family died?

3 hours is such a short amount of time. I can't imagine what that must have been like. I was just in their neighborhood Tuesday night in San Francisco before they had found him. I don't know these people but I couldn't stop thinking about them over the last week. Coming from someone who lost a parent at a young age I know how devestating this can be not only for the kids but for his wife too. I'm sorry for their loss.

Wilderness Survivial: The Rule of Threes

CNET TV Tribute to James Kim (he demo's the Zune and gives it a positive review!)

Outdoor Survival/Shelter (an in depth explanation of "the rule of threes")

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Since I brought up the movie Eight Below I thought I'd post a few interesting things about it. .

- This movie was based on a true story of a Japanese expedition that took place in 1958. The original movied based on that story was called Nankyoku Monogatari.
- Only two dogs survived in the true story. Brothers named Taro and Jiro. They were born in Antartica, children of the original dogs that had been left behind. It was a year before the expedition returned and happened to find them there.
- Jiro died in 1960 and Taro in 1970. Both were preserved. Jiro was displayed at The National Science Museum in Tokyo next to Hachiko the faithful dog. Taro was displayed at Hokkaido University.

I found some photos of them preserved. It appears there was an Antarctic exhibit that reunited Taro and Jiro.

Jiro on the far left and Hachiko the faithful dog in the middle.


Taro and Jiro.

Labels: curiosities, current events, death, movies, tips

The Sudden Departure

Random
Brutal Love
Master (RBLMf)

Sweet. Dear. Loving. At Gate 18. Final call.

You are The Sudden Departure.

You've been in a lot of serious relationships. More than a few have
ended ugly. Uglily. Whatever. Our guess is that you're a really
fantastic girl who doesn't really know what she wants, and you've
broken a few hearts as a result. You fall for people easily, and
you enjoy the feeling of falling in love, but once you're there,
either boredom or the old "grass is greener"
syndrome sets in. The mind wanders, and with it goes the flesh.
And then the toiletries.

We know you're not the classic "love 'em and leave 'em" type,
at least not in a purely sexual sense. You have too many serious
bonding tendencies for that. But even though you're theoretically
looking to settle down, you don't settle long on one person. "Serial
monogamist" is probably something you hear a lot. "Emotionally
loose" is another way to put it. To the poor guys eating your
dust and sniffing your panties, it doesn't really make much difference.
Of course, it's not really your fault that people get hurt. You
have every right to move on when you choose.

Your exact opposite:

The Intern



Deliberate Gentle Sex
Dreamer

ALWAYS AVOID: The Backrubber, The
Gentleman

CONSIDER: The Vapor Trail, someone
just like you

Link: The
32-Type Dating Test by OkCupid.

Labels: quiz

I found this new site called Etsy yesterday. I probably had seen it before but didn't really remember it since it's been so long since I crafted anything.

Etsy is a site that allows you to sell your DIY goods. It's a more homegrown storefront version of Fred Flare. Fred Flare sells stuff like this but they make it more commercial and they buy the goods and re-sell them.

Per Etsy's site: Fees -Sign up - free, your own shop - free, listing and item - 20 cents, selling - 3.5% fee. That's it. All listings get up to 5 images free of charge. Listings stay up for 4 months.

This makes me want to get back into crafting again very badly. I should start crafting earrings again. I already have quite a few made. I could probably put them up for sale for starters. It's a shame how you get sidetracked from doing things you really love. I blame World of Warcraft. While WoW is a fun game, it sure was a time suck. I was planning on playing the expansion but I'm not sure how it's going to all fall into place with the other things I'd like to do.

There are a couple of other things going on in my life right now that I probably can't actually blog about yet. One of them I've been working on for the last month and am still in limbo about. More on that later... possibly. Another one is coming up soon and involves something physical and the last thing which I can mention is some of the website stuff my stepbrother wants me to start working on for his manufacturing site. I really should get working on that asap. It's tough with a day job I'm trying to focus on right now too. I should be able to do both but sometimes my motivation isn't all there since it's the holiday season and all.

My cousin's email address was bouncing mail back a week ago which had me concerned. I tried emailing him just a bit ago and no bounce back yet. Obviously if I was more concerned I'd have called him by now. I'll try calling him tomorrow. This is an official reminder. Call Larry.

Tuesday is Shawn and Libby's annual Christmas feed. I have to remember to pick up an ornament for it. They like people to bring them ornaments, it's a neat tradition. Also at the last Anon Salon (11/25) Shawn asked Libby to marry him! He got her a pretty nice ring I hear. I'll have to check it out in person. I met Shawn on a trip to New Orleans with a group of mutal friends in November of 2003. He had just started dating Libby shortly before he left on that trip. I remember meeting her when we got back. The early stages of dating. She's quite a bit younger than him and no one was sure how that would pan out really. They moved in together into a live/work loft he bought last year and the rest is now history. I'm really happy for them. They really compliment each other well and are quite a fun pair. They're lucky to have found each other. :)

Now if only I could get my act together and meet someone I actually LIKE that would be a start. I saw a doctor the other day that was asking me if I was going to have kids or not. I said considering I didn't have a boyfriend it wasn't going to be anytime soon. He said I had about five years left, maaaayyybe more but not advisable. Gee. Thanks. Thanks for the reminder! Tick.. Tock... Tick... Tock. New years resolution. Meet a guy I like (that like's me back) that's not a big loser. Check.

Oh one final thing. Today I took a really fat nap and I had the coolest flying dream. I've had them before and mine are usually pretty 'realistic' (as much as I know what flying might be like). I dreamt I was Supergirl, costume and all (haha) and I got to hang with Superman (Christopher Reeve superman not Brandon Routh superman). It was awesome. I had that whole sensation of shooting up into the sky with a big rush of wind and cold air around me and then that crazy stomach churning sensation of dropping rapidly, like a roller coaster ride... except I could stop before I hit the ground and float or fly off. I kept having this weird thought in my head, "What if my flying power gives out? I'll fall pretty far!". A weird fear I know but hey, it was a dream and since I'm not usually a 'flier' it seemed reasonable at the time.

Anyways it was a totally fun dream. I really didn't want to wake up but then my dog started growling at me to get up and feed him or let him out to pee, one or the other. He always does that. On the one hand it's REALLY annoying to get woken up in the middle of the night or mid-nap to have to go out into the cold to let the dog out. On the other hand pee soaked carpet is much more annoying so dog growling is ok. I'm lucky he's smart enough to let me know when he needs stuff otherwise we'd be in trouble because I'm not always on top of it.

I'm going to try to get feeds working on this blog. With a custom template the feeds are broken. I think it's missing some vital tags. I'll have to look into it more later. Okay back to bed for me. I have GOT to get back on a normal sleep schedule.

Labels: crafts, dog, dreams, friends, relationships, videogames, webdev

So I finally got around to trying this thing out. It's pretty slick. I got two vastly different results from slightly different photos. Keep in mind that I'm half caucasian and half asian when viewing these. I see the resemblances more in the first set of results. I bet that means that I identfiy with my white half more or something because even in the second set of photos the first person I thougth that photo might resemble was Hilary Duff. I did grow up with my dad from age 9 on so that might be part of it. Interesting...


These were the first set of results I got. Smiling, no teeth.




Here's a photo I don't really like. What's interesting to note though is the vast difference in look alike results I got. Almost all asians on this one! It's probably picking this up from the shape of my eyes in this photo.




AND......

Since Dave sent me such a perfect headshot photo I ran his too!! :D



You get to pick which 8 of say 10-12 you most look like. Dave's said he also looked 63% like Barry Pepper. I just didn't see much of a resemblance though so I didn't pick it. He also was pegged as a look-alike for Rajneesh. I had no clue who that was until I looked him up so I picked Jake Gyllenhaal instead. Better choice I think. :)



EDIT: The links to the myheritage.com site expired so I did the whole thing again, copied and posted them.

Labels: entertainment, friends, me

This year I spent T-Day over at Jason, Kari and Sabine's place. They're all living up in Sabine's flat off of Clement. There were a ton of folks there and as usual Kari made the most awesome Turkey ever. We also had asparagus, mashed potatoes, garlic mashed potatoes, fried sweet potates, rolls, ham, pumpkin cheesecake, pie, jello, tofurkey, buttered/brown sugared baby carrots, stuffing and more? I can't recall. It was great though.

Here are a couple of pics from the ocassion. This was just a group of us, not counting the 10 (or so) other people in the front room. You can see tons more of the same photos in my flickr album too.


Back Row: Jeremy, Me, Kari, Kaiser (jason and kari's dog), Nate
Front Row: Sabine



Back Row: Toby (my dog), Me, Jeremy, Kari, Jason, Kaiser (jason and kari's dog)
Front Row: Chloe (jason and kari's dog)

Labels: friends, holidays

Junior David has arrived. I'm late posting this and Dave's been bugging me to do this so here you go!

Joel Daniel Stein (yes he's jewish) - 8lbs. 9oz born on 11/14 at... 4:05pm? I can't recall, I'm sure Dave can post a comment with the exact time. :) I've known Dave 19 years now and it's crazy to see him with a kid now. I feel really old now.

Hrm, who does he look more like? Dave or Anna? Hard to say from the photo. I have yet to meet him since he's been born but I got to feel him kick about a week before he made his debut. That was a first for me (thanks anna!). I'll see him in person really soon though. I promised I'd babysit too... that's if they'll trust me with their kid. ;)

Labels: friends

So I think I've settled on using this template for a bit. It's nice. I'll keep looking around for something I love more later on but this will work for the itme being. If anything is wonky on the site, it's because of the new template and the fact that I just updated my blogger site to blogger beta. I think that was probably a mistake since blogger beta doesn't seem to want to fully publish my site without giving me a server error a few minutes into the process each time.

Interesting note... I was looking at my December 2005 archive and I realized it was 12/6 when I posted the last overhaul of my blog to the pink flowers template. A whole year sped by with that template and I never fully fixed the issues with it. Just shows how little I posted this year. Next year will be better.

Labels: blog