Thanks, Liam

Liam: Wow, this just gets better and better. [link]
xbox casting shoot


Cari: LMAO
Cari: (watching again)


Liam: Yeah, i didn't think it would get that awesome.


Cari: (watching again)


Cari: (watching again)


Liam: BAH BAAAAH BAAAAAAAAAH BAAAAAAAAAAAH
I mean, I hope they put her in the commercial

GTD vs. Getting Nothing Done.

From my Twitter

inlandempirical @sweatpantsninja I've figured out how to take the parental controls off the PS2. BOOYAKA!*

sweatpantsninja @inlandempirical HOW HOW HOW

inlandempirical @sweatpantsninja It took some fiddlin' around but it's DO-able! Amazing what you can accomplish when you're procrastinating on other stuff.

I can't concentrate. There are a few tasks at hand that I'm stuck on. The past few days I've found myself working on everything else.

This weekend, add to PS2 unlock...laundry; wrapping gifts; baby shower; cooking; photo download from camera (way overdue); blog update (including this one!); flickr update; charging batteries; Bully; figuring out how to open a computer tower; washing dishes; sweeping kitchen; cleaning out the fridge; colored hair; filed nails; smoked a couple cigarettes; made an insane plan with an insane cousin to barbecue a pork shoulder; discussed the plight of J-Town (Little Tokyo) with 2 generations of Japanese Americans [actually meant to blog THAT and the upcoming Mitsuwa closure, but my thoughts on it are completely disorganized]; ate; dumped files from hard drive; some Netflix...

This is how much I don't feel like doing something: I've even attempted to look at my incomplete film edit. Then I got frustrated with that and I started blogging this and IMing a friend in Connecticut. My mind is all over the place. Plus I still have a headache from yesterday--dehydration I think.


* How I did it: I looked at the manual. Yes, I've looked at it before. This time it actually worked. The idea came to me while I watching some Seinfeld DVDs and Jerry walks in on Kramer lounging on his couch, "Are you reading my VCR manual?" Response was, "Well we can't all be reading the classics, Professor Highbrow."

Just Remembered...

This was awhile ago. I was at El Monte bus station waiting for a transfer. I think heading home from hanging with Madmojo or Citizenrobot. I see a woman dressed like a saint. No idea which one. She was a very pale caucasian lady with rosy cheeks wearing a huge red dress with a full skirt and crinoline. It was trimmed with white--very Mrs. Claus-like--and she wore a matching cape. She looked like she should have been in a religious procession of some kind and not parading around the bus depot. Which she was. She was holding a little saint stautette wearing THE SAME EXACT OUTFIT SHE HAD ON with a little crown on it.

I haven't seen a statue like that since I was a very small child. I had a friend back then who came from a traditional Catholic family. Not just Catholic, but OLD SCHOOL HARDCORE stuff. They were old world Europeans and had those saint figures around the house. I think a more relaxed Catholic friend that I had in high school--a Filipino girl--had something like that too that she kept in her closet along with some Super Nintendo cartridges. I remember being creeped out by it the day she took it out to show me. Was it a Baptism gift or Confirmation? Not sure. Maybe a gift from birth? It was probably the saint from her birthdate. I think at the time I was more interested in playing Mortal Kombat.

So there you have it: two posts, one day, both labeled "transit" and "videogames."

This Morning.

On the morning bus ride I noticed a liquor store with a ladder up the side leading to the roof. I thought, "I wonder if there's a collectible card or some coins up there."

It would be cool if all I had to do in a day is collect items around town and go on side quests to kill time but I don't run very fast and my aim is not good.

Powered by Diet Coke.

I'm so tired. Thanksgiving was busy and I wasn't even hosting it. Running around. Trying to make a casserole and salad for a party. It was a good group at a cousin's house. They deep fried the turkey instead of oven roasting it which was cool because I've never had it prepared that way. And I got to see the process of it. It's quite fast--only 4 minutes per pound--and they made two 9-pound birds. I'm not sure how long it took to heat a kettle of peanut oil. I also have no idea what the cost of that much peanut oil is. It was cold out but since it was so quiet and clear, I spent most of the evening hanging out in the backyard. Playing with the dogs. Eating. Listening to one of my cousins telling me about kicking it with Suge Knight and Hef and looking at his cell phone pics.

I had to work Black Friday as usual but I decided I also wanted to hit the sales. So I did both. I woke up early and headed over to Target a half hour before opening at 6 a.m. Man, there were a lot of people. Parking was tough to come by and there was a lineup of a few hundred people that stretched to the back of the building. The air was cold and I only had my usual hoody. They handed out some lackluster tote bags filled with coffee, granola bar, and a stuffed toy Target mascot. Once I got inside, it was crowded, noisy, but still very orderly. I saw a bunch of people loading enormous televisions into their carts. I went straight to electronics. I walked out with everything I wanted. I was in and out in no time.

A Christmas Story on DVD $7
Seinfeld Season 8 DVD $15
Hot Fuzz (widescreen) $10
Guitar Hero 3 bundle (GH3, 2 controllers)* $85
Sonicare Toothbrush $75



* I see the GH3 display but there's only one left. I reach over 2 carts and a bunch of people to grab it.
Lady says: Last one.
I say without missing a beat: Yeah and it's all mine.

Map it out mentally beforehand. Walk fast. Avoid browsing--you should already know what you want. Weave your way through crowds. Ditch the cart and carry your stuff instead. Never stop moving. I didn't stop to chit chat with that lady who was idly standing around as her son or whoever was looking at videogames. She seemed to want me to. Freaking amateurs.

I had my strategy worked out the night before.

Anyhow, of course I had time before work but instead of sleeping I break open the GH3. I eventually crash on the bus totally exhausted and with the retail-high wearing off and I wake up somewhere near Wilshire. Pretty bad. I had to take a bus back to the Civic Center but I also happened to carrying a 2 ft Xmas tree which I planned to set up on my desk. The same tree I put up every year at the office.

Oh well, just ramp up that Diet Coke consumption.

Flashback Friday 14.

Oh the joy of Wii + internet.



I've been watching YouTube videos on television. The resolution is obviously not great, but it is a joy to be able to search for shows or music videos I have missed because I've lived a lifetime without cable television.

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Been listening to this song for what must be a decade now but never saw the video till last night and I realised....I have the same sweater as Damon Albarn; bought it sometime in the late 90s in an Inland Empire thrift store.

Here's his...


Here's mine...