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Never Fail to Disappoint

theo — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:49:59 +0000

I’ve been visiting this new church for awhile that my coworker goes to and as I was wandering around I randomly met this couple that was from Philadelphia, Warren and Wendy I think their names were. Apparently we know some of the same people. It was nice to reminisce about the city and old friends. I’ve also discovered that alliterative couple names are easy to remember.

I also met this guy that really wanted to give me the handshake where the fingers wrap around the thumb. I wasn’t able to think fast enough, so I gave him the plain ol’ handshake when we met and when we left. He seemed a little disappointed.

Congratulations Daren and Vashti!

theo — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:11:28 +0000

Not exactly ukulele boy, but I tried.

Kitchen Poem

theo — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:49:49 +0000

The other day I tried writing a poem. I hadn’t tried doing this since seventh grade. It was significantly easier in seventh grade. The poem I wrote was about a kitchen:

The summer comes and visits thrice
Of kneaded dough and earthy spice
The pans lay on onioned sheets
Splattered with tomato leaps

A mixing spoon betrays the care
Of single dreams of pleasing fare
The kitchen hears, the cook confides
The oven heats, the guests arrive

Quick in it goes! With hopes full rest
On tender hopes of moistened vests
Company mingles with friendly din
Alone resets the scraps and tins

The night it comes in shades of blur
Of forks delight in what is served
An overcoming ache of day
Comes to a close in laughter made

With thankfulness he does return
White soldier worn with bits of burn
And mottled plates, uneven piles
A funny red between the tile

Once more it stands to offer ear
As scuffles out the guests of dear
A quiet friend; he cleans it nice
The summer comes and visits thrice

I guess I was thinking of what it would be like to make a lasagna and inviting guests over to eat it. I’ve never done either, but I have eaten lasagna so I must have figured that was close enough.

A Long Time Ago in Syria

theo — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 06:01:56 +0000

I dug these up recently from my box of memories. Almost ten years ago back in the days of film. Ah, the good old days…

My box of memories is about a cubic foot in size. Actually most of the stuff isn’t that old, come to think of it. Nothing like the treasures at my parents’, like my tape recordings of video game music. Ahh, Jetfighter II.

Happy Birthday Deborah

theo — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 04:39:09 +0000

I painted this for my coworker Deborah’s birthday, which is sort of a poor caricature of our prayer group at work. She’s the one in brown and turns 29 next week.. I really hope she always wanted a neck like a tree trunk.

My “Guns”

theo — Wed, 26 May 2010 04:48:06 +0000

Last week at work, to promote employee fitness, they had daily athletic competitions with the people who work in the building. I didn’t participate but they announced the winner of the 1000 m rowing competition with a winning time of 3:30. That didn’t sound so hard to me so I thought I’d go down to the workout room today and see what my “guns” could do. I thought the first 30 seconds were strong. I just have to work on the last five minutes or so…

Hedgehog Journaling

theo — Mon, 24 May 2010 04:34:06 +0000

This one took quite a bit longer. I originally had a few more doves thrown in but I figure you just can’t have the whole world read your diary.

Dear Diary ...

For some reason I imagine him writing about how he’s self conscious about his looks. That’s a very contemplative topic for certain hedgehogs.

Girl and Hedgehog

theo — Sun, 23 May 2010 04:04:15 +0000

Ever since I finished my last exam a week and a half ago I’ve been wanting to get back into painting. I spent this afternoon trying to paint a girl and a hedgehog with mixed results. I started with watercolor but switched to digital midway through. I think I lost a lot of the sentiment of the original but it was way more fun to paint digitally, being able to recolor and resize on a whim. And with friends like “control” and “z” what could go wrong? (besides “computer freeze” and “forgot to save”)

I gave up going on a camping excursion to paint this. I’m not sure if it was worth it.

Om nom nom nom

theo — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:46:26 +0000

Below is footage of the Ocean Park pandas during my Hong Kong trip earlier this year.

If I had to be covered in food I’d also have the same exact acoustic guitar loop playing as background music.

A Fresh Start

theo — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:09:18 +0000

I found out that Wordpress allows you to import your old blog from blogger. I’m sure some people want to know what I ate for dinner five years ago, but maybe I’ll just sweep it under the rug for now . . .

I’ve been trying to take my mind of the last actuarial exam I took (exam MFE). To that end, this website is working rather well. Having to wait a month and a half for the results is like turning the lights off at the last few seconds of an NBA final and having to wait a couple months to see if the shot went in. And I’m sure if Kobe had to wait he’d be coding his own website too.