so my beloved sony ericsson w810i died this week. last week it would crash after being on for a few days… then it was a few hours… this weekend it was a few minutes. two nights ago, it was starting to die almost immediately. after following the usual rounds of troubleshooting and software updating and [...]
The funny thing about my house is that it’s beginning to smell more and more like the houses I remember growing up in Taiwan. This is a new phenomenon. Although my mother cooks regularly, our houses have always had some sort of foreign smell to them that always threw the balance off. In one place, [...]
Happy New Year, everyone! I felt obligated to put a really sappy, “my, how the years have gone by” message here, but I decided to spare you and myself the schlocky trouble. So here’s an update.
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Posted 02 January 2006
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Although my primary reason for starting a blog oh-so-many years ago was to write and rant about the goings-on in my life, I also liked to use it as a sort of personal del.icio.us — that is, to access my bookmarks from anywhere and share those funny and interesting things with my friends. But after [...]
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Posted 14 November 2005
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Yay~! My first game! My first game credit! It’s so satisfying to see the fruit of our many months of labor finally out and on the market. It’s a great game on all three platforms, and I hope people will enjoy it! i got the xbox version so i could download the entire Karaoke Revolution [...]
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Posted 11 November 2005
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Adam in the red light Originally uploaded by u2log.com. Was in Vegas this weekend to catch a U2 concert at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. AWESOME SHOW! Some very special guests did a couple of songs with the band. Mary J. Blige joined Bono and the boys on “One”, and Brandon Flowers of the Killers [...]
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Posted 10 November 2005
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I finally hit level 60 in World of Warcraft tonight. FINALLY! That’s all. No other news to report.
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Posted 18 October 2005
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even though i need to. :(
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Posted 14 October 2005
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Some woman got a hold of my checking account number and paid off a bunch of her bills, including some hefty cable bills, with my money. One of the charges was in the form of a check; the other two were payments directly from my checking account. I’ve called my bank to get the process [...]
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Posted 24 September 2005
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disinterested party: The FEMA dream team
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Posted 08 September 2005
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IMG_1022 Originally uploaded by mysterious chicken. some very beautiful images of hurricane katrina from the sky, in stark contrast to the destruction caused by the storm below.
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Posted 31 August 2005
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work is busy. deadline is in two weeks. omg omg omg. i think we can do it, but it’s a helluva lot of work. 0_o i’ve been having a lot of fun with my phone lately. I got a siemens s66 a couple of weeks ago. i love my phone. it has a 1.3 megapixel [...]
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Posted 05 August 2005
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so after a long day at the office on saturday, i came home to find my parents out of the house and a strange box in the living room. curious, I stepped closer to the box, which had been cut open to reveal something ghastly. it was one of them “Great Quality” PC towers!! aaaaaaaah! [...]
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Posted 01 August 2005
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i’m vaguely unhappy, but i can’t seem to articulate why…
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Posted 10 July 2005
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Bus Explosion Originally uploaded by bigdaddymerk. looking at this bus, it’s amazing how more people weren’t killed… at the time of this writing, there are 40 or so deaths…
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Posted 07 July 2005
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Today is dep’s birthday. happy happy birthday! sorry i haven’t called, but i’m scared of your mom! and your dad! somehow, i will find a way to stealth onto the arora manor and attack-hug you. but don’t get your hopes up: it’s not gonna be like the one tom cruise gave oprah. my zappy hands [...]
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Posted 24 June 2005
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well it’s not actually called that. but the author of the book is speaking in SF soon. here’s a link. i’m thinking of going! the book sounds interesting, plus they’re giving away free sanrio stuff. =P
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Posted 14 June 2005
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i finally noticed the other day that the number of checks in my checkbook was getting critically low (read: 2 left). It had been kind of low for a while, and it wasn’t really an issue since i almost never use checks anymore: I epay almost all of my bills and use my atm card [...]
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Posted 11 June 2005
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i’ve been getting really bad headaches lately, ones that seem to make a whole side of my head throb in pain. jer says they’re probably sinus headaches, especially if it hurts by my ear and behind my eyes. ooooi. today’s was *really* bad. the tylenol took about an hour to really kick in… my right [...]
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Posted 10 June 2005
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