Archive for the year 2008
Hard Candy (2005)
Posted on October 18, 2008 by Ching under Movies, Reviews.
Ellen Page in Hard Candy (2005), a twisted movie depicting what can happen when the predator becomes the prey.
If you thought that Ellen Page was great in Juno
She is fantastic in it. I can’t believe that I hadn’t seen in until now. And, I can’t believe that Brian didn’t want to see it.
I added it to my Netflix queue without having watched its trailer or preview and without any preconceived notions so I really didn’t know what it would be about. Brian started the movie for me before his nap. When read the description on the sleeve, he made a comment about it being another “Lolita” movie. I asked him what he meant. He replied simply that it is a movie about a teenage girl who hooks up with an old guy. That is totally not the case. Well, that’s what Jeff (the male character in the movie thinks)… But he had no idea what he was getting himself into. There are just some really twisted people out there.
Hard Candy
The end of the movie left me feeling that this is one movie that is a must-see for those guys who keeping getting busted on Dateline NBC’s “To Catch a Predator” series. I think it would really make them think twice about what they’re doing. Seriously.
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Boss’s Day Gift
Posted on October 16, 2008 by Ching under Life.
I got a gift card to Beau Monde from my work group. I have the best team ever!
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Over Six Years of Photos
Posted on October 15, 2008 by Ching under Flickr, Life.
Because I’m a nerd who likes to take lots and lots of pictures…
| 2002: | July (39) August (70) December (19) |
| 2003: | January (4) March (63) April (6) May (10) June (98) July (5) September (1) November (14) December (20) |
| 2004: | January (18) February (31) March (6) April (4) May (101) June (7) July (19) August (107) September (211) October (391) November (178) December (60) |
| 2005: | January (75) February (74) March (43) April (136) May (120) June (368) July (160) August (172) September (33) October (55) November (51) December (166) |
| 2006: | January (152) February (192) March (178) April (132) May (340) June (330) July (286) August (164) September (91) October (238) November (79) December (290) |
| 2007: | January (79) February (44) March (165) April (82) May (312) June (439) July (781) August (247) September (342) October (186) November (354) December (463) |
| 2008: | January (248) February (102) March (99) April (611) May (520) June (1049) July (919) August (672) September (199) October (1478) |
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Don’t Panic, They Say
Posted on October 13, 2008 by Ching under Life.
It’s hard not to panic when your “current value” line starts dipping below your “net investment” line. Around this time last year, I was still pretty calm. My 401k had a pretty good rate of return until last year when growth slowed to almost nothing. At least the “current value” was still above the “net investment” line and I hadn’t lost money… yet. Now that the blue line is below the yellow, the reality of the crappy economy is sinking in.
Every time I start to freak out, I just remind myself that I’m not retiring tomorrow. I’ve got another 40 years or so to go before retirement (depressing as that might sound, it’s actually good news in a market like this). This recession will be a mere blip on the graph looking back 40 years from now. Or so, I hope.
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People and Pooches Came Out for Unity Walk
Posted on October 12, 2008 by Ching under Flickr, Life.
We had a really good turn out at the Walk for Unity 2008 held at Central Riverside Park today. There were a couple thousand participants, easy. And that’s just counting people. If we count all the canines in attendance, we could probably add another hundred to that tally.
When we first arrived, Brian immediate noticed all the dogs. He said we should have brought Molly. He was really tempted to go back home and get her so she can socialize with the other pooches. Then we thought against it. It would have been sensory overload for her. She probably would have gone berzerk and we wouldn’t be able to control her. That, and we would have to pick up her poopies. LOL.
Anyway, we had several people from work participate in the event. Nothing like Cessna, though. They had over a thousand participants. They must have asked every single employee to attend. Everyone had their own team shirts and all of us were mere blips in the sea of Cessna shirts. Brian and I got to chat with a couple of people from Cessna and one of the Cessna guys joked that it was amazing how they were able to get the employees to show up for this event because they couldn’t get them to show up for work. Hmmm… I wonder if they have FMLA woes there, too. I suppose that it’s a plague that most companies suffer.
Even though we didn’t have as many participants as Cessna, we did win the prize for best shirt design. And, after the work fundraisers that got divided up among the various participants, I had collected almost $300 ($294 and change) in donations. Thank you so much to everyone who made a contribution. I really appreciate it.
Brian had pretty much told everyone how I forced him to walk with me so I decided to go the short route (instead of the long route) this time. I didn’t want to hear any more whining from him. It actually worked out better because we got to eat a small cup of frozen custard from Freddy’s and a little bit of chocolate chip cookie from Panera. By the time everyone else got back from the long route there were no more cookies left. I’m not sure if there was any frozen custard left, but there were a lot of participants so I’m guessing not everyone got some. The cookies went really fast, though.
Anyway, Angie found out that the massages performed by the Butler County Community College massage therapy students were free so we lined up to receive one. There was a short wait, but it was worth it. Hey, I won’t turn down a free chair massage. Although, Brian did get a much longer chair massage than I did. Beggars can’t be choosers, though. I was just grateful I got one.
I was telling Brian that if it were up to me, I would have given the massages for free but asked for donations. That would have been additional money raised to go toward Diversity Kansas. Brian thought it was a good thing that I wasn’t the one running the free massage area because we never would have gotten one as he left his wallet in the car.
We took ofter shortly after so that we could pick up a new optical mouse at Wal-Mart for Brian’s grandma. We went to see them before meeting Chad for dinner at Tsunami. Today is Brian’s grandfather Clark’s birthday and his grandparents’ 67th wedding anniversary. We went over to greet them and also bring them their gift, a digital photo frame that we had purchased a few weeks ago at Sam’s Club. I went ahead and loaded the internal memory with pictures, but it also accepts memory cards. Brian put it together for them. I think the remote is too small for either of them to use, though. We might return another time and help them figure out how to make the most of the digital photo frame, and maybe bring a memory card full of music so they can play music out of it also.
Anyway, we are doing our big multi-celebration on Sunday at Carrabba’s. It’s my most favorite restaurant right now. Since Brian and I are going to be away for week, we figured that we would celebrate my birthday early and do a combination celebration with the grandparents. Basically, we will celebrate grandpa’s birthday, grandma and grandpa’s wedding anniversary, and my birthday simultaneously. It should be fun. Chad said he will join us also.
Please comment on this entry if you’d also like to join us. This will help us get a head count for reservations. Hopefully, Carrabba’s allows reserverations. If not, we can just call ahead. We’re looking at being there around 11-ish next Sunday.
I hope everyone has a fantastic week. Thanks again for the donations.
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