Saturday, December 22, 2007

Saturday

Well, not quite. This happened yesterday afternoon, but since it's Saturday now, and this is the sort of conversation that would occur on a Saturday, I thought it would be ok.

Here's a little bit of filler info: My mom, sister, and I were leaving a Safeway parking lot because my sis wanted to get some yogurt. We recently got this Cuisinart ice cream maker which seemed like a good idea at the time because I wanted to be able to make my own ice "cream" due to my lactose intolerance (damn asian genes) and my sister wanted to figure out how to make Pinkberry at home. This is Pinkberry, for those of you who haven't heard of it:


Back to the story. My mom, who was driving, pulled up to a stop sign and was about to go, but a Mexican guy in a white truck pulled up to the stop sign to the right of us pretty quickly, like he didn't see the sign.

Mom: Aren't you gonna stop, Mendoza?
Me and Channon: Whaaa?!?
Channon: Racist?
Mom: Nooooo. His name is Mendoza!

I looked at the side of the truck as we drove by, and sure enough, there was a logo that said Mendoza's Landscaping Service. Haha. Iono. I just thought it was kinda funny.

By the way, the ice cream maker was a dud. It sorta half-froze the mixture, which, according to the manufacturer's directions, you were supposed to freeze the rest of the way in your freezer. We did this, but our "ice cream" just ended up as a huge tupperware shaped popsicle. When I'm in the right sort of mood I'll eat it, though. For now, I'll just look at it and imagine that there are little people ice skating on it...

Monday, December 17, 2007

Hmm...

So while I was studying for finals a.k.a. watching Youtube, I came across a clip of this years winner of X-Factor (British version of American Idol--actually, I'm not sure which came first). The guy who won, Leon, sang a cover of the Whitney Houston/Mariah Carey song, "When You Believe," which was featured in the animated movie, The Prince of Egypt.

This reminded me of a scene I've always liked in the movie. It's the one where the Israelites are walking between walls of water and there's a flash of lightning that shows silhouettes of whales in the water.

As a result, I found myself searching for this clip next. I was unsuccessful, but I got to thinking. I dunno if there are whales in the Red Sea, but if there are, would they be able to pass through a vertical wall of water? Seems plausible, right? But then if you think about it the other way around, someone on the dry side wouldn't be able to pass through to the wet side because the water pressure would be too great at that depth. SO. Would a fish or something in the water get sucked through to the dry side if it poked its nose through because of the lower pressure on the dry side? Maybe God was holding all the sea creatures back, too.

This is why I can't study with a computer around. Oh yeah. The winner of X-Factor was a pretty good singer, but not as good as last year's winner, Leona Lewis. Kinda weird that a Leona won, and then a Leon won, huh. Maybe next year someone named Leo will win!

Thursday, December 13, 2007

JuggerLeisha

Someone pointed this out to me and I thought it was pretty funny. Hey, I know I'd start watching if they made everyone look like X-men characters.



Doesn't Saleisha look like Juggernaut? I could say something worse, but I think that's going far enough.

Monday, December 10, 2007

Skits and Giggles


GOOD LUCK WITH FINALS EVERYONE!

Saturday, December 8, 2007

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Monday, December 3, 2007

Heroes Season 2 Finale: Powerless


If you haven't started to watch this show, you really should. Sometimes it's kinda gory, but the story lines are really good, questions get answered (unlike LOST), and most of the characters have depth to them. I definitely recommend it if you were a fan of comic books when you were little because the presentation style of the show closely mimics that of Marvel and DC comic books. There's even a decent Heroes comic strip on the NBC site that adds a little more to each story. Ok...enough of my rant. Lemme get to the good parts of tonight's season finale:
WARNING: SPOILERS FOLLOW
1) That little Peter/Hiro showdown cliffhanger of the last episode ends abruptly, with Peter electrocuting and temporarily putting Hiro out of service. Heh...I still can't get Hiro's war cry out of my head...
2) Claire plans to take down the company with information that HRG has left her. West comes and asks her not to reveal his secret. She tells him that he doesn't have to worry about "us," and he flies away. Later, HRG returns to his family, a big shock to Claire. He tells her not to expose the company because he has made a deal with them.
3) Sylar and Maya make it to Mohinder, but a scuffle ensues, and Sylar takes them all hostage. Maya finds out that her brother is dead when Molly tries to locate him. She accosts (SAT word) Sylar and accuses him, but he shoots her down. Is she one of the "fallen heroes?"
4) Nope. Mohinder, who has Claire's blood, brings Maya back to life. At this point, Sylar tries to make a getaway with Claire's healing blood, but Elle arrives to get back into daddy's good graces. Sylar shoots her and the bullet grazes her (she's really good at getting minor flesh wounds), but she electrocutes him. Still, he gets away with the blood samples, and Elle gets a sort of satisfying adrenaline rush from doing something good. She's really growing on me.
5) Micah locates Monica because her cell phone is on and he can techno-track it's location. A gang member has tied her up in the basement of an old building, and plans to light the place on fire and leave her for dead. Micah and Niki arrive in nick of time to (mo)hinder the gang member's escape (had to make a pun), and Niki kicks his butt, even without her powers. She goes to save Monica and succeeds, but gets trapped under a beam. Monica runs out to meet Micah, and the place explodes behind them. I'm pretty sure Niki is the first of the "fallen heroes", but with Claire's blood around you can never be too sure.
Note: I thought this was interesting for several reasons: a) Niki dies saving someone from a fire, which is a sort of homage to D.L. Hawkins, her late hubby b) Ali Larter's character has died in a fire/explosion at least once before (recall Final Destination 2) c) Sylar has stolen Claire's blood, so Mohinder no longer has a cure for her anyway. Niki has a bittersweet, poetic ending, and she dies a hero.
6) Finally, Peter opens the chamber containing the virus with his telekinetic power, but Hiro, Parkman, and Nathan arrive to save the day. Peter takes out Hiro again, he and Parkman have a small telepathic showdown that Peter wins; however Nathan is able to convince to do the right thing (be a man). Concurrantly, Adam/Tazeko has entered the chamber with the virus, and is about to release it upon the world, but Hiro regains consciousness, teleports him away, and leaves him to not-rot in a coffin, at least six feet under. Hiro doesn't teleport the virus vial, which falls to the ground, but Peter stops it from breaking with his telekinesis. He then uses electricity from his hands (or uses his nuclear power, I'm not really sure) to destroy it.
7) Nathan, Peter, and Parkman resolve to fix their parent's mistakes, and plan to hold a press conference to make the world aware of their powers. Peter will be there for moral support (aww...), Parkman will use his powers so that people will be attentive, and Nathan will be the speaker. It looks like everything will work out, but just as Nathan is about to reveal that he can fly, someone shoots him twice in the chest. The assassin gets away, and viewers never see his face. Nathan is the second fallen hero. Actually, his death really caught me off guard because I was expecting to see him demonstrate his power.
8) To close the volume, it is shown that Mama Petrelli was aware of Nathan's assassination plot (*gasp), and while speaking to someone over the phone, comments that it was unavoidable and that Pandora's box has been opened. OOH. Evil Mama.
9) Volume 3 opens with Sylar, who is alone and injured in a secluded alley. He injects Claire+Mohinder's blood into himself, and his cuts begin to heal. He eyes a can of spinach, and successfully brings it to himself telekinetically. Grasping it triumphantly ala Popeye, he says, "I'm back." Sylar's back!
To finish, I really hope that the writer's strike gets settled because I can't wait for the new season to start, and it'd be nice if they were able to do that thing where new heroes would be introduced and viewers could choose the one they wanted to be added to the main cast. My only disappointment so far is that Maya's power seems worthless, and she seems out of place. I was hoping that her "power" would in someway mutate a strain of the virus, making it even more lethal than the one that was destroyed. Anyway, maybe she'll be able to gain better control of her powers and selectively kill people at will. The company would use her as their hitwoman by using her late-brother's memory against her, and convince her that she is doing good. It's wishful thinking, but that's one of the great things about the show. If you think about it, there are a bunch of plausible things that could happen, and sometimes you're right, sometimes you're wrong. I think i'm done, so I'll end appropriately.
FIN

Skits and Giggles

This is what I do in class...

I dunno. Sometimes I feel like drawing instead of writing. Anyhow, this is my new comic strip.

Skits and Giggles


Thursday, November 22, 2007

Have a good thanksgiving?

It's not even noon and my family's already fighting. Here's how it went: I was busy in the kitchen making cranberry sauce--no, I didn't just open a can and dump it into a bowl. Oh before I go on, that's another thing that really bothers me. You know what really grinds my gears (know the reference)? Cranberry sauce that still has the shape of the can when it's served.

Ok. Back to the story. My mom and sis started going at it, right in the kitchen where I happened to be. I didn't have any place to go, so I just continued to do my thing with a blank look on my face. What's funny is, I looked over at my dog and my sister's dog, and they started to fight too. Watch out. Maybe we're contagious.

I guess we really are a nuclear family.

In case you need to know how to carve a turkey:



That was the "kitchen way." This is the Russell Peters "be a man" way. Do it at the table:

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

AWKward

I was in two awkward situations today, but they were the funny kind of awkward. You know, like in Superbad when the tall guy is saying bye to the girl he likes and walking away, but she's going the same direction.

1) At Trader Joe's:
Cashier: Hi, how are you?
Me: I'm fine, and you?
Cashier: I'm fine, how are you?
Me(thinking): uh...should I keep this going?

I couldn't think quickly enough to say anything witty. It was a long day(midterm, lack of sleep, etc...), and I didn't know how to react, so I just kinda pretended it didn't happen and ignored her. What's funny is that this isn't the first time this has happened to me, and the cashier lady seemed kinda offended that I didn't respond. Whatever.

2) In an elevator in Moffitt, on the bottom floor:
Me: *Holds the door cuz some guy's running up*
Guy coming in: Is this going up?
Me: Uh...I think so.

I couldn't think of anything to say to that either. Ok. That doesn't count as awkward, but it was kinda funny.


Superbad.

Saturday, September 29, 2007

Cancer Sucks

This is what i'd like to say to cancer, but Whitney does it so much better.

Monday, September 24, 2007

A laugh (or two) a day

Here are some vids that made me laugh today:



Hahahahahaha! If I fall and make those noises you can laugh at me too. Just make sure I'm not dying.



Some of my favorite comics

Oh...and I should probably explain my title. You know when you call someone and they don't answer, and you get to that voice messaging system? Well my dad's goes, "After the tone, please leave a message for...'MESSAGE,'" and that last "MESSAGE" is my dad's voice. HAHAHAHAHAH

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Typical Saturday


It was always hard for my family to have "together time" so we had this tradition of going out to eat lunch together every Saturday. It's odd because now that I think of it, there was a pretty consistent schedule to our Saturdays, even though we didn't plan anything out. I'd wake up and watch 'One Saturday Morning' (Recess was the bomb) while eating cereal (when I wasn't lactose intolerant), get ready, and then we'd all pile into the minivan. Then we'd take half an hour to decide where to eat because we're all overconsiderate/indecisive. My dad would always be like, "It doesn't matter. You choose," but we all knew that my dad is one of the pickiest people in the universe, and the quality of our time spent together depended on the place we chose to eat at. It usually ended up being at a restaurant somewhere in Oakland Chinatown because my dad would offend waiters/waitresses at non-Asian places with his unintentional racism. It's one of those things that's embarassing then, but funny now (not the racism, but my dad's complete lack of awareness). Plus, Chinatown is generally louder and ruder, so we fit in perfectly. We'd eat, shop for groceries, and then go home, and usually, someone would end up angry.

It's funny because I know that people in your family will drive you crazy if you're around them for too long, but in my family we're lucky if everyone's happy an hour after we've been together. Wanna go on a long road trip with us? Hah. Anyway, my sisters went to college, and I started working weekends, so this Saturday tradition kinda fell through.

Well, I quit my job so it's back.
Anyway, I thought of this because with all of the hell that's raised, some funny things happen/are said on Saturdays that I don't really want to forget. This was this week:

1) -Right as we get into the car:

Mom: I ate a lot of nuts this morning, so I'm not really hungry. I ate a bag of peanuts, half a bag of cashews, and half a bag of almonds.

Channon: You are what you eat.


2)OMG. I found out that our childhood pet rabbit, which I beautifully named Snow White because it was white as, well, snow--that pissed my sisters off so much-- didn't really run away, which is what my mom told us. We were at Petco because my sis had to get stuff for her dogs, and the discussion circled around to our childhood pets. This is what happened:

Me: We actually had a lot of pets growing up
Channon: I know, but they all died.
Me: Like Snow White.
Channon: Didn't she run away?
Mom: I was bad...
Me and Channon: WHATTTTT?!?

So what happened was, the rabbit was getting to be too hard to take care of, so my mom let it go in some park in Concord. And then she told us that it ran away, which, she argued today (15 years later), wasn't completely a lie. I mean, it did hop away from her as she let it go free. But still. Parents are jerks. Especially when they lie to their kids. But i'll probably do it too.

I'll prob post things that happen on Saturday every so often.

Blargh...


Let's see how long this lasts. That's my skeptical face.