And the saga continues.

So, long story short, my computer is almost fixed. I say almost because they replaced the logic board, the LCD and they ran a system check with 1G of RAM and it worked, so yay, I could back up all my files etc. However. When they put the 4G RAM back into my mac, it died again. Which means that in the process of the logic board getting fried, it must have damaged the RAM at the same time since the RAM sits right under it.

Since the RAM was an upgrade, that particular piece is not covered under the original Apple Care warranty. Which, whatever. It costs like $150 to replace. Fine. The problem? I have to wait another 2 weeks for the parts to come in.

Awesome. And by awesome I mean a veritable sucktasm of sucktastic things that suck. *points to icon*

So, expect me to not be here until like 4th of July.

In other news:

+ Went to Manila last weekend and had an awesome time. ( In which I went to Manila to see the sights and wound up at a wedding of relatives I had never met before )

+ Also, I recently watched Prince of Persia, A-Team, and Toy Story 3 because movie tickets here cost the equivalent of $3.50. ( $3.50 movie tickets FTW. )

+ And speaking of movies, Avatar, the Last Airbender movie is coming out. As someone who loves the original, I am begging you not to waste your money on this movie and feed into the institutionalized racism that it is.

Remember that awesome Chromatic Casting meme way back when? Well someone armed with Google and imdb basically did that for this movie and it's so spot on, I can't even deal. The kid she recast as Aang is *perfect* and Dev definitely makes a better Sokka than Zuko. It's just sad that someone even *had* to do a Chromatic Casting for this movie because the cast should have been mostly Asian from the start. The cartoons are so clearly Asian, it hurts. You had a visual blue-print, M. Night. How could you screw this up so badly?

And for anyone who thinks that it's not a big deal, I direct you this post (These Are My Colours), which sums it up best:


If you think that stories are not important, if you think a movie that just removed real world people from the landscape of a source material that respected and loved their 5000 years of culture and history is no big deal, if you've never known what it means to be erased from your own world and told to be thankful for it, I want you to do something for me.

Stop thinking. Stop feeling. Put down your books, put down your pens, forget your stories. Close your eyes and plug your ears. Forget what your story sounds like. You have no myths. You have no history. Stop breathing with your heart and living in your head. Your dreams are worthless, because they are not real. They are not tangible. You can't sell them. They are worthless. Go outside and consume, consume, consume. But never question. Never speak. Never dare to feel that you've been malnourished or mistreated. Never, ever admit that you have been poisoned. Be satisfied; you are well fed.

Remember: It's no big deal. It doesn't matter. And neither do you.

And just so we end an less of a depressing note, some entertainment for those bored at work or who like random stuff for their desks: 3D paper toy designs free on the internet. It's really fun. I highly recommend them.

So. How was your week?

And the saga continues.

So, long story short, my computer is almost fixed. I say almost because they replaced the logic board, the LCD and they ran a system check with 1G of RAM and it worked, so yay, I could back up all my files etc. However. When they put the 4G RAM back into my mac, it died again. Which means that in the process of the logic board getting fried, it must have damaged the RAM at the same time since the RAM sits right under it.

Since the RAM was an upgrade, that particular piece is not covered under the original Apple Care warranty. Which, whatever. It costs like $150 to replace. Fine. The problem? I have to wait another 2 weeks for the parts to come in.

Awesome. And by awesome I mean a veritable sucktasm of sucktastic things that suck. *points to icon*

So, expect me to not be here until like 4th of July.

In other news:

+ Went to Manila last weekend and had an awesome time. ( In which I went to Manila to see the sights and wound up at a wedding of relatives I had never met before )

+ Also, I recently watched Prince of Persia, A-Team, and Toy Story 3 because movie tickets here cost the equivalent of $3.50. ( $3.50 movie tickets FTW. )

+ And speaking of movies, Avatar, the Last Airbender movie is coming out. As someone who loves the original, I am begging you not to waste your money on this movie and feed into the institutionalized racism that it is.

Remember that awesome Chromatic Casting meme way back when? Well someone armed with Google and imdb basically did that for this movie and it's so spot on, I can't even deal. The kid she recast as Aang is *perfect* and Dev definitely makes a better Sokka than Zuko. It's just sad that someone even *had* to do a Chromatic Casting for this movie because the cast should have been mostly Asian from the start. The cartoons are so clearly Asian, it hurts. You had a visual blue-print, M. Night. How could you screw this up so badly?

And for anyone who thinks that it's not a big deal, I direct you this post (These Are My Colours), which sums it up best:


If you think that stories are not important, if you think a movie that just removed real world people from the landscape of a source material that respected and loved their 5000 years of culture and history is no big deal, if you've never known what it means to be erased from your own world and told to be thankful for it, I want you to do something for me.

Stop thinking. Stop feeling. Put down your books, put down your pens, forget your stories. Close your eyes and plug your ears. Forget what your story sounds like. You have no myths. You have no history. Stop breathing with your heart and living in your head. Your dreams are worthless, because they are not real. They are not tangible. You can't sell them. They are worthless. Go outside and consume, consume, consume. But never question. Never speak. Never dare to feel that you've been malnourished or mistreated. Never, ever admit that you have been poisoned. Be satisfied; you are well fed.

Remember: It's no big deal. It doesn't matter. And neither do you.

And just so we end an less of a depressing note, some entertainment for those bored at work or who like random stuff for their desks: 3D paper toy designs free on the internet. It's really fun. I highly recommend them.

So. How was your week?