Sunday, December 28, 2008

Double Feature! Burn After Reading / The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

I was interrupted in the middle of reviewing Burn After Reading to get a chance to watch The Curious Case of Benjamin Button for free. Turns out a friend of a friend happens to be on the Academy and had a copy "for your consideration." Ain't that phrase too familiar, you pirates.

Halfway through it, I realized Brad Pitt and Tilda Swinton were in both, so I felt like lumping the two reviews in one. And I can summarize my thoughts of both with a quote from Burn After Reading:

"With all due respect, but what the fuck are you talking about?"





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Friday, December 26, 2008

Brogger's Menu: Orange County Food Quest


I'm home in Orange County for the holidays and since I'm an active foodie I'm going to find all the best eats in the area. My goal is to hit up as many cuisines as I can in a month and hopefully find some favorites.

Here's my hitlist: Chinese, Coffee, Deli, Dessert, Fish Tacos (cuisine?), French, Greek, Indian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Mexican, Taiwanese, Thai, Vietnamese.

American food is sorta bland around here, maybe save for Sage Restaurant, so I'm hitting up other places for good price and good food.

Some previews of some places I'm going to after the break.

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Sunday, December 21, 2008

Good Morning

It's 3:30pm on a Sunday afternoon. I just woke up. It's time to eat breakfast.

How's 3 sliders, hash browns, fried plantains, three pancakes, smothered with maple syrup sound for a first (and last) meal of the day?

It's winter break. I gotta be efficient with my time. Less (time spent) eating, more time for everything else.

P.S. This breakfast costs $19 in NYC wtfbbq

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Currently Reading: Chuck

Since I have no outstanding plans for winter break, I'm going to be reading lots. I used to read a book per week back in elementary school, but once high school started that all went downhill. Time to get lost in literature!

I just finished reading Haruki Murakami's After Dark during finals (instead of studying I guess). It's a novel that takes place over the period of one night. Not bad. The first work I read by him was After the Quake, a collection of short stories which I highly recommend.

Here's my current reading list, and it's not all just a bunch of novels:
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Friday, December 19, 2008

History repeats itself? No, life repeats itself

I just wanted to make the observation that regardless of the fact that I am now 20 (almost 21), I feel like a lot of people have the same mentality that drove most of us through high school and into top universities. I am not an exception, and I realized that I have the same work ethic I had in high school.
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You + Me = Us

Anyone get that reference? YouTube it up!

As you can see, I am dutifully studying for my Math final in 3 hours, and what am I doing on my break? Loyally brogging about it of course! Not to mention I have the same history final as efung at 12:30pm, which I haven't even started studying for.

What I've eaten so far throughout the day/night:
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Thursday, December 18, 2008

The benefits of p/np

It's a good thing that breadth classes are still counted even if you take them pass/not pass. As it turns out, I can get a D on my history final and still be good to go.

On that note, I'm gonna sleep like a baby right...now.

[two to go]

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Christmas is the season of giving (and receiving)

Take the title however you want, literally, metaphorically, it'll all come together by the end.
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Monday, December 15, 2008

How-to: Not get pwned by a drifting girlfriend

I came across this wise-sounding tidbit on a message board I frequent...
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Sunday, December 14, 2008

How-to: Pwn a math final

After much IRC discussion about MBTI personality types, I figured I would post my study habits which I believe fit my INTJ (aka Mastermind) personality to a T.
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Monday, December 8, 2008

P(rf)oductivity: have you had your daily dose of brog?

I'm sure a lot of you have at least heard of RSS. So two things: 1) isn't it awesome? and 2) why aren't you using it already? (Note: If you didn't understand any of that, you will in the next 3 minutes...)

RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication", but who cares who it stands for. It's an excellent method that makes you aware of updates on a website. There was a time when the internet was just a wee series of tubes, and you had to actively click your bookmarks to see what's new with the site. Now, you can be updated when it gets updated. Neato torpedo.

Keep reading to learn how to keep the brog on your radar...
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Saturday, December 6, 2008

Brogger's Quarterly: Raw Denim

These jeans are all from the same French label APC. They are called the New Standard. Now, what's so special about them?

They're in a unique division of denim: raw.

Most of the mainstream are unaware of these raw jean shenanigans. However, to the fashion-conscious, raw denim has a cult following, especially in Japan, where a fine pair of Japanese jeans is the single most valuable item of clothing in a closet. Raw is also synonymous with "dry" for some brands.

You're probably familiar with the term washed denim because you see different "washes" whether it may be called "stone", "sunset", or whatever depending on the brand. So that's exactly it, actually. You already know half the story. Full denim nerd-erature ahead.
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Thursday, December 4, 2008

And sweatshops are a bad thing, why?

I'm in the market for a new guitar (continue my excessive spending), so I've been browsing review sites...This is one of the most hilarious reviews I've seen:
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

P(rf)oductivity: Do More with Firefox

I was planning on doing homework in the office, but turns out I didn't bring what I needed. So instead, here's how my Firefox is set up across all the computers I use.
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Jacob's Ladder and the Silent Hill series (with samples!)

Film brogging continues as I switch to a whole new genre after covering action and sci-fi. Today, it's horror/thriller. This will be about Jacob's Ladder and more importantly, its influence on the Silent Hill video game series. And while we're here, fuck the Silent Hill movie adaptation. What a waste.
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