Yahoo avatar
Well, I just blew 20 minutes of my life playing with Yahoo's new Avatar tool. It's pretty fun.
Here's the one I made:
good news about Pleasanaton!
So when I got here, i saw that there was only one trash bin. I was saddened by this as I thought that it was a) wasteful abd b) a pain in the ass because now I had to haul all my recycling down to SJ to put to good use. However, today I found out that no, that is not tha case. Apparently, you stick it all in one place and they sort it all out for you. Supposedly, this cuts down on errors and stuff like how SJ throws the whole load out if they find a "contaminated" item (read: pizza box). Which sucks.
This is from
the Pleasanton Trash department's Website:
Pleasanton Garbage Service (PGS) operates a commingled residential recycling program with the City of Pleasanton. The program is the easiest way to divert recyclable materials from landfills. Rather than separating recyclable materials into separate containers (like most other communities), our program involves placing trash and recyclables into our 35 or 90-gallon carts. The materials are delivered to the Transfer Station at 3110 Busch Rd., where PGS utilizes a conveyor belt to remove recyclable material from all the residential refuse.
Ah, I feel betterabout this place now.
Third Tomb Raider Film In Works?
The Business Online reported a rumor that SCI, the game company that owns the Lara Croft: Tomb Raider franchise, is in talks with Paramount Pictures to license a third movie based on the Croft character. [
more]
Burton & Carrey BELIEVE IT
Tim Burton and Jim Carrey are in talks with Alphaville's Jim Jacks and Sean Daniel to direct and star in, respectively, BELIEVE IT OR NOT!
The film will center on the exploits of Robert Ripley, a sport cartoonist who ran out of ideas and turned to the world of the strange and unusual. Ripley became a larger-than-life personality in the '30s and '40s, well-known for going around the world looking for oddities and getting into adventures while doing so. [
via]
 | |
Still mostly moved
So I have at least one more load down in San Jose, but them I readlly do think that I am done. My apartment looks like a war zone and I can't find anything that I need at the moment, but I am sure that will change over the next week.
I am pleased to report that absolutley no one is in the Pleasanton Safeway at midnight, which is wonderful, as I am used to waiting in line for 1/2 hour because there's 30 people and only one checker.
My Tivo won't talk to both the new digital cable box and the internet (for updates, since I have no land line) so I need to get that sorted out.
However, I am going to go for lunch today, if Gary doesn't wanna go eat (He's back! for 3 months as a contractor, which is cool and weird at the same time).
RE: Best Christmas Display Ever
Awww man! I have to go to my stupid holiday party that day! LAME! I have alwasy wanted to see TSO in concert. Ah well, maybe next year.
Radio silence: over
I am moved! (Mostly - I have my kitchen to move still - will work on that later today)
Hopefully I only have a couple more trips to make before I am done totaly, but I have internet!!! Whoo Hoo!
More later.
RE: Best Christmas Display Ever
BTW if you like the music from that display, it's by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. They're in concert Fri Dec 2nd in SJ. Jen and I are going (we've actually got my mom in town to Babysit!).
TSO website
Happy Thankgiving Folks
I am thankful for you all!
Hope you are having a lovley meal with good people and fine waine.
ALIAS Ends Run
ABC has announced that ALIAS will end its five-year run at the end of this season in May 2006.
Though the drama was never a top-rated show, it has long been "buoyed by a loyal cadre of fans who track every nuance of its highly complex and mysterious storylines," reported the Hollywood Reporter. [
via]
Well, it was a good run. That'll free up one more hour of me week! ;-)
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
Hope you have lots to be thankful for. Eat lots of turkey or whatever it is that you eat.
Best Christmas Dislpay Ever
In a follow up to a post earlier this year...World's Ugliest Dog Dies at 14
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Sam, the tiny dog whose hairless body and crooked teeth earned him a reputation as the World's Ugliest Dog, has died. [
more]
And, in case you didn't see earlier, and don't believe that the dog was *really* that ugly, here ya go:
Zombies Boost New Sober Variant
Anti-virus and e-mail security companies warned Internet users Tuesday about a new variant of the Sober worm that was flooding e-mail servers around the world, with help from zombie machines infected by earlier editions of the same worm. [
more]
well, tah really sucks. But it's cool that they are calling the machines "zombies".
AHAHAHAHAH!Redneck dogs
re: *yawn* old news...
Why would someone like that sign up for a show called "Wife Swap", anyway? Isn't that ungodly? :-PThat's what I'm talkin' about! And I find it really amusing that she keeps saying "dark side" but it really sounds like "dork side", I guess both of which I take offense to, so nevermind....
*yawn* old news...
Y'know, if you watched "The Soup", you woulda seen this 2 weeks ago.
(Why would someone like that sign up for a show called "Wife Swap", anyway? Isn't
that ungodly? :-P)
Re: Holy Shit. Check this out.
Re: Holy Shit. Check this out.
Wow, I've known a few hard core "Christian" nutcases in my time, but that woman crazy! I thought this was BS, but then I googled her and found that she even has a
wikipedia entry. And of course, the obligatory
remix video.
| | |
Holy Shit. Check this out.
So this is what Kyle sent me a few minutes ago:
Kyle: so anyway, i must ask
Kyle: did you see the crazy lazy on that trading moms show?
lbc42a: nope
lbc42a: don't watch that
Kyle: wow
Kyle: you have to see this
lbc42a: makes me absolutley know that people are fucking insaine
Kyle: this is like, insane
Kyle: sets us christians back another 42483 points in the eyes of everyone else
Kyle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=5sjSVEch-sc&search=Marguerite%20Perrin%20trading%20spouses%20ungodly%20rantingKyle: background
Kyle: superchristian lady, swapped with a family into new age crap
Kyle: the other mom does hypnosis n stuff
Kyle: anyway yea its making quite the intarweb sensation
uhhhhhhhh, yeah, watch it. The ending is the best part.
Poor Christians. They are gonna get so much fallout from this.
re: Xbox 360 on eBay? $5,000 and up
Well, they seem to be comming down in price as the day wears on. Most are between $900 and $1900
at the moment. But HOLY CRAP! If you had ordered a few of these, you culd be sitting pretty right now.
The highest priced one that I can see that has sold is $5,319.19. People had lots of 50 up there for 20K. Jesus. This is insaine. Clealy gaming is a *really* high priority to some people.
Xbox 360 on eBay? $5,000 and up
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) – As big box retailers quickly sell out of the Xbox 360, some lucky buyers are seeing a nice turnaround on their investment. And more and more are seeing an obscenely profitable one.
[more]
Town votes to rename itself Secretsanta.com
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Officials in the northern Idaho town of Santa, Idaho, on Monday voted to rename the 115-person hamlet Secretsanta.com to hype an online gift exchange management service.
Last-minute legal wrangling left unclear whether the water board for Santa, the town's only official body, had the authority to approve a new moniker. Even so, the board voted in favor of becoming Secretsanta.com in exchange for an undisclosed sum from a planned documentary on the name change. [
more]
Google Unveils Tool to Map Shopping Trips
SAN FRANCISCO - Joining the herd of Web sites jostling to cash in on the holiday shopping season, online search engine leader Google Inc. is adding a tool designed to make it easier for consumers to map out their local trips to the mall.
The feature, to be unveiled Tuesday at Google's Froogle shopping site, will pinpoint the merchants selling a specific item within a designated ZIP code. Besides displaying a map showing all the local stores carrying the merchandise, Froogle also will list price differences. [
more]
You know, that is kind of cool.
At first, i thought it was another silly toy that no one would really use, but I tried it on my search for the
XBox 360, and I could see how, if I were on a mission, which I frequently am, this would be very helpful. Now if only it could map out the most efficient spiral search pattern based on likleyhood of item being available, number of traffic lights, and top speed possible, my missions could be a lot less time-consuming.
Actually, I'd really love it if it would just let me sort the way I want and then I could click driving directions and it would give me directions from a to b to c to d along the rout.
It would also be very cool if you could save particular desinations and then add in other ones from other searches to make an efficient rout for a whole day of errand running.
Damn, the world is way cooler in my head....
| | |
RE: Things that make you go Hmmmm...
Speaking of...
Aside from stuff on her wishlist,
Wendy would like:
1) nice, warm hugs
2) anything handmade
3) gift certificates
Amber says:
First choice, anything made by the gifter (all food heartily accepted). Second, a small gift card to anyplace the gifter thinks of when they think of me.
You asked for it, I gave it to ya
Christmas wish lists are on the sidebar now.
More will be added as people send them to me.
In addition, I will post lists of things here if you are in the market for people.
Mirrors to Banish Town's Winter Darkness
RATTENBERG, Austria - The sun has stopped shining in Rattenberg. But with the aid of a few mirrors, the winter darkness that grips this small town could soon be brightened up with pockets of sunshine.
That's because sun is plentiful less than 10 minutes' walk from the town and from Rat Mountain, the 3,000-foot hill that blocks its sunlight between November and February each year.
The solution: 30 heliostats, essentially rotating mirrors, mounted on a hillside to grab sunshine off reflectors from the neighboring village of Kramsach. [
more]
Why does this sound like the perfect thing for some evil mastermind to take control of and use to reflect "lazers" from space while James Bond is strapped to some sort of torture device (possibly also involving "lasers" or maybe "magma")?
TiVo Inc. Expands to IPods and PSPs
SAN JOSE, Calif. - TiVo Inc. is expanding its video recording service so users will be able to transfer recorded television shows onto Apple Computer Inc.'s iPods or Sony Corp's PlayStation Portable — the latest move aimed at putting TV in people's hands for viewing anywhere. [
more]
WOW! Tivo! To *go*!
SG-1 Adds Black As Regular
Claudia Black (Farscape) joins the regular cast of SCI FI Channel's original series Stargate SG-1 in its upcoming 10th season, and the principal cast members of both SG-1 and its spinoff series, Stargate Atlantis, have signed on to reprise their roles in the recently announced new seasons, the network said.
Stargate SG-1 becomes the longest-running SF drama on U.S. television and will mark its 200th episode in the upcoming season. [
more]
This is great news! Now it's FarGate SG-1Scape!
BOWIE!!!!!!!!!!!
Bowie is After PRESTIGETouchstone Pictures is in discussion with musician-actor David Bowie to play Nikola Tesla in THE PRESTIGE. He would join a cast that already includes Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale and Michael Caine.
As previously reported, PRESTIGE is a thriller set in the world of magic and centers on rival magicians in early 20th century London. Bowie's character, Tesla, is based on the real-life Serbian-American inventor who discovered the rotating magnetic field.
Christopher Nolan directs. [
via]
Things that make you go Hmmmm...
This one is a doosie:
"An integral part of any relationship is knowing that you could be killed in your sleep at any time." - Trent
You know, the man has a point.
More NIN
So I just got tickets to an unpublicized NIN show in Santa Cruz on Dec 6.
If anyone wants to go, ticketmaster sill has tickets. At least the did at 1:00 this morning.
Tomorrow:
Another load to Pleasanton (oh, BTW, I have my place there now. And I have this one until the 30th) and Harry Potter!
7:00 @ Century 21 for interested parties.
NIN
That was fucking awesome.
Trent has pulled himself in the lead for best show ever.
Another wierd thing
Gogle also found this PDF where Me, Steph, and Vice are credited as playtesters for the Buffy The Vampire Slayer CCG. Page 8 if you actually wanna look. [
PDF me]
For someone who tries her best to remain unseen by the internet, while herself seeing most of it, I am doing a poor job...
Whoa.
So I was yahooing my name, mostly to make sure that this blog does not show up, and I found this article about mailing stuff from the post office right before Christmas.
Last year, some guy had come up to me in the post office and asked me what I was mailing and if I thought it would get there in time blah blah blah. I had just come off my marathon of knitting (soon to be started again), so I answered his questions. Little did I know that I would be in the paper, and consequently, in an online version as well. Anyway, in the event that you want to read an article with some mundane comments about shipping shit at Christmas time a year ago, I have the article for you. [
here it is]
DMODE RULZ!!!!!!!
WOW.
Great show.
They did not play Dream on though which I really wanted to hear. Guess I'll have to drop another 80 bucks for some more OUTSTANDING seats to hear it next time.
God I love them...
3 hours till D-MODE
And 27 until NIN!!!!!!!!
WHOO HOO.
Things you can only say on Thanksgiving
01. Talk about huge breasts!
02. Tying the legs together keeps the inside moist.
03. It's Cool Whip time!
04. If I don't undo my pants, I'll burst!
05. That's one terrific spread!
06. I'm in the mood for a little dark meat.
07. Are you ready for seconds yet?
08. It's a little dry, do you still want to eat it?
09. Just wait your turn, you'll get some!
10. Don't play with your meat.
11. Just spread the legs open and stuff it in.
12. Do you think you'll be able to handle all these people at once?
13. I didn't expect everyone to come at once!
14. You still have a little bit on your chin.
15. How long will it take after you stick it in?
16. You'll know it's ready when it pops up.
17. Wow, I didn't think I could handle all of that!
18. That's the biggest one I've ever seen!
Portable Katamari Game Announced
Namco Hometek announced that it will launch Me and My Katamari, the first portable version of the Katamari video-game franchise, for the PSP in North America and Europe in 2006. Me and My Katamari, which is a working title, will be the third installment in the Katamari series, which includes Katamari Damacy and We (Love) Katamari, and the first for a handheld gaming device.
In the game, the King of All Cosmos takes the royal family on vacation to a tropical island paradise, where they are given the responsibility of creating new katamari islands for homeless animals. The King calls upon his pint-sized son, the Prince, and all of his cousins for help. [
via]
I'd be REALLY excited abvout this if I had a PSP
| | |
Morning of appts.
So I took little PeeHaa'd (note the new Arabic to English spelling) to see the vet this morning and have her little blue stitches taken out. She was nabbed really easily and the vet said that she was a darling and just laid there while he did his thing. She has even mounted up for some serious holding time a coupleof times this week. Maybe having no ovaries is really a great thing for her.
I also went and visited Dreamy Takeuchi this morning for my first checkup in a year (I normally am in there 3-4 times in that span). YAY Insurance! My gum numbers were all good for having not gone in so long, but I have 2 teeny-tiney cavities so it will be back with me on the 30th to get those filled. I did, however, get to watch some DS9 in the ceiling while having my teeth cleaned, which was really cool. Sadly, they are over their Nemo phase and have moved to the dish.
| | |
Groundhog Day
In honor of someone very dear to me, I watched Groundhog Day yesterday (yes, I have never seen it before).
I sort of feel like a fog has lifted in my life. I get jokes I have never gotten before, and I get that person a lot better that I did before. :-)
Anyway, I loved it. From what I can tell people either love it or hate it. I thought it was awesome. Of course, I also love Scrooged, which I see a lot of similarities to.
Re: uuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhh.... Might wanna stay out of the water after all... 'Intersex' Fish Found Off Calif. Coast
Actually, it's probably not the poop. This sounds awfully like
the study where they determined the level of estrogen from birth control pills in the sewage outflow was causing fish to change sex. So it's really pee.
| | |
uuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhh.... Might wanna stay out of the water after all... 'Intersex' Fish Found Off Calif. Coast
LOS ANGELES - Scientists have discovered sexually altered fish off the Southern California coast, raising concerns that treated sewage discharged into the ocean contains chemicals that can affect an animal's reproductive system.
Two related studies found that two-thirds of male fish near the Orange County pipeline had egg-producing qualities. In a laboratory experiment, male fish exposed to sediment collected from the pipelines also developed egg-producing traits. [
more]
Yeah. We should really find somewhere else to put our poop. This gives new meaning to the term "don't shit where you eat".
RE: Oh. My. GOD. Can you imagine? Ants eat away woman's eye in hospital
"It's not uncommon for ants to attack diabetic patients..." hospital superintendent A. Adhikary said.I guess when the nurses mentioned that it was normal to feel pain after the infection, they were referring to the ants.
Idiots.
Oh. My. GOD. Can you imagine? Ants eat away woman's eye in hospital
KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - A woman receiving treatment for diabetes at a state-run hospital in eastern India lost one of her eyes after ants nibbled away at it, officials said on Tuesday.
The patient recovering from a post-surgery infection shrieked for help as the ants attacked her on Sunday night, but nurses told her it was normal to feel pain from the infection. [
more]
| | |
RE: noelles in tha hood
They said <--------------------------------------
Literally. It looks like they drove past spraying the red death as the line is really straight. The instant Karma funnyness of it all is that there is a little arrow mark going down at the very front where they clearly smacked their hand on the mirror (we know this also because the mirror was all disoriented and flipped back). HA! (Fuckers.)
Anyway, yeah, Pleasanton is the Mission Viejo of Nor Cal. It actually may be higher on the safest places to live in America list, so no worries there. Also, the Volvo was at Carl's when this hapened - he lives more in the hood than I do (albeit, we do live 2 blocks from eachother for at least 2 more weeks).
Fuckers.
Oh, I think I forgot to mention: Some asshole spraypainted my car.
I loaned the Volvo to Carl as his transmission is out *coughcoughpeiceofcrapcarhehascoughcough* and I drive up there yesterday and some jerk has spraypainted in red on my car.
Fuckers.
Real Fact #484
Rinsing bacon under cold water before frying can reduce the amount it shrinks by almost 50%.
What Pattern Is Your Brain?
| Your Brain's Pattern |
Your mind is a firestorm - full of intensity and drama.
Your thoughts may seem scattered to you most of the time...
But they often seem strong and passionate to those around you.
You are a natural influencer. The thoughts you share are very powerful and persuading. |
What Pattern Is Your Brain?
Who Were You In a Past Life?
In a Past Life...
|
You Were: An Obese Executor of Sacrifices.
Where You Lived: New Guinea.
How You Died: Consumption.
|
Who Were You In a Past Life?
OK, these are just silly:What Kind of Kisser Are You?
| You're an Expert Kisser |
You're a kissing pro, but it's all about quality and not quantity
You've perfected your kissing technique and can knock anyone's socks off
And you're adaptable, giving each partner what they crave
When it comes down to it, your kisses are truly unforgettable |
What Kind of Kisser Are You?
The Underwear Oracle
| What Your Underwear Says About You |
When you're bad, you're very bad. And when you're good, you're still trouble!
You're comfortable in your own skin - and don't care to impress anyone. |
The Underwear Oracle
What Advanced Degree Should You Get?
| You Should Get a MFA (Masters of Fine Arts) |
You're a blooming artistic talent, even if you aren't quite convinced.
You'd make an incredible artist, photographer, or film maker. |
What Advanced Degree Should You Get?
Kunf Fu F-You
Never thought I would see a herd of dancing leprechans in a kung fu movie, but there ya go... This is the movie every 13 year old wants to make.[
check it]
On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets:
Tull!
Saw Tull last night at the Paramount. Very good show, free CD and they even played "Skating Away", which may actually be my favorite song of all time. The crowd was totally friggn bizzarre. The last time I saw them in Irvine, the crowd was a bunch of hippie kids like you'd see at Phish. This time, it was a mix of kids, and EVERY. SINGLE. ANTI-SOCIAL LOOSER in the Bay area. I would put money down that 20% of the crowd had autism and at least 20% more had Turrets. Whatever. It's that wierd feeling that you are actually the coolest person in a room of a couple thousand, and if I had left, Paduan would have been.
Anyway, free CD YAY!
Good News and Bad News
Well, the bad news is that I am not in Sacto today catching up with Ray and Jen (who is pregnant, as some of you may have heard) because Jen is sick. The good news is that I am not in Sacto today so I can stay home, clean, do homework and start packing.
Hopefully Jen will get better soon! And hopefully I will get packed as I have a crazy weekend planned for next weekend!
Fox OKs Terminator Pilot
Fox has committed to a pilot for a Terminator-themed TV show tentatitvely titled The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Variety reported. Andy Vajna and Mario Kassar's C2 Pictures, which produced Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, has struck a deal wiith Warner Brothers Television and writer Josh Friedman (War of the Worlds) for the series, which will focus on Sarah Connor and her savior son, John Connor, the trade paper reported. [
more]
Re: A neat ad
Wow. That's really cool. And it's all real. I downloaded it and the making of videos and I will post for posterity on the sidebar when I get a moment. I love that they went off on how they did it and have everything available for download - Europe rules...
Jesus Christ Superstore
And a "
the Almighty" posable action figure.
Check out the other religions too!
Condo-Mania
So I am super swamped, my house is trashed, I have plans every night until Sunday and I am moving in 2 weeks. Sorry about slacking with posting.
Anway, When I got home from Hawaii, I had a envelope full of stuff that told me that I had to move out by the 5th of January (My BDay) because they were turning my apartment into condos. Um.... that would have sucked if I had already not been moving. I am still kind of pissed of about it even though I am. Man, 60 days and be out as soon as the holidays are over? What a bunch of dicks.
Little pee-had is back, ok, and hornless
Piper has been spayed and de-horned (hopefully that will not take all the magic out of her).
She is currently under the guest bed, very, very pissed off. So, totally normal.
The World's Best Space Sci-Fi Ever: Your verdict
NewScientist.com did a top 10 poll of the best sci-fi books, movies and TV shows ever. This is what people voted for:
Worldwide Top 101) Firefly (TV) 884 votes
2) Serenity (movie) 727 votes
3) Farscape (TV) 271 votes
4) Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (book) 171 votes
5) Babylon 5 (TV) 157 votes
6) Battlestar Gallactica 145 votes
7) Dune (book) 140 votes
8) Ender’s Game (book) 138 votes
9) The Empire Strikes Back (movie) 126 votes
10) Doctor Who (TV) 107 votes
Welcome Back!
Hope you all had fun in Hawaii. Here are some links for you!
A cool
art project. Be sure to check out the movie at the end.
A
movie that we are all sure to enjoy.
uncyclopedia
| | |
Back in the his-ou
I am indeed home! Hawaii was wonderful and we all had a great time!
Here's a brief re-cap:
Saturday: got there, went to Cheeseburger in Paradise, which is well desearving of it's name and has quite possibly the best burgers on the planet.
Sunday, Morgan Day: Morgan treated us to massages and dinner at Ruth's Chris. If you can, go there. Their steak, I am sorry to say, is better than Morton's.
Monday, Esther day: Esther treated us to a day of snorkeling. Went downtown for Halloween. It's kind of like Santa Cruz or SF but larger and with a whole bunch of places to stop and dance along the way. It's also 80 degress, so the costumes have more... um... opportunities, if you know what I mean.
Tuesday, Noelle day: I upgraded us (finally) to a beautiful ocean view 2 bedroom and we went to a Luau. Also, as you can imagine, there was some shopping ;-)
Wednesday, Carl Day: We got up early and drove all the way around the island. We stopped at the Blue pool, where Esther, Carl and I swam under a 150 foot waterfall, which was very cool. We also sopped at the black sand beach at Hana. I drugged my friends by accident with dramamine so Morgan and Esther spent most of that trip passed out. More cheeseburger in paradise.
Thursday: Went to look at time shares. One person in ou party now owns one`:-). More shopping, dinner at IO (pronounced eee - ooo), which wasn't so good for those of us not having fish, but the fish eaters thought it was the best that they had ever had.
Friday, we went to a different beach than we had been going to in our spare time all week and got slammed all over the place by some bitchin surf. (I scraped up my kneee and have some gnarly, blood filled pictures when I go through them later).
Saturday: Day of travel home and much kitten loving!
All in all a wonderful trip! Who Hoo!
