Our New Couch

A few days ago the co-ep of the current show I'm working on and I were talking and she mentioned that she is moving and selling everything. I asked if she had a couch since Harry and I were looking for a new one. She did have one and I asked what it looked it. When she described it to me it sounded like everything that Harry and I were looking for. I asked her to send a picture (above) and once I saw it and knew it was exactly what we were looking for. She was going to give us a great deal (which she did) but the only problem is she was moving the weekend and Harry and I were going to the Star Trek Tour Friday through Sunday. So we had a few days to find a truck and get it from her place in Venice. Luckily my friend Chris let us use his truck so after work today Harry and I drove to my friends Chris's place, pick uped his truck then drove to Robyn's place and loaded up the couch, then drove to Reseda to our place and dorpped it off then drove back to Chris's place in Hollywood to drop off his truck.. when we finally got home it was around 11pm and after working 11 hour day then 4 hours driving and moving I was exhusted, but we got our beautiful new couch in and set up.

watch this! it's so funny! omg! XD



and this!
Jeff Dunham - Achmed the Dead Terrorist
















cant take no more.

海洋出發 水的紋路 I 蘭嶼 神秘與冒險

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本專輯為行政院新聞局構思將台灣具有特色，適於拍攝電影之景點編輯成光碟及專書，將台灣景點推介給各國電影片製作業，期望這些景點成為美麗的引子，可以薈聚國內外資金來台，促成跨國電影的合作。

蘭嶼，台灣本島東南方西太平洋上的美麗小島，島上居住著約四千多位達悟族人。由於地理上的隔絕，再加上全島大半為熱帶雨林覆蓋因此孕育了許多蘭嶼特有的生物，生態資源相當豐富。這裡四面環海，島上生活簡樸，居民以農、漁為生。自古迄今一直保持傳統原始的生活型態，因而發展成獨特的海洋文化。



延伸閱讀:
台南白河鎮六溪電影文化城
台南新化鎮歐威紀念館
海洋出發 水的紋路 II 西南 沿海勞動與寫實
海洋出發 水的紋路 II 淡水 戀愛與遊戲
電影魔戒的真實場景

BSG Figures

Today when I got home there were several packages. I pre-order a bunch of things and sometimes wait over a year for things to arrive. Today I got series one of the Battlestar Galatica figures.. I ordered these figures early last year and it's taken a while for them to arrives but they are pretty cool and well worth the wait. Also I got my Picard in Starfleet chair, this figure was a replacement figure. The first one was sent to our old apartment and the person there accepted it and signed for it... can you believe it. So they had to re-send me a new one. So now I have my Riker in chair which I got about a week earlier and my Capatian Picard in Chair..

Gossip Girl

Allt började i somras. Jag skulle åka tåg en kortare tid och behövde något att läsa, och plockade upp Gossip Girl i bokhandeln. "Det här verkar sämst", tänkte jag för mig själv: "det måste jag läsa" (jag antog att inget som verkade så dåligt kunde faktiskt vara så dåligt). Så jag köpte vad jag trodde var första boken och läste den. Precis lika dåligt som jag misstänkte, men det visade sig att det var bok nummer två och något väldigt mystiskt fick mig ändå att vilja läsa vidare. Så jag införskaffade bok ett och tre och på den vägen är det: jag har läst GG, men jag hatar dem.

Dock tänkte jag efter och kom fram till en sak idag: Gossip Girl skulle kunna göra sig bra på TV. Idén är ju rätt rolig, och om man bara gjorde vissa karaktärer lite mer mänskliga så skulle det verkligen fungera. Och det gör det.

Förutom en sak: Gossip Girl själv. Tog man bort den där jäävla berättarrösten som likt Troi states the obvious hela tiden och suger all stämning ur scenerna skulle den bli ungefär tiotusen gånger bättre. Vilket skulle ge den det genomsnittliga betyget "genomsnittlig", vilket den i sig uppger genom att Rufus Humphrey är sjukt snygg.

Säger det någonting? Tja, att serien borde vara bra och inte är det. Att den har den fascinerande egenskapen att vara totalt jävla värdelös och ganska bra i samma scen. Att killarna som ska vara "hunkar" till större delen är skitfula (att jag faller för den äldsta karaktären säger kanske mer om mig än om dem, men vem vet?). Att den enda karaktär som är rolig har blivit totalt förstörd i vad jag bara kan anta är ett försök att förmänskliga henne. Att jag antagligen kommer titta igen nästa vecka bara för att få se mer Rufus.

Det är nog allt det säger.

That's enough of that shit.

Surprise in the Mail

Today before I headed into work the Fedex guy dropped by the house. He had two large boxes. I signed for them and figured Harry had bought something because I knew it wasn't something that I bought. I put them in the car and figure I would give them to him after work. As I was getting out of my car at work I noticed the name on the address of who they were coming from and knew they were the speical gifts that we were to get with the purchase of the Captain's VIP Package for the Star Trek The Tour. When I got home I opened them and they were these really nice and well made messenger bags with the Star Trek The Tour logo on the front. We also got our VIP badges... can't wait for the weekend!!!

love actually? no, books actually

as thefadpeople were walking along the quaint street of shophouses along telok ayer street at post-lunch hour, guess what actually caught our eyes?

after captivating us with its window display and its name (we initially thought it came from love actually!), we simply couldnt resist taking a peek inside!

but before we got into the shop, we found lil' pony receiving us!

how can anyone resist such an icon of our childhood?

as though that was not fascinating enough, barely within a few steps into the bookstore, we were instantly treated to a visual feast!

being kaypo by nature, we did our homework to find out more about this cutesy little book store. simply couldnt suppress our curiosity for the sublime mystic of the shop, thefadboy and i simply went ahead and talked to the big brains behind this ingenious concept, karen and kenny!

where did the name books actually came from?
we started off holding bookfairs at nus and people always ask us what we're selling. it was very frustrating to explain when we are obviously selling books! hence, we decided to come up with a name that explains adequately- books actually.


we did our research on ba, and found that many customers have suggested that a seating area would be lovely. Any comment to that?
we are not exactly going to have a seating area. But we are shifting location this coming march to ann siang hill, where it will be on the groundfloor and it has a small courtyard.

we actually dropped by ba last week. and we really must say, coming inside, simply taking in all this beautiful vintage collectibles really wowed us! the cameras, the typewriters (who actually uses them now?), that blue piano. man, it's so difficult not to fall in love with this shop. how did you lay your hands on them?
most of them are our personal collection for about 7 years, most of them are karen's.





so karen, which is your most prized possession here?
(thinking very hard) i love everything here, but well... it would have to be the valentine typewriter. (pointing to the red typewriter)


ha, i (thefadboy) noticed that too! but isn't everything here for sale?
nah, we only sell some of them. so yeah, the valentine typewriter is not for sale. (sheepish grin)


mm.. so how long has BA been around?
we started off as an entity on 2004, but the store only came at november 2005.


what's the biggest thing that has happened to you since then?
we often get write-ups from blogs, the straits times and even wallpaper - which has a full-page spread on april 2007. we didn't expect publicity.


ever thought of going into the mass market?
definitely not! we started off with literature as our core. We are thinking of developing other sections - philosophy, films, children classics.


how did other people get to hear about books actually?
word-of-mouth. from blogs, or people who just happen to see our window display (like the FAD People!)

a day in books actually would be...
sweatshop. We did everything ourselves - the publishing, handstitch notebooks, etc. everything you see here, other than the books, we did it ourselves. Even the sketchbooks - every page is made of different colour. as you can see, we have no hired help, everything is man by ourselves. Just ask our regulars, they know we work very hard!

what are you waiting for? quick make your way down and check out this lovely store! and even if you're not that big fan of vintage or books, make your way there to avoid the lunch crowd, you might fall in love with the notebooks there!after all, who can ever resist beautiful things, actually?

Books Actually
125A Telok Ayer Street
Singapore 068594
contact number: +65 6221 1170

- tfc-

The Girls Next Door 本片只限美國區域觀看

感謝三立新聞台報導以及長昌總部網路執行長蕙如的推薦，此系列影片乃美國 hulu.com 合法授權之普遍級影片，播出至今，深受海外網友的好評，但僅限於美國地區網友收看，台灣網友請耐心等候，一但開放台灣地區網友收看，本台會立即為台灣網友獻上。

本台另外還有很多好看的節目，歡迎大家來收看。

美國網友如想收看更多 hulu 影片，請上 http://hulu.com 註冊申請。


本次選播下列三部影片：

1. Play Boy 雜誌拍攝的情形


2. 7月4日大宅的大宴會


3. 在拉斯維加思的簽名會

The Sarah Jane Adventures

We had planned to visit my Dad today but since it's raining and at time very hard we decided to stay in. Since we had some time to kill and nothing was on TV Harry and I decided to watch The Sarah Jane Adventures. This is another spin off of the Doctor Who series. Sarah Jane was a very popular companion on the old Doctor Who series. They brought her back in an episode of the new Doctor Who and she was such a hit they decided to do a show for her. I have had the episodes for quite some time just haven't had the time to watch them. I finally burned them to DVD and we started to watch the 10 episode series. Each story made up two of the 1/2 hour episodes. So it was like watching 5 one hour shows.

This series is geared toward kids and you can tell that while watching but it's not so kiddy that adults can't enjoy it. I really liked the stories, some were better then others but overall this was a great addition to the Who world along with Doctor Who, Torchwood and now The Sarah Jane Adventures.

I heard this series was picked up for 24 more episodes... can't wait.

Will the rain every stop

It's been raining for seven days straight and they say we have an on and off chance of more rain until Tuesday evening. At this moment in time So.Cal has had more rain then Seattle WA.. now that's crazy.

Simple home design ideas

With Chinese New Year round the bend, many of ya might be looking for a home revamp. Here are some ideas to inspire you.

I personally love this "lining the back of the cupboard" idea bc it can be extended to many other items such as the inside of drawers, cans or jars that could do with an additional layering - basically anything that needs a sprucing up or be given a new look to. Plus, pretty papers are cheaper than a whole new shelf or wardrobe, right? I get my papier from the bigger store of PRINTS, located at Raffles City.

Other possible ideas include lining with cloth - those nice Amy Butler's fabrics are to-die-for, imo.

Jewelleries are a girl's best friend. I could not have agreed more. If I had not bought a ten bucks rack from IKEA that looks like Tree of Life meets Snowflakes Magnified pattern, I would have adopted this idea. Once again styrofoam boards are easily available (and affordable) from bookstores like Popular, you can determine the sort of fabric design to suit your room or house.

Idea could be extended to creating a message board for pinning up postcards or photos or simply just pieces of reminders.


This swing slash chained bridge structure is rather whimsical, though not as executable. If I could have my way, I would place a faux fireplace below the mirror - for storage purpose, while the top of the fireplace can double as a decorative space for placing trinkets or photo frames.

- the Fad girl

Torchwood Season 2 Episode 2

Today I managed to get a copy of Torchwood Season Two Episode Two. I had high hopes for this episode since the first episode was really good and this one did not disappoint. Like I have said.. everything is better about this series. This was a very well written and intense episode. This one was setting up some thing that I'm sure will see later this season. The problem with last season is all the characters were so hard to like.. they were all so very flawed. But this season each character is shining and coming into their own. I can't wait for episode three.

Juno

Today I saw Juno, I have heard some good things about this little film. I have to say it was very cute.. kind of a slice of life type of film..It was a simple story told through the eyes of a 16 year old pregant girl named Juno. The acting was great and I like the quirkiness feel to it. This is a must see.

謝志偉簽書會

謝志偉簽書會，於一月二十七日在誠品三樓舉行，現場人山人海，謝迷橫跨老中青三代，還有台灣雅歌合唱團來獻唱”謝志偉是咱的寶貝”，陳明章也來獻歌，國師李鴻禧／吳念真等大小”仙”都出現了，本台由執行長魚夫親出動擔任攝影官，以最快的速度貼出，和網友分享！
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影片由 Joe 製作
第一段(10'36):謝教授　加油
第二段(07'58):謝教授　加油-吳導
第三段(08'55):謝教授　加油-林建隆&李鴻禧教授
第四段(06'09):謝教授　加油-學校&饒舌


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Five Episodes Down

Today I finished our fifth episode of Big Medicine... only eight more to go. Online went pretty smooth today. Video, Audio and then layback.. nothing like watching a show three times in a row in a matter of 10 hours.. fun fun.

TV Night

Tonight for TV night we watched our ususal Buffy episode but for treat we watched the first episode of season two of Torchwood. I enjoyed season one of Torchwood, it had it's ups and downs but WOW.. the first episode of season two was AWESOME!!! The writing, the acting, the story, the over all look of the show. I looked forward to season two of Torchwood.

THE MOVIE WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR 'STEP UP 2'












A MUST WATCH MOVIE! :)

台灣之光，讓世界看見台灣-電影導演林靖傑

青年導演林靖傑以最"遙遠的距離"榮獲2007年威尼斯影展影評人週大獎，讓我們來聽林靖傑談電影與台灣


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Rain, rain and more rain

It's been raining all week and they expect it to ran until next week. At times it's difficult to drive in it because it's coming down so hard. Streets are flooded but luckily we haven't had any problems with our house.

Ricky-Dean goes 58 (and MacGyver too!)

Ricky-Dean fyller år idag, och karaktären MacGyver också, och för att kunna fokusera på lite trevligare saker kommer här två listor om honom:

Jack O'Neills 5 bästa repliker

1. 1. "You all know I take great pride in my title as Mr. Positive, however..."
2. 2. "It's "O'Neill," with two L's. There's another Colonel O'Neil with only one L, and he has no sense of humor at all." (Självklart bara rolig om man förstår referensen till filmen)
3. 3. "There's a man... He's bald and wears a short-sleeved shirt, and somehow he's very important to me. I think his name is Homer."
4. (Teal'c: "I have read of a place where humans do battle in a ring of Jell-o.") "Call Daniel."
5. " You ended that sentence with a preposition. Bastard."

De 5 bästa MacGyverismens

1. Allt som involverar gem
2. Eldkastare av en cykel
3. Stoppa syra med choklad
4. Spränger bilar med kottar
5. Klättra i berg med tältpinnar

That's enough of that shit.

Torchwood Season 1 on DVD

Today I picked up Torchwood Season One box set on DVD. This is a spin off series of Doctor Who. It's more adult with much more adult themes then Doctor Who. Season one was pretty good.. it's had some okay episodes but then it had some AWESOME episodes. I look forward to season two.

R.I.P Heath Ledger

Jag vet inte vad jag ska säga riktigt. Alla jag känner deppar, jag har pratat i telefon med Dreaner i typ en halvtimme för att se till så han inte gör nåt dumt.

Det går inte att säga nåt. Det är för hemskt bara.

That's a wrap.

台灣長史物 5 苗栗獅潭 台灣淡水魚博物館館長 何恭炤

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因為有個對於淡水魚極有研究的祖父，所以何恭炤從小耳濡目染，對於淡水魚也有極大的興趣。他為台灣逐漸消失的淡水魚種做復育，開始了全台灣國內首座『本土魚類生態展覽館』的建設工作，館裡的魚種在何恭炤細心的搜集下，最高紀錄曾經超過兩百種，幾乎是台灣現存魚類的七八成。

然而九二一大地震時，剛剛開幕的展覽館裡有百分之八十的魚種死亡，對此兩夫妻感到萬分心痛，還好後來有台灣生態探險家陶天麟的相助，一起把不足的餘種蒐齊，並把館名改成 『台灣淡水魚博物館』，並希望讓更多人看到他們的努力。



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這是Play Boy 老闆海夫納三個女朋友工作影片。
不需解釋﹐影片會說話。
這次也找三段播出﹐記得在電視頻道上可以看到更多的。

Smogging Harry's Jeep

Today I put the new battery in Harry's Jeep and everything seems pretty good. It started up and ran pretty well. Since the jeep was running and his tags were out of date, though the registration is up to date just needed to get smog. I knew we had a pretty slim chance of passing but I hoped for the best. After an hour of testing the guy came back to me and say I have bad news.. the jeep did not pass.. he tired three times and said everything was great except they car wasn't getting enough gas. I told him the car has not run for a year and a half and he said.. that's probably the issue.. maybe the carburetor needs to be cleaned out. So it did not pass and we have 30 days to fix it and have it re-tested for free. Now we just have to find someone who knows about jeeps.

Car problems seems to be a family curse, I know my dad always had issues with cars and it seems that he passed it on me. I hope we can fix Harry's jeep in time so we don' t have to pay for the smog again.. seems like smog tests keep going on $60 bucks now for a test.

Tom's Birthday Party

Tonight Tom invited us out to celebrate his Birthday (which is tomorrow). He planned Dinner, Theater (his play) and dancing. Harry and I weren't feeling so hot all week but we didn't want to miss out on his Birthday celebration so we managed to go to Dinner. We went to a place in Studio City called Miceli's, where the waiters sang. It was a fun night. We opted out of the play and dancing as we didn't feel up to it.. but dinner was great and I heard everyone had a great time at the play and dancing afterwards.

Indy 4: trailern för trailern

Inte nog med att man nu kan se en kort, men fantastisk, rundtur i Indys hus på IndianaJones.com (alla videor där är helt klart sevärda!), det har dessutom släppts ett datum för när trailern släpps: midnatt 15 februari! Vet inte riktigt när det är svensk tid, men har man tur kan man ju få ett perfekt slut på Alla Hjärtans Dag (som, in case of singelliv, firas bäst med massvis av choklad och Harrison Ford-filmer).

I övrigt: Vanity Fair och Empire Magazine, någon som vet var man hittar dem i Sverige?

That's enough of that shit.

2007年大龍峒保安宮保生文化祭-過火儀式

本台公民記者Jessie獨立拍攝的影片參與Youtube秀台灣比賽獲獎!本台在此狂賀!

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保安宮保生文化祭相關展演日程表請參考大龍峒保安宮官方網站
網址：http://www.paoan.org.tw/



保安宮信仰的初期發展與整修

保安宮最初是由當時四大姓合力集資而成，而由王姓族人捐出土地蓋廟，並獲陳、張、蔡姓等大姓的支持。而這些大姓與四十四坎的商號也多有關連。在發展上，保安宮的祭祀範圍在一、二、三堡的部份地區：

一堡：大龍峒、滬尾、北投。
二堡：和尚州、三重埔、新庄。
三堡：大稻埕。

　　保安宮的宗教活動，每年祭祀三回，在大帝的誕生日（舊三月十五日）、昇天日（舊五月二日）、中元（舊七月十日至十二日）其費用三堡居民輪流負擔，多沿此舊慣。而保生大帝的誕辰時由同安各姓醵金演戲是為家姓戲，自三月五日起至二十八日止，以張姓為始，吳姓殿後，次第輪流。而由此可看出張姓是力量最為雄厚的。過去俗傳有「大浪泵張，加蚋仔楊」之說。

　　而在三堡居民的支持下，保安宮幾經整修愈見風華。在道光八年至十三年(1828-1833)即延請來自泉州的名匠許嚴來本宮雕刻三十六神將，其造型、手法有極高的藝術價值。並曾於咸豐五年(1855)重修後殿。同治七年到十二年(1868-1873)廟方還重修大殿及東西護室。

we travel after lesson; before lesson.

introducing pearlyn juan aka zhen zhu! XD

she and her idea. haha!

the evidence of the interview for management project that got us round and round.

flu bug

Wondering what she is so excited over?
keep reading! :)

thai express. hmmm, yummy!

the meeting held just for the special one.

and here he is! the special one!

happy birthday to him!

what should i update on?

First Look at the New Enterprise

They just released the first photo of the "New" Enterprise from the upcoming Star Trek 11 movie.. check it out.

台灣長史物 4 台北烏來 行動藝術家 李銘盛

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一般的大眾對於行動藝術可能不太了解及認識，總是用不同的眼光去看這群藝術人，總搞不懂他們的創作有何意義可言。尤其在台灣做行動藝術的可是少之又少，只要創作人一有作品，不是引起話題就是受人非議，可接受的程度也是少數，由其客家的保守程度可能更難以接受!

這次，藉著鏡頭，帶著大家用平凡的視角去看這位在國際藝術舞台綻放光芒的李銘盛，他如何從生活中去激發創作的靈感? 不同的表現方式，不同的空間，李老師希望大家都能用一種開放的心來接受行動藝術，台灣的藝術文化環境需要更好更有寬度一些，才能讓不同的創作都有機會站上舞台。


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4 Year Anniversary

Today is Harry and my 4 year anniversary.. well 4 years to the day that Harry come back to the US for the third time and stayed for good. Can't beleive it's been 4 wonderful years. Here's to many many more. Love you.

Harry's Jeep

Harry's jeep has been out of commission for over a year and a half and we just couldn't find the problem. This past weekend we played around with it and put in my battery from my jeep and his jeep started right up. We previously installed a new fuel filter but didn't think that was the problem.. well with my battery the jeep started up great and ran perfectly. I have to back track a bit.. problems with his jeep started when we installed a radio. The battery was dying and we didn't know why. We sent the jeep to the jeep dealer for them to look at it and after three weeks they couldn't find anything wrong.. they said the battery was bad. It was a new battery only a few months old so we took it back to Auto Zone where they did tests and said it wasn't bad. Well we went back and forth for months trying to figure out what the problem was..but nothing made sense.. we figured it was a battery but they kept saying the battery was fine, then we figured it was the fuel system and replaced the fuel filter but still nothing.. anyways we finally replaced the battery with mine and the jeep started up with no issues. So I took the battery back to Auto Zone again for the fifth time and had to run a test. After work I stopped by to pick it up and they told me that the battery was bad and would replace it since we are still in our two-year warranty. So after all that the battery was bad, which we said from the beginning. Now we have to install the new battery and get his jeep smogged before he can drive it again. Oh and while we were checking out his jeep we noticed his transmission is leaking.. if it's not one thing it's another...

Harrison Ford om ålder

“As I told Sean, I’m getting old enough to play my own father, so we don’t
need him, anymore.”
- Harrison Ford, om att Sean Connery inte ska vara med i Indy 4,
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Han är oslagbart bäst helt enkelt. ;P Och den nya promo-bilden är väldigt awesome, måste jag säga. Ny bakgrundsbild på datorn, helt klart.

That's enough of that shit.