How I Spent Part of My Weekend
Writing on a grassy lawn:
Hiking in Andrew Molera State Park:
The only thing to make it even better? Beach bonfires and BBQ. Oh how so very lucky and fortunate we all are to live where we do and do what we do. Hope all had a great 4th.
Conversations with Shu: Universities
Me: How different would our lives be if we’d gone to a traditional university?
Shu: Traditional university? Oxford?
Me: With football and frats, you know.
Shu: Yeah, neither do I.
Yet another classic example of why I find Shu’s company hilarious. Oh, Shu. Oxford?
Urban Dictionary Trailblazer
On Saturday, I was enjoying a leisurely walk back to my car from a leisurely brunch in SF and having a leisurely conversation on the phone. Little did I know this simple phone conversation would set off a series of events leading to my new status as an Urban Dictionary trailblazer:
Jin: Wait, what did you say?
Me: Skanky.
Jin: Oh, I thought you said shanky.
Me: Oh no, skanky. But you know…shanky could be a cool new word!
Jin: What’s shanky?
Me: It combines shady and skanky together – thus, shanky!
And THEN I realized you could add words on Urban Dictionary. It’s like the clouds parted, the sun shone, the angels came out to sing “Hallelujah”.
So I present to you, my first 2 Urban Dict. entries: shankytown and shanky (entry no. 5). I’m a little sad I wasn’t the first to add ’shanky’ but you guys, this is just the beginning.
C4 Levels of Technicolor in Asian pop
So here’s the thing about Asian pop. I don’t follow it as regularly as Matt or Toro but damn, do I love it and need it every now and then like a recover addict crawling on all knees for that one drag. (I do not include awesome Asian rock bands like Asian Kung-Fu Generation as part of this Asian pop genre).
And this is why: Despite the diversity of music genres I listen to, they tend not to be ridiculous – a little emotive sometimes, a little angsty occasionally. But no genre can fulfill the part of me that derives pure joy from seeing the absolutely ridiuclous better than the Asian pop scene.
Can something like THIS, which looks like a technicolor explosion of C4 levels, exist stateside?
(via ad on Tim Burton, Craziest Mofo of them all
As if I couldn’t get more excited about the prospect of Tim Burton working on this Alice in Wonderland adaptation, check out these just-released stills (Johnny Depp as Mad Hatter, Anne Hathaway as the White Queen and Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen):
They walk such a thin line between creepiness and interesting weirdness, and Burton always seems to create just enough of a thread between the two to pull us in. It’s expected to come out Spring 2010.
Conversations with Suz: Post-Turkey Edition
How you know you’ve known each other for far too long:
Suz: Do you want to see the scrapbook I’m making?
Me: Sure.
Suz: You have to get up and see it
Me: I don’t want to.
Suz: If you don’t move, that’s how you’ll get fat.
Me: *Cackles hysterically*
The evolution of Suz’s experience being a dog owner:
Suz (to dog): What are you eating? Why are you so dumb.
Me: Did you feed her this morning?
Suz: Sort of.
Me: Did you feed her?
Suz: Who cares.
OK Suz, You Win.
Suz has been on me about two things since the dawn of eternity – 1. Why don’t you have more personal stuff on your blog. 2. Why don’t you start a Tumblr account?
Alright, you social media nagger, you. You win.
Don’t get me wrong, I still love WordPress, but it’s not the best for quick, short posts. As a result of the Tumblr layout, I will be using it for more personal musings and will keep my WordPress blog (ToadSpeak) centered on analyses of media/entertainment topics.
Now I just have to choose a Tumblr URL. Still torn between these three:
michelleow.tumblr.com
owithurts.tumblr.com
theworldofow.tumblr.com
