Random

Here we have, snurched off my roomie's blog which is updated only about twenty times as often as mine:

Q: How many members of the Bush Administration are needed to replace a lightbulb?


A: 10
1. one to deny that a lightbulb needs to be changed
2. one to attack the patriotism of anyone who says the lightbulb needs to be changed
3. one to blame Clinton for burning out the lightbulb
4. one to tell the nations of the world that they are either for changing the lightbulb or for darkness
5. one to give a billion dollar no-bid contract to Haliburton for the new lightbulb
6. one to arrange a photograph of Bush, dressed as a janitor, standing on a step ladder under the banner “Lightbulb Change Accomplished”
7. one administration insider to resign and write a book documenting in detail how Bush was literally “in the dark”
8. one to viciously smear #7
9. one surrogate to campaign on TV and at rallies on how George Bush has had a strong light-bulb-changing policy all along
10. and finally one to confuse Americans about the difference between screwing a lightbulb and screwing the country.

Gotta love political humour.

And from more aimless websurfing:
Angulus Latinum from which such gems as "Catapultam Habeo. Nisi Pecuniam Omnem Mihi Dabis, Ad Caput Tuum Saxum Immane Mittam*" come from.

Wisma Webcam for when you don't feel Big Brothered over enough.

and snurched off mythomanic's LJ:MIT Hacks; I wonder if Anything of the sort would ever happen in NUS?

*I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head.

Hiatus

My blog is dying, not for lack of notable events in my life, but due to it lacking Will Of Overcoming Tedium (W00t) and for some reason i find myself not being able to find time to blog. Hopefully this'll change soon, but the posts will be few and far between until after sept 18th.

Oh and for those interested: I'm taking to the air on sept 14th, and will probably not return for a number of moons. (S)

The Birthday Conspiracy pt 2

And so last night we went to celebrate starchild's birthday. The interesting thing about it was: we had external help developing a conspiracy of surprise. After arranging dinner at Pasta Cafe (which, incidentally, prides itself as being "an ideal place for a satisfying all-day dining experience" for people who really cannot stop eating) and subsequent coordinated cake delivery from Approved Cake Dealer, Seven had the idea of decorating said cake with LOTR figurines. Upon discovering that a set of 4 LOTR figurines cost a stately $149, we decided to lower our aims and she managed to procure some chocs from ChocolateArt at holland village (which, incidentally, seems to be the ppl who made the choc doorgifts for MAS D&D), and used her amazing design skills and some free time at work (what work?) to design a more intriguing Dining Experience.

Now the problem was that the plan required some cooperation on the part of the restaurant to kinda let us go in and alter the micro-decor of a table, and some tie-ups with a waitress (Serene) to pull the whole thing off. They could very anal-retentively just have said "no, sorry, we don't do that" but they were actually quite nice about it and let us come in and mess up the table a bit, and agreed to respond to a subtle sign to figure out who the b'day girl was to do this:



Although of course after about 15 seconds it became this



and afterwhich it kinda fused into a spectacular new form of fusion cuisine. oh well.

But the coolest bit was after dinner, when i looked at the waitress with a slightly raised eyebrow, and she smiled and nodded (shuddup yaox) and the cake came very soon after. Cool, no? Well okay the point is that i seldom see such helpful service people around. This is what tips and service charge should be for.

click clack moo!

right quick post:
if you're in kino and you take a vague interest in american politics, then check out this book by doreen cronin called "duck for president". It's by the same author as click, clack, moo! and is TERRIBLY funny. It's a bush parody, ages 3 and up.

also, in reflection the other day at the busstop, i realised:

1. 13 takes a helluva long time to come whenever you're waiting for it
2. if you truly want to immerse yourself in a foreign culture and really APPRECIATE it, you better get a grip on your own individuality first, so you won't end up being automatically defensive or, worse, getting changed in ways that you might not want to, and are unaware of.
3. i should really sleep at more respectable times. So should my SISTER.

Flying Daggers from Far Far Away

And because i realised my blog was languishing, i decided to post something.

I guess i'm getting a bit too busy to bother to post on my blog, and it's degenerated into a simple picture sharing space in the end. There aren't many things i feel the urge to post about, and when i do get that burning desire to type something out, something else comes along (musou!) and i get sidetracked.

But at any rate, in latest news:
in counterpoint to mezz's blog and the 1st aug post, I actually thought the House of Flying Daggers was a pretty fun movie. It was pretty in the typical zhang yimou colour-coordinated way, only this time it wasn't as ridiculous as hero, where everyone seemed to own the same garment in all the primary colours. Disregarding the wonderful illogical bits (hey, let's fight for hours and hours and hours until the snow covers all the trees as an excuse to change the colour scheme from orange to white! What's that, you say? I have something on my back? Oh it must be just that stupid flying dagger, yea, i'm keeping it there coz i'll need it later.) which were actually damn funny and entertaining in their own way, and all the fanservice (yes alright quick hurry up and finish making out so i can see more acrobatic fight scenes).... it was an ENTERTAINING movie. I still miss the snow fight scene from kill bill 1, and the fight scene where they dance on water from hero, but hey, it was interesting in its own right. Yea. if you haven't watched it yet, suspend belief, step in, lie back, and laugh.

Right and that aside, i finally got my room assignment from Chicago, and it came in a nice envelope with the most amusing postmark i've seen in a while, and i'll test out the new blogger picture update thing by posting this picture:

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okay blogger just cheated my feelings. fine. Geocities rox.


"Greetings from Far Far Away"