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Ash In The Sky
Posted 2003-10-26 02:18:29 AM | Humor
The whole weekend I've been living inside of an ash bubble. Fires are burning all over Southern California (all the way down to SD).
Anyways, Best of Tracy Morgan on SNL was on last night and one of the funnier sketches was Hardball with Chris Matthews. I leave you with hilarious quotes from the sketch.
Anyways, Best of Tracy Morgan on SNL was on last night and one of the funnier sketches was Hardball with Chris Matthews. I leave you with hilarious quotes from the sketch.
Chris Matthews: And, finally: he made headlines last week when he called Colin Powell a sell-out, comparing him to a slave serving his master, Harry Belefonte! Harry, welcome!
Harry Belefonte: Welcome? Welcome? What are you, some kind of slave master?
Chris Matthews: Rebecca DeWitt, what Ashcroft just said was pretty crazy - can you beat it?!
Rebecca DeWitt: Chris, we're living in a police state. Most of the people detained under Mr. Ashcroft's orders haven't been charged with a crime or given access to legal counsel. The Taliban prisoners at Guantanamo Bay are being denied their basic human rights. They can't practice their religion, they're not allowed access to their weapons, they can't even confer with their terrorist leader! It's appalling!
Chris Matthews: Wow! An impressive display of insanity! Harry Belefonte, keep this crazy train rolling!
Harry Belefonte: Chris, I'm gonna say something that a lot of people are afraid to say: Osama bin Laden is a Uncle Tom!
Chris Matthews: [ shaking his head with wonder ] Good God! I can't even figure out who that's offensive to!
Rebecca DeWitt: Chris, every society needs police. But who will police the police? My idea: terrorists! Give the terorists guns and badges, and the ability to arrest law enforcement and military personnel. That way, there are checks and balances.
Chris Matthews: Dear Lord. Belefonte! Hit me with a quick one!
Harry Belefonte: The war in Iraq is in a minstrel show!
Chris Matthews: Fantastic! Another!
Harry Belefonte: Winston Churchill was a house Negro!
Chris Matthews: One more time!
Harry Belefonte: Poodles are the black man of the dog world!
Rebecca DeWitt: Chris, if you bake one cake, it doesn't make you a baker; if you paint one painting, it doesn't make you a painter; but if you blow up one embassy, it automatically makes you a terrorist! [ laughing ] It's hypocritical!
Harry Belefonte: Pokemon is a slave trader; Pikachu is a slave master!
Midterm Question #1
Posted 2003-10-22 08:14:53 PM | UCI
Briefly describe the asymptotic notation, given n elements which are in a randomized order with distinct numbers. Assuming you are given O(1) extra space, how much does the midterm you are taking right now suck ass? Answer with a number and briefly justify your answer.Answer: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Midterms coming up, which means I'll be posting here more often throughout the week... haha.
CA had flag football on Monday. We won by a touchdown mainly because the other team couldn't run very fast. They were pretty well organized though because their quarterback had like one of those wristbands that has all the plays so he could call them out. Also we should have scored another touchdown but the referee called so many penalties for us not lining up correctly on the line.
Afterwards Sam and I went to the ARC to workout and lift weights (same thing?). Let me just say, that after one whole day, I am still sore as hell. I can barely lift my arms up.
CA had flag football on Monday. We won by a touchdown mainly because the other team couldn't run very fast. They were pretty well organized though because their quarterback had like one of those wristbands that has all the plays so he could call them out. Also we should have scored another touchdown but the referee called so many penalties for us not lining up correctly on the line.
Afterwards Sam and I went to the ARC to workout and lift weights (same thing?). Let me just say, that after one whole day, I am still sore as hell. I can barely lift my arms up.
Carl Sagan quote
Posted 2003-10-21 03:08:14 AM | Quotes
"I cannot conceive of a god who rewards and punishes his creatures or has a will of the kind that we experience in ourselves. Neither can I, nor would I want to, conceive of an individual that survives his physical death. Let feeble souls, from fear or absurd egotism, cherish such thoughts. I am satisfied with the mystery of the eternity of life and a glimpse of the marvelous structure of the existing world, together with the devoted striving to comprehend a portion, be it ever so tiny, of the Reason that manifests itself in nature."
Last night while I was testing out the new smilies I accidently clicked on the link to edit my Kill Bill "review" instead of clicking on the link to edit the comment I had left. So lo and behold when I go to click the delete link, it deleted the post instead of the comment. 
I had forgotten what I was going to write and just looked at the screen for a couple of minutes. Then I realized what I wanted to talk about. The bass getting no respect
When Erik and I went to watch School of Rock, they show all the kids jamming in the closing credits. All of them get a solo... EXCEPT FOR THE GIRL BASSIST! I mean c'mon I know keyboard and backup vocals are pretty important but why can't the girl just get a solo like the rest of the band? Everyone got a solo, except for the bassist! Even Moby agrees with me (is that good or bad?).
Look, I understand that the bass only has to worry about one note at a time as oppose to guitar players who have to (for the most part) worry about three notes to form a chord. But lots of guitarists in bands play just power chords which might as well be playing one night. Hell I can play a goddamn power chord on my bass!
But to be fair, it's probably pretty easy to pick up a bass and learn simple stuff to get by. But I mean lots of instruments only play one note at a time (like uh nearly all of them) yet they don't get the bad rap that a bass gets. I use to play trumpet and trombone and those instruments only produces one note at a time, so why doesn't anyone say a trumpet or trombone is easy to play? I guess learning the basics would be easy but mastering any instrument is pretty hard ('sup triangle players).
I had forgotten what I was going to write and just looked at the screen for a couple of minutes. Then I realized what I wanted to talk about. The bass getting no respect
When Erik and I went to watch School of Rock, they show all the kids jamming in the closing credits. All of them get a solo... EXCEPT FOR THE GIRL BASSIST! I mean c'mon I know keyboard and backup vocals are pretty important but why can't the girl just get a solo like the rest of the band? Everyone got a solo, except for the bassist! Even Moby agrees with me (is that good or bad?).
so i went and saw the 'rock school' or 'school of rock' or whatever it's called movie this evening and it was very sweet. kind of like 'dead poets society' for the lollapalooza generation. my only criticism is that the female bass player didn't get a solo as the credits were rolling.Where is the love (for the bass)? The other day I had to do a project with my group for Chinese class. And I mention that I played the bass. One guy goes, "Isn't that easy to play?" while one of the girls in the group goes, "No man, bass is cool, bass keeps the rhythm."
everyone else got a solo. why didn't the female bass player get a solo?
i don't know why this bugged me so much, but it did. a lovely movie, compromised by the fact that the female bass player was the only member of an 8 piece band who didn't get a closing credits solo.
she should've been given her own solo. poor little bass player.
Look, I understand that the bass only has to worry about one note at a time as oppose to guitar players who have to (for the most part) worry about three notes to form a chord. But lots of guitarists in bands play just power chords which might as well be playing one night. Hell I can play a goddamn power chord on my bass!
But to be fair, it's probably pretty easy to pick up a bass and learn simple stuff to get by. But I mean lots of instruments only play one note at a time (like uh nearly all of them) yet they don't get the bad rap that a bass gets. I use to play trumpet and trombone and those instruments only produces one note at a time, so why doesn't anyone say a trumpet or trombone is easy to play? I guess learning the basics would be easy but mastering any instrument is pretty hard ('sup triangle players).
Kill Bill
Posted 2003-10-16 11:43:50 AM | Movies
I very stupidly deleted my Kill Bill review.
Review: I like it Mikey, I like it.
Apparently I'm part of Jane's Harem even though I never filled out the application to be one. Also I posted the picture (from Jane's private collection, a collection of her harem nude!) because this is the only one I have from that day. My parents camera ran out of batteries and apparently no one wanted to take a picture with me :(
So Chinese Association had a "car rally" on Thursday. A car rally was basically a scavenger hunt on a car. It was spread out all over Irvine. We were given clues on an envelope and had to guess where the next place was. The first one was at Jamba Juice and then we went to other various places. Starbucks, Blockbuster, uhh Fat Burger, Trader Joes, McDonalds. We had to do these small tasks at every stop. Like at the Blockbuster we had to figure out three recent releases and at the Trader Joes we had to leap frog over our other teammates. I think Fat Burger is a pretty cool place. Since I'm in CA we get a 15% discount on meals so Erik and I went to eat there today before watching Kill Bill which was a really cool movie and I'll talk about in the next post. Lucy Liu is pretty cool so here's her biography that I took from IMDB. "Born to Chinese immigrants in Queens, New York, Lucy Liu has always tried to balance an interest in her cultural heritage with a desire to move beyond a strictly Asian-American experience. Once relegated to "ethnic" parts, the energetic actress is finally earning her stripes as an across-the-board leading lady. Liu first appeared on the big screen as an ex-girlfriend in Jerry Maguire (1996) (she had previously filmed a scene in the indie Bang (1995), but it was shelved for two years). She then waded through a series of supporting parts in small films before landing her big break on "Ally McBeal" (1997). Liu initially auditioned for the role of Nelle Porter, which went to Portia de Rossi, but writer-producer David E. Kelley was so impressed with her spunk that he promised to write a part for her in an upcoming episode. The part turned out to be that of growling, ill-tempered lawyer Ling Woo, which Liu filled with such aplomb that she was signed on as a regular cast member." I knew a guy named Bill once but I really didn't want to kill him. By the way I put whip cream on my nipples. Did you know that Trader Joes doesn't really have a guy named Joe that trades? Erik and I just finished watching SNL and they had Cruz Bustamante on. Did I even spell that right? I don't know, maybe I'll go look it up.
So that's about it, nothing much happened. I am just here at 1:30 AM typing up this post. Well more like finishing it up. I opened this window at like noon Saturday and just now have I finally gotten to it. I like how WinXP can just stay on and on for days without requiring me to reboot every 10 hours like Win98 did. All right I'm gonna get some sleep. Cya guys later!
So that's about it, nothing much happened. I am just here at 1:30 AM typing up this post. Well more like finishing it up. I opened this window at like noon Saturday and just now have I finally gotten to it. I like how WinXP can just stay on and on for days without requiring me to reboot every 10 hours like Win98 did. All right I'm gonna get some sleep. Cya guys later!
Napster 2.0
Posted 2003-10-07 08:53:36 AM | Music
All of you know Napster. What some of you might not know is CD Burning Software conglomerate Roxio bought out the Napster name a few years ago after Napster was unable to pay it's bills. It has now revamped it into an online music service similar to iTunes and BuyMusic.com and hopes to start selling music to the masses with it's brand name. From this Business 2.0 article
He recently conducted a survey and found that 93 percent of respondents knew of the Napster brand, compared with 15 percent who recognized RealNetworks's Rhapsody service. Sixty-seven percent of the respondents said they were interested in purchasing music online.Wow 93% is a lot of people. So I'm guessing this will go over successfully with consumers who want to buy legitmate music online.... unless this doesn't work in which case it means that consumers want to get music for free...
More and more recaps because I don't bother writing it down when it happens.
Thursday: First CA Meeting and Bonfire. I ate one hotdog and several marshmellows. I tried making someone a hotdog and ended up using three of them because two of the slipped into the pit.
Friday: I went up to LA with Erik as soon as my classes ended. We went to go see School of Rock, which my sister had gotten free tickets to see at the Paramount Studio. We hung out with Esther and Helen for a while. Helen was down here because her mom wanted her to get something, which I forget now. When we finished up the movie, we drove back to Esther's apartment and then drove to Denny's. Let it be known that Denny's is not good for my stomach, at least the 3 egg omlettes made my stomach queasy.
While we were driving back to Esther's I called Sherry to see if she was at her apartment but her voice mail picked up. During our stay at Denny's we called her up again and she actually picked it up. Turns out she was at work and had just gotten back. So as soon as we finished eating at Denny's we drove over to her place. She lived in an apartment complex that was close to the frat row at UCLA. When we got there it seemed like 20 parties were going on at the same time. We finally located a small and probably illegal parking space and went to see Sherry. We hung out for a while before deciding to head back before a cop ticketed Erik's car.
Saturday: Pranav, Don, Andrew and I drove around Orange County in a somewhat orderly fashion.
Thursday: First CA Meeting and Bonfire. I ate one hotdog and several marshmellows. I tried making someone a hotdog and ended up using three of them because two of the slipped into the pit.
Friday: I went up to LA with Erik as soon as my classes ended. We went to go see School of Rock, which my sister had gotten free tickets to see at the Paramount Studio. We hung out with Esther and Helen for a while. Helen was down here because her mom wanted her to get something, which I forget now. When we finished up the movie, we drove back to Esther's apartment and then drove to Denny's. Let it be known that Denny's is not good for my stomach, at least the 3 egg omlettes made my stomach queasy.
While we were driving back to Esther's I called Sherry to see if she was at her apartment but her voice mail picked up. During our stay at Denny's we called her up again and she actually picked it up. Turns out she was at work and had just gotten back. So as soon as we finished eating at Denny's we drove over to her place. She lived in an apartment complex that was close to the frat row at UCLA. When we got there it seemed like 20 parties were going on at the same time. We finally located a small and probably illegal parking space and went to see Sherry. We hung out for a while before deciding to head back before a cop ticketed Erik's car.
Saturday: Pranav, Don, Andrew and I drove around Orange County in a somewhat orderly fashion.