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Summer Camp 2006

  

Summer Camp 2006

  

Kissena Park

  

Discovery Took Off

NASA, knowing that Superman has returned, categorically refused to use Krazy Glue to bond insulating foam tiles. NASA greenlighted the liftoff on July 4.

Discovery is hauling tons of supplies to the space station as well as collecting tons of accumulated garbage back to Earth.

Misconception

Wearing vertical stripes doesn't really make you look thinner this summer, workout and diet do.

A crude reminder for myself.

Movie Review: Cars

Yes, it's a movie review.

Cars.

For children: 4 or above, who can sit through an hour and a half, with the help of popcorn and soda, lots of them.
Story: A budding race car by the name of Lightning McQueen learnt from some small town folks or some call losers that winning is not everything. Now don't get smart on me, winning is certainly not the only thing. In the cartoon world at least.
Bottomline: It's a cartoon, so you and your kids ought to check it out if you are going to see some flicks this summer.
What did Harry say: The brown car is crazy.

Fireworks

So it's July 4, the Macy's fireworks. I am not a fan of fireworks at all. Is there a storyline to fireworks, even if they say so, I won't buy it. I don't know what's the deal about watching fireworks. If I must watch this boring shit, I rather watch it on TV, sitting comfortably on my couch. Not get stuck on the highway, in the summer heat, all the unpleasantries that come with watching fireworks before, during and after, essentially there is nothing worth watching.

available on video and DVD

Do people still say something like some movie "available on video and DVD?" I remember I felt quite strongly about it, I mean, shouldn't it say "available on VHS and DVD?" But those copywriters get away saying video and DVD, which I think it's moronic.

DVR is great 99% of the time

I have a DVR, which I think stands for digital video recorder, that allows me to record shows from my cable provider. DVR is great, it's time shifting, like relativity, blackhole or something. Unlike the old VHS recorder, you don't need a Phd to operate a DVR, you record the show, and you watch whenever you like. It works 99% of time.

The 1% is like when Germany playing against Italy and went overtime. After recording the regulation 90 min play, the DVR went by the book and stopped. So it's like you watched some 2 hours of garbage time for nothing. Not that it really matters, but it would be nice to watch the entire game, overtime included.

The Fourth of July

The Fourth of July.

Summer

You know it's summer when Flushing is smelling like shit. And you think it's about time to put the lid on your garbage bin outside your house.

Wimbledon is playing, but nobody really gives a fuck.

I am not a big fan of summer, people fucking smell on the train.

UPDATE:
And save your perfume, eau de toilette, or whatever the fuck you so intend to put on, please refrain yourself especially if you have to, like the rest of the urban dwellers, take public transportation. Unlike your bad look, I can't simply close my eyes. Olfactory assault is bad urban etiquette. Problem with scent is that everybody and his dog thinks he himself has good taste, unfortunately that's nothing farther from the truth, and sometimes scent is very subjective, your good scent may smell like, what else, shit to others. Mixing scent with 90 degree summer heat is a no no.

Cherry Picking

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Cherry Picking

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Cherry Picking

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Exit 17, on I 87

Anonymous

"Anonimity... is like a warm blanket."
--Max, Mission: Impossible, 1996

If you are truly anonymous Anonymous in Blogger, you really can't delete your comment.

Quotes

I don't put quotes on my email signature, not work email because nobody needs my secondhand wisdom at work. I don't put quotes for my private email because my friends don't need my preachings.

But sometimes I do movie quotes on blog comments, just can't help it. I sin.

Recently found from The Devil Wears Prada.

Miranda Priesly: The details of your incompetence do not interest me.

Miranda Priestly: You have no style nor any sense of fashion...
Andy Sachs: I think that depends on...
Miranda Priestly: No no. That wasn't a question.

More here from IMDB.COM.

Etiquette

I was waiting in my doctor's office, got nothing better to do so I did some quick reading. You know something, doctors or dentists, they don't understand the concept of appointment and your time is never as important as theirs. Anyway, I kind of got used to it. And in all fairness I arrived 10 minutes early and I waited about 40 minutes in total, so that wasn't too bad. It was my long overdue annual medical checkup, just in case you wonder. When you reach certain age and pay a few hundred dollars on insurance premium every month, you may as well use it.

There was this New York Magazine on urban etiquette. I found it pretty interesting.

I think the funnist may be this piece: Amy Poehler’s 8 Simple Rules For being a civilized New Yorker By Adam Sternbergh. Here is the list just in case the link no longer works by the time you or you click it.

1. Be nice to everyone, especially people wearing hospital bracelets.
2. Don’t ask white girls if they “left their ass at home.”
3. If you have to bring your baby to a movie, make sure he laughs at appropriate times.
4. Don’t eat Cheetos and then sit down at a fancy hotel piano.
5. If you are in Central Park and think you are getting mugged, first check to see if maybe you’re just part of a student film.
6. If you see Oprah at a fancy function, don’t grab her wrist and ask for money. Quietly sneak up behind her and whisper, “You give me that money, Oprah. You hear me?”
7. When walking on a New York street, try not to spit, litter, bleed, or take a crap.
8. If you need to do any of these things, try to do it between two parked cars.


My favorite is 7 and 8, I am still like kids who love all the jokes that have to do with bodily functions.

Technorati

Technorati tells the truth about my blog, that it really sucks big time and has virtually no traffic.

I learnt about technorati's existence probably a few months back, I guess that says how tech not savvy I am. Anyway, I was wandering on the Web and I did a vanity search on Technorati and it dutifully informed me, without sugarcoating anything, that my blog ranks 1,050,117. And to my biggest surprise, I got one inbound link, which is totally unexpected.

My blog ranking pretty much reflects my own existence. It doesn't matter to the whole world but I have my own fun.