⇒ downturn:australia day '09

australia day long weekend a downer for me and the fam: dad hurt himself over the weekend so seriously he's been hospitalized.

while we're all really worried, i'm sure he'll make a complete and speedy recovery. get well, dad.

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⇒ christmas and boxing day recaps

nothing special. just bummed around. bought a pair of pants at the rabid sales on boxing day. i just dont care about that conformist/commercialist bullshit anymore. I mean, the feeling's good, and the holiday, but seriously, inventing a day in which people HAVE TO spend money is special how? When did this become acceptable? Getting gifts = nice. Having to spend on gifts on everyone, particularly when you're low income and unemployed = not nice.

that music from the Jumper trailer here

how to build a MAME arcade cabinet here

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⇒ new sydney: day 2

today: went out for pad thai muu (pork pad thai) and saw a STUNNING a chau cutie waiting for food. The red dress would stop anyone, never mind her warm, sweetly charming face and the voluminous, perfect hair framing it. I asked her name: Jessica...there's more to this story, but I'll keep that to my self...

skimming the headlines for the past 30 days: here's the news round up:
Cheers for new Aus PM Kevin Rudd!
Hegibis Storm heads out to sea (from Vietnam)
R.I.P. Duong Que. I didn't get the opportunity to meet you, and you will be sorely missed by all.
Roger Federer wins another Master's Cup, thrashes Nadal, beats Sampras 2-1 in the exhibition match. Gotta hand it to Sampras--he returned from retirement to play the WORLD NO.1 (in his prime) and still managed to take it to the limit.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/simroid-robot-lets-dental-students-know-what-hurts/
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/28/zero-punctuation-boos-f-e-a-r-expansion/
http://www.pennyarcademerch.com/pab070161.html
http://www.amazon.com/Nyko-87030-Wii-Perfect-Shot/dp/B000X2RKOO
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/18/washington-post-expects-wii-zapper-backlash-too-gun-like/
http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/27/robot-with-soft-hands-can-prepare-meals-gently-enslave-humanity/
http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/26/toyota-demos-massive-driving-simulator-aims-to-nix-traffic-deat/
http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/26/brain2robot-project-creates-eeg-controlled-robot-arm/
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3164530
http://www.gamesradar.com/us/pc/game/news/article.jsp?releaseId=2006032219817514003&articleId=200711239291393082§ionId=1006&pageId=20071123103343265044
http://pixelninja.se/photo.html

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⇒ home again

i'm back!

got back yesterday morning ~930am

the vacation/journey was unbelievable! Too much to say and too much to catch up on. I'll write as soon as I get the chance!

I'm back!

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⇒ destination: homeland

so in a semi-spur of moment decision, I've secured myself a seat on a flight to VIET-F#CKIN-NAM! That's right, I'm headed for the motherland in a few months. Better start savin' so I dollas to throw around like a snobby tourist! Yowza! Countdown will begin when I've figured out how many days are left between now and leaving on a jet* plane...

The Masters projects...well they're coming along...I really really REALLY need alot more consecutive time off...

purdy indie game Aquaria

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⇒ prestige-ous

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saw the Prestige last night at the sydney premiere courtesy of 2Day FM. Thanks guys! btw, the blonde chick @ 2Day FM (Bridget?) is hawwwwwwwwt! So anyways, the Prestige is another great movie by Christopher Nolan. He changed the novel a great deal, almost to the extent that he just extracted the characters from the novel and made a new storyline using them. Almost. The movie deviates from the novel in that there is greater tension and quicker pacing in the eventuality and setup of events. Also the moments of desperation and obsession unfolding were amazing. Great performances by everyone (Bale, Caine, Jackman, Johannson and Bowie-yes, that's right, Ziggy Stardust can act!). Bale's accent is scary good.

I never really understood the whole Johansson-mania after Lost in Translation (besmucho overratado, imho), but after seeing her in this, I'm starting to come around.

'cards as weapons' is the name of a book by Ricky Jay (who also appeared in the Prestige). This badass can throw a playing card into solid watermelon. scary.

he has got me interested in scaling tho (scaling is the practice of card throwing). throwingcards.com | ricksmithjr.com | this is something. karate baby |

Picked up Guitar Hero 2 yesterday morning. RAWK! The best game I've played since Resident Evil 4. Bar none. Amazingly fun, inventive and addictive. I will boldly forgo sleep to nail that hammer-down-fret-whammy combo. Controllers make a BIG difference, ay Ninty?

so now i have 3 obessessions (?). Doing that ring-finger-roll in the Prestige, scaling, and rockin out wif Guitar Hero 2. Tho I really should be looking for a job.

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