Month: August 2009

  • is it me or are lcd monitors becoming really affordable? i went into best buy yesterday just to peek (bc i have no money to spend) and was surprised to see dell/hp 23" WIDESCREEN monitors for $199-299.  wtf? i thought these sized monitors were going for $1000 a few years ago. LOL maybe it's the combination of technological advances and the down economy that is creating these low prices. i would get one if i had the money. damnit. also, while at best buy i noticed that 2 girls smiled at me. (i wonder if it's the body spray. i get smiles a lot lately. didn't really happen before, it has to be the bodyspray.)

    i noticed a shift in attitude within myself yesterday. usually, when my mom says something really stupid, i just think to myself... "OMG THAT IS SO STUPID, I WILL NOT EVEN RESPOND." and i just stay quiet and it's just a really uncomfortable silence for a few seconds. and, because of this, i usually feel a sense of guilt, so at the end of this exchange i am the loser. but yesterday, i was really open minded about it and just replied simply to the stupid remarks honestly and truthfully. i did not criticize her remarks or analyze it and explain to her why the remark was stupid. i just replied to the questions with a straightforward common sense, succinct answer. i think the answers were so obvious that she realized herself that they were really stupid questions by herself. i didn't feel guilty because i didn't leave her hanging and it also clearly showed her that she was asking too many obvious questions that she already knew the answers to. (hmm i wonder if it's the iodide salt and kelp i tried yesterday.)

  • cash for clunkers...

    can a person just buy a 25 year old car for $100 and just trade that in for $4500? lol

  • Item: Dazzle ZiO USB SmartMedia Reader with Dazzle On DVD Software [Electronics]
    Condition: New - New
    Condition Note: sm reader only, no software.
    Listing ID: 0521EGMDX6F
    SKU: U8-PBQA-NXIW
    Quantity: 1
    Order date: 08/06/2009
    Buyer's Price: $2.75
    Shipping Credit: $4.99
    Amazon Commission: $-1.71
    Your Earnings: $6.03

    i bought 50 of these zio thingies for 10 cents each... at a camera liquidation sale. i think i sold 3 so far, shipping cost is close to nothing because they are so light.

  • 710 Freeway tunnel takes another hit as Glendale opposes plan

    11:49 AM | July 30, 2009

    Efforts to complete the 710 Freeway by building a tunnel under South Pasadena and the surrounding area took a hit when the Glendale City Council voted to oppose the idea.

    In its vote Tuesday, the council cited projections for traffic increases on the 210 and 134 freeways in Glendale if the "missing link" of the 710 Freeway between Alhambra and Pasadena is finally completed.

    According to a staff report, traffic would increase by more than 30,000 vehicles a day on the 210 north of the 134; by about 2,500 daily truck trips on the 210 between the 134 and the 2 Freeway; by about 2,500 daily truck trips on the 210 between the 2 and Interstate 5; and by approximately 1,000 vehicles a day on Foothill Boulevard.

    La Cañada Flintridge and South Pasadena also oppose the tunnel. Alhambra, where the 710 now abruptly ends just north of Interstate 10, supports it.

    South Pasadena has for decades opposed completing the freeway, saying it would ruin the historic character of the city. Caltrans has proposed the tunnel idea as a way of addressing those concerns.

    -- Shelby Grad

    hmm.. maybe i should be supporting this... i live in alhambra.

  • alhambra library is having a book sale 10 cents each... dvds/videos are 1dollar each.

     

    i picked up 5 books...

    1. styles of thinking - strategies for asking questions, making decisions and solving problems
    2. looking out for #1 how to spend time on those things that make you happiest and shows how your happiness benefits others
    3. visceral learning towards a science of self control
    4. power! how to get it and how to use it.
    5. the art of living by ching kung.

    yea, all for 50 cents. what a deal.

    remember my lucky neko collection? that collection was decimated through my financial tragedy years.. it was down to the original yellow one... now they are back in full force on my desk. they have backup too.. i got like 5 boxes with 24 each in them.

    behind the cats is an amazon.com $25 giftcard. the story behind it is pretty amazing. some dude that i sold an item to online wanted to get a refund after opening the item. he thought i would be pissed because it was basically what he wanted and just wanted to back out of it because he found a different item that he wanted. i was pissed a little. but gave him the refund. with the item he shipped back a $25 gift card. i got free money because the item that i got , i just returned to a store for a full refund. lol

    and, on the monitor above the nekos and the amazon giftcard... is my xanga page... in the advertisement it says... "stop drinking alcohol." lol

  • as a ?arget cashier i get to see all types of people all day long. u know tatoos are becoming so common.. everyone has them. even the full-arm up to the shoulders are becoming common. so, how do you determine whether these guys are really crazy or not? my personal opinion is that the dudes with the tats on their faces and head are the hardest ones. tear drops, tats across forehead... these are legit. everyone else is just doing it as fashion.