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Ten Years of Webcam Captures
Posted on January 6, 2008 by Ching under Flickr, Life, Web.
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I Am Legend!
Posted on January 1, 2008 by Brian under Flickr.
I took advantage of the holiday to go see a movie that I have been anxiously awaiting. “I Am Legend” is about Robert Neville, a brilliant scientist that could not contain a terrible virus that is unstoppable, incurable, and man-made. Somehow immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and maybe the world. The story unfolds three years after the holocaust with Neville faithfully sending out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors. However, the virus that was supposed to be the cure for cancer has Mutated the remanding members of humanity, turning them into hyper aggressive night stalkers. Mankind’s last, best hope, Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his own immune blood. But he knows he is outnumbered… and quickly running out of time. This movie is based off of the book “The Last Man on Earth” written by Richard Matheson back in the 50’s. In 1964 the book was adapted to a movie by the same name directed by Ubaldo Ragona. However, this adaptation was more of a zombie movie set in the future rather than a sci-fi flick, with people coming out of there graves at night and returning to them by day. In 1971 “The Omega Man” was released and was yet again a slightly altered version of the book. Directed by Boris Sagal and starring Charlton Heston. In this adaptation the fall of man was due to a biological war and Heston’s immunity due to an experimental vaccine. I liked the new version better because it was more plausible. It showed not only the depth of or destruction but is gave us a glimpse at how one man can make a difference. The action and writing were top notch and Will Smith played the character superbly as always. In my personal opinion this movie was worth the price of admission and I will most certainly purchase it on DVD when it’s released.
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Snowy Saturday Afternoon
Posted on December 22, 2007 by Ching under Family, Flickr, Life.
We had big plans for today that were foiled by the crummy weather. Brian and I were going to have dinner with his parents at Logan’s Roadhouse and then head to the Lake Afton Public Observatory (LAPO) for “Mars Madness.” This weekend Mars is the closest it has ever been to Earth. It won’t be this close again until May 2016. I’d never been to LAPO before so I was really looking forward to going. I wanted to see Mars’ polar caps and other surface features.
We knew that there was some bad weather coming so we thought maybe we could just go to dinner and then watch a movie. Brian didn’t want to brave the crowds at the movie theater, though. Our contingency plan was to go to dinner and then ride go carts at The Alley… But then, as the day progressed, I didn’t feel like doing that either. We finally decided we would just go dinner.
So at around four o’clock Brian and I decide to head out. Well, guess what. We didn’t get much further than the driveway. Bebot was stuck. At this point we had decided that we would call his parents to cancel on dinner. We weren’t going anywhere.
Brian tried to make the car go forwards and backwards and it wouldn’t budge. We were getting more and more stuck. Finally, we tried something different. I took the driver’s seat and he went outside to try to push the car foward, back into the garage. I had to stop, though, because I was freaking out. I didn’t feel like I was in control of the car and was afraid that I would slam Bebot into the garage.
I stepped out to try to convince Brian that this was a bad idea. Right then two guys in a truck drove by. They asked if we needed help. They offered to help push Bebot back into the garage. With Brian at the wheel and the two guys pushing, Bebot managed to get back into the garage safely. That was really nice of those two guys to stop. They really didn’t have to, but they did. We couldn’t have gotten Bebot back into the garage otherwise.
Anyway, we are stuck here for the day. There is nothing to watch on TV and barely any food in the fridge. Ugh. Pizza Hut is closed so it’s not like we can call for delivery. I guess I should be grateful we have power and Bebot is safely in the garage.
I really hope the snow goes away soon. I don’t think I can last another day locked up in the house. At the very least, we need to be able to get to mom and dads and on Christmas eve and Brian’s parents’ on Christmas day.
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Ching’s Wisdom Tooth
Posted on December 20, 2007 by Ching under Flickr, Life.
So I got my wisdom tooth pulled today. It is the one on my upper right instead of the lower left like I thought. It has been a few months since my check up so I couldn’t remember. I couldn’t remember why we were pulling it either. I just remember that I had scheduled the extraction because it was on my calendar. I just turned 30 and I am already forgetful.
I asked Doc why I was removing it again because it wasn’t really bothering me. He said we had found a cavity during my last check up. He offered to try to fix it, which would be challenging because of its location and angle of growth, or we could do an extraction. He said I chose to have it extracted so that is why we were removing it.
Though it wasn’t bothering me right now, we had concluded that the cavity would eventually start bothering me . I decided to schedule the extraction before I started getting toothaches. That sounded like me so we decided to proceed.
I had always wondered why they offered headphones at the dentist. Apparently, the sound of the extraction procedure bothers some people. I didn’t realize this until now but such was the case with me. I asked for the headphones.
The extraction went pretty quickly, actually. Doc did a good job of numbing the area so I didn’t feel anything but pressure. Now all I have to worry about is preventing dry socket. I’m not too worried because dry socket only happens in 5-10% of extractions and is more common on lower molar extractions. Thank the Lord, mine was an upper moral.
Anyway, the dental assistant offered to send the tooth home with me. I told her no because it is gross but I did ask for permission to take a couple of pictures of it. LOL.
Before the appointment and after I called Brian several times, but I guess he had no signal. I could not get him. I was worried so I called Jenni. Jenni agreed to come to the house and check on Brian. I guess she was coming from Derby because I beat her home. It worked out okay because we were out of Tylenol and Brian had to run to the store to get it. Instead of having to drive himself, Jenni just picked him up. [ Thanks, Jenni! You are awesome! ]
Jenni got to our house shortly after I arrived home. She offered to take Brian to the store to pick up some Tylenol. I’m supposed to take one as soon as the numbness wears off. I’m not sure when to take it, though. Brian says not to take Tylenol until I feel pain. I’m not sure why when the idea is not to feel any pain at all. I guess he thinks I may not need to take it. That would be nice. I have a pretty high threshold for pain, anyway, so maybe I will be okay. I will let you guys know how I’m feeling tomorrow. I’m taking the day off work so I can just veg out, relax, and recover.
Happy holidays to all!
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Tooting My Own Horn
Posted on December 19, 2007 by Ching under Flickr, School.
By the way, I got all As in my three classes this sem. Go me! That bumps me up to a 3.9 — woo hoo!
I wish I didn’t get a B in DS. I’d have a nice, even 4.0 right now. Ugh.
Anyway, we were able to witness Mo’s hooding on Sunday. It was pretty neat. Erin preceeded Mo in the procession so I got picture of her also. Brent followd Mo. You can actually see both of them in this picture.
I can’t wait until it is my turn to get hooded! One more semester to go!
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