Dragon Ball Z + Narcissistic Tim = Sad Geeky Little Boy

My hair was really long before I got a haircut this past week. So before that, I thought I'd do something fun, like pretend I'm from Dragon Ball Z. These are the results:

I wasn't thinking of doing a bunch of poses, I just wanted to get one good one, cause my hair actually looked great for once. Anyways, hope you had a good laugh. I did. It was funny. Hahaha. Not.
So much to do, so little time.

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Saw gas for +125¢/litre yesterday. That price made it to be a topic on the news too.

The Amazing Ethnic Race (8pm/9 Central)

(Don't feel bad if you don't understand my title - it's supposed to be a joke. A lame joke)

Haven't checked my email all day, been doing errands/avoiding the computer. Found out there was a bomb threat at SFU today via my inbox. Huh, interesting. And sad.

Speaking of school, I finished all my final exams this week, and I was musing on the bus, I can't remember which day, but in my 8 semesters so far at SFU I've had profs/lecturers/TAs who were:

- Canadian (caucasian)
- Japanese-Canadian ( not Nisei)
- Indo-Canadian
- British Indian
- Chinese (from China)
- Bosnian (don't know if Canadian citizen)
- British (don't know if Canadian citizen now)
- South African (don't know if Canadian citizen now)
- Canadian-Chinese
- Russian (don't know if Canadian citizen now)
- American (caucasian.... not 100% if he was American...)
- and a Honger
(Nov 22, 2008 - also add to the list:
-Mexican
-Iranian-Canadian)


which I find pretty interesting. Just goes to show how multicultural Canada really is. I really enjoy talking about race/ethnicity... it's fascinating to find out what cultural backgrounds people have, what common ties there are, and what are the differences people have with one another. Speaking of differences, I'll be the first to say, that yeah, I'm racist. I am one of the most racist people I know sometimes. However, before you try to start thinking up some nasty names to call me (I'm not Hitler-racist, I just make stupid comments/observations from time to time), I want to point out that I believe everyone is racist. Just some more than others. Think about it. Think about yourself while you're at it. It can be hard to admit and I think it's difficult to get away from. But hey, you should understand by now, that's life.

Speaking of life, my life to be exact (yeah, lousy transition I know), I'm going to be away April 30 - June 15 in east Asia. Going to be fun, so don't email me, I won't get it. Talk to me privately if you want to know more. I am more than happy to talk to you about it, even if you're a random internet stalker (althought you must be some real nutjob to be stalking someone like me).

And now to end off with something funny. I heard Jon Stewart say something like this on The Daily Show: "Four words you thought you'd never ever hear: Al Gore movie star"
I cracked up.
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Saw gas for 115 - 120¢/litre past week or so....caramba!

Thanks to the Internet, this can happen

Yes, in the previous post, I tried to pull a BWG. People are wiser than that. And I'm sort of predictable.

This post is about something that I find humourous. I was at school in a computer lab trying to do work by myself. But, then I wanted to ask someone about an assignment. So using MSN Web Messenger I tried to contact them. But, because the Internet was invented, it messed me up. And thus, the end result is a funny conversation. Note: I’ve changed people’s real names to their respective Elf/Hobbit/Orc (thank you Barrow-Downs!) names because it makes it funnier. That and I want to respect their privacy. So here it is:

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this is what Tim says:
Melilot?

~Pellaaeariel~ says:
hey hey
~Pellaaeariel~ says:
nope

this is what Tim says:
this isn't Melilot?

~Pellaaeariel~ says:
Melilot is Nîm_Manslinger@msn.com

this is what Tim says:
hmmmm i see

~Pellaaeariel~ says:
lol

this is what Tim says:
Grishdúsh the Horrible passed me your email, Nîm_Manslinger@hotmail.com
this is what Tim says:
i'm assuming you know Grishdúsh?

~Pellaaeariel~ says:
ummmm no
~Pellaaeariel~ says:
8^p
~Pellaaeariel~ says:
where u from?
~Pellaaeariel~ says:
canada?

this is what Tim says:
um… is that Melilot you're referring to, Melilot Took ?
this is what Tim says:
and yes I am from Canada

~Pellaaeariel~ says:
lol yep
~Pellaaeariel~ says:
people always add me on their msn instead of her

this is what Tim says:
o ok..... Melilot and i are in the same class... and i was going to ask her something

~Pellaaeariel~ says:
lol add her then
~Pellaaeariel~ says:
Nîm_Manslinger@msn.com

this is what Tim says:
anyways.... sorry for bothering you!

~Pellaaeariel~ says:
i don't know her I'm all the way in australia!
~Pellaaeariel~ says:
lol no worries!
~Pellaaeariel~ says:
enjoy ur day!

this is what Tim says:
small world. ok bye!
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Well I think it's funny...

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Saw gas for 117.7¢/litre....

Grrrrrr.... Stupid.....

Sugar is great. Sugar is great because it is sweet. Sugar is also stupid. When I have too much bodily intake of sugar, it gives me a reaction. I think my mind starts to process things too quickly, and I do things without thinking carefully. Similar to becoming hyper. Maybe it's the same thing. Stupid sugar...

Anyways, last night while at the grocery store, I saw a car parked right in front, but the toolshed person who parked the car didn't do it properly. They went into the stall head first, but had cut across the other stall beside it, so about 1/4 of the back end was over the other stall. Is it that difficult to understand what the white lines are for?! I think it was from all the jolly ranchers I was eating about an hour earlier, but something inside me made me so angry. I don't know why I decided to do it, and I've never done anything like it before. I wanted that person to learn how to park a car properly. So I keyed their car. Yeah I know, idiot.

The guy came back just as I started (it was only about an inch) , saw me, and I just froze. I was in the wrong. I knew it. He just started to yell at me and went off about pressing charges for vandalism or whatever. Everything started to blur right about then. About half an hour later, after talking to police and stuff, it was settled (for now) and the guy will be contacting me about whether or not he wants to settle this outside of court. Stupid sugar. Stupid everything.

NOTE: Please look at the date of this post. Hardy Har Har.
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On a more lighter side, I've signed up for Google TiSP. Hurray...

Rainy Friday/ New links/ Sunny Tuesday

Here's a fun way to start a Friday morning. Especially when you have to walk a couple blocks to the bus stop, in the rain (heavy rain). There was a lot of rain Friday!

1. Step out front door.
2. Open umbrella, as you close the door behind you.
3. Watch your umbrella handle snap off in your hand, and the rest of the umbrella fall to the ground.
4. Look up at sky and see that rain is still falling.
5. Bummer.

I really took pride in my umbrella... sniffle. Barely a year old...
(Don't worry, it's still alive. When I came home, I was able to snap the handle back into the rest of the umbrella, and it still works. It just has some trouble folding back up though)
However, after this incident, I am considering investing in a really good umbrella.
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New links added onto the gigantism links page:

http://www.gunghaggisfatchoy.com/ the local vancouver legend man - one and only Toddish McWong
http://chineseinvancouver.blogspot.com/ this site is about swedes in argentina (sarcasm)
http://schemamag.ca some fascinating posts, + dragon boys ultimate fan site!
http://douweosinga.com/projects/visitedcountries generates world map of where you've been
http://anythingbutipod.com/ a site about anything but the ipoop. i mean ipod.
http://www.pdfonline.com/ convert stuff into PDF, online for free! narf
http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/lacingmethods.htm#2trillion 31 ways to tie your shoes
http://www.funny-games.biz/fingerfenzy.html finger frenzy, type the alphabet as possible - my best is 2.734 ... for now
http://www.noisebot.com/ some more funny. wow i just gave free advertising... again... someone buy me something from here too!
http://r33b.net/ everybody loves....the hypnotoad!
http://www.desktopblues.lichtlabor.ch/index.htm play the blues interactively
http://kevan.org/proce55ing/zombies/ a zombie applet thingy. fascinating to watch.

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This morning, it was so cold that there was frost on car windows, and I could see my breath. By the time I left school (late afternoon), it was so sunny, it hurt eyes. Oh yeah, there was blue sky and clouds etc etc. It looked like spring. Crap.

Just a few days before, it was nicely grey miserably raining (scroll up). When it's spring, it means bugs are giving birth. And grass starts to grow. Which means I have to cut it. Which means I have to wander into PooLand and clean up his crap. When it's cold (ie. the wintry months), I get lazy and let Lance do his business wherever he wants to in the yard. Let nature take care of the cleanup. Unforunately, nature doesn't always do a good job of decomposing his stuff, and hence, we end up with a yard that I refer to PooLand, because you should only walk on it at your own risk. Because the land is filled with his poo.

My great appreciative thanks goes to God though. I've been noticing the grass get longer over the past few weeks as the weather gets warmer, and I make a good effort to try to ignore it.
"Pretend it isn't growing, because then I don't have to cut it!"
"Wait, its raining outside, I can't cut it!"
"It rained a few days ago, the ground is still wet, I can't cut it!"
...that sort of thing.

Today, as mentioned, it was sunny and it was still sunny by the time I got home. The ground was relatively quite dry. No more excuses. I decided to go and cut the grass. And here's why I'm so thankful - because of all the heavy rain from the past week, most of Lance's doodies were gone! Made my chore a little bit easier.
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For those in Edmonton, my heart goes out to you. It must have felt good to kick that twelve straight loss streak.... sort of....
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Been seeing gas for 108 - 114¢/litre. Wow.

I found a yo-yo today + Other random bits

1. It was in WMC 2230. I just saw it at the back of the room, as I was waiting for class to start. No clue what the Economical Insurance Group is. Too lazy to google. Too lazy to care. Not very good quality (unlike those Yomegas a few years back), but very relaxing to play with! If you know someone who lost this yo-yo, I'll be happy to return it.

2. I went to use the facilities in the library today to, you know, powder my nose (pee), because I had to go. Anyways, I noticed the stall was being used because the door was closed, and all of a sudden, I heard this guy talking in there! He was in the library! In the bathroom! On the can! With his cellphone! I just shook my head in disbelief.

3. A while ago, I overheard this conversation with two gruffy/scruffy middle aged guys near the downtown area:

Guy 1: Hey how's it been? I haven't seen you in a while! Hey, you should really tie your shoelaces!
Guy 2: No way man, I've been walking around like this for the past 2 weeks!

Guy 1: So what have.....

[blah blah blah the continue to chat]

Me: -_-....

4. Watching curling highlights on TV is funny, especially when the skip yells.

5. I am procrastinating right now.

CSI: Jerusalem

I just read John 18. What a time to live in back in the first century! Imagine, your own country, overrun by these Italian people, who wear skirts as part of their uniforms and brooms on their heads. Yeah that was my attempt at being funny. Ok now for the serious part.

Warning: You really need to think hard from this point on and have a strong imagination as you continue to read.

Look at verse 3. Judas came with a gang. With weapons. At night. I can't imagine what they all were thinking: Judas, the high priests, the servants in the group, the soldiers.... I can't imagine what they were expecting to happen. All of a sudden in the middle of the night, you find yourself with a bunch of other guys, torches, swords, spears... its the beginning of a small mob really.

Now look at verse 10. Peter had a sword of his own. Did the other disciples have weapons on them as well? Was it common in those times to have a sword strapped to one's side, under a tunic? Did everyone carry some sort of weapon when they travelled? Look at the Parable of the Good Samaritan. In verse 30, the guy was wounded. I'm pretty sure they weren't little scratches on his knee because he was left to die on a dusty road. Attacked and ambushed by thieves, probably stabbed.

I wonder what the homicide rate was like in Jerusalem. People are angry at the Romans. Romans are angry at the way people don't respect them (despite they are the ones who have the power and are occupying Israel). And people are angry at other people for all sorts of reasons. I'm pretty sure there were lots of foreigners as well, milling around Jerusalem all the time, since it was a major city and they were pretty much smack dab in the middle of trading routes. With so many diverse, angry, people in one small patch of land, I wonder how easy it was for people to just go missing. For someone to all of sudden find a dead body in the middle of nowhere outside the city decaying (see title of post).

People were insensitve then, as they were now. In the parable, people passed by the half-dead guy without caring. In John 18, the mob was ready to fight against another small group of men in a silent garden. In a dark, damp, smelly back alley in the Downtown Eastside, some person is hurting, all alone. In a small home, a group of fanatics are planning to blow a bomb up in a market, half way around the world, or even in North America.

And yet, despite people walking around with swords, despite zealous groups planning to overthrow the government, and despite fighting and killing all around, Jesus says:

"The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel [Canada], the LORD our God, the LORD is one. And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these." Mark 12:29-31

Despite the lady who cut me off and then flipped me the bird on the highway, despite the company who charges me extra on my bill and then blames me for whatever, despite the small group of teenagers who beat up my friend, Jesus says, "Love them, as I have loved you."

NOTE: the above comments about certain verses/passages from the Bible are my own speculations, thoughts, and imaginations. Please don't take them as truth entirely, but do research yourself on what the Bible is actually saying.

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Saw gas around 102-104¢/litre

I'm lazy + Superbowl 2007 commercials

I've felt really really lazy. That's why I haven't bothered to post anything in a while, or make any quality posts. Ugh. I'm so tired. The lazy kind of tired.

Here's three of the funniest (that I think) of this year's Superbowl commercials:
(NOTE: I do not endorse any of these products/services, I just think they're funny. And I like funny.)
(Note to the NOTE: Actually, I like Jack in the Box, because the food there is deliciously greasy.)

A Short Story

Once upon a time,

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Praise 106.5 Gas

I've been too lazy to post anything. So here's some cool pictures of gas prices from the weekend of January 6-8, 2007. Sadly, I haven't really been listening to Praise 106.5 in a long time cause I've been getting lots of interference on my radio...grrrrr.

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Cheapest gas I saw yesterday was for 91.9 ¢/litre.
Gasoline is fun.

Semi-Random January Post

Apparently its 2007 A.D., which means the year is new, relative to about 5 days ago. But I still think everything looks the same. I don't get what all the fuss is about. Whoopee we gained one digit, from 6 to 7! If we really want some change in this world, we should be changing our yearly increments by a larger number, say.... 72. So instead of saying "Happy 2007!" we would actually get to say stuff like "Happy 2078!" and then next year would be "Happy 2150!" If we did that, then we'd actually see some real change in the world. Or not. This paragraph isn't really supposed to make a lot of sense, just some random filler. Hence my title.

Sooooo....I'm back from Cowtown, same as last year, except no "crazy" incidents. Now sort of resting/cleaning/erranding/catching up on sleep. And semi-preparing for the new semester.

I might post some new content in the near future. Or I might not. Probably not.
Oh yeah, Facebook is good for stalking people.
New episode of the The Office is on!

Super long December post

Ok, I haven't updated in awhile, but that's a good thing. I was focusing on more important areas of my life. Speaking of life, there's nothing like a good physical, spiritual, emotional, and mental storm(s) to hit you all at once. That was basically my past 2 weeks.

Let's see, I had exam finals and a term paper to deal with, constant power outages (literally, constant), and my Mom being rushed into the hospital all at the same time. I think a fair majority of people can identify with our crazy weather systems that hit the Lower Mainland, wow. I had finished studying around 3am one night, and as I was going to bed, I heard so much howling and trees shaking from the wind, it was so strong it sounded like cars driving past our house outside. I looked out the window to stare at the trees and everthing shaking, and *ptoof* out goes the power for the entire neighbourhood. Praise God, I had just finished studying some powerpoints on the computer 10 minutes before.

As for my Mom, she was rushed to the hospital right before my first final exam started, and then ironically, she was released the day they ended (which the doctors are amazed at considering her medical condition; people were praying and God was/is faithful in take care of her, email me if you want to know more). Now she's on a 24 hour IV drip that gives her antibiotics.

Siiiiiiiigh. It's all over now. It almost feels like a dream though. Those past 2 weeks almost feel like they happened a month ago or something. I don't really want to dwell on it anymore. I felt so overwhelmed at times and it was dark. But it's over.

Soooo, onto a new topic....Christmas.

I'm still quite cynical, maybe more angry this year at what Christmas has become. I've seen stupid news reports on TV where the headline was "The War on Christmas" where some reporters went and "investigated" whether or not random people on the street will say "Happy Holidays" or "Merry Christmas" to various other people, or why Christmas trees were pulled down because some guy thought it would be offensive if other religious things weren't put beside them. Baahhh....IDIOTS. And I'm still angry at all the commercialism and for people who think they have to give gifts, because it's the season to do so, yadda yadda yadda. Incompetence in the shopping malls. Don't get me wrong, giving gifts is great. Receiving gifts, is also great. But giving gifts for the sake of giving gifts, or just because everyone else is giving gifts or because the mass media is telling you to give gifts, just doesn't sit well with me. And Christmas cards...oooo how I loathe Christmas cards. Christmas cards (oh, pardon me, I meant to say Holiday cards...NOT!) are probably one of the biggest factors that contributes to global warming. Save the trees!

New topic: Asian men stereotypes

If you don't really follow the TV show Survivor, then you probably don't know that a Korean American guy named Yul Kwon won a few days ago. He mentioned that a reason he wanted to do the Survivor thing was because he wanted to help break bad Asian male stereotypes and in my opinion, he did it pretty well. I just find this really interesting because I took ASC 301, and just finished ASC 300, so I'm really not surprised if within the next few months or so, there will be a bunch of new academic journal articles that talk about this guy.

New topic: Stuff I really really want, right now.

Please note, this is not a Christmas list. NOT a Christmas list. I just thought this would be a fun thing to do because in this season of economic greed, I thought I'd add my own two cents to share with the world. Hey,our wants will never end.

- a Dyson DC07 Animal

Most guys my age want a car, and I do, I just can't afford the upkeep of one. However, I do a lot of vaccuuming and hohohoooooo.....this thing is sooooo beautiful.....
-a huge slab of lean BBQ pork. I think the redder the skin is, the more lean it is. So sweet, so tender....
-a Strida3 bicycle with mudflaps....sob sob....not available in North America... 

-bacon. Lots of bacon.

-ummmm....a Colt Python 6in revolver by Tokyo Marui....so pretty. I thought they used to make a 9in model....o well

-ah who am I kidding. I want my own Futureshop, Wal-mart Supercenter, Canadian Tire, and T&T supermarket.
-to be taller
-and a king-sized Twix
-----------------Saw gas for around 108¢/litre the other day. I think it's around 104¢/litre now.

Fall 2006 Semester = End

It's a little hard to believe that it was summer 3 months ago. Anyways, it's almost final exam time. Yay! I'm so excited! Exams are so much fun and I'm so happy! Not (but actually right now, I am happy).

Last Tuesday, because of the weather I got to walk on water.

The AQ Reflections pond froze over. See?

You have to admit, that's pretty cool (pun possibly intended).
However, Paulman was cooler. He skated. On the pond. At SFU.
And he did it for free too.

How cooler is that? His actions are like a legend now. Hundreds of years from now, people will question amongst themselves, is it true, the one called Paulman skated on the SFU pond? And what are skates? (ok, so I'm assuming global warming is on schedule in my lame little joke. Doesn't feel like it is because of our recent temperatures...)

Anyways, I saw two random/funny things today:
1. A girl talking on her phone outside the library.
Oh wait, I forgot to mention, she was smoking, two cigarettes... at the same time!
2. A guy on the bus reading a book called Linux Server Hacks.


Ok, so maybe they're not that funny.-
Maybe its because you're not funny.
Nyah nyah! 8^p