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I swear this is going around Facebook like CRAZY…and I keep getting tagged in it! It’s like a chain letter! You write 25 random things about yourself and then you have to tag or send it to 25 other people. Then of course, they have to repeat it. Looks like Times Magazine caught onto it too.
Read the article. It’s hilarious.

The 27th Asian American Film Festival is coming around the corner and they’re looking for volunteers! I did it with my sister last year and it was pretty fun. I got to see a couple of documentaries for free and also received 2 voucher tickets for any movie I wanted to check out. They even had Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay! If you haven’t seen my entry about the documentary I saw you can see it here.

Here’s a picture from last year. The line was wrapped around the corner.

Our Volunteer Orientation dates are here! If you are interested in volunteering with us in SAN FRANCISCO, we have two Orientation dates for you. Please choose one that’s convenient for you:

* Thursday, Feb. 19th
6-8pm @ 145 9th St. (at Minna), San Francisco

* Saturday, Feb. 28th
1-3pm @ 145 9th St. (at Minna), San Francisco

For SAN JOSE Volunteers (not required for returning volunteers), please join us on:

* Tuesday, Feb. 24th
7-9pm @ Camera 12 Cinemas, 201 South Second St., San Jose (location subject to change)

For Returning Volunteers in SAN FRANCISCO, yes we do have a Returning Volunteer Orientation. Meet new festival staff and we will be reviewing new Theater Operation regulations:

* Wednesday, March 4th
6-8pm @ 145 9th St. (at Minna), San Francisco

If you’re interested at all check out the website here.

Last weekend I headed up to Reno with some of my friends. On Saturday we went up to Mt. Rose to get some boarding in. I think this is the first trip I went on where we had about 20 people and EVERYONE went boarding or skiing. It was pretty awesome.

Some of the crew. A few others were off on their own.Augs & I

There was a dude wearing a chili costume…next to a dude wearing a sports coat. Later in the day we saw a guy wearing a full suit. Haha

I had a cramp and was trying to stretch it out…Darrell decided to make fun of me!

So my board is treating me well. I probably could’ve gotten a 149 or 148 board. Maybe after a couple seasons I’ll go for a park board. My friend Adrianne said she has the Nike snowboarding boots and that they’re super comfortable. I may have to check those out.

I wonder how comfortable these are…but these are freaking SICK.

These came out September last year…
…and these Oct last year.

I was on Twitter (the new hype, get on it! haha) and was looking at who was following me and I came across this guy named Michael Perry, a video blogger on Vimeo from San Francisco. On one of his blogs he showed a photo that was created with a tilt shift technique. It basically makes images look miniturized due to the shallow depth of the photo. He mentioned Tiltshiftmaker.com where you can upload a picture and create a tilt shift image. So of course I had to mess with it. It may be the “easy” way, but why not?! It’s for fun!

Original

Tilt shift maker

Original

Tilt shift maker

My photos aren’t the greatest, but check these out on Flickr.com. Or just Google “tilt shift” and look at some images. Haha

I’ve noticed there’s a bit of a hype for this movie Coraline and I think I can see why. The movie is based on a book written by Neil Gaiman which sold over one million copies in 2002. From the director of Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas, Henry Selick brings Coraline to life. It has that Nightmare Before Christmas vibe but I think it’s going to be a good movie. The movie comes out in theaters Feb 6th. If you haven’t seen the trailer yet check it out.

One other thing…

Nike created a pair of dunks for the movie. If you watch the movie the day it comes out, there will be a secret password at the end of credits for you to enter to win them.

Make sure you click on the link on their page!

What the Forks?!

Okay, during the end of last week I couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t upload photos from my iPhoto onto my blog. I just found out how EASY it was to fix it. Ugh. Don’t you hate when you know it’s hella easy to fix something but you just can’t figure it out?

ANYWAYS…I got a new snowboard!
In my previous posts I showed you which boards I wanted but they were kind of pricey for me, so I ended up with this one.It’s a Salomon board I found on sale. It’s a 151 free ride board which is perfect for me. I bought some Burton bindings and boots too.

This weekend we went up to Tahoe for my friend Tre’s birthday. We both have new boards so we got to break em’ in a little and see how they feel. It snowed Friday night when we got to the cabin so we headed up to Heavenly on Saturday and enjoyed the fresh powder.

But first…snowball fights.
Eddy, Steph, & Reg

Board games. Chicks vs. Dicks…Chicks win…as usual.

Saturday @ Heavenly!
Tre & I
Justin n’ B
I was cold and didn’t bring my face mask.
Tre, Justin, n’ B
It was absolutely BEAUTIFUL.
B

Kim n’ B
Singing “Happy Birthday” to Tre! Happy 25th birthday love! Hope you had a good time!Reg’s strawberry cake
Kim & Jon playing chess

Awesome views on the way home. I have more pictures on my Flickr account but here are a couple.

…and then I got bored and played around with my camera.

Reno this weekend. Where we going? Northstar or Mt.Rose? I need to buy my ticket!

Golden Gate Park is literally across the street from my apartment and yesterday was the first time I decided to go for a walk. Usually my walk consists of going down the street and grocery shopping at the Asian markets, hitting up Walgreens, the pizza place or the liquor store. But the weather was nice so I headed towards Stow Lake.

I sat on a bench for awhile and kicked it with the ducks. I forgot how beautiful the colors of the feathers were. It was kind of peaceful just sitting there.

So while I was walking along the trail there were a lot of trees and a lot of squirrels. One squirrel decided to run straight towards me. I swear it was about to attack me and then suddenly it stopped 2 or 3 feet in front of me. I really wanted to take a picture of it, but I honestly got freaked out a bit. I tried walking around it but it just continued to circle me. I know this all sounds so stupid but let me tell you, I was trippin out! We proceeded our little face off and I walked away, but every time I turned around it was still there following me! When it finally went away I called my friend Regina to tell her. I knew she’d get a good laugh out of it. Next time I’ll bring someone with me and see what happens next. Those squirrels are probably so used to humans being around they’re not afraid to see if we have food!