Day 23

This was another hard one, because I looked through my favorites list and got sidetracked with re-watching all the awesome things I liked. Anyhow, I finally chose this 2-part segment of Cookie Monster on Martha Stewart, where Cookie Monster is basically obnoxious and drives Martha crazy. It was the first thing I ever favorited and hope you enjoy it too.

Happy Friday!

Day 01 — Your favorite movie

Day 02 — Your favorite song

Day 03 — Your favorite television program

Day 04 — Your favorite book

Day 05 — Your favorite quote

Day 06 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy

Day 08 — A photo that makes you angry/sad

Day 09 — A photo you took

Day 10 — A photo of you taken over ten years ago

Day 11 — A photo of you taken recently

Day 12 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 13 — A fictional book

Day 14 — A non-fictional book

Day 15 — A fanfic

Day 16 — A song that makes you cry (or nearly)

Day 17 — An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)

Day 18 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 19 — A talent of yours

Day 20 — A hobby of yours

Day 21 — A recipe

Day 22 — A website

Day 23 — A YouTube video

Day 22

This is probably a bit of a cop-out but I simply adore Facebook. I've been with the site ever since it was launched, although I later learned it was for... less than chivalrous reasons. (Although, really, I can't chide the guys for building it as a directory for the girls in school because I too had used it as a directory of boys during my first year at school.)

I consider myself to be part of the first graduating class of Facebook, since it was originally built as a college networking site and it launched in 2004, the year I graduated high school and went to college. It's amazing what has happened in six years. I wish I had some screen shots of the original Facebook. The wall used to be this empty text field where you could edit anything that anyone wrote in it. There was no newsfeed, no applications, and it was completely and totally restricted to people with an .edu address. Now it's a fully integrated website for communication and community -- complete with photo albums, video, blog, and link posting.

I'm still not quite used to the idea of being FaceBook friends with people's mothers, former teachers/professors, and guildies from World of Warcraft that I never actually met. Nevertheless, Facebook has become an amazing medium for communication. This week alone I have discussed the iPhone leak with one of my favorite college professors, made fun of my 2nd grade best friend in Texas for being a "white girl," made plans for a breakfast reunion with my high school gal pals, and began planning a Vegas Adventure for later this year. (That last one may have been a result of the jealousy of seeing what was apparently half my friends list jet off to Vegas last weekend.)

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Day 01 — Your favorite movie

Day 02 — Your favorite song

Day 03 — Your favorite television program

Day 04 — Your favorite book

Day 05 — Your favorite quote

Day 06 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy

Day 08 — A photo that makes you angry/sad

Day 09 — A photo you took

Day 10 — A photo of you taken over ten years ago

Day 11 — A photo of you taken recently

Day 12 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 13 — A fictional book

Day 14 — A non-fictional book

Day 15 — A fanfic

Day 16 — A song that makes you cry (or nearly)

Day 17 — An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)

Day 18 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 19 — A talent of yours

Day 20 — A hobby of yours

Day 21 — A recipe

Day 22 — A website

Day 21

Strawberry Shortbread Thumb print Cookies

(Sorry I don't have a pretty foodie picture of it but the lighting in the apartment was terrible anyway. You get the idea -- they are way better than those Knott's cookies ;-)

Strawberry Shortbread Cookies

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2/3 cup white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup seedless strawberry jam

DIRECTIONS

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, cream together butter and white sugar until smooth. Mix in 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract. Mix in flour until dough comes together. Roll dough into 1 1/2 inch balls, and place on ungreased cookie sheets. Make a small hole in the center of each ball, using your thumb and finger, and fill the hole with the jam.
• Bake for 14 to 18 minutes in preheated oven, or until lightly browned. Let cool 1 minute on the cookie sheet.

Notes: The original recipe called for a glaze, which you can see I tried in the top left and right corners of the picture, but I didn't like it so I didn't include it in mine. Also, the original called for almond extract rather than vanilla but that was a pain so I just used vanilla. =P

Day 01 — Your favorite movie

Day 02 — Your favorite song

Day 03 — Your favorite television program

Day 04 — Your favorite book

Day 05 — Your favorite quote

Day 06 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy

Day 08 — A photo that makes you angry/sad

Day 09 — A photo you took

Day 10 — A photo of you taken over ten years ago

Day 11 — A photo of you taken recently

Day 12 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 13 — A fictional book

Day 14 — A non-fictional book

Day 15 — A fanfic

Day 16 — A song that makes you cry (or nearly)

Day 17 — An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)

Day 18 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 19 — A talent of yours

Day 20 — A hobby of yours

Day 21 — A recipe

Day 20

Contains some cursing.

Hobby? Webcomics, obviously! This is one of my favorite strips of all time by Jeph Jacques over at Questionable Content, which is by the way, really not very "questionable."

Other contenders for today's post included blogging, video games, food, and Toastmasters.

Day 01 — Your favorite movie

Day 02 — Your favorite song

Day 03 — Your favorite television program

Day 04 — Your favorite book

Day 05 — Your favorite quote

Day 06 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy

Day 08 — A photo that makes you angry/sad

Day 09 — A photo you took

Day 10 — A photo of you taken over ten years ago

Day 11 — A photo of you taken recently

Day 12 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 13 — A fictional book

Day 14 — A non-fictional book

Day 15 — A fanfic

Day 16 — A song that makes you cry (or nearly)

Day 17 — An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)

Day 18 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 19 — A talent of yours

Day 20 — A hobby of yours

Day 17

So, this one was another tough one for me because I am generally not all that interested in art or sculpture.

But I did manage to dig up this awesome... sculpture? This was taken in Taiwan last year. I think it was in the Chang Kai-Shek Memorial but it could have been any of the ones in the area, since they are all clumped together and I am evidently bad at remembering or taking notes about where I take pictures.

When this picture was taken year, it was the Year of the Ox, hence the choice of shape. Red was the obvious choice as well, since the Chinese consider red to be a lucky color and wear it to ward off evil spirits.

Even though my birth year is 1986, I am actually an Ox baby rather than a Tiger baby, because I was born just before the Lunar New Year that year. There is some celebration in the USA, in areas like Chinatown and other cities with a high Asian population, but definitely not to the extent of the Taiwanese. True Chinese culture shone through when I saw things related to the Year of the Ox all over the country. Seriously, literally everywhere.

Sculptures, banners, little figurines -- you name it. Oxen everywhere.

Day 01 — Your favorite movie

Day 02 — Your favorite song

Day 03 — Your favorite television program

Day 04 — Your favorite book

Day 05 — Your favorite quote

Day 06 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy

Day 08 — A photo that makes you angry/sad

Day 09 — A photo you took

Day 10 — A photo of you taken over ten years ago

Day 11 — A photo of you taken recently

Day 12 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 13 — A fictional book

Day 14 — A non-fictional book

Day 15 — A fanfic

Day 16 — A song that makes you cry (or nearly)

Day 17 — An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)

Day 16

"Imagine" by Brunch

Okay, this one is kind of cheating, since it's not the actual song that makes me cry. (Especially because it's in Korean and I don't actually understand the lyrics.) It's the soundtrack song to the final part of a 5-part animated series called "There She Is!!" by a three-person animation team called SamBakZa.

The song is permanently linked to these videos for me and that last video almost always makes me cry, or at least tear up.

You have to watch all of these to feel the impact. Don't just jump to 5. (Banner links will open in a new window.)

Day 01 — Your favorite movie

Day 02 — Your favorite song

Day 03 — Your favorite television program

Day 04 — Your favorite book

Day 05 — Your favorite quote

Day 06 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy

Day 08 — A photo that makes you angry/sad

Day 09 — A photo you took

Day 10 — A photo of you taken over ten years ago

Day 11 — A photo of you taken recently

Day 12 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 13 — A fictional book

Day 14 — A non-fictional book

Day 15 — A fanfic

Day 16 — A song that makes you cry (or nearly)

Day 15

This is the first of a comic series called "Simply Potterific," by Katie Shanahan aka Kt Shy.

Here's the link to the full gallery on DeviantArt, but it may have some spoilers. Actually, most of this stuff probably won't be the least bit funny to you if you haven't actually read the HP series.

But I simply love her take on Sirius and Lupin. They are much closer to what I imagined while reading the books than how the films depicted them. (i.e. she drew them much hotter.)

Day 01 — Your favorite movie

Day 02 — Your favorite song

Day 03 — Your favorite television program

Day 04 — Your favorite book

Day 05 — Your favorite quote

Day 06 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy

Day 08 — A photo that makes you angry/sad

Day 09 — A photo you took

Day 10 — A photo of you taken over ten years ago

Day 11 — A photo of you taken recently

Day 12 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 13 — A fictional book

Day 14 — A non-fictional book

Day 15 — A fanfic

Day 14

A Child Called It is the autobiographical recount of Dave Pelzer's abusive childhood, which has gone down in legal history as one of the worst cases of child abuse in the state.

Even though it's a terribly subject matter, the book is impossible to put down and I read through it in one sitting. Haven't tried the sequels.

(Photo credit: Vegan Butterfly -flickr)

Day 01 — Your favorite movie

Day 02 — Your favorite song

Day 03 — Your favorite television program

Day 04 — Your favorite book

Day 05 — Your favorite quote

Day 06 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy

Day 08 — A photo that makes you angry/sad

Day 09 — A photo you took

Day 10 — A photo of you taken over ten years ago

Day 11 — A photo of you taken recently

Day 12 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 13 — A fictional book

Day 14 — A non-fictional book

Day 13

I read this over 3 sittings in the UCSD Bookstore. Still haven't seen the movie but I wouldn't want to be disappointed, as I had really enjoyed this book.

Day 01 — Your favorite movie

Day 02 — Your favorite song

Day 03 — Your favorite television program

Day 04 — Your favorite book

Day 05 — Your favorite quote

Day 06 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy

Day 08 — A photo that makes you angry/sad

Day 09 — A photo you took

Day 10 — A photo of you taken over ten years ago

Day 11 — A photo of you taken recently

Day 12 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 — A fictional book

Day 12

Sushi Cat

A little flash game I've been addicted to lately. You definitely want to watch the little cut scenes and have the sound on.

Day 01 — Your favorite movie

Day 02 — Your favorite song

Day 03 — Your favorite television program

Day 04 — Your favorite book

Day 05 — Your favorite quote

Day 06 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy

Day 08 — A photo that makes you angry/sad

Day 09 — A photo you took

Day 10 — A photo of you taken over ten years ago

Day 11 — A photo of you taken recently

Day 12 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 11

Lakeshow, Staples Center

Lakers vs. Bobcats

Feb 3, 2010

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Day 03 — Your favorite television program

Day 04 — Your favorite book

Day 05 — Your favorite quote

Day 06 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy

Day 08 — A photo that makes you angry/sad

Day 09 — A photo you took

Day 10 — A photo of you taken over ten years ago

Day 11 — A photo of you taken recently

Day 10

This laptop is only 2 years old, so it doesn't have any pictures of me before I was 22. I was too lazy to dig up an physical picture and didn't want to shift through the 500 gb hard drive I've filled with... well, mostly TV series and movies. Anyway, lucky there's Facebook and old friends with scanners. Thanks, Elaine.

This is 1/3 of a panoramic picture of my 5th grade class. Did you find me? Hint: I'm wearing red.

Day 01 — Your favorite movie

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Day 03 — Your favorite television program

Day 04 — Your favorite book

Day 05 — Your favorite quote

Day 06 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy

Day 08 — A photo that makes you angry/sad

Day 09 — A photo you took

Day 10 — A photo of you taken over ten years ago

Day 09

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This is the pond in Japanese Friendship Garden at Balboa Park, San Diego, CA. This was one of our stops on our first anniversary outing.

Day 01 — Your favorite movie

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Day 03 — Your favorite television program

Day 04 — Your favorite book

Day 05 — Your favorite quote

Day 06 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy

Day 08 — A photo that makes you angry/sad

Day 09 — A photo you took

Day 08

Day 08 has been the hardest one so far. I don't like to store or look at pictures that trigger anger or sadness, so I had to dig for this one. I finally decided on my vanilla extract "failure" pictures because I'm still disappointed that it didn't work out. After I threw $50 worth of materials down the drain, I found out from a vanilla extract manufacturing company that my results were typical and I jumped the gun. Bummer. =(

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Day 02 — Your favorite song

Day 03 — Your favorite television program

Day 04 — Your favorite book

Day 05 — Your favorite quote

Day 06 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy

Day 08 — A photo that makes you angry/sad

Day 07

Taken by our talented friend, Ching Wu. I'm putting the rest of the photos up on Facebook later this week.

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Day 03 — Your favorite television program

Day 04 — Your favorite book

Day 05 — Your favorite quote

Day 06 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy

Day 06

Lower 4 panels are slightly NSFW.

A strip from one of my all-time favorite web comics, Girls With Slingshots, by Danielle Corsetto. Just FYI, the girl featured in this particular strip is also a blogger. =)

Day 01 — Your favorite movie

Day 02 — Your favorite song

Day 03 — Your favorite television program

Day 04 — Your favorite book

Day 05 — Your favorite quote

Day 06 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Day 05

All time:

At the Moment:

Full: "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler." -Henry David Thoreau

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Day 03 — Your favorite television program

Day 04 — Your favorite book

Day 05 — Your favorite quote

Day 04

Another bizarre tie from opposite ends of the spectrum.

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Day 03 — Your favorite television program

Day 04 — Your favorite book

Day 03

Probably a close tie... funny how they are on opposite sides of the spectrum.

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Day 02 — Your favorite song

Day 03 — Your favorite television program

Day 02

Favorite song, favorite version.

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