From the website, Befriend A Geek:

This Christmas over 1 million geeks around the globe will sit lonely in their bedrooms, misunderstood and ignored by a cruel world outside. Without “real” friends, they languish unloved in basements, offices and box rooms, hoping without hope for a better life.

I do think it’s sad that some people have zero social skills and don’t really have any friends. Working in the engineering field, I actually see some of these people! The worst part is that most of them are really mean and bitter so it’s hard to be nice to them. I wonder if they have no friends because they are mean or bitter or because they are mean and bitter after years of loneliness?

Either way, I will make an extra effort to be friendly or nice to a geek this christmas.

So I went to Disneyworld yesterday, specifically the Magic Kingdom. And here’s what I learned.

– Disneyworld is made up of 4 separate theme parks, each requiring separate tickets: Epcot, Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios.

– A regular one day/one park adult tickets comes out to be almost $80!

– Magic Kingdom is exactly like Disneyland but worse. A lot of the rides are exactly the same except shorter. How much does that suck?

– The turkey leg tastes just as good as I remembered

– Also the salt water taffy is the same as Disneyland = world’s best ever!

– I really love those cheesy 3D shows. I saw Mickey’s Philharmagic show and it was probably the highlight of the day. It was also one of only about 2 rides I went on that weren’t at Disneyland. (the other was the carousel of progress)

– The castle at Magic Kingdom is much more impressive but it sucks you can’t walk through it. :(

– The fireworks show at Magic Kingdom was really amazing. I’ve never seen SO many fireworks! One of the best I’ve ever seen.

Conclusion: If you’re coming from LA and visiting Disneyworld, I highly suggest visiting Epcot or one of the other parks rather than Magic Kingdom. Although I still had fun, it really was a poor man’s Disneyland.

Bathroom for rent – this is hilarious!
Popular baby name map – I think this will be interesting to me once I start popping out babies! (weird.)
Drawing of spider as payment – I forgot if I posted about this but it’s so funny I’ll post it again.
Six Flags New Orleans 3 years after Hurricane Katrina – I wonder what the rest of of NO looks like now
Steve Jobs Halloween costume – it’s kind of late to post this but an idea for next year hehe
The Art of Pixar artwork and illustrations inspired by Pixar movies!
Article about John Wooden written for his great grandson – Anything about Wooden is interesting/inspiring to read

No…not mine!

This one.

Sample post:

Checking my e-mails
June 6th, 2003
I logged onto the internet in order to check my e-mails. I clicked the ’send and receive’ button and downloaded one or two messages. A minute or two later I logged off the internet.

I can’t believe I sat there and read so many uninteresting posts.

The comments are great too.

I loooooooove looking at food. I really appreciate good food photography. Anyways, there’s a new website called foodgawker that just has tons and tons of yummy looking food with their blog links which usually includes the recipe! You can also sign up for an account and start a list of your favorites. Yumyum….

baked clams on the half shell topped with topped with garlic, shallot, parsley, and BACON.

Food Gawker

Has anyone seen the commercial for that new spinoff show with Brodie Jenner called Bromance? Everytime I watch it I can’t help but laugh at how borderline gay the show is. How much did MTV have to pay him to get him to do this show.

In case you don’t know the premise of the show it’s like one of those million other dating shows but instead Brodie is just looking for a boyfriend. he’ll go on group dates outings and spend alone time (oh wait, that’s right) alone time to help him decide who will be the love of his life his best bud. The all male contestants will be put in embarrassing/degrading situations compete in challenges to prove their love friendship in the hopes of getting chosen.

This could get a little weird.

For reference, bromance as defined by urbandictionary:

Describes the complicated love and affection shared by two straight males.
Steve: Ah, Dave!!! I can’t believe you stole this first pressing of Aladdin Sane from your record store for me. We were just talking about this the other night.

Dave: No sweat, pal.

Steve: That is some full-on bromance. You’re the man.

1. an emotional attraction between bros. often the attraction is expressed physically through wrestling, nuggies, and head locks. in the more advanced stages hugging, snuggling, spooning, and even kissing may be included.
‘bro, before j.lo got in the way, ben affleck and matt damon had a total bromance going on.’

I told you, this is going to get weird!

This is pretty funny if you’ve seen the movie!

And in other Twilight news, I think everybody will be happy to know that there will be a new director for the next movie. I really think the movies could be really great with the right director!

I’m not really friendly. I’m quiet. I have a hard time coming up to new people. I hate small talk. and I’m really shy.

I don’t really mean to be so antisocial but I honestly enjoy my own company more than others. It’s just mentally exhausting for me to hang out with people….unless they are good friends. I’m very comfortable just being by myself.

My worst nightmare involves me and a stranger and awkward silences.

My ideal situations involve just me. Or me and boyrobot. Or me and a few good friends.

Actually is it totally weird that I don’t feel comfortable one on one except for boyrobot, my cousins, or my family???? Even friends I’ve known for YEARS I can feel anxious about the thought of spending alone time with them. What’s wrong with me????

Sometimes I wish I was the type that could go up to people and be the friendly person I know I am deep down inside. I really do like people. And friends. I just suck at making them. I’m better at keeping them.

I think I suffer from a mild case of social anxiety. It’s just really weird because I don’t think of myself as insecure and I don’t really care what people think of me. I actually think I have a decent personality (once you get to know me??) and can be somewhat entertaining but the thought of hanging around people sometimes gives me an uncomfortable feeling in the pit of my stomach. I can’t really explain it but it’s really annoying!! I want people to know that I’m fun, funny, and nice not the quiet, boring, reserved self that I come off as. Will anyone ever get to know the real me?

I’ve given up the thought that I will not be this way and have chalked it up to some mental disease that I have. It’s out of my control and it’s incurable! Even if there were pills I could take, I can’t swallow them! And drinking does no good. I might be laughing for about 5 minutes but I will soon fall asleep thereafter.

Anyways, just a broadcast message to anyone who has ever felt jilted by me. It’s not you, IT’S ME. (which btw, kind of annoys me…so what if I’m not all happy/bubbly when I meet you. do you really have to be that judgemental?)

ps. It’s boyrobot’s birthday….he is finally going to join me in the 29 year old boat!!! I’m really happy that I have him in my life and that I feel 100% comfortable with him and despite knowing the real me, he still wants to spend the rest of his life with me. ;)

Coffee drinks illustrated – if you’ve ever gotten confused about what’s in an expresso etc
The magic of makeup and photography – pretty amazing pictures!
Google interview process – pretty detailed and interesting read
Shaq on twitter – yes it’s the real shaq and he’s pretty funny
19 yr old commits suicide on 4chan – 4chan is seriously the most messed up place on the internet

I was once on a flight with boyrobot when the flight attendant kept calling out for a passenger named “NIGH-GEN”. It took her a few times before I realized, “wtf. I think she’s talking about me???” You’d think I’d be used to this butchering of my last name…the most common of all vietnamese names: NGUYEN.

I’ve heard nu-yen, wen, nuh-guy-yen, etc. but never nigh-gen. I think the g part confused me.

Anyways, I get it…my last name is hard to pronounce. I don’t even really care anymore. But if you’re curious about how to say my name and other hard to pronounce names, this website is tons of help!

How To Say That Name

It has sound files you can listen to spoken by native speakers!

I checked “Nguyen” and it’s legit. It’s so legit, that I don’t think a normal english speaking person would be able to pronounce it. The americanized way to say Nguyen is “nuh-wen”, at least that’s what I tell people!