Kanye West – We Were Once A Fairytale (Short Film) – Sound of the City

I stumbled across this on the internets. Wow. Spike Jonze and Kanye West. “We Were Once a Fairytale” made me feel really sad. It was posted on Kanye’s blog earlier, but a note is now there apologizing for having to take it down. Some people will probably scoff at this as some kind of insincere cry for attention or help, but i liked it, and bought it from the iTunes store.

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My Damn Channel » Spärhusen » Episode #2

Sparhusen on MyDamnChannel.com and Keanu’s Return to Comedy:
Sparhusen now has 2 full webisodes on MyDamnChannel.com. Illeana Douglas and Keanu Reeves make the show for me so far. It’s really nice to see Keanu doing comedy again. I always thought he was so good at it, but it’s so rare that he takes on comedic roles since Bill & Ted, Freaked, I Love You to Death, and Parenthood. Constantine was darkly funny; but his delivery was so dead pan I don’t know if I count it as a comedic performance… loved them all.

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Halloween 2009

Here are some pics from Halloween this year. :D Waikiki was crowded, and pretty fun. There were so many good costumes I missed because I wasn’t quick enough. The Menehune Water guy and the Devo group was pretty awesome, but I didn’t get their picture! Lots of female referee costumes, nuns, priests, etc. There was a surprising amount of Spider Man costumes.

There was also a Mario Van Peebles sighting, but I was too shy to approach him for a photo!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Boo!

Were these actual protestors, or was this their costume?!? hehehe.

Blurry jellyfish — good idea, bad photography on my part.

Most stoked to see Shredder among them.

Party lights

Too shy to get Buckethead form the front.

people

Gumby!

I forget what these are called…

It’s Peanut Butter Jelly Time!

This is an intersection. The people just got out at the red light and started dancing.

jack!

empty tables and the dogs who guard them

What goes on inside the minds of doggies who are left outside while their masters go shopping?

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peko chan

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recommendations on a good security+ book?

I found out recently that I need to get my Security+ certification for work. Any recommendations on good study guides / books would be appreciated! :)

PF Chang’s 30K 2009

Well, I did it. I had to wake up around 1:30AM, get ready and leave the house by 2:30, so I could get to Waikiki by 3 and find parking for the race. I did the walk/run start at 4AM. I didn’t take any pictures today. Not sure why, but nothing struck me as picturesque and it didn’t occur to me at times to even take any. I was just so nervous. Last year I had a bone bruise after doing this run. This year, I walked the first mile and tried to take it really slow and walk every so often throughout the run. It took me about 4 hours and 23 minutes. I was hoping for a better pace, but am still OK with it. At least I finished and don’t feel injured!

I do feel a bit stiff in the legs and feet, and for a few hours after the run, felt pretty out of it. I guess I needed salt because my McDonald’s lunch of salty fries and big mac really seemed to make me feel better. I was so full of gatorade and water at the end of the run, I was just feeling weird and gross and bloated. I had 3 cliff’s shot blocks around mile 6, one hammerhead orange gel at mile 13, and a whole lotta gatorade and water at the aid stations which were placed about every two miles.

I saw the cool guy who runs in a kilt, and he gave me encouragement on my run. Does he recognize me too? Does he know I blog about him on the runs? Nice guy. :)

playlist from the run:

the marylanders – Good Old 99  8:20am
Kanye West – Gold Digger   8:17am
Digitalism – Digitalism In Cairo  8:14am
Wu-Tang Clan – Ain’t Nothin’ Ta Fuck Wit   8:09am
L7 – Pretend We’re Dead   8:05am
Cut Chemist – My 1st Big Break (clean)  8:01am
Digitalism – The Pulse  7:56am
6 Day Riot – O Those Kids   7:52am
Cocteau Twins – Little Spacey  7:49am
Miike Snow – Animal (Punks Jump Up Remix)  7:45am
Dred Scott – Nutin’ Ta Lose  7:37am
The Cardigans – Lovefool   7:32am
Utada Hikaru – Stay Gold   7:29am
Sektion 31 – Jooky Toothless   7:24am
Operation Ivy – Bombshell  7:19am
The Ting Tings – That’s Not My Name  7:17am
Viva Voce – Lesson No. 1  7:12am
People Under the Stairs – Come On, Let’s Get High  7:10am
Astrud Gilberto – Once I Loved  7:05am
Stowaways – Cursed  7:02am
Digitalism – Anything New  6:58am
The Mad Capsule Markets – Tribe : Razorface Remix  6:43am
Death Cab for Cutie – Meet Me On the Equinox  6:39am
Dick Haymes – The One I Love  6:35am
Fulgeance – Impulsinfionnetta   6:34am
Deastro – LIGHT POWERED  6:28am
Morphine – Empty Box  6:26am
She & Him – Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want (The Smiths Cover)  6:21am
Crown City Rockers – Astroshocks  6:19am
Flying Lotus – Melt! (MONOPOLY Mix)  6:16am
Joe Henry – The Man I Keep Hid  6:12am
Editors – No Sound But The Wind  6:07am
Nancy Sinatra – Coastin’  6:03am
Will Smith – Just the Two of Us  6:00am
Flying Lotus – Robo Tussin Ft. Lil Wayne.aif 15.41.55PM  5:55am
Damu the Fudgemunk – Puttin’ In Work  5:52am
Fred Astaire – Top Hat. White Tie And Tails  5:48am
Brook Benton – It’s Just A Matter of Time  5:46am
Colleen – In the Train With No Lights
The Whitest Boy Alive – Rollercoaster Ride  5:41am
Weezer – (If You Are Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To  5:38am
Alexandre Desplat – New Moon (The Meadow)  5:33am
Ms. John Soda – Outlined view  5:29am
Dean Martin – I Don’t Care If the Sun Don’t Shine  5:25am
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Here Comes Your Man (Bonus Track)  5:23am
Rhymefest – Breakadawn (Rhymefest ft Daniel Merriweather & alpha.)  5:22am
Lackluster – Bothersome (Mother mix)  5:19am
KMD – What A Niggy Know?  5:13am
DJ Wally – the 29th Day  5:10am
Ocote Soul Sounds – Revolt of the Cockroach Peoples  5:05am
Onra – Broken Language  5:02am
Latterman – Water Manes At The Block’s End  4:57am
Microphone Fiend (Remix) – Eric B. & Rakim  4:54am
Modest Mouse – Lounge  4:50am
KMD – Hard Wit No Hoe  4:43am
Crown City Rockers – Make It Hotter  4:39am
Feldmaus – Put On A Magical Hood (Passage Version)  4:36am
50 Cent – In Da Club  4:30am
DJ Shadow – Rock Lesson  4:26am
Voxtrot – Long Haul   4:21am
Muse – I Belong To You (New Moon Remix)  4:17am
Meat Beat Manifesto – Untold Stories   4:14am
Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart  4:12am
Miike Snow – Animal  4:08am
Raumskaya – Iskrenne 4:04 am

Stand out tracks: Wu Tang Clan, 50 Cent, Morphine, Utada Hikaru, Operation Ivy, Dred Scott, 6 Day Riot, and The Marylanders’ track was just great to cross the finish line to…

should i?

Tomorrow, there’s a 30K. And the lazy me says: man. that will really shorten my weekend. I’d  have to wake up around 2AM tonight, in order to get ready, drive to the race, find parking, etc. Run til 9 AM. And probably feel dead the rest of my Sunday.

I signed on for the marathon readiness series, so it’s already paid for. Picked up the packet at PF Chang’s yesterday.Ate spaghetti last night just in case

What to do… what to do.

bone bruise again?

Last year, I experienced a bone bruise for the very first time on my right foot. I’d run a 30K, (approx. 18 miles) and the bottom of my right foot was super sore on the outer edge, opposite of the arch. I was kind of limping for three days after the run, so I went to a podiatrist who x-rayed it and informed me of the bone bruise.

She’d explained a bone bruise is something that happens before it becomes a stress fracture. We saw that there was the slightest darkness on the x-ray when we looked at the bone that connected to my baby toe and extended more than half way down the length of my foot. She told me to try and keep pressure / weight off it, and to wear house slippers and try not to walk around barefoot at home. In time it healed, but it really set my training back.

This week, I bought brand new insoles since my old pair wore out. Literally, there was a chunk missing that had been worn down so that some of the padding came off. I went out and got SuperFeet insoles (blue) and ran 3 miles on Monday. Seemed good. Wednesday night, I ran 8.5 miles. It seemed OK, but at home I started to notice a faint pain on the bottom of my left foot. The pain isn’t there when I wear house slippers, but it is faint when I walk barefoot, or with only socks on hard floors. I’m pretty sure it’ll be OK if I rest it for a while, but am wondering if the insoles are just bad for my feet, or if I rushed into running too far on them.

This is where it hurts, on the bottom of the foot.

I have an appointment with a podiatrist on October 28th. Hopefully he has some good advice for me. In the meantime I might have to resort to swimming. I kinda fear swimming, but may give it a go to keep the pressure off my feet.

Basically, most of the population pronates. My feet are minorities. They supinate. This means that most off-the-shelf insoles are made for pronators, and wearing some of the shoes and / or insoles made for pronators can actually cause some damage to us supinators, and vice-versa. Through research and trial and error, I seem to do well in Asics Gel Nimbus 10s and Asics Gel Pulse shoes.

UPDATE: I moved up my appointment with the podiatrist and got to see him the day after writing this. He sold me some orthotic inserts for about $41 total. They’re called PowerStep ProTech orthotic supports. On the box, it says it is only sold by medical professionals, but after some googling I saw it available online. I got the full length inserts. I was able to run much more comfortably in these. Thumbs up!

One Person for a Day

ok. if i could be someone for a day, i’d be terry crews. my answer used to be chris rock, but now, it’s terry crews.

who would you be? for just a day? famous or not…?