Asian dramas (redux)
I have begun watching Asian Dramas again on KSCI! God, love that channel. This one is called Cain and Abel, it’s Korean. Unfortunately I came into it partway through, so I’m a little fuzzy on the storyline so far. I think I came in midway through the first episode (I hope). It stars the same guy as my other favorite, So Ji Sub from Thousand Years of Love. Apparently Cain and Abel just finished airing in Korea. I like that its current!
On Tuesday night I was watching another drama when I was trying to fall asleep. It sucked me in though, so it didn’t help :) It was a period drama and I can’t remember the name. Found it! It’s called Princess Ja Myung, and I guess it’s still in its original airing in Korea! Awesome!
Hopefully I’ll remember to keep up with these. I’ve always heard that Korean dramas are the best ones, that do you think?
Webdesigning
So I’ve gotten into designing websites for some friends, using Wordpress. It’s easier to maintain websites once they’re built using Wordpress. The websites are BigJohnMazmanian.com and a-caring-hand.com. If I get paid to do this, it might be an easy way to make some extra cash during the recession.
Wow!
Wordpress is like a whole new world! I’ve updated to the newest version of Wordpress and it’s kinda crazy.
Also kinda crazy is how I haven’t updated my website in 6 months, wow. That’s pretty sad. I just feel like I can’t be as open on this website anymore as I am on livejournal, where I can control who reads my posts, and I actually get more feedback, too.
I’m thinking about incorporating my Shared Items on Google Reader page into my blog, since I update that almost daily.
omg bbs
there is a new trailer out for twilight, bbs!! I saw it much earlier today, about 4 hours before the original release time, lulz, thanks to my twatters!
let it be known that ontd_twatlight were the ones to hack the widget and leak the trailer <3
My Mormon Name
From Rum & Monkey:
They’re a funny old bunch, those latter day saints. Rather than picking names from their heritage, or the Bible, the Utah Mormons tend to make them up. Sometimes they’ll combine the parents’ names into one (BenDonna, for example). Other times it’s impossible to quite understand what their parents were thinking; names like Zestpool and Zon’tl aren’t uncommon.
We can understand why you might be jealous of names like these. After all, they are far more interesting and exciting than your own. Luckily, help is at hand with the Mormon Name Generator; simply indicate your first name, last name and your gender preference below, and we’ll Mormonise your moniker.
Mine was Erdine Heavenly Melanie, haha. What’s yours?
Wedding Invitations!
I decided to make the invitations to my wedding myself, since I didn’t see any invitations out there that particularly tickled my fancy. I visited my local Paper Source and fell in love with their pool colored envelopes. I searched the store for some accents that would match them and found some flat paper that matched beautifully (I haven’t been able to find the exact flat paper I bought online). After making many, many samples I came up with a prototype that Mike and I are happy with, and I’ve begun assembling them. I bought a couple of cute sticker applique’s at Michael’s and I also got some nice cardstock there.
Everyone I’ve talked to is amazed that I’m making my invitations myself, but really I’ve found it’s not that hard. But then again, I already enjoy crafting and art projects, so this isn’t much of a leap for me. I’m going back this weekend to grab the rest of the envelopes for the invites. Once I’m done with them, I can post a tutorial if someone is interested. :)
Yet another new theme.
Posted by rin in Site updates on September 18th, 2008
I found this theme over at WPGlamour.com and I really liked it’s simplicity. I also like the sidebar. I tweaked it a bit to fit my personal needs (fonts, sidebar, etc) and it was actually really easy to do. I think I may add a header with a couple pictures of rpattz and kristen from the VMAs, those fit the bright colors of this theme. yay :)
SHUT UP RUSSELL BRAND
Ok, I’ve been looking forward to the VMAs all week because I knew Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen), Kristen Stewart (Bella Swan), and Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black) would be there and would actually be presenting an award. Ecstatic! I missed the pre-show, but luckily Teresa DVR’d it so I was able to fast forward through it and make sure that I didn’t miss any Twilight cast interviews. FINALLY the show comes on. And I sit through Russell Brand’s awkward intro, Jamie Foxx’s weirdness, etc, and FINALLY OMG THE CAST OF TWILIGHT UP NEXT. I barely managed to suppress the fan girl in me, I was so giddy with excitement.
And finally! There they are! Walking on stage! Kristen looks so cute! And OH! Cam Gigandet (James) is there too! Lovely! They start talking… they each say their piece and now it’s Rob’s turn.. he says exactly ONE word, POSSIBLY TWO, when RUSSELL FREAKING BRAND INTERRUPTS HIM WITH SOME BULL CRAP ABOUT MYSTERY, AND THEN THEY CUT TO A PERFORMANCE OF PARAMORE. And Rob. Gets. To. Say. Nothing.
Why, Russell Brand, WHY?! You have Two! Hours! As the host of the show to talk! Talk to your heart’s content! Why interrupt Robert Pattinson in his ten seconds on stage?! Why?! JUST SHUT UP AND BE QUIET. Oh. I cannot convey my irritation at that moment.
I will now go troll the intarwebs for some red carpet interviews. Hopefully Russell Brand didn’t figure out a way to interrupt him there.
*edit* haha I wasn’t the only one who noticed!!
Twilight Quiz up at MTV.com
I took the Twilight Quiz at MTV.com. It’s actually really easy, lol. I knew all of the answers. Yay for Twilight Tuesday!
Hollywood, Amoeba Music, Scientology and Chicken and Waffles!
Posted by rin in Anime/Manga, music on September 1st, 2008
One great thing about living close to a big city is being able to easily visit the awesome stores they have there. Yesterday I drove to Hollywood with my sister, brother, and a few of his friends to hit up Amoeba Music. The place was completely awesome! They have a HUGE selection of new and used CDs and records, from a WIDE variety of genres and artists. And that’s just the first floor! The second floor has a pretty decent selection of new and used DVDs.
I dug in immediately, looking for CDs from my favorite artists that were hard to find at the places I usually buy CDs, like Target and Best Buy. I ended up finding several CDs from artists like The Magnetic Fields, Leonard Cohen, Meiko, Priscilla Ahn, Eric Hutchinson, and many, many more. I don’t know if you noticed, but it’s pretty hard to find a CD in stores if it was released more than 6-12 months ago, or it’s not on the Billboard charts. I know what you’re thinking, why not buy online? I do buy online; that’s why I already had Meiko’s album before I saw it at Amoeba. But sometimes the added taxes and shipping costs increase the cost of the CD above what I’m willing to pay. And Amoeba has a LOT of used CDs, which lowers the cost even more. I ended up walking away with The Magnetic Field’s The Wayard Bus/Distant Plastic Trees, Leonard Cohen’s Various Positions, and a tribute to Leonard Cohen, I’m Your Fan, which includes performances by The Pixies, REM, and Nick Cave, to name a few. I also got a couple of Miyazaki DVD’s I’ve been meaning to pick up, but haven’t because for some reason, they cost quite a bit more than regular DVDs. Anyway, they were Whisper of the Heart, which I rented on NetFlix recently and loved, and The Cat Returns, which I downloaded and watched quite a while ago.
My sister got a few CDs, the Hits of Erasure, ABBA Gold, and the Sex and the City Soundtrack. She joked as we were driving home, listening to her CDs, that she was turning my car into a gay club, haha. :)
After Amoeba, we waited outside for the rest of the party to be done shopping and I noticed that we could see the Church of Scientology’s location on Hollywood Blvd from a distance. It kinda creeped me out. It creeped me out even further when one of the guys in the party mentioned that the Scientology created CCHR headquarters, or Citizen’s Commission on Human Rights, was down the street just a little ways and they wanted to visit it out of morbid curiosity because inside there is a “museum” on psychiatry. We were all curious, so we decided to check it out. Turns out the museum is called “Psychiatry: An Industry of Death” and the “museum” was every bit as creepy as it sounds. It felt like I was walking into the Museum of Tolerance, a Holocaust museum, also in Los Angeles. It had all these exhibits showing the history of psychiatry, including of course shock treatment and lobotomy. CCHR blames the rise of Nazism and the Holocaust on psychiatry. It also had an exhibit with pictures of different celebrities and little descriptions underneath the pictures blaming psychiatry for their deaths. There was also a section that showed statistics on psychiatrists; supposedly more psychiatrists than physicians commit suicide, get divorces, etc. They also showed a big wall with pictures of psychiatrists behind bars for being convicted of various crimes, ranging from a hit-and-run fatality to rape and sexual assault of patients. And of course, there was a room blaming psychiatry for the Columbine school shootings and various other school shootings. All in all, it was quite disturbing and I wanted to get out of there as soon as possible. Chris and his friends were irritated and angry about the museum, quick to point out the flaws of logic in the exhibits, but Teresa and I just wanted to leave.
Afterward we walked to Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles off of Gower and Sunset. It was so good! I was suspicious about the pairing of fried Chicken and waffles, but my suspicions were put to rest after that visit, haha.
Anyway, that was my Sunday and even with the scary Scientology excursion, it was really fun. I wish I had my camera. :)
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