cosmic bowling
last night i went to do some cosmic bowling with olive and her boys. i think in santa cruz this was called laser bowling. i always wanted to go but never did. it's supposed to be dark with black lights... [more]
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cool tools
dave navarro
democracy now
dorothy surrenders
eric avery
for dangerous kids
hyphen magazine
japan newbie
a japanese brazilian in mexico
joi ito
karakui
learning movable type
fail blog
little. yellow. different.
mac os x hints
macha mexico
margaret cho
nihongo jouzu
postsecret
ridiculously extraordinary
simple bits
skull-a-day
slightly dirty martini
small dogs paradise
soy chick
stepcase lifehack
steve isaacs
stringer
tutorial dog
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uneasy silence
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gaming: video games, computer games, bored games.
rayman raving rabbids
recently i purchased rayman raving rabbids for wii because it just looked so silly. i didn't know anything about it but when i've browsed for new games, the box always calls to me. finally the price went down so i... [more]
rock band game
today i read a review of the new game rock band. it's like "guitar hero" but it's the whole band instead of just the guitar. it comes with a mic, drums, and 2 guitars (so one can be a bass).... [more]
buzzing your lightyear ass!
me wearing an unlikely hat today we went to disneyland. we used up #3 of our 4 day southern california pass we got earlier this year. (last time we used it to go to california adventure because i had never... [more]
big bang board games
lately i've been playing big bang board games on the mac. they've got several classics: 4-in-a-row, backgammon, checkers, chess, mancala, reversi, and tic-tac-toe. the graphics are slick but i get annoyed by the dumb comments the computer player gives. you... [more]
jap-parody
today was the day, okinawan jeopardy. first off, i forgot to bring my shamisen to play the jeopardy theme song during final jeopardy, argh! and after figuring out how to do it too. oh well. here's the midi file of... [more]
okinawan jeopardy
last night i made the answers/questions for okinawan jeopardy and practiced the song that is used during final jeopardy on shamisen. i'm gonna host a round of okinawan jeopardy towards the end of the month for the young okinawans. i... [more]
escrabble
today i played scrabble in spanish. twiddle thumbs bought it to play with her family. i don't speak spanish but i like games and i know several words so i thought i'd play against twiddle thumbs. we didn't keep score... [more]
the sims: bustin' out
today i didn't do much. pretty much just stayed home and played "the sims: bustin' out" for gamecube. i used to love the sims for the pc. i played it way too much and decided to uninstall it and sell... [more]
the return of dr. mario
we've hooked up and organized the video games. we've been having dr. mario challenges every night since then. this is very bad. once i start playing dr. mario, i can't stop. i neglect all else. i hope i don't become... [more]
the undefeated were just defeated
my cousin in high school is still playing football and he had a game tonight so we went (me, my brother, and twiddle thumbs). i'm surprised that my brother went because he has even less interest than i do in... [more]
dr. kalavinka
twiddle thumbs broke out n64 and dr. mario. this is not good....i could stay up for hours ignoring the world while engaged in tetris-like games such as dr. mario.... [more]
tennis flashback
tonight was the second time of the weekly tennis thing with twiddle thumbs's niece that she initiated. this time the niece's little brother went too. it can be frustrating to teach someone something of which they know nothing about or... [more]
ghetto tennis
twiddle thumbs is concerned about her niece who needs to exercise more and regularly. we were supposed to start a weekly program where we take her out to do something every tuesday but tonight was the first time that we... [more]
return of donkey konga
man, i haven't played this game in soooooo long! i suck! we gathered round and played it with twiddle thumbs's little sister and her boyfriend. it was fun but there were some songs i didn't do too well on and... [more]
i love tetris...
...all forms. all consoles. all possible platforms. i stayed up late because i was playing tetris on a cell phone. it's the worst possible console because the buttons are tiny and i kept hitting the wrong ones on accident.... [more]
attending my first rugby match
instead of going to a museum in the morning, we stayed in, did laundry, and made lunch for the day to take with us. i also tailored twiddle thumbs's pants for her because the legs were much too long. i... [more]
happy boxing day
(to my fellow americans, today is boxing day. it's a british thing.) one of waiheke's many vineyards waiting to board the ferry to leave waiheke we left waiheke in the morning and put our stuff back in the apartment. then... [more]
donkey konga
even though all my game consoles are in storage, the temptation to purchase donkey konga was too great. i dug out game cube from storage and fired up the new game and bongos. wow. this is a fun game. it... [more]
muppets party cruise
i've been breaking in a new game i got, muppets party cruise. it's alright. at first, the control of the characters and their movements seem awkward but you get used to it. some of the games are fun, but not... [more]
mario kart
i got mario kart double dash for gamecube a couple weeks ago and play it about once a week. it just doesn't gel with me. i feel like the vehicle handling is off. it's not instinctual with me. i just... [more]
sim life
after i swore off sim games so that i could work on my real life, i had an itch to play sim city on super nintendo. so i looked around for it and started playing. *bad idea* i waste so... [more]
super monkey ball
my friend and i are addicted to the game super monkey ball. we play it everyday for hours. this is really bad. many things have been neglected. can't help it though, the game is just too fun!... [more]
video game madness
i don't think i have ever played battle balls (senkyuo) before. i tried it at the boardwalk and was hooked! it's a tetris-y puzzle game and that's my favorite kind of game. i chose to be the tanuki character and... [more]
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