Ventures in LA LA land

Celeb sightings so far.

John Cho (MILF quoter, Harold from Harold and Kumar) at Quality Food & Beverage

Eva Mendes at Itacho

Sophia Bush, James Lafferty (One Tree Hill), Lionel Richie at Bed, Bath and Beyond

Ace Freely at Starbucks on the Promenade

And a handful of sketchy Paparazzi waiting for celebs. And a handful of reality stars.

Oh and I keep on running into Jai from Queer Eye. I've already seen him three times.

I'm white!

Apparently I like what white people like.. Among the list are the following that apply to me:

- modern furniture
- co-ed sports
- toyota prius
- mos def
- michael gondry
- threatening to move to canada (well I am Canadian)
- kitchen gadgets
- Japan
- dogs
- sarah silverman (did you see the recent kimmel vids?)
- living by the water
- public radio
- indie music
- sushi

More than 50% of this list applies to me. I think I'm going to start a stuffyellowpeoplelike blog. Well, when I actually have time to do my own thing that is.

The Thinker

One of the entries for an art contest held at the Hirshhorn Modern Art Gallery in DC.

Hump Day

Despite my protests on dressing up small little helpless animals, this was just too cute - I just had to post it.

Thank you Ni!

First snail mail bday package and what do I get? An Ipod touch from my one and only sister. Thanks Vanissa!

SF real estate can bite me.

quizzes cuz they're fun

Who is Your Future Husband?

Orlando Bloom is Your Future Husband
Take this quiz!

Lucy Premieres!

Good Advice

Taken from on page 6 of
No One Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog.

Some good advice from the book:

To choose a spouse, find someone who is flawlessly kind but has an incredibly strong backbone.

Marry him only if you will be proud when your child turns out just like him.

Don’t make assumptions, and don’t take things personally.

What you give is what you get.

When you predict that negative things will happen, they do. The opposite is also true.

Bayarea

Do you live in the Bay Area? Are you constantly amazed with the food, the concerts, the street fairs, and the food? Do you lust after Thomas Keller and Elizabeth Faulkner? Do you love the fog horns that wake you up in the morning, and coo you to bed at night? Do have a constant tan if you live in the East Bay, or the Peninsula? Do you talk about how you want to go hiking in the Redwoods because they're so close? Do you talk about your view of Alcatraz from the roof?

If so.. you've been hit with the disease knows as Bayarea.

We were talking over the brunch the other day, and Sarah couldn't stop talking about how fresh her salad was.. and I was in complete agreement (I had ordered the same thing - a tuna nicoise salad at Le Petit Robert). Scott looked over and told us that we both had really bad Bayarea - people that live in the bay area, and get together to just talk about the bay area.

Apparently we have really bad Elliotbayarea as well because S and I get together and talk about Seattle as well.

Intro to Lucy

This is the pilot that aired in late 2005. It's been a few years, but the guys at Cartoon Network finally agreed to sign on a full season to air "Lucy, Daughter of the Devil" on Adult Swim. And that's where J comes in. He's signed on to Fluid Animations to work on the concept design, backgrounds, and some character designs.

Just a warning that it's not for the religiously sensitive. I mean it's set in modern San Francisco, about the anti-christ "Lucy" whose an art student trying to lead a normal love life, while Dad "Satan" is trying to interject. All "hell" breaks loose when she meets the second coming of Christ - a techno dj named dj jesus.

Season premiere is set for first week of September. Their pilot was the second most popular pilot on Adult Swim.

Anyways like I said, if you can't get through South Park, this is probably not your cup of tea.

Trash the dress

I'm not really sure what to do about my wedding gown. Can't really sell it again, and doubt any of my cousins or my sister will want to get married in it. Every bride wants their own gown. So a lot of brides have been doing these photo sessions called trash the dress, where you go to a location where the dress will surely be trashed.. Some of the ones taken on the beach or in the ocean are pretty cool. This one below is just frightening. I think my mom would veto this.


There's a lot more here, less dangerous though.

Heroes Personality Test - thanks holly.

Your Score: Mohinder Suresh
You scored 41 Idealism, 45 Nonconformity, 41 Nerdiness

My father spent his life chasing after this insanity. Now I'm wasting mine trying to prove he was sane.
Congratulations, you're Mohinder Suresh! You're a curious, passionate, and intelligent person. You're prone to changing your mind about the important things in life, though. You're interested in doing what you can to help people who are gifted with special abilities.

Your best quality: You're a maverick intellectual
Your worst quality: Your opinions can change rather quickly and suddenly

Link: The Heroes Personality Test written by freedomdegrees on OkCupid, home of the The Dating Persona Test

hello RSVPs? Where are you?

That's generally what I ask everyday, as we are nearing the 2 weeks before the due date of our wedding RSVPs - so if you haven't returned yours, it's time to get a move on. It's no wonder why weddings have become a multimillion dollar industry. It's a tall order when it comes to planning a huge party, lose weight, and look radiant on the day of. There are all these services that cater to the bride.. even a RSVP service that takes the stress out of keeping count of the guests.

We have done a lot of stuff already, and are well ahead of the game.. according to my checklist on the knot, but still much to think about, in terms of the little details. Currently, we're trying to decide on the wedding procession and I'm working on our partial DIY favors. I'm even stressing on whether to get our names printed on ribbons. HA. The great thing that has saved most of my friends from having to hear about my wedding stress is the community of knotties on the knot. People post messages like they are in a chat room... if you have a question about where to buy dollies for luminaries ( a martha stewart idea), you get atleast 10 responses within 10 minutes.. It's impressive. I've spent an embarrasing number of hours going over knottie bios, pulling ideas from here and there. So far the weddings held in Hawaii or in Jamaica are most impressive. The colors are vibrant, the weather is perfect, and everyone seems to have a lot of fun. Hopefully I can reproduce the same in Vegas. I just have to keep on telling myself that as long as Justin and I end up married at the end of the day, everything will be just fine.

Semi Star Sighting..

I must call it a semi-star sighting mostly because 90% of you probably won't know who David Wu is, and those that do know, were probably, at one time or another, forced to watch Taiwan MTV to see him VJ because of me (you are therefore a great friend).... AND may I defend him a bit more.. he was not only good looking back in the day, but he had a great role in this small indie chinese flick called, 'Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter,' where he played a saxophone player who falls in love with one of the members of a 4 women band. This is not the same movie that was critically acclaimed a few years back. That one is Korean and called 'Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring'. Notice the extra season at the end there. That's actually a much better movie, unless you (like myself) are a little obsessed with David Wu.

So late last night, J and I had to run a bunch of errands downtown, and were forced with the hard decision of finding a place to eat. Before the grand opening of the upscale Food Court (yes it is upscale) in Westfield Mall, there weren't that many places to eat down town.. Anyways we finally found ourselves at a small two top in Kuleto's (named for Pat Kuleto, the well connected restauranteur that seems to be everywhere in SF - check out the latest article '7 degrees of Pat Kuleto' in the february issue of 7X7).

Food was okay.. My steak was tender but a bit bland, fingerling potatoes were dry... David Wu and his family were seated a few tables behind me.. so that's what made the meal. I don't think anyone recognized him but myself of course.. And I didn't really believe it, til I googled him today to see if i could find more recent photos of him.. lo and behold, I found his blog . AND yes, it was him last night.

Perfect Proposal

I have nothing to complain about my proposal.. but this is over the top. Have the kleenex near by.

If Only I Can Dance It Off

Since my inception of the Tivo (An Xmas present from my parents), my tv show selections have gone from crappy to tragically crappy. As an example, I've been watching Dancelife.. a ridiculous semi-reality of dancers trying to get a gig for Jennifer Lopez - aka a way for J.Lo to boost her fumbling career. I mean seriously, has she done anything good lately? Anyways the show focuses on about 7 dancers, who compete in various tryouts to get gigs... and you get glimpses of their semi-reality lives outside of the studio - their hardships with their families, with money, and with their own identities as dancers. Nope, no romance yet. The crappiest part of the show, and possibly the most amusing for me is when the going gets tough, they find an empty studio and break out in dance. Yup, Footloose style except to J.Lo's music. HAHAHAHAHA..

Lesson learned: Next time I find myself in a dark spot, I'm going to shake my booty.

The little one is famous

Just click play and watch Vanissa, the brooklyn hipster, take her puppy 'Nikko' out on the town and set up for one of her collaborative gallery opening.

Funny Tees

Threadless.com is having a $10 shirt sale.. All prints are done on american apparel t-shirts so you are guaranteed to be comfy and spiffy at the same time. Imagine that.

How Asian are you?

67% - You scored high enough, so...Now you are qualified to call yourself an asian, even if you're not :P *claps* BTW if you scored between 51%-59%, you are BARELY Asian. Now that you have your result. I DEMAND that you rate my test. *bows* If you liked this test. click on my name and take my other tests damnit. NOW! P.S if you scored low and want to give me a bad rating. you are an asshole. you either are really stupid or not asian(understandable) so hands off that mouse and fuck off.

The test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender.
Test yourself here: The REAL how Asian are you Test written by forevercursed on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test