See Jackie Run

Dragon Age: Origins

2010-11-20T08:27:00.002-07:00

I finally downloaded this game last weekend and picked up the ultimate edition that included Awakenings and all the DLC. Holy frick I am addicted to this game. After I pass this, Brennen, I swear I'll go finish the Starcraft 2 campaign, promise...

Halloween 2010

2010-11-04T12:41:00.003-06:00

Halloween Costume for 2010

MALE PEACOCK COSTUME

I also did some robot/cyborg make up on my friend:

New School Year Comtemplations

2010-11-04T12:29:00.004-06:00

Final year of nursing - I know the light at the end of the tunnel is no longer no longer some angry version of Thomas the Tank Engine. Anyone every play Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks for the DS? Yeah, those evil trains that you see all over the place were basically following me throughout the entire duration of my university education.

I had an interesting summer working as a UNE for an orthopedic surgery ward at the University of Alberta. I definitely learned a lot - but I definitely know that's not for me. Four years of nursing, and I still don't know what I love. I know I definitely like the acuity of surgery, and sexual health education has always been a big interest of my just because of how curious I was when I was younger about it - but no one in my upbringing really tried to explain it.

I figure surgery is a good start though. I definitely know I haven't found my niche, and I'm definitely still a baby nurse - but I feel confident in my ability to learn, research, and further my own growth and education regarding fields I know I will end up enjoying.

I'm sort of boring lately - mostly just hanging out with the gingerboy and spending some time with my family. I feel less crazy about the opportunities in life right now - I feel I need a kickstart in terms of getting moving again doing some crazy things.

Regardless, I can't wait till the year I over. Got my grad photos done - definitely makes me feel I can grasp the end. Hopefully I can replenish my coffers and get rid of my student debt really early in my career. ughhhhh--- debt. >_>

Idealism

2010-01-21T15:52:00.002-07:00

Sometimes I forget that the rationality and logic I appreciate in you means that there isn't a hopeless romantic hiding anywhere inside you either.

REDDIT SECRET SANTA

2009-12-01T23:34:00.001-07:00

REDDIT SECRET SANTA. WOOO.

AND GOOGLE WAVE INVITE.

WOOO.

OCD.

2009-10-23T08:51:00.001-06:00

I just finished really studying mood and anxiety disorders.

Seeing a caring thought like this actually warms my heart.

Nursing: everything you see within its realm will change the world perspective for you.

Very bad, bad poety, last final, and woo nursing.

2009-10-23T03:06:00.002-06:00

I have slept on the couches in the Student's Union Building (SUB) twice this week. I have pulled one all-nighter, and one semi-all-nighter for the end of my 6W1 finals. Showers are the greatest thing ever.

Why do I always do this shit to myself? Fucking procrastinating the hell out of everything related to school. Like, I'm supposed to be taking a full course load this year, but I managed to already take the required PoliSci, Philosophy, INT D, English, and two electives (Human Sexuality and Intimate Relationships) within the first two spring semesters of university. So I technically only have Research and my Nursing courses to contend with -- don't have to deal with the bullshit courses and shitty papers that my peers have to deal with (I ended up with a goldmine PoliSci prof at Grant MacEwan this spring).

Regardless, the week is finally over. I feel fairly good for all the finals that I wrote. It's funny, I pulled an all nighter for my first final and my mind was so slow that it literally took me at least 1 minute per question - to process and select an answer for each multiple choice question on the exam. I remember finishing the first 20 MC questions, and looking up at the clock - 24 minutes had gone by. I was like, "Jeeesssuuss, my mind is slow as fuck today."

But the funny thing is, as tired as I was, I left that exam fairly confident. I walked out and was talking to a couple of my friends, and some passing nursing students were definitely all about the "FML. I AM SO EFFED" comments.

Speaking of nursing, I did fairly dece on the Tutorial Assessment Guide (TAG) that each student is supposed to submit at the end of the class to determine a portion of your grade. You essentially pimp yourself out in this 3 page document to justify a mark you attempt to give yourself.

There are three sections - self directed learning, group process, and critical thinking. Each section is out of 4 - therefore, the entire thing is out of 12. However, if you don't want to be a complete douchebag and not have your tutor critically raise an eyebrow in the expression, "Hell no you don't," the most you're ever going to give yourself is a 3.5.

If you actually gave yourself a 4, you must be the new-age Florence Nightingale, or no one in your class liked you at all. I just think it's really aggravating to know that getting a 12/12 works so hard psychologically against you. You can't ever justify to yourself that "Oh man, I definitely deserve a 4" because you always know something you could have personally improved in yourself. If the tutor gave you a 4 on her own, you would be like, "Hell yeah, bitches! I'm the best." I ended up giving myself a 3.5 on the first two, and a 3 on critical thinking for the sake of modesty.

FOR THE SAKE OF MODESTY. lkjsakdjhsljg. The teacher approved it, and bam. There's my grade.

God, sometimes I really wonder if I would have been better off at Grant MacEwan. University now, thank you very much.

ERROEROROOROR

2009-10-13T17:30:00.002-06:00

WOW IS SCHOOL DONE YET? Clinical hasn't even started and I'm already slightly dreading it. Then again, everyone dreads clinical when it starts, and then the count down begins until its over. Needless to say, I will be super poor, due to the fact that I will not be working during the duration of the upcoming six weeks dedicated to application of nursing skill life.

Blargh.

I also noticed that the header for this blog is WRONG. And it has been wrong from day one. I am silly. It's not "seejackierun [at] blogspot [dot] com," but rather, "seejackierun [dot] blogspot [dot] com."

I'll pretend I'll never have noticed it so I can suppress the urge to Photoshop a new layout for this blog.

Hide and seek...

2009-10-07T11:30:00.001-06:00

Mmmm whatcha say,
Mmm that you only meant well?
well of course you did
Mmmm whatcha say,
Mmmm that it's all for the best?
of course it is
Mmmm whatcha say?
Mmmm that it's just what we need
you decided this
whatcha say?
Mmmm what did she say?

Computer Blues

2009-08-23T23:09:00.004-06:00

So.

I've been heavily researching laptops for the last month. A thread/note on facebook that I posted on personal inquiries about my friends' preferences in laptops and, most importantly, why they felt their choice was superior, is currently a 45+ reply quasi-heated debate mostly circulating around the benefits of MAC vs. PC. The timeless debate among the geeks.

I've decided to go with a Mac Book Pro - 13.3 inch laptop.

However, for the longest time, I considered picking up a netbook specifically for the reason of its reduced functionality. Mostly revolving around the reasoning that I wasted a shit load of time doing all the fancy shit my super-hard core 17.5" desktop laptop - that I was toting around on my scolitic back - could do.

Eventually it blew up because I abused it ridiculously... and my grades skyrocketed following its death.

I spent all of 2nd year doing all the material for my courses that needed a computer from a brand new 24" screen, Core 2 Quad 2.4GHz, 3GB RAM desktop PC (named Hitsugaya) at home. Needless to say, this baby also was an endless source of procrastination via videos, Photoshop, facebook.

Again, my grades were affected. Fucking technology.

So I heavily considered the netbook. They had caught my attention about three years ago, but they were so shitty then that they weren't really worth looking at. They gradually started getting a little better, and something that limited my work to only 1) Word, 2) internet, and 3) basic IM capabilities suddenly sounded appealing.

The fact that I can't plug into Photoshop for 5 hours doing mindless editing, or be tempted to PC gaming (although I've truly tried to avoid that altogether), and just have shitty RAM and a shitty graphics card seemed tempting. Strange, but that truly was my thought process.

Then,

all my geek-techno-gamer-nerd friends called my stupid for even considering a netbook. Thanks, guys.

Why? Because it was so shitty. And it's true. But that's what a sort of wanted to limit myself and prevent myself from getting into distracting, procrastinating shit that a more awesome laptop would allow me to do.

Unfortunately, a Mac Book Pro is about $1000 out of my budget (ie: I am so poor you don't want to see the balance on my bank account).

Why? Because my job at Tip Top Tailors is the first actual $/hour job I've had in three years (since STOKES, lollercaust). And I've only been there for about a month. And I refuse to mooch this off my parents. I'm trying to move away, not continue to be the overgrown leech festering off of them.

Also, through some way, shape or form (/cough MAC Cosmetics Invite Only Event), I managed to spend my entire first paycheck without realizing it.

So really, a $400 netbook is the best thing for me to consider for the moment. It's economical, logical, and the best choice for me to concentrate on if I am only buying a laptop with the purpose to help me through school.

HOWEVER. Within the next year or two, I will be making a Mac Book Pro purchase.

And it will be beautiful. ;)

Sort of related, but not really.

The Sims 3

2009-07-04T10:51:00.004-06:00

I've never been that intrigued by the SIMS (PC). The concept of creating and controlling the life and times of virtual characters has its novelty in the beginning, but I've never had the compulsive addiction or urge to immerse myself completely in creating and manufacturing a world of my choice that doesn't have any real impact on how my own life is carried out.

Mostly because I feel I'm too nice to my characters.

I like to make them the best they can be, make them hook up with as many people as I can, but feel fairly anxious when watch them set the kitchen on fire. In all actuality, I mostly prefer making and designing the characteristic traits, and putting as much shit as I can possible afford into the house -- but actually playing with the things? I get bored with them very easily.

I much prefer to read the enactments of others. Most lately, Alice and Kev, a girl and her ignorant father that live the life in the SIMS as homeless characters.

I laugh when I hear about my friend who stuck her SIM in a room with no windows and doors for days and made them cry, pee in the corner, and die in this godforsaken (can you be godforsaken in a virtual world?) concept.

Sure, I laugh. Then I question their psychological state of being.

I guess the reason I've never really gotten into the SIMS like I have with other video games is the lack of discernible plot. I prefer to test out the established stories and plot lines rather than create my own.

I guess that's why my interest in video game development has always been heavily emphasized on development and marketing. Assessing the quality of the game itself in terms of graphic and story line -- specifically, character development, plot line, plot holes, and fluidity of life parallels that you could possibly draw.

I find that an interesting conclusion about myself - as I've always loved to read and create story. I wonder why it doesn't translate to the same extent in a more 3-D environment...

On another note? Ben Heck. What a dreamboat. http://benheck.com/

Hey, Bastard. Believe me, I know.

2009-06-24T14:36:00.000-06:00

What you have and know who know should not define who you are.

Holy shit, Mill Woods.

2009-04-24T13:48:00.000-06:00

EDMONTON — An armed robber shot himself dead outside a Mill Woods liquor store Thursday morning after shooting and killing a worker at a nearby spa.

Police say the man entered the Bella Tonic spa on Millbourne Road at about 10 a.m., pulled out a handgun and demanded money. When an employee confronted him, the man fired the weapon, fatally wounding the employee.

Minutes later, the man appeared again at a liquor store five blocks away, said spokesman Jeff Wuite. He robbed the store and left by the front door. When he saw police outside he apparently shot himself.

Amanda Gill, an employee at Bella Tonic, arrived for work at 11:30 and was shocked to find police tape.

“I just got back from a trip last night,” she said. “It’s a good thing I didn’t start at 10.”

Gill said the salon has been owned by Nina Bains and her husband for about the last six years. It’s a family business, she said, and Bains’s husband and son work inside.

“I’m just in shock right now,” she said.

Tamara, who used to work at Bella Tonic, identified a woman crying outside as Nina Bains. Tamara asked that her last name not be used.

In the aftermath of the first shooting, two nearby schools were locked down.

More than 400 students at St. Elizabeth Elementary and St. Hilda Junior High were kept inside for about half an hour as police raced to secure the scene.

Students at the school will be sent home with letters explaining what happened, said Catholic School Board spokeswoman Lori Nagy.

The lockdown started at about 10:30 a.m. and was over by 11 a.m., Nagy said.

Workers at a nearby day care also locked their doors after the shooting.

“We were terrified and my heart is still thumping,” said Indira Saroya, the co-owner of Shiva Day Care. “How many innocent people have to die? My heart goes out to the family.”

Saroya said the 40 children inside the day care didn’t understand what was happening.

After the shooting, an injured man left the spa and staggered into the Medicine Shoppe pharmacy next door, said Gusharan Buttar, who was at the scene. Hours later police were still inside that store.

At Millbourne Liquor five blocks away, a forensics unit was examining the scene at around 1 p.m.

A table sat propped up in front of the entrance, blocking the view of the body still lying out front.

A security guard inside the nearby Safeway said a woman ran into the store at about 10:15 a.m. and told him police needed them to lock their doors right away.

Tactical officers soon appeared in the parking lot outside, said Andy Zayat.

“You could see them running around with the guns drawn,” he said. “They looked sort of confused.”

Police have only identified the dead men as adult males.

Mayor Stephen Mandel said his thoughts go out to the family of the slain man.

"We have become a violent society. You don't change violence overnight. You change it by dealing with families, youth, kids, fetal-alcohol problems," said Mandel, who created a task force last September that's due to come up with a 10-year plan for community safety by June.

"It's a long-reaching solution — the challenge is to change the violent nature of society."

hi.

2009-03-30T23:29:00.000-06:00

HIATUS.

Until clinical is done.

kthxbai.

QUEST CREW ftw.

2009-03-08T21:36:00.006-06:00

They deserved it.

Week 7 Hip Hop Decathlon Challenge:

Required incorporation: 1) threading, 2) tutting, 3) waving, 4) housing and 5) krumping. They killed every single effing section, mannnnnn.

Hok's tutting section? D-trix's air flares on his elbows? Hirano tearing his shirt off?! Steve's hand-free backflip starting from a sitting Indian position? Oh, baby.

Special "OrQUESTra" dance:

Watch it while you can. Youtube moderators are a bitch.

North Dakota givers legal rights to fertilized human egg.

2009-02-19T20:46:00.008-07:00

A measure approved by the North Dakota House gives a fertilized human egg the legal rights of a human being, a step that would essentially ban abortion in the state.

Excuse me, my brain just EXPLODED. Like, I can't even think straight.

Can you say "can of worms?"

Because that's what this essentially opened up. A big fat can of ethical worms.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/18/north-dakota-house-gives-fertilized-eggs-human-status/

Only 60 points? Ghey.

2009-02-19T19:14:00.005-07:00

Oh snap:

Bach - Cello Suite No.1 i-Prelude

2009-02-19T13:48:00.001-07:00

Maisky:

Yo-Yo Ma:

Rostropovich:

The Internet is for Porn

2009-02-18T11:36:00.014-07:00

Yesterday was the second day of the infamous Pirate Bay trial. This trial will set a certain precedence for the rights and circumstances circling around the infamous torrenting communities, and whether the RIAA, the ADV, the MPAA -you know, all those fun companies- have the right to sue the innards out of online torrent tracking sites, its associates, and certain contributers (run, aXXo, run!).

Honestly, I even don't really like pirates in theory. I enjoy certain stories surrounding them -hell, Pirates of the Caribbean was fantastic, no lie- but the pillaging, raping, and plundering was never really virtues I tended to raise as high in my life.

In the epic battle against Ninjas vs. Pirates, ninjas will kick their asses (I still remember the '100%' I got in high school on that essay...).

Man, pirates are still kicking around right now jumping cruise boats and seizing Ukranian cargo ships. You know, all that jazz.

But I digress. I meant to continue with the fact that really, the only pirates I dig are the ones in the Pirate Bay. So I find it fantastic to hear that 50% of the charges being filed against the site's operators are being dropped:

There has been high drama on the second day of the Pirate Bay trial. Due to serious shortcomings in the prosecution evidence, around 50% of the charges in the case are going to have to be withdrawn. The defense describes it as a ’sensation’, seeing half of the charges being dropped on the second day.

The flaw in the evidence was pointed out by Fredrik Neij (TiAMO), who requested to comment on Roswall’s explanation of how BitTorrent actually works. Fredrik said that the prosecution misunderstood the technology, and told the court that the evidence doesn’t show that the Pirate Bay’s trackers are used.

This has resulted in prosecutor Håkan Roswall having to drop all charges relating to “assisting copyright infringement”, so the remaining charges are simply ‘assisting making available’. “Everything related to reproduction will be removed from the claim,” he said.

The defense was happy to see that already half of the charges were dropped during the morning session of the second day. “This is a sensation. It is very rare to win half the target in just one and a half days and it is clear that the prosecutor took strong note of what we said yesterday,” said defense lawyer Per E Samuelson.

What rocks is this line:

“EPIC WINNING LOL,” Peter himself later commented on Twitter.

What kills me laughing is the fact that the prosecution had over 2 years to prepare for this case in gathering evidence. You'd think they'd last longer than one day. This is a consensus statement said by many following this trial.

I mean, despite the enormity of their implication in file distribution, it really seems that TPB will end off laughing this whole thing off and pay a "smack on the wrist" fee of a few thousand dollars, instead of the heavily implied hundreds of millions it's unintentionally(?) taken away from corporations and their legal affiliations.

LINKS:
1. Pirate Bay update: 50% of charges already dropped on second day of trial - http://torrentfreak.com/50-of-charges-against -pirate-bay-dropped-090217/.

2. 3rd day of trial: "If I have all this money they claim, someone has apparently stolen it from me” - http://torrentfreak.com/g-defense-090218/

Back to the Basics

2009-02-15T16:49:00.002-07:00

You cannot fully understand the bigger concepts unless you have a solid foundation.

Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals.

The Flash - Neil Patrick Harris?

2009-02-11T00:20:00.007-07:00

The overabundance of the Scarlett Speedster in all my internet related anythings lately make this post ridiculously themed. The Flash may be played by the illustrious villain of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along-Blog, a Mr. Neil Patrick Harris.

The thought both excites and scares me.

He's not really buff enough to play the Wally West (or if you prefer Jay Gerrick, Barry Allen or Bart Allen). His face, sure, I can imagine it. The attitude, I bet he could pull off really well too.

But as many a commenter has already said in regards to this, look at Jake Gyllenhaal. He has somehow managed to pull off [at least looking] like an amazing "The Prince," now dubbed "Dastan," from video game series, Prince of Persia. When I had first heard about Gyllenhaal's role last year, I was like, "Well, fuck. There goes another possibly awesome movie turned to shit."

But then I saw those photos. And hot damn.

There's a giant "ehhhh..." skepticism that clouds my judgment on how well the film overall could be pulled off.

The only saving grace seems to be Batman. The Dark Knight totally redeemed all the shitty/subpar/not-really-awesome comic book and/or video game movies that have come out in the past few years.

I can only imagine what the upcoming Street Fighter movie is going to turn out to be like...

Source: http://screenrant.com/the-flash-neil-patrick-harris-vic-5435/

Mario Medley - Swing Version

2009-02-08T14:32:00.003-07:00

Wow, I think my soul just rose a few inches out of my body for a second there listening to this.

Swing and ragtime amazingness from:
0:25 to like 1:25.
From 2:25 to 3:40.
4:00 to 4:30.
4:48 to 5:11.
5:58 to 6:54
7:03 to 8:00.
8:40 to 8:52.

But the whole thing is fucking awesome. Best thing since Martin Leung.

Joke of the Day

2009-02-06T00:11:00.002-07:00

1: What's the difference between camping and molestation?

2: Uhh... I don't know.

1: Well, since you don't know... You wanna go camping this weekend?

Phelps and Marijuana.

2009-02-05T20:41:00.009-07:00

What a bunch of crap. Micheal Phelps smoked marijuana. Big fucking deal.

This guy can still swim laps around you, and is a million times more physically fit than most can even claim to be at such a young age.

Police are trying to charge him for smoking weed? The house wives of America are crying because their child's idol submitted to one of the biggest common day peer pressures? Come on.

In the words of Phil de Franco, if you believe your kid hasn't smoked pot, they're either lying, or the most perfect child in the world.

Would the press be freaking out if they saw Phelps smoking a cigar or chugging back a beer? No.

Marijuana is less addictive for the human body than alcohol and cigarettes. I'm not saying that it doesn't lower the sperm count and addle the brain cells (which it does), but weed is something that most people don't smoke every day of their lives. Only a small minority actually do smoke pot every day (in Canada, at least).

There is significantly more scientific evidence that shows alcohol and cigarettes having severely more detrimental side effects on the human body than pot ever has. For crying out loud, booze and cigarettes are leading risk factors for the top killing diseases and medical ailments running rampant in the North American population -- stroke, COPD, cardiovascular diseases (heart related problems), liver and lung cancers -- just to name a few.

How many billions of dollars world wide to you think goes to treat the diseases that occur as a result of smoking?

Just to put in in perspective, heart disease and stroke costs the Canadian economy more than $18 billion every year in physician services, hospital costs, lost wages and decreased productivity (Heart and Stroke, 2009). In the states, it costs the economy greater than $40 billion per year (McCance and Huether, 2006).

What do you think the medical causalities of pot smoking are in proportion to this?

This isn't a "legalization of pot" support post, but I just think everyone is blowing everything out of proportion.

He's young, smokin' hot, and has the most lovely tattoo near his... uhh, nevermind.

So, he smoked pot. He's like, 24. It's not like he was about to compete in an Olympic event the next day. The media just needs to chill the frick out.

Side note: Kellogg's dropped Phelps for endorsement due to this incident. Boycott.

Police try to charge Phelps:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/03/sheriff.phelps.marijuana/?iref=mpstoryview

Kellogg cuts ties with Phelps for continued edorsement:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D965NSIG0&show_article=1

Phelps admits to smoking pot:
http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/9160136?MSNHPHCP

Citations [APA, bitches]:
http://www.heartandstroke.com/site/c.ikIQLcMWJtE/b.3483991/k.34A8/Statistics.htm

McCance, K. & Huether, S. (2006). Pathophysiology: the biological basis for disease in adults and children (5th ed.). St. Louis, MI: Elseview Mosby

Shoes.

2009-02-05T00:23:00.002-07:00

Just because you don't agree with something, never limit the opportunity to explore the mindset of the opposition.

HULK SMASH.

2009-02-04T23:00:00.005-07:00

Hello, Halloween 2009 inspiration:

Eminem's Relapse

2009-02-04T21:04:00.010-07:00

I've been listening non-stop to Eminem for the last few days, in quiet anticipation of his album that's apparently due to hit the shelves next month. If a person could ever be physically embodied--heart and soul--with just the use of words and music, it may as well be Eminem.

I love literature. I love words; the power written verse can have. English is the one subject that is effortless for me. I can get lost in a book, searching for subtle symbolism and analogies that perhaps the author didn't even intend for. For my university English class, I pulled entries from my blog, made minor revisions, and handed them in as essays. I got As on all of them.

I remember in high school, my English teacher mentioned how some poet named Seamus Heaney had praised Marshall Mathers III, naming him to be one of the best upcoming poets of the century.

I didn't really think much about it, until I read a magazine a couple months later. It had featured an article on Seamus Heany, a Nobel Prize winner in Literature.

Then I stole my brother's CDs and really started listening to this guy. I was blown away.

I won't pretend that I can relate to some of the personal shit Eminem has included in his discography. To do that would be insulting, both to him and the people that have been in the shoes his words portray. Some of the stuff he talks about is over my head, to a point. I don't understand the context, haven't looked into the double meanings. Or never will experience.

But that's okay.

What I can do, however, is appreciate. Bask in the shadow of the portraits that many of his songs paint. I have, right now, his complete discography from 1997-2004 -- the year his best friend, his hype man, was murdered (shot three times in the head and chest). So he withdrew into himself and turned into a recluse, and he supposedly irrevocably fell out of the media spotlight.

Clearly, the music press has changed its tune in the past few months, since his statement back in October '08 that he was releasing a new album called Relapse. It's been pushed back a few times, but I can honestly say that it is one of the top things in 2009 that I'm looking forward to.

This guy is a lyrical genius. Apparently, as a kid, he read the whole dictionary in search of words he could use for rhyme in rap battles. He read the f*cking dictionary. I don't know how much you know about Detroit, coupled with the environment he was raised in as a kid. Reading the dictionary wouldn't have been one of my past times if I was in a similar situation. But regardless, it probably was the foundation that gave him the vocabulary of a modern day Greek Muse.

So, yes. Eminem. Relapse.

Hopefully, by the end of it all, we can all be wholeheartedly singing, "Guess who's back?"

/anticipation.

Why Spelling is Important

2009-01-28T00:59:00.001-07:00

Guitar Hero: World Tour Guitar Eats Batteries for Breakfast

2009-01-27T15:16:00.007-07:00

What a bitch. This is the third time since December 28, 2008 (the day I bought the set) that I've had to change my batteries for the World Tour guitar that came with the complete band set. Is it the fact that's its powering that (ridiculous) tapping pad for the solos in the middle of the guitar? I'm going to have to pick up one of those super efficient rechargeable battery sets if they die again.

It's been like a fricken month (not even). They're Energizer, so it's not like the batteries are from the dollar store.

Okay, so that guitar is sometimes played on expert level for six hours at a time. Big deal. The original guitar from the PS3 Guitar Hero III set has only had its batteries changed once since I got it (and that guitar has played more than Max Tucker).

I'm just saying. Judging from its energy usage, this guitar wasn't designed with battery longevity in mind. Which sucks balls.

Hey, God. Thanks for the mono.

2009-01-25T14:09:00.006-07:00

Someone I know recently got mono from their partner, and it led my thoughts wandering during church this morning. I recently just got over a cold, and was very conscious of not drinking from the communion cup in order to prevent spreading the virus (although, I usually don't go for it anyway if my family/I aren't the first group of people drinking from it).

It made me wonder if most people put physical restrains on themselves to receive the coveted "blood of Christ."

I mean, how many people who have the cold, or oral herpes, or mono drank from that cup today, do you think? Did the priest/helpers wash their hands very well before handing out the crackers (ie: the host), as my Sikh friend so eloquently put it once? Soap and water washing for less than 20 seconds without vigorous friction isn't that effective. Hey, I did that GlitterBug experiment!

And this someone-I-know-that-got-mono's boyfriend (I swear, that's not code for "I'm trying to pretend it's not me") doesn't know where he got it from. If it were anyone else talking, I would say they were full of crap, but I sort of believe him. They're sort of certain that he got it at the bar somehow after drinking from a less-than-clean shot glass.

(Note: Never drink straight outta high ball glasses etc. from the bar as a general rule. Always use those straws. You never know what shit can get passed around. --> I'm wary of Jager bombs.)

Which brings us back to the communion cup, and how many people around the world may have been infected by one at a point in their life.

Unless, you know, God intervenes somehow.

Paid?!

2009-01-22T18:34:00.008-07:00

This is what I did to my face for Halloween 2008:

Someone wants to pay me to do similar make up for their wedding.

/ahem.

Strange? Or did the musical Cats suddenly become a popular theme during wedding receptions?

PS: No pluggage, just questioning human reason to a point. I'm a far cry from being a fantastic make up artist. I've seen far better make up artists than my amateur self.

Language Curb

2009-01-22T16:30:00.002-07:00

I guess my goal this year is to tone down my language. Not my presumptuous vocabulary mind you, but rather the profanity. It's not really that becoming, and while I regress to a litany of f*cks, sh*ts, d*mns, "f*ck me running"s and clusterf*cks when my mood really becomes riled, it's really something I want to get rid off. It was a nasty habit to begin with, and only really came back in full force after hanging around some silly brown kid (/coughjasminder) at the beginning of the semester and all that mental work and prep the summer beforehand flew out of the window.

Obsessions from 2008 that Need to Be Put Down with a Gun

2009-01-18T20:28:00.011-07:00

TWILIGHT

I will admit that Twilight is a decent book series. It has a plot line that makes sense (except for that effed up pregnancy in the 4th book - bad move, Meyer), characters that uh, develop, sort of, and an interesting cast within the book.
The movie sucked, but it had its entertainment value.
But if you've ever read fanfiction, this series is basically a big fat fanfiction series. I get that the characters are appealing as most teens probably have never been exposed to that genre of novella before, but it's fanbase should generally be from the preteen to teen level. When I see 35 year old women hot for Edward Cullen, there's something sort of wrong in the world. Then again, who am I to talk? I fully support 50 year old geezers that love comic books.
Really, when it comes down to it though, overly exuberant Twilight fangirls piss me off. As a fangirl for many other things, for me to say that is sort of hypocritical. But then again, I hate overly exuberant fangirls for other genres as well. Exuberant I can deal with -- the cosplay, the shrines, the half-hearted stalking of actors/voice actors. "Overly exuberant" is what I classify women who contemplate attaching metal limbs onto themselves because they love Full Metal Alchemist.
I'm not one to hate on the literature though. I fully support the Twilight fanbase as reading this series can capapult others into the world of literature, reading, and fanfiction; three things I love and will never stop loving. But the fact is Twilight is not the shit; it is merely a morsel of fecal contamination. If you want some awesome "the shit" books, go read some Anne Rice or something. There are way better vampire books out there.

PENIS JOKES

I once spent an entire afternoon listening to guys make penis jokes. Believe me, vagina jokes only go so far as well.
My advice is for you to Google some jokes that reference things in history, cinema, or literature. Not only will it make you feel self important that you can reference Ophelia's drowning to relate some sad romance you know going on with your friend, but everyone else who understands will think of you as an intellectual.
Disclaimer: ration these jokes only for when the need arises. The overuse of such jokes only has the tendency to have others label you as "GIANT DOUCHBAG".
Note: The use of word "lollercaust" only goes so far.

"NO-HOMO"

If you use it in every sentence, you're really gay. Stop denying it, and embrace it. I have a friend, and he's single.

No, gramma, noooooooo~!

2009-01-16T09:24:00.001-07:00

zomgz fail.

The Flash - Quotes and Honors

2009-01-15T22:48:00.006-07:00

New layout featuring The Flash. =) How punny (insert Filipino accent/literary humor).

I was watching that episode of Justice League where Flash ends up in Lex Luthor's body in The Great Brain Robbery. Oh man, always makes me laugh. Thus, this layout was born.

And in honor of this momentous occasion, a series of quotes featuring the one and only during that episode:

Luthor: [In Flash's body, runs up to a mirror] If nothing else, I can at least learn the Flash's secret identity. [Removes Flash's cowl, revealing the face of Wally West] ...I have no idea who this is.

[The Flash (in Lex Luthor's body) walks out of a bathroom stall.]

Doctor Polaris: Ahem.

Flash-in-Lex: What?

Doctor Polaris: You gonna wash your hands?

Flash-in-Lex: No! 'Cause I'm evil!

Bizarro: [Raises his hand] Me got answer.

Flash-in-Lex: Ah, excellent. Do enlighten us.

Bizarro: Ever since you plug into monkey's head, you act perfectly sane and rational. Am you Bizarro's mommy?

Tala: Just rest in here.

[pulls "Lex" into a closet]

Flash-in-Lex: Hey - that's not restful.

Flash-in-Lex: My fellow bad-guys. I, Lex Luthor -your leader- will speak now about... my, Lex Luthor's, plan. My... villainous, villainous plan. Question the plan at your peril! ...um, any questions?

Flash-in-Lex: You, evil-head guy! What's your part in this plan?

Evil Star: I'm not in the plan.

Flash-in-Lex: :[pause] Right! Pop quiz! Everyone tell me his or her part in the plan.

Flash-in-Lex: Lex Luthor is pleased.

Lex-in-Flash: Attention! The man you think is Luthor is actually a Justice Leaguer disguised as me. Repeat: he is not Luthor.

Flash-in-Lex: ...I, Lex Luthor, find that preposterous.

Green Lantern: It sounds like Wally, but is there any way to be sure?

Flash: You want proof? Until he went off into the Marines, GL's nickname was-

Green Lantern: Stop! It's him. Man, you promised never to repeat that story!

Flash: I know, I was just messing with your head.

Mister Terrific: Well, can you tell us anything about Grodd's Secret Society? Where's the headquarters?

Flash: I don't know. In a swamp?

Tala: Lex? Is that really you?

Lex Luthor: Of course it's me, you twit.

Tala: [Disappointed] Oh.

Source: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Justice_League#The_Great_Brain_Robbery
[standard rule of netique, bitch; quote your sources]

Some Things are Better Left Unsaid (or in this case, Unsung)

2009-01-01T21:56:00.005-07:00

So, I finally got around to watching Mamma Mia for the first time today (much to the dismay of my brother who groaned loudly when I told him we are renting it this time, thank you very much) -- and I've come to the conclusion that Pierce Brosnan should not sing in musicals.

Ever.

Ughhhh. /wriggles ears uncomfortably.

Don't get me wrong, he's a terrific actor. He's not even that terrible of a singer, really. But... he should limit his vocal talents to that of talking and moaning during sex, etc. He's an amazing on screen kisser though, I realized while watching this. Like, dammmnnnn. In James Bond, he's a terrific visual kisser, but I thought that was only due to the sexual overtones that basically drip off that MI6 agent (although I've never really had a thing for chest hair). But no, he's just a really good on screen kisser.

Anyway, an example of his voice:

Well, hello there, Bobbi Brown:

2008-12-29T15:34:00.003-07:00

Nothing really in the Bobbi Brown product line has ever really caught my attention.

Until now:

Mind you, that's US pricing. I'm really interested in picking this up if the color payoff is as good, with high pigmentation. I'm not normally a very big fan of matte colors, as I usually stray to the veluxe or more buttery felt textures. Hmmm...

Of all the things you showed me, this was by far the coolest:

2008-12-27T17:48:00.003-07:00

Life goes on.

Siphonophore indeed.

Okay, bye now.

Humming

2008-12-27T17:38:00.003-07:00

Flames to dust,
Lovers to friends,
Why do all good things come to an end?

Then, there was one.

Joyeux Noel, mon cherie amour.

2008-12-25T22:24:00.008-07:00

Merry Christmas! Here's a nice festive look to compliment, well, my awesome fantastic dress. Bryan's was having a "Buy One Dress, Get One Dress Free" sale, so SCORE. (The economy must really be shitty if BRYAN'S is having that kind of sale. Then again, I went home the same night after buying two dresses and found out on Digg that in the US, there's a "Buy One Car, Get One Car Free!" sale. Like, fuck, let's go buy a car.)

I'm afraid my flash kept washing out the color for the close ups, and it never did capture the glitter very well (or at all). Enjoy, and hope you had a good one.

FACE:
- MAC Face and Body Foundation
- MAC Studio Fix Foundation

Apply Face and Body, then lightly dust over with Studio Fix to seal.

EYES:
- Urban Decay Primer Potion
- MAC Moss Scape paint pot
- MAC Nylon eyeshadow
- MAC Juxt eyeshadow
- MAC Humid eyeshadow
- MAC Swimming eyeshadow
- MAC Antique Green pigment (LE)
- MAC Reflects Antique Gold glitter (LE)
- Mascara: Lancome Definicils
- Liner: L'Oreal Carbon Black Liquid Liner

Spread Moss Scape paint pot all over the area of the lid where you want the color. Spread UDPP all over the area without the paint pot (ie: the brow highlight area). I didn't want the color to go so high, so I limited the area to the lid because frick, that paint pot can really stick if you don't watch where you put it. Apply Nylon into the inner crease of the eye, and although I'm not a big fan of putting the eyeshadow on the lower lash line, it generally has a nice effect if it blends into the inner eye. Spread Antique Green all over the rest of the paint pot-ted area, working from the outside toward the in. With a fluffier brush (I generally use one good for blending), apply Juxt on the middle lid, starting from farther away and working inward. Blend in Humid into the outer crease for dimension and depth, lightening the darker shadow with some Swimming.

Because I wanted the Antique Green to retain most of its color, I mostly stayed away from actual lid area and concentrated on the surrounding region.

Spread Retro-Spark all over the upper brow for a highlight, blending the green color softly into it. Highlight cheeks and upper brow with glitter.

Create a small liner wing with liquid eyeliner, then curl and apply mascara.

CHEEKS:
- MAC Dainty (LE) on top of MAC Plum Foolery to dim it down.

LIPS:
- MAC Ample Pink topped with MAC Love Nectar.

*LE = Limited Edition

MY DRESS. =D

FILIPINO TWILIGHT?! Bwahahahhaa.

2008-12-24T11:26:00.001-07:00

"ABS-CBN has bought the rights to make a tv version of the hit vampire novel "Twilight", ABS-CBN’s CEO, Euegenio Lopez III signed a contract last December 6, 2008 for the tv adaptation of Twilight, the rights cost a more than a million dollars, the taping is set to start next year by February in Baguio, Tagaytay, Bukidnon and some parts will tape outside the country. And it will be directed by Cathy Garcia Molina, the tv adaptation will focus with the love story between Edward and Bella, this is much more than a drama, romance, but also fantasy. This is co-produce by Ignite Media Inc."

LOLOLOLOLOL.

http://felkoi.blogsome.com/2008/12/22/twilight-filipino-remake/

Christmas 2008

2008-12-21T13:49:00.002-07:00

There are things in this life that are bigger than you.

Never forget that.

Merry Christmas.

Bush is a Ninja

2008-12-18T01:26:00.004-07:00

Did you know George W. Bush is actually a ninja? If you saw the Iraqi Shoe Attacks Bush videos that went viral on the net... uh, yesterday(?), then yes. Bush may have been a shitty president, but no one can now deny that he is actually a ninja in his spare time.

On another note, of all the things a person could do with their spare time...

Clothes

2008-12-16T00:08:00.002-07:00

The difference between the clothing I spent <$5 versus the clothing I spent >$150 on?

Nothing really.

Both categories were probably manufactured by Asians with some sort of similar ancestry toward me, get thrown into the laundry hamper regardless, and get stepped on by my dog without any thought.

Hell & Finals

2008-12-15T18:15:00.005-07:00

I was reading Lori's blog, and found this. The inner nerd in myself also finds great pleasure in the combination of scientific bull shit combined with religious jargon:

Dr. Schambaugh, of the University of Oklahoma School of Chemical Engineering, Final Exam question for May of 1997. Dr. Schambaugh is known for asking questions such as, "why do airplanes fly?" on his final exams. His one and only final exam question in May 1997 for his Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer II class was: "Is hell exothermic or endothermic? Support your answer with proof."

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following:

"First, We postulate that if souls exist, then they must have some mass. If they do, then a mole of souls can also have a mass. So, at what rate are souls moving into hell and at what rate are souls leaving? I think we can safely assume that once a soul gets to hell, it will not leave.

Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for souls entering hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, then you will go to hell. Since there are more than one of these religions and people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all people and souls go to hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in hell to increase exponentially.

Now, we look at the rate of change in volume in hell. Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in hell to stay the same, the ratio of the mass of souls and volume needs to stay constant. Two options exist:

1. If hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter hell, then the temperature and pressure in hell will increase until all hell breaks loose.
2. If hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until hell freezes over.

So which is it? If we accept the quote given to me by Theresa Manyan during Freshman year, "that it will be a cold night in hell before I sleep with you" and take into account the fact that I still have NOT succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then Option 2 cannot be true...Thus, hell is exothermic."

The student, Tim Graham, got the only A.

And speaking about finals and souls, Nursing has drained my life. I've technically only got two finals, but the clinical portion is a whole exam in itself. Tomorrow's my lab final (the one that got canceled in October) and I've barely dented the required material. I did pretty well, I think, on the final I wrote this morning, so I'm still in okay studying mode -- but I'm really restless. I gotta huddle in recluse somewhere and finally play more than the three hours I've invested into Mirror's Edge because the antsy anticipation is killing me.

I can't wait till the break starts. I can finally start working out again (I haven't since clinical started -- 7 weeks ago) and be progressively on the way to complaining about almost-getting butch arms (I'm far far from attaining that status, despite what comes out of my mouth). And my video games. And my books. Oh man, I can't wait till tomorrow is over...

The Most Alien Looking Place on Earth

2008-12-15T18:02:00.003-07:00

CLICK HERE:

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/09/most-alien-looking-place-on-earth.html

James Bond incites strange thoughts...

2008-12-07T17:14:00.004-07:00

I'm always a big fan of the movies and books that, despite the fiction based background it becomes set in, it always parallels real life and emotion in some sort of way. I love the story has a moral that you can ground into your personal philosophy, or at least one that you can contemplate over and decide whether or not it is applicable in any way, shape or form in which you live your life.

There's a part of me that abhors Disney to a point (maybe there was a reason I didn't watch a lot of those cartoons as a kid) because of this. Disney is so full of crap sometimes. I much prefer Japanese anime in terms of the story lines they deliver -- they're much more life applicable most of the time (because well, you can only dig around Bleach for so many morals before you're pulling them out of your ass).

Take for example The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. What a marvelous ending. Not the happily ever after, but the sad truth that life doesn't magic into being what you wish could come true. That while extenuating circumstances do exist, there's no fairy godmother that's going to make you a Swarovski-envying diamond ballgown.

Considering how optimistic I usually am in terms of life, I guess its a surprising contrast to see that I love the tragic ending. The endings where someone dies. Where there is betrayal. Where there is the self-sacrificing virtuous person that fucks up everyone else's happy ending thinking that they're doing the right thing, but in reality, because they died, they've doomed everyone they're leaving behind to a semi-miserable existence because they can't live without her/him. Those fucked up endings? Absolutely love them.

I believe the person that you believe you will fall in love with in your mind truly exists somewhere in this world -- but the likelihood of you ever finding them is nil to none. However, have hope. Because while I believe that certain someone exists somewhere, a person is always compatible with many others.

However, I believe in working for love. I believe that relationships are something that you have to fight to keep, to maintain. The reason I love the Kushiel Legacy series so much is because this is a relationship that gets thrown through the fucking hardest of all freaking trials physically, and doesn't break. But when they're put through the emotional turbine, the couple shatters. But then they work to make it through it all, because despite all their differences ideologically, life wise, and everything else, they truly love each other in spite of it all and try to make it work. I won't say much on it considering I've convinced a few people on my F-list to read it soon, but it truly is an amazing trial of lives to read.

I took a lot away from it, and believe me, the fact that its fiction takes nothing away from its amazing parallels to human relationships.

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How this relates to James Bond:

Vesper is someone he finally took a chance on and decided to love, giving her what he regarded as "what was left of his soul," considering his line of work had most likely wreaked havoc on what he considered a strong moral conscience. However, he believes she betrays him to the bad guys by giving them the $150 million that he won, and consequently, she ends up dying by choice after locking herself in an elevator and drowning to her doom.

Considering James Bond had just retired for her, and wanted to possibly spend the remainder of his life with her, he got severely fucked over in the head because:

a) he is a playboy, and actually taking the time to love someone probably didn't come easy to him.
b) of all the ways to ever be betrayed, it was to the terrorists over $150 million.
c) he probably has never taken that chance on anyone before, and will probably never again.

THEN he found out she didn't really betray him, but actually negotiated his safety when they got kidnapped and he got stripped and hit repeatedly in the balls with an iron ball.

So she wilingly went with him after all that, after him telling her that he "loved her," and willingly took the remainder of his soul, and effectively, with her death, killed that remaining part of him as well.

Poor guy.

I think that's why I liked this Casino Royale/Quantum of Solace series so much. Because at the end of it all, the reality of it all hits much harder at home than if they had just gotten their happily ever after.

Did you pass? - Idiot Test

2008-12-06T10:22:00.002-07:00

http://users.skynet.be/bk258512/idiot_test.swf

Edit 1:
OH MAN, Emiel,
You win for the most failed.

In my attempt...

2008-12-06T10:13:00.003-07:00

In my attempt to make a more public blog with senseless drivel, I've lost the content value that my other blogs usually hold. You know, with information that would rather make a person contemplate than mindlessly click into videos online. It's strangely unsatisfying, as I've always been a person that would like to make a person think and reflect upon their own life.

Unfortunately, I usually use myself as the main example, which is usually the reason why its not included in this blog.

Russell Peters - DDR

2008-12-06T10:10:00.000-07:00

Russel Peters, Asians, and DDR.
Enough said:

Silence

2008-12-06T00:28:00.001-07:00

My words have literally left me now.

It feels strange.

I don't think I've ever lost my voice before.

It brings me to imagine what it would be like to be mute.

The sound of my own breathy, raw, low and cracking voice startles me.

Teal Time

2008-12-04T09:23:00.005-07:00

FACE:
- MAC Studio Fix Foundation

EYES:
- Base: Urban Decay Primer Potion

Spread MAC Teal Pigment all over base of lid, MAC Mega-Riche Pigment on inner lid, MAC Freshwater on middle lid, MAC Cool Heat (LE) on outer lid. MAC Shimmermoss on lower lid, with MAC Blue Flame (LE) in the crease. Highlight is MAC Nylon brushed over with MAC Retrospark.

CHEEKS:
- MAC Dainty (LE)

LIPS:
- MAC Love Nectar

** Note: LE means LIMITED EDITION. They're the one-time collections that MAC has sometimes. There are lots of similar colors though, so don't be afraid to use another similar shade.

Oh my effing... One Man, One Cup?

2008-12-04T07:44:00.004-07:00

Oh man. Oh MAN. OH MAN.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Uhhhh... don't click this link.

I clicked it, but I'm all for the "all knowledge is worth having" tidbit of life.

I mean, I've watched all of Two Girls, One Cup.

But coming from a nursing perspective, oh goshjsdhfjkshdgjklhsjkag.

I'll give you the title of this little number:

One Man, One Cup

That should be good enough warning.

Don't say I didn't warn you. - NSFW!

Credit: wtf_inc@LJ

Strange fetishes in the world...

2008-12-04T07:33:00.004-07:00

You know, I've taken HECOL 211 - Human Sexuality. I've been exposed to some pretty freakin' interesting fetishes some people have (like, we watched this "documentary" (read: semi-porno) about this one guy had a rubber fetish - like, tires probably turned him on and in order to get off or anything, the woman had to be wrapped in a industrial rubber suit that prevented electricity from zapping her to death).

I've seen the 10+ peircings on men's penises, more holes than I want to see in the labia of females, and a clitoris with a giant diamond stud (of all the ones I've seen, that would have had to be a bitch to get because all the clitoris is, is a giant freakin' bundle of nerves). Only in pictures, mind you, but its enough to get the gears working.

There are some strange fetishes out there, but like, whatever. I don't judge (much). You like what you like, it's something that's personal to you.

But seriously this made me LOL:

http://boysarmpits.com/

Can you IMAGINE the dirty talk associated with this?

"Oh baby, let me raise my arm and show you a treasure trail you've never even thought of."

Credit: wtf_inc@LJ

Games on my Wish List:

2008-12-02T17:35:00.002-07:00

Man, school's a bitch. I haven't sat down and played a video game since before I left for the Philippines, which was in July. Then I came back two days before school started, and that's the end of that story. My PS3 and XBox 360 have just been sitting there as a big fat waste of money.

Here's a list of games that have been filtering in the back of my mind for a while, but I probably won't even be able to sit down and play with them until the break.

/sigh

Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
Little Big Planet has recently entered my radar, but I'm more intigued by the concept more than anything.
Prince of Persia
Street Fighter IV
Kingdom Hearts 358/2

Purple Time

2008-12-02T16:06:00.003-07:00

I realllllllyyy dig Temptalia and her makeup efforts, so here's my try to emulate her. Henri, this shit is for you, you know. =)

FACE:
- MAC Studio Fix Foundation

EYES:
- Base: Urban Decay Primer Potion
- Inner Lid: MAC Shale
- Outer Lid: MAC Trax
- Middle Lid: MAC Star Violet & MAC Noctournelle
- Crease: MAC Top Hat (LE)
- Highlight: Lancome Creme Lustre
- Mascara: Lancome Definicils
- Liner: L'Oreal Carbon Black Liquid Liner

CHEEKS:
- MAC Plum Foolery

LIPS:
- Oops, forgot. I ended up putting on MAC Liqueur (LE) later on the the day though, to play on the purples.

Bruce Lee Plays Ping Pong with Nunchucks

2008-11-29T15:10:00.001-07:00

It's a commercial for a Bruce Lee special edition Nokia phone.

Felix Zenger - Beatbox

2008-11-29T11:17:00.002-07:00

Shitttt man, listen to those scratches...

Kim (formerly Tim) Petras

2008-11-28T23:35:00.006-07:00

Think she's hot? Yeah, well, frick man, so do I.

Say hello to Kim Petras, formerly Tim Petras, a German teenager who is an aspiring pop artist.

Petras is well-known for having undergone male to female gender transitioning from an early age. In 2008 she was signed to Joyce Records and released online her first single "Last Forever" which became popular on YouTube and Myspace with her songs being listened to 60,000 and 46,000 times respectively. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Petras).

Listening to her songs on Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/kimilinlein), I think they're shit, but it's amazing to see just how far hormone therapy has come. I mean, look at how absolutely terrific she looks. if I hadn't seen this:

And consquently was intrigued enough to google it, I wouldn't have thought much on her had I passed her picture on the 'net.

Power Thirst

2008-11-28T17:13:00.002-07:00

Power Thirst

Power Thirst (the Black Version)

Power Thirst (the Gay version)

Haircut:

2008-11-27T19:26:00.006-07:00

Hey guys. So I really want to change my hairstyle - what do you guys think? I'm leaning toward number three, but leave a comment and tell me what you think. I was thinking about going extremely short (almost bob-like), but I always end up missing my long hair every time I cut it, so I'm definitely going to keep some major length.

No worries -- I realize they're all super Asian, but you know, I'm sticking with what looks good.

And to all those readers (/coughcreepers) that read this and make comments about it to me in real life, I'll see you lovelies on Friday.

STYLE 1.

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STYLE 2.

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STYLE 3.

Here are the most recent pictures of me. I look like this (I'm the Asian one, for the record):

My hair is really long now, so I've taken to just shoving it behind a headband on a normal day. Example:

/kitty palm face

2008-11-24T22:02:00.003-07:00

For future record, when in conversation "/kitty palm face" is referenced, I am referring to this amazing bundle of joy:

/kitty palm face

Donald Duck vs. Satan

2008-11-24T20:18:00.002-07:00

Adam demonstrates how (and explains why) helium turns you into Donald Duck, and sulfur hexafluoride into Satan.

MAC Monogram Luxe Launch

2008-11-24T17:40:00.006-07:00

MAC has been having all these launches planned that I read the info for, and I'm not really all that gung-ho about. With the release of the Holiday 2008 collection, I was severely disappointed with everything but one lipgloss set, and a couple of the eyeshadow palates. /disgruntled look.

And yes, I'm blogging about makeup. I've probably spent a good $1000+ so far in the last year and a half on MAC. When my collection seems decent (Temptalia owns us all by far), I'll make a collection post. If some person out there can make a thousand and one posts about Nike shoes, I can blog about makeup.

I for one, am finally excited. It's probably because it's gold themed. =) Pictures from Temptalia.

Spanish Romance

2008-11-23T20:53:00.005-07:00

After picking up a real guitar for real for the first time in years, and the first time since my Guitar Hero days (in preparation for playing the tune Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to a kindergarten class for my clinical - ughhh, clinical...), I've realized I've gained an incredible amount of control over my body since the last time I attempted to play.

As a kid, I never had much aptitude for hand-eye-foot coordination sports because of my lack of body control.

But frick, I've picked up and played a few rather simple songs today with ease. I remember fingering used to be a lot more difficult on the guitar for me. I credit Guitar Hero. It's probably because I spent an entire week trying to beat Slash on Expert sometime before May. Alas, my skill has deteriorated, but this is definitely the first song on my list to master. It's quite the classic, and it's a heartbreaker song for a girl if a boy plays it and they've never heard it before. Seriously. You will wrap a girl around your finger if you can sing and play guitar, promise (it will work for a bit, anyway).

Unfortunately for you, I already knew the song. Sorry, Mr. Darcy. =) /lovelovelove.

Version 2:

Community Nursing

2008-11-23T20:38:00.003-07:00

Ugh. Clinical for community nursing sucks balls. Seriously. I always feel like I'm dragging my feet sluggishly through the mud every time I go through each clinical day. Like, watching vaginal exams done by doctors and nurses attracts my interest way more than this stuff.

/groan.

Don't get me wrong - community nursing is great. It really is. And benefits a lot of people. But it's only great for some nurses. Who are interested in this type of shit--er, stuff. So: for some people. Who aren't me.

Ughhhhhhhhhhhh.

I miss my c-sections. Give me a vaginal birth any day over this prolonged lame torture.

23 days and counting.

Twilight the Movie

2008-11-21T01:25:00.019-07:00

WARNING: SPOILERS + BIAS.

Wow, watching Twilight made me want to jump a man or something, because the men in this movie exude some serious sex appeal.

Edward was sex on a stick (his eyebrows are amazing). No better way to put it. Like, just... damnnnnnn.

Bella was okay. /shrugs. Seriously, you'll probably say the same thing.

Mike was a cutie pie foshizzles.

Eric was a pretty good lookin' Asian (I did not expect him to be Asian), and... the black guy that almost hit Bella with his car (sorry, I forgot his name)? He was sexy too. What a very good looking cast.

Jacob was aiiteee. I dunno, not really my type. Very white teeth though. Bleach was his teeth's best friend or something during the production of this movie, because those babies shone like a diamond in the rough.

Others notes:

The Cullen Family was very nice portrayed photogenically. Carlisle was a great representation of the book. A little fake with the almost-peroxide, but what can you do? Esme is played by Eva from Grey's Anatomy!

Rosalie is a poorly portrayed bitch and Emmett made me LOL at the baseball hat.

Alice is cute. I think her character can work well, but I imagined her to be way more prepubescent or adolescent like in appearance. Jasper looked like he was high. On meth. All the time. Although his hair was quite nice.

And if my adopted siblings were that hot, I'd probably want to date them too.

What shitty shitty acting though.

Like, the toilet and this movie seemed to have been friends at one point in time.

Dialogue was abysmal. Terrible. I would have cried had I not been so amused by the insanity surrounding me (the fangirls were ridiculous - there was a girl who had been there since 2:30pm; the movie started at 10:00pm. In her defense, there have been more extreme cases [read: Star Wars, Harry Pothead], but the squeals and the giggles, and the "awwing"... /palmface).

If I didn't have any background knowledge on this book, this movie would have been complete shit. Seriously.

Plot line had too many holes. The transitions between scenes were terribly introduced. Failure of proper explanation. There was no depth to the characters, no chance for real amazing character development (Take for example the character development that went into the Joker for The Dark Night. Wasn't it just mindblowing?).

Also, no chance for the audience to completely take in what the fuck was going on. Everything moved around too fucking fast with no real solid explanation. The camera panning was too shaky (the Director of Cinematography should be shot for such shitty shots, but they're still probably going to make a killing with this movie). Bad CGI, bad green screen causing the special effects to be severely meh. And if you didn't know, meh is now officially a word in the dictionary.

Actors? Physically awesome. Acting? Awesomely terrible.

Despite this though, I didn't really go in to this movie with severely high expectations. I personally think this series has a ridiculous fangirl base. Like, insane fucking fangirls (I happen to actually not mind crazy fangirls, considering I used to be one myself. But some of these chicks made me want to strangle them).

I personally think Twilight is really overrated in a sense.

I think it's a great book series, don't get me wrong - but I believe that there are better vampire-esque stories out there. The only reason this movie is going to make Top 10 (and it IS going to make Top 10), is because of all the fucking fangirls. Jebussss.

The actors themselves stated that they didn't realize just how big this movie was going to be until they attended Comic Con. Attending Comic Con, if you're not from San Diego, is almost like doing mecca for nerds. Seriously. I need to attend this convention one day in order to satiate my inner nerd. And it's good they realized just how crazy we can be.

But I digress.

SO, even with my low expectations, I thought this movie was fairly decent though. I laughed my head off at some of the retardedness of the females in this movie (cliched acting, anyone?), and inserted the verbal cues when appropriate ("A ku ku ku"). I personally don't think people who haven't read the book at all will really enjoy this movie (if you haven't read this book and don't think this movie is shit, then you don't have a good taste in movies). The last time I read this series was maybe in junior high to high school period, so it's been a decent number of years. With that background knowledge though, I was able to piece together a number of the nuances and plot lines within the book.

Ratings:

Plot line: 5.5/10
Acting: 4/10
Edward Cullen (appearance): 10/10
Isabella Swan (appearance): 8/10
Forks: 8/10
Special Effects: 4/10
Fangirl involvement: 11/10
Fanboy involvement: 3/10
Overall impression of the whole movie: 4.5/10

NOTE: That make out scene between Bella and Edward in her bedroom? With all that fangirl anticipation? Hothothot.

AND AHAHAHAHAA:

The Couple (everyone hates to be around)

2008-11-16T19:15:00.007-07:00

You know what I'd hate be ever be classified as?

The Couple everyone hates to be around.

You know, the one that basically gropes each other in public, makes out non-stop during movies, and focuses on no one but themselves when placed in a group situation.

It's different if you're just with your bf/gf in a public place. Like, I am a big fan of the PG-13 PDA (public displays of affection), such as handholding and light kissing in public. Sure, whatever.

I am also a big fan of the from-behind hugs. I "awww" inside of my head when I see it (actually, I've never ever done that, but if I was like that, I probably would). I don't even mind the long-standing tonging in a public corner as long as you're out of my feild of vision, and I have someone else to talk to. Sure, French kiss away.

However, there is a limit.

It's worse when The Couple never listens to the hints or remarks thrown their way about it. No one will actually tell them, "Stop fucking making out in front of us, it sickens us," because we're your friends and to do that would be a little harsh. However, hints are classified as:

"Get a room."
"I like always seeing your back, I really do."
"Eugh."
"They're at it again."

So please.

Take a hint.

Control yourself.

Because whether or not you know it, everyone knows you as The Couple they hate to be around.

And people will start avoiding you.

And not inviting you to things. Because you'll always bring your special someone with you.

And they'll dread you guys coming when they inevitably do invite you (because we're obligated as friends), and will invariably talk about The Couple and their actions behind their back.

EXAMPLE:

Canada, yooooo.

2008-11-04T06:24:00.006-07:00

For a while, they've been talking about how if Obama wins, Canada's economy will be screwed over in the long run. Well, maybe not screwed over per se, but the Canadian economy would have been better if McCain won.

It is wrong for me to truly believe that this election transcends this issue to a point? I mean, if McCain wins in the States (which is looking like a dimmer prospect more and more as CNN political kahunas tear the election apart), I truly believe that the United States is fucked to a point. Seriously.

I don't think the implication of how much change the world really needs has truly been understood and fathoms on a truly national level, or even a North American international level, for a long time. But finally, so many people are sitting up and hearing about the issues due to this election. If Obama wins, it will be the stepping stone for a truly progressive world. Everything from LBGT rights, to support for environmentally conscience resources, to student rights, to First Nations support. A candidate has finally stepped forward that isn't limited by the borders or religions, or race, or education, or financial bigotry.

The only thing that truly bugs me is his view on world support. While I understand the fact that a majority of his campaign has rallied to the notes of bringing back "American jobs to the American people back to America," I truly believe that the Western world is pulling too far away from the Third World countries of this Earth. The gap is not so big between the rich and poor class, as it is from the First and Third World Nations.

There's all this focus on biofuel research, when the utilization of soy crops, or whatever crops leads me to question why to focus on this when there is a global food shortage. I told someone that there was a gobal food shortage the other day, and they looked me as if I was crazy. Of course, being in Alberta makes many people in this province actually truly ignorant to so many world issues. Here, we complain about how much the provinical government is getting from the oil companies but how much is it really coming back to the Albertan residents? Regardless of this, we have so much fucking money here, that the provinical budget of Alberta is almost the same as the NATIONAL budget of the Philippines.

Darfur.

You know, I was talking about the melanin-contamination for the milk the other day to someone else, and they looked at me curiously. I want to shake some people so hard sometimes, they're so ignorant to the deaths and suffering of millions of people.

Those are just three issues of many.

But to achieve the truly global neighbor-helping-neighbor idea that will pull the rest of the world out of this will take the United States to truly find itself first, before it starts helping other people.

And don't get me started on the turnout rate for the Canadian Federal election in comparison to the American one...

Helllooo, President Nicolas Sarkozy

2008-11-02T19:13:00.006-07:00

A Montreal Radio Station prank calls Sarah Palin pretending to be French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Oh my goodness.

Transcript Extracts:

Sarkozy: Yes, hello, Governor Palin. Yes hello, Mrs Governor?
Palin: Hello, this is Sarah, how are you?
S: Fine, and you? This is Nicolas Sarkozy speaking, how are you?
P: Oooooh, it's so good, its so good to hear you. Thank you for calling us.
S: Oh, it's a pleasure.
P: Thank you sir, we have such great respect for you, John McCain and I. We love you! And thank you for taking a few minutes to talk to me.
S: I follow your campaigns closely with my special American adviser Johnny Hallyday (NOTE: Hallyday is a French singer and actor), you know?
P: Yes! Good.

S: You see, I got elected in France because I'm real and you seem to be someone who's real as well.
P: Yes. Yeah. Nicolas, we so appreciate this opportunity
S: You know I see you as a president one day, you too.
P: (Giggle) Maybe in eight years! (Giggle)

S: Well, I hope for you. You know, we have a lot in common because personally one of my favourite activities is to hunt, too.
P: Oh, very good! We should go hunting together!
S: Exactly, we could go try hunting by helicopter like you did. I never did that. Like we say in French, on pourrait tuer des bebe phoques, aussi. (One could kill all the baby seals).
P: Well, I think we could have a lot of fun together, as we're getting work done. We can kill two birds with one stone that way.
S: I just love killing those animals. Mmm, mmm, take away life, that is so fun!
Palin: (Giggle)
S: I'd really love to go, so long as we don't bring Vice President Cheney.
P: Noooo, I'll be a careful shot, yes.

S: Yes, you know we have a lot in common also, because except that from my house I can see Belgium. That's kind of less interesting than you.
P: Well, see, we're right next door to different countries that we all need to be working with, yes.

S: Some people said in the last days - and I thought that was mean - that you weren't experienced enough in foreign relations and you know that's completely false. That's the thing I said to my great friend, the prime minister of Canada, Stef Carse (NOTE: Stef Carse is a Canadian singer).
P: Well, he's doing fine, too, and yeah, when you come into a position underestimated it gives you an opportunity to prove the pundints (NOTE: she calls pundits pundints) and the critics wrong. You work that much harder.

S: I was wondering because you are so next to him, one of my good friends, the prime minister of Quebec, Mr Richard Z Sirois (NOTE: hes a Canadian comedian), have you met him recently? Did he come to one of your rallies?
P: I haven't seen him at one of the rallies but it's been great working with the Canadian officials in my role as Governor. We have a great co-operative effort there as we work on all of our resource-development projects. You know, I look forward to working with you and getting to meet you personally and your beautiful wife. Oh my goodness! You've added a lot of energy to your country with that, ha, beautiful family of yours.
S: Thank you very much. You know my wife Carla would love to meet you, even though you know she was a bit jealous that I was supposed to speak to you today.
P: (Giggle) Well, give her a big hug for me.
S: You know my wife is a popular singer and a former hot top model and she's so hot in bed. She even wrote a song for you.
P: Oh my goodness! I didn't know that!
S: Yes, in French it's called Le Rouge A Levres Sur Un Cochon (NOTE: it means Lipstick on a Pig), or if you prefer in English, Joe the Plumber...it's his life, Joe the Plumber.
P: Maybe she understands some of the unfair criticism but I bet you she is such a hard worker, too, and she realizes you just plough through that criticism.

S: I just want to be sure. I dont quite understand the phenomenon Joe the Plumber. That's not your husband, right?
P: That's not my husband but he's a normal American who just works hard and doesn't want government to take his money.
S: Yes, yes, I understand we have the equivalent of Joe the Plumber in France. It's called Marcel, the guy with bread under his armpit.
P: Right, that's what it's all about, its the middle class and government needing to work for them. You're a very good example for us here.

S: I must say Governor Palin, I love the documentary they made on your life. You know, Hustler's Nailin' Palin?
P: Ohh, good, thank you! Yes.
S: That was really edgy.
P: (Giggle) Well, good.

Full Transcript (thanks, Jeff): http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081101.wpalintranscript1011/BNStory/usElection2008/home?cid=al_gam_mostemail

You Can Vote However You Like

2008-11-02T13:09:00.002-07:00

I absolutely love this:

Obama on the left
McCain on the right
We can talk politics all night
And you can vote however you like
You can vote however you like, yeah

Democratic left
Republican right
November 4th we decide
And you can vote however you like
You can vote however you like, yeah

(McCain supporters)
McCain is the man
Fought for us in Vietnam
You know if anyone can
Help our country he can
Taxes droppin low
Dont you know oils gonna flow
Drill it low
I'll show our economy will grow

McCain's the best candidate
With Palin as his running mate
They'll fight for gun rights, pro life,
The conservative right
Our future is bright
Better economy in site
And all the world will feel our military might

(Obama supporters)
But McCain and Bush are real close right
They vote alike and keep it tight
Obama's new, he's younger too
The Middle Class he will help you
He'll bring a change, he's got the brains
McCain and Bush are just the same
You are to blame, Iraq's a shame
Four more years would be insane

Lower your Taxes - you know Obama Won't
PROTECT THE LOWER CLASS - You know McCain won't!
Have enough experience - you know that they don't
STOP GLOBAL WARMING - you know that you won't

I want Obama
FORGET OBAMA
Stick with McCain and you're going to have some drama
We need it
HE'LL BRING IT
He'll be it
YOU'LL SEE IT
We'll do it
GET TO IT
Let's move it
DO IT!

Obama on the left
McCain on the right
We can talk politics all night
And you can vote however you like
You can vote however you like, yeah

Democratic left
Republican right
November 4th we decide
And you can vote however you like, I said
You can vote however you like, yeah

I'm talking big pipe lines, and low gas prices
Below $2.00 that would be nice

But to do it right we gotta start today
Finding renewable ways that are here to stay

I want Obama
FORGET OBAMA,
Stick wit McCain you gone have some drama
MORE WAR IN IRAQ
Iran he will attack
CAN'T BRING OUR TROOPS BACK
We gotta vote Barack!

Obama on the left
McCain on the right
We can talk politics all night
And you can vote however you like, I said
You can vote however you like, yeah

Democratic left
Republican right
November 4th we decide
And you can vote however you like, I said
You can vote however you like, yeah

Halloween FOTD

2008-10-31T18:02:00.002-06:00

Woooo! I love getting better at makeup.

LEOPARD KICK.

I fucked up my eyelashes this morning, so went around with one of them slightly higher than the other. Oh well. I fixed them now, so all the evening pictures should be sweet.

Question Yourself

2008-10-29T23:07:00.005-06:00

This world is full of just so much, that not changing even slightly because of it tells me that you are one isolated motherfucker with no friends. Seriously. If you don't meet people in your day to day comings and goings that don't alter your view on everything you see, you should get new friends.

I am more than aware of how often this occurs -- I'm in nursing. I deal with high risk, low risk, and potentially self-harming behavior. And I encourage everyone to take a deep breath and inch your way into this world that you have not even tapped on the surface of. Scratch the surface! Hell, take your keys and rake your mark into other people's paint jobs.

Leap, jump, and splash into the sea of people and thoughts that surround you, because seriously, you should get your world rocked.

Now I'm not saying that you should change everything about yourself every day of your life because of something new that makes you reevaluate what you previously believed to be your values or something. What I am saying is question your beliefs, and their validity. Question others beliefs and their validity. The Holocaust didn't happen. Veganism is the way to go. Asian girls make superior girlfriends (/coughtrue).

My thoughts:

People will change your view on the world every day of your life.

I believe in God, and one of my best friends is a proclaimed athiest.

My parents are traditional Filipinos who raised me in a Western world. Wooo, that one was a doozy to sort my head through in itself.

I'm in nursing, and have to question my belief system a lot in concern to what I educate people on (ie: abortion, birth control vs. keeping the baby, no contraceptive care) and have to really keep in mind and be considerate of other peoples religions and tolerations. Believe me, the feeling doesn't go both ways. Some patients refuse to be seen by someone of male or female gender, or refuse to communicate to someone not within their culture.

I'm a Playstation girl at heart, but have begun to fall to the dark side of the Xbox 360.

Old people have sex. And like it. Your grandparents didn't magically wish your parents into the world. Deal with it. Youths and adults today are ageist, its insane. What, you think you won't be thinking of sex when you're 80? Oh you'll probably be thinking about your failing heart and your crappy bowel system, but believe me, the sex drive still exists.

Country music can be the shit, or can be shit.

Other people will remember remarks you make about them long after you've forgotten what you've said.

Cross religion dating is an interesting time.

...But understand that not everyone works like this. Actively seeks out the other people in the world, I mean. Some people are introverted, and accepting that they are just not outgoing people is perfectly fine. However, to never meet new people or interact with society is a different thing altogether.

Darwin

2008-10-29T22:55:00.005-06:00

You know what I would like to see in my lifetime? A boy named Darwin become the Pope. I don't want to aim too high and see if a girl named Darwin would achieve something of that level because:

a) if you're a girl and named Darwin, that's just cruel
b) I have little faith in the equalization of women for priesthood within the Roman Catholic domain (or at least within the next 100 or so years).

Why would I like to see this?

Because I take more pleasure than I should in ironic or oxymoron-esque scenarios.

Sensored

2008-10-25T02:24:00.002-06:00

I'm beginning to think that maybe making this public blog was a bit of a mistake. This blog was made with the intention to have something to actually reference in conversation, because my other blogs are invite only. I was sick of saying, "Oh yeah, and remember when I talked about... oh wait, nevermind."

Thus, See Jackie Run was born.

However, upon looking at this, I'm left sorely unfulfilled. Like any public persona, this is a public face with a superficial layer to uphold because I have a vague idea in mind for the amount (and type) of people that creep other people's blogs. I'm left unfulfilled in the idea that when I blog, I speak my mind freely. In my private one, my thoughts are unleashed with no real censoring. For this public blog, I'm at a loss as I'm severely curbed in my content and language.

This blog is currently only publicized on two places: FF.net and Facebook. Which in itself is a very big database of potential readers, but only if it catches their attention. I've been inactive on FF.net for over a year, and not everyone on FB can stand to read past a few paragraphs on certain blogs. I only installed the counter today, and people have been talking about this blog to me in person for the last month, so it's about a month delayed. Whatever, the records just for kicks more than anything, because my LJ account has gotten into the six digit hits within the last few years.

Not bad for a private account.

I digress.

So while I feel like I'm periodically stomping on my feet, and biting my tongue in reference to the content that I write here, well... actually, yeah. That's my problem. Hmph.

I'll try for a bit with my unedited content. But I'm pretty sure I'm not going to like the end result.

I AM EXCITED:

2008-10-21T23:17:00.002-06:00

Pokemon Jokes

2008-10-17T23:49:00.002-06:00

/whilst browsing through some group wall posts on Facebook...

R - /reads off a wall post: "I'd like to slowpoke your cloyster."
J - "...That's the dirtiest Pokemon joke I've heard. Actually, I'm pretty sure that's the only dirty Pokemon joke I've heard."

Woman Suffers Orgasm-Related Stroke

2008-10-17T23:37:00.003-06:00

It's official: sex can cause strokes (.../cough/ if several risk factors are involved).

But it doesn't seem as eye-opening when you read that last part.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/16/health/webmd/main4452137.shtml

Isn't it great to have friends who are nurses and tell you weird things like this?

Redredred.

2008-10-17T18:55:00.000-06:00

My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;

Coral is far more red than her lips’ red:

If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;

If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.

I have seen roses damask’d red and white,

But no such roses see I in her cheeks;

And in some perfumes is there more delight

Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.

I love to hear her speak, yet well I know

That music hath a far more pleasing sound:

I grant I never saw a goddess go,—

My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.

And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare

As any she belied with false compare.

William Shakespeare, Sonnet No. 130

Tread Softly

2008-10-17T18:47:00.000-06:00

Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,

Enwrought with golden and silver light,

The blue and the dim and the dark cloths,

Of night and light and the half-light,

I would spread the cloths under your feet:

But I, being poor, have only my dreams;

I have spread my dreams under your feet;

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

W. B. Yeats, He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven

Buffalo?

2008-10-16T10:11:00.002-06:00

Ahh, it all makes sense now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2007-03-26/WikiWorld

Cindy McCain

2008-10-14T15:57:00.001-06:00

I take it back, this woman has some serious cred:

http://www.johnmccain.com/about/cindy.htm

Yooo, Deadwood.

2008-10-14T00:48:00.002-06:00

Henri, my entire profile on this thing is a joke if you didn't realize. Would it be more obvious if I wrote that I transform into a hulk-like man by the power of Greyskull for you to realize it? I thought the obvious first sentence saying, "My last name is Chan," was a dead give away (it's actually Benito). And the fact that it says I was in plumbing at the U of A. I'm not even sure the U of A offers education specific to that line of work; maybe to supplement it, but not so much to teach it.

So Sven MSNed me this video today, which I thought was one of the most incredible monologues I've heard in a long time. My inner feminist was screaming bloody murder within the first thirty seconds of him talking, but what an absolutely incredible clip:

On another note:

Man, life is good.

Windows Composition & Poll Results

2008-10-14T00:10:00.001-06:00

Music using ONLY sounds from Windows XP and 98!

Results from Poll:

So five of you creepers have decided that out of Crocs, Harry Potter, Uggs, and Miley Cyrus, you'd save Uggs. Which in all actuality, out of all the options, seems the most practical. Because despite me thinking they're ugly as hell, they serve at least a functional purpose in keeping your feet truly warm.

Am I Asian? Hahaha...

2008-10-12T23:12:00.003-06:00

1. [x] Your mother has or had a short-haired, curly perm.
2. [ ] Your dad is some sort of engineer.
3. [x] Your parents still tried to get you into places half-price saying you were 12 when you were really 15.
4. [x] You ask your parents help on one math problem; 2 hours later they're still lecturing.
5. [x] You have a 40 lb. bag of rice in your pantry.
6. [ ] You shop at 99 Ranch.
7. [x] Everyone thinks you're "Chinese" no matter what part of Asia your ancestors were from.
8. [x] You've had a bowl haircut at one time in your life.
9. [x] Your parents enjoy comparing you to their friends' kids.
10. [ ] You've had to sit through karaoke videos with scantily clad, ugly Asian women attempting to dance and walk around a temple, forest, or library.
11. [x] Your parents say, "Don't forget your heritage."
12. [ ] You or your parents drive mostly Japanese cars.
13. [x] You've learned to keep bargaining even if the prices are rock bottom.
14. [x] You've had to eat parts of animals they don't even put in hot dogs.
15. [ ] At least once, you've started a joke with "Confucius say...."
16. [x] You know what bok choy is.
17. [x] You've gotten little red envelopes around February.
18. [x] Piles of shoes tend to make it hard to open the front, back, and closet door.
19. [x] You hear (your name + eee (optional) + yah!) every time someone calls you (e.g. Joy - ee - yah! or Joy - yah!).
20. [ ] You have no eyelashes.
21. [ ] Idiot people try to impress you with pathetic imitation Asian languages, like the ever-so-popular: ching chong woo bok chi, etc?
22. [x] Your parents say leaving rice in your bowl is a sin.
23. [ ] The Bio lectures on marine life (seaweed, sea cucumbers, and octopi) were last night's dinner.
24. [ ] Your ancestors 1000 generations back invented the back scratcher.
26. [x] Your parents hover over your tired, caffeine-drugged body at 12 midnight to say, "In Korea (or other native country), we studied even more."
27. [ ] Your parents expect you'll be best friends with any one off the street in any given area as long as they are Asian.
28. [ ] An Asian woman comes on campus and people ask: "Is that your mother?" Well then, "Is it your sister?"
29. [ ] Your relatives' houses smell like incense, mothballs or both.
30. [ ] Your parents say, "Calculus? I took Calculus in 8th grade!"
31. [ ] Everyone thinks you're good at math.
32. [ ] Your parents' vocabulary is filled with "ai-yahs, and Wah's?
33. [x] You like $1.75 movies.
34. [x] You like $1.50 movies even more.
35. [x] Your aunts and uncles bring you back adorable clothing from Asia with fuzzy bunnies, vinyl ducks, and English words that make no sense, in great colors like yellow, pink, magenta, orange, and the ever popular lime green.
36. [ ] Your parents insist/suggest you marry within your race.
37. [ ] You never order chop suey, sweet and sour pork, or any other imitation of oriental food.
38. [ ] You either really, really want to go to UofT or really, really want to stay away from it
39. [ ] Your parents have never kissed you.
40. [ ] Your parents have never kissed each other.
41. [x] You learned about the birds and the bees from someone other than your parents.
42. [ ] "You want a stereo?! When I was your age, I didn't even have shoes!!"
43. [ ] People see a bunch of scribbles on a chopstick and ask you to translate.
44. [x] You have to call just about all your parent's friends "Auntie and Uncle."
45. [x] You have 12+ aunts and uncles.
46. [ ] At expensive restaurants, you order a delicious glass of water for your beverage and NEVER order dessert.
47. [x] Your parents simply cut the green/black part off the bread and say "Eat anyway. It's still good."
48. [x] The vast majority of the people related to you wear glasses.
49. [x] You will most likely be taller than your parents.
50. [ ] Your parents have either made you play the piano, the violin, or both.
51. [ ] You get nothing if you do well in school, but crapped on if you don't.
52. [ ] When going to a friend's house, you always have to bring a gift.
53. [ ] Your dad still pulls his socks up to his knees.
54. [ ] Your family owns a tennis racket, golf clubs, or both.
55. [x] Your family always cheers for the Asian athlete on TV.
56. [ ] The furniture in your house never matches the wallpaper, the carpet, the decorations, or any of the rest of the furniture.
57. [x] rocks, sticks, leaves, and strange-smelling, unknown substances in your pantry for use as medicine.
58. [x] You own a rice cooker or two.
59. [ ] You buy soy sauce by the gallon.
60. [x] Your family owns butcher knives bigger than your head
61. [x] Your parents tell you about how long it took for them to get to school, how horrible the weather was in their native country, and how much they still appreciated going.
62. [x] Your mom buys you clothes and shoes many sizes too big so you can "grow into it" and wear it for years to come. ]
63. [x] Your parents believe in feng shui.
64. [x] Your parents are very conservative and think that tank tops/halters/spaghetti straps shows too much skin.
65. [x] Every time your parents lecture you, they always make up excuses that relate to everything you've done in the past.
66. [x] You eat rice everyday almost.
67. [ ] You like JIN.
68. [x] When you were little. Your parents punish you with sticks and stuff
69. [x] The adults fight for the bill when you go out for dinner.

38/69 = 55%.

Wow, I think I'm less Asian than I was five years ago, because I'm pretty sure I've taken this test before and the percentage was wayyyy higher.

Blizzard reveals its new Diablo III/3 logo:

2008-10-12T22:47:00.001-06:00

PlanetDiablo shares the improved Diablo 3/III logo due to people's complaints of the lack of colors and darkness. Now, I am a very far cry from a Diablo fan. But this made me LOL hard:

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Michelle Obama

2008-10-12T21:45:00.007-06:00

You know, it's shameful that I'm more engaged with the politics south of the border than I am with my own country's - and the Canadian federal election is literally two days away. This website is basically the culmination of my knowledge for that election (http://canadaelection2008.wordpress.com/). I have only superficial perspectives on all the candidates who are running, but considering filial connections at the moment, I won't really mention my personal position.

Back to America 2008:

I've become a really big fan of Michelle Obama in the last little while. Cindy McCain gets the thumbs up from me just because she dresses fucking awesome (sorry, that's about all I have for her), Michelle has a special insight and perspective that she constantly makes as her platform.

I can only imagine her thought process. She mentions the fact she goes down all the "dark roads" before really focussing on the bigger picture. She overthinks -- something I like terribly about this woman. She imagines all the bad, and all the good, that can possibly happen on the road with campaigning for her husband. But what she always manages to bring it back to is looking at the bigger picture.

Every single time anyone tries to bring it back to "how to do feel about being the first black woman..." or anything to deal with the color of her skin, she brings it back to the bigger picture. She'll focus her answer to not think about her being black, but about her being a woman. When the talk centers on her kids and how she deals with the stress, she brings it back to how she's incredible fortunate to have the resources that most working mom's do not have at their disposal. She brings it back to the main issues, and talks about the ideas that stem from them. She allows an awareness and an insight to be spoken aloud by someone who people will listen to. But most importantly, she will not allow her answers to be force her into a corner, something I find to be a very incredible talent.

Larry King asked her what she thought about her possibly becoming the first black woman first lady. She spoke of what an incredible opportunity it would be, and how it would allow her the opportunity for so much. How it would allow her the platform to speak on behalf of so many. And so on and so forth. Her answer had me nodding my head in approval.

She's incredibly aware, something I find that people are slowly becoming more keen to. At first I used to have a very jaded idea on what people are aware with in this day and age. I mean, I was talking to a bunch of 9th graders the other day about September 11th. And their response was sort of this casual brush off of the topic, because they "didn't really know much about it." My jaw literally dropped. I remember the day that this happened when I was in grade 9 myself, and being blown away and thinking about the impact that event had on global policies. I dunno. Maybe a sense of this kind of awareness has to come with age -- I dunno. Regardless, people are learning about their environments now at an incredible rate. People are in tune with the world: Burma, Darfur, Georgia. But then again, some people (like me) don't know shit all what happens within her own home city sometimes.

And if blogspot allowed me to put a caption on that photo, it would say:

"Bitch, I know you talkin' 'bout me!"

STREETFIGHTER IV

2008-10-12T21:29:00.000-06:00

STREETFIGHTERRRRRRRRRR~!

I'm stealing bits and peices of youu!

2008-10-12T18:32:00.002-06:00

Have you ever noticed when you say something you wouldn't have characteristically said? But you know someone who would have said the same thing? Or not even that, more like, you've altered your speech pattern or verbal intonation to match that of someone you know?

It's called other people rubbing off on you (Henri, this is for you).

I think it's sort of fun actually. When you know that a person is awesome enough that you take away bits and pieces of their personality to add to your own.

...you thief.

Frost 2008

2008-10-12T14:58:00.008-06:00

Holy SHIT, I haven't been that hungry in such a long time. At like 2am, my body wanted to collapse from hypoglycemic shock. Or something.

Explanation: I ended up going to Frost 2008 with Armin van Buren at West Edmonton Mall (Ed's Center) last night. Starts off great actually, besides me freezing my ass off in my skirt walking from Danielle's house to the bus stop. The bus driver asks about our "juice" in the Dasani 2L we're lugging around but he didn't raise a fuss as we brought it on the bus.

We get to Ed's at around 9:45ish, and the main floor is full of chalk white. There are two dozen giant harder-than-Styrofoam snowflakes hanging from the rafters, and while walking into the room, a couple Asians pass me giving me the look as if they know me. My hair is a mess of curls covered in silver sparkles that took three hours to fully do (fuck, I never realized just how much hair I really had), and I'm wearing the checkered white-on-white Ben Sherman shirt I got during the fashion show, and a jersey short-skirt.

Oh, and flats. My feet thanked me profusely at the end of the night.

Danced a bit, but the lower main floor was sort of dead. There was this black guy who was dressed in only white tights, and had airbrushed white decals all over his upper body with stars and shit. It was a pretty sweet effect. Another woman was wearing this really cute laced corset, with white gauzy material acting as the skirt and as poofy-princess sleeves. It was quite the outfit -- it made me think of what to possible wear the next time I attended an event like this. Definitely not sticking with generic next time.

David and I chug back a couple raspberry vodkas, and head upstairs. Awesome music. Spun around a lot, danced for a good hour or so. Then I heard my name called, and Angelo is standing next to me. I'm not wearing my glasses, so the only way I recognized him was the shape of his head and his frames (haha, sorry). Oh, and his voice. Oh, and Matt de M. is there, with Tom M.

Then my head started to ache.

A few amaretto-in-coke's (mmm... <3) later, and I'm back to dancing.

We ended up heading back downstairs, but fuck that was like being a sardine trapped in a tin can for a good half hour. Not to mention the cement flooring was sticky as hell, and I kept getting bowled into by the dozens of shifting people. Not enjoyable at all. It was actually the biggest turn off for the night.

We escaped from the mass of white (which took like a million years because it was a two way lane of people trying to get where we came from, or escape to get to the back area). Ran into Matt de M. with Tom again, and chilled there.

By this point, I can actually feel my body begin to regress into a sort of hypoglycemic state. You know that feeling you can get when you've worked out too much without eating? Like, you've run for 20 minutes straight, and then do 100 sit ups but then want to collapse from lightheadedness. And your body becomes lethargic, and sitting upright makes you feel sick? WELL, I had already DONE that in the morning when I worked out. And I still hadn't eaten beyond the yogurt and the toast I scarfed down quickly when I got home that morning. And I was at that point again. I had to physically restrain my body to stop it from shaking, I was so hungry.

Armin comes on around 1:30pm, and I finally run into David P.

Then David H. and I are like, "Fuck it, we're hungry." So we go around to a whole bunch of security guards, and we're like, "Can we buy food around here?" One of them actually laughed and said that's the first time someone has asked around for actual food. Implying they probably got more questions about Vitamin C and its associates than anything else. But I'm very adamant in saying I want a burger. Specifically McDonalds. And hashbrowns.

But security-guy-who-implied-drugs is no help, and then David and I see a giant sign that says, "FOOD SERVICES UPSTAIRS." And I'm like, "ORLY?" Because we were just upstairs and I had seen no food anythings anywhere there. We go and check it out again, just in case, but I was right the first time and there are no food services there. The liars.

We ended up talking to one security guard who was nice enough to get off his post to go to the off-limits area vending machine and get us some food (actually, this guy looked so fucking dead and tired).

So we ditched for Denny's, and it was the smartest decision of my life. I devoured my hashbrowns and Moon Over My Hammy's, and my body receded from pilfering energy from parts of my body not meant to be pilfered from. I haven't felt that absolutely starved in so long, the sick-feeling starved.

It was an early night (strange how peacing out at 3am is considered an early night), but still had a blast nonetheless.

Fuck, ow, neck.

2008-10-10T21:57:00.003-06:00

So yesterday, I went with David P. to Ortona because he told me he'd teach me how to do a backflip.

What I failed to mention, and he failed to fully understand, is that I am the least gymnastics oriented person ever. In the world.

Needless to say, my attempts at a handstand would have you laughing your pants off.

I tried to flip in the air, then I fell weirdly and landed on my neck. Fucking ow.

Yep.

I'm pretty sure I whiplashed myself with the landing.

Streetlight

2008-10-10T21:56:00.002-06:00

Today, I had the strangest feeling in my stomach. I have been talking on and off about wanting to go back to the Philippines for relief work. But "voluntourism" struck a nasty stigma and chord inside me.

But then I got an email from Brock Paterson, and suddenly everything felt... right.

Hey Nurses,

My name is Brock Paterson. I'm a fifth-year university student and a first-year nursing student in the After-degree program here at the U of A. As a classmate, I'd like to share with you an experience I had this past summer.

Streetlight is the name of a childrens' shelter based in Tacloban, Philippines, which, according to a report by the United Nations, is one of the poorest regions in southeast Asia. I was invited in early 2008 to join six other U of A students in fundraising efforts and a trip down to the shelter for the summer. To be perfectly honest, the trip changed my life.

What was I looking for when I decided to make such a huge decision? I wanted some global travel experience, but I didn't want it to be meaningless. "Voluntourism" struck me as a kind of empty word. Streetlight instead struck the right nerve.

Why so? I'd like to invite you the Streetlight Canada Open Forum to hear the full story. Taking place on October 16th at 6pm in Business1-06, we want to let more students on campus hear about this opportunity to get involved.

And not all of your options will require malaria pills, I promise.

Hope to see you there!
Brock

http://www.streetlightcanada.ca/aboutus.html

Orgasm vs. SUPER Orgasm?!

2008-10-08T20:18:00.010-06:00

So NARS released a new version of Orgasm, one of their trademark colors and blushes the other day (it's called Super Orgasm ($25 US)):

It's described as a "shimmery peachy pink with golden flecks of glitter." I... am actually really interested in this one. I have MAC's Danity mineralized blush, which is reminiscent of this color, and I'm not really a fan of buying almost-doubles. Although the quality and material is completely different. I spend a lot of money on make up (even though I really don't need it), but I buy things that generally pop out and scream, "OMG AWESOME."

I either like: bright, bold colors that make people glue their eye-ballers to my face; or really subtle make up that makes it seem you're not wearing any make up at all.

AND, I really like crazy make up. MAC came out with so many sweet face charts for this year! For Halloween, I was all hyped up to do something crazy special fx make up like this:

Or some crazy mutilated flesh one (with all my syringes sticking out of them and everything), but no. Because...

I'm in clinical.

And not only that, I'm in community and maternity/gynecology. Yeah. That won't scare off my clients and their families at all:

"OMG I LOOK LIKE I'M GOING TO EAT YOUR BABY. "

Because this is what I was planning to look like for Halloween:

[Photo inspiration: http://community.livejournal.com/eyeshadowsluts/4992327.html].

Or this:

[Photo inspiration: http://community.livejournal.com/smokin_makeup/1225583.html#cutid1]

But no.

The one thing I completely regret about being a nurse is the fact that I can't dress up to go to work.

>_>

I know it's superficial, and not really relevant at all, but stillllllll. =(

AND NOW, I'm off to study pathophysiology. The subject where I find out about stuff that doesn't go right in your body.

CLINICAL

2008-10-06T19:01:00.003-06:00

MY SOCIAL LIFE IS SCREWED ONCE CLINICAL STARTS, OMGZ.

& yes, Chad, I blog a lot.

Nurses /lovelovelove

2008-10-06T08:46:00.003-06:00

I found this on the discussion boards of "Ten Reasons Why You Should Date a Nurse" group on facebook.

It's absolutely hilarious. Or at least I think it's hilarious:

Written by a husband of a nurse.......

Ah, such mysterious, wondrous creatures are nurses. What treasures lurk beneath those crisp, white uniforms....What young man doesn't have fantasies of discovering those secrets for himself?

SCREEEEEECH!!!!!!!!!!!!! Reality check! I've been married to a nurse for a quarter of a century, and let me tell you, nurses are not what you expect (and I don't even care what you expect, because you are wrong!). Let's begin by tearing down some of the more famous assumptions about nurses right off the top:

The Nurse as Sex Kitten: Any man who lived through the early seventies or has made it a point to rent such famous videos as "Night Duty Nurses" or "Student Nurses" or "Night Duty Student Nurses" or any one of several dozen nurse-centric skin flicks will immediately believe that all nurses have heaving bosoms, just millimetres away from popping out of skin tight white uniforms. You will also believe that nurses always wear white garters, fish-net hose, and stilettos. This, of course, is a handy dress code because movie nurses spend *a lot* of time hopping in and out of patient's beds.

The reality is that most nurses wear scrubs - shapeless, draping hunks of cotton that could cause you to breeze past Pamela Anderson without a second look. Shoes are white and chunky with blobs of things on them better left unexplored. Socks replace white hose and garters, and when is the last time anyone saw a nursing cap? Graduation, perhaps?

The Nurse as an Angel: If you want to hear the latest gross jokes, just find a nurse (this is so me). Some uninformed males seem to think of nurses as angelic creatures: demure and loving, a cross between a nun and their mom. Well, hate to bust your bubble, guy, but as a group, nurses are some of the rawest folks you'll ever run into. I don't care how sweet and demure they may look on the outside inside is someone who has seen things that would gag a maggot, break your heart, or drive a normal person nuts. So most nurses develop a very wicked sense of humour squarely lodged in the black-to-sick side of the scale.

Also, in case you are looking for angelic sympathy for the little boo-boo you had in the shop, forget it! Let's say as a typical male klutz, you manage to saw your finger off. You go running to your nurse wife who is on the phone with a nurse friend of hers. As she continues to talk to her friend, she gives the stub a good eyeballing, slaps a towel on it, takes out a baggie to put the severed digit in, and tells you to get some ice while she is explaining to her friend that her dummy husband just sawed his finger off. As you stand there bleeding profusely for 15 minutes she calmly finishes her conversation as though nothing is going on until finally she says, "well I guess I better get him to the hospital."She hangs up the phone, looks at you, sighs and calmly says, "let's go." You have just learned an important lesson. On the nurse scale of emergencies, yours is about a minus 9! As my wife has told me, "when you are on a ventilator, with six drips running, your head down and your feet up, then you're sick. Anything less than that isn't worth getting excited over!"

The Nurses Mutual Benefit Network: As a male either dating or married to a nurse, you should realize one important thing. There are nurses everywhere. That, in itself, is no big deal. The fact is, every nurse knows other nurses who know more nurses, so that by the time you are finished, a nurse on the Island Nation of Chuuk who observes you doing something you shouldn't has the immediate capability of getting word to your wife. This system is way more reliable and efficient than the Internet and has existed for a much longer time. Take it for granted that your nurse wife will know about anything you have done, good or bad, before you get home!

Your Social Life with Nurses: Nurses hang out with other nurses and soon you may find that all your friends are married to nurses. The reason this happens is because in situations where nurses mingle with nonmedical folks things can get ugly. For example, you are out to dinner with your nurse wife, another nurse couple, and two civilian couples. The nurses sit and chat, discussing fun things like bleeding bowels, open sores, how much fat was sucked out of some patient, projectile vomiting, traumatic amputations, etc., all over a nice pasta dinner. The nurses carry on talking as the civilian couples turn funny colours, make faces and suppress their gag reflexes (and this is if the nurses don't have any really gross things to share like the homeless guy with maggots in his bleeding sores!) After several dinners and gatherings like this, you will soon find your circle of friends has shrunk significantly.

The key to avoiding this is to do the following: Never go out in mixed groups with more than one nurse. A lone nurse is ok. The trouble starts when you have more than one, and when that happens, keep the regular folks away. Also get used to the idea that some friends and neighbours will take advantage of the fact that your wife is a nurse by calling at all hours of the day and night for advice. This may include male friends "dropping by" to show your sweetie his rash. The best advice I can give is to just deal with it and hope it isn't contagious.

The Health Ramifications of being with a Nurse: Most nurses have been described as having the constitution of horses which isn't true because I've been around horses and they get sick more often. The reason for this is pretty simple. After about 3-5 years on the job, nurses have been exposed to so many bugs that they either end up dead or full of every antibody known to mankind. (If you want the ultimate booster shot, just get a blood transfusion from a nurse who's worked in a hospital for 20 years!) You don't have all these antibodies, though, so when she does come home with mild sniffles, a week later you're flat on your back with the worse case of the flu of your life!! Oh, and if you are the least bit squeamish, don't even think about the bugs she brings home on her clothes. It will mess with your mind as she talks about her resistant TB patient, the patient full of body lice, or the one with poison ivy in his mouth! so don't ask.

Conclusion: Ah such mysterious, wondrous creatures are nurses.

New Layout

2008-10-06T03:46:00.006-06:00

Fuck, the uploader totally demolished the quality of my .jpg header, buttt... I really don't care too much. I could be really anal about it and do a direct link to my photobucket account, but that would destroy my bandwidth like Freiza destroying Vegeta. I did try the direct link to tell you the truth, just to try it out, but it fucked up the placement of the actual layout halfway down the page.

Ahh, so I'm still awake because I snoozed at 1800h yesterday and woke up around 22ooh. So. I'm still awake. After rewatching Om Shanti Om, and bastardizing the lyrics for Dhoom Taana, I can now say I can crappily regurgitate the first six or so lines of that song.

Faking knowing other languages is hard. Well, you know, trying to be decent at it. For example, not just fucking making up "ching chong chang" sounds for Chinese.

I'm sort of regretting making it pink, but I was staring at all my breast cancer awareness stuff today so no doubt that had influence in what my layout choice was. I ended up vectoring one of my pictures to make a decent looking silhouette for the top header.

I should be studying for my pathophysiology midterm -- which I will. Tomorrow. Ughhh... clinical is coming up closer and closer. I can't say I'm exactly looking forward to it either. I'm in the Obstetrics/Gynecology section slash community nursing one, which means its the easier of the two clinicals. But, whatever. I'm going to have to to Medical Surgical for the first 6 weeks of Winter 2009, which means I'm not going to regularily be coming to campus for at least 12 weeks. Woah. I think I'm going to miss it.

If you read my other blog, you'd know I was super super interested in taking the accellerated program just to get it over and done with. But man, I won't lie when I say I don't mind going to school. /nerd. Four years, after some consideration, doesn't look too bad.

But then again, I'm more than likely going to school again when those four years are up.

And yesterday, at Chad's House Party, I tasted the best caramel apple crisp I had ever had in my life. It was literally awesome having a party in my life. It was delicious. Mmmm... soooo good.

And since no blog post should be without pictures, here's an artists rendition of a baby coming out of a vagina:

ALSO:

FROST FROST FROST FROST FROST FROST.

Om Shanti Om vs. Japanese J-Drama

2008-10-05T23:21:00.006-06:00

You know, minus the Bollywood dancing, Om Shanti Om reminded me of a lot of Japanese J-Drama. They both have the same cheesy elements, and the boys swoon the same way about girls in both genres. The characters seemingly act the same as well.

The language is different, but the body language is same.

English in Bollywood movies is considerably better than the engrish seen in a lot of Japanese/Taiwanese/Korean dramas too, lol.

But still, totally love this movie:

If you haven't seen it, go download it. But make sure you get decent subs.

And one of my two favorite songs from this movie is Dhoom Taana, has been stuck in my head for the last week and a half...

kaise, naino se nain milao sajna
kaise, mein aise na ghabrao sajna
Kaise, aaye na kaise mohe laaj sajna
Choona na dehko mohe aaj sajna

Dhoom taana ta dum ta na na na
Dhoom taana ta dum ta na na na
Dhoom taana dhir na dhir na

Mostly because of SYTYCD, no lie.

NARS ORGASM / Prostate Cancer & Pharmacology

2008-10-04T19:55:00.007-06:00

So I'm researching all this medication and pharmacology-esque stuff for prostate cancer right now (attention males with penises and things -- go get yourself checked out. Anyone over 15 should go for yearly testicular cancer exams, for the record. Or, just feel your balls in the shower. You know, whatever works) ...and getting distracted by all the new MAC promotions and the NARS holiday line:

Omg, I want this nail polish:

It's an orgasm in a tiny bottle -- seriously though, the shade of that peach/pink is called orgasm. They're also coming out with these eyeshadow color (Night Life and Silent Life):

...which are fucking gorgeous. I'm not even a NARS fan at all. The consistency of some of its products doesn't mesh well with what I usually look for. But I like the color of these a lot.

Christian Dior came out with a holiday diamond palate, but while I love the product quality for most CD eyeshadows, I'm very rarely drawn to any of its colors. Maybe its the fact that the color of some of the more drab palates wash out the really vibrant colors -- it's a shame. However, I'm dying to get my hands on some of the Yves Saint Laurant Rouge Volumpte line of lipsticks:

The Creamsheens that MAC recently came out with had much to be desired. I thought they would be better -- but they weren't. Mostly to me though. I didn't find many of the colors considerably flattering. Speaking of makeup, I haven't been shopping for any since the Cult of Cherry release a few weeks ago. Time to go update my collection. :)

I'll post a picture of all my MAC one day when I organize them into a new traincase.

(Photo credit to Temptalia)

Daft Hands

2008-10-02T23:51:00.002-06:00

Ben Sherman Fashion Show

2008-10-02T22:01:00.002-06:00

What a fantabu-fuckingly-awesome day.

Today was an absolute RIOT.

A RIOT I SAY.

I haven't laughed soooo hard in soooo long.

The Highlights:

Lunch with German man.
The Birthing Process: some friends were randomly going through my text book and the first page they opened was full frontal graphic pictures of a baby coming out of a vagina. I've since flagged the page, and it was the best conversation starter in the world.
Best text of the day: "I am releasing the fudge dragon."
Meeting Roxanne in the elevator.
The wave to Roxanne & I at RATT. Good job, Sven.
Happy Birthday, Eric.
Not having my ID. =(
Dancing with Tasha.
"You're not fat. You're skinny."
The Ben Sherman Fashion Show at Color Blind on Whyte Ave: Invite only, bitchesssss. Bought the best white on white checkered shirt I've ever seen.
Sven's Awesome-ly Sexy shirt
Chilling with Roxanne at her Cafe d'Awesome for two hours. Seriously fun times.
Getting my status hacked. Fucking again. Jesus, why does it ALWAYS have to be about fucking diarrhea or the mad shits or farting. Boys are so narrow minded. Although, I technically have to blame this one on a girl...
Hacking Sven's status and switching it to say: "Sven has a small penis." REVENGE IS SWEET.

What a great fucking day.