Thelnie Blogs » The Day Events http://thelnie.com/blog Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:17:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Windows 7 http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/10/23/windows-7/ http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/10/23/windows-7/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:44 +0000 Thelnie http://thelnie.com/blog/?p=935 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> So I signed up for the Windows 7 Party that comes with “what, a free copy for Windows 7 Ultimate?!”. Yes. And apparently not everyone that signed up was able to get in on the party pack action. Anyway, I did end up having a party. It was a small one though. I’ve finished the puzzle they sent me. It’s cute. Maybe I’ll frame it up. Maybe not.

I also have some nice napkins that say Windows 7 on them.

I’ve been running Windows 7 for awhile now and last night I had to sign over to my other partition with Vista on it. Wow. I didn’t think there was a big difference going from Vista to 7, but last night I could actually feel it was slower. Granted it’s a bit more stuffy in there from 2 years of accumulated crud, but I’m pretty sure I can’t go back. I love the new taskbar that peeks at windows if you hover over them. I love the new snap that displays two equally sized windows side-by-side. And the middle “un-maximize the maximized window” button on the top right is pretty redundant now since you can just drag the topbar off from the edge of the screen and it’ll automatically become a smaller window, and fully maximize again if you snap it to the top of your screen.

Anyway, all is good in the world of my computer.

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]]> http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/10/23/windows-7/feed/ 3 Hollywood Bowl- John Williams and the Music of the Movies http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/09/07/hollywood-bowl-john-williams-and-the-music-of-the-movies/ http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/09/07/hollywood-bowl-john-williams-and-the-music-of-the-movies/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:59:00 +0000 Thelnie http://thelnie.com/blog/?p=917 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> I went to the Hollywood Bowl last weekend! I’ve always wanted to go, having only seen a few clips of parts of concerts. The stage was a lot different than I expected. I thought it would be more lawn, but there were amphitheater seats and picnic areas behind. It was also more in the foliage than I expected, and on the side of a hill.

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This is the view from my picnic table.

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Cheesing. I got the yummiest cheese ever from Whole Foods. Manchego El Trigal 12 Months aged. It’s a very flavorful and hard cheese. That’s grape juice kids! I love cheesing and grape juicing.

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Other picnicers.

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Dude with a funny mustache.

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View from where I was. Pretty close to the back. You can still hear very well though.

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People brought their lightsabers. John Williams played Harry Potter music for the first hour. It was narrated by…the actress who was the flight instructor I think. They performed the music of while Aunt Marge is blowing up, Fawkes, and other notable character themes. The second half of the concert consisted of a short medley of many famous movie themes: Casablanca, Doctor Zhivago, Jaws, Star Wars, The Natural, Gone with the Wind, Titanic, and other I can’t think of… Then they performed music from Catch Me If You Can, and then Casablanca, and then Superman. During Superman they showed clips of Superman movies, old and new, and also Batman clips, old and new. It was  a little weird to put in Batman clips, when the music was just Superman, but it was nice to see all the actors who had played Batman. Val Kilmer <3.

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Lights during Superman

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After Superman, they made like it was the end of the concert. Whaaaaaaat?! So everyone was clapping and about 5 seconds after John Williams had walked off the stage, he walked right back on to play…the Star Wars theme! Yaaaay. It would have been super weird for all those Star Wars people who had dressed up and brought their props if he didn’t conduct it!

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Then he walked off and on again to play ET. The background colors were blue at first…but right near the end, the rainbow colors slowly started stretching across from the left. It was a reeeeally cool effect.

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Then he walked off and on again to play the Imperial March.

Lightsaber bobbing to the music. I zipped up my stormtrooper jacket. I made an observation that only people who sat more in the middle and back brought their lightsabers. It was weird to see a sea of light up sticks (yes, light up sticks!) in the middle and around us…and then a sea of dark in the front.

Then he walked off and on.

And did nothing.

And walked off with the symphony. Such a tease! Many people yelled for Indy. Alas, it did not happen.

Aside from the staked parking, which I had never done before, the experience was really wonderful. Long live music!

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]]> http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/09/07/hollywood-bowl-john-williams-and-the-music-of-the-movies/feed/ 0 DSC02027e DSC02031e DSC02035e DSC02038e DSC02046e DSC02048e DSC02051e DSC02052e DSC02053e DSC02056e DSC02066e DSC02069e I finally got my stormtrooper jacket! http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/08/06/i-finally-got-my-stormtrooper-jacket/ http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/08/06/i-finally-got-my-stormtrooper-jacket/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:02:35 +0000 Thelnie http://thelnie.com/blog/?p=901 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Woooooo! This is amazing stuff.
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I’ve been waiting for this for more than a year. It’s finally 50% off! Go shopping!

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]]> http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/08/06/i-finally-got-my-stormtrooper-jacket/feed/ 2 2009-08-06 15-56-19.289 2009-08-06 15-56-46.635 2009-08-06 15-57-04.228 Busy! http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/07/15/busy/ http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/07/15/busy/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:24:37 +0000 Thelnie http://thelnie.com/blog/?p=888 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> My cousin and aunt have been over from Taiwan so I’ve been busy! I’m keeping up with my comic at least though. Twice a week!

I just had to drop in and post about this though…

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I want one! Can they make it a little tinier for my small wrist?

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]]> http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/07/15/busy/feed/ 0 My new venture! Dozo Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu! http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/06/24/884/ http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/06/24/884/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:04:40 +0000 Thelnie http://thelnie.com/blog/?p=884 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]>

Newsflash! I’ve been working on a comic, Thelnie::ePrincess! It’s been worked on for a few weeks and I’m finally putting it out there. The main character is pretty much me but even cuter. And she has a crown! How cool is that. Check her out at www.thelnie.com/comic. Thanks!

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]]> http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/06/24/884/feed/ 1 thelniehello Taiwan Day 15: Karaoke! http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/06/23/taiwan-day-15-karaoke/ http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/06/23/taiwan-day-15-karaoke/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:17:51 +0000 Thelnie http://thelnie.com/blog/?p=880 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> I make a trip to karaokeing in Taiwan everytime I go. It’s like tradition, and I sing just about the same songs every time. The only “recent” songs they have is Fergie, for some reason, and then I sing the weirder songs like My Sharona and Abba while my cousins think “Why are Western songs all like this and sucky? And I only sing about two chinese songs. My younger cousin, Stina, has a huge repertoire of songs under her belt. Jason, the one in the compulsory army, likes the old ballads. I’m pretty sure we went to eat night market afterwards…but I can’t find it.

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]]> http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/06/23/taiwan-day-15-karaoke/feed/ 0 Included food Singing Stina and Me What? Stina, Jason, and Me Wahh being pushed away! Peace! Nathan singing Moped parking Happy cousins Taiwan Day 11: Lunch with aunt and cousin http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/06/12/taiwan-day-11-lunch-with-aunt-and-cousin/ http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/06/12/taiwan-day-11-lunch-with-aunt-and-cousin/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:11:41 +0000 Thelnie http://thelnie.com/blog/?p=876 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> In a yummy Japanese restaurant near their house! At night we went to a beef noodle restaurant in Dan Shui. Very clean!

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]]> http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/06/12/taiwan-day-11-lunch-with-aunt-and-cousin/feed/ 0 Japanese restaurant Sashimi set Chawanmushi Beef Noodle Soup Beef Noodle Soup Taiwan Day 10: In The Mountains! http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/06/11/taiwan-day-10-the-mountains/ http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/06/11/taiwan-day-10-the-mountains/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:58:19 +0000 Thelnie http://thelnie.com/blog/?p=871 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> I have a hard time remember names of places I go to, but this was a trip to a mountainy area. There are lots of mountains in Taiwan and places that have names. We went to the King Car factory first. They’re the ones that make Mr. Brown coffee! And Green Time gum. No pictures there…I’m not sure why I didn’t take a lot of pictures this day @_@.  We went with a bunch of people from the same building I live in. At night, we went to see fireflies because they are only around for a few days in the beginning of May. In the picture they are the little blue swirls at the bottom.

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]]> http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/06/11/taiwan-day-10-the-mountains/feed/ 0 koi tofu flower soup Taipei 101 in the distance Driving in the car A black swan Fireflies Taiwan Day 9: Shilin Night Market http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/06/11/taiwan-day-9-shilin-night-market/ http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/06/11/taiwan-day-9-shilin-night-market/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:39:21 +0000 Thelnie http://thelnie.com/blog/?p=866 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Night Market! So many yummy foods and so many vendors. The place where you can eat, walk, shop, walk, eat, walk, shop, eat, walk and shop some more in that order! My favorites are oyster omelette, pig’s blood rice cake, and grilled corn (grilled with sauce on it sooo good). My mom really like the cuttlefish soups though.

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]]> http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/06/11/taiwan-day-9-shilin-night-market/feed/ 0 view outside my window egg and oyster omelette cuttlefish soup kidney soup rice noodle i think coffin sandwich dsc00178 Shilin Night Market Candied cherry tomatoes a crispy shredded bread wrapped in a light thin tortilla of sorts with powdered sugar black sesame. sooo good Claire ad Very cute dog chilling in his pan and never going out Catch a FAKE ipod! cockroach in the parking lot under our building. Taiwan Day 8: Teppan http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/06/05/taiwan-day-8-teppan/ http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/06/05/taiwan-day-8-teppan/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:50:16 +0000 Thelnie http://thelnie.com/blog/?p=861 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Met up with my aunt for some teppan action. At this point, as you can tell, I was getting pretty guilty with food. Later this day I bought some new Nike running shoes that are compatible with the Nike+ thingy. I’ve only uploaded two runs so far but I plan on using it more often.

The lobster was moving its legs while being cooked but I’m pretty sure it’s just muscle/joint reflex stuff going on there. Pumpkin soup is sooo yummy.

The first picture is of street food! Rice noodle bowl. Also, they have Costco in Taiwan. The last picture is of this huge flat bread packaged like money. Yum!

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]]> http://thelnie.com/blog/2009/06/05/taiwan-day-8-teppan/feed/ 0 Street food Teppanyaki menu Salad Teppan station Pumpkin soup French Onion Soup Lamb Lamb Lobster Lobster Costco Japanese flat bread