Well, first things first: my computer has been broken for nearly a week, causing me to finally openthat Christmas card for money to fix / repair / replace stuff. That was my trip money, too. Right now I'm on a temporary Windows XP fix since I... have to get a legit copy of Windows XP. So until then that means no more video capturing / editing / DVD authoring. Half of my files are gone, as are my internet bookmarks and loads of other software. I'm just glad I was able to finish the UC Irvine Japanese Cultural Showcase DVD before my computer fell apart.
Three weeks ago I bumped into a friend from grade school at the bus station - someone I've known since first grade! He's of course a lot better off than I am. He did ask me for a quarter (at least it wasn't the first thing he said to me after seeing me for the first time in eight years or so), but he could pay me back with, like, a job or something, heh.
Two weeks ago I saw the original Japanese version of Shall We Dance. It was very inspiring with humor that was subtle and it hit all the right spots. I then decided to see the American version my mom had on DVD for years and I was pretty disappointed - subtlety thrown out the window. Perhaps one day I'll make a special LiveJournal entry comparing the two (along with the original and American edited version of Ong Bak), but I'll need to find the Japanese Shall We Dance first. Kinokuniya didn't have it (or it did and I couldn't find it) so I just settled on some book.
My Penn and Teller DVDs came in recently and... dear me I love this show. And I never would have found out about it if not for pirated clips on YouTube. (there are a lot of great vids on YouTube but that's another entry...)
Also thanks to YouTube, I found a new hobby I can stick with: vintage instructional films! And all because I heard it on the History Channel. Then I found myself laughing at old cigarette commercials from the 1950s. With a bit of searching I found high-quality versions freely available for download at archive.org. And uh... I have ants in my room, wtf.
Three weeks ago I bumped into a friend from grade school at the bus station - someone I've known since first grade! He's of course a lot better off than I am. He did ask me for a quarter (at least it wasn't the first thing he said to me after seeing me for the first time in eight years or so), but he could pay me back with, like, a job or something, heh.
Two weeks ago I saw the original Japanese version of Shall We Dance. It was very inspiring with humor that was subtle and it hit all the right spots. I then decided to see the American version my mom had on DVD for years and I was pretty disappointed - subtlety thrown out the window. Perhaps one day I'll make a special LiveJournal entry comparing the two (along with the original and American edited version of Ong Bak), but I'll need to find the Japanese Shall We Dance first. Kinokuniya didn't have it (or it did and I couldn't find it) so I just settled on some book.
My Penn and Teller DVDs came in recently and... dear me I love this show. And I never would have found out about it if not for pirated clips on YouTube. (there are a lot of great vids on YouTube but that's another entry...)
Also thanks to YouTube, I found a new hobby I can stick with: vintage instructional films! And all because I heard it on the History Channel. Then I found myself laughing at old cigarette commercials from the 1950s. With a bit of searching I found high-quality versions freely available for download at archive.org. And uh... I have ants in my room, wtf.
