Go TP, its your berfday, we gonna wipe our butt like its your berfday

Happy Birthday Toilet Paper!


Thelma Brittingham knows how to party.

Last week she organized a birthday party for toilet paper at the Holiday Retirement Village, in Evansville, Indiana. She says she found some research that indicates a primitive form of TP was used for the first time on August 26th, in the year 580.

She says even if it is not the exact date, toilet paper is still something worth celebrating.

She notes many of her fellow residents at the retirement home don't get out much. She adds the TP birthday party was a way to have some laughs and eat ice cream and cake. For the record, the first toilet paper roll was marketed in 1867 by the Scott brothers.

my milkshake...........

Lit ef Lyr (5:12:15 PM): i saw a girl walkin down the street jus now in hoochie gear
Lit ef Lyr (5:12:16 PM): hehe tru
jbLAZin nY (5:12:49 PM): ah yes
jbLAZin nY (5:13:07 PM): her milkshake bring all the boys to the yard
Lit ef Lyr (5:13:21 PM): haha
Lit ef Lyr (5:13:25 PM): MY milkshake does
Lit ef Lyr (5:13:28 PM): dunno bout others

Going going back back to cali cali

My awesome friend Nory is going back home to LA, Cali. Hailing from Echo Park, he will be pursuing his medical career. Best of luck homie! You know I'll come to LA with the low-riders in tow.

Santa Monica Beach
Venice Beach
In-and-Out
Tommy Burger and Chili Fries
Jamba Juice

Of Dogs and Men

Men and their dogs give clues to dating

As founding editor of Animal Fair, a glossy magazine for animal lovers, Wendy Diamond knows a lot about dogs. As a 31-year-old single in the market for a mate, she also knows a lot about dating.

She leashed her two areas of interest together, let them run around the yard for a while, and came up with a guide to men based on their dogs.

“I was with someone for a long time, but once I broke up with him, everyone started setting me up with men with dogs,” she says from her New York office. “The similarities between the men and their dogs were so strong, after like about a dozen or so dates, I got the idea for this book.”

Fetching this shtick and turning it into a finished manuscript required non-stop dating. “I went out with 120 men – about four men per breed for the book,” she says. She focused on 32 of the more popular breeds out there (doing all 150-plus breeds would be more dates than even she could handle).

There is a caveat: “The book works 100 percent, but only if the man chooses the dog.” And there is an equal-opportunity claim: “It works for women, too.” (Diamond is planning to write a guide to women based on their cats.)

Here are some very abbreviated descriptions of Diamond’s findings:
•An Akita man can be domineering, and should be taught to lighten up.
•A bulldog man can be snappy and immature, and may need to learn some table manners.
•A “Dober-Man” is good marriage material and likes kids. He may need to work on tempering his sarcastic tendencies.
•A Labrador retriever man may get into mischief if he’s bored. He likes to spend time outside and needs to be reminded to put on sunscreen.
•A Rottweiler man can be bossy. You must help him to quell his suspicions.

When it comes to a mate, Diamond says any breed can be the right breed. “There’s no bad dog like there’s no bad man; it’s all about how they’re trained.”

*I want to have a Labrador retriever hehe and the description fits me.

Nuff said

JA r ed en G (2:27:15 PM): there's a party in my pants
JA r ed en G (2:27:16 PM): you're invited
jbLAZinnY (2:29:51 PM): thats gross, audrey will not be happy
JA r ed en G (2:29:46 PM): she'd join too
JA r ed en G (2:29:49 PM): like i said, it's a party
JA r ed en G (2:29:56 PM): but it's closed invitation
JA r ed en G (2:30:02 PM): so not EVERYONE will be there
JA r ed en G (2:30:05 PM): just a select few


So if you have nothing to do ladies, there is a party in Jared's expensive jeans. Don't wear anything that chafes though.

Towel invention

SCIENTISTS have invented a towel that will not fall down when you wrap it around yourself after jumping out of the shower.

The towel has a rough top edge so it clings on better and elastic inserts to help it stay put.
Designers say in tests it stayed in place while wearers cleaned teeth, brushed hair and put on deodorant — activities that traditionally cause towel slippage.

Skincare experts Johnson developed the towel because their women customers like a “sexy, just out of the shower feel.”

*this leads me to a college dorm story. At Columbia University, I dormed at Shapiro Hall during my junior year. They had women's and men's showers on each end of dorm hallways. As I walked out of my room for a 9 am class (yes, I actually woke up in time for morning classes), a girl from my floor walked out of the bathroom with her towel wrapped around her body and a towel wrapped on her head. She was adjusting the head wrap, when suddenly towel slippage occurred around her body. Lets just say I saw her "friends." This was in the middle of hallway, so I had to turn around and walk the other way like I pretended not to see anything. She screamed slightly, but recovered quickly by covering herself. Needless to say, the next time we saw each other, we didn't make eye contact.

Thank God she wasn't a beast.

Why your daughter shouldn't be like Britney Spears; DMB Stinks

Source: NY Post

August 21, 2004 -- OK, we get it — you're really not that innocent, Britney Spears. The increasingly prurient pop tart left British TV host Simon Amstell speechless during a recent interview. When he asked her what the last thing she'd had in her mouth was, she replied, "A dildo." Skanks for the memories, Britney! Simon tells London's Daily Mirror: "I was doing this interview with Britney and I had my usual set of silly questions. I thought her answer would be something like chicken escalope. Anyway, her people stepped in and cut that bit out."

ai-ya........

***

Source: CNN.com

CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- The state of Illinois sued the Dave Matthews Band on Tuesday for allegedly dumping up to 800 pounds of liquid human waste from a bus into the Chicago River, dousing a tour boat filled with passengers.

According to the lawsuit, on August 8 a bus leased by the band was heading to a downtown hotel where members were staying. As the bus crossed the Kinzie Street bridge, the driver allegedly emptied the contents of the septic tank through the bridge's metal grating into the river below. More than 100 people on an architecture tour were showered with foul-smelling waste. The attorney general's office said no one was seriously injured.


ai-ya.........again

teenage rebellion

L 0 s t in R J : haha i was gonna get a ___ ___ last yr
L 0 s t in R J : but then i didnt want a ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ forever

Asymmetrical Aggression

WASHINGTON:

It may be wise to check out a stranger's ears before picking a fight, US researchers have advised. They found that women and men with asymmetrical extremities – ears, fingers or feet of different sizes or shapes – were more likely to react aggressively when annoyed or provoked.

This could make sense, the team at Ohio State University said on Monday. Factors such as smoking or drinking during a pregnancy could stress a foetus in various ways, causing not only slight physical imperfections but also poorer impulse control. "Stressors during pregnancy may lead to asymmetrical body parts. The same stressors will also affect development of the central nervous system, which involves impulse control and aggression," said Zeynep Benderlioglu, who led the study.

"So while asymmetry doesn't cause aggression, they both seem to be correlated to similar factors during pregnancy." Benderlioglu, Randy Nelson, a professor of psychology and neuroscience, and Paul Sciulli, professor of anthropology, reported their findings in the American Journal of Human Biology.

They told 100 college students they were taking part in a study of persuasive ability by asking them to call people to raise money for charity. But their calls went to two experimenters who followed a careful script, either apologetically saying they did not have money to donate, or becoming confrontational and challenging the caller and the charity.

The researchers had rigged the phones so they could measure how hard participants slammed the receiver down after the call. The more asymmetrical their ears, fingers and feet, the more force the volunteers tended to use when hanging up, they found. Women were more likely to slam the phone when challenged, while men seemed angrier when politely turned down, they found.

"Research has shown that men are quicker to anger than are women," Benderlioglu said. "But while unprovoked men are generally more aggressive than women, the gender differences either disappear under provocation, or women may actually become more aggressive than men." It could be men just dropped the aggressive call before it escalated, she added.

*I check the girl's ears before you make her your wifey.

Desparate men please apply

Maxim editor promises girls for readers

By Adam Pasick
LONDON (Reuters) - The new editor of Maxim is trying to win back readers in the competitive men's magazine market -- by getting them dates.

Greg Gutfeld, an American who was previously editor-in-chief at the U.S. magazines Men's Health and Stuff, has his work cut out for him as Maxim, among other monthly men's titles, comes under fire from two upstart weekly rivals.

"We went out and found beautiful women and offered the opportunity to appear in the magazine, but in return they have to date our readers," Gutfeld said.
Playing matchmaker between these women and men who could usually only dream of dating them is part of a strategy to regain some lost ground.

Add this buddy to your AIM buddylist

LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) --

"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" will soon be the only syndicated TV series to add a real-time interactive element during production tapings. Anyone who adds the screen name "MillionaireIM" to their AOL Instant Messenger Buddy List feature can receive actual game questions via instant message (or mobile instant message, for those appropriately equipped).

Fans who aren't America Online members or AIM users can visit http://www.millionairetv.com to learn more and to download AIM for free. Then when contestants opt to "Ask the Audience" for assistance, the studio audience's answers will be added in with those sent by text-ers. More than 36 million people are active users of the AOL Instant Messenger service.

An additional lifeline option is another twist for the upcoming season of "Millionaire," which will tape from September 1-January 16. AOL's new IM component will be promoted on-air during "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," within AOL Television and elsewhere.

Lil Jon costume ; Gas up and Gospel

Lil Jon costume idea

While at my annual dentist check-up/cleaning appointment (I have no cavities, yes!), I thought about a funny thing to do at Halloween. What if I dress up as Lil Jon (lots of bling, dreads, gold fronts, a diamond encrusted goblet) and go around the neighborhood for trick of treating. Hehe, I could scare all the white people with my sayings like: Yeah!!!!!!!!! or OKKKKKKKKK or WHATTTTTT or Lemme See You Get Low or Down these females Crawl or Skeet Skeet Skeet.

Gas up and Gospel

Source: L.A. Times

Hear 1 Corinthians, get 87 octane.

In an effort to get people — figuratively and literally — pumped for Christ, the Main Place Christian Fellowship offered $1.67-a-gallon gasoline at a Tustin service station Saturday, 40 cents off the regular price.The catch? There really wasn't one. Church members in matching yellow shirts handed out bottled water, wiped windows and passed out literature as motorists waited at the Shell station at Red Hill Avenue and El Camino Real. They said the subsidized gas campaign is a way to spread the word while promoting their 500-plus-member church.

"Galatians 6:10 says 'Do good to all men,' " volunteer Wendy Perlin said, a stack of Gospel of John booklets in her hands. "And all men and women go to the gas station. It's just a way to bless the community."

*GFC should subsidize metrocard passes or meals hehe.

In Love and War

PORT ORCHARD, Washington (AP) --

A Washington state soldier has married the Iraqi woman he met and fell in love with while in Baghdad.

Robert Hall, 23, says he knew within a month that he would marry Vivian Mansour, 21, of Baghdad, even though at first neither spoke a word of each other's language.

Hall, an Army reservist who earned a Bronze Star for meritorious service during his one-year tour, said he's never been happier. The two were married here Saturday.

"I never in my life saw this coming," he said.

For them, cultural differences are offset by a shared Christian faith. Mansour is a Kurdish Christian -- a population that makes up just 3 percent of Iraq's 24 million people.

"It's such a learning experience," Hall said. "Our cultures are different, but the way we look at it is, we're both children of God."


*Sniff, what a great story, finding something precious in the place of chaos and violence.
*Find God, find Love.

Food Coma.....

Food Coma.....a common symptom of over-eating. I met up with Pastor Albert in Ctown and had lunch with him. It was a good talk of "getting to know each other." I definitely can relate to some parts of his life. I didn't know he worked for the UPS for like a year!

After lunch, I came home and watched the USA Basketball Team lose to Lithuania. So sad. I took a long nap because all the congee and food I ate. Now I'm going to the Usher and Kanye West concert tonight! Thanks Eileen for getting the tickets!

LET IT BURNNNNNNNNNNN!

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Stop the insanity!!!!!!!

Stop the insanity.....

I work with 4 female co-workers and my director is a female too. Lets just say, I get a daily dose of female talk within the confines of our cublicles. This morning took the cake. My female co-worker who sits next to me is a 32 year old single woman. She was talking to her 34 year old female co-worker, married and has kids.

Single woman: I think my parents will totally support me going to sperm bank and doing "it" that way.

Married woman: Haha. Really?

Single woman: Yeah, much more than asking one of my male friends, yo hook me up with some.

Me: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! [running out the office]

Lets just say after endless times of hearing my co-worker bitch and complain about not finding the right guy, she has resorted to such comments like this! Maybe she should loosen up and not PMS every other day. Its like night and day with her. One day she is nice, other she is bitchy! She needs to stop drinking that Diet Pepsi every morning, I think her female organs have been dissolved with all the phosphoric acid she consumed.

And there is the other co-worker, married Chinese woman who grew up from China.

China co-worker: are you married?

me: I am 22.

China co-worker: So?

me: ........

Moral survey

Brits top world for their loose sex morals
Aug 18 2004
The Western Mail

SINGLE men and women in Britain may have the loosest sexual morals in the world, according to a survey out last night. Nearly six in 10 Brits surveyed said it was normal for a person in their thirties to have had 10 or more lovers during their single years. Only Germany and the United States recorded similar results with 52% and 49% respectively, in the study by Euro RSCG Worldwide.

In comparison, just 17% of Chinese and 30% of French would consider it normal to have had a number of lovers in the double digits. Fewer than half of the 2,127 Britons surveyed believed that staying faithful to one partner was "natural". Only the Germans were less likely to agree, with 40% believing that humans are inclined to stick with a single partner for life.

Again, the Chinese were the most moral, with 70% believing in monogamy.

The survey, released in New York, found that British women may be more tolerant of extra-marital affairs than others sections of women around the world. More than one in 10 - 11% - of both men and women in Britain said they were tolerant of affairs which "cause pain to neither party". Sex with their partner is a big deal for 63% of British men who believe they have the right to regular sex, compared to 47% of women.

In the US the comparison is 76% men to 62% women while in France the gap is narrower, 85% to 76%. Only 16% of Britons reported that their religious beliefs influenced their sexual behaviour, compared with a substantial 39% of Americans but only 3% of French.

No more baby making......

No more baby making......from the A.P.

WASHINGTON - Japan, Germany and many other large industrialized countries face long-term population slowdowns or declines as more young adults have fewer children or delay child-rearing, demographers say.

While the world's population is expected to increase by almost 50 percent by 2050, Japan could lose 20 percent of its population over the next half-century, according to data released Tuesday by the private Population Reference Bureau.

* Ok, time to get a Japanese wifey and help the Japanese out.

Tucker Max Female Ratings

Tucker Max gave his standard on female ratings:

The scale:
1-star (aka, Common-stock pig): No redeeming qualities. This girl is ugly, usually fat, boring and sucks in just about everyway possible. If you don't know a common-stock pig when you see one, you are destined to spend the rest of your life with one.

2-star (aka, Respectable pig): One redeeming quality, like large breasts, nice ass, cute face, great dick-sucking lips, etc. If you concentrate on that one redeeming physical quality, and you get shit-housed, you're not too upset with yourself waking up next to a respectable pig. Of course, you still make her crawl out the window when she leaves, because you don't want your friends to see her, but at least you don't want to gargle bleach and scrub yourself like a rape victim after she leaves.

3-star (aka Decent or attractive): Acceptable to be seen with in public. She is average when sober, but looks MUCH better after only about three beers. You'll admit to your friends that you're fucking her, but you still make fun of her behind her back, and tell them lies about her sexual prowess and bi-sexual tendencies to justify your dealings with her. She's not bad overall, and will do if nothing better comes along, but could be left in a heartbeat if the opportunity for a hot chick comes along. Sadly, most guys end up having to settle for a 3-star, as these are the most prevalent type of women.

4-star (aka Girlfriend material): This is the girl that is very attractive, but not super hot. You will be seen with her in public at any point in the day, even before drinking. You think twice before ditching this girl for a hot chick, especially if she has special powers (tongue ring, double jointed, etc.). Ascension to the 4-star level can only be attained through use of a petition. The candidate must secure 75% of the vote from those polled. (NOTE: Bonus points only make a candidate petition eligible. She still must garner 75% of the vote.)

5-star (aka Super hottie): This is the hot chick. Hopefully no further explanation is necessary. It's kind of like the Hall of Fame. VERY FEW WOMEN ARE 5-STARS, about 5-10% of the population. A declaration that someone is hot is assumed to be true, but can be rebuked if 25% of those polled vote against her 5-star placement.

Other category:

0-star (aka, Wildebeast): The lowest of the low. A 1-star (common-stock pig) with a terrible personality qualifies as a Wildebeast. They should all be put to sleep. This is that loud, disgusting fat girl in the bar that smokes, orders complicated drinks and then spills them on everyone, and is generally just so annoying that you have to actively restrain yourself from kicking her in the crotch and stomping on her throat until she drowns on her own blood. There is no insult too mean or crude for her, and basic human rights do not apply to her.

she said it

At 12:26 AM, Shirley said...
yes i think we should have ycf at the hooters on 56th every other week :D

BIBLE STUDY SESSIONS HELD AT HOOTERS

Christian youth group meets in unconventional place: at Hooters

author: LOUISE CHU

Associated Press


KENNESAW, Ga. - Voices hush around the patio table as Rick Lamborn poses his first discussion question during a Christian youth group meeting at a popular restaurant.

The topic this night is consistent relationships, and Lamborn begins by asking the college-age group, "How does inconsistency negatively affect your relationships with others?"

As responses sprinkle in, a blonde in a tight white tank top and orange hot pants quietly scoots up to the table. She joins the discussion for a few minutes then has to scurry back to her boisterous customers inside.

Interactions like these, that bring faith to the uninitiated, are one of the reasons why Single Focus Atlanta has chosen to meet at a Hooters restaurant every week for the past four years.

"We've seen a few of the waitresses become Christians. One of the former managers here became a Christian. So it's worked. The whole object, in reality, is that this is just to get inside the door," said Lamborn, whose nondenominational group invites all those who are curious to join their Hooters sessions.

Some Bible study members initially resisted holding meetings at the restaurant known for its scantily clad waitresses.

"Somebody comes up to me and says, come to a Bible study at Hooters. And my first reaction was ... I can see McDonald's or another restaurant, but why Hooters?," said 21-year-old Charles Bailer III.

But Bailer, who joined Single Focus two years ago, said he quickly began to appreciate the casual, nonjudgmental atmosphere at the meetings.

On a recent night, rock music blared from the restaurant's speakers, as the group of about a dozen - more than half of them women - sipped sodas, smoked cigarettes and snacked on chicken wings and burgers while Lamborn read passages from the Bible and provoked a discussion about how to weather social and spiritual turmoil.

Some took the opportunity for personal reflection, while others joked around, but the topic never strayed too far from God.

Single Focus, which has about 90 members, also holds a more traditional Bible study at a house each week, as well as mission trips and ski retreats, but Lamborn said the Hooters gatherings provide an option for people who wouldn't necessarily accept an invitation to a church.

Lamborn left his job as a computer software technician two years ago to take over as full-time executive director of the group after its founder, Nelson Foster, who was a youth minister at several local churches, died in a car accident. Lamborn attends a Methodist church but is not a minister.

"We're about reaching the lost, and I think we're called to do that," he said. "Our attitude is to go where the un-churched and the de-churched are."

Still, some say Single Focus' presence at a Hooters sends a mixed message, since the overt sexuality of the restaurant doesn't fit with Christian ethics.

Mike McNeil, spokesman for Atlanta-based Hooters of America, said the company's restaurants aren't usually host to Christian meetings, but "it's not our job to be judgmental of any group that comes in there. Our job is to wait on them and provide food, fun and great service."

Despite Hooters' recent attempts to reposition itself as more family friendly, it has been a frequent subject of protests. Social conservatives say the restaurant corrupts young children and attracts sexual predators, and feminists say it objectifies women.

"Everyone thinks it's hypocritical," said Victoria B. Pierce, president of the National Organization for Women's Cobb County chapter. "Why would any church group go there?"

Some criticism has also come from conservative Christians.

Terry Erickson, director of evangelism for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, a national campus ministry organization, questioned whether a Hooters Bible study could be effective.

"The whole idea is wanting to go where people are at, but the question is, can the place where you're meeting, can it enhance what you're trying to accomplish or does it distract?" he said. "I think someone who comes to Hooters is looking for something else."

Kristin Brooks, a 20-year-old Kennesaw State University student, said she values the weekly sessions at Hooters for their "practical life lessons" and opportunities for evangelism.

The Rev. Dennis Rogers, a Southern Baptist and member of Single Focus' board of directors, added that the spirit of the group is to go where conventional ministries do not.

Said Rogers: "It's something Jesus would've done because he looked past what people may think and looked at what people's needs are."


Jblaze's sidenotes:

* ok ok, but I don't think Jesus would walk into Hooter, order a plate of hot wings, and preach the good news at the same time.

* I would also like to apologize to my small groupd for not thinking of organizing a Hooters Bible study session.

* People who go to Hooters usually are not looking for soul food.

Hmmm

Stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Australian invention

AUSTRALIA could be on the brink of a startling underwear revolution, thanks to Gold Coast couple Jan and Chuck Digney ("just your average mum and dad") and their invention: the backless brief.

Jan had a visible G-string problem and asked her daughters for advice.

"They said they freebag it, basically, `We don't wear undies Mum."

"Well," says Jan, speaking after a champagne-fuelled lunch to celebrate the launch, "there's got to be something out there to stop people from doing that".

She worked through 50-odd prototypes before arriving at a design that replaces the back with two bra-style straps under the bottom.

"It's like freebagging but you're protected," she says.

The challenge, says Chuck, is to get people to believe they stay up.

The couple has spent $300,000 on the first run of 35,000 and patenting the invention across the world.

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P.I.M.P

Nelly’s energy drink Pimp Juice has created the P.I.M.P Scholars Program, which will provide financial assistance to eligible college students.

According to the company, P.I.M.P is an acronym for Positive Intellectual Motivated Person. The scholarship, which is competitive, will award two applicants, one male and one female, with a $5,000 award.

The P.I.M.P Scholarship is not limited to academics. Applicants stand a better chance of winning the scholarship if they are involved in leadership roles in extracurricular activities of all genres.
The top twenty-five applicants will be contacted and asked for an official college transcript and a letter of recommendation from a leader in their respective communities.

Deadline for submission is December 29, 2004 and the Scholarships will be awarded in January of 2005.

For more information visit letitloose.com.


Ok ok, hahaha, I'm going to create a scholarship called S.T.U.P.I.D which is acronymn for Smart, Talented, Understanding, Perservering, Intellectucal Dude.

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I must admit that I didn't believe in the free ipod thing, until my friend Kenny got one in the mail today. From now on, I am believing everything the INTERNET says!

Last weekend, I went peach picking in Freehold, NJ with my family and some cousins.

Here is my sleepy baby cousin.

Mmmm, nectarines....

My dad, and his afro, eating a peach.

Little kids filling up the red baskets!

Field of Dreams or Signs!!!

hey mom!

baby peach picking! 

Island Fever?

Wow, I think the island has gotten to Jean, check out her August 10th xanga entry. I wonder if she talks to a volleyball named Wilson?

Anyway, I heard Andre 3000 from Outkast was recently named by Esquire Magazine as world's best dressed man. I wonder what are the catergories that helps one select the best dressed?

I'm thinking of wearing a lime green suit for my wedding, that be totally awesome.

Emptiness

There is a guy that I know of back at Columbia who was involved in a christian fellowship and, from all external points of view, a devout and passionate christian. His blog entry recenty wrote:

is it normal for Christians to feel empty?
Christians are called to fill that void with Christ.
Yet, I still feel empty. I believe in Jesus and His redemptive work in my life.
I accept Jesus' blood and grace. I see His mercy in my life from His wrath.
But I still feel empty.

Empty......
thinking that what I do nowadays is fruitless....
feeling like what I try to fill that with does not last for a split second....
knowing that this summer saps my strength away.... wondering...
if there's a point to all this.

I'm wishing it'll all end.
I'm desiring a new beginning.

Nothing is guaranteed, we all struggle through this crazy thing called life.

100th Post brought to you by Smirnoff Ice and Hpnotic

Dear all,

This is my 100th post and I will like to thank Blogger for hosting my funny news and commentary stuff that I post. Heck, I write some little personal stuff too once in a while. I like to also thank the readers for reading this and not posting any comments because 1) you are too busy to write 2) you are too scared to be found out that you are reading my awesome, blinged out, most incredible blogger 3) you cannot write for your life 4) you are a previous xanga stalker.

I am still wondering where my life is going. You think we will be all pondering out life's purpose or our pursuits and goals at age 30? I think we still don't know what we want to do at age 40.

I was watching Lost in Translation last night, and Bill Murray said:

"The more we know about ourselves and the more we know what we want, the less upset we get."

I think that holds some truth in it. If we really know our faults, weaknesses, and strengths, we can see our obstacles more clearly. Also, when we realize what we want to do, the passion and ambition that drives us also doesn't allow us to be subjected to minor setbacks.

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On the side note, Lost in Translation, I thought, wasn't a great movie as it was hyped up to be. I thought the ending was ambigious, and it didn't clear up Bill Murray's relationship with his wife and with Scarlett's character. The camera shots of Tokyo and Buddhist temples were delightful. Japan seems to be so modernized beyond America. Everything there seems to overwhelm your eyes, ears, and mouths. I don't I can survive living in Tokyo, but I can definitely live in the countryside there.

Teach English in Japan? It could be a great idea, but I heard they don't like the Chinese there. We are essentially the Jews of Asia.

Weirdness

Cuddle parties let strangers get touchy-feely

Reuters News Service, NEW YORK - It's not about sex. It's all about the touchy-feely experience of snuggling up to perfect strangers wearing pajamas.

The grab fests are called cuddle parties, and since they started in New York in February, hundreds of people have paid $30 each to touch and embrace others in intimate gatherings. Everyone needs to be cuddled, especially in lonely New York, say creators Reid Mihalko and Marcia Baczynski who say it's a good way to meet new and interesting people. But the rules are clear. The PJs stay on the whole time and participants are reminded of Rule No. 7: "No dry humping!"

In case things get too steamy, a small chime is kept on hand. Before the cuddling begins, the chime is struck several times so everyone gets the message. "We've never used it," said Mihalko, who said sexual arousal does occur, and that participants shouldn't be turned off or scared by erections. "They happen."

The idea for cuddle parties loosely came about after Mihalko, a 14-year masseur, began giving massages to other masseurs who never got the chance to receive them. Signs that people need to be touched were brought home one day when Mihalko said he noticed a woman bawling from the emotional release that a massage provided her at an outdoor stand in midtown Manhattan.
"It started out as a joke," said Baczynski. "Now we talk about cuddling all the time. It's just been amazing."

Curiosity is a big driver for people who attend cuddle parties, and it is a better way to meet people than going to a bar, getting drunk and spending the night with someone just because of the need for some affection, she said.

A cuddle party is really about communication and not therapy, say the organizers.
Before any touching begins, participants gather in a circle to hear the rules and voice any questions or concerns. The first rule is that the event is not clothing optional, pajamas must stay on and sex is not permitted.

Participants team up into pairs and to ensure the boundaries of what is permissible are clear, they practice saying "no" to the question, "May I kiss you?"

An introduction to cuddling ensues, first by hugging three people. People then get in a circle on their hands and knees, rub shoulders and moo like cows. After a bit of swaying, everyone falls to their side, which puts them into an easy cuddling position.

Cuddle parties are intended for people who are emotionally sound. People in therapy or who are seeing a mental health professional are asked to consult their doctor before signing up for a party and to tell organizers of their situation.

Hehe, I like the last paragraph because its an exclusive party for the emotionally sound. $30 to get into a party where you just hug each other??? People in America have so much money to waste!

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Sign of the End times????

Monday fun

Yes, because we had a brand team workshop, nothing can be complete without an outdoor team-building exercise. However, after reading the agenda a week ago, I forgot to notice the last sentence: wear sneakers, jeans, and shirt. So, needless to say, I dressed up today with a dress shirt and black slacks.

And so the the outdoor activities went like this:

1) build the tallest mud castle
2) Egg toss competition
3) Obstacle Course
4) Unilever Logo Design using Unilever Bestfood products (i.e. Skippy Peanut Butter, Hellman's mustard, Lipton Pasta)


The end result was my dress shirt is egged, my pants are really dirty and I didn't have to work today. It was a fun day, except for my clothes, which reek of egg.

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When your AIM is away, the hackers come and play

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Source: ABC news

Watch out for rich people in their fancy cars.

It turns out people with higher incomes say they push past the speed limit more often than middle-income drivers, according to data gathered by the Gallup polling organization for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

"In Los Angeles, anyone will tell you that most speeding is done by 17-year-olds in souped-up Hondas," said Steven Berglas, a California psychologist specializing in white-collar criminal behavior who was not surprised by the finding. "The next group is really older guys in the really slower models of Mercedes who are trying to overcome mid-life crises."

Dawn Royal of Gallup found the relationship between moderate speeding and higher incomes to be statistically significant, and was surprised to find such a correlation. "I was actually intrigued by it," Royal said, "especially because it only seemed to hold true for the speeding elements and not the other aggressive driving measurements."

New Analysis
NHTSA/Gallup's 2002 National Study on Speeding and Aggressive Behavior initially concluded young people and males are most prone to aggressive driving, and that appears to remain true. However, Royal's fresh analysis of the data, requested by ABCNEWS.com, found high income may be a lesser determining factor for predicting moderate speeders.

According to the data, 60 percent of those surveyed with household incomes from $75,000 to $99,999 — and 66 percent with household incomes of $100,000 or more — said they "often" or "sometimes" drive 10 mph over the posted speed limit, compared with 42 percent to 49 percent of people at lower income levels.

Similarly, 77 percent of drivers with household incomes between $75,000 and $99,999, 73 percent earning more than $100,000, and 70 percent earning between $50,000 and $74,999 said within the past week they had exceeded the number of miles per hour over the speed limit that they thought might lead to a police stop.

So basically a majority of Asian American drivers of ages 18-30 are speeding excessively due to souped up, ugly high spoiler Japanese cars.

Work out plan?

Build a body that women want

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Unashamed of their size, fed up with fat jokes, and angry at the national obsession with dieting, overweight activists are mounting a feisty protest movement against what it calls the medical establishment's campaign against obesity.

"We're living in the middle of a witch hunt and fat people are the witches," said Marilyn Wann of San Francisco, a militant member of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance. "It's gotten markedly worse in the last few years because of the propaganda that fatness, a natural human characteristic, is somehow a form of disease."

The association, known as NAAFA, holds its annual convention starting Wednesday in Newark, New Jersey, bringing together activists for social events and workshops on self-acceptance, political advocacy and the "fat liberation" movement.

Ok ok, I'll stop laughing now, but NAAFA?? You have to form an organization of fat people? Whats the membership fee, krispy kreme donuts? hehehhehe.

On a serious note, I think people are concerned about obesity because its unhealthy and leads to a shorter life span. God gave us one body, treat it like a temple!

Friday morning on NJ Turnpike

While heading to the toll booth to Exit 16E on the NJ Turnpike, traffic slowed down considerably. Friday mornings usually do not display a high volume of traffic, so I assumed someone got into an accident on the left lane. As the traffic eased up, I discovered that LITTERED ON THE HIGHWAY WERE BOXERS. I mean black, white, blue boxers were on a scretch of a highway and the cars were running over them.

I assumed that some truck carrying men boxers changed lanes too fast and the backdoor open, causing boxers to fly out on highway.

As I sped along, I saw a man pull into shoulder lane, got out of car, and started picking up some boxers on the side of highway. hehe.

**edit**

Shirley wears men boxers to sleep. If any other girls wear boxers to sleep, confess! You might get some free boxers off the NJ turnpike.

Governor Beer Pong

NY POST, August 5, 2004 --

GOV. Pataki had a full evening on Monday. The gov went from dinner at San Pietro with House Speaker Dennis Hastert to a game of Beer Pong at the Time Out sports bar on Amsterdam Avenue with his daughter Emily and several friends from Columbia Law School. In Beer Pong, when a player succeeds in bouncing a ping pong ball into a glass, his opponents all have to drink from it. No word on whether Pataki was a winner or loser, but it's possible no one kept score. Time Out wasn't answering the phone yesterday.

Ahh, the good old college days of beer pong........hehe he went to ABC!!! Columbia represent!

Japanese women no longer need males.

SINGLE women in Japan have been offered the ultimate bedtime mate: he won't stay out late, he doesn't snore and he won't hog the doona.

Women of all ages have reportedly been rushing to buy their very own Boyfriend Arm Pillow - a snuggly alternative to the real thing. Manufacturers say lonely hearts have been queueing around the block to snap up their own faux-boyfriend. He comes with his own shirts for those who miss fussing over their man and one model has a vibrating alarm function to gently shake their sleeping beauty awake.


Great, we are being replaced by a pillow.

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Google can be stupid

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google Inc. may have illegally issued more than 23 million shares of its stock to hundreds of employees and consultants, injecting an unexpected legal risk into the online search engine leader's highly anticipated IPO.


The Mountain View-based company disclosed the possible violations Wednesday in a prospectus offering to buy back the affected shares and outstanding stock options for a total of $25.9 million, including interest payments.


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FAT TAX

AUGUSTA - Although the Legislature repealed the state snack tax three years ago, a health panel wants lawmakers to consider imposing what could be construed as a "fat tax" on certain products perceived as contributing to obesity in Maine.During their Tuesday morning meeting, the 28-member Commission to Study Public Health affirmed more than two dozen recommendations to combat obesity through public policy and legislation. In addition to four legislators, the commission's members represent a range of interests, including health care, the soft-drink industry, physical education, dentistry, school administration, health insurance, the dairy industry and food-service workers.


Maine has the highest rate of overweight people and obesity in New England, with about two-thirds of all adults weighing more than they should. Of children entering kindergarten, third grade and fifth grade last year, 36 percent were overweight or obese. About 25 percent of high school students are overweight or obese.

FUNNY LINK

WILL FERRELL PLAYS GEORGE W. BUSH IN WHITE HOUSE WEST

Hehe, its a skit about the president being on his ranch all the time and doing country stuff instead of being in the White House and doing any actual presidential work.

Raw Corn

DAVENPORT, Iowa (Reuters) - Competing for votes in corn-growing Iowa, John Kerry waved to crowds with one ear in each hand. Not to be outdone by his Democratic rival, President Bush ate one raw.


Wait, you can eat raw corn? I like corn, but the pieces of corn get stuck in between your teeth when eat them. Its also not good to take a picture after eating corn too...

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YES, BRITISH KIDS ARE AS IGNORANT AS AMERICAN KIDS

GUARDIAN, UK-

A sizeable slice of younger Britons think Gandalf, Horatio Hornblower or Christopher Columbus was the hero of the English fleet's defeat of the Spanish Armada, a survey showed today. Less than half identified Sir Francis Drake as a key figure in one of the most famous sea battles in British history, the poll for the BBC showed.


A third of 16 to 34-year-olds did not know that William the Conqueror won the Battle of Hastings, while more than a fifth of 16 to 24-year-olds thought Britain had been conquered by the Germans, the Americans or the Spanish.


The figures, released to mark the start of BBC Two's Battlefield Britain series on landmark conflicts in British history, left education traditionalists aghast at young people's lack of knowledge of their nation's past.


Ignorance, however, was not just confined to the young - 22% of pensioners failed to remember that the Romans conquered Britain, with one in 20 over-65s stating it was the Germans instead.

While 71% of over-65s got that question right, only 18% of 16 to 24-year-olds did so.
And 15% of 16 to 24-year-olds thought the Orangemen were actually celebrating victory at Helms Deep, the fictional battle that marked the climax of The Two Towers, the second novel in JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy.


Yeah, I thought Aargon defeated the Japanese in World War 2. =P

dj school

www.scratch.com

I am signing up for DJ 101, fall semester, saturdays @ 2 pm.

Anyone wanna join with me? we could be turntable buddies!

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I think something is wrong with me. I have a tendency to acquire friends, but most of them don't turn out to be close ones or ones I expect. So I kinda drift and don't talk to most of them. I might have a loner complex or something. Some friends are not really friends but use me as some sort of platform or tool. Maybe that makes me bitter?

Why do I write this stuff so late? =P

Miss Plastic Surgery

BEIJING (Reuters)- China is giving the beauty pageant a surgical makeover with plans to anoint its first Miss Plastic Surgery this October, state media say.

Open to women from any country, the only requirement in the made-to-order competition is proof of inauthenticity -- in the form of a doctor's certificate of cosmetic surgery, the China Daily said.

The idea for the pageant came after one woman was barred from a traditional beauty contest because she had spent more than 110,000 yuan (7,138 pounds) on plastic surgery that gave her a whole new face, it said.

The recent rise of China's "man-made beauties" has been attributed to a common sentiment that better-looking women find better jobs and marry wealthier men, it said.

Last month, China announced plans for a beauty pageant for the elderly, with contestants aged 55 and over competing in the Zhen'ap Cup National Contest of the Beauty of the Gray-Head Group.

Also in the news, the sales of silicone, collagen, and botox has risen dramatically in China. Hehe, so if I go to China, I probably run into a girl with fake boobs and a face lift. Just like Los Angeles!!!

Who would want to see a beauty pageant for the elderly??? Old wrinkled people??? Ahhh, I'm blinded!!!!!!!!

THE PLAYER

The Player, described by UPN as "sexy" and "funny," is an eight-week one-hour series set a palatial Miami mansion that follows a group of 13 self-described "players" in their quest to win the heart (or, at least, be the final selection) of a Miami model named Dawn ... assisted by her two girlfriends. The show will premiere Tuesday, August 3, 9-10PM ET/PT.


During each episode, the guys will receive a challenge from an anonymous "Player Operator" (who will be voiced by a mystery guest, in the style of Charlie's Angels) that tests their "player" skills. Their ability to carry out these tasks will determine which ones get to go on glamorous dates with Dawn to the hot spots of South Beach and Miami.


The object of the competition for these self-proclaimed "masters of the opposite sex" is to win over Dawn, with the approval of her girlfriends (in the style of last summer's Cupid series which aired on UPN sister network CBS). However, the guys will be thrown into a variety of situations, with the possibility of sudden death eliminations. Losers will get tossed from the game with the probably-soon-to-be-trademarked cliche, "Don't hate the player, hate the game" (in the style of The Apprentice).


In the premiere, entitled “I'm America's Dream Guy," each of the players has 45 seconds to impress Dawn, Ananda and Jinelle -- with five of them to be chosen to spend a night on the town with Dawn in South Beach. Some of their attention-getting stunts include an on-the-spot serenade, a striptease and a backward flip into the pool. At the end, Dawn tosses one (but apparently only one) of the player-wannabes.


This show is the funniest and most ridiculous reality show on TV!!!!!!! the superficial shenanigans of these people make you wonder where is the good old romance and simple honesty.

great...........

jaredenG (4:51:42 PM): are you shaving every other day?
jaredenG (4:51:44 PM): HUH?
jaredenG (4:51:46 PM): HUHH?????????
jaredenG (4:51:48 PM): HUHHHHHHHH???????
J blazin NY (4:51:50 PM): i am
J blazin NY (4:51:53 PM): no im not
J blazin NY (4:51:58 PM): my face is not that hairy
J blazin NY (4:51:59 PM): ur so anal
jaredenG (4:52:00 PM): IT IS
jaredenG (4:52:04 PM): YOU JUST DONT' THINK IT IS
jaredenG (4:52:12 PM): i'm not even dating you and it's a turn-off
jaredenG (4:52:14 PM): hahah

Why you shouldn't drink so much and marry a woman who doesn't carry out her wifey duties

A migrant worker from Myanmar cut off his penis on Friday after drinking himself into a rage when his wife refused him sex, Thai police said.

Po Dong, 29, a dock worker at the Thai port of Samut Prakan, attempted intercourse with his wife, Kate, on Thursday night.When she refused he stayed up all night drinking whiskey and made another attempt on Friday, Samut Prakan Police Major Narong Simsawat said.

When this attempt at intimacy also was rebuffed, Po Dong flew into a rage and severed his penis with a pair of scissors. He then cut the severed member into several pieces and stabbed himself in the stomach while screaming abuse at his wife.


HAHAHA, HIS LAST NAME IS DONG!!!!!!! HAHAHHA, HE CUT OFF HIS DONG!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAH

Dumb statements

Michael Vick, the hotshot quarterback for Atlanta Falcons, said:

"I'm growing my hair out it, and I'm not going to cut it until we win a Super Bowl," Vick said. "I was going to let my hair grow last season, but I cut it three weeks before I got hurt. I'm really superstitious, so I'm going to let it grow. As bad as I want it off my head, and as hot as I am, I won't cut it off until I win a Super Bowl. I will win a Super Bowl -- someday."

Yes, he stated that he will grow a huge fro until he wins the championship...um, how about trying to be better at your position or try to recruit better players on your team? Doesn't that sound like a better chance of winning the Superbowl?

Aiya.

This statement reminds me of my freshman roommate, Dan Starin, who told me and his gf (his gf would be always in our room and she would sleep with him and argue in bed, but thats another story) that he would not due laundry for one whole semester in order to save money. Granted that laundry is expensive, but what the freak, his clothes smelled like sh*t and his pile of clothes spread all over the floor from his side to my side. It was like a clothes outbreak. However, I am glad to have a dirty and rude roommate, because I can tolerate people more. Plus, last I heard, Dan didn't graduate on time. Go figure, do some laundry and you might have clothes to wear to class!

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New York may sell transit stop names

Facing what it says could be budget gaps of more than $1 billion in the coming years, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is exploring the sale of naming rights to its subway stations, bus lines, bridges and tunnels.


Officials quietly issued a formal request for proposals last month from marketing firms that they would charge with landing sponsorship deals that could include anything from renaming historic stations to attaching corporate monikers to building projects such as the long-awaited Second Avenue subway.


Also last month, MTA proposed a sweeping list of fare and toll increases and cutbacks.

lunch break

Ahh, lunch time, time to munch and relax.

Here is a great way to kill time.

How do I auto-direct my xanga to my blogger? One of life's great mysteries.

nyc essential

Here is a guide to chinese take-out menus

It is vital that my fellow peeps who do not cook know the best way to order chinese food.

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I got to see Garden State yesterday, an indie flick by Zach Braff, the lead actor in Scrubs (a hilarious comedy about doctors). It was amazing that he wrote and directed the film, because the story had good character development and the story was honest and simple. Plus, the fact that Natalie Portman was in the film and she played a weird but sweet wholesome girl. Derek would be pissed if he went to see this film without knowing she was in it hehe.

Btw, the soundtrack for movie comes out 8/10 on amazon.com.

think silent velcro? that is a cool invention. Maybe I should invent silent flip-flops.

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Poor Kimora Lee Simmons, wife to Russell Simmons and former supermodel. She got arrested for being a weedhead in Saddle River, NJ. Yes, in the Garden State, ample amounts of "ganja" are prevalent. Btw, she doesnt look that bad without make-up.

budget

After my mom told me I need to save up in order to be serious about investing in real estate property, I had to seriously look at my spending habits. I think I can cut down on certain areas of monetary spending like food and shopping. I might have to fast on concerts and any other entertainment events (dare I say Broadway shows). I wonder how will this affect my next vacation trip.....maybe I should go somewhere local next time.

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Ugh

Mom: the singer from hoobastank is cute.

Me: Ugh, I do not need to know that.

This is how you use "Ugh" in your conversation.

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Its scary that new Homeland security information indicates Al Qaeda terror plots on financial buildings in NYC, NJ, and DC. My mom doesn't want to work in downtown area no more because it has become to scary for her, being a survivor of 2 WTC attacks.

My question is now after they announced the news and plans are implemented to protect the financial institutions, will Al Qaeda attack them? They will most likely go to Plan B. Most importantly, what is Plan B? Or does government know and is keeping it quiet? I would think terrorists would like to attack Times Square or Empire State building.