Who wants to play with me!!!!
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]]>According to this website, "a cool 240 million yen ($2.2 million) buys you a wedding ceremony aboard a 1-hour space flight that reaches an altitude of more than 100 kilometers (62.1 miles), as well as a photo and video album, original dress, wedding certificate and other ceremonial items. The otherworldly price tag also includes the cost of transportation to and from the launch site, accommodations, a live broadcast of the ceremony to friends and family at a reception hall on the ground, and 4 days of rehearsal. The space wedding services are scheduled to begin in 2011, but the group will start accepting applications early next month."
Any takers?
One day I'll actually write down everything I'd like to accomplish, so you all can hold me accountable. I WILL climb a mountain and pilot a plane, dammit.
]]>I just made really delicious pasta salad and guacamole. I miss everyone from Chipotle.
I'm using a new shampoo and conditioner that a co-worker recommended - Regis DesignLine Olive Oil shampoo and conditioner. It makes my hair SO soft and SO sleek, really clean, and apparently will make my hair grow faster. I may never switch back.
Gonna go to John's graduation, that should be fun.
I'm half-way done with my scuba diving lessons! It's funny, my instructor was telling us how the weightlessness of scuba diving is the closest we will probably get to feeling like we're in outer space, and two of the biggest things on my life's to-do list is to scuba dive, and go into outer space. Seems like all I really want to do in life is to float around ^_^ Scuba diving has definitely been one of the most enjoyable experiences in my life so far, I can't wait to go to Bonaire in November and go into the ocean.
Sean introduced me to Arrested Development, and I have to say it's one of the funniest shows I've seen in a while. Too bad it was canceled. Ah! I just remembered I'm three weeks behind in Battlestar Galactica!!
Games I want to buy but shouldn't because gas is $4 a gallon: Wii Fit, Mario Kart, The World Ends With You, MGS4
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian was great, the acting has gotten a little better I suppose. But there's still too many cheesy shots like when the kids laugh, the camera pans to EVERYONE to show that they are laughing. Bleh. Also, little sister Lucy is starting to get Meg Ryan nose-scrunch syndrome. Best part of the movie: little brother Edward is really attractive. Makes me feel pervy to say so, considering he's 17, but oh well. Can't wait for the next installment - Dawn Treader was my favorite book in the series, and if Skandar (his name is Skandar!) keeps maturing well, I won't even care if the acting is terrible. Which reminds me that I need to buy the books and get started on my summer reading.
One reason why Dawn Treader is my favorite of the series is because way back in the day, when I was a Napstering+All Music researching fiend, I happened to find Faith Massive, a Christian drum n' bass artist. My favorite songs by him were Jon's Dream, and Dawn Treader (it's misspelled on that website). Years later when I actually read the Narnia books, I realized that's what it was from, so the whole time I was reading the book, the song was playing in the back of my head. ^_^ Plus it's just a cool adventure book all around. Also, Skandar.
Harold and Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay was terrible. The escape happened within the first 15 minutes, and there weren't as many Asian jokes. Actually, all the jokes were just horrible - all crass, no wit.
I'm craving gummi bears. I'm also listening to Incubus again. Actually, just the song Dig.
I want summer picnics and swimming parties. Where are they??
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So cute and hilarious!
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It took the guy a total of 72 hrs to construct this. Go to his website to watch a 5 minute time lapse video of him making the whole thing... seriously, he has a cat, how is it even safe? Well I still plan on making this one day, along with a whole bunch of other papercrafts. Summer project maybe? Or perhaps I should just forget about VCD and get started now!
]]>I can't wait. I love Pixar, I love space, I love sci-fi. YES.
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Bonus hint:
Good luck! ^_^
(I wish I could find my old post of my original 10. I still have them all saved on my computer, and I still really have the hots for random R.I.T. student #10 ^_^)
]]>This semester I only have classes on Monday through Wednesday, which is very nice. And including the holiday today, I had a 5-day weekend! Unfortunately I spent it with a horrendous... cold? Flu? I feel like I had one thing last Wednesday and ended up with something completely different by Sunday. Saturday and Sunday was spent hugging boxes of tissues and chugging Theraflu, and of course I feel good enough today to be able to go to class tomorrow. :boo: The funny thing is I still worked at Chipotle through all this, and probably spread the disease to the hundreds of people who came through the line. REVENGE FOR ANNOYING CUSTOMERS! No really, I feel kind of bad. But I really needed the money, and they needed the help. It was an unfortunate situation.
Speaking of work, I have a new job! Over winter break, my dad and I went to San Francisco to visit my third aunt and uncle, whom we rarely see because usually we go to Los Angeles. Well one of my cousins, Raymond, was also there at the time, and I don't feel like I've met him before - probably because he's the oldest in the Chiu family, and I'm the youngest. He's only 13 years younger than my dad, how bizarre is that! Anyway, his wife Lucy runs a company selling educational games teaching children how to read Chinese. Right now she has vocabulary cards that have a Chinese character on one side, and a photo depicting the word on the other. And voila! I am the photographer. It's an interesting job trying to figure out how to portray words like "big" and "small", "he" and "she", and since I'm minoring in commercial photography, this is totally up my alley. I think in the future I'll also be doing some graphic designing for the company. I finally feel like I'm moving ahead! But I'll stay at Chipotle for the free food and tips. ^_^
What else is new - I lost my final hamster, Peanut. I have officially lost 11 hamsters in the span of 2 months. Ben is right - raising hamsters was a horrible chapter of my life, and I need to just put it behind me. (But they were so cute.)There are times when I feel tempted to buy another one, but I immediately put all my cages and accessories up for sale on Amazon, so hopefully they will sell quickly and I can just go back to watering my basil plant. I'll just wait for the day when I can finally own dogs and cats.
Well it is a new year, and of course I always start it off by trying to better myself. My main goal, which I mentioned already, is to improve my mind, and I have a long list of books that should last me throughout the year. My first book is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I wonder why this one is such a classic, but everyone knows more about Tom Sawyer? Guess I'll find out. I'm also trying to eat a lot healthier (more raw foods, less canned), and stop slouching so much. For one, it doesn't help my whiplash, and two, I'm terrified of turning into one of those old Asian ladies who are 4 feet tall because they're permanently bent over. Not hot.
My last goal - to travel and visit people as much as possible. I already have a list - John in Chicago, Sarah in Kansas, Jackie in Cincinnati, maybe Ashley in Texas? I also wouldn't mind hitting up some big cities - SF again, LA, DC, NYC. Or Canadia? Who wants to make a trip to Canada! My friend Sarah Renn was thinking about making a 48-state road trip to find the best of a certain kind of food (we were thinking beef noodle soup), and if she's still up for that, well there goes my summer because I'm not passing up an opportunity like that. Actually, if it falls through... would anyone be willing to do it with me? I'll be taking applications now.
Well I suppose that's about all the time I feel like talking away from gaming, so until the next time Anna demands an update, have a nice day!
]]>Video of people aged 1 to 100 banging a drum in order of age. It's so fascinating! I'm 22! BANG
]]>If anyone has a similar goal, here's a good article to start things off: 100 Things We Didn't Know in 2007 from the BBC.
Good luck with your resolutions or whatever you traditionally do to start the year off, and happy new year!
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Layers Of Love Chocolate Brownies
Source: Nestle
Estimated Times:
Preparation - 10 min
Cooking - 30 min
Yields - 16 brownies
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Baking Cocoa
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, cut in pieces
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 3 large eggs, divided
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 3/4 cup NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Premier White Morsels
- 1/2 cup caramel ice cream topping
- 3/4 cup NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
Directions:
PREHEAT oven to 350° F. Grease 8-inch-square baking pan.
COMBINE flour, cocoa and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add 2 eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla extract; mix well. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Reserve 3/4 cup batter. Spread remaining batter into prepared baking pan. Sprinkle nuts and white morsels over batter. Drizzle caramel topping over top. Beat remaining egg and reserved batter in same large bowl until light in color. Stir in semi-sweet morsels. Spread evenly over caramel topping.
BAKE for 30 to 35 minutes or until center is set. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cut into squares.
(P.S. - I didn't use a single thing Nestle when I made my brownies, and I substituted pecans for walnuts. Still turned out great ^_^)
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PIKAPIKA: A japanese art style where where lights are photographed with long exposures and then edited to look like one animation.
I'd like to do this one day. Or live in a world where light doodles co-existed with humans. Wouldn't that make life beautiful?
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