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I barely watch “real” TV anymore, which makes me miss some of the good commercials on television, like this one for Cingular. The vocals are by Cat Power. No, not my Cat(herine) Power, but Chan Marshall, who goes by the stage name of “Cat Power.” A better audio version can be seen HERE. I, like [...]

My mom called and woke me up this morning as she went to work at 6:30 am, to tell me that it had snowed and maybe I should borrow my dad’s truck to go to school. I informed her that I don’t drive to school anyway, and take the MAX. When I finally got out [...]

Thanksgiving day pictures are up. Enjoy!

There’s a great discussion going on at Javajive about how much one should manipulate a photo in Photoshop. Check it out. Brandon’s observation to a comment I made: Lao-Ocean – An interesting fact about dSLR photography is that quite often an image taken with a point and shoot will actually come out to be more [...]

Remember last week, when I took a picture of the downtown Christmas tree? Well, it was lit last night, with a turnout of 18,000. I didn’t make it, but enjoyed this posting from a local Portlander. Here’s the big tree, ready to be lit. And here’s the Easter Bunny. Of course. I think it’s things [...]

Thanksgiving was fantastic. There was so much tasty, tasty food for our group of 12 people. I slept-in yesterday, and woke up to find that one of the three pumpkin pies was already half eaten! It seemed that Ellen and Rose couldn’t wait to start Thanksgiving dinner early. Not to be outdone, I also had [...]

It’s almost time for Thanksgiving dinner. The table is ready for the turkey, which is cooking as we speak.

The days seem to fly by! Usually on the weekends, I just relax. That’s why you don’t see a post for chunks of days. Especially since my weekends are four days, I make the most of it by sleeping in and staying up late. This week, I only had one day of classes, due to [...]

After my first class today, Ras met me near campus for lunch. I wanted to try out a nearby “pho” place on Broadway and College Street – Pho Thanh-Long. I wondered how it would compare to Pho Van, which is a favorite for my family. We used to drive all the way out to 82nd [...]