One shall stand, one shall fall.

I don't know how this will turn out, but the trailer is chock full of AWESOME.
Bumblebee looks like Bumblebee. There's a lot of recognizable characters, including Trypticon and Omega Supreme.
Thank God Michael Bay did not direct this.

Merry Christmas!

I can settle with a fake plastic tree.

Winter.

It's a cold winter, the fireplace is barely hot enough. The street outside is wet, the sky is grey. There aren't many people walking their dogs, and those who are, are huddled up and shivering.

Yeah, I shouldn't be whining, this is California and not Ontario, but they really don't know how to insulate buildings here. I liked wandering around the neighborhood when it was warm - it's not as pleasant now. In memory of happier times, here's something I found scrawled on a nearby building a month ago, when the sun was still shining.

New phone time

After many mostly-reliable years of Nokia-ness, I've finally upgraded to an Android phone. Overall, it's a lot more features, but a lot less UI polish. I feel like I need a lot more apps to get things done. And while I used to be able to text with one hand while driving, that's pretty much impossible now.

On the plus side, I did get a free show out of it. This video, is NOT from the phone camera though.

Being sentimental

Had a few drinks at the wine bar down the street (nice neighborhood joint, got a free sticker!), which lead to being sentimental. So thus comes three items of canned seafood from my childhood:
- Brunswick brand sardines with Tabasco peppers
- Clover Leaf brand canned tuna
- Unknown chinese brand of fried dace with black beans

I can forsee some cheap tasty meals in the near future...

Need to post more pictures.

Randoms.

Been flipping through the NYT runway slideshows, and it seems like that season of madness that was the mid-2000s has passed, with the booming economy, towering platforms, and garbage-bag silhouettes. I'm sure there's tonnes of articles out there on how fashion reflects the highs and lows of the economy and consumer confidence. I'm not sure. Maybe tighter budgets mean tighter waistlines, and practical sensibilities mean practical shoes (practical can be relative?). Or maybe Timberlake's been busy off-stage bringing sexy back. I particularly liked the United Bamboo shots. Never heard of the label before, but I'm wondering if it's hinting at a boom in asian/american designers (along with names like Derek Lam, Peter Som, Jason Chu, Richard Chai, and Alexander Wang).

Spring fashion shows means its actually fall. I'm not sure where that came about, maybe it's just a symbolic gesture on how detached from the real world these designer folks are. But anyways, fall means winter is coming, and that means my mind's detached and is running 3 months ahead. Well, that's what happened when I saw this video.


Yeah, I got that from browsing too much YouTube. Some other awesome stuff on YouTube. I might try doing some time lapse videos. After I get around to uploading vacation pics.


And finally, somehow I found this video. Now last year I had thought Lady Gaga was some forgettable flavor-of-the-week dance music singer(?), prancing around in her music videos with her tight little swimsuits and funky makeup. The whole attention whoring outfits didn't help. Never realized she actually could sing. Now I want to go see her live. Maybe she'll be the Elton John of the 2010s...


Here's another one, with absolutely lo-fi audio, from a Marc Jacobs party. Which brings us back to fashion shows. Darn.