The Kitchen

So, Ashley Yuan engaged a poking war with me. I brought out the...

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 02:39:24 -0400

So, Ashley Yuan engaged a poking war with me.

I brought out the netbook. She will never win.

http://www.facebook.com/events/271370712976022/

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 09:27:00 -0400

http://www.facebook.com/events/271370712976022/

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Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:18:03 -0400

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Wed, 04 Jul 2012 00:25:51 -0400

I decided to send some postcards to friends and family from Gov...

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 14:02:03 -0400

I decided to send some postcards to friends and family from Gov school here at Radford University. I found this cute little stamp machine in the post office.

Backronyms are pretty funny to me. Recursive acronyms are even funnier. Recursive backronyms are...

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:52:58 -0400

Backronyms are pretty funny to me.

Recursive acronyms are even funnier.

Recursive backronyms are friggin’ hilarious.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_acronym

‎ring ring....ring ring....

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 20:30:01 -0400

‎*ring ring....ring ring....*
*click* "Hello?"
Old Asian lady voice: Erhh...Herro? Aran?
"Oh, this is Gary."
Old Asian lady voice: Oh, zhe shi Gary, a?
(heard in the background): Wait, what? Give me the phone!
Young Asian lady voice: Hello?
"Uhh, hi."
Young Asian lady voice: I, uh...Um. Wrong number. Srry.

Hahahahahahahaha so awkward XD

My exotic plant collection. The chopsticks are so I can feed...

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 01:20:58 -0400

My exotic plant collection. The chopsticks are so I can feed it.

Oh gosh. I just looked up “cool palindromes” on...

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 01:19:45 -0400

Oh gosh. I just looked up “cool palindromes” on Google. What has my life become?

I never knew shadow flicker was a problem with wind...

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:34:28 -0400

I never knew shadow flicker was a problem with wind turbines…huh, that’s something I’ll have to keep in mind next time I consider wind energy.

So I decided to look up some kazoos on Amazon...

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:23:00 -0400

Don’t ask me why. I’ve always liked them—they’re cheap, easily playable, and can produce some very amusing sounds (including pretty realistic motorcycle noises).

I was initially looking for something cheap and in bulk, like this (pictured above), but instead I stumbled upon this MONSTROUS MEGA KAZOO (pictured below).

That was funny enough. But what really got me was this (pictured below).

I laughed. HARD. Maybe because the kazoo is a cheap plastic party favor quality one, juxtaposed against a real instrument pick-up microphone. Maybe it’s the way the mic is rammed into the kazoo-hole. But that product gives me the giggles.

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Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:11:28 -0400

So my bike tire somehow popped my inner tube in the middle of the night, so I replaced it (stupidly,...

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:05:42 -0400

So my bike tire somehow popped my inner tube in the middle of the night, so I replaced it (stupidly, without inspecting the tire or rim first). The replacement popped again in the middle of the night. So I found the little kink in the wheel rim and smoothed it out, and got one more inner tube with the fancy self-repairing gel inside, just in case.

I was riding on the way to Farm Fresh to get some chicken (because you know, they’ve got AMAZING chicken) and it popped a quarter of a mile from my house. This time, at a DIFFERENT spot than the first two. I think I need a new tire. ಥ_ಥ

Why don't hourglasses exhibit granular jamming?

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 23:48:27 -0400

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granular_material#Jamming_transition

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWSJwZhqoQw

Apparently, underwear is a bigger industry in America than elsewhere, especially for young men/boys,...

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 15:32:36 -0400

Apparently, underwear is a bigger industry in America than elsewhere, especially for young men/boys, because of certain…er…mutilation practices that are more common here. Underwear prevents the chaffing of…a certain appendage, against the rough fabric of pants (esp. jeans and swim trunks). So if you lack such a…er, mutilation, there’s technically no reason for you to wear underwear, as you have a natural…barrier there still.

That’s also why swim trunks have netting. Because wearing cotton underwear into water is rather cumbersome.

The last froyo shop at the mall failed pretty quickly. Skinny Dip, however, seems to think that with...

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 22:50:00 -0400

The last froyo shop at the mall failed pretty quickly. Skinny Dip, however, seems to think that with a brand name and some more decent froyo, they can survive. I’m curious…

So my parents have this adorable little wind-up clock in their...

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 22:48:23 -0400

So my parents have this adorable little wind-up clock in their store…yes, his hand waves with each second.

I don’t think anyone will be robbing our shop anytime...

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 22:41:01 -0400

I don’t think anyone will be robbing our shop anytime soon.

And thus begins another summer at the mall...

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 22:35:51 -0400

Since this tumblr blog is aimed toward people I DON’T know (unlike my facebook, which this is basically a mirror of), I should give a bit of background before I start posting things about stuff I do at the mall.

I grew up in the mall. The first six years of my life were spend cooped up in the back of a little oriental decoration store run by my parents, and it was and still is my second home. The actual business has grown to other malls, and shrunk back to this one, and has also moved around inside the same building several times, but this mall has always been my home. I know it like the back of my hand.

For proof, here’s a picture of me standing in the mall with some merchandise (a fan) from the shop:

I’m so cute. And here’s a picture of one of our first locations in the mall:

We’ve moved several times (all in the same mall) since this picture was taken. The location shown is now an ocean-themed kids’ playplace (with some pretty creepy zoomorphic play structures).

I used to go pretty much every week, but now that I’m older and busier and (supposedly) more responsible, I pretty much only go on holidays and summer break and whatnot.

I like to laugh at people studiously figuring out the mall map. I like to stalk people I know around the mall until they see me. I like to sit in the book store and read. And sometimes, I like to help around in the store (but my parents seems to think that integrating me into their work system is more trouble than it’s worth). But after 15 years, the mall gets kinda boring. So when something interesting does happen, I will chronicle it here.

And now you know a bit more about me!

Does this packaging look familiar to anyone? ಠ_ಠ

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 22:19:22 -0400

Does this packaging look familiar to anyone? ಠ_ಠ