bmw gina

via max...really interesting, yet reeeeeally disturbing concept car that uses fabrics as a skin. its a really interesting concept, but theres just something about a car that "opens its eyes" to turn on the headlights that seems a bit disturbing. not to mention the engine hood "opening" up like its going into surgery. creeeeeeepy...

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mona lisa in 80 milliseconds

and in other news...adam and jaime made a 1100 barrel paintball gun that recreates the mona lisa. fuck...

via gizmodo

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emo post

its been a while since i made a post eh? i mean a real post, not a regurgitation of past drinkies and foodage. but this has been on my mind pretty much all week. well, if you want to be completely accurate, probably the last 10 years of my life too. with my rockin' 30th behind me now, i didnt really expect this wave of weird and funny feelings to wash over me so thoroughly. see, i just hit the 30th mark, and im still flying solo after all these years. i have of course received lectures, assessments, and advice from all points across the board...telling me to do this, or be this way, say this and whatnot. in the end, im really just sitting here dazed and confused wondering what kind of person i should be...or what kind of person i even am. and im instead left with this awkward, incoherent post. was i suppose to say or do something? how come i got weird vibes the next day? maybe i was suppose to say something then. action or inaction, nothing ever seems to turn out right. and instead im at this point sort of thinking im predestined for disappointment.

/end emo

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hello mid-life

i wonder if 30 is even considered the "mid-life" anymore. doubt it, right? so yer...um, im "officially" 30! official as in ive made peace with it. shit, its not that bad. actually, its just another day i get an excuse to throw a big party for myself. but i have to rewind a little bit because while ive (surprisingly) been posting, they havent actually been journal posts. whups.

for the most part i cant remember what i did...but last week greg did come up to visit noo yerk from austin. woot! the g-man was my roommate second and third year of college, and is honestly the only friend i kept from my freshman year dorms (class of '22 word!) and one of the few non-architect friends from college in general. wahoos! he came up with his friend tom, and we hit up the moma with some other friends of theirs to check out the prefab exhibit. we pretty much just bummed around central park afterwards, then headed to croxleys for stonkin' wings and to watch michael phelps win his 8th gold (which he did...yay!)

THE BIG 3-0
fast forward a wee to this past week. my official partying started friday. lysha and alice were visiting from amsterdam, so i took the day off to show them around this ginormous city. the "day off" seemed a little inconsequential tho, considering by the time we got out of brunch at delicatessen, there wouldve only been about an hour and a half left of work anyway. we had a half day and a company picnic that day (it was originally the friday before, but got rained out). fuckers. well, it was all good then because i brought lysha and alice to the great hill in central park for some bbq, frisbee, and soccer-ball kicking into sides of peoples heads. it was super.

we lazy'd around in the sun for a while, then headed back down to marisa's place so they could prep for the big partying. steph and kyoko were already at en when we arrived, followed by a long and steady stream of people showing up...wee! it was a pretty big gathering of friends from a variety of circles...cornellians, ex-coworkers, travel friends, and shit...even random coincidences (terence had reservations there that night anyway!) all coming together to get drunk with me. =) we eventually took over the entire front bar area with a ton of sake, food, and good vibes. big big big thanks to everybody who came out to have fun with me. best. berfday. evar.

as an aside. everybodys told me plenty of times before, and its not like i didnt know this already...but shit do i have a disproportionate number of female friends to male friends. it was made all the more apparent with everybody gathered in the same place for once. the night btw, actually started with five girls...and me (not that im complaining!)

THE BIG 3-0, PART DEUX
ya we're not done yet! saturday was my original party day! except alot of people either couldnt make it, couldnt afford it, or were just scared off by the whole thing...hence how friday came about. ;p burlesque, word! and not just any burlesque, this is burlesque with murray hill and the pontani sisters! and i have to say, everybody who wasnt there missed out. not only did the performances rock (miss saturn...wow), but i got a free birthday cake! it came with tassles. it was pretty good too.

pictures! yay! thanks everybody!

extra special hai fives to steph for friday, and gina and renee for saturday!

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ball kissing and mounting mothers

via i4...

addendum | apparently not from the current olympics (too bad), but a collection from past olympics and various sporting events.

Here are the top nine comments made by broadcasters at NBC sports so far during the Summer Olympics that they would like to take back:

1. Paul Hamm, Gymnast: 'I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.'

2. Boxing Analyst: 'Sure there have been injuries, and even some deaths in boxing, but none of them really that serious.'

3. Weightlifting commentator: 'This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing.'

4. Dressage commentator: 'This is really a lovely horse and I speak from personal experience since I once mounted her mother.'

5. Softball announcer: 'If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again.'

6. Basketball analyst: 'He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn't like it. In fact you can see it all over their faces.'

7. At the rowing medal ceremony: 'Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the IOC president is hugging the cox of the British crew.'

8. Soccer commentator: 'Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field.'

9. Tennis commentator: 'One of the reasons Andy is playing so well is that, before the final round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them... Oh my God, what have I just said?'

and in the same vein...i thought this was a funny quote. refreshingly honest while not completely being aware of it. from the ny times article about a us archery coach who proselytizes christianity.

to be an effective archer, lee said, athletes must learn to clear their heads and focus. “if you are christian,” he said, “then people can have that kind of empty mind.”

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what day is it?

me | i <3 birthdays. so far ive gotten:
1. a donut
2. 2 apple sidras (a taiwanese apple soda)
3. 2 fantas from amsterdam (they taste better)
4. dutch chocolate
5. stroopwafels from amsterdam
sj | nice
sj | fanta's are gross
me | in america yes
me | but in europe, it tastes like heaven...pureed and liquified into a carbonated form.
sj | still sounds gross

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min and ron

just got back from toronto...hoowee. min and ron are married, omg! k so theyve been together forever, and this wedding was a long time coming. still tho...good to see her again after all these years, along with a few other of mins friends i hadnt seen in almost 10 years (!?) shit.

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beijing olympics...aiya!

yea ill just get it out of the way...i havent done much (anything this past week). all the fun is forthcoming! heeya! but i had to post, because the article below was depressing me everytime i fired up my browser (my journals the home page).

oh and the olympics have started! i heard that theyll be parading around tibetan monks during the opening ceremonies and just poking them with chopsticks for 3 hours straight. so i heard.

k an actual youtube of the ceremonies so far (think its from univision). the interior of the stadiums all fancied up with ridiculously huge projections of whales (?). and sarah brightman and liu huan (?) are singing a duet on top of a giant death star. craziness i tell ya.

addendum | the girl in the second video...*shiver*.

> beijing olympics (via ny times live blog)

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