| Up |
[Nov. 27th, 2009|03:05 pm] |
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| | Up | ] |
In addition to the positive critical reviews the film received, Up highlights Pixar's corporate image as an altruistic company through its charitable acts. In June 2009, a 10-year-old girl from Huntington Beach, California was suffering from the final stages of terminal vascular cancer. It is reported her dying wish was to "live to see the movie" despite the advanced stage of her disease. However, due to her deteriorating condition, the girl was unable to leave the family home. As a result, a family friend contacted Pixar and arranged for a private screening. A Pixar employee flew to the Huntington Beach home with various Up tie-in toys and a DVD copy of the film. The child could not open her eyes, so her mother described the film to her scene by scene. The young girl died approximately seven hours after the screening ended.
~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_(2009_film)#Reception
Damn. |
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| Fizzlings |
[Nov. 24th, 2009|01:06 am] |
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| | tired | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Tekken | ] |
I love when a person, book, or even a movie echoes sentiments, thoughts and habits that you thought only you possessed. For me, it just reminds me that I'm not completely crazy... or at the very least, not the only crazy person in the world. |
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| Mountain Dew = Tiny Penis |
[Nov. 23rd, 2009|01:42 am] |
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| |  blah | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Atmosphere - Yesterday | ] |
Lately, I've been having a hard time taking people at their word concerning debatable topics. It seems that most of what people "know" is based off hearsay. "Oh yeah, a friend of mine, whose dad is a professor, told me that her dad told her that there's this one missing chapter in the book of Matthew where Peter sodomizes a bear. I can't tell you exactly where it is, but it's totally there!" You know what I mean? Or even my dad believing for the past God knows how long years that wearing caps leads to baldness. Or people still believing that Mountain Dew makes your penis smaller.
Shietttt. It always bugged me that so many people's worldviews are based solely off of hearsay, and how people refuse to do any sort of substantial research into their own fields of interests. And how people are so willing to throw themselves so fully into New Age "cleansings" and "detoxes", which carry no substantial, empirical evidence that should promote their usage, for weeks upon weeks, and yet refuse to devote themselves to any sort of religion as they feel that they are lacking in "evidence." Fucking tarded, man.
If you've got questions, read up on it. Chopping it up with other fools who don't know shit isn't going to make you any more smarter.
This Klondike Bar is delicious. |
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| Resistance is Futile |
[Nov. 16th, 2009|08:41 pm] |
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| |  annoyed | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Lupe Fiasco - Hurt Me Soul | ] |
I don't get how some people transition through change so easily.
It's disconcerting to see how everything and everyone around me is changing. It's disconcerting to realize my utter inability to adapt and roll with it.
Hellllllla stuck in the past.
... and this isn't pertaining simply to my breakup. Life is just working me over.
[EDIT] 11/16/09 9:00 P.M.
My dad spent 10 minutes lecturing my cousin on how hats lead to baldness.
While this may be a myth, hats do cause hair breakage and, to a lesser degree, split ends. Since hats are not washed as frequently as other clothing, they can also lead to scalp uncleanliness and possible Pityrosporum ovale contamination in men with naturally oily scalps. Some scalp infections, if left untreated, can cause hair loss.
~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald#Baldness_folklore
BAM, DADDY!
Catcher in the Rye is a good bathroom read. |
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| Throwback |
[Nov. 9th, 2009|11:31 pm] |
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| |  aggravated | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Hall & Oates - You Make My Dreams | ] |
Looking back at old LJ entries is weird. Seems like a completely different person.
Finished watching 500 Days of Summer, Up, GI Joe, and The Hangover. Good stuffff |
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| *cough* |
[Nov. 1st, 2009|07:44 pm] |
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| |  sick | ] |
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| | Gwen Steffani vs. Gorillaz - Hollaback Girl vs. Feel Good Inc. | ] |
Being sick during midterms is not okay.
I've lost 15-20 pounds since I moved back from LA. Healthy eating and exercise ftw.
I like my masha's cooking. |
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| Breast Milk Ice Cream |
[Oct. 20th, 2009|09:59 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  lethargic | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | ] |
On September 25, 2008, Tracy Reiman from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield suggesting that to prevent cruelty to dairy cows that Ben & Jerry's should use human breast milk in their ice cream products.[24] Ben & Jerry's spokeswoman Liz Brenna replied that while the company applauds PETA's novel approach to bring attention to this issue, the company believes a human mother's milk is best used for her child.[25]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_and_jerry%27s
Hahahaha. Fucking PETA. |
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| Fiddle Sticks |
[Oct. 15th, 2009|11:48 pm] |
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| |  bored | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | ] |
Isn't it ridiculous how mean kids are? Frigg'n ruthless. Nothing held back.
It's refreshing in a sense... that honesty, ya know? They don't have all of the walls and protective layers that we've all learned to put up over time. Acting all nice and polite when face to face, but talking shit to your friends immediately afterwards. It's just all out there with kids.
But man, kids just tear each other apart.
You may not know it, but I'm a very mean person.
The scene where Joel has the memory of his and Clementine's first meeting erased always moves me. Oh, Hollywood! How you tug at my heart strings!
[EDIT] 10/16/09 12:00 A.M.
Saw this on Nathan's Facebook.
"It is a natural human inclination to encapsulate ourselves in a superior fashion with people who are just like us--and to assume that we are fulfilling the mandate of our lives if we just confine our love to our own family or to people who are similar and compatible. Breaking through this barrier and reaching out to others is what personifies a Christian and what emulates the perfect example that Christ set for us."
~ President Jimmy Carter
THIS is my problem with race-orientated college fellowships. I understand the merit of certain churches catering to the specific needs of certain racial and socio-political backgrounds, seeing as how it would be difficult to reach older seekers due to cultural differences and language barriers. To a certain degree, I get it. But for college students? Middle-upper class Asian-American students who are generally able to adapt relatively well to a number of environments? To faction the Church off that much more due to people's own resistance to moving out of their racial comfort zones? Shit's so wack. This faction-ing might "work" in bringing members of the respective race to Christ far easier due to greater ease at being with one's own "people", but it's fucked up.
Whatever happened to being God's people?
I don't mean to speak out against using one's own race as part of our identity in reaching others. If you believe in Christianity, obviously one's own cultural heritage is in the scope of God's redemptive plan, and thus should be advantageous towards certain situations and whatnot. In short, God made you black/Korean/White/Chinese for a reason, and you shouldn't simply negate your cultural heritage because we're all joined in God. Your ethnic makeup is part of who you are in Christ.
Regardless, it's just ridiculous that in a time where we're relatively malleable and open as students that we continue to divide the body that much more by bringing about multiple fellowships who share the same Creed and Mission, and yet are divided simply because people find it far more comfortable to worship and associate themselves with members of their own race. Sorry, but I find it cowardly.
Shit's wack. |
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| Dericious |
[Oct. 13th, 2009|04:28 am] |
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| |  confused | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Big Bang - Last Farewell | ] |
Hi-Chews are too damn delicious. |
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| Post Post Post |
[Oct. 11th, 2009|01:58 am] |
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| |  awake | ] |
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| | Madame madame madame madame madame Foster! | ] |
Long distance is tough. It really is.
Paranormal Activity was okay. I think watching it with a theater full of retards didn't add much to the experience either.
Acting is some complex shit. It's one thing to be able to know how you're going to do something in your head, and then actually executing it.
I'm glad high school is over. God damn, in retrospect, some of the shit we used to tear our hair out over in high school seems so trivial now. Isn't it crazy that when we're all parents with kids of our own in high school in 20-30 years, we'll probably be repeating all of the "same mistakes" that our parents made with us? "Mistakes" that we promised we wouldn't make when we had kids of our own?
It's been a good 2-3 years since high school, and already my worldview has changed so much. I don't even know how things are going to be in another 5 years or so. Some of the decisions our parents were made, no matter how retarded, stupid, and mean, seem to seem so right now. Given, a lot of the shit they did was over the top, out of line, and unnecessary, but it's not totally as all encompassing as we used to think... but maybe that's just me.
Hindsight is such a beautiful thing. It's just a shame that the wisdom that we typically garner from looking at past events in hindsight isn't something that's entirely applicable in the present. Ya know what I mean? Kind of? Eh... or maybe that's just because I never learn, and rarely think before I speak/do. Haha.
I really love Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. I've been watching and rewatching episodes like crazy.
"Eat every flavor of pudding; not just tapioca! Don't act your age; act your shoe size!"
~ Madame Foster Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends |
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| Sweet Lovin' |
[Aug. 13th, 2009|04:33 am] |
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| | tired | ] |
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| | Depapepe - Start | ] |
It's so hip in Christian culture to love the broken and contrite. The people that have been humbled and "broken", ya know? But I find it so encouraging when Christians take the time to love the arrogant, the self-righteous, and the proud. Those people that are oh so condemning and "religious". Pastors that are overtly legalistic, friends that deem you as "fallen", and just the general stereotypical Christian population that these "real Christians" attempt to distant themselves from.
Just because the former recognizes their brokenness and need for grace doesn't make the latter any less fucked up or negate their inherent need for some good ol' fashioned Jesus lovin'.
Back to studying. |
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| That ol' Janx Spirit |
[Aug. 10th, 2009|04:42 am] |
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| | cranky | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Depapepe - Kitomataiitsuka | ] |
My diet during finals consists primarily of cigarettes and Monsters. Oh, and copious amounts of junk food. Fucking finals...
Make this week count, Ryan. Do it!
For those of you who don't know of Depapepe, I urge everyone and their mothers to check them out. They're a Japanese acoustic duo who plays the happiest music in the world. IN THE WORLD! Their music has seriously been keeping me sane the past 2 weeks. The quality of your life will increase tenfold if you start to listen to their music. I guarantee it! d(^_^d)
Absolutely delightful!
On another note, Star Wars fans... rejoice!
http://starwarsinconcert.com/
Yeah. That's about to happen. It's going to be legend... wait for it... DARY!
Back to studying... then work in 6 hours. ABBA ZABBA!
[EDIT] 8/10/09 8:50 A.M.
Now I'm too wired on caffeine to sleep. BRARGH! |
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| Yeah |
[Aug. 5th, 2009|02:22 am] |
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| | tired | ] |
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| | Tupac - Dear Mama | ] |
Daniel 3:16-18
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Props to you Bill Clinton. I want to give you a big hug. |
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| My Sunday |
[Jul. 20th, 2009|01:08 am] |
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| | tired | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Genie - I Do (I Am Sam OST) | ] |
Eight hours spent at a Korean cafe studying.
Not cool.
I will never do coke. Fuck coke. |
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| God Damnit |
[Jul. 17th, 2009|07:03 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | aggravated | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Genie - I Do (I Am Sam OST) | ] |
800 dollars gone within the span of one week... not including living expenses.
$150 on computer virus+data recovery repair.
$350 on monthly payments to dad.
$300 for getting my car back after it getting towed.
Fuck.
And midterms next week. What a shitty week.
But I will persevere! HAI! |
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| Oh, LA! |
[Jul. 16th, 2009|02:09 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | blah | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Priscilla Ahn - Wallflower | ] |
Two hours ago or so, I picked up some Mexican food from this cutty Mexican taco stand in Koreatown. Since the place was relatively crowded, the wait for my food was taking a while. I decided to go wait in my car and play my DS while I was waiting for my food. Alas, after 5 minutes of playing Peggle, I turned to my right and what did I see in the front seat of the car next to me? A large overweight couple having sex. In the front seat of their car. In a parking lot not 10 yards away from a 10-15 people waiting for their tacos, burritos, quesadillas and the sort.
Oh, LA... how full of wonder and delight you are.
I hate it when my roommate snores. Ass.
I've been watching "I Am Sam", the Korean drama. It's pretty good. I recommend! *thumbs up* |
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| Re-fresh |
[Jul. 7th, 2009|03:17 am] |
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| |  cold | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Common Market - Re-fresh | ] |
Take a deep breath, release stress, please rest
Be blessed by the beat and the essence of these texts
Peace kept with what the deity left: respect
And let the breeze lead me in these steps, yo we set to reach the
Peak lest we meet death, terrestrial – at the
Sweet behest of the celestial decree – yes
Repeat “yes” we defeat weakness
Deep breath, feel the steeze in effect, and let the breeze refresh…
Freshhhhhh |
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| Forward Ho! |
[Jul. 6th, 2009|01:07 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | curious | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Tei - 기적 같은 이야기 | ] |
I think I'm done with smoking pot. At least for the remainder of the summer. Not for any ideological reasons or anything, but simply because in the aftermath of destroying my body and mind during and after EDC, I've resolved to start treating my body better. Also, with me starting school and whatnot, I don't think I can really afford to have the sluggish, lazy feelings that I get the day after smoking.
I've been doing pretty well so far. Short of the food that I get from work, I've been pretty successful in preparing all of my own food, which, considering the amount that I usually eat out, is saying quite a bit. Been sick this past week, but as soon as I fully recover, going to try to exercise every day too. Actually been studying my school books for a change, and I've been trying to improve my Korean through this Korean language book and upping my intake of Korean dramas (lol). I'm actually able to go to sleep at night since I'm keeping relatively productive these days.
Aja aja! Time to get my shit together, son.
On a side note... I miss old school Kpop. All of the new stuff sounds the same. Random nonsensical English mixed together with electronic beats. Does nobody else notice that practically everything by Big Bang sounds exactly the same?
Come back H.O.T.! |
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| Oyo |
[Jun. 22nd, 2009|05:15 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  contemplative | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Kaskade - 4 AM | ] |
Back to school. |
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| Rants |
[Jun. 22nd, 2009|02:41 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | angry | ] |
Peace movement now and days is so blatantly in your face and hate filled.
Today, I was stuck at a left turn intersection for 15 minutes because there was a "Free Iran" demonstration/protest going on, and the members of the protest felt it more important to march across the cross walks, yelling and provoking cars into "honking for peace." than allowing vehicles at the intersection to pass. So what if I honk? So what if anyone honks? Who that honks is really going to make any sort of active difference?
Driving through the streets of LA, honking like a madman, having all of your "activist" friends wave signs outside of your BMW convertible doesn't make you an activist. It makes you a fucking hypocritical tool. Where's the sacrifice?! Where's the change?! You whores.
And so much hate! God. Whatever happened to loving your enemy? Whatever happened to turning the other cheek? Since when does fighting injustice involve so much hatred and bigotry?
Fucking people, man. We're fucking crazy. |
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