This is an announcement from Brandon. So you’re settling in with the relationship with your Asian girl whose long flowing hair you adore. Be warned that with the sexy hair comes a demon that will haunt you for the rest of your days with your Asian woman. Behold, the Cousin Itt of the Carpet. (This specimen here came out of our Dyson vacuum cleaner.) Another one usually resides in the shower drain. 041507_1252a.jpg Originally uploaded by theoakmonster. (And yeah, I double-posted this on Thai-Blogs too. Slightly different version though.)...
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It’s Songkran, y’all. Thai new year, marking the “entrance of the sun” and of course the beginning of a countrywide water fight. Bust out your Super Soakers, suckers!!! Oh, and buy some shirts while you’re at it. 🙂 Why do we splash each other? Well, let’s see…because in April is HOTTER THAN HELL in Thailand? How else would you cool down? ;-D My theory on how the little clensing ritual turns into an aqua war is this: It probably started with the fact that we rid ourselves of bad mojo with water. In the morning, you go to you parents...
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USC layeth the smacketh down on the protesting students old school style, ending a sit-in in mere hours. How did they do it? #1 – Threaten suspension. #2 – Call the kids’ parents. And here’s a reflection on the resolution of this generation of activists: “We were prepared for arrest, but not suspension,” said Ana Valderrama, a senior in philosophy. It’s getting harder every year to get in to USC and the tuition for one year can almost down pay a house. So hell yes, you’d better get your asses back to class or your parents will not hesitate to...
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I first heard the word today. Net Reps: Internet reputation, that is. A little news video on LA Times website talked about a British guy who was hired because he had a tech blog that hit the right note with the company. The bit continues to discuss how employers search the web to find dirt on the candidates, how you should “better” your net reps by not posting your keg stand pictures etc. I know I wrote about this once before, about how screwed I am with putting my life on the internet. And once again, I’ll say to all...
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A coworker came over with this: “Can you help me open this thing up?” she asked. “It’s out of staples and I don’t know where it opens.” I picked up the thing. And… Um. Yeah. * Then Brandon sent me this picture with the title: “No, we can’t buy one of these for home.”...
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It’s been a quiet and relaxing weekend so far. You know, the 2 days break from the daily grind that feels like a 7 day vacation? One of those. We spent an hour at a client’s house in the morning. It was half work half social call, so that was fun. I ran all sorts of errands in the early afternoon, much enjoyable and productive alone time. The rest of the afternoon was a mixture of doing laundry, taking a nap, watching TV, and reading my Dresden Files book. I cooked dinner to Scrubs Season 1 Disc 2 and we...
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