Pointless Post #16

I have never used a bidet before in my life.
But God willing, some day I will.

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Pointless Post #15

What would Jack Baeur do if he woke up one day with a stiff neck?

Would he be able to just power through it, and then go on with his 24 hour, non-stop, no-sleep, weapon-slinging, torture-interrogating, bad-guy-killing, cell-phone-talking, imperative-yelling day?

I woke up with a stiff neck today. It hurts.


Saw gas for 87.9¢/litre today; hasn't been that cheap since 2006 according to my records...

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Pointless Post #14

It's the end of week 12 for the Fall 2008 semester, and I've noticed this past week that as I get mental blocks and stare at a blank Word document on my computer screen, I've been screaming, "SERENITY NOW!" a lot (actually, just miming... if I actually screamed it out loud, then people would think that the insanity would be present, and not later).

It sort of helps.




Also saw gas for 91.7¢/litre yesterday.
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I missed Ping Pong Playa (twice) and Obama is in

I was planning to go to this year's Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF) when I received an email about it, but I missed it, thanks again in part to school. Actually, pretty much all of the parts are due to school, so it's all school's fault. So many group projects and assigments... so time consuming. That's life as a student though. Isn't it? Yeah that sounds about right.

I went to VAFF two years ago for my ASC 300 class. I enjoyed it. We watched The Grace Lee Project (a documentary). It wouldn't have been my first film pick to watch at VAFF, but it was mandatory since it was related to our syllabus. But that's not the point of this post... the point of this post is that Ping Pong Playa was playing on VAFF's opening night last Thursday, which I missed, and then there was an encore screening of it on Saturday night ($5 cheaper than VAFF's opening night, hehe) and I missed that too. So here it sits on my mental "To Watch" list.

It looks funny. And not just sell-out funny (eg. Kung Pow! Enter the Fist and Balls of Fury <-- please keep in mind, I have not seen either of these movies and I hope I do not because they look stupid and a waste of my time) but hilarious realistic, comedic smart-funny. That kind of funny is a good funny. In other news, in case you were hiding under a rock last week (which if you were, that's a pretty lousy, dirty, hiding spot...unless it was the Batcave, but if it was the Batcave, then you should have known about this because Batman has nice technology down there), Barack Obama will be the next president of the US. The news coverage was crazy. And people's reactions, not only in the US, but here in Canada and around the world were even crazier. And this was a bad kind of crazy. Almost a foolish kind of crazy. One part of me hopes that Obama will be the good leader he is thought to be. The other part of me hopes he fails miserably when he comes into term so that it will humble those who chose him (although, that would deeply hurt and probably cause more turmoil in the world, which is very, very bad...and very, very painful). I say this because it appears people idolize him and see him as a functional saviour.

Why put your faith in man, who is the same flesh and blood as you, and who makes the same mistakes as you? Just as Obama has the capability to succeed, he has the exact same chance and capability to fail. I like the NIV version's warning in Psalm 146: 3-4: "Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save. When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing." When Obama is no longer president, the world will still have troubles, along with new ones. And you and I will still be wrecked and doomed with our own mistakes and our own sin. There is no salvation in man. Sometimes it takes a great humbling, before God's children turns back to Him. Maybe?

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Saw the cheapest gas in a looong time last Friday for 95.7¢/litre. Now it hovers around the $1.00 range.

Thanks to Daylight Saving Time, this can happen

I seem to be posting mainly humourous and/or mostly pointless posts lately.... I find that humour doesn't take a lot of effort and is a lot quicker for me to post about. Serious issues, although thought-provoking, take lots of time to think through, and I seriously (haha) don't have that time currently to write the buttloads of things that are floating, whizzing, and sitting on my mind.

So... here is a humourous conversation that I had through an instant messaging program. This took place on Sunday "night" (technically its Monday morning). The night before was Saturday night, the time that we push our clocks back one hour because of Daylight Saving Time. I've changed the name of the person I spoke to as well as edited some of the conversation so that it makes sense. I think its funny.

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Calencairion says:
ok anyway i should go to sleep, i wanna get that extra hour from DST

this is what Tim says:
.....that was last night. i don't think you can save it......

Calencairion says:
i woke up this morning not knowing about it, so i woke up at my usual time. technically i can still have it right now

this is what Tim says:
.....

Calencairion says:
if i go to sleep now.....no?

this is what Tim says:
um....no

Calencairion says:
what... yes, of course

this is what Tim says:
time doesn't work like that. time has already passed. right now its 12:36am

Calencairion says:
i thought about that, too...but i think i still have the extra hour.......

this is what Tim says:
...well... tell me tomorrow if it worked ok?

Calencairion says:
even though it's 12:36, for me it currently feels like 1:36am

this is what Tim says:
ok.....

Calencairion says:
since i woke up at my usual time today...

this is what Tim says:
this is too funny

Calencairion says:
ur confusing me. i was excited about my extra hour until u questioned it

this is what Tim says:
stop it! my stomach is starting to hurt! [laughing]

Calencairion says:
hmmmmmmmmmm, let me think about it again.....................................
here's my reason, logically:
1) i didn't adjust for DST last night
2) i woke up at my usual time today, realizing that time is 1 hour behind. i set my time properly. time is correct now.
3) i proceed my day as usual
4) i sleep 1 hour earlier than usual now
5) so i gain 2 hours of sleep (1 more than everyone else from DST)

this is what Tim says:
so you normally sleep at 2:30am?

Calencairion says:
at 1 or 1:30

this is what Tim says:
i'm sort of confused by your logic... maybe cause i'm not focusing on it [and because its almost 1am], so i'm going to let you go to sleep, and tomorrow, you tell me if it worked ok?

Calencairion says:
i guess my logic doesn't make sense

this is what Tim says:
i'm kinda tired myself

Calencairion says:
i'm going to wake up tomorrow feeling like i've slept 2 extra hours

this is what Tim says:
hehe ok…

Calencairion says:
oh wait, u might be right....i'm goign to get the same amount of sleep

Calencairion says:
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
but.........i'm really confused
ok whatever

this is what Tim says:
wait lets just count the hours then. what time do you plan on waking up?

Calencairion says:
hmm, 10am

this is what Tim says:
so just say you fall asleep in 15 minutes, by 1am.... then you'd get 9 hours of sleep

Calencairion says:
yeah, which is 1 more than i would normally get

this is what Tim says:
hmmmm ok

this is what Tim says:
so, yeah i guess that works [shrugs] enjoy!

Calencairion says:
because my body currently operates at the near-2AM state, since i woke up earlier today...

Calencairion says:
bye then

this is what Tim says:
bye!
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Elven pseudonym courtesy of the Barrow-Downs, just as last time.
And in case you're wondering, Calencairion woke up the next day after having a nice, refreshing sleep the night before. The End.

(Based on a true story)
(May not have happened)

Pointless Post #13

Every time the dog does his bathroom duties outside the house (eg. pooing and peeing), he is rewarded with a little treat when he comes back into the house (haha, I typed pooing and peeing and you read it, twice!).

After taking Lance out and giving him a treat, I mused outloud to my Mom, "I wish someone would gives me a cookie whenever I'm finished using the toilet..."

I would definitely use the bathroom more if I got a little treat whenever I was done. Dare I say it, I would even look forward to using the bathroom more!

Also, saw gas yesterday for 105.9 and 110.9¢/litre. Roughly a month and a half ago, gas was in the 130s range here, 140 in Calgary, and 148 in Quebec City. Hurray for "recessions?"

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Pointless Post #12

I ate dinner tonight (thanks Jesus!). I ate fried rice, then soup, followed by some pumpkin pie, and then milk... all from a pie plate! Boo-ya! I only had to wash my spoon and pie plate after!

And ladies and gentleman, that concludes today's lesson on "efficiency."

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Eczema is fun

Fun facts about the eczema on Tim's hands as of now:

(for simplicity, in this post, thumbs = fingers)

• 7/10 fingers are affected with eczema (on 6 of them, eczema covers the entire finger)
• 3/5 fingers on one hand do not have proper fingerprints (just a smooth, callously feel to it)
• 5/10 fingers have very painful cuts on them (they burn), and they bleed if I bend my fingers too far
• 1 hand can not make a full fist. Well, technically, I could if I wanted to, but then it would just cause the existing cuts on my fingers to widen, deepen, and bleed messily
• on the same hand, I can feel my skin tighten when I try to make a fist because of fat finger folds caused by my past use of cortisone (steroid cream) which I theorize has caused my finger mass to increase (my eczema affected fingers are semi-pudgy looking)
• sometimes I wake up with skin missing from my hands/fingers because I scratch them in my sleep. I painfully pay for my unconscious behavior when I'm awake (it stings... a lot).
• the eczema on my hands has never been this worse before

Prior to going to SFU, I'd never met anyone with eczema before. Now, I've met a lot of people who have eczema. It kind of makes me feel better that I'm not the only one who suffers like this. Actually, this isn't really suffering. That is poor misuse of the word. Dede the "tree man" is real suffering (google him at your own risk; it may be too disturbing for some people).

Imma shut up now...

PS- if there's an interest, someday I'll post picture of my eczema hands, they're fascinating! And I endure for God, my only hope!

Pointless Post #11

While walking the dog outside, I noticed that when I looked at bright lights (either from an oncoming car or streetlights) they seemed brighter than normal with a giant hazy/fuzzy ring/glow around the light's source. I haven't had an eye exam for quite awhile now so I was on the verge of semi-freaking out of really freaking out, until I realized my glasses were just really dirty.

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Jumbled thoughts on a Friday night...

...accumulated from a few days past.

Well, the previous busyness has ended, but now a new kind of busyness is upon us. It is life (and it feels even busier than the previous busy). Not enough hours in day... at least for now.

Gas was in the 120s for awhile, then saw it for 117.9 on Wednesday night, but then saw it today for 115.9¢/litre. Our Canadian dollar was also down to 82¢ (against the US dollar) but ended at 87, or something like that. Watching arbitrary numerical figures rise and fall is still fascinating to me, but still pointless and meaningless (in light of eternity of course).

Why is James 3: 9-10 so difficult to follow and remember?

Canucks won their season opener! Sigh... have to learn all the new guys names and numbers... and they're such a distraction when I have homework to do.

It's pretty cold now. Brrrr. I can see my breath when I exhale outside.

Is Chris Tomlin sort of like the new Michael W. Smith, except newer and improved?

Depravity...everywhere...

A big thank you to Virgin Mobile Canada in helping me hate the the mobile phone industry in Canada a little bit more, and perhaps them too... We are all big fat suckers. They playin' us like snake on a classic Nokia.

I wonder who would win in a fight, warriors/soldiers/brawlers/fighters now VS warriors/soldiers/brawlers/fighters in ancient times (or maybe not so ancient too). On one hand, we have more science and arguably practical knowledge of the human body now, but then, on the other hand, in years gone past, would those fighters have had more battle experience (assuming people fought more?). I wonder who'd be more brutal/ruthless... I reason in my head that that could be an even tie.

I Missed Crossing

Ugh, it's been a hectic (最忙的 <-- probably doesn't make sense...) 1.5 weeks. Or maybe its been 2 weeks. I've been having problems losing track of time ever since my stupid watch strap broke again, (...in August... or was it July?). Sigh. But for now, I should get a little bit of rest time before the next work load hits. Mini-hurray.

Unfortunately, during my busy-ness, I missed the screening of Crossing (<-- Korean only trailer) at the Vancouver International Film Festival this past Sunday. I've never been to VIFF before, but I was browsing through what films they were screening this year, and I'd heard about Crossing (through one of LiNK's blogs) a few months ago. It looks great, because it looks like an authentic glimpse of what the real North Korea is like. It also looks really sad, but that is a part of life.

My heart also hurts for the North Koreans. When you have time, learn about North Korea. The Liberty in North Korea website is a good start.

Pointless Post #10

Three things to take note today:

While in a restaurant, saying "I don't have enough cash for a tip," just as the waitress comes by to clear the table is not cool (don't worry, plastic saved the day, or in this case, the dinner).

Running after the bus/skytrain and realizing I forgot to wear a belt this morning is not cool as my pants start to slide below my waist (don't worry, my quick hands saved the day, as I hiked them back up Urkle style).

Descending and miscounting stairs without turning on any lights is not cool (don't worry, gravity saved the day...).

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Pointless Post #9

My eyes are struggling to stay open...very sleepy...

Gas has been going up and down, in the 140s, and on my way home I saw it to be 130.8¢/litre.

Hole in the Wall is a complete let down. I will stick to watching Choi Hong-man playing this on the Japanese version on YouTube.

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