Sons left the television on this channel called "American Life" because she was reminiscing over some Remington Steel. As a side note, I was scorned for never watching it but that was before my time!
After she left to go to the store and I was busily organizing my bag of goodies and doing some work, I realised there was some black and white show going on after Remington Steel was over.
H1 and I are pretty hasty to dismiss anything in black and white but I noticed there was a soldier hanging from a church steeple and his comrades were trying their best to get him to shut his delirium. Why? Because the Germans were right below them and they'd get caught.
"What is this mess?" I thought. I knew the name of it because I saw the opening credits, which by the way was pretty impressive.
And so, I ended up watching Combat!, a show about two soldiers in WWII. I don't know if they were stationed all over Europe but in this episode, they were in France.
There was so much that could go wrong and did but so much that 'conveniently' happened, all so that the American soldiers could make it to safety, while the Nazis were all gunned down.
It was pretty typical in that sense but there was some grand cleverness to that show too including the Americans hiding out in the Belfry but suffering for Mass. With the bell being tolled right within earshot, they were hurting but not deaf afterward.
The other thing I really liked about it was that everyone spoke their respective languages and there were NO SUBTITLES! They could have been saying ridiculousness in German and French but I would never have known!
When the priest went to the German commanding office to tell him to get the presumable dead American soldier from the steeple, he went through 3 languages before finally asking him if he spoke English, to which the German Commanding Officer smugly and smirking all over said yes.
One German soldier decided to take the boots off the American because his boots were tattered unlike the corpse hanging from the steeple. It cost him his life and his entire squad but the drama in the rescue that incorporated the boots story was greatness.
Oh, and one more thing. The best part about that show was the episode title.
It was called 'The Steeple'.
I know I'll research this later and find out it was a really popular show and be persecuted for not knowing it.
Not without its flaws (like really, how did the Americans hear anything the Germans said from that distance?) or overwhelming patriotism Combat! made for interesting times and made me waste 1 hour watching and 20 minutes blogging, when I came home early to get rest from catching the cold from Alpha Monkey Boobey-Head, Beta Goat Luuuuiiiisss and Omega Ostrich H1.
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Saturday, December 06, 2008
Making Christmas (Part I): Chinatown Friday
As I write this, it's actually December 10th even though I started this post on December 6th. The HOchieS had a very full weekend past, with Day-Off'ing, Chinatown'ing, Baking, Decorating and doing Christmasie Christmas'ing.
On Friday last, Sons and the HOchieS trekked off to Chinatown for some Dim sum. I think I have to make it a tradition of making the Dim sum trip to take pictures of the Chinese Christmas display at Golden Bridge and well, to eat Dim sum of course.
The dim sum was extremely good on Friday and I saw things I never saw there before. I was rather impressed and tried to take decent pictures for once. Umm, that didn't happen. Clearly it's due to my lack of photography skills but I'm still trying and learning. I think H1's got a better eye than I but does she have a Camera Eye? Hmmm...
Cart Love -
OMG, here come the meats:
H1 and her good "Camera" Sense, for taking pictures of babies and now beef & pork:
What?! It was a first for here! Juicy pork dumplings?! Oh, how disappointing - the juicy bit leaked out...ah well. They were still stuffed with piggyh bliss:
The display was quite festive this year:
I particularly enjoyed the Santa:
After the eats, we headed to where the cool kids go. Sadly, Soul Eater Volume 2 figures were not out yet so I couldn't buy my beloved Stein, but we did do some Christmas Shopping for Momma HOchie, some kids and I got H1 a present. That reminds me that I need to take that from her so that I may wrap it up.
It was a fun but busy day that ended after we went to the grocery to buy ingredients for the two day bake fest which we'll discuss in a Part II blog post.
Memorable Conversation of the Day:
Sons: We're the only non-Chinese people here.
::later on:: Or 2: Oh, there are some white people over there. The Chinese people put them in the corner - out of sight. No one puts baby in a corner!
Currently listening to: "Heaven's Dead" by Audioslave.
On Friday last, Sons and the HOchieS trekked off to Chinatown for some Dim sum. I think I have to make it a tradition of making the Dim sum trip to take pictures of the Chinese Christmas display at Golden Bridge and well, to eat Dim sum of course.
The dim sum was extremely good on Friday and I saw things I never saw there before. I was rather impressed and tried to take decent pictures for once. Umm, that didn't happen. Clearly it's due to my lack of photography skills but I'm still trying and learning. I think H1's got a better eye than I but does she have a Camera Eye? Hmmm...
Cart Love -
OMG, here come the meats:
H1 and her good "Camera" Sense, for taking pictures of babies and now beef & pork:
What?! It was a first for here! Juicy pork dumplings?! Oh, how disappointing - the juicy bit leaked out...ah well. They were still stuffed with piggyh bliss:
The display was quite festive this year:
I particularly enjoyed the Santa:
After the eats, we headed to where the cool kids go. Sadly, Soul Eater Volume 2 figures were not out yet so I couldn't buy my beloved Stein, but we did do some Christmas Shopping for Momma HOchie, some kids and I got H1 a present. That reminds me that I need to take that from her so that I may wrap it up.
It was a fun but busy day that ended after we went to the grocery to buy ingredients for the two day bake fest which we'll discuss in a Part II blog post.
Memorable Conversation of the Day:
Sons: We're the only non-Chinese people here.
::later on:: Or 2: Oh, there are some white people over there. The Chinese people put them in the corner - out of sight. No one puts baby in a corner!
Currently listening to: "Heaven's Dead" by Audioslave.
That Scary Halloween Cat
It's December now, the month of Christmas and before we know it will be - there are only 19 days left after all.
The HOchieS started decorating and we put Santa up on the window.
It turns out, Santa has a helper this year.
During this recession, Santa could not afford Rudolph as those reindeer are part of a union and all.
That Scary Halloween Cat though, he's a free agent.
Currently listening to: "Little Green Bag" by George Baker.
The HOchieS started decorating and we put Santa up on the window.
It turns out, Santa has a helper this year.
During this recession, Santa could not afford Rudolph as those reindeer are part of a union and all.
That Scary Halloween Cat though, he's a free agent.
Currently listening to: "Little Green Bag" by George Baker.
Friday, December 05, 2008
Sons Is Here!
And she already managed to sully my ears by dirtying up "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" by The Offspring.
All I'll need now is for MC to create his character Sexual Chocolate again with the new and improved 'fro that has a 'fro comb in it and I'll have the entire Rock Band 2 cringe experience!
::shudder::
All I'll need now is for MC to create his character Sexual Chocolate again with the new and improved 'fro that has a 'fro comb in it and I'll have the entire Rock Band 2 cringe experience!
::shudder::
Baaahahahaha
Here's an article I found on Gamespot that is wrong on all levels.
A black sheep? Speaking street?
Oh, Nintendo.
Oh, Animal Crossing; it's no wonder this game cracks me up some.
Source: www.gamespot.com
Posted Dec 3, 2008 2:07 pm PT By GS_News
Every now and then, game companies' PR and marketing backfires. Sony's 2007 God of War II promotional party featuring a decapitated goat made Fortune's list of the 101 Dumbest Business Moments of the year. Then there was the Wii port of Okami, for which Capcom swiped cover art from gaming site IGN--and forgot to remove the watermark.
This week sees another such misstep, this committed by Nintendo in an effort to promote the interoperability of the recently released Animal Crossing: City Folk with 2005's Animal Crossing: Wild World for the DS. To allow members of the media the chance to check out the function, Nintendo sent out copies of Wild World with a saved city already on it.
But as spotted by MTV Multiplayer and confirmed by GameSpot, not everyone in the city was very neighborly. Specifically, the character of Baarbara the sheep greets players by using a racial epithet (pictured) in a modified form commonly used as a greeting in hip-hop culture. The line also includes a line of dialogue from the film Full Metal Jacket that Asian-Americans might find offensive. Wild World lets players customize greetings, and it appears that the objectionable wording was inserted using that function.
Although embarrassing, the Animal Crossing N-word flap doesn't rank alongside the game industry's biggest PR fiascos. Those include Microsoft's steady drumbeat of denials of widespread Xbox 360 failures in the months leading up to its $1 billion admission that the "Red Red Ring of Death" was all too common. The Big Kahuna of publicity trainwrecks came in 2005, when Take-Two Interactive insisted that the "Hot Coffee" sex minigames in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas were the work of PC hackers...just days before the minigames were found hidden in the unalterable PlayStation 2 version of the game.
[UPDATE] True to its word, a contrite Nintendo issued a statement to GameSpot apologizing for any offense and promising to recall the offending copies of the game from media outlets.
"Previously played copies of the 2005 DS game Animal Crossing: Wild World were sent to 14 members of the media to demonstrate the ability of players to transfer items to the new Animal Crossing: City Folk for Wii," said the publisher. "We regret that an offensive phrase was included without our knowledge via a wireless function that allows user-generated catchphrases to spread virally from one game to the next. This version is limited to 14 copies created for media review purposes only and is not available at retailers. We sincerely apologize for the incident and are working with media who received the game cards to return them to Nintendo immediately."
Currently listening to: Brain Schemes.
A black sheep? Speaking street?
Oh, Nintendo.
Oh, Animal Crossing; it's no wonder this game cracks me up some.
Source: www.gamespot.com
Posted Dec 3, 2008 2:07 pm PT By GS_News
Every now and then, game companies' PR and marketing backfires. Sony's 2007 God of War II promotional party featuring a decapitated goat made Fortune's list of the 101 Dumbest Business Moments of the year. Then there was the Wii port of Okami, for which Capcom swiped cover art from gaming site IGN--and forgot to remove the watermark.
This week sees another such misstep, this committed by Nintendo in an effort to promote the interoperability of the recently released Animal Crossing: City Folk with 2005's Animal Crossing: Wild World for the DS. To allow members of the media the chance to check out the function, Nintendo sent out copies of Wild World with a saved city already on it.
But as spotted by MTV Multiplayer and confirmed by GameSpot, not everyone in the city was very neighborly. Specifically, the character of Baarbara the sheep greets players by using a racial epithet (pictured) in a modified form commonly used as a greeting in hip-hop culture. The line also includes a line of dialogue from the film Full Metal Jacket that Asian-Americans might find offensive. Wild World lets players customize greetings, and it appears that the objectionable wording was inserted using that function.
Although embarrassing, the Animal Crossing N-word flap doesn't rank alongside the game industry's biggest PR fiascos. Those include Microsoft's steady drumbeat of denials of widespread Xbox 360 failures in the months leading up to its $1 billion admission that the "Red Red Ring of Death" was all too common. The Big Kahuna of publicity trainwrecks came in 2005, when Take-Two Interactive insisted that the "Hot Coffee" sex minigames in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas were the work of PC hackers...just days before the minigames were found hidden in the unalterable PlayStation 2 version of the game.
[UPDATE] True to its word, a contrite Nintendo issued a statement to GameSpot apologizing for any offense and promising to recall the offending copies of the game from media outlets.
"Previously played copies of the 2005 DS game Animal Crossing: Wild World were sent to 14 members of the media to demonstrate the ability of players to transfer items to the new Animal Crossing: City Folk for Wii," said the publisher. "We regret that an offensive phrase was included without our knowledge via a wireless function that allows user-generated catchphrases to spread virally from one game to the next. This version is limited to 14 copies created for media review purposes only and is not available at retailers. We sincerely apologize for the incident and are working with media who received the game cards to return them to Nintendo immediately."
Currently listening to: Brain Schemes.
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Interpunct This, CLee
Currently listening to: "Fuuki Iinchou Hibari Kyoya" by Toshihiko Sahashi, from the Katekyo Hitman Reborn Original Soundtrack I. I love it!
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Bread, Ham, Macaroni Pie, Sweet Potato Souffle, Collard Greens, Beef, Stuffing and ...TWO Turkeys?!
It's true.
This year was a the HOchieS first.
There were two Thanksgiving turkeys.
Let us review:
Good times with Momma HOchie's Home-Made Bread? Check.
Good times with ham? Check.
Good times with the best macaroni pie from the best macaroni pie maker H1? Check.
Good times with Collard Greens? With Bits of Ham? Check and Check.
Good times with Sweet Potato Souffle that'll never taste as great as when Aims' makes it? Check.
Good times with roast beef? Mm, check.
Good times with Turkey 1 stuffed with Stuffing and covered with bacon? Oh yeah, Check!
Almost as good times with Turkey 2 stuffed with nothing and covered with bacon? Yep. Check.
So that was Thanksgiving 2008 at the HOchieS house. There were desserts as well and sadly, no picture taken of the saffron rice which was awesome.
Even with two turkeys, there's no food for you, Beetchie and hard luck, X. Bwahaha.
Currently listening to: "Bakosou Yume Uta" by Diggy MO', from the Soul Eater Soundtrack (3rd Ending Single).
This year was a the HOchieS first.
There were two Thanksgiving turkeys.
Let us review:
Good times with Momma HOchie's Home-Made Bread? Check.
Good times with ham? Check.
Good times with the best macaroni pie from the best macaroni pie maker H1? Check.
Good times with Collard Greens? With Bits of Ham? Check and Check.
Good times with Sweet Potato Souffle that'll never taste as great as when Aims' makes it? Check.
Good times with roast beef? Mm, check.
Good times with Turkey 1 stuffed with Stuffing and covered with bacon? Oh yeah, Check!
Almost as good times with Turkey 2 stuffed with nothing and covered with bacon? Yep. Check.
So that was Thanksgiving 2008 at the HOchieS house. There were desserts as well and sadly, no picture taken of the saffron rice which was awesome.
Even with two turkeys, there's no food for you, Beetchie and hard luck, X. Bwahaha.
Currently listening to: "Bakosou Yume Uta" by Diggy MO', from the Soul Eater Soundtrack (3rd Ending Single).
Awww, Cute
I'm really happy to see that Kon will be in the upcoming Bleach movie. I really miss him.
Monday, December 01, 2008
Yum, Roti
A couple of weeks ago, Momma HOchie made her own dahl pourri! It was incredible and incredibly good!
From this -
To That -
To Eat With The Good Stuff -
Currently listening to: "I Wanna Be" by Stance Punks, from the Soul Eater Original Soundtrack.
From this -
To That -
To Eat With The Good Stuff -
Currently listening to: "I Wanna Be" by Stance Punks, from the Soul Eater Original Soundtrack.
Just Like That Other "Dot E" Before It
H1 presents:
Currently listening to: "Lazy Eye" by Silversun Pickups.
Currently listening to: "Lazy Eye" by Silversun Pickups.
Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit...Hare, Hare, Hare
It's the last month of 2008 - here's hoping it's a great one.
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Thanksgiving 2008 Blog Lay Out
Gobblor's gone now, off to terrorize the Internet on Monday while he makes smithereenies of people's ethernet cables so that they can't shop for deals this year.
So until next year, Gobblor...
Currently listening to: "Irish Whiskey" by Illinois. See? Gobblor's driving me to drink or at the very least has me listening to songs about drinks!
So until next year, Gobblor...
Currently listening to: "Irish Whiskey" by Illinois. See? Gobblor's driving me to drink or at the very least has me listening to songs about drinks!
Friday, November 28, 2008
Black Friday: Darker Than Hei
This year, some of the HOchieS and crew took part in insanity. I think we've done it only once before, at least in my memory. I think H1 may have done it more than that.
As usual, I did online buisness even though I was scheduled to take part in the 3:45 AM Madness this morning by trying to get a television, then again for the 6AM Madness with TD5 and Luiiiiissssss.
As mentioned, I did online buisness which entailed some stupidness and madness of my own.
I always think the world revolves around the East Coast and our time but failed to realise that Amazon's Black Friday Deal was supposed to be at 2 AM Pacific and not 2 AM Eastern. Well. Let us just say I went to bed near midnight, awoke at 2 AM, cursed Amazon when I saw no deals, then cursed again when I confirmed with Bughie J. that 2 AM Pacific meant 5 AM Eastern and then went to sleep and cursed again at 5:09 AM. I got 3 copies of an originally $40 then $25.99 dvd for $14.99. Sweetness? Yes.
So I missed the run to the unmentionable evil store with TD5 and Luuuiiisss but I heard it was a mob scene for an item that wasn't even great, then since Papa HOchie and I were doing more buisness at 6 AM, I missed the BJ's run (They're still out there so I'm not horrified to be going back to bed right now).
Black Friday seems to have found its way into everyone's routine this morning. Even my Ninjas were affected.
Look at that Black Friday Dragon Beast! I'd hide behind a Geisha too, honestly. I am not embarrassed by my clan.
Currently: falling asleep.
As usual, I did online buisness even though I was scheduled to take part in the 3:45 AM Madness this morning by trying to get a television, then again for the 6AM Madness with TD5 and Luiiiiissssss.
As mentioned, I did online buisness which entailed some stupidness and madness of my own.
I always think the world revolves around the East Coast and our time but failed to realise that Amazon's Black Friday Deal was supposed to be at 2 AM Pacific and not 2 AM Eastern. Well. Let us just say I went to bed near midnight, awoke at 2 AM, cursed Amazon when I saw no deals, then cursed again when I confirmed with Bughie J. that 2 AM Pacific meant 5 AM Eastern and then went to sleep and cursed again at 5:09 AM. I got 3 copies of an originally $40 then $25.99 dvd for $14.99. Sweetness? Yes.
So I missed the run to the unmentionable evil store with TD5 and Luuuiiisss but I heard it was a mob scene for an item that wasn't even great, then since Papa HOchie and I were doing more buisness at 6 AM, I missed the BJ's run (They're still out there so I'm not horrified to be going back to bed right now).
Black Friday seems to have found its way into everyone's routine this morning. Even my Ninjas were affected.
Look at that Black Friday Dragon Beast! I'd hide behind a Geisha too, honestly. I am not embarrassed by my clan.
Currently: falling asleep.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Happy Thanksgiving or Is It?
Beware the Gobblor!
It's that time of year again.
There were at least 2 sightings of the ferocious Gobblor this week. Grainy television footage showed that he was vapourizing cities of people in his quest to rid humans and their desire to feast upon turkeys.
Footage and screen shots provided by Bughie J.
Welcome to the The HOchieS Thanksgiving Layout 2008 giving press once more to Gobblor, for the turkey scratched demand letters began pouring in again sometime last week as a reminder that he'll be lurking if we didn't do some sort of featurette.
Newsflash Update!
There is new footage and apparently the true intentions of Gobblor have been revealed!
This year we're to inform you of his eveeel plot...involving a mall...?
Eep! It seems Gobblor's trying to ruin Black Friday (or give new meaning to the term "Black Friday" as Gobblor has a twisted sense of humour)! Way to kick us humans down, when we're tragically faced with a recession but trying to have a Merry Christmas regardless.
Thanks, Gobblor. Thanks.
It's that time of year again.
There were at least 2 sightings of the ferocious Gobblor this week. Grainy television footage showed that he was vapourizing cities of people in his quest to rid humans and their desire to feast upon turkeys.
Footage and screen shots provided by Bughie J.
Welcome to the The HOchieS Thanksgiving Layout 2008 giving press once more to Gobblor, for the turkey scratched demand letters began pouring in again sometime last week as a reminder that he'll be lurking if we didn't do some sort of featurette.
Newsflash Update!
There is new footage and apparently the true intentions of Gobblor have been revealed!
This year we're to inform you of his eveeel plot...involving a mall...?
Eep! It seems Gobblor's trying to ruin Black Friday (or give new meaning to the term "Black Friday" as Gobblor has a twisted sense of humour)! Way to kick us humans down, when we're tragically faced with a recession but trying to have a Merry Christmas regardless.
Thanks, Gobblor. Thanks.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Happy Birthday!!!!
Happy Birthday, TD5!
Here you are once more, celebrating your birthday and Thanksgiving with the HOchieS as you should be. If we can, let the shart that went down last year never happen again. And thanks.
Happy Birthday, Bughie J.!
From The HOchieS and a bunch of Animal Balloons! Or are they some sort of Miscreant Barnums that you're not telling us aboot?!
=)
Currently listening to: Momma Hochie wishing you Happy Birthday and singing "O Holy Night". Heehee.
Here you are once more, celebrating your birthday and Thanksgiving with the HOchieS as you should be. If we can, let the shart that went down last year never happen again. And thanks.
Happy Birthday, Bughie J.!
From The HOchieS and a bunch of Animal Balloons! Or are they some sort of Miscreant Barnums that you're not telling us aboot?!
=)
Currently listening to: Momma Hochie wishing you Happy Birthday and singing "O Holy Night". Heehee.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
39 Steps with TD5
It sounds like a very complicated program for addiction, doesn't it?
Well, it's really a network of spies...
and BANG!
That aside, here's a story of what happened before Mr. Memory lost his memory and everything else.
TD5 and I trundled to Midtown and trundled some more through the Grand Central Holiday Fair then around 42ND Street to visit Toys R' Us and the Virgin Mega store.
There were some nice things at the GCS Holiday Fair but not being of upper middle to upper class status as TD5 and I noted, those nice things were left exactly where they were, waiting for pretentious fools to go ahead and spend their money on often hippy, overpriced, classist nonsense.
He got his nephew some sort after Transformer toys that involved Optimus Prime and Bumble Bee. I was pushing him to get Galvitron since I'm a Decepticon fan myself (yeah, who would have thought?) but at least Megatron and Scorpion (?) came in the sets too. There's always room for Decepticons.
Virgin Megastore proved pricey as usual but I did walk out with something great and free: The Onion. That's always fun times. That and a free Iron Man poster.
We then met up with H1, Luiiiissss and Alex to do dinner. Thank goodness I checked the tickets and discovered the show was at 7PM and not 8PM because there would have been some hella angry peeps had we missed half the thing. Heh.
Our plans to go to Delta Grill were squashed with this new information so we went to the closest, quick service, good food place we could think of and ended up at Pongsri.
After dinner and bidding farewell to Alex, we went to see the Broadway play - Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps, which was not an actual addiction program but I'm sure you lot already figured that out.
The first half was rather entertaining and any mention of 'coos makes for a good bit of media. H1 and I were quite pleased.
The second half started off kind of slow but it was alright. The jokes were plentiful and funny, sometimes expected and 'ran' the same way but all in all, it was a very pleasant evening with family.
TD5 enjoyed his early Birthday present and that's awesome.
All in all, I'd say our evening took about 3900 steps, which I guess means we need lots of help.
Highlights of the evening:
1. The (first - ha) shadow puppet theatre during the chase scene.
2. The cast. I enjoyed 3 of the 4 members. I was not very moved by the lead female but she wasn't bad either.
3. The costume changes and multiple role changes within scene and the non-seriousness of it all.
4. The top of the train scene as pictured here courtesy of the official website www.39stepsonbroadway.com:
Memorable Quote:
Professor Jordan: It was supposed to be a cast of four! ::dying:: four...
Currently listening to: "Mid Point" by Kuniaki Haishima, from the Monster Original Soundtrack 1. Heh, I've TD5 hooked on Monster! Bwahahaha. I'm so proud of myself.
Well, it's really a network of spies...
and BANG!
That aside, here's a story of what happened before Mr. Memory lost his memory and everything else.
TD5 and I trundled to Midtown and trundled some more through the Grand Central Holiday Fair then around 42ND Street to visit Toys R' Us and the Virgin Mega store.
There were some nice things at the GCS Holiday Fair but not being of upper middle to upper class status as TD5 and I noted, those nice things were left exactly where they were, waiting for pretentious fools to go ahead and spend their money on often hippy, overpriced, classist nonsense.
He got his nephew some sort after Transformer toys that involved Optimus Prime and Bumble Bee. I was pushing him to get Galvitron since I'm a Decepticon fan myself (yeah, who would have thought?) but at least Megatron and Scorpion (?) came in the sets too. There's always room for Decepticons.
Virgin Megastore proved pricey as usual but I did walk out with something great and free: The Onion. That's always fun times. That and a free Iron Man poster.
We then met up with H1, Luiiiissss and Alex to do dinner. Thank goodness I checked the tickets and discovered the show was at 7PM and not 8PM because there would have been some hella angry peeps had we missed half the thing. Heh.
Our plans to go to Delta Grill were squashed with this new information so we went to the closest, quick service, good food place we could think of and ended up at Pongsri.
After dinner and bidding farewell to Alex, we went to see the Broadway play - Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps, which was not an actual addiction program but I'm sure you lot already figured that out.
The first half was rather entertaining and any mention of 'coos makes for a good bit of media. H1 and I were quite pleased.
The second half started off kind of slow but it was alright. The jokes were plentiful and funny, sometimes expected and 'ran' the same way but all in all, it was a very pleasant evening with family.
TD5 enjoyed his early Birthday present and that's awesome.
All in all, I'd say our evening took about 3900 steps, which I guess means we need lots of help.
Highlights of the evening:
1. The (first - ha) shadow puppet theatre during the chase scene.
2. The cast. I enjoyed 3 of the 4 members. I was not very moved by the lead female but she wasn't bad either.
3. The costume changes and multiple role changes within scene and the non-seriousness of it all.
4. The top of the train scene as pictured here courtesy of the official website www.39stepsonbroadway.com:
Memorable Quote:
Professor Jordan: It was supposed to be a cast of four! ::dying:: four...
Currently listening to: "Mid Point" by Kuniaki Haishima, from the Monster Original Soundtrack 1. Heh, I've TD5 hooked on Monster! Bwahahaha. I'm so proud of myself.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
What? New 24?!
Much to the dismay of many (Beetchie already 'instinctively' called at 8 PM to disturb me), 24 is back! In mini TV event, anyway. The 24 HC is on!
TD5's with me too right now, so this it's even better times.
3 AM to 5 AM:
They're in Africa, and there was talk of people being cockroaches. It's funny how things are. Just today I heard that cockroach Akon on the radio.
Ah, there's Jack Bauer, who even though is doing humanity work in Africa, he still knows how to break a hand if need be.
As TD5 and I noticed, it's always good to see goats and chickens playing football.
Powers Boothe still scares the crap out of me.
Memorable Quotes of the Episode:
Jack: Save that helmet for a parade!
TD5: He has two guns...
Or 2: Please, there's a dozen or so! He can take them out barehanded!
TD5: All he needs is a straw!
::as Jack walks into the jungle::
TD5: Go Predator on their asses! See? He jumped down from the trees!
::as Jack is knocked out in one punch::
Or 2: One punch and Jack is down.
TD5: That's improbable.
TD5: I like his character, don't kill him yet. Did he get an "...and Robert Carlisle, or just Robert Carlisle? Because that is a determining factor."
Or 2: I think he got "Robert Carlisle".
TD5: Okay good, he might make it to another episode.
Or 2: Yeah. He'll make it to 4 AM.
Or 2: Jack's been tortured by the Chinese and made it, am I (he) supposed to be scared by these people?
Or 2: I'm happy to see the little messenger bag made it to Africa.
TD5: Yes. It did. It must have been hand luggage.
Or 2: Oooooohhh.
TD5: Oohh. Candyman!
Head Count: 27.
TD5's with me too right now, so this it's even better times.
3 AM to 5 AM:
They're in Africa, and there was talk of people being cockroaches. It's funny how things are. Just today I heard that cockroach Akon on the radio.
Ah, there's Jack Bauer, who even though is doing humanity work in Africa, he still knows how to break a hand if need be.
As TD5 and I noticed, it's always good to see goats and chickens playing football.
Powers Boothe still scares the crap out of me.
Memorable Quotes of the Episode:
Jack: Save that helmet for a parade!
TD5: He has two guns...
Or 2: Please, there's a dozen or so! He can take them out barehanded!
TD5: All he needs is a straw!
::as Jack walks into the jungle::
TD5: Go Predator on their asses! See? He jumped down from the trees!
::as Jack is knocked out in one punch::
Or 2: One punch and Jack is down.
TD5: That's improbable.
TD5: I like his character, don't kill him yet. Did he get an "...and Robert Carlisle, or just Robert Carlisle? Because that is a determining factor."
Or 2: I think he got "Robert Carlisle".
TD5: Okay good, he might make it to another episode.
Or 2: Yeah. He'll make it to 4 AM.
Or 2: Jack's been tortured by the Chinese and made it, am I (he) supposed to be scared by these people?
Or 2: I'm happy to see the little messenger bag made it to Africa.
TD5: Yes. It did. It must have been hand luggage.
Or 2: Oooooohhh.
TD5: Oohh. Candyman!
Head Count: 27.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Why, Oh Why?
Why did those assholes from Fall Out Boy and The Less-Than-Cool Simpsons name their child "Bronx"?
That's just a gross misuse of the word and some real dirtying of Da Boogie Down.
Instead of naming the child Mowgli as well, they should have named it Dumbo. That animal related name is more appropriate for an evil Disney-like Devil Spawn with a mother whose ears are as long and big as her face.
I just hope it wouldn't be an appropriate name for the level of intelligence too but with parents like those, the kid probably doesn't stand a chance.
Plastic surgery's not genetic, right? Because I can't wait for the real Asslee nose and chin to make an appearance on Dumbo. The child will have character and not look like a generic blonde idiot.
Currently: Amused that I am extra hateful when I'm half-asleep.
That's just a gross misuse of the word and some real dirtying of Da Boogie Down.
Instead of naming the child Mowgli as well, they should have named it Dumbo. That animal related name is more appropriate for an evil Disney-like Devil Spawn with a mother whose ears are as long and big as her face.
I just hope it wouldn't be an appropriate name for the level of intelligence too but with parents like those, the kid probably doesn't stand a chance.
Plastic surgery's not genetic, right? Because I can't wait for the real Asslee nose and chin to make an appearance on Dumbo. The child will have character and not look like a generic blonde idiot.
Currently: Amused that I am extra hateful when I'm half-asleep.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Happy Birthday, Momma Ho!
Happy Birthday to the Lady, who feeds us great food and takes care of us even if now she only cares about her grandchirren. I keed.
Thanks for everything, Momma Ho!
Thanks for everything, Momma Ho!
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Distractions From World Domination Plots
This may all be a part of their scheme to keep our little minds occupied while they work behind the scenes to continue spying on us and plot our demise, but the folks at Google just gave some of us a few themes to work with within Gmail.
It. is. Hilarious.
There are some pretty nice ones that I've seen so far with the "Planets", "Tea House" and "Terminal" themes being the better selections in my opinion.
However, I, like Gen Friend, picked Ninjas.
It is a well-known fact (at least to those who know me), that I love Ninjas. Who doesn't, though? I've armies that I've been gathering together since my days in college, or rather still, since my dealings with Snake Eyes but... I've already said too much.
To protect the identity of M.C. and Chloe, I blacked out some names of the Gmail mail I had. Also, I blocked out H1's name in the chat but look at the Rising Gmail Sun, the ninja stars on the e-mail links and the funky black and red ninja colours!
Watch my subordinates compose an e-mail of a certain destructive nature!
Other than that, you will see some embarrassing secrets about me such as getting mail from Keane. Yeah, I'm a member of their mailing list.
As well as questions that may arise a-like so: what's up with the e-mail entitled "Holy Poop"?
Back to the Ninjas though, I feel like they're waiting for me to fall asleep so that they can assassinate me. That's the thing about Ninjas, you don't give them enough of a rice stipend and they turn on your ass. Or am I confusing them with my armies of Samurai?
This must be a test run given to only a few Gmail users as H1 sadly discovered but I think it just means she hasn't been marked for death.
It...almost makes me a little bit suspicious of H1!
Hmmmmm...
Currently listening to: "Ninja Hideout" and by Koji Hayama, from the Ape Escape 2 Original Soundtrack and "Ninja Night School" by Ultra Brain, from the Songs for Death Note The Movie: Tribute. Really? Are these the only two songs in my current uploaded library that has the word 'ninja' in it? Lame. What's worse, they're both sucky songs.
Edit on 11/20/08:
Why did I just send an e-mail out to TD5 and there's a scene of one of my ninjas harrassing a geisha? She does look like she can defend herself with those fans though. I am well impressed.
H1 got her theme settings finally and she went with the tea house theme that features a little kitsune. She is very happy.
Edit on 11/21/08:
This morning I awoke to find that my Ninja and Geisha were cleaning. Any item can be used as a weapon, it's true, even if that object is a broom. See what another koku can do? You can get your ninjas to sweep up.
Currently listening to: The Pumps trundling down the stairs. He makes for a terrible Ninja Cat sometimes. Perhaps I need to cut back on his koku...
It. is. Hilarious.
There are some pretty nice ones that I've seen so far with the "Planets", "Tea House" and "Terminal" themes being the better selections in my opinion.
However, I, like Gen Friend, picked Ninjas.
It is a well-known fact (at least to those who know me), that I love Ninjas. Who doesn't, though? I've armies that I've been gathering together since my days in college, or rather still, since my dealings with Snake Eyes but... I've already said too much.
To protect the identity of M.C. and Chloe, I blacked out some names of the Gmail mail I had. Also, I blocked out H1's name in the chat but look at the Rising Gmail Sun, the ninja stars on the e-mail links and the funky black and red ninja colours!
Watch my subordinates compose an e-mail of a certain destructive nature!
Other than that, you will see some embarrassing secrets about me such as getting mail from Keane. Yeah, I'm a member of their mailing list.
As well as questions that may arise a-like so: what's up with the e-mail entitled "Holy Poop"?
Back to the Ninjas though, I feel like they're waiting for me to fall asleep so that they can assassinate me. That's the thing about Ninjas, you don't give them enough of a rice stipend and they turn on your ass. Or am I confusing them with my armies of Samurai?
This must be a test run given to only a few Gmail users as H1 sadly discovered but I think it just means she hasn't been marked for death.
It...almost makes me a little bit suspicious of H1!
Hmmmmm...
Currently listening to: "Ninja Hideout" and by Koji Hayama, from the Ape Escape 2 Original Soundtrack and "Ninja Night School" by Ultra Brain, from the Songs for Death Note The Movie: Tribute. Really? Are these the only two songs in my current uploaded library that has the word 'ninja' in it? Lame. What's worse, they're both sucky songs.
Edit on 11/20/08:
Why did I just send an e-mail out to TD5 and there's a scene of one of my ninjas harrassing a geisha? She does look like she can defend herself with those fans though. I am well impressed.
H1 got her theme settings finally and she went with the tea house theme that features a little kitsune. She is very happy.
Edit on 11/21/08:
This morning I awoke to find that my Ninja and Geisha were cleaning. Any item can be used as a weapon, it's true, even if that object is a broom. See what another koku can do? You can get your ninjas to sweep up.
Currently listening to: The Pumps trundling down the stairs. He makes for a terrible Ninja Cat sometimes. Perhaps I need to cut back on his koku...
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
The Perfect Pyos
I've started rather late this year with presento-pyo collecting but the constant fear of being jobless and a recession contributed to questioning whether there'd even be a Christmas this year.
The good news is, I'm still excited about Christmas because I have the Office Treat ideas all sorted out and stores are displaying lights and everything festive.
Oh, and I started buying a few things. There's a lot of cool things you can get with $20.00. It's quite nice.
The hunt for presents led to the discovery of two of the most awesome present ideas for a couple of you guys.
Here's one from www.tshirthell.com that's tops for Bunji (tops...t-shirt. Ha.):
For CLEE:
A little something to make the Apple Iphone appear awesome because it sure as hell isn't now, and I'm not just talking about your cracked one either, I'm talking about all Apple Iphones and Ipods.
I especially like that picture of the frying.
As we all know from one of my slogans, bacon makes everything (taste) better.
Currently listening to: "Your Eyes Open" by Keane.
The good news is, I'm still excited about Christmas because I have the Office Treat ideas all sorted out and stores are displaying lights and everything festive.
Oh, and I started buying a few things. There's a lot of cool things you can get with $20.00. It's quite nice.
The hunt for presents led to the discovery of two of the most awesome present ideas for a couple of you guys.
Here's one from www.tshirthell.com that's tops for Bunji (tops...t-shirt. Ha.):
For CLEE:
A little something to make the Apple Iphone appear awesome because it sure as hell isn't now, and I'm not just talking about your cracked one either, I'm talking about all Apple Iphones and Ipods.
I especially like that picture of the frying.
As we all know from one of my slogans, bacon makes everything (taste) better.
Currently listening to: "Your Eyes Open" by Keane.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Winter's On Its Way
Much to H1's dismay.
I haven't told her yet but I heard talk of flurries in the morning.
She'll be well cranky tomorrow.
Another sign that Winter's coming, was the sight of this fat ass squirrel.
The fatty was a sly one.
His back was mostly turned to me and he ignored that I was calling him. He did not budge when corn bread was tossed to him but when he was finished munching on whatever strange thing he had been investing in, he made his way to the corn bread.
Papa HOchie and I then threw him some walnuts but he didn't want those.
It's a good thing I was paying attention because I stepped outside to take a better picture of him and the next thing I knew, he was almost on top of me!
There, he was, trying to jump on my foot and give me plague. It would have been a horror story if he had darted into the house.
Here's the asshole with his chunky squirrel ass to me, as all animals enjoy doing.
Momma HOchie says he's the squirrel brother to Pumpkin. I would thank her to not call my cat fat.
He's big-boned!
Currently listening to: "Vessel" by Nine Inch Nails.
I haven't told her yet but I heard talk of flurries in the morning.
She'll be well cranky tomorrow.
Another sign that Winter's coming, was the sight of this fat ass squirrel.
The fatty was a sly one.
His back was mostly turned to me and he ignored that I was calling him. He did not budge when corn bread was tossed to him but when he was finished munching on whatever strange thing he had been investing in, he made his way to the corn bread.
Papa HOchie and I then threw him some walnuts but he didn't want those.
It's a good thing I was paying attention because I stepped outside to take a better picture of him and the next thing I knew, he was almost on top of me!
There, he was, trying to jump on my foot and give me plague. It would have been a horror story if he had darted into the house.
Here's the asshole with his chunky squirrel ass to me, as all animals enjoy doing.
Momma HOchie says he's the squirrel brother to Pumpkin. I would thank her to not call my cat fat.
He's big-boned!
Currently listening to: "Vessel" by Nine Inch Nails.
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