• it's very disconcerting to hear the roar of jet engines this far out in the hood (Vis Valley, yo!) from the Blue Angels over Ess Eff. Back in high school, you could see the planes fly over the Western Addition but to hear the roar of the planes in light of watching LOST and 9/11... eesh

• ever had a day where things, objects and/or people were in your way just to get to where you need to be/go? yeap, having/had one of em today.

• oh, and a Big Eff Ewe to those driving on the peninsula betwixt SFO and 92/101 interchange. nice to know you are doing well, what with your right lane passing at 80 mph and gas at or about $3/gal. speed up why don't cha and don't let those that need to exit, exit. Eff Ewe.

Luxor Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas

was working at UAL that morning. this picture was taken later in the day, briefing out in the lobby. arrows to point out how relatively slim I was and how much I loved that Chandler Bing uniform sweater...

not a bad day after all...

Rumor: Xbox 360 Elite, Pro deals revealed by Target

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This is confirmed now, as this week's Tarjay ad is up online. Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! It's time to poo or get off the pot; $249 Pro... $50 more for elite. Grrr. And I got paid on Friday! Gah!

Thanks to Liam celtcub, as he wrote up about this earlier this summer. Black or pink, I chose the more demure black. Can't wait to try it out!

aiyeee! whattodo whattodo...

Microsoft whacks $100 off the price of Xbox 360 Elite

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courtesy of Gizmodo, from MacEinstein

arrrgh, tho I have pre-ordered Beatles:Rock Band for the XBox360, haven't decided on a console yet (tho, buying the pre-order should have cemented it for me)

then, ars technica, as well as other media, reports about this http://arst.ch/6cs

so... should I go XBox or PS3?

NYTimes story,

NOTICED
It’s Hip to Be Round
By GUY TREBAY
Published: August 13, 2009
There's a new element to the coolster summer uniform: a burgeoning potbelly.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/fashion/13POTBELLY.html

Let's discuss.

Happy birthday wishes to ltorosf! Sorry I missed the festivities, as I was at the I. See you soon!

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=551187129541

ETA:wasn't sure this was available online to share, but found it!
ETA again: YouTube pulled down the video, so I linked it to fB. Tried to extract it... couldn't find the source file. :(

August starts tomorrow. where did the time go? and the weather is perfect for winter. no matter, it's really a cold summer until our fall hot weather, which is typical. can't talk for our south bay friends, they seem to swelter at 80s-90s while we get cloud coverage and 50s-60s plus foggy days. as usual, will be working throughout the weekend. hopefully the weather will be nice for that.

so via AdFreak and TVSquad websites comes a link to this public service ad. I'm glad it's a BrightCove embed, as I cringe when video auto-plays. But reading the comments from the two websites, I'm kinda scared in watching it. Anyone care to break it down for scared-ole-me?

I got to see ltorosf and asphaltwanderer today at mah place of work. If not for our corporate visitor, I would have cam-pix'd it. But it was FAB!

In the hizzy

Where mom's at now. Settling in...