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New Volkswagen Commercial

thepismire — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:27:06 +0000

Looks like VW is continuing with their successful commercial last year (wait for it). Being a VW owner myself, and an avid Star Wars geek, I’m glad this marriage between the two exists.

Cool Wedding

thepismire — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:46:12 +0000

“If there’s anything that you’ve done, then we won’t do it.”

Mattebox

thepismire — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:52:20 +0000

Pretty awesome camera app. Considering that a third of my usage of the iPhone is the camera function, I wouldn’t mind the price point.

via Jon Baik

Merry Christmas

thepismire — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:15:58 +0000

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!

Call Me ASQ Certified Son

thepismire — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:10:17 +0000

It’s been a while since I was in any kind of course with a test at the end. I forgot the sweet joy of passing. Suhweeet.

Birthday Celebration?

thepismire — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:28:57 +0000

My buddy Edward celebrated his birthday over the weekend. Apparently, he’s in the running for Time’s Person of the Year so he suggested we hang out in Skid Row to pass out care packages/food/clothes. In all honesty though, it was a good event and hopefully some people were blessed by this small gesture. Happy birthday Ed.

Also, big ups to Cafe Dulce for the food donations!

Shirt Swap

thepismire — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:44:29 +0000

The Ben Sherman store in LA will be doing a Shirt Swap starting this week. Bring in one shirt and get 20% off on your purchase.

Thanksgiving Weekend AKA Glutton Fest

thepismire — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:16:19 +0000

Visited family up north for this Thanksgiving and my stomach had no idea what was about to happen. My cousin Dennis not only loves to eat, but particularly has a liking for the AYCE. And this love of his manifested itself into many meals that were designed for multiple stomachs. I, unfortunately, only contain one stomach. Currently my stomach and I are not on speaking terms, but we’re working on it. I partook in three turkeys done three different ways: brined, deep-fried and Chinese styled (don’t know what that meant but it was tasty). Each of these meals consisting of the usual mash, stuffing, gravy, pie, ham, chow mein etc. all greedily portioned. I just realized the two Thanksgiving meals served as bookends since I started with one and ended the weekend with the other. In between there was the AYCE Indian buffet, the AYCE shabu shabu and ridiculous amounts of Thai food. Basically my stomach couldn’t keep up, and it was a continuous cycle of dinner table to bathroom and back to the dinner table. Repeat. I am now in hibernation. We ate, we laughed, we watched Die Hard, we shot guns, and we ate again. If that isn’t good times, then I don’t wanna live. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Oh, and we finally have a girl in our family! The first one born in America on my mom’s side.

New Hire

thepismire — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:53:09 +0000

So whenever you are hired or converted to full time at my company, a letter goes out to share a little bit about that person. For example, when I was hired, I wrote that I enjoy photography and eating cookies. My friend recently got hired and this is what he wrote for his new hire announcement. Keep in mind that everyone in the company receives this…

Dol’s Are Getting Crazy

thepismire — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:53:44 +0000

I went to a “dol” (1st birthday celebration), which is a big deal for Koreans. But the lengths parents are going to these days to celebrate this is kind of getting out of hand. Don’t get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of it…well, not every moment. I wouldn’t have missed the sermon and hymn. By the way, why do Koreans always have to stick in some sort of sermon at any event? I see the heart in it, but I think a simple prayer of thanks before everything begins is okay with me.

Back to the dol. Right when I found out that it was held at the Los Coyotes Country Club, I immediately knew this was going to be, for lack of a better phrase, “bahhllin son”. It felt like a wedding reception. Actually, it was BETTER than some wedding receptions I’ve been to. This thing was branded. Everything from the napkins to the centerpieces had one unifying theme, and this theme was “I’m a rich baby”. There was a candy bar with bags provided for me to choose and take home. It was a mini Sweet Factory. For lunch, did they ask me if I wanted steak or fish? Or perhaps steak or chicken? Hell to the no. I pity those that have to make that choice. Not I. The lovely parents provided a lunch buffet with my unlimited choice of steak and/or chicken and/or fish. As Will Ferrell put it so eloquently before, “I cried tears from my butthole”.

I WILL give credit to where it’s due however. Despite all this, I knew the birthday girl was heavily loved by her parents. Even though she is too young to know what was going on, it didn’t matter for the parents. I’m just excited for her future because if her parents go all out for something she can’t comprehend, how much more will they give (and not just material things) to her when she can actually take and understand this love.