I dare you...

...to jump off the upper deck of Yankee Stadium into the safety net 40 feet below.
This guy said, "Yes."

I guess someone had to do it.

Here's the article from Yahoo.

Backstroke of the West

Reading other peoples' blogs allows you to find some great material. Being a big Star Wars fan, I thought it necessary to include it here.

Behold... Star Wars Episode III: Backstroke of the West

What is Backstroke of the West? It's the name of Star Wars Episode III, but translated from English to Chinese and back to English again. (Yes, they didn't even translate things properly that were written in English on the screen) Brilliant. What's even better is that the entire movie was translated in this manner.

Someone got their hands on a pirated version of Episode III that was first translated to Chinese, but then brought it back to English for our own entertainment. Here's a great scene where Anakin says, "Obi-wan, may the force be with you."

Check out even more screenshots from Star Wars Episode III: Backstroke of the West. They're all fantastic! You have to check them all out!

The wish power are together with you.

Golfing at The Lakes

Last week, Tony, Joel, Amy and I went to go play some golf at The Lakes in El Segundo. It was a good time except for the fact that I lost 3 balls and destroyed about 6 tees. If you're wondering: No, I'm not very good.



Here are some pictures of Joel, Amy, and myself attempting some putts. Thanks, Tony, for taking the pictures.

I hope that one breaks left.


Looks like Amy just made that one.


Look at that form!

Ouch.

One poll dies, another is born.

With the recent purchase of Reebok by Adidas (for $3.8 billion), Nike could be given a lot more competition than it has had in the past. Which company do you like better? I have posted a new poll. It's real simple. Take the 1 second and vote.
It's on the right side of the page. ----->

As for the last poll, here are the results from the 'Favorite Animated Series' poll:

Winner: The Simpsons (5 votes)
2nd Place: The Family Guy, South Park, Looney Tunes (4 votes)
3rd Place: He-Man, Thundercats, Robotech (3 votes)
4th Place: Duck Tales, Voltron (2 votes)
5th Place: Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Gummi Bears (1 vote)
No love: Smurfs, GI Joe (0 votes)

Pong !

Last night, Joel came over and we played some Mario Kart and followed it up with some solid Atari time.

We played some Freeway (a very primitive, but almost better version of Frogger) and then Pong. Pong was awesome! Here you can see me beating Joel, but I think he was able to catch up and beat me on this match.

The best game variations of Pong are the ones where it turns the playing field into a foosball table. You control two paddles each, one offense and one defense. It gets pretty crazy because the ball speed increases with each successive hit. It's good stuff.

You should come over and play sometime.

Meet Anakin

This is Anakin Steuart Michele. She recently changed her name to Anakin because she was previously named Laura Ingalls Wilder Michele. Really. Her parents named her after the little frontier girl in the TV series 'Little House on the Prairie.' She changed it because she said "it just didn't fit." She said she was calling herself 'Anakin' long before everyone understood it as the birth name for Darth Vader.

Since there is a Princess Leah (reference blog entry on 6/22) and now an Anakin, maybe I should change my name to Obi-Wan Hirotsu. What do you think?

I work with some lame people...

Coming back from lunch, we drive around our parking lot to look for a parking space. All the spots are taken, except one....well, not really. This guy is pulled out of the parking space to put himself in the shade so he can enjoy his lunch in his car. He even moved to the passenger seat since there is more shade there. In addition, he strategically blocked the parking spot so he can return after he finishes his meal. Seriously. Who are these people?

Kobe's New Logo

As a followup to the post on 7/22, Nike has released Kobe's own logo for the Air Huarache 2K5 shoe. It's a pretty big deal...now he is in the ranks of Michael Jordan, Lebron James, Vince Carter, and Tiger Woods. I'm sure Nike was anxious to get it out since they have already had to wait 2 of the 5 years in his $40 million contract (that got set up just days before the rape accusation). I'm not a big fan of it, but what are you going to do?

Another Day at Disneyland

On Sunday, we went to Disneyland to enjoy the nice weather this past weekend. Whenever we get to Disneyland, I'm always interested to find out what floor of the 'Mickey and Friends' parking structure we will park on. It's been crowded at Disneyland all summer and since we arrived there a little late, we ended up parking on the Donald level (second from the top). No one really cares but me, but that's why I like the blog...you read it whether you want to know or not. And by the time you discover you don't really care, it's too late.


We enjoyed some ice cream and watched the new parade they set up for the 50th Anniversary. It's actually pretty good. I highly recommend you get a seat by the window of the ice cream shop so you can watch the parade out of the sun and in air conditioning.

And it looks like they are opening a new 'Finding Nemo" ride where they used to have the 'Submarine Voyage' ride. It won't open until 2007, but at least they are going to do something with that huge area next to the Matterhorn.

We then journeyed over to Downtown Disney to do some shopping (the girls wanted to go to Sephora), get some Jamba Juice, and have dinner at Naples. If you ever eat there, remember their 'medium' pizza is HUGE!

That night, we saw the Fireworks show again since Mom and Steph hadn't seen it. Here are some shots I took during the show. I thought they looked pretty cool.

Afterward, we went to go check out the new Space Mountain that opened a couple weeks ago. We had fastpasses and everything, but they had temporarily shut the ride down. Bummer. So, we'll have to wait until next time to check it out.




Looks like we are getting good use of our Annual Passes this year. We'll be back soon.

Poker Night

This past Saturday night, the 7 Card Studs got together for the July Poker Battle. This time the event was held at Kevin's house. Just before the game, we saw part of the World Poker Tour from this past April. We saw the crazy hand where Danny Nguyen caught running 7's and won the hand that he started off with a 1/2% chance of winning after the flop. That was crazy. Speaking of crazy hands, here's the flop we ran across during one of our Hold'em games.

We played until about 5:30am and here's how the table looked during the final chip count.

So, who won? I did!

So, now The Belt sits at my home on top of the TV. That's where it belongs.

Xena !

No, not the warrior princess. It's our new planet! It's only been tentatively named Xena (or 2003 UB313), but the new "10th rock from the sun" was discovered by astronomers in California. It's approximately a quarter the size of the Earth, but 3 times as far out as Pluto (its orbit around the sun takes 560 years). Astronomers couldn't find it until now because its orbit is tilted at a 45 degree angle with respect to all the other planetary orbits in our Solar System.

For your convenience, I have devised a new pneumonic device to remember all 10 planets in our solar system: "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas Xylophone."

Stealth

Just kidding. Seriously, that movie just looks awful.

(In its defense, it did get 11% on RottenTomatoes.)

Atari

Last night, Eddy and I played some video games....good ol' Atari. It was great fun. Yes, we are 27 years old. What of it? Here you can see Eddy and Buster playing a game.

Here is the key to it all...the Atari. Do you remember playing?

We concentrated only on Atari 2600 games since those are the best. Can you recognize any of these?

Needless to say, Eddy got destroyed. Good times.

March of the Penguins

Last night, I went to go see March of the Penguins with my mom. I thought it was great. I couldn't stop giggling. Those little guys are so entertaining! If you see it, you will definitely have a whole new respect for penguins, specifically the Emperor penguin (did you know they are more than 3.5 feet tall?). Narrated by Morgan Freeman, this movie follows the challenging life of these penguins. It was quite emotional...and very beautiful to watch. And to top it off...the penguins don't talk.

Interesting...

Huge News !

Have you heard that P. Diddy (formerly Puff Daddy, formerly Puffy, formerly Sean Combs) will be changing his name? He said he will be announcing it at the MTV Video Music Awards at the end of August! I can't wait! This will change everything in the music industry! (Is my sarcasm obvious?)

80s Cartoon Robot Movie Craze !

We'll have to wait awhile, but in a couple years we'll be able to check out two of our favorite robot cartoons hit the big screen! Transformers and Voltron!

Michael Bay is already set to direct the Transformers movie and it is set for release on July 4, 2007. The Voltron movie was just announced and producer Mark Gordon ("Saving Private Ryan") is developing it. Who will win? The Defender of the Universe or the Tranformers who are more than meets the eye?