Megan Fox

As some of you know that Shugar has a big chick crush on Megan Fox. I just want to say that Asian media is calling her the Queen of Brain-less (Translation). Enough said. :)

It is a hoax to sell movie tickets

http://alaskapsychiatryjournal.org/entries/Dr-Abigail-Tyler-Bio.html

Likely a part of viral marketing for the movie The Fourth Kind.

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BUT it is an entertaining movie.

more about alien contact

Pretty funny.

The Fourth Kind (2009)

Last night we had a chance to see the preview of this movie. I must say it is well made and written. I am doubtful of the claim of it based on true events since I fell for Blair Witch once already. However, the con game is a confidence game. The more you believe, the more scary this movie will be.

I do recommend it. It comes out in 2 weeks.

Went to a funeral

One of Rachel's ex-co-worker was sadly claimed by breast cancer, and I went to the funeral in support of her. I had never been a fan of church, especially church with pastors with lack of speech writing skill.

He started out by saying how the deceased shut him out most of the time and prefer the female associate pastor, whom did a much better job reciting and had a much better personal connection with her. Then he went on and on about how he could not believe how sick she looked, and then just went all over the map for the next half an hour. I whispered to Rachel that the female associate pastor was better and should have done the whole service, and she told me not to say the obvious.

Really, he did her no justice and the MTV style song on jumbo-tron KTV sing-along also did not help. I am not really sure about this pop version of religion. I saw some similar stuff in some Buddhist temple too, and that is just a cheesy money making machine!

BTW, rest in peace, even though I only met you once, I will remember you every time I tattoo a pink ribbon and continue to support cancer research.

Sylvia (2003)

Daddy by: Sylvia Plath

You do not do, you do not do Any more, black shoe In which I have lived like a foot For thirty years, poor and white, Barely daring to breathe or Achoo. Daddy, I have had to kill you. You died before I had time-- Marble-heavy, a bag full of God, Ghastly statue with one gray toe Big as a Frisco seal And a head in the freakish Atlantic Where it pours bean green over blue In the waters off beautiful Nauset. I used to pray to recover you. Ach, du. In the German tongue, in the Polish town Scraped flat by the roller Of wars, wars, wars. But the name of the town is common. My Polack friend Says there are a dozen or two. So I never could tell where you Put your foot, your root, I never could talk to you. The tongue stuck in my jaw. It stuck in a barb wire snare. Ich, ich, ich, ich, I could hardly speak. I thought every German was you. And the language obscene An engine, an engine Chuffing me off like a Jew. A Jew to Dachau, Auschwitz, Belsen. I began to talk like a Jew. I think I may well be a Jew. The snows of the Tyrol, the clear beer of Vienna Are not very pure or true. With my gipsy ancestress and my weird luck And my Taroc pack and my Taroc pack I may be a bit of a Jew. I have always been scared of you, With your Luftwaffe, your gobbledygoo. And your neat mustache And your Aryan eye, bright blue. Panzer-man, panzer-man, O You-- Not God but a swastika So black no sky could squeak through. Every woman adores a Fascist, The boot in the face, the brute Brute heart of a brute like you. You stand at the blackboard, daddy, In the picture I have of you, A cleft in your chin instead of your foot But no less a devil for that, no not Any less the black man who Bit my pretty red heart in two. I was ten when they buried you. At twenty I tried to die And get back, back, back to you. I thought even the bones would do. But they pulled me out of the sack, And they stuck me together with glue. And then I knew what to do. I made a model of you, A man in black with a Meinkampf look And a love of the rack and the screw. And I said I do, I do. So daddy, I'm finally through. The black telephone's off at the root, The voices just can't worm through. If I've killed one man, I've killed two-- The vampire who said he was you And drank my blood for a year, Seven years, if you want to know. Daddy, you can lie back now. There's a stake in your fat black heart And the villagers never liked you. They are dancing and stamping on you. They always knew it was you. Daddy, daddy, you bastard, I'm through.

A tragic movie about the poet Sylvia Plath, and the above poem was my first exposure to her in English 151.

Lunch at Sakura

The only Asian place in Downtown Waukesha is Sakura Japanese sushi bar. Rich, being pescatarian ( no meat but fish), it is a logical choice for us to go there. Barry, another artist in the shop, decided to join us.

One of the lunch special was California roll with two other rolls from the list. I settled on crunchy California roll and eel roll. I do not know what kind of -ian I am but I do not do well with raw meat ( that is a different blog waiting to happen ) or raw fish.

The meal and conversation was great as usual. What are you gonna do in a rainy day and a light schedule?

Taco Tuesday

*DISCLAIMER: NO ONE PAY ME TO ADVERTISE TACO JOHN'S!

I used to be very anti-Taco John's. It must be some bad tacos when it was under old management in my college years.

I did give it a try years later after I was told the likely cause of my bias by an ex-Taco John's worker. I was hooked then!

The Waukesha location is actually remodeled and the salsa bar is just awesome! Shugar, you do not know what you are missing! If you do not have will power, might as well eat something better and cost less! $0.69 Taco Tuesday!

You sold me!

NOT! (mid-point of video!)

Karma

So my sis in law Debbie did visit and I saw her broken front teeth. I did write a blog and try to be funny about it. Then it was Sunday night, I was eating some corn on the cob. I must had not put the corn holder in the right place and I bit into the metal part of it! Instantly I knew I chipped one tooth!

Now the side of this one tooth look like the blade of a Ginsu knife, I fear the bottom will break off very soon.

Yeah, it is karma.

Don't touch my buns!

CHECK THIS OUT!

I like the Hamburger bed since I am a foodie, but not at the price of $2000!!!

In limbo

This dull fall and coming winter is getting to me, it is hard to accept that another Wisconsin gray wash is here. It also means the big four O is getting closer...

I found myself wonder in cyberspace, and really just wonder all over. Rachel said we need to go somewhere for vacation again. At least when you have a vacation planned, you have something to look forward to.

I used to like flying somewhere, but I just can't get over all the fees. It is complete BS to have all these fees tagged on and sometime more than the fare itself! When the fuel price came down, where is the saving being passing down? Luggage fees, Carry-on fees, fees for meals, fee for movie, fee for Internet, and soon, fee for bathroom.

Airlines in the past had the image of luxury in the sky and one shall feel special when traveling. Now it is just a drag, a serious one. People are all in bad moods stuck in a metal tube, and the whole idea just gets less and less appealing.

So here I am, in limbo. I like to go somewhere but can't get over my many mental blocks, and not mentioning all the logistics regarding dogs and cats. I know we have the money to do it, but the whole mood of the winter and economy is inflating my Super Ego and repressing the Id.

In the end, you just get an old fart ranting about nothing.

Oopsy Debbie

My sis-in-law Debbie had a bonding experience with her new house recently, she was one with the walkway after she tripped and now we know what all she want for Christmas is her SIX front teeth!

OUCH! The reconstruction will be costly even with her insurance, and she is braving it and dealing it with a smile. We wish her nice painkillers and new set of Hollywood celeb teeth! Please do send her healing thoughts as well.

Tooth Fairy will be sending her a settlement check.

Tweeting Haiku

Slow day in the shop,

I decide to tweet Haiku.

Began bad, Now good.

How bored can we be,

You should know how winter is.

Appointment here, there.

Join me in Twitter,

Haiku is kinda fun, hey?

I post best ones here.

You ask how to write,

Five-Seven-Five is the rule,

I am learning too.

Three-Five-Three,

Also works too, hey?

I hope so. :)

Let the right one in (2008)

For you horror film fans, this is an absolute gem from Sweden. Much better vampire film than COUGH COUGH Twilight. It is haunting yet tender.

This would be one of my top recommendation for Halloween. Of course, this film is not for kids. There are some very disturbing moments.

Strange dream

I was coming upon my house, but the driveway was overgrown with vegetation.

As I ran down through tall Calla lilies looking weeds, I saw my garage was wide open. The cars and the bike are still in it.

I ran in and try to close the garage door, nothing. (No electricity?)

The track for the garage door was gone, worse yet, the wood all around the garage was ripped out. Someone ripped out all the wood sidings! (for firewood?)

I woke up to strange sounds, both dogs were out at the living room, the laptop was making noise.

DID I JUST SEE THE END OF (MY) WORLD?

Wii Fit Plus

Okay, I have no illusion about losing tons of weight using Wii Fit, I just love all the balance games. For $20, Wii Fit Plus is a must if you already have the original Wii Fit and board.

The new additional games are very fun. I had a moment of sorrow during Driving Range that I wish Bill is here to see me struggle with my swing.

Another feature is that you can switch off with another user. I wish there are games for multiple Wii balance boards but it is not to be.

This is what I will be doing every morning for a while, until I pull a muscle or two that is...

The magical healing property of Waukesha water

Waukesha had been known for the magical healing property of its springs years ago, there were actually bottling plants here once. However, if you talk to DNR of late, the water contains too much radium, and there are now plans to build a pipe to bring Lake Michigan water to Waukesha while another pipe to discharge the waste water into a creek in Tosa so it returns to the lake.

Other than the liquid radiation treatment everyday, Waukesha county is also known for high Radon level in area homes. Make sure you check the level when you buy a home around here. The max acceptable level is 4 and our house was at 15. A pipe and a fan had to be put in. The good news is that the corrective procedure is now more common and it is now cheaper to put this pipe and fan in to suck the radon through the pipe and vent out.

I drink distill water at home, how about you?

Brain Candy (1996)

( Warning: Adult language in this R-rated post! )

One of my all time favorite comedy, Scott Thompson stole the show!

By the way, don't you think Bruce McCulloch of Kids in the Hall looks like Stephen Dorff? Hey? Shugar? He must be haunting your dreams..... LOL!

Shugar's reply here.

Hackers (1995)

Hackers (1995) is one of the gems out there. Even though the characters are somewhat cartoon-y at today's standard and the technology in there is laughable with them going crazy over a 28.8 modem. It gave the world a young and smoking hot Angelina Jolie. We know she had done nothing with her career after this movie. ;)

It actually also featured the future Mr. Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony.

Here is the trailer.

2010

I guess in 2010 there will be a three year window to convert any existing IRA account to Roth IRA and one can spread the tax over three years. (basically, instead of paying tax on back end of a traditional IRA, you pay it now and when you can take money out, it would be tax free.) I do have to talk with my Scottrade broker over this before the year end.

Also, I have heard that there is an interesting loophole created by GOP congress years ago that make 2010 a good year to die. NO ESTATE TAX! I certainly do not wish anyone around me to take advantage of this tax break however!

Do your own research and take advantage of tax breaks/credits, it is your own money after all!

Robin and me

I had been seeing Robin for over 2.5 years. She is the lady responsible for making me into the human pin cushion at least once a week. Yes, she is my acupuncturist and holistic therapist.

You can find more info here.

She was basically given the task of mending this screwed up body and clear out as much toxin as she can. Let me tell you, you just can't spend enough on your own health! I feel better and I am much happier and at peace.

She always says it is a much cheaper form of health care if you think about it. She is really my buddy for beating me up every week! :)

She is also quite a photographer and a cyber diva, you can see some of her works here.

Lunch at Jing's

http://tinyurl.com/yjrfkj3

As you all know, I am a foodie, despite my best de-foodie effort, I still crave Asian food. After my weekly visit with Robin for acupuncture, I usually stop in at Jing's.

Jing's serve their lunch buffet until 1:30pm and I usually arrive soon after that. The couple who own Jing's are from China and they are very nice people. They would offer people whom come late a reduced price for the buffet, but no more new food. Sometime there will be lots of food left, sometime not so much, but I really don't mind as I would find a way to get enough to eat.

Their lunch buffet definitely has better quality and fresh. You can tell by their egg rolls. If you ever had one of those big burrito like egg roll with thick wrap and perhaps fried a few times, that is not what I am talking about here. The wrap is thin and freshly fried, that is a real egg roll!

Hey, if you are in Third Ward, why not give them a try?

My Facebook Experience

Thanks to Angie, I had my brief Facebook experiment in Summer of 2008. I saw a game on her page called Triumph so I started to play. Let's just say that I was running an online academy for newbies in a clan within a month or two and I was checking the game day and night.

I must admit that it was a distraction for me to face the fact that my friend and mentor Bill was dying, and it was a place to hide and not really deal with reality.

In the end, it was just a make-believe world and I have real people and fur kids around me that need me. The logistic of keeping 3 accounts with 2-3000 friends in each was just too much.

I did meet a lot of interesting people however and still in contact with a few outside of Facebook. I did see the dark side of things as well that people do cyber-bullying and do not remember to be civil.

If people want to find me, you know where I am. I just have to say no to Facebook.

Thanks a lot, Kodiak Kid

Rachel will bring you Knuckle Sandwich tomorrow for hooking me on Twitter. At least I am not back on Facebook. That will involve lawyers, divorce lawyers OR estate lawyers... ;)

Well, for the followers, my Twitter account is KOOLFOOLTATTOO.

I am also happy to report that both koolfooltattoo.com and koolfool.com were switched over to the cleaner design.

My apology to Ruth Bernahard

I had a chance to collect this famous Ruth Bernhard photo in Litho print in 1990, without the

happy face of course.

Unfortunately, I just found this contemporary version online.....

so much for the art of photography..... :)

P.S. For BS, this is Boxing Helena movie poster, it was also a 'homage" or a copy.... what a dumb movie....

Flu shot time!

This morning Rachel and I went to get our flu shot. Because we prefer the preservative-free flu shots , we had to go to the headquarter of the nurse association today, and it was first come, first serve until the supply runs out.

Of course we were #1 and #2 in line.

To read more about this Mercury based preservative Thimerosal, click here and here.

Surfing through Blogger space

Have a headache and can't sleep, so I surfed the Blogger space by pressing on NEXT BLOG and see where it takes me. Most of the blogs I could not read, nor interested. I found a few fashion ones for Shugar and a few art/photography ones and some foodie ones for me. I did wonder into a page featuring a Trans-gender man with a stick propping against the backdoor, which I wish I have not seen! Despite that little incident, I do feel quite adventurous. (No, Skully, I did not save the link for you to see.) The world did seem a little smaller tonight, now I can go to sleep ( and likely have a nightmare now.... ) ;(

President Obama won Nobel Peace Prize

I read all kinds of stuff on the web making fun of President Obama already, but these so called "Americans who stand up for what is right" really do not get it. It is a honor to all of us, because the promise and the image of America is being restored around the world. Yes, much work is needed to be done by Mr. Obama, and we are still living in a dangerous world, however, the promise of a world community and higher level of tolerance is really a key to the American dream, and the way the world sees us is actually very important. America used to stand for a place of hope and opportunities, and we can once again.

Management (2008)

This movie just came out on DVD. We Red Boxed it last night for $1. I must say it had some creep factors in the beginning but the movie started to take on a zen flavor.

There were some Buddhist thoughts in this movie and it turned out to be quite sweet. Not your typical romantic comedy and not quite a girly movie. It actually reminds me of Laundry (2002)


which was a very sweet movie. I think you all should check these two movies out!

Viva Las Vegas

People always tell you their winning experiences in Vegas, I am going to tell you my ONLY winning experience there.

After Rachel and I were married, I found a deal to go to Vegas for $220 a person, that was 4 days, 3 nights at Palace Station and Funjet airfare. We had not been there before so we were extra excited to visit the city Elvis and Frank Sinatra built.


Palace Station is off the Strip and the Garden room we had was a dump (before they renovated) but who cares! The food is always good there and they do have a bingo hall. However, being the first timer in Vegas, we were very attracted to all the freebies given out by casinos. We collected coffee mugs from Sands, Riviera, Fitzgerald, and we walked and walked. We even tried to walk to Downtown not knowing how far it was.

Back then I would get a little emotional with the slot machines, so Rachel only gave me $20 allowance per casino. We walked in the then brand new MGM Grand through the giant lion's mouth (which they rebuilt because Asians do not like that.) I received my $20, and quickly I lost $3 on the giant wheel game.


Rachel was not impressed, and I now have 17 dollar tokens in my hand and I figure I would just play them out and move on to my next casino and my next $20.

I put some in a dollar slot machine and I won a little, so I continued to play from machine to machine. I was playing this one machine and the first symbol was a lion above the pay line, and second was on the line and another lion below the pay line, I started to walk away then the money started to pour out! The lion symbols were wild! We collected $450 and quickly cashed them in. We still had a handful of coins so we continue to walked around and play them off.

I was getting nowhere with this machine and was getting frustrated, but Rachel said ONCE MORE, bang! another $350. Then we walked past these machines on the end of the row and I put in 3 coins and pull, the lights went off and the bell was ringing. The attendants made a big deal and put $400 in my hand. Not knowing by me was this poor guy had played this machine all morning and just gave up before I walked up to it. Rachel said he was standing there giving me dagger eyes. Believe me, I am that guy all the time after that.

We had been to Vegas countless times since and that was the only winning experience I can report. Once I stood out on the balcony and watched the jetliners brought in more tourists one after another, I looked around and realized I TOO built this city. Like Bill always said, my losing were all DONATIONS. ;)

Brooklyn Bridge

In 2003, during the Photo Expo trip to New York City with Steve, Jeff, and Tom, I met up with college buddy Lisa and her husband Ezra for dinner. Lisa went to Atlanta after college but then were lured to New York City with a much higher salary figure, then she found out the equally higher cost of living. She did have great luck in finding cheap but big living spaces all these years. She is a free spirit, excellent artist and really great singer.

At the dinner, the couple friends of theirs suggested a Halloween party in Brooklyn, I had never been there so I said GREAT! When we came up to surface after subway, I realized the party was in a building right next to the famed Brooklyn Bridge.

The party was quite a dud, so three of us decided to leave. When we walked out, I saw the stairs going up to the bridge so I suggested we walk it. Lisa jumped on board in a heartbeat. The bridge was all lit up at night during Halloween season, and the walkway was in the middle of the bridge. It was very special to walk it. Not as long as walking the Golden Gate Bridge, but who can say they walked the Brooklyn Bridge at night?

The other end of the bridge was downtown Manhattan, and we walked right by the WTC site, and we managed to walked all the way to Greenwich Village. Stopping at little bars along the way, I had some wine, also tried some Port because Bill at work talked about it all the time.

Of course when I finally went back to the hotel, the rest of the boys did not come back until 5am (bars close at 4am in NYC), usually it was a sober Steve trying to tell me all the funny adventures, a very drunk Tom saying crazy things, or a drunk Jeff giving a long speech about Brett Farve is the greatest quarterback in the history ever. That is another blog or two waiting to happen! :)

Kimmie and the pond

Few years back Rachel and I visited our great friend Kimberly in Seattle. Her apartment at the time was in Kent and there were some blackberry bush along the road in front of the building, we were able to pick fresh berries for breakfast. Very nice!

There was a little park further down the street, and there was a sizable pond. We were all hanging out by this wooden pier which did not go out very far. The girls were all doing ballerina poses on the edge of the pier, being afraid of water, I was very far from the edge.

I was taking photos, then I saw Kimmie did a 180 in the air and fell right into the water. The first thought in my mind was WHY DID SHE JUMP INTO THE WATER? To all of our surprise, including Kim, she quickly disappeared from the surface and completely went under. We all thought she would be in knee deep water but we were very very wrong!

Being a great friend that I was, I put down my camera and pulled her out of water, and she was rolling on the ground laughing. She went in with her backpack and all, and did total one of her friends' camera.

I do have videos of aftermath and her elegant ballerina pose of before, but in consideration of what is left of our friendship after this post, I do have to keep these from the world. :(

Congrat to Steve and Tricia

Happy 13th wedding anniversary! Of course I have to take some credit for assist.

The first time I saw Tricia was when she came to Steve's Rose Bowl party when he projected the game along the wall of his studio. He said she was a high school friend of sort. Then Steve and I had an art show at Carroll College, she was at the opening. She also came to the other opening when a real Picasso was shown among our stuff.

We were out one night for Gallery Night and yes, Tricia came out as well in our group. I remembered standing next to Steve in the Men's Room both doing the business, and he asked me if I think he should ask Tricia out, if I think she was interested. I was like, DUDE, SHE CAME TO TWO OPENINGS OF OUR SAME ART SHOW! HELLO!?

I am sure Steve is forever grateful for my little push.

Kodiak Kid

In 1990, I had a chance to take the NCEP program in Carroll College's January term. Basically I get free money to travel to California for three weeks and do nothing but photography.

My buddy Steve, the now world famous photographer, also signed up. We ran to Radio Shack and bought heavy duty walkie talkie with matching crystal inside which limited it to certain band. No cell phone then, and yes, once upon the time there were none of the modern technology.

His handle was KODIAK KID, I actually forgot what is mine. Maybe it was Kool Fool like my license plate. It came in handy a few times since the whole group were traveled in two vans, but most of the time we did not bother to carry this bulky walkie talkie.


While we were in Yosemite National Park, we had a party in our room. Not quite a Jungle Juice party but the punch was made in the motel trash can. I had a few drinks and went to sleep. We had plan to climb the waterfall above to capture the sunrise on film, but by the time I woke up, Steve and Mike, the other roommate, were still up and drinking. Steve was pretty drunk, and he was packing for the climb. As I was putting water and food into my backpack, he was packing beer and rum. He then packed his fold-up chair and said he needed his chair!

We gathered our gear and headed to the starting point of the climb, but we had to cross this parking lot first and there were snow on the ground. Steve slipped and dropped his walkie talkie, we then spent the next hour looking for it but no luck, it effectively made my walkie talkie a piece of dead weight.

I was the point man and I had a tiny flashlight to guide me through the zig zag mountain trail; I was struggling myself even I was not as big of a foodie back then. Mike ended up carried both his and Steve's packs because Steve was so drunk. We had to stop by the dried up rock bed hillside because the sun was coming up.

Steve took out his chair and set up his medium format camera on the path while Mike and I climbed higher along the rocky hill. Then we heard this noise, Steve's big camera was rolling down the rock bed, and bounced as it roll, and at times bounced a foot high. Poor Steve had to climb down to retrieve the camera that he just bought, but it was true that they don't make thing like they used to, this camera took a beating and still clicking!

By the time he finally settled in, he asked us for water because he had nothing but beer and liquor in his backpack. BUT, he did have a chair to sit while we sat on rocks.

The sunrise? It was a hazy morning. No shots.

Hobo Stew

One of our close friends Mary Lou gave us an idea to make some Hobo Stew. The idea was to have a big pot over camp fire and each guest bring something to put in, but the host provides the main meat.

Somehow the event came together fairly quick and it went from a gathering of Rachel's co-workers to a gathering of neighbor friends with just a few other friends. I use the turkey fryer as the pot and it worked great! I started out by pressure cooking a bag of chicken breasts and use that as the base of the stew. I then pan fried beef stew meat on grill and threw them into the pot. Neighbors and friends threw in corn, bean, onion, green bean, potato, spices, pepper, tomato. The result was fantastic!

It was a great way for like-minded, very fun and positive people to sit around a camp fire and just enjoy a fall afternoon. Mary Lou actually felt sorry that she moved out of neighborhood! ha ha

One of the neighbors Tim brought us a puff ball mushroom, and another neighbor Mark knew just want to do with it. We soaked the slices with olive oil and add seasoning salt, chives and parsley, then I pan fried them on the grill, WOW! Big hit for the party.

Kathleen made some homemade sweet potato pie and yeah, Shugar missed it and also missed her blind date. Katie did not miss the pie, you should see her eyes after she took the first bite!

I made some Jungle Juice which is something I was known for. I also made some Curry chicken and some brats. Lisa brought a fruity red wine which was very good, and I think Mary Lou brought some homemade white which I missed. I had some wine here too given my extensive cheap wine collection...

We never did make it to the movie in the Man Cave, the fire pit was so good and the conversation was great. I think everyone had a great time and I would like to thank everyone whom came and yes, Shugar, you missed out big time! Your blind date was very very sad that you ditched him, and the little piece of sweet potato pie that went home with Kathleen is very very sad that you were not here to eat it! ha ha

Now I have to figure out how to fry a turkey!

Hello Kitty fix

Enjoy.