Readymade Random

even the pros miss (video)

endless romance (video)

stop motion fight (video)

very painful nutshot (video)

you hit like a girl (video)

cut glass with scissors (video)

you just got learned (videos)

The best 2D fight: Scorpion vs Ryu (video)

indestructo tank (game)

Excerpts from Virgina Tech Killer's 'multimedia manifesto' (link)

I've had this particular problem that happened early last year, and it's been causing me some stress and worry all these times. Now, I'd like to happily say that I've got confirmation that it is now pretty much settled and over with. It's really a huge weight off my shoulders, and it feels great. Phew! What a relief. I guess, I still have a little bit of fallout to be concerned about, but the worst is behind me.

Well, it looks like I'm an uncle again. This time however, I now have a nephew! My brother already had two girls, so this is the first boy for him, and for us brothers. I've got to say, it looks like I shouldn't be getting much pressure in producing a boy, especially considering I don't want to have kids. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

So congrats to my brother and his family.

She Looks Random To Me

figureskate slashing (video)

baby steering wheel (video)

belt flip (video)

When PTA Meetings Go Bad (video)

man vs dog (video)

unexpected (video)

ride the wild snake (video)

comedy with Demetri Martin (video)

Elton John's Improvisation (video)

how it feels to be shot in the chest (link)

My fingers are all cramping and aching right about now. Why? Because I just spent nearly FIVE hours worth of game time playing Guitar Hero II for the xbox 360. That's right five friggin hours. Not a straight run through mind you, as it was more like three hours one session, an hour after dinner, and then another hour right before I'm typing this up. My fiance was engulf in a new book she bought, so while she was reading, I was playing right next to her. For those of you who have the game and are curious, I was completing getting all five stars on the medium setting, started the process of getting all five stars on the easy setting, and then just goofed off on the unlockable & downloaded songs. The Guitar Hero franchise is easily one of the best (if not the actual best) rhythm music games ever created. It makes you feel like a rock star, and that's a good thing.

I went to see "Meg & Dia" again at the Warped Tour Kick Off Party, which took place at "the Key Club" in Hollywood, CA. Prior to going to the concert however, there is a pre-show party that was organized by people from the Meg & Dia message board. Being that I'm a member myself, I decided to go attend it as well. I first went to pick up my friend who went with me to one of their concerts at the Glasshouse in Pomona, and I also brought some San Miguel Beer (A Filipino brand beer) for the pre-show event. Unfortunately, I was running behind schedule, and underestimated the traffic, ending up being almost an hour and a half late for the party.

There were a good amount of people who attended the party, and I'm happy to see several familiar faces from meeting them at previous concerts. I found out that the band actually came by to visit the party earlier too, which I unfortunately missed out on. Ah well. Although me and my friend didn't have much time left to completely enjoy the party, we did have some fun. One of the girls there probably had more fun than she probably should have, as she was already drunk and couldn't even stand up properly anymore. We were worried that the Key Club wouldn't let her in with her condition, and sure enough they didn't let her go in. They told her to wait two hours before entering, which coincidentally enough is right before Meg & Dia is performing, so that works out for her.

Me and my friend decided to wait awhile before going in the venue ourselves. We went to eat at this Italian sandwich place, and watch the Lakers basketball game. Roughly about a half hour before Meg & Dia was scheduled to perform, we entered the Key Club to the band "the Briggs." They are a punk band from Los Angeles, and they weren't bad at all (I even bought their latest CD at the merch table later). After their set ended, I noticed even more people I met before, this time from the concert at the El Rey, and hang out with them at the show.

Meg & Dia got on stage to set up their equipment while some stand up comedian was doing a routine. When the band was set to play, Meg seemed to have some technical difficulties which caused a little bit of a delay. Meg by the way looked way hot in the cute blouse she wearing. Yowza! Unlike the tour they did with Anberlin and Bayside, this time around there was a great amount of Meg & Dia fans in the crowd (not just the "boardies"). There were lots of guys shouting "we love you Dia!" or chants of "Meg! Meg! Meg! Meg!" This is one of the better experiences I had of seeing the band live, because the audience (being mostly fans) were all into the songs and music. Now THIS was a Meg & Dia concert. I also got to hear them play a cover of Blind Melon's "No Rain" as well as finally hearing "Lessons from New Jersey" (from their "Our Home Is Gone" album) live for once. To put it simply, their set rocked!

Afterwards, we went downstairs to the merchandise booth to by some chance see if the band would be there. Doubtful because damn was that area super small and crowded! Shannon was there however, so I got to say hi to her, and that's about it, because she was extra busy at the booth. While we were down there, we met YET another friend we met before, this time from the Pomona concert. She was the one who bought the extra ticket from my friend and drove all the way from San Diego. This was pretty neat, it's like all the Meg & Dia fans I've ever come across before just converged into this one night.

"K os" was playing next, and while they sounded good, we decided to just step outside from the crowd. We just hang out with the other fans who were also outside and just chatted it up with them. Dia was also there, but seemed busy talking business, so I never got a picture and only really had time to say "Hi." The rest of the band eventually all showed up together, but unfortunately it was primarily for a video interview. Afterwards, Meg and Dia had plans to go see the band "Saves The Day" who was playing this same night at the Hollywood House of Blues, some blocks away from the Key Club. Darn, so no hanging out with the girls this time, and I didn't get a chance to take a picture with the lovely Meg and Dia. They probably went there to show their support of that band, since they'll be touring with them in the next few months (no West Coast dates however). Carlo, John and Nick stuck around though. Chatted mostly with Carlo (as usual), but for the most part I was socializing more with the other fans. Truly, from the pre-show party all the way to the end of the night, this really was a Meg & Dia "fan" night and it was awesome.

p.s. - once again, no cameras allowed.

21st Random Century

Turbo Tax Rap (video)

Blu-Ray & HD-DVD, still not that popular (link)

Harry Potter puppet pals (video)

Microsoft wants to completely ditch Windows XP for Vista (link)

First! (video)

clock spider (pics)

John Stone Fitness (pics)

Was the Death Star Attack an Inside Job? (link)

Jackie Chan and Jet Li finally in a movie together (link)

Halo 3 Multiplayer documentary (video)

Recently, I got a little scare with one of my dogs. After being out in the yard, I noticed she was lying down a little "different" than normal. Her front left leg was raised up from the ground, which isn't a normal thing. At first I thought it looked kinda cute and funny, but then when she got up to walk, she was limping! We thought she either had some kind of splinter on her paw, she sprained it, or she broke it. However, when we held her leg and paw, she didn't feel any pain at all. So what gives? We took her to the emergency pet hospital and we found out that it was a case of some irritation on her paw. They gave her some shots and some meds, cleaned up the paw a bit, and that was it. $185 later, she's well and normal now.