NASA: Mission Inspiration

lego moon landing

In a few days, the last American space shuttle will be launched.  An era will come to an end. But according to the NASA PR machine in USA Today, it ain’t over yet. The United States needs to cede its low-earth orbit missions, such as the space shuttle, to the private sector so it can free up resources to explore deep space, [NASA’s administrator and a former astronaut Charles F.] Bolden said. President Obama has directed NASA to work toward sending manned spacecraft to an asteroid and to Mars. Translation: American astronauts will rely on the Russians to get back...
Continue reading...

Geek Girls Sunday

The Nerd Machine Slave Leias

Serendipitously, after I posted the rant about geek girls v.s. faux geek girls, that very same weekend turned itself into a Geek Girl Weekend. Thursday A friend of mine forwarded me a tweet: a call of arms for any L.A. Slave Leia costume owners for a web video shoot for The Nerd Machine.  (For those who didn’t know, The Nerd Machine is a brainchild of Zachary Levi a.k.a. Chuck from the TV show Chuck…or the voice of Flynn Rider from Tangled.)  I replied to that call with a couple of photos including the Zombie Slave Leia with Darth Vader. Friday...
Continue reading...

A Matter of Faith

Shepherd Book's quote

When I talk about belief, why do you always assume I’m talking about God? – Shepherd Book, Serenity. That there was a quote that launched a thousand thoughts over this Memorial Day weekend. It started on Thursday night when I watched Serenity with some friends.  As a Browncoat—fan of Joss Whedon’s Firefly series and the subsequent movie–I’ve watched this movie several times. At the core of it was about faith, not in a religious way, but a belief in something so strong that one is willing to live by it and die for it. A kind of faith I’ve always...
Continue reading...

Keep Calm and Carry On

Wise word from UK government during WWII.  The propaganda poster that went missing since which had just resurfaced back in 2000.  Nowadays, you see it in all shapes and forms.  Like these guys. Cupcake: The Lobster Pot / Rock: The Poster List I have a copy printed out with a smiley face wearing the crown, and posted in my office to look at.  Because, just like everyone else, some days you need a little bit of a mantra to get you through.  (And yeah, the view does help a little bit.) Outside of the office in the tower, things do...
Continue reading...

10,000 Strong

I posted my 10,000th tweet today.  (And yes, I meant 10,000 when I typed 100,000…) It wasn’t what I expected. Like I said, twitter went bonkers just as I tried to write my composed message. It figures, doesn’t it? So, the original 10,000th post was, instead, 10,001st. (And yes, I meant 10,001ST, not 10,001th…) I know it’s not just me who have forsaken their blogs, the gateway online medium.  As you can tell, I haven’t come by here much any more.  Google Search has proven it. Not that I would dare hope to hold off Gary Vaynerchuk forever for the...
Continue reading...

I <3 Olivia Munn

One memorable hour on the set of Attack of the Show!  At one point, Olivia called me over during break. “So Oakley, where are you from?” “Los Alamitos…and Thailand.” “So which is it? Huh? Huh?” “Both!” “You’re lying, aren’t you? You fucking liar.” And then she introduced me to her co-host Kevin. “This is Oakley. She’s a liar.” “Oh, hi. You’re a liar?” “Yes. I am.” “Really?” “No.” “What?” “Dude, I’m a liar.” Hence this: Anyways. Oh, yes.  Olivia is just like who we see on television, people.  Except even prettier in real life. She’s hilarious and super friendly.  And...
Continue reading...