Hopefully I won't get hurt!
Frisbees N' Bullets
Originally I had planned to blog about today's events in the normal, orthodox way. It was alright for a little while but then I felt a bit bored with the setup. So here is what happened today in my trademark funky bulleted format. I hope you enjoy. I also tried out the numbering option, too. It's pretty useless.
- My friend Jon bought something off a dude from Craigslist
- Since its pretty unsafe meeting people alone to exchange money and stuff, Jon thought it wise to bring me along in case there was a royal rumble.
- Jon's reasoning:
- Jon < Dude from Craigslist
- Jon + Me > Dude from Craigslist
- We went to the parking lot at Eastridge and the stuff was bought without any problems
- After the purchase, Jon and I met up with our buddy D-Bot
- Jon had his kewl D-90 camera so he took pictures of the two bikes
- There were two bikes:
- D-Bot's bike
- Michael Hang's Bike
- After taking pictures and standing in the middle of the street for a while, Jon and I decided to visit our good friend Daniel who lives in the area
- On the way to Daniel's house we drove past a guy selling "snow cones"
- He told us he had three flavors, which are listed below:
- "Cherry flavor"
- "Lemon flavor"
- "Blue flavor"
- Being somewhat healthy and conscious of what I put into my body, I was immediately alarmed when I heard about a "Blue flavor". Most likely it was some unnatural flavor full of chemicals, so I avoided that and opted instead for the cherry flavor. Jon had the lemon.
- After slurping on our "snow cones", which were actually just broken pieces of ice & Kool-Aid in Styrofoam cups, we went over to Daniel's dwelling.
- Daniel has several animals in his house. Here is a list:
- One parrot
- Numerous turtles
- A dog (possibly more than one)
- After chillin in the crib watching an 80's movie called The Wizard (which was horrible), we went outside to enjoy the nice clear day.
- Daniel grabbed his frisbee and we played a nice game of Catch-n-Throw
- I just made up that phrase now. Sounds pretty good
- After all that, I went to San Francisco with my familia to check out the Asian History Museum
- The Museum was awesome.
- They had stuff from over 4,000 years ago
- They even had stuff from my homeland Pakistan (known as the Indus Valley, back in the day)
- I love archaeology now
- We found some lady's wallet on the sidewalk in SF. It was packed with credit cards and ID badges, but no phone number.
- Being good samaritans, we turned the wallet over to a policeman
- He didn't want it, so he told us to just slip it into a public mailbox on the street
- I hope the lady gets her wallet soon
- The End
- Thanks for reading this bulleted list. I know I said I wouldn't do them anymore, but I lied.
- Sorry if I've been overwhelming you with all the blogging lately
More Americans Reading Fiction
From Newser:
The percentage of Americans reading fiction has increased for the first time in years, a new study by the National Endowment for the Arts indicates. The reported 50.2% of the population who picked up a book for pleasure marks a turnaround from a statistical decline in literary culture over the past two decades, the New York Times reports.Read the New York Times article here.
Perhaps the most heartening increase was among 18- to 24-year-olds, who had previously been sliding at the fastest rate. Dana Gioia, NEA chairman, partly credits programs such as Oprah’s book club and the popularity of series like Harry Potter and Twilight.
The Art of Ebru
Ebru, or marbling, is a Turkish form of book art. I'm not gonna pretend like I know how it's done, but please check out these two nifty videos. Thank you.
