terremoto

to all my socal folk, i know you just felt that...if not, we just had an earthquake. it occurred at 11:42am, it was a magnitude 5.6 with the epicentre being chino hills. certain cell providers are down including mine...so stay safe!

update: there's been a couple 3.8 aftershocks.

more info @ USGS here

where the sidewalk ends

For many reasons, including the ever increasing price of fuel, but mostly due to my brakes needing repair, I had the pleasure of walking home from work today. Let me preface this by saying that the walk itself, despite the many years that have passed is far too familiar to me. You see this was a walk (both in parts as well as a whole) that I used to encounter on a daily basis during junior high. The walk from shoemaker which at one point was school (whitney) and is now work (best buy), through the cerritos towne center and to the library was a staple of my early adolescence, and as I strolled through the windy cerritos sidewalks, I was flooded with memories of youth, innocence, rebellion, sexuality and sheer joy.

If those sidewalks could speak, they would have some serious and absolutely ridiculous stories to tell. As I walked I not only thought of the memories that I had made along this very path, but I also thought about how newer and younger generations were probably enduring the very same angst and excitement which we all deal with at that age, and in many ways forever will. The only difference being that youth brings with it a certain naiveity, after all what I complained about at that age, paled in comparision to any of the "real" issues facing me today. But obviously that is only in retrospection because, despite all that is told to you when you are young regarding how easy you really have it, you cannot fully comprehend it until you find yourself at an age when you can look back and think "life was so much easier then".

And so as I continued to walk, I was transported back to that age as specific moments like walking in the rain, messing around in the bushes, taking the cow, prank calling on pay phones, the library itself and overall tomfoolery seemed almost tangible. Of course much like youth, it was fleeting, in the sense that my fast paced walking seemed to pass these locations as soon as I spotted them. But the walk itself, was in a sense a bit of momentary time travel, one where my feet met the footprints of my past and reminded me that I am still here for a reason, and that no matter what I may complain about now, it is up to me to continue walking towards my goals and towards a brighter future.

fin.

power

childs play

Believe it or not, the US Army was so impressed by toy maker Lund and Company's Hydrogen Fuel Rocket that it has hired the toy manufacturer to develop a more lethal version of the rocket. It will be called Variable Velocity Weapon System and will be capable of switching from lethal to non lethal and could be ready in about 18 months.



After reading this I instantly thought of a childhood film whose subtext has remained as vividly engrained in my brain as the story itself , 1992's "Toys". After his toy maker father's death, Robin Williams must deal with his military uncle who is left in charge of the family toy factory. The uncle quickly begins to discontinue and cut certain areas of the factory while focusing on highly restrictive secret projects.

His secret projects were definitely prolific as he was using video games to train children violent and strategic military tactics. The games were very similar to the standard and popular video games which have become staples of every gaming console known today. He was also working on actual toys which were being manufactured as weaponry: tanks, rockets, helicopters.

It just seems so eerie that a film which I saw as a young boy has seemed to come full circle into 2008 with the idea of toys as potential weapons for the military.

ABDC!

if you're not watching it, you don't get it. once you get passed the douche known as mario lopez, you truly are witnessing sheer talent.

this season is all about fannypack!



if you've missed any, watch full episodes here

iPorn

as if i needed yet another reason to want the new iphone 3g (unfortunately i must wait till im eligible for an upgrade unless i want to pay the FULL price of the phone, damn you blackjack 2!!!)...it turns out that a company by the name of iRoticNet is one-upping playboys "iplayboy" content for the original iphone by taking advantage of the phone's fast 3g connection and has announced plans to offer an adult video destination specifically for the iPhone 3g!

for about 10 bucks a month you will have access to huge amounts of content from many studios, including UNLIMITED access to hundreds of full length movies and more than 1000 clips, all from the comfort of the ever surmounting all-in-one device known as the iphone 3g. so much for hands free, california!

oh cruel iphone 3g, how you taunt me so, and now even moreso than before!!!

chuck taylor

i love this music video because it contains three of my favorite things: chucks, julian and santogold...and the track is pretty hot! it was put together for converse's 100th year anniversary after pharrell and julian started talking about doing something together.
enjoy...



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