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Gung Hay Fat Choy

Feb

12

2008

Saturday I went to the Golden Dragon parade celebrating Chinese New Year with some friends, and my pictures are up. I’m really happy with how these came out, since this is the first time I went shooting with my giant (70-300mm) lens and did manual focus the entire time. I will say, this is the ...

The Last Cliché of 2007

Dec

31

2007

A few New Year’s Resolutions, because if I post them somewhere, maybe I’ll actually live up to them: 1. Continue to lose weight. Have lost: 33 lbs (net; had lost 35 but gained back 2 lbs stuffing my face with Waffle House and other assorted goodies over the holidays). To lose: 47 lbs. Mark my ...

Merry Christmas

Dec

25

2007

I don’t know what makes me laugh more, the cat’s sour look or the hand holding on the sad little Santa hat.

You Would Think…

Dec

18

2007

…that going to Best Buy at 3pm on a Tuesday, it would be at least a little calmer than it generally is around the holidays. You would apparently be wrong, as evidenced by the HUGE line there when I stopped by to pick up gifts for my cousins this afternoon. You would also think that ...

Mwahahahaha

Oct

30

2007

Happy Halloween!

Have Yourself A Very Early Christmas

Aug

15

2007

I got the following in my personal email inbox a few hours ago, and I’m a bit confused: The points of confusion, all around the “Why on earth would they send this now?” question: 1. It’s August 15th. 2. I would have understood getting this in my work email as I do a lot of ...

Boom

Jul

4

2007

All around my neighborhood, people are heeding a piece of advice given by a non-Apu convenience store clerk on The Simpsons: “Celebrate the independence of your nation by blowing up a small part of it!” Between them and the cat repeatedly pouncing on me (a delightful new habit that’s cropped up since I returned to ...

Noted

Jul

2

2007

I think I’m the only person who’s glad the Fourth of July falls on a Wednesday this year. I could use the rest.

Well, That’s One Way To Deal With The Fourth Falling On A Wednesday

Jun

30

2007

Apparently, whoever sets off the Fourth of July fireworks in the big public park near where I live decided that since the Fourth was on a Wednesday this year, they wanted to do the fireworks on a more convenient day. So they’re doing them right now. They’ve been booming away for about the last 20 ...

26

Jun

8

2007

I joked after what happened last year on my birthday that for my 26th birthday I was going to spend the entire day hiding inside, not doing anything. Turns out I wasn’t kidding. Luckily, I’ve made it through the day so far without hurting anything new, so I’m hoping this is a good sign of ...