Welcome to the DMV, Wahiawa, HI

Today, is my birthday, and also the expiration date of my drivers license. It was my bad that I arrived a little after 9 AM, and have been waiting in line for 1.5 hours.. with no clear end in sight. I knew I shoulda been here closer to 7. Worse than the line, is the constant complaining from the people behind me. And these dudes behind me are standing way too close and keep bumping into me… causing me to jut my elbows out, hands on hips, securing my small personal space in this world.It doesn’t feel like my birthday. And if I have one wish, it’s for my mom to have whatever she wants.

Here are the prices, in case you were interested. Today is January 29, 2010.

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Return of the Dog that is awesome, but table-less

We meet again, dog who watches tables.. but this time, your table has been moved….

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one of the best dog costumes evar!!!

Stokage on my new (old) sony m series 19″ LCD tv

Last year, I got a generous gift, of a White and grey Sony Bravia 19″ TV (KDL-19M4000/S). I found out that I couldn’t really catch cable on it. Many homes go through Oceanic Time Warner here in Hawaii, and I had asked them to give me RoadRunner, but not cable. Turns out they put a filter on the cable, so even though I attempted to split the signal, it doesn’t give me many channels with much clarity. No biggie, since I didn’t pay for it. I plan to ask them to come over and remove the filter, but haven’t gotten around to doing it yet for various reasons. Due to the fact watching TV on it was almost impossible, it sat dormant for about a year.. until I finally got a blu-ray player this Christmas. The TV is only 720p, but it’s fine for me. I like the way the Bravia looks and is designed. There is a gap beneath the monitor that’s great for any cables you might need to run through it.

I gifted myself a Samsung BD-P1600/XAA Blu-ray player from Best Buy, which I scored for $129.99. What sold me on it, aside from the reasonable price, was the fact it had capabilities to connect to your LAN, and stream Netflix, YouTube, Pandora, and Block Buster. I was interested in the third-party services in that order. I’d have to say this was a good investment for me. One complaint I have (which is really nit-picky) is that I don’t care for the main menu. It’s visually kinda blah. But it was easy to navigate, so I can’t complain about ease of use.

I’m a huge Last.fm person.. and  dislike Block Buster. I love streaming my instant Netflix queue, and researched how to make Pandora scrobble to Last.fm but was foiled. There is a way, if you use Pandora.FM by Real-ity but you have to login through their site, and I was looking to capitalize on the Blu-ray Pandora feature. Still, it was cool of them to do. After trying Pandora radio for a while, I decided to stick with last.fm.

In the end, my TV has better sound than my macbook. Since I have two macbooks, I decided to make the one I rarely log into anymore into my TV computer. It’s a 15″ macbook pro core duo, and I like it, but ended up getting a 13″ macbook this year for its portability. So I basically sit on my bed with the TV remote, blu-ray remote, and the macbook 13″ which I use to remote into the Macbook pro 15″ while it streams Last.fm radio when I need to fast forward a selection. I’ll probably also watch Hulu, or anything else that is streaming and I can’t access through Netflix or YouTube. I noticed if I stay connected too long, it sometimes gets buggy, so I connect and disconnect as needed.

I remoted into my macbook pro by following the instructions on NzMac.com

Happy.

fireincairo

that korean spicy squid from yesterday’s lunch is still with me. “burn like fire, burn like fire in cairo” ♫http://blip.fm/~ish9f

Playlist for 12/27/09: Inner Dimensions on KTUH (sub)

Mahalo to the host of Inner Dimensions, TKO, for allowing me to sub his show. Inner Dimensions is on every Sunday night from 9 PM – 12 Mid on KTUH 90.3 FM Honolulu, “Hawaii’s Only Alternative.” Mahalo to Sifu “Jive” Walker for hanging out and handing me some tracks in the last hour.

Playlist:

aerial m : dazed and awake
voxtrot : long haul
the jump offs : reset
america del sur : i don’t know you and we’re not even friends
leila : ur train f. luca santucci
candlestickmaker : drops of night / dreamer
radiohead : 15 step
aether : autumn pisces
the long lost : amiss
my toys like me : they way young lovers do – van morrison
apes on tapes : sleep soon wake up soon
throwing snow : the hush
casino versus japan : trad velecido
utada hikaru : stay gold
skipless : still
crookram : hostile
transient :crazy
louis armstrong and his orchestra : memories of you
pomplamoose : mister sandman
teddy wilson and his orchestra : pennies from heaven w. billie holiday
blue sky research : northern rainy city
crown city rockers : forever song
j-live : once upon a mic
common : i used to love h.e.r. (k-salaam + beatnik remix) **thanks Sifu!
dred scott : check the vibe f. adriana evans
beastie boys : root down
beck : hell yes
blackdaylight : pepper
aleksi eeben : round blue path
inverse : hiphopsoul f. noah king
bitbasic : treeboy
visionaries : if you can’t say love
all natural : 50 years
asheru and blue black of the unspoken heard : smiley
dj mitsu the beats : material curse f. promo of loop troop **thanks sifu
jaydiohead : 99 anthems
mike gao and mestizo : pickup 52s – **thanks sifu
rob swift f. j-live : sub level
michita : sora 4 **thanks sifu
wham! : everything she wants
ryuichi sakamoto : merry christmas mr. lawrence

Kuliouou Ridge Hike Success!

Back in November I tried this hike with Terri and Lisa but we didn’t go all the way to the top. I was pretty determined to go back, and finally did. These are some photos from today’s hike. A big mahalo to @liltree for going with me on this adventure! December 26, 2009.

There were beautiful mossy rocks near the bottom of the trail

The vegetation kept changing along the way – some christmasy looking trees. :)

I think I made us take a wrong turn,and tacked on two additional steep-ish hills on the way up, that I didn’t do last time. (Sorry liltree)! By the time we got to this one (I think this is the last one and it winds upwards for a while) I was short of breath. My reaction to seeing this was “holy crap! I gotta take a picture of this.” Believe me when I say this picture does not convey how steep this looks in real life. I should mention this hike is probably beginner to intermediate level. If you’re a beginner, you might want to turn around when you reach the green picnic table area since the hills get steeper after that point.

The big payoff is the view at the top

More view

One of the only flowering plants along the way – looks to be a type of orchid.

There were a few wild orchid growing about 2/3 of the way up to the top. Nice.

Overall a great time and felt like a good workout, so I’m pretty happy. :D

What I Want for Christmas 2009

For those who have been asking, if you check my blog (and I’m sure you don’t) here is a random listing of things I want(ed). Some of them have been achieved. Some of them are just ridiculous. Others, can’t be given.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

1) Finish the 2009 Honolulu Marathon with no major injuries (check!)
2) (500) Days of Summer Blu-ray DVD
3) Willpower to stop eating junk food throughout the entire holiday season, which has been negating my marathon training, and then some!
4) Time machine
5) “Up” merch.
6) A sunny disposition on life
7) An elaborate, hand-drawn mural featuring bunnies, bunnies, and more bunnies.. and guns, and cigarettes, and tuff-guy stuff like four-wheelers with a smoking bunny wearing shades looking tuff, rolling over daisies and blasting hall & oates. wait, you might have to animate that if you’re not skilled enuff
8) $100,000 so I can quit my job for a bit and take a breather
9) Redemption
10) To get paid to do my own reality show.. or maybe if I can be on The Amazing Race!!
11) An excellent and healthy 2010 with my family *this is the most important on the list

The things I really want… I already did for myself (marathon) or can’t be given. The health of my family and loved ones; that’s all I really want.

I like giving gifts much more than receiving them. And more than anything, I’m thankful for all I have and know I don’t *need* more material possessions. I am happy about the gifts sitting under my tree and the thought that went into them and the relationships they represent.

I’m lucky to be alive and able to walk, breathe, function. I wish it for my family and friends as well.

Christmas wallpaper

merry christmas!

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A Town Called Panic

Really, really want to see this: