Archive for March, 2008

Snippets 3/31/2008

Monday, March 31st, 2008

End of March. In lieu of some substantive post, let me comment on a few things that have happened recently. 1. My memory card for my camera finally came today. And to revise my previous post, I'm blaming UPS for the package mishap, not Amazon.com. I plan ...

When Shipping A Package Goes Horribly Wrong

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

For my birthday, I bought myself a digital camera. There was a free memory card that came with the purchase, which I happily accepted. Both packages were shipped separately, so I got my camera a few days ago. But, my memory card was shipped the day after ...

American Idol Season 7: No more Chikezie

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Woo, I was unfortunately right in my bottom three. Chikezie was the unlucky soul to go home this week. To be honest, the elimination episode of this show isn't very interesting for me at all. Simply reading a recap is good enough for me. So Kristy ...

Will Reid stop playing video games?

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

So I just canceled my subscription to Gamefly. Their service is the video game equivalent to Netflix, where you can get video games shipped to your house, play them for however long you want, and then send them back. And for a few months, this was great - ...

American Idol Season 7: The Top Ten Performances

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

With only the constraints of signing a song from the year they were born, the top 10 brought their A-game tonight.  David Archuleta and David Cook stole the show with amazing performances.  Check out David Cook's performance of Billy Jean.  One of the most original of the competition. Kristy Lee Cook ...

Fooding Weekend

Monday, March 24th, 2008

Plenty of good food was consumed this weekend: - Thanh Long - roasted crab and garlic noodles from the An Family's secret recipe.  Apparently they only let close relatives in the kitchen when making the crab and noodle sauces, which have been detected to have butter, sugar, and Parmesan cheese. - Fuki ...

Amazing Bassists

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Many moons ago, I played the bass guitar. I was never that good, but I idolized a few bassists. I tried to imitate Flea's funk, the smoothness of Marcus Miler, and the blazing speed of Victor Wooten. And then there's the pioneer of slapping, Stanley Clarke. ...

American Idol Season 7: Why has Cook not left?

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Kristy Lee Cook gets to stay another week? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY So bad...so bad...so bad. Who leaves? Amanda Overmyer, proving that Vote for the Worst has little sway on the votes. And so the pain will continue for another week...why am I watching this show?

Important events that happened on March 18th

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

1. I was born. Kind of awesome. 2. The Dow Jones goes up 420.21 points after some fed cuts and high earnings reports from major institutions. 3. Barack Obama delivers what is considered "That was the most sophisticated speech on race and politics I've ever heard," according to CNN's Bill ...

American Idol Season 7: The Top 11

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Let's make this quick.  Who is out?  Kristy Lee Cook.  So bad.  How did she get so many votes last week? Who is in my hypothetical fav 5?  David Cook, David Archuleta, Chikezie, Ramiele Malubay, and Jason Castro.  Thanks for reading.