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this lj is mostly friends-only. [Jan. 31st, 2020|12:49 pm]
just so you know.
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infected in san francisco [Aug. 18th, 2008|03:46 pm]
i was sightseeing in san francisco when i saw a crowd of strange people. at first i thought it was a parade but then i saw them attack someone so i ran... but i just wasn't fast enough!












"Wheeeerrre's Coit Towerrrr?"


(zombie baby's still sayin "braaaaaaaiiinns" two days later. i think it's her 5th word. at least, all i've ever heard her say is "mama" "ba" "bye" "NO!!" and "braaaaaaiiiiinsss")

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i did the flickr meme. [Jun. 11th, 2008|08:23 pm]
from left to right:

my name. my favorite food. my high school. my favorite color.
my celebrity crush. my favorite drink. my dream vacation. my favorite dessert.
what i'll be when i grow up. what i love most in life. a word to describe me. my flickr username.



(instructions: enter in each search into flickr, pick your favorite photo off the first page of results, then enter them in here: http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/mosaic.php )
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[Apr. 17th, 2008|04:43 pm]
this is for anyone who has a desire to filter their lj friends list using keywords or tags. and who uses firefox.

first install greasemonkey: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748

then install the script: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/18855

then follow instructions on aforelinked page.

THANK YOU [info]loic!!!!
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[Oct. 30th, 2007|08:05 pm]
whoa earthquake!

i'm guessing 5.2 (i'm in sunnyvale)
page is guessing 4.5 (he's in san francisco)

any guesses?
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ctfl [Oct. 27th, 2007|09:02 pm]

come to the cardboard tube fighting league tournament tomorrow (sunday) at justin herman plaza! it's free and tubes are provided. and it's fun!
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[Sep. 16th, 2007|05:00 am]
aaagh my highlighter died! D: this is my favoritest-ever highlighter, and i just checked online; they don't make this kind anymore. it's a stabilo swing (not stabilo swing cool) in the absolute perfect color. it's neon pinky-peach. i hate most highlighters; the ink is either yellow (which i can never manage to notice when i'm flipping back through the pages trying to find something. 100% useless.) or is a color and is too dark (hard to read through in dim light, which is what i always seem to end up studying in.). it also had the perfect flow; never soaking through pages. fine chisel tip, not those nasty squishy chisel tips on those tank-style highlighters, because i like to use both the skinny side and the fat side, for varying levels of emphasis.

does anyone have any highlighter recommendations? something with a fine chisel tip, very bright/neon, not yellow, light in color, and with a nice ink flow? maybe... maybe... flat/thin bodied so i can fit it in my binder pocket easily?

and barring that, maybe someone knows of a refillable fine chisel tip highlighter where you can buy the ink in separate bottles and mix them?

yes, i do realize how picky i am. no, pointing it out doesn't help me.
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i was on tv! [Aug. 21st, 2007|03:54 pm]
click here to watch the KING5 coverage of the cardboard tube fighting league battle
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cardboard tube fighting league [Aug. 20th, 2007|09:12 pm]
my visit to seattle got cut short and crunched down due to crayzee hectic life stuff, but i still got to battle it out with cardboard tubes.

i was amazed how many people showed up even though it had just been raining only a couple hours before. and then when there were enough of us, we started attracting passersby, signing them up and giving them tubes. a tv cameraman even showed up, from king5 news.


mr. robert page easley helped me get my armor on. he actually made the top and shield for me. i made the skirt. he's a good cardboard tailor, no? he made his own cardboard samurai armor also.


photo story continues )
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cardboard tube coverage [Jul. 23rd, 2007|05:47 pm]
Taste my cardboard, scoundrel! - Chrass Landing

Last tube standing wins cardboard smackdown - Judy Chia Hui Hsu, Seattle Times
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en garde! [Jul. 22nd, 2007|09:36 pm]

on garde, originally uploaded by Todd Bates.

my boy just told me that four different newspapers sent people to his cardboard tube fighting league tournament today. that's him on the right, in the kendo stance.

the rest of the photos are here, and the website is: tubeduel.com
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[Sep. 11th, 2006|11:13 pm]
Poll #818982
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Which is more important?

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A sense of purpose.
9 (69.2%)

A sense of home.
4 (30.8%)

Please elaborate:

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[Aug. 23rd, 2006|11:52 am]
the other day i was thinking about how sometimes i will go see a band play and they will have obvious technical skill, they are even giving their all in their performance and stage antics, yet there is something critically missing. it sounds nice enough and it is a style of music i usually love, yet i can't keep my attention on it. it's slippery. it becomes background music. later i cannot remember a single melody. have you experienced this?

Poll #804500
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What would you call this critical missing quality?

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[Aug. 4th, 2006|03:12 am]
last time i visited my parents i was SO SAD to discover that the asian grocery that had been carrying my favorite kind of instant noodles since i was a baby no longer stocked them. D*: but! i just found somewhere to buy them online! ahh, so happy.

(p.s. both flavors are awesome, but you have to drain the noodles after they are cooked and then put fresh hot water in before adding the flavoring, otherwise they taste funky.)
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define apology [Jul. 18th, 2006|05:03 pm]
sometimes people claim to be apologizing to me when their words sound more befitting of a politician than real person or a friend... but they seem to think that i am a real bitch for feeling that way.

i wonder, what do other people think an apology is or isn't? what can it include and what is unacceptable? am i a heartless bitch? well, that may be so either way, but i'd still like your opinions on the subject.


how acceptable are each of these things in an apology?

1 = unacceptable
(you would not accept any apology that included this or that you would not consider anyone who was saying/doing this to be genuinely apologizing.)
3 = neutral/don't care
5 = necessary (you would consider this to be an essential part of an apology and anyone who did not include this would not be giving you something you would consider to be a true apology or you would not accept an apology that did not include this.)

Poll #772951 apologies
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an expression of their personal fault/responsibility

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Mean: 4.44 Median: 4.5 Std. Dev 0.61
1 0 (0.0%)
2 0 (0.0%)
3 1 (6.2%)
4 7 (43.8%)
5 8 (50.0%)

an expression of remorse

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Mean: 4.50 Median: 5 Std. Dev 0.71
1 0 (0.0%)
2 0 (0.0%)
3 2 (12.5%)
4 4 (25.0%)
5 10 (62.5%)

evidence that they understand what they did wrong or what you are upset about

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Mean: 4.56 Median: 5 Std. Dev 0.70
1 0 (0.0%)
2 0 (0.0%)
3 2 (12.5%)
4 3 (18.8%)
5 11 (68.8%)

a brief explanation of what happened

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Mean: 3.44 Median: 3 Std. Dev 0.93
1 0 (0.0%)
2 2 (12.5%)
3 8 (50.0%)
4 3 (18.8%)
5 3 (18.8%)

a long, detailed explanation of what happened

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Mean: 2.33 Median: 2 Std. Dev 0.79
1 2 (13.3%)
2 7 (46.7%)
3 5 (33.3%)
4 1 (6.7%)
5 0 (0.0%)

an expression of their helplessness or inability to have done things any differently (e.g. "i couldn't help it" or "there was nothing i could do")

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Mean: 1.60 Median: 1 Std. Dev 0.80
1 9 (60.0%)
2 3 (20.0%)
3 3 (20.0%)
4 0 (0.0%)
5 0 (0.0%)

an expression of their helplessness/inability to do things any differently next time

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Mean: 1.25 Median: 1 Std. Dev 0.56
1 13 (81.2%)
2 2 (12.5%)
3 1 (6.2%)
4 0 (0.0%)
5 0 (0.0%)

self berating statements (e.g. "i'm such an idiot" or "i'm a total asshole")

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Mean: 2.00 Median: 2 Std. Dev 0.94
1 7 (43.8%)
2 2 (12.5%)
3 7 (43.8%)
4 0 (0.0%)
5 0 (0.0%)

the words "i'm sorry"

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Mean: 3.94 Median: 4.5 Std. Dev 1.25
1 1 (6.2%)
2 1 (6.2%)
3 4 (25.0%)
4 2 (12.5%)
5 8 (50.0%)

the words "please forgive me"

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Mean: 2.38 Median: 3 Std. Dev 0.93
1 4 (25.0%)
2 3 (18.8%)
3 8 (50.0%)
4 1 (6.2%)
5 0 (0.0%)

flowers, a gift, or some sort of compensation (money, sex acts)

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Mean: 2.62 Median: 3 Std. Dev 0.86
1 3 (18.8%)
2 1 (6.2%)
3 11 (68.8%)
4 1 (6.2%)
5 0 (0.0%)

an expression of having learned a lesson or a promise to not do it again (or at least to try)

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Mean: 4.25 Median: 4 Std. Dev 0.83
1 0 (0.0%)
2 1 (6.2%)
3 1 (6.2%)
4 7 (43.8%)
5 7 (43.8%)

the act of actually not doing it again

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Mean: 4.25 Median: 4.5 Std. Dev 0.83
1 0 (0.0%)
2 0 (0.0%)
3 4 (25.0%)
4 4 (25.0%)
5 8 (50.0%)

an acceptance of your right to reject their apology

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Mean: 3.88 Median: 4 Std. Dev 1.11
1 1 (6.2%)
2 0 (0.0%)
3 5 (31.2%)
4 4 (25.0%)
5 6 (37.5%)

Anything else you think is either necessary or unacceptable? (please state which)

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just out of curiosity... [Jun. 22nd, 2006|03:04 pm]
so let's imagine this situation:

you have feelings for someone and you've maybe gone on a few dates with them or maybe they're your ex, but in any case, they've rejected you or avoided your advances. you mention it to your friend and a couple weeks later your friend and the person you were interested in are suddenly a hot item. what is your reaction?

Poll #754051
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i would

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reconsider my friendship with this so-called friend; no true friend would do such a thing, and a person who would treat one of their friends that way is not someone who can be trusted.
7 (35.0%)

be happy for my friend; after all, the person i was into obviously didn't feel the same way about me, so what difference does it make? plus, my friend's ex is lookin mighty hot these days...
8 (40.0%)

other
5 (25.0%)

if other, please explain:

are there circumstances that would change your reaction?

where are you from?

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supersecret online dvd stores? [Apr. 27th, 2006|05:58 pm]
does anyone know of a special place i can go online to find unadulterated foreign films on good-quality region 1 or region-free dvds? dubs and "rated versions" drive me totally nuts. i want my english in subtitles, and i want 'em optional. i always want to hear the voices of the actual actors. and hell, sometimes i just want to watch a whole movie without understanding any of the dialogue, especially if i've already seen it before. why is that not ok?
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[Apr. 17th, 2006|11:26 am]
more photos: indoors
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[Apr. 11th, 2006|05:09 pm]
photos of me from sunday, by j. vu
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[Apr. 6th, 2006|04:59 pm]
Excuse me, iPod Nano case design people? I want a case that combines the cushy shock protection and clickwheel coverage of a silicone skin with the clear screen protection, rigid getting run over by a truck protection, and dirt repellant goodness of a hard clear plastic case.

Inner layer: silicone. covers clickwheel. does not cover screen.

Outer layer: hard clear plastic with a hole for the clickwheel. covers screen. has nonslip surface on back but leaves the front or at least the screen area glossy clear.

Must allow access to all controls and be compatible with the universal dock. I don't ever want to have to take the fucker off. Inner skins in pretty glow-in-the-dark colors, please. You may include a thin plastic clickwheel cover for tactile improvement similar to the one in the iSkin Duo. Bonus points for detachable armbands and belt clips.

GIMME!
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