i'd say it's a tie between the turquoise and the cool gray.. the turquoise is cheery, i like.

you can't tell me you didn't move the archives to the bottom though right? you did that! either that or someone's a major prankster..

ok, are you pulling my leg this time? You mean Raunch Patrol? I'm the one who fixed up the shout outs, i thought you knew that!
if it wasn't Do, i think maybe this template does something automatic?? i dunno, i'm not webliterate enough.

I just got back from a christmas party where they had the crispiest honey chicken wings ever. and great shrimp scampi. YUM.
and i won a prize in the raffle! :)

yo, I didn't do the archives, i thought you did.? are you pulling my leg miss?
(and why the hector do portions of it keep disappearing and reappearing??)
[fro~ i've gotten used to the turquoise, it's fine.]

LOTR-2
OK. I wasn't going to get into specifics, but.. [** STOP READING NOW IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET!]
The beef i had was:
- The pacing. It was distractingly off in many places. In a few scenes i was just like, hello, there's an army of 10,000 killers right outside the door, where is there time to be talking so slowly and just being cool?
- The way the editing was done, there wasn't much progression or a real climax either. The beginning was SO dark and evil (almost too real, it was very well done) and everything seemed so hopeless, but the resolution (the ending) just wasn't done well enough, that it seemed like too much of a cop out: it's like, *bling,* the elves show up, and *bling,* the big tree people show up, and *woah* where did that dam come from ? -- positioned in the perfect place and with enough water to flush out all the bad guys.
- and lastly, the comic relief was kind of random (gollum was a bit overdone, no? and gimli's character was reduced to being there only for that purpose.)

ok, if I sound all cynical and harsh, sorry. And it sounds like i'm ripping it to shreds, when it really wasn't bad - it's probably just that i went in with big expectations (LOTR1 was SO well done!!)
Also, I'm sure it's a very different experience for those who've read the books and know all the background and all kinds of details than for someone like me who {*gasp*} haven't read them. But anyway, a movie should stand on its own.
...We were saying how 1 and 3 will probably be best, and 2 is kind of the middle filler.
btw, i wonder if the same group of people did the editing for 1 as for 2..? does anyone know?
**and oh yeah, i don't have to even say that all the special effects were totally AMAZING. They were the best part..

all these images in my head from LOTR2..
i won't say much else (most people haven't seen it yet huh?) but just that fro and i thought LOTR1 was so much better...

i've been on turbo speed this week, like i was telling Do.. getting little sleep and not eating properly.
busy busy at work and busy busy at home (or, busy not being home with shopping and running around) i know i'm just asking to get sick... it's a good thing the weekend's coming up :)

btw it's weird having the last four posts be mine - i know i don't seem busy, being on blogger and all..! (i'm multitasking like a maniac over here, you should see it ;P)
but where are you ms. frorence?

on a t-shirt at Target:

The Four Stages of Life.
1. you believe in Santa.
2. you don't believe in Santa.
3. you are Santa.
4. you look like Santa.

blog motto #13:

where there's a de and a fro, there's invisible do

herro ebreebodee.

assignment 18.
ok, where to start. My family's very funny. No, really.
The thing i was thinking about that got me even started on this was, when we were growing up, i guess partly because of the korean-english language barrier, i could never expect anything i said to my mom to be heard and understood the first time. It would take 2 or 3 times. Every single thing I said.
But my mom's english is actually pretty fluent. Most of the reason is the family trait of a.d.d.-like zoning out. Total Immersion in deeep thoughts. My brother's the same way. I'll ask him a direct, simple question. He'll just sit there for like a minute, i'll repeat myself (and be more direct if possible), and then he'll sort of start, shake off his thoughts, and look around a little... "Oh! huh? what?" and then if i'm lucky he'll answer me. (If this sounds like it might get frustrating after a while, it is.. sometimes it got so ridiculous i just had to laugh. Of course, this is just their default state - they do have times of normal alertness and all, and it's a great treat to be engaged in conversation with them in those times.)
Have I inherited it? Um, yeah i'll confess to being more-than-average zone-out-ish. And I do love those times alone to just think. But yo, not like that. Not quite the way mom and bro do it. There's some intense daydreaming power running in my family... maybe it could be used for something? powering the house ?... :P

Something my bro and i share, which is pretty surprising for him, considering his personality - is a tendency to be super thorough. In anything he cares about, he'll stress over it and chew his thumb cuticle (which i do! and my mom too, when we get nervous that's our telltale sign). I've been learning to be more of a broad brush-stroker with some things..

I guess just with the coming time off with family and all, I was just thinking about these things, and wondering about your families.
So...any quirky family traits pour vous? {c'mon, fess up ;P}

yay, i'm running out of here now, will do my own assignment soon..
i was going to write something but forgot what.. i'll drop back in here later on if i get the chance :)

woohoo! i will be taking the afternoon off. :) Just because.
half-days are great.
...in the meantime, meetings meetings meetings...

btw, smiley faces with this font have huge eyes eh.

Ok. to explain this next assignment (which i won't get to til tomorrow..) -
it might be kind of hard to look at yourself objectively (as it always is) - but i was thinking about my family and how it was for me growing up. there's no denying that a lot of my personality and how i interact with others has been shaped by my upbringing. Like i said, i'll get into it when i have a chance tomorrow, but some things are so very Koh, it's kind of scary & funny..

..eek! that's enough, i'm getting dizzy and i really do have work to do.. ! <:P
I'm playing with the font, tell me if you miss the old one..

i increased the left margin but that's kind of weird too huh? what do you think, better or worse?
SOMEhow, decreasing the right doesn't seem to do anything.
...
There was something called "padding" which i increased for the body. I'm also playing with font size. Did you like the bigger font?..

yo i was about to kill the archives. i was going nuts trying to get it to show posts after october something. Hopefully with a fresh template it might work better? let's see..
HOW COME "ARCHIVES" ON THIS PAGE ISN'T EVEN A HYPERLINK ? (All i know how to do is click on Republish All under the archives button..what's going on here??) Can you cut and paste that section from our old template so it points to the archives url?

Thanks, girl. I LOVE this template!! :) :) :) ...
{= the feeling of stepping out onto freshly fallen snow}
I was getting so tired of the old butter page.

You've really been going NUTS with the crocheting huh? I was waiting for your crochet busting-out to happen like a year ago when you were learning, I knew you'd get into it. Yeah, it's great being able to just pump stuff out, even if it is all hole-y.

sorry, been busy yo.

I was foolish and stayed up late again last night -- i was all into making my christmas cards that i didn't go to bed til after 3.
Today: it hurts to be awake, no joke. {Foolish girl.}

..but goshdarnit at least you'll be getting cards from me, either today or tomorrow...

Last night, try as hard as i might, i could not fall asleep. and i'm not the insomniac type. I had had 2 cups of La Madeleine coffee but that was early afternoon. I just couldn't stop thinking of the long list of things i had to do / wanted to do, all in the next 10 days. Cards, shopping, wrapping, baking? (why didn't i take care of all this before?). The vicious 2-week cycles at work (my pain-in-the-buns responsibility) isn't slowing down for the holidays either - the mayor's office has no mercy i tell you, i can't possibly take much time off and still get my job done.
Ai-ya, is it friday yet??

good. and yours?
;P
no, it was really lovely hanging out in fells point and downtown on saturday. and FUN babysitting those "little bundles of love and joy".

AVAM. Survey says:
(a.) strange, grotesque, and disturbing (b.) interesting but depressing (c.) mucho talent but sadly misdirected (d.) worth the buck we paid to see it.
Over all, it made me sad thinking about a whole subculture of addiction and violence that i guess i don't normally think about. So many of the artists had such tough lives, and it reflects out in their work.