If the world is flat......can someone please tilt the world to the right so that all my friends that live in California tumble through the Midwest and end up back where they belong in New York/East Coast?
posted by pierre 12:05 PM
We're Not Friends Until We're Facebook FriendsIt's been almost 9 years since the first social networking site took the adolescent online teen community by storm. If I remember correctly, it all started with....
AsianAvenue.com - Oh yes...the green "A". This is for the Asians, of course. Millions of Asians signed up and created their own webpage in hopes of getting enough hits to get a free AsianAvenue hat! Those mix CD's they gave out with Asian American artists were pretty damn good, by the way.
Xanga.com - The anti-blogger.com that proved that we all had a voice and wanted the world to hear it. Although not really a social-networking website, you could subscribe to peoples' "xangas" and give each other eProps all day long!!
Friendster.com - I have more friends than you! No webpage, barely any content...just see how many friends you can get. I have 202 friends and you have 156? I win.
Myspace.com - So if you're around my age (26) and not an online predator, you've probably only heard of this website. I believe this site is for the younger generation. For us mature adults, there's...
Facebook - King and ruler of all social-networking websites right now. If we're not friends on Facebook, we're not really friends. Jenny changed her relationship status to single? Oh no. John just slapped you with a trout? Throw a giraffe at him! Did I mention this site is for us mature adults? Pokes, Scramble, Events, Zombie fighting....you name it, Facebook has it. Ya got time? Facebook will help you waste it too!
Thanks to the internet, it's getting easier and easier to keep in touch with friends that have drifted away over the years. But does the number of screen names on your buddy list truly indicative of how many friendships you have? Or should we value the quality of our friendships over the quantity of them? Regardless, these websites are becoming more and more influential in how we maintain our relationships in today's wired society and we have to adjust our behavior accordingly. For example: Amy and I didn't update our relationship status when we got engaged until we called as many people we knew and spoke to them directly. We knew people would get offended (Sorry to those that didn't receive a call from us).
The moral of this blog entry is...stop slapping me with a trout, or baking me a cupcake, or Obama'ing me on Facebook. Whatever happened to the good old single Poke that was so much more personal?!
Side note - Britney Spears has been on the top of Top 40 radio for 10 years now. TEN YEARS! That means high schoolers today are listening the same pop princess that I was listening to when I was in high school! The only artists from back then that could say the same thing are Christina Aguilera, Mariah maybe, Jay-Z, and JT (if you count *N Sync). There's probably more that I can't think of but wow...Britney. Crazy.
I just made myself feel old.
posted by pierre 2:48 PM
Cover Those TexbooksIt's back again, and so am I. That cool, crisp autumn air is back and every year is makes me feel nostalgic. I probably blogged about this already but what the heck, let's do it again.
"Pierre, what does this weather remind you of?"
Funny you should ask because it reminds me of a lot of things. It reminds me of elementary school. It reminds me of school supply lists that always included the following: elmer's glue (or stick), scotch tape, crayons, loose leaf binders, dividers, and 3-hole punchers. And what would elementary school be without the weekly use of pipe cleaners during Art, or being told at the beginning of each year to cover your textbooks. Ah yes, the covering of the textbooks. Some people bought their covers from Genovese that had an Ivy League school for each cover. Other parents got creative and recycled their supermarket paper bags and turned them into textbook covers (my dad did this). And for the uber cool - Contact Paper. That clear plastic that worked so well at protecting the textbook without the look of it being covered. This weather also reminds me of the 15 minute walk home from school, kicking the fallen leaves as I went.
This weather signifies change. It signifies the change from summer to fall. It's a new school year with a new teacher and maybe even a new classmate. A lot has changed since the last time I blogged. So I thought what better time to end my summer vacation and write a new entry about all that has changed in the past few months.
New Job
5 months ago I finally left my job of 4 + years and started anew. Still doing I.T but for a hedge fund this time. Great people, great company, and most importantly, I get to use that lump that's 3 ft above my ass.
New Wife
Ok so technically she's not "new" since I never had one before but....I'm married! Engaged on Valentine's day and six months later I'm marred to the wonderful and lovely Amy. So no more counting the years that we've been dating. That counter has been reset to 2 months and 7 days of marriage. Wow. As for the wedding itself - it was only the greatest day of our lives.
New Apartment
Amy and I now live in a beautiful apartment in Bayside, Queens. It's the second floor of a 2 family house, 3 bedrooms, and a little pateo perfect for grilling. We couldn't have asked for a better apartment. We love it!
Well there you have it. Three life-changing events in the span of 6 months. As the weather is changing, so is my life. It's good to be back and I can't wait to see what life has in store for me!
posted by pierre 3:23 PM
Death of The Crocodile HunterProbably the most passionate environmentalist of our time has passed, doing what he loved the most...spreading his infectous enthusiasm of the natural world to all of us who couldn't help but watch.
So sad.
posted by pierre 11:17 AM
Holy Moly
Four Years
(as of August 3rd, 2006)
posted by pierre 7:36 PM
RED DOORSHello everyone! Check out the link above. It's a trailer for an independent Asian Pacific American film GotSoul and I had the honor of working on (we were dancers, obviously). Keep an eye out for the camo clad dancer (yours truly) about halfway through the trailer (left side).
Check out their site as well...and catch a showing if it's playing in your area.
posted by pierre 1:33 AM
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