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Condit vs. Connie

I wish Connie Chung were a tad more aggressive with the robotic and dodgy Condit she interviewed tonight. His responses sounded like rehearsed bullshit his lawyer probably fed to him before the interview. Not once do I recall him actually answering a question sufficiently or without sounding programmed. Many times he sounded like a broken record and only seemed to tell the public what HE wanted us to know -- which was JACK SHIT. Personally, I am not accusing Condit of being guilty -- that is for the proper authorities to decide; but judging by the way he acted tonight, he will probably be have a larger cloud of suspicion lingering over his head in the public eye. Even with Connie's somewhat weak performance, I think Condit has now done a great job of digging himself into an even deeper hole that he may or may not even be truly involved with.

Hmm...

According to this Kid's Height Predictor...

if Chris (height 6'4") and I (height 5'7") were to have a son who was somehow 5'6" and weighing 120 lbs by age 10, his estimated adult height would be 6'9" -- MAN! That's a lot of stretchmarks! Not that the situation is even probable... but I was just curious about how realistic that script really was. :P

Welp... gonna do some shopping today so I won't be doing much surfing or blogging. My younger sister flew off to Cancun today with a mutual friend of ours... I didn't even know she was planning to go. I hope it's safe there... I've never stepped foot outside the US border in any way so I'm full of paranoia when it comes to traveling outside the country. Anyway.. no time for chit chat... guh-bye!

Pitifully narcissistic.

Not Your Typical Local Band

Last night, I went out with one of my *very few* girlfriends, Amy (webmistress of Anticipate.org) to see an Austin-based musical group called Schrodinger's Cat at a club called The Gypsy Tea Room in Dallas. First of all... when I think of a local band... I always imagine a garage type band... one lead singer, a guy on drums, a guy on bass guitar, and another on guitar... and together they sing grungy, alternative, geekish type music that ends up sounding like every other local band. But I read a bit about Schrodinger's Cat before I went so I wouldn't be totally lost, and found out they were an A Capella group, meaning they sing generally without any instruments. So... what I expected was to see some choir boys singing showtunes and all that goody goody stuff. :P



The reason I initially went to see them specifically out of all the other local bands, is because I went to junior high and a little bit of high school with one of the guys in the group, Jackson. His twin brother (whom I dated for a whole week in Jr. High) used to be in the group, too, but quit to go back to school and finish his degree. Both of them were involved in orchestra with me, choir (I think), and kept themselves pretty busy with other sorts of school and non-school related activities. They moved away to San Antonio around our sophomore year... and I never expected to hear anything else of them. So needless to say, when I heard they became part of some musical band, I was pretty amazed, but in a way not too shocked. I had to see just how good they were. I got a chance to talk to Jackson before the show started, and he autographed an old polaroid I had of him, his brother, me, and some friends. Gawd, that was a long time ago (the early 90's).

Well to make a long story short... they are AWESOME! Their main talent stems from being able to reproduce most instrumental sounds with their mouths, hands, and feet. Not a single instrument, except for using the harmonica for a millisecond to set the musical key. Yes... it's similar to the Bobby McFerrin: Don't Worry Be Happy type thing... but with a twist. More guys, even funkier music, and a *ton* of energy. They do lots of covers, but have some of their own original stuff, too. It looks like really tiring work especially when you start seeing big sweaty handprints on their shirts where they've been slapping all night. The concert started at 9:30 and ended around 12:15am... we got back to Fort Worth after about an hour drive (Dallas city streets are a confusing mess) and Amy dropped me off at home -- needless to say, she didn't get much sleep last night and had to go to work the next morning *sowwy Amy* :P. Anyway... if they ever stop by your town, I totally recommend you check them out. If you want, you should listen to their 2001 version of Prince's "When Doves Cry"... but I'd have to say it's much more exciting seeing them live. :) Oh, and next year you might be able to catch them on TV in a Kit Kat commercial, too! Schrodinger's Cat is coming back to Dallas @ Gypsy Tea Room on Aug. 29th, and this time I'm going to drag Chris there. :)

Links and Shiznat - stuff you've seen... stuff you haven't

Quiz: How Savvy are your Spelling Skills?

This quiz tests you on the spelling of some commonly misspelled words... took me a little more than a minute to finish it.. but amazingly, I got them all right -- and without cheating! So you try... and don't cheat either! :)

Not having any luck with Careerbuilder.com and Monster.com?... why not try your hand at job searching on the one and only Adultstaffing.com? Heck.. you never hear of massive layoffs in the adult industry as much as you do the tech companies... right? All the reason to sell your soul to the devil and become part of the adult entertainment world. barf

If you're like me, you hardly have anything in your fridge except for some frozen dinners, frozen chicken, eggs, and in the cupboard you only have rice, tuna cans, and pasta. For me... that usually means I'd rather eat out. Since I lack the whole culinary creativity thing, I usually don't experiment and try to make anything out of food that doesn't seem to go together... but now I think I've found my answer. Cooking by Numbers! Where has this site been all along? All you have to do is put a check by what you have in your fridge/cupboards and then it gives you some recipes that may require some or all of the items you do have. how easy could that get? :P A very useful tool for people with culinary block.

Do you consider yourself a movie guru? Head over to Filmwise and see if you can identify movies from screencaps. The catch is... the actor's heads and other visible parts of their bodies are all "invis'd" so all you see is their clothes and the background. Since I've met Chris I've seen so many movies that I should have seen when I was younger, and that really helped me identify a lot of the movies on this site. Without all those rentals from Blockbuster and such... I would have failed miserably.

One of those Moments

Have you ever had one of those strange moments while you're online... where you're watching some Flash/Shockwave animation on one browser.. and totally forgot you had a different one going on in background? Well... so far that's happened to me twice... and this time was really weird because I woke up from a nap not long ago.

So imagine this and pretend for a moment... you have the volume off and started loading The Mr. Hankey Construction Set in one browser... and totally forgot about it as it loaded... and then you headed over to your mail and opened up a message that was supposedly a "recording" of a message you missed on voicemail. So you click on the link and find out it's some kind of Flash animation that has sound... so you turn up the volume *just a little* to hear the message. The first thing you notice is that they chose some really corky song for the background, but it seems to go with the pace of the animation... and then what's *freakier* is that it's a Flash message that actually pronounces your name "Rosalyn" correctly, and of course it turns out to be some bogus message that's supposed to talk you into getting Sprint Nickel Nights.

The weird music still plays .... and you refresh the page to see that weird ad again... you watch it again and again... and even try inserting other names in the address but it doesn't say those names, just yours. And THEN you close out the ad... and notice that strange background song is still playing... and realize in the background, you forgot all about the Mr. Hankey (the friendly piece of poop from the Southpark series) page. DOH!

Anyway.. if this post confuses you... I'll understand. Just try it...

1. Turn off your sound. Load The Mr. Hankey Construction Set in one browser.
Let it load all the way to the screen where you see a net and a piece of poop. There's some weird loop that starts to play.
2. Then in another browser open up this Flash advertisement created for people with the name Rosalyn... quickly turn up your sound JUST a little bit and then watch the ad while the music plays. It's just a weird sensation... the things that go through your mind... like why would Sprint choose such an awful background song... why'd they make the advertisement so fake? etc...

Okay, I think I've confused you enough. :)

RAr.. nevermind... I'm making no sense. Ignore me.. ignore this post.

Don't let THIS happen to you at your wedding. Make sure to get registered somewhere and tell your guests!

Hello everyone. I am Chris, Rosalyn's significant other, and this is my first post. I just wanted to try something new(weblogging) and had a few thoughts to share.

A while back I started worrying about my health. I began eliminating a lot from my diet. I quit caffeine, candy, and junk food. I started eating a low carb diet. In two months I have lost 50lbs. Now I know this sounds impossible but it may be related to my illness. I cannot stop losing weight. It may all be fat, but I am scared that if I am losing muscle that it will eventually take its toll on my heart. I don't have health insurance to go to a doctor. I research night and day on my illness. I suffer from a bowel disorder that causes me to lose control. It's really hard for me to go to work because I am scared of embarassment and also because when I get stressed my stomach cramps up with unbelievable pain and pressure. This isn't something that occasionally happens that comes and goes, but something I live with day to day. Most people do not understand. They think I should just take immodium and it should just go away. I can't go anywhere without worrying. I couldn't have ever imagined something like this holding me back in life. If it would just go away then the world would be mine. I have learned not to take life for granted. That is the only hope I have and the only thing that helps me from not going insane that if this would just go away I could have everything I have ever wanted out of life. If this would just one day go away I would be the kind of guy that works 80 hours a week, goes to school, busts his ass, and gives back more than what anyone expected. Unfortunately I am losing hope. I am really scared I may die soon and no one will ever get to see the the amazing things I'm capable of doing. I cannot believe that it takes something like this to wake up and realize that you can be whatever you want to be in this world. I see other people with their problems that make them unhappy like weight, looks, and not having what they want and I can't understand what's holding them back so much. i don't care if I had to be ugly to make this problem go away. It wouldn't make me unhappy. I feel like if this problem went away I would just go anywhere and do anything. I have nothing to lose now, I have lost most of it anyway. Life can only get better for me. Nowing that, I am just waiting for my chance at using what I have learned.

The only thing I have in this world is Rosalyn. When she looks at me she reminds me that I am a good person when I forget just by the way she looks at me. I really want to make Rosalyn proud and I want everyone to see how great of a guy she ended up with when I get better.

@sian @ngst

Bleh.. I hate to be dwelling on the Asian issues.. but sometimes I go through bouts where I come to terms with the @sian inside me. I found a few sites you may or may not have seen... that may be of interest to some of my Asian blooded readers... and maybe to some of the non-Asian peeps out there who are curious.

- First there's Big Bad Chinese Mama - which has an anti-mail order bride/geisha girl type theme. Check out the delectable mail order brides in the Harem of Angst. heh Beware: Pictures of Angry Asian chicks inside

- I've been meaning to bookmark this site, but I think I'll just blog it so I have the link archived somewhere. It's a list of a few lists related to being Asian (some are OLD some are definitely new)... for example: How to Know if You're Vietnamese... you know... stuff like that.

- A pretty good article about the whole "Asian Fetish" thing...

- Asian stereotypes in the media... has pictures as well as stuff to read.

- An article that gives some supposed explanation as to why many Asian American students are quiet in classrooms. My own reasons? Because I was shy and afraid to be wrong.

Blah! There... I think I'm burned out. Whew...time to go on with my life for a while and not think about this stuff heheh.

Feeding the Madness

Okay... now I'm stupified. Why on Earth would an Asian woman write a book on "How to Meet the Asian Woman of Your Dreams?" This totally disturbs me.

We're not THAT different from other women that it takes special advice to figure out how to get our attention. Writing a book like this simply turns Asian women into objects. It provides no benefit for the Asian woman in question, and on top of that, she might get stuck with some dude that learned how to "treat her right" from a book -- you might as well call her a sucker as soon as she says "yes" to a date! Oh brother.

Richard Sandrak: Most Gifted Boy on the Planet



I got this link off of Memepool and had to wonder...is it for REAL??? Supposedly this totally ripped looking 9 year old has appeared on CNN, Maury Povich, and many other shows... but I have never had a chance to see it on TV to believe it. Oh well.. I saw a few other sites about him and it looks pretty genuine. I've also seen a few other old blogs about him. I can't believe I never heard of him until last night.

Maybe my eyes are messing with me but some of the pictures look edited... like sticking a picture of a child's head on a bodybuilder's body. It's really bizarre if you've never seen it. Someone tell me it's a joke or something... I'm at a loss for words.

If this IS for real... I wonder why anyone would let their child overdevelop their muscles like that. Wouldn't there be some possible stunting of his growth because of this? He looks more than healthy.. he looks like a child on hardcore steroids.

Frivolous!

Old article, I know... but it still perturbs me that the lady can't take a joke

Woman Thought She'd Won Toyota, Not Toy Yoda
Reporter: The Associated Press | Online Producer: Janine Calandra
Updated: Jul 27, 2001 at 09:58AM

PANAMA CITY, Fla. � A Florida woman who thought she'd won a new car is suing a Hooter's restaurant, after her prize turned out to be a "Star Wars" toy.

Jodee Berry was working at the restaurant in Panama City last spring, when the manager announced a contest for employees. Her lawyer says they were led to believe the prize was a Toyota.

Berry was told she had won the contest. She was blindfolded and led to the parking lot to claim her prize.

That's when she found out that instead of a Toyota, it was a "toy Yoda" -- a miniature version of the "Star Wars" character.

She says the manager was watching and laughing.

Berry says a company shouldn't be allowed to treat its workers like that. She's suing for damages and attorneys' fees.

Hooter's officials haven't commented.

Copyright: 2001 by The Associated Press. All rights Reserved.

By golly I don't believe it! "Nay webcam" used to be the top search engine phrase to hit my site... but as of late, it has now become:

EVERQUEST PORN

I know I've brought it up before.. but it's always got me wondering... And it's not the same person continuously hitting my site over and over with that search.. it's many different IP's... meaning many different people more than likely. That's insane! What is "Everquest porn"? Are people looking for nude patches for the game? I think someone out there should take the initiative (not me) and cater to these people so I stop getting so much traffic for something I can't offer. The target audience = Horny Everquest Players. Today alone I got at least 20+ hits from people looking for it. It tends to come and go in waves... I'm not complaining though... traffic is a good thing and I don't mind it. I just feel bad when people are searching for one thing... and end up on my page and not finding it. Sowwy... :)

Asian Women Are So Beautiful - *B*A*R*F*

Recently (like last week) I got an email from some guy stating that he's had a fantasy of having an Asian girlfriend. Now.. this is not the first time I've ever gotten an email or message like that, but I figured now is as good a time as any to talk about how I feel about that. So... sorry "J" if you get mad reading this... you can call me a bitch or whatever you want.. it doesn't matter -- I'm happily engaged anyway.

First of all.. it doesn't totally offend me when someone talks like that... but it does bother me a little bit. When guys talk about "Asian" girls as if they're a certain breed of dog or cat, it feels insulting. Ever since I've gotten online I've become more and more weary of hearing phrases like:

"Asian women are so beautiful..."
"I love Asian women."
"I've always wanted an Asian woman"

ETC... ETC...

Oh honestly! Do you think an Asian woman in her right mind is going to fall for that shit and drop her panties for you? Maybe if she had no brain or self-worth. The reason why I take offense to someone saying they think Asian women are beautiful is because they're being given credit for just being Asian... not actually because she DOES look good. I mean.. by saying that you're saying no matter how truly butt ugly or pretty she is.. she's still beautiful because she's Asian.

I don't care if guys who are supposedly into Asian chicks start hating my guts for talking about this, but in all honesty I think any woman, black, white, yellow, red, or brown would be just annoyed by a man who treated them like a brand of cereal. It is just as bad as being stereotyped as a nerd, jock, cheerleader, or freak. People that think that way might as well say stuff like... "Ooh.. I've always wanted to have a cheerleader/band nerd/pot-smoker for a girlfriend..." See how well that line works for you with other "types" of people. I think it's so low for a man to think he can lure a woman just by saying he thinks women of her type are beautiful.

What is the deal anyway? What's an Asian woman have that other women don't? What's the fascination? I don't sit there and say I've always wanted a European boyfriend or come on to guys that way. In a way it's disrespectful because when you say something like that you're basically trying to put someone in their place, and defining them by your own standards. It totally takes away from WHO and WHAT that person is like and instead places emphasis on what stereotype they fit in.

You see... since I've met Chris... I haven't once heard from him anything remotely related to my race, bad or good -- or from his family either... and that's FINE with me. Because of that and how well we get along in general, our relationship has been successful and he has made me feel so comfortable about being with him. He would not have lasted past the first date if he told me how much he's wanted an Asian woman and dreamt of one day marrying one. But hey.. maybe it's a matter of personal preference. Who knows.. maybe there are some dumb Asian chicks out there that would fall for that crap.

My best advice is that if you indeed have a fascination towards men/women that are white/Asian/black/nerds/ditzy/whatever, try your best NOT to express it in such a way that they would feel trapped in the stereotype... or better yet, don't say anything at all. Try liking them because they're a likable person... because you have a lot of things in common... because you guys have a lot to talk about... because you share the same goals in life. Wouldn't you think that makes a better relationship then one based on the other's race?

Added: 8/7/01 @ 2:40pm

When you stereotype people especially based on their race... you're also giving and taking away possibly undeserved credit to and from that person. Let me see if I can give you some examples of what I mean.

It's like saying...

Susie Cho did well on her SAT's because she's Asian.
Emmitt Smith is a good football player because he's black.
Alex Rodriguez plays baseball well because he is Hispanic.
Billy Joe Harris is a good farmer because he's white.
Jackie Chan is good at martial arts because he's Chinese.

In those cases you are basically taking credit away from someone by simply saying their achievements have to do with their race, not all their hard work or talent. The same thing is true the other way around when you give credit to someone because they achieved something that most people of their race don't. It's not to say there are some very distinct things that distinguish all the races.

I've dealt with all sorts of assumptions growing up... It's only made me conclude that people use statements like that as an excuse for why they aren't as good at something as much as they'd like. Imagine if you were a young Asian girl in school, and you could hear your classmates whisper to each other that the only reason why you made straight A's and drew well were because you were Asian... not because you busted your ass doing homework and memorizing things, and were more careful when you drew pictures. How would you feel?

The Princess Diaries - Thoughts

Since I first saw a preview for Disney's "The Princess Diaries" I was very excited about the movie coming out. It looked like it was going to be a really cute, exciting, positive movie. The only thing I didn't like was that in the previews, they showed how the "geeky dorky" girl ended up looking after a makeover -- which was absolutely stunning... Aside from that though, I thought it will still be an interesting flick.

Well.... sorry to spoil it for anyone else who is dying to watch this, but I have to say it was a BIG disappointment. I had so many expectations, and was simply let down. First of all... the movie was 2 hours long when it should have been a 90 minute movie. There was a lot of fat that should have been trimmed. The story went all over the place, and the message was not clear except that looking good is all that matters in this world, not building one's inner beauty.

I think without the two main characters, played by Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews, this movie would have absolutely no chance. But even their great charisma and performances could not save this ship from sinking. The writing was terrible, the plot extremely predictable, the characters were bland, underdeveloped and way too stereotypical. Everything that happened was nothing that you've never seen or thought of before. It's as though they cranked a movie out of the Disney Movie Generator Machine and didn't even take a moment to watch the movie before releasing it. I think another main problem was that the movie was made to be a G rated movie so nothing really exciting happened in the plot. Even though many critics say that young girls (age 10-13) will probably enjoy it, I seriously doubt they'll get much entertainment from it. I think that if I were that age again I would have fallen asleep through this movie... it didn't move quick enough, and it was far from making your mind seek such a fantasy. Nothing was believable.

Both Chris and I anticipated watching the movie with the same amount of excitement, but once we started watching it, I could clearly tell Chris did not enjoy it at all. Not only because it was more of a girly movie, but because it wasn't a well done girly movie. It dragged on and on in all sorts of directions and left too many questions and subplots without closure.

I wish I could have redone the movie or at least been an editor for it... It's such a shame that such a potentional classic of a movie ended up being such an embarassingly disappointing flop.

It's really sad that movies have become so cliche and uninspired. It's hard to tell which movie is going to stand out above the rest without having to go watch them all first. Previews show too much and too little at the same time. Sometimes word of mouth from trusty resources is the only way I'll go watch a movie. We're at the age where we've seen it all before, done it all before, and movie producer's have run all out of new ideas. Creativity, good writing, and interesting plots are now the last things they seem to worry about... just creating hype and making big box office numbers seems to be the goal.
By the way... here's a review of the movie I enjoyed reading.

Yay I can finally update my site again. For some reason I was getting a quota exceeded message but I don't have anywhere near 200 megs of files on here yet... anyway it's fixed now.