It's Baby Shower !

Sorry that it took me so long to post up these pictures, but two weeks ago Joanne and I had two simultaneous baby showers. I had a great time at the Men's Baby Shower. It's the new tradition we've started. We went to check out UCLA basketball at the Wooden Classic at the Honda Center. They took on Texas A&M (ranked #6) and defeated them in a nailbiter, 65-62. UCLA is still ranked #1 and is one of four undefeated teams in the Top 25. Go UCLA!

Eddy started off the party right. He had T-shirts made that the guys wore all day long. It's our baby's name...UCLA style!



Eddy got us great seats on the baseline. We got to see them play up close!







The best part was the postgame tailgate. We set up camp for all of 10 minutes in the Honda Center parking lot and then realized that we'd probably get kicked out. We moved the party to a nearby park.



The true highlight of the party was our barbecue. Truly ghetto. That barbecue is originally a propane barbecue with legs. The legs were removed for transportability and we threw charcoal in it. Those uneven logs were used to hold it up. We had burgers, ribs, wings...the works! At one point we noticed that we had flames blowing out the back! Here's a shot of Daniel cooking while Glenn puts out the fire in the rear.



The positive result was the pile of meat that we had to grub on.



The negative result was the gigantic hole we burnt through in the barbecue. Lesson learned: Don't use charcoal in a propane barbecue. Sorry about the BBQ, Jimbo.



To some of you, this sounds like a disaster, but I think we enjoyed every bit of it...from the park ranger coming to tell us that we can't be drinking beer in the park to the old man who complained about the mess we made on the concrete. Thanks guys!



Meanwhile, back at my parents' house, Joanne was enjoying a completely different experience. Everyone nicely dressed, enjoying carefully prepared dishes amongst flowers and baby decorations. Joanne had a great time.

They played all sorts of great games, too! Measure Joanne's tummy. Memorize all the baby gear pinned to Joanne's shirt. Guess the melted candy bar in the diaper?

Thanks for the great parties. And check out the baby cake!

Stationery Movies

Check out this game where you guess the name of the movie based on its depiction using office supplies. I got 12 out of 20. (LINK)

New Transformers Trailer !

Check out the new trailer for the Transformers movie! (LINK)

Fight! Fight!

Nothing like bringing a little hockey to the basketball court. After this mess, 7 players were suspended from both the Denver Nuggets and New York Knicks. Carmelo Anthony, Denver's leading scorer, was suspended for 15 games. Ouch. Check out that sucker punch!

Good ol' 80s.

Flashback to the 80s. Do you remember these horrible commercials? That's what makes them so great. If you don't remember any of these commercials then you are probably too young to be reading this blog.

And vote for your favorites on the right --->

I've fallen and I can't get up!


Clap on. Clap off. Clap on, clap off...The Clapper.


Encyclopedia Britannica...annoying!


Where's the beef?


Joe Isuzu...how long did he do these commercials?


Lazer Tag...just hearing that sound again brings back memories.


California Raisins


Eat Breakfast!


Transformers...I had Omega Supreme!


Frosted Lucky Charms...they're magically delicious!


Nintendo!


Micro Machines


It wasn't until I saw this commercial again that I remember Chargertron.


Star Wars Figures!


Of course they always shoved the My Little Pony commercials in between the cool Transformers and Star Wars ones.


This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?

Los Angeles Auto Show

Yup, it's that time of year again. If you haven't already, you have to get over to the LA Convention Center this weekend to check out the Auto Show. I go every year, except we only had 2 hours at the show this year (I've spent about 12 hours at the Auto Show in the past). Of course, there are always ups (!) and downs. Here's an up...the Audi R8.



And here's a down. The Spyker D12 Peking to Paris (what kind of name is that?)



They had some of my favorites:

Mini Cooper


Aston Martin V8 Vantage


And some old school classics:



They even had one that looked like the next shoe from Nike:

But nothing hurt more than the smashed up Porsche Carrera GT
they had on display for the new "Redline" movie. Ouch.



For a quick slideshow of all the pics, go here.

It's not moving.

These images always kinda bother me...so I'm passing it to you.

USC is going to the Rose Bowl !

Isn't that great news? The best part is that they have UCLA to thank for it. What a great game! Unbelievable. The USC reign is over and UCLA's one-game season is successful. Final score: UCLA 13, USC 9. Did you watch the game? Did you see that interception?

Richard Simmons

Richard Simmons' steamer explodes on the David Letterman show. (LINK)

10 Fun Facts

You're supposed to learn something new everyday. If you are having one of those monotonous days, you can at least say you learned 10 things:

1. Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.

2. Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions.

3. There is a city called Rome on every continent.

4. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump.

5. One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.

6. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

7. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

8. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."

9. Coca-Cola would be green if coloring weren’t added to it.

10. The placement of a donkey's eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet at all times.

Star Wars Deleted Scene

Double Thanksgiving !

We're still recovering from the massive Thanksgiving meals from this past weekend. We had two full-on Thanksgiving meals. Our first was at Glenn and Michiko's house. Our second was at our house. Both had huge turkeys and both resulted in lots of eating. What a great weekend.

Just wanted to thank everyone for all the fun we had. Especially in helping us eat that 20 pound turkey!

The Smurfs Trilogy

Isn't that smurfy news? Apparently they are working on a new Smurf movie for 2008, which will be the first of a three part series. A Smurfs Trilogy! Rumors are hoping John Lithgow will voice the character of Gargamel. The movie is supposed to be CG, which is a bummer since I was hoping for regular cartoon animation. But, I'll take it.

UCLA is #1 !

UCLA basketball moved up to #1 in this week's Associated Press poll! The top 5 was rounded out by Pittsburgh, Ohio State, Florida, and Kansas. UCLA basketball has claimed this spot 129 times in its history, the most of any school in the nation. The last time UCLA was ranked #1 was in 1994-95 when they took the national championship title. (LINK)

UCLA is currently 4-0, and recently defeated #20 Kentucky and #19 Georgia Tech to take the Maui Invitational championship. Go Bruins!

Black Friday

Did you do any shopping?

Casino Royale

I thought this movie was great. Didn't have all the gadgets that I'm used to in a Bond film, but much more solid action. I was definitely skeptical of Daniel Craig, but I thought he did a great job bringing it back to more of a Sean Connery type of James Bond. I recommend it for the Thanksgiving weekend if you want something fun to watch.

There may have been a lack of gadgets, but they did have the new Aston Martin DBS. Ahh...

Robot Chicken

Time to start off your morning with some great Star Wars comedy. Check out these two clips from Robot Chicken.

"Luke, I am your father." (LINK)



George Bush the Jedi (LINK)

Rings

I really like this game. It's just like toy where you stack rings on the pole. It's all about moving the pieces around and creating stacks of rings. Kinda like Tetris (stack 4 high to get more points)! Make sure to top off each set with a yellow ring. (LINK)

PS3 !

So, no one here is camping out all week to get the new Playstation 3? Stores across the country have had huge lines of people camping outside waiting for midnight tonight or 8am tomorrow morning when they release the Playstation 3 to the public. People are great. Here's a video of one of the lines outside of Best Buy. I especially like the guy who is willing to allow people to go to the restroom while they wait in line. So kind. (LINK)

UPDATE: Hooray for PS3 violence! (LINK)

UCLA Basketball season has begun !

Tonight, UCLA plays against BYU to start off the 2006-07 basketball season. Last year, UCLA made it to the championship game and are ready to dominate this year as they're ranked #6 in the nation.

Eddy and I went to the first preaseason game this year against our alma mater, Cal Poly Pomona! We were pretty pumped to see Cal Poly play, until we saw exactly how awful they were. UCLA played great, but only had their "A Team" on the court for about a quarter of the game. Here are some highlights:

Arron Afflalo with a breakaway dunk!


Josh Shipp, who was injured all last year, will be a critical player this year.


Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (best name ever) rejects Cal Poly at the rim. Fantastic.


Alright...I did manage to catch Cal Poly cutting in and scoring on the inside. Much better than their desperate attempts from the 3-point line.




Jordan Farmar (now with the Los Angeles Lakers) came to check out the game.


And my favorite memory from last year's NCAA tournament. UCLA upsetting Gonzaga in the Sweet 16 matchup. The best last 40 seconds ever. Complete with the breakdown of Adam Morrison.

Free Cold Stone's !

Well, after you buy one, you get one free.

Check out the coupon (good until the end of January). (LINK)