May 2009 Archives

the good thing about doing architectural 3d viz for a living is...hey, when it comes time to figuring out ur own apartment, you can just render it! which is actually what i shouldve done when i first got my apartment...i mightve actually figured out way beforehand that my kitchen "workstation" was retardedly oversized (its now my computer desk). but hey...springs sort of here, and i said that id paint my walls when that happened. so now its time to pick a color. ive got friends for and against the various colors im looking at (orange, dull blue, hunter green, chocolate, striped variants, etc). the grayish neutral colors kind of say "hey...im an adult, and ive got a mortgage, and im totally responsible" while the bright orange says "fuck, im 30??". and lets be honest...we know which camp im in. but i need input eh. im currently leaning towards the "30-something denying" orange, but could be convinced in any direction really...

the second season of haruhi is in full effect...word! they secretly snuck it into the 're-airing' of the first season. the marketing team behind haruhi is admittedly a little fucked in the head, with all their retarded antics, but whatever...season 2 is on. the first episode can be found if you hunt a bit for iso's....

and for those wondering what the fuck is up with something like haruhi, id say its a choice example of the heights an anime can achieve...original, intelligent, well-written, funny, and not full of robots and/or panty shots...yea. tho they do stuff asahina into bunny/maid/nurse outfits...

ooh...k, i didnt know this. apparently the new enterprise in jj abrams movie is significantly bigger than the original enterprise. by alot...so much so that its bigger than even the galactica. the nacelles themselves are alone longer than the original enterprise! via gizmodo

bi-monthly recall...heh. well ive given myself over to keeping my runabouts in my iphone, so its alot easier to recall what ive done now as a result...woot! there were various din meetups with various people...brunch with sean and anna in the upper east side after their baptism, mediterranean din with kayako in the upper west side, din with jess, m's bday at shebeen, belgian beer with the korean posse at vol de nuit, mal's going-away drinky's at dba, belated bday din with m at oh taisho!, and finally....star trek! whew. oh, and ya...house (warming) party at saras in bklyn. it just sounded more dramatic with that long recap ending on star trek and all. and hrmm...yea, that was a long recap. i guess theyre usually shorter because i forget nearly everything and don't bother noting 50% of the things i do. ah well.

STAR TREK
yea, it rocked. thats my review. i just dont feel like writing any kind of lengthy exposition about its strengths, weaknesses, whatever. what i will say is that the fine art of getting to the theaters hours before the showing during premiere weekend seems like a dead/dying art. i was the first in line! thats just wrong...especially since i got there "late" only an hour and a half before the showtime. tsk tsk...lost art....

what the deuce...

Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As 'Fun, Watchable'

the onion gave the new star trek movie a pretty scathing write-up, saying it makes too much sense and isnt shit enough for die-hard trekkies. sad...=(

via gizmodo

oh yea...im totally going to link this. via pop sci