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Social Networks Sell Out, Comedy, Netflix Limitations and Star Wars Classic Moments

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Selling out Social Networks « Sailors in Vegetable Oil | Design You Trust – Design, Photography, Fashion, Advertising Magazine and Community. Apparently Netflix has a queue limitation of 500 discs…I have hit that limit with films that I wish to see….sigh 😉 And I just chugged 8oz of wheat grass. My local Jamba Juice was trying to get rid of their wheat grass so instead of paying for 2 oz, they gave me 8 oz for free. And I chugged it. That’s right…I’m insane. *takes a bow* One of the things I was able to “save” (via photography) from my water-soaked box of mementos was an old issue of Star Wars Insider with the Top 10 Classic Trilogy Moments.

Daily Comics, Swedes Court Pirate Bay and Demonym

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BetaNews | Sweden formally charges Pirate Bay owners Hmmmm….interesting…I mean I use Pirate Bay all the time (now that I’m stealing music again), but I never thought about them doing it to make money (which they do with their ads)…can it not be justified that they are paying site costs with their earnings? Probably not since the ads generate SO MUCH revenue….hrm. WE THE ROBOTS » Archive » When I Grow Up Comics – Explosm.net PHD Comics: Why? Why?? PoliSci 6A was fun today….for the lecture, the teacher had tried to write someone from Connecticut (Connecticuter is the correct form) and this led me to try and list all 50 states from memory (no wireless in the lecture hall) and convert the state to what you would call someone from that state using the Microsoft spell checker. I almost got all the states, but after class, I used the podium … Continue reading →

Being Grounded Sux!

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But every once in a while you get a breath of fresh air and then you get back underwater with your self-contained breathing apparatus and just curse your own stupidity. But anyways! I was permitted to go social dancing at Disneyland this evening because my dear friend Lila’s pass was expiring soon and I wanted one more chance to dance with her at Disneyland AND Stompy Jones was playing. So I get to Carnation Plaza Gardens just as the band is coming on, and I’m a little concerned with the dancer turn-out…practically nobodies there. But by the end of the third song, the dance floor is crowded! And with tons of really great dancers! I mean people who haven’t been seen at the park in years were there dancing and it was an absolute blast! Hooray for Martin Luther King Jr. getting us a 3 day weekend! Well, and all … Continue reading →

Blue Man Group How To Be A Megastar Tour 2.1, The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything

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So I drove up to the Honda Center (or as I call it, the Honda Ponda) to see the Blue Man Group tour, but as I got there, I realized I didn’t have ANY cash on me (which you need to park your car). So I spent 15 minutes struggling to remember my PIN # at an ATM before deciding to just drive down Katella to the Stadium Promenade (where the Century Theatres are) rather than search for a Bank of the West where my PIN # MIGHT come to me. The thing about the Promenade is that it explicitly states that you’re not supposed to park their for events (like Angel Stadium or the Honda Center. So I park in the back, walk up to the ticket booth and purchase a ticket to the movie with the latest starting time, then deceivingly walk past the restaurants (so the security … Continue reading →

The Rat Pack: Live At The Sands

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Last night, Laura, my dad and I headed up to Wilshire Blvd. to see The Rat Pack: Live at the Sands. Drinks at the bar – I had a Sailor Jerry & Coke (they didn’t have any Captain) and Dad and Laura had a Malibu Pineapple. Before the show, Laura and I got some lindy bombing in at the very front of the theatre and it was INCREDIBLE. I mean we’d lindy bombed theatres on two previous occasions (Jersey Boys and Pajama Game), but this time there was more room (even if it was on carpet). The last song, I finished with a frog(with a long hold)-tuck-turn-dip that was SOOO clean and smooth. 😀 We also experimented with a balboa cross-break/salsa transition that works REALLY well. We got applause after our first dance and at the very end. Then on with the show. Frankie was dead-on (voice and look). Sammy … Continue reading →

Britney’s Mom Speaks Up, Thrill the World and College Sux

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Britney’s mom to write parenting book – Yahoo! News Because she did SUCH a great job. *hangs head in shame* This is almost as bad as OJ Simpson’s book on how he killed his wife. What is society coming to? Thrill The World So 2 weeks ago I got wrangled into being dance captain for Thrill The World‘s OC event. It’s been really fun and I’ve finally gotten my name in a publication! Woo hoo! Article – News – “Thriller” night Video – SqueezeOC.com If you want to get in on the action, come to Atomic Ballroom tonight or tomorrow morning at 11am to learn the dance. If you want to dress up or zombify yourself, check this out – YouTube – Zombies! How-to special FX on the cheap. To see a demonstration of someone going full out, check this out – YouTube – Thrill The World – IT’S HERE!!!!. … Continue reading →

Jekyll and Hyde and Why I’m Pathetic

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Jekyll and Hyde is a fascinating musical adaptation of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson novel featuring the schizophrenic, “chemical”-addicted Victorian doctor trying to destroy the “Duality of Man”. I don’t remember ever reading Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but somehow the concept has always been present in popular culture. Anyone know why? I mean it can’t just be The Pagemaster (featuring Leonard Nimoy as Jekyll and Hyde), can it? Anyways. T. Eric Hart did a fascinating job as the aforementioned Doctor, but the real star of the show is the music. Frank Wildhorn is an incredible composer. His music has this indelible movie-soundtrack quality that makes it so much fun to listen to. Yesterday at my singing lesson, I briefly talked with my vocal coach about the upcoming Sweeney Todd adaptation and I voiced my opinion how in the beginning of the trailer, Johnny Depp sounds a LOT like Jack … Continue reading →

Recap! Sure It’s All About Atomic Ballroom…

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…but it’s my home away from home, so why not! Last Sunday was Video Game Night at Atomic Ballroom. While under publicized, it was still a tremendous success and a blast. If only I didn’t have 9am classes keeping me from playing video games until 3 in the morning! Grrr. We had 4 gaming stations set up: on the atomic screen with tim’s projector we had an xbox 360 with halo 3, dead rising and only 2 controllers on a bed sheet in front of the disco ball with charlie’s projector we had DDR with a real metal pad on my playstation 2 on a tv brock brought we had an xbox with halo and 4 controllers on the studio tv (behind the bar) we had guitar hero: rock the 80s with 2 wireless guitars and a wii with 4 wii-motes, mario party 8 and wii sports A lot happened … Continue reading →

The Weekend To End All Weekends (so far)

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Brief run-down Fridayschool [grumble]Atomic Ballroom’s Frankie Manning Weekend 2007     Harlem Lindy Variations with Jerry and Aubri    Big Apple with Frankie Manning and Audrey Wilson    Friday Evening Swing Dance (left early) Saturday5:30 AM wake up call, arrive at Disneyland at 7 AM, Cruzin’ Disney’s California Adventure Tour (Flickr: Bullfrog117’s photos tagged with segwaytour)     This was a lot of fun (mostly because I didn’t get rained out like last week*).  The tour takes about 3 hours.  The first half hour is a talk through about the Segway I-2 and it’s various features.  During the next hour, you go inside California Adventure and do a training course in the Hollywood Pictures Backlot (drive in a circle, duck, uphill, downhill, around poles).  At 8:45 the tour of California Adventure begins.  First stop:  Condor Flats.  Dedicated to the history of aviators in California (Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier at 2:20 something…the time … Continue reading →

A Weekend In The Country

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[Bonus points if you understand the title reference] So here it is…Labor Day Weekend 2007. I spent the weekend at the King Frederick Best Western in Solvang. The whole purpose of the trip was to see PCPA’s Urinetown, but I also ended up finishing Pearl Harbor by Newt Gingrich and William Forstchen. The theatre ended up being less than a 1/10 of a mile from our hotel, and it felt really fun to walk to the theatre, see the show and then walk back to the hotel. I’ll have to make this Solvang trip more of a regular thing to see more theatre and walk back to my room. 😉 Urinetown…Not the Place, The Musical The Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts (PCPA) presents Urinetown in Santa Maria and at Solvang’s TheatreFest. At first Officer Lockstock seemed a bit too over the top with his gay act, but after a … Continue reading →