Tuesday, February 27, 2007  |  

- and tim hardaway hates him only 75% of the time -

Overheard on the company cruise:

Drunk co-worker #1: I'd say my husband is about 25% straight.
Drunk co-worker #2: Your husband is 25% straight?
Drunk co-worker #1: He buys his own shoes!

Thursday, February 22, 2007  |  

- youth in asia -

(For those of you not in the know, Baxter was Jason's scary 150-lbs Rottweiler.)

My favorite memory involving Baxter: Once, Baxter lunged at me as I was walking through Jason's door. Jason caught him in mid-air, slammed him into a wall, and yelled at him for being rude to a guest. Baxter was always nice to me after that.

I just found out that Baxter had to be put down because he had cancer. He was almost 13 years old.

Current music: Radiohead - The Amazing Sounds of Orgy

Tuesday, February 20, 2007  |  

- me talk pretty one day -

Started taking a French class at work today. After all, I work for a French company and we routinely use words like "transversal chantier" (which basically means a feature branch in Perforce, but it sounds much more sophisticated, n'est-ce pas?).

I guess it's time to reacquaint myself with Dr. & Mrs. Vandertrampp. Tabarnac!

Current music: Gnarls Biggie - Can I Get With Ya Crazy Butt

Thursday, February 15, 2007  |  

- fade to white -

Just another dead fag to you, that's all
Just another light missing
On a long taxi ride
Taxi ride

1. Radiohead - Exit Music (For a Film)
2. Tori Amos - Gold Dust
3. Rufus Wainwright - Poses
4. Antony & the Johnsons - Bird Gerhl
5. David Holmes - Gone
6. Blur - The Universal
7. Lou Reed - Perfect Day
8. Halou - Honeythief
9. Smashing Pumpkins - Soma
10. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
11. Bright Eyes - First Day of My Life
12. Elton John - Rocket Man
13. Sonic Youth - Superstar
14. George Winston - Thanksgiving
15. Nirvana - Lithium
16. Interpol - Next Exit
17. Jem - 24
18. Beck - Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes
19. George Michael - Kissing a Fool
20. U.N.K.L.E. - Rabbit in Your Headlights

Wednesday, February 14, 2007  |  

- everything in its right place -

I finally committed enough brain cells to memorizing the names of these 3 places:

1. Zakkushi (a.k.a. "the skewer place"): It seems like there's a new Japanese tapas restaurant popping up every week here in Vancouver, but this one's here to stay. Note to self: always go with salt, not sauce.
   
   
2. The Cross (a.k.a. "the pretty thing place"): I'd never buy their over-priced trinkets, but it's a perfect meeting place for Hannah and me because it's located exactly at the half-way point between our respective homes.
   
   
3. Chicco (a.k.a. "the Japanese dessert place"): The best fucking green tea latté in the world. But at 5 bucks a pop, I guess it'd better be.

Sunday, February 11, 2007  |  

- top of the k-pops -

Kevin gave me a CD of top 100 K-pop songs of 2006. A great WTF moment: Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" is #55 on the list.

Also on the list are a couple of tracks by TVXQ. Now, for those of you not in the know, TVXQ is the latest Korean boyband to conquer Asia, continuing the tradition of great SM Entertainment boybands of the past like H.O.T. and Shinhwa. Matt says he wants this to be the theme of his wedding, which will presumably take place in the bride's hometown of Championapolis.

Oh, when you watch the video, make sure you read the full description.

And then there is Super Junior, a Korean boyband with whopping thirteen members -- K-pop's all-male answer to Morning Musume, I suppose. This seizure-inducing video is a rice queen pedophile's wet dream if there ever was one. I'm still a little troubled by the fact that every single member is prettier than the lone girl in the video (the one they supposedly "can't stop thinking about").

Current music: NOFX - Don't Call Me White

Friday, February 9, 2007  |  

- breaking news -

Hannah and Gemma are in the business section of the Vancouver Sun! All thanks to the kick-ass press release I wrote for them, of course. Ok, not really, but whatev.

Go read the article and congratulate them by buying something.

And speaking of teenypigs, this girl is fucking amazing. Maybe I should look into competitive eating as an income source now that my Google contract is over.

Current music: Tori Amos - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Thursday, February 8, 2007  |  

- a series of unfortunate events -

A new girl started at work this week and her name is Nati Ho. Yes, really. It's all very unfortunate, but I suppose it could've been worse.

Current music: TVXQ - Balloons

Tuesday, February 6, 2007  |  

- let's hug it out, bitch -

Thursday, February 1, 2007  |  

- hansol and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat -

I splurged on a dreamy Nice Collective jacket little over a week ago, and I still can't figure out what color it's supposed to be.

I swear it was chocolate brown when I tried it on at the store (and David can vouch for me there) but when I wore it to dinner that night, everyone thought it was jet-black (prompting Hannah to call me color blind). I felt vindicated when it appeared to be brown again in the elevator ("who's color blind now?!") but the next morning in the sunlight, it looked positively graphite. And now Matt thinks it's dark blue.

Oh well, I love it just the same.

Current music: Peace Orchestra - Who Am I