audblog audio post: Live from the Angel Adventure. Meet the gang!]]>I switched my MoBlog from Phlog to TextAmerica. We'll see how it works out. You can view my new MoBlog here. Don't mind the bare bones template... I'll futz with it more after vacation. I just wanted to have it up and running for the trip! Whoo hoo!
Eek... gotta get to sleep for a supposed 4 AM departure. See all ya'll on the flip side!
]]>Amongst the madness of this week, there is something I am looking forward to... we're going to Dizz Knee Land!
No, seriously. We're heading on down to SoCal for a little sun, fun, and roller coasters. We (meaning Kev and I, my whole family, including my sister's family, too!) leave early Thursday morning. My dad says 4AM, but I have my doubts. ;) I think we're supposed to meet up with the rest of the family at Andersen's, and caravan down the rest of the way. Should be fun!
Our schedule for the vacation is pretty much packed, but if any of you SoCal bloggers out there are up for grabbing a drink on one of these days, gimme a holler. We should be in the area until Sunday mid-day.
]]>Pictures are up, go take a gander!
Once again, I express a TON of gratitude to everyone out there in the blogosphere and beyond that donated to this cause. The walk made over $107,000 total in donations!
We had a fun afternoon, visiting Joe at the hospital, having some *awesome* Mediterranean pizza at Pasquale's Pizzeria in the Sunset, and really rich desserts in the Castro with Gretchen and Chris. It felt good after a day of walking in the sun, to just relax, watch some Family Guy and hold an informal Tetris face-off. ;)
All weekends should be this much fun!
]]>I am scared to death (at least, I'm feeling something similar to that) of my Japanese final, which involves an interview as well as the written exam. It's incredibly overwhelming, with dozens of kanji to memorize, as well as a ton of conjugations and vocabulary to review. Phew!
In the meantime, to break the monotony of Japanese studies, I have been working on some of my photography projects. I've been creating a whole bunch of cyanotypes over the past few days. My most recent ones involve cutting stencils made from digital prints, and burning cyanotypes from them. Maybe I'll scan a few sometime soon, when this craziness passes.
Distractions today have included blog reading (duh), La Creme Mousse yogurt, Friendster and the iTunes Music store (thanks to Tom's entry today), where I downloaded a plethora of 80's music. I dunno, I just had to. I... I couldn't help it. You can't tell me you wouldn't be tempted to track down New Order, David Bowie, R.E.M., Adam Ant and Duran Duran tracks, heh...
Argh. Back to the books!
]]>audblog audio post: Live from the Angel Adventure. Meet the gang!]]>As you could probably tell, this fundraising was almost all-consuming for me. Well, that and it's Finals time at school (tons of projects to work on, plus a Japanese interview to write), and a few web projects to work on. Phew!
Keep an eye on my moblog today, and there may be an AudBlog post or two.
]]>Update 19 Jun 03: $514!! GOAAAAAL!!
Wow! Most of it in two days only, no less! Let's not stop there! :)
I am up toBlogging Supporters:
Love you love you love you!
JozJozJoz
Gigamatic
Ramblings of a Technology Addict
Big Pink Cookie
Tampa Tantrum and Demented and Sad
Elkit in Wonderland
Binary Bliss
The Late Shift
nucklehead ed
Matilda444
min jung kim
laserblog
Nunsense
Inside Gretchen's Head and C:\PIRILLO.EXE
Boots' in a Groove
peacedividend
Intricate Plot
ratty the ratchick
harrumph! still crazy.
balance in motion
Melissa Sunshine
a small victory
blog moxie
not so [xxcentrik] after all
A NetzLog
I am hoping that this list will grow ;)
YES, this is tax deductible. If any of you need a receipt for tax purposes, let me know, and I can send one to you!
]]>We (Kevin and I only, the kids were with their mom this weekend) spent the day with my Dad, Mom, and younger brother in San Francisco. We had lunch at the Rainforest Cafe on The Wharf, and saw the silly performance duo The Umbilical Brothers in THWAK at the Post Street Theatre.
I stumbled upon this idea in David's journal on Mother's Day last month, and thought I would apply it today:
Twenty Things about Dad:
]]>He was bright, alert, and cheery. Huge difference from last week, when he was reeling in pain in his chest from developing pneumonia, and he could barely move. He was talkative, and his eyes glowed.
I had one of the happiest moments that I've had in a long time today. Joe had a physical therapy session today (his brain tumor has caused him to have partial paralysis in the left side of his body), and he was able to sit up and support himself quite well. He got up and walked, with lots of strength! The happy moment came when he was on his way back to his room from the gym, he was still walking with lots of strength (believe me, this is an amazing accomplishment in comparison to last week), and I said, "Hey!" to him, with a big smile. What I got in return was a huge beaming grin and a "Hey!" in return as he walked towards me. It felt awesome... the highlight of my week.
Here's where I get to the "help a sister out" part of this blog entry:
I will be participating in the Bay Area Angel Adventure for the National Brain Tumor Foundation on 21 June, 2003. What is the Angel Adventure? It is a 5k walk along the San Francisco waterfront to raise funds to support brain tumor research. Click below to donate... no minimum!
You can also snail mail donations if you desire.(unless you live in CA, don't snail mail me donations, since I'd probably receive it too late)
I am trying to raise at least $500 for the event. I would be ecstatic if I could raise more in Joe's name! Brother, could you spare a dime? Or a few? ;) I would really appreciate it as well if you can help spread the word with a link or two on your own blogs/sites. Feel free to swipe above button and link to this entry.
Thank you so much in advance. Let's show 'em!
]]>Wow, that paragraph is confusing. But d'ya get my drift?
I just got off the phone with my friend Tiffany, who I have not talked to in, gosh, I dunno... four years? We were best friends in high school, and drifted apart a few years after graduation. I decided to try and get a hold of her the other day, to notify her of recent news with our friend Joe.
What a shock to learn that her boyfriend (now fiancé!) also had a form of cancer two years ago! I had no idea. It is such a big reality check that kids our age (mid-twenties) are falling ill in such drastic ways. Sometimes we forget how vulnerable we really are... it is common for young people to think that they are invincible.
In the end, we're simply all humans, and we're all equally vulnerable. Humbling, ainnit? Just tonight's food for thought.
]]>I need to get my arse outta this house, go to the park or café with a good book, and just READ.
It's been a while since a book has really piqued my interest. Especially ones of the fiction type. I read a lot of non-fiction, mostly because I like to learn new things, and the secondary reason being that I can leave a NF book for days, weeks (and admittedly, sometimes months) and still pick up where I left off quite easily. Hmm, I guess I did mention this before.
One book that I've been hearing a lot about is The DaVinci Code. A few people have mentioned to me, Gabe raved about it today, and it seems to be the smart kind of book I like. Anyone else out there read this book yet? I'm really curious about it. This may be the book that starts up my lost reading habit again.
There's hope for me, yet.
]]>My blog existence, that is.
And you may ask yourself
How do I work this?
I'll add comments on each link later, but I gotta run! Work today! Enjoy the links :)
In April, I was featured in a Honolulu Advertiser news story about Geocaching, and I'm just finding out about it. Go on, take a look. I'll wait.
I haven't been caching in a long time, and I miss it. It was something that I did to fill my dead time when we moved back to California. Now that I'm in school and doing a bit more work, I haven't done a lot. Consider this a promise to myself to get back into it.
As a matter of fact, I had two cache pages printed out, sitting in my car, so I could go drop off this travel bug that I've had for way too long. eek!
What's geocaching? Read the FAQ here.
]]>PORNORCHESTRA
The Parkway Theatre
1834 Parkway Blvd., Oakland | (510) 814-2400
www.pornorchestra.com
Thursday, June 12
The orchestra performs improvised and composed scores to pornographic film. Leave the kids at home or, at the very least, in the car.
The website for the orchestra states, "The equivalent of a circus band with its collective eye on the trapeze artist: the PornOrchestra teases out the thrill, amplifying the collective gasp at pornographic triumph and tragedy using the most eclectic and creative musical minds working in the Bay Area today."
Wow. The Bay Area entertainment industry is so... diverse.
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