Douchebags... in a music video!

Oh, it's soo bad, soo bad. But check it out, they all have matching haircuts!!! AHAHAHA

Dumb and Dumber

Good times

Jizz In My Pants by Andy Sandberg with guest start JT

Hilarious...really.

Polite people asking me to rob them.

I was searching for an extra lcd monitor so that it'll be easier to read and write papers. I came across this little gem.

"HP 20 inch LCD Computer monitor.. serious buyer only, cash only transaction
Please Rob call 415.368.3619.."

It would be almost rude not to steal this.

90s Alternative Dance Party otherwise known as Debaser

So last Saturday night, I met up with a few grad students to hit up this awesome dance party "Debaser" at the Knock Out in the mission. The place is a cool scene with ironic hipsters in flannel everywhere. And for some reason, i think the new "hip" drink is Tecate. I'll stick to my hoegarden, thank you very much. Anyway, it was a solid night for nirvana, mosh pit dancing, and crowd surfing. I had enough to drink to inspire me to do the "Carleton Dance" from Fresh Prince of Belair. I couldn't help it with the 90s theme of the night. Did I mention that the bar we stopped at first played "Hold On" by Wilson Philips? Fun times and I didn't feel the effects of alcohol like i used to. Woo!

I'm not used to not having finals this semester. I have a presentation on tuesday (read: procrastination) and a paper on friday. Good times.. Well off to work I go!

DJ Format featuring Jurassic 5-We Know Something

Because I know you love dancing mascots...

Indie Running Song of the Week: Young Galaxy - The Alchemy Between Us

I love the floaty dancey muzak, makes for a relaxing run.

Sea Things on Xbox

Karaoke with songs from your ipod!

So I just got this new karaoke game for the xbox which comes with two wireless microphones. Completely awesome! You can connect your ipod to your xbox and sing along with songs from your playlists. Not only that, you can just leave the game on jukebox mode and just have your songs playing in the background. And should someone (sober or not) want to sing along at the current song playing, all they need to do is shake the microphone and start singing.

Finally! I can stop buying karaoke revolution 6,7,8 now. I'll upload a clip that I took while karaoking to Melody's band, "The Definite Articles" (check them out on myspace). I'll post that soon as I can.

Balboa sushi

I went to see the new bond movie last week with my friends from grad school, Tina and Natalie. On the way home, we stopped by balboa sushi. Great sushi spot. Check out the size of this roll for $6.50! They even gave us a free roll too!

I'm currently planning a kayaking trip with andrea. Really cool girl. I'm going to be adventurous and opt for the starlight paddle.

Alright, I'm going to pass out and sleep.

Ummm... Yeah

I'm sure they didn't mean this when they said bike parking..

Touch by Stan Bush from the Transformers The Movie

I will update my blog sometime soon...

Frightened Rabbit - Keep Yourself Warm

Awesome song! Highly reccomend.

JT and Beyonce on SNL

Bee skit @ (Nov 15 2008)
by thebeyoncenetwork

Real Life Robotech Mecha!!!

It's only weakness is ewoks and log swings...

For Gary....

Sting her!!

Happy Halloween!

Just being an banana... I'm quickly blogging before I board my plane to Seattle. Good times. Next Halloween I will be some sort of fruit. Can't wait!

I think I'm planning my next visit up to France again....

Remember when i went to Paris and met up with Heather? How's this for a lure back to europe...Ah good times..

Roth versus the Halloween Costume

Can you figure it out?

Pictures from the Cal academy of science

I wish this was my lab. Too bad I hate plants (they don't move!) .

We Are Scientists - After Hours

Wishful thinking?

Something I saw lurking on one of the labs at school. Now it has to work!

Dimsum at work!

I love shozu and it's awesome ability to blog and post pictures from the iPhone. Here's a picture of dim sum we had at work...

Halloween

I love how i was able to quickly post a picture of my halloween costume through my Iphone. Right now I'm just waiting for one more central piece of hte costume. I'm waiting to get the paints somewhere, probably Ross or something. I'll do something special. Stay tuned..

And all I needed was some cranberry vodkas...

On my way to work, I saw a fleet of Redbull Mini Coopers lining Buchannan Street at JapanTown and I had to take a picture of this. Also, if you notice, there are bags of ice next to each Mini, which looks like they were about to hand out Redbulls. I didn't stick around too long but if I had maybe I would be more wired right now..

They give you wiiiiiiiiings...

Indie Running music: Love it all by The Kooks

I like to chill out to this music on a nice a day...and it helps smooth out a run..

Medical Student Prank

Oh boy... i can see a ton of HIPAA violations here... but it's soo funny.

Oh noes, online predators!!!

So apparently, there's an online studbook (basically a place where you can find potential animals to breed your pet/animal/circus animal) that you can peruse. SNL did a little stint on that, saying they prefer eFarmony (haha). But oh noes, online predators have already gotten to the sites.

Grad Student Party!

Last Thursday we had an awesome grad student party. It was my first debut as GSCB president and it turned out really well. I wish I had my camera to take photos but it was awesome to see everyone there. More interestingly, I noticed we have more women than girls in our department. No complaints, I love nerdy girls who wear glasses. It's one of my weakness, hah! Apparently the food went quick, and fruit and veggies were a big hit. I think I'll try to include some sweets next time. We went through a lot of alcohol too, I guess three cases are the minimum. These guys can sure drink…

Sam, one of our grad students had an interesting drunk conversation about how taxonomy of arachnids and primates… Even our drunk babble is geeky...

I really had to thank my group for pulling together and helping me. I decided to give them the week off and resume our meeting the week after. I'm sure many of them have tons of work to catch up. I need to start thinking about the travel grants …

It's been so busy lately, I'm sure I'm ignoring some people. I didn't even get a chance to go run as much as I wanted too..

12 seconds of Randomness: Apricot Tomfoolery

Apricot tomfoolery on 12seconds.tv

Running Indie Song of the day! : Magic Numbers - This is a Song

So every few days, I'll update my blog with my favorite indie song that I listen to when I run. The beat is pretty consistent, fits my pace and is just plain awesome. Check this out and let me know in the comments what you think?

McCain's Roommates..

This is hilarious and it makes you think. And what is the deal about the chair????

See more funny videos at Funny or Die

Remember When....: UC Davis Republicans

You know, Davis Republicans do have it tough. They don't even get to have a multi colored flag or anything. I'm starting to feel bad for them.. I mean, he couldn't even roleplay his part...

Creepy Bush poster with Arnold in the back (well, any photo of Bush is creepy...).

Cafe Revolution: A classical evening with Melody, Dara and Pascal

After my very long day in the lab, partially due to interruptions from people on facebook and my own slow ways, I decided to join Melody, Pascal and Dara at Cafe Revolution. It was pretty amazing that they had Classical music on nights at the cafe. I think I enjoyed this more than going to a bar and just listening to club hits. Not that I'm against those type of music. Sometimes you just have to break out of the monotony. Awesome times were had all around. Some questions are lingering... Did Melody get with that cute guy at the cafe? Who was that old lady who came in to get a cookie? What was that guy writing about in his notebook? Will Pascal ever get to read my blog?

Interestingly, I can't wait till Melody starts her own blog. I'll have to show her how to do that sometime. Enjoy the clip of the video, it turned out better than I thought it would...

Updated: Apparently that night, Pascal told me of some song that gave him nightmares. Apparently he dreamed about killing his ex, and then another similar dream about killing someone else. Creepy song.

Completely appropriate lab attire...

I quickly snapped a photo of Jarmilka shipping out some fine blood to
our good friends at [pharm company]. You can never get too dressed up,
I say.

Day of Firsts: Grad school and Salsa Class

Today I had my first taste of grad school and salsa class. Both made me want to go screaming for the hills...

The grad school orientation was both helpful and insightful. I got to meet many of the other grad students in my program, many of which were nice. The others i didn't meet, but i assume that they're nice too. I also realize that my handwriting needs work and that when i get nervous, i lose all track of thought. I'm going to try to get into the habit of writing on paper every once in a while and to stop relying on my laptop to take notes. I also realized that there's only 3 asian guys in my program. Wow, I am in the minority. This feels weird. The rest are hot grad students... Rawr... All in all, I think I'm in for a good year..

Salsa class however was frightening. This class picks up fast and glosses past a lot of things such as setting up open breaks, hand positions, etc. I also was in a horrible position because I couldn't see what the instructor was doing. And when i did turn around to see him, I couldn't see the correct foot or hand placement. It kinda made me feel like I was going in blind. I'm hoping that thursday will be a little slower and smaller, and I'll be able to retain more.

Eeep I say, eep.

Here's a few videos of grad school orientation that i recorded from my phone. Interestingly, you can only hear me as the mic doesn't pick up well.

Here are some clips. I'm streaming these videos, so sometimes the signal isn't too good and there's a delay and pauses in some of these videos

Popcorn, the guinea pig of my qik experiment

Jaws Theme Song

Hilarious

Mario Kart DS japanese ad

Hilarious...

Star Wars Vs. Rush Hour

Completetly and utterly funny.

Woefully awesome.

It's been a long while since I've blogged so I'll start from Friday where I had to bring back my drunk brother from Blow-up (a hipster indie dance party at the Rickshaw). He was so drunk and so intoxicated then I've seen him for the longest time. Somewhat responsible for my phone buzzing during the Dark Knight. Very annoying, but forgiveable.

I loved the Dark Knight! I completely believed Heath as the Joker (with a Jigsaw like mentality from Saw). I'm looking forward to the next Batman movie and I love the fact that the series has become darker (as it should) than its predecessors.

Yesterday, I ran the Bay Trail as someone had so suggested and I loved it! It's definitely my new trail, since running on treadmill gets boring. I was actually worried that it would be really windy and cold, but it's actually pretty nice. I did come back with a new fro... (yeah, no pictures thankfully).

I'm only taking a few classes this semester (two grad classes with a few days for grad research) and I'm extending my employment till Oct 2nd before i switch to another research group. I'm also checking out Kforce to see what they can do for me since I have soo much experience in research.

In other news, I'm joining a salsa group and they might do some bachata, which I've never done before. Woohoo!

Ken Lee - Bulgarian Idol (WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION)

I Ken Lee without you...

The Wicker Man - Comedy Trailer

Just had to post this one...

Because i felt like it..

Sushi hana

Success!

I have the iPhone. Yay!!!!!!

Iphone wait nearing end

6:20 pm: - almost to the door, completely out of the 16 gb iPhone.
Which is fine, wanted to get the 8gb anyways. 5 people ahead.

Iphone wait #2

4:54pm - moved up a bit not bad especially since I'm much closer to
the door.

iPhone wait #2

4:12pm - At the burlingame apple store, beginning the wait. So far the
line looks very reasonable. It doesn't look too long. Apparently
still in stock.

iPhone craziness

Pretty ghetto out here. Many here don't look like they work.

Updated 11:30pm: So I wasn't able to get an iphone because i actually wanted to get to work on time. Irregardless (not a word), I am going to try for Burlingame sometime in the afternoon. I'm going hiking tomorrow morning and I rather spend time interacting with people than waste time (or at the very least, have my priorities straight, hang out with people, and then wait for the iphone...)

I don't need to be the first person to get one, but I'd like to get one sometime this weekend mainly because you all know I'm gadget freak (I did however get a wii 3 days before anyone else got theirs.. soooo maybe I'm lucky in other ways..).

Brazen - Toto (original mix)

Toto never sounded sooo good..

Electric Guitar Canon Rock in D Major

Completely and utterly amazing what this guy can do...He's pretty famous now, doing live versions...

Mountain on fire!

A weekend ago there was a fire that crept up conspicously close to my
parents. Good thing the fog and cold took care of it.

The Cure-To the Sky (B-sides)

No explanation needed...

oneal mcknight - check your coat

Doc Brown... hilarious...

Base Ball Bear - Changes

Awesome song!

Funny Ad

Now i really want to see how bad this drummer Graham is to be singled out in this flyer. This is hilarious...

Funny Ass Jeopardy Question

Last one, i still think he's right..

Funny Jeopardy Clip

Poor guy... i've got this a couple of times before...

Weird guy on Jeopardy

"What is Dracula?" Hahaha..

Awesome indie rock shooter game

Basically, you play guitar riffs and other melodies, as you score points shooting things... quite awesome...

MGS4 - Exploring Shadow Moses

The fact that Solid Snake uses an ipod in the game, hilarious

Woohoo! My laptop is fixed...

A few days ago, my laptop's motherboard fried on me (based on the overheating of the GPU). I have to say, Dell's warranty had the motherboard fixed within 3-days (2 days if i had the laptop with me.). Next day business on site repair.

So here's the workout plan so far since two weeks ago. Circuit training 3x a week MWF. Running 5x a week.. I should up the mileage, since lately, i'm not getting tired from running. It's been nice walking around in Pacific Heights with such warm weather in San Francisco. I feel like I've gotta take advantage and see some of the shows around here...I do want to see another improv show again...

amber davis-radio

kinda poppy but i like it.

TSA Gangstaz

Yeah.. i'm glad i don't have issues with the TSA...

Grad School... tis crazy

Grad school is killer. Sure I can show up to lab a little later, but man... I'll go the entire day without eating anything. That's nuts! It's been week since I've had a decent or any lunch while I'm in the lab. Couple that with the fact that I exercise during my lunch break while I'm at work, it looks like I won't eat any lunch during the week. It's already been two weeks that I haven't eaten lunch..

I blame it on my experiments. So in order to fix this problem of mine, I decided to improve aspects of my dissections in order to get it on the rig faster. I will probably start a brand new protocol of how I am able to isolate motor neurons faster. I was surprised that there weren't any protocols made like this before. Putting neurons on the rig is easy and fast for me, and the readings aren't bad. A little more work is required before i get that down.

I joined 24 hour Fitness FitLite! It's awesome, and I really feel like all parts of my body is getting the attention they deserve. The fact that it's basically near my work, is an added bonus.

Ran 3x week last week and did fitlite 1x on friday. Fitlite 1x on monday, no running on monday since my running gym was closed and I was way too tired today. Plans for this week includes a pseudo reunion celebrating Brother Draper.

Basshunter - Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA

WOW and DotA... hilarious and yes, i play both of those...

Upgrading laptop processor M1330

Finally received my T7500 from ebay and already installed it into M1330. Laptop is running like a dream! 2.2 core 2 duo processor (which switches to 1ghz when on battery saver mode). I am totally beaming. I'll do a game review on Mario Kart for the Wii. It's quite awesome.

Hipster vampire orgy in san francisco nightclub

Apparently, in 2:51, Wallpaper makes an appearance...

The Rapture w/the Presets rock the Frisco Disco

Wooo! Too bad they closed this down.. Love the music though..

Summer Vacation!! Well, not really..

Ah, finally summer's here. Which doesn't mean a whole lot, since I work MWF and work in the lab TTh. But you know, good thing about lab on T Th is that I roll in around 10ish. Bad thing is that I'm working for free essential. Good thing is that it's fun and I don't notice time fly by. I even skipped a few meals here. I actually have a reminder on the iphone to tell me when to eat.

I've never ever taken classes at SFSU during the summer, so i don't know how the summers are like on campus. Parking is WAY better. Lines for food are shorter, weather is warmer, etc. I do hope it gets unbarely warm so that i can roll into lab in flip flops and sunglasses. There's actually a Bridges program that's underway which I'd like to be a part of if I can but I'm already strapped for time already. I'd like to mentor some high school students. My mom teaches clinical nursing at USF, which I'm not sure she has to do for her doctorate, so I'd like to do that someday. I think it would be awesome to teach neurobiology at the community college.

Let's hope it gets warm this summer...

Ebay bid sniping, building an awesome portable gaming laptop..

So I'm excited. Literally excited. I just saved over $100 on ebay, bid sniping.. When I bought my laptop, it ran a bit slower than my laptop and I wanted to get a new processor (one of the many reasons why i got this laptop, modability). Anyhoo, I've been sorta collecting parts (new and refurbished). For example, I just bought a new red back cover ($20) to replace (which might be really hard and I'm not sure if I'd want to do it. I also got a new palmrest with fingerprint reader ($15 ). The best thing i got was the 2.2 ghz core 2 duo processor which sells for 250 on newegg ( a site for the best prices on computer parts) for $153, it was listed at 150 and at around 22 seconds left, i placed a bid for $160 and got it at $153.... maybe later along in the future, i'll invest in a larger hard drive... but that won't be for a while. Pretty much all of these items are funded through my birthday money... I was able to sell my older processor, old ram, and other stuff through craigslist.

Also I am selling my sony vaio laptop t150 on craigslist, so hopefully that should garner me a couple of hundreds of dollars...

Gary would be pleased to know that once i get my larger hard, i'll probably dual boot Mac OS X Leopard...

Roth's on PHD comic

That's me inspiring the PHD Comic... check it archive 5/23/08

Roth loves his m1330 laptop

Hooray for me!!

Goodbye Sony Vaio VGN-FS690, Hello XPS Dell M1330 gaming laptop

In other news, I sold my sony vaio laptop for $400 to a french woman and her son. I'm going to miss that thing. I still have my other sony vaio laptop which i use frequently for classes. It's a great machine to take notes, but I keep finding that I need something with more power to keep up with me and my desktop.... I decided to buy a sort of gaming laptop, a dell xps m1330. Beautiful machine! Weights around 4lbs with the battery, core 2 duo processor and a gaming video card nvidia 8400M GS! That means WOW and Team Fortress 2 portability. It has a pretty decent battery life of about 3.5 hours. 2 hours if you're watching a DVD. The extended can apparently give you 7 hours . It also have a webcam and microphone, so when my bro goes to Drexel, we can keep in contact. As well as my mom who has one on her laptop.

What I also like the most is that if later, I can upgrade the memory, the hard drive, the processor even! It's completely super easy even a caveman could do it. No longer will I have to pry open an entire laptop to get to the components. There's a manual which tells you how to replace almost every single component in the laptop. It's also crazy thin! You can bet that I'll be scouring for upgradeable items online... Who knew that something my brother wanted to get , I ended up trading a sony vaio for...

Roth's Indie Fashion

I tend to look for nice finds of clothes at H&M, Zara, Banana Republic, etc, because I don't want to look like everyone else. I used to cringe, when I'm standing next to someone wearing the same sweater.. How can I avoid this? How can I avoid looking soo preppy? So I turn to the internet.

Here's some stuff I've ordered that are pretty rare or usually hard to find.


So the hoodie has a v-neck and is imported from Japan. About $50 (pricey i know). A price i pay for having something relatively rare in the states. The sweaters are a $20 a piece though, and are nice. And i rest easy knowing that I have something pretty original and pretty styling...

This is what I'm hoping to get in about a week too. Kinda pricey being $75 and all.. Urk

I'll post photos of how they look...

Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler

This is new to me... =)

Mr. Mister - Broken Wings

Duuude... totally karaoke time

Cut Copy - Hearts On Fire Live Pro Shot

Great song, played at popscene a while back.

A coffin for old hipsters

Apparently, you're not truly a hipster still you're buried in a PBR coffin. Got GTA4, woo! Short blog today, busy weekend.

Save Ferris live in San Francisco

Remember Ska? Remember Save Ferris? Save Ferris has a show @ Bottom of the Hill when all of the sudden, a fire breaks out. Craziness..

Rest of the trip

Finally some Paris photos

Like I promised, some photos of the trip..I'd write a long blog, detailing my adventures with wine, egg throwing Parisians, crazy cops, and more free wine but I need to study for my quiz tomorrow. Probably during lecture.

SNES Super Mario Kart on the Force Dynamics 301

Ah, i do miss mario kart...

Error! French keyboard.

So this french keyboard is really tough. The keys are weird. having a great time. will blog; later.

European adventure: Hot girls

My brother and I were amazed at how many hot girls there were in
Toronto. It's ridiculous! They definitely got style. Especially in
London, even though they're covered up, wow. I'm going to try and take
some photos if I can without seeming pervy.

It also looks like I will be blogging through my iPhone so don't
expect long wonderful Gary-esque narrations. Cheerio!

San Francisco Music Scene: The Definite Articles at Kimo's

Saturday night was the Definite Articles first night with their two new members Gabe (bass) and Molly (keyboard). Molly's got a great voice and I loved her keyboard. Gabe did awesome as well (as much as a non-musical person like me can tell). I can totally tell the difference from their first show without these two and I'm looking forward to their future show.

By the way, I was doing a little merchandising (free) and publicity for the band. I'm not a big indie guy, but a supporter of their group, so i'm not sure if I came off totally lame. I gotta brush up with my PR skills the next time I'm doing merchandising. I finally got myself a cool new button from the show.

Seriously the show was great, and even Gabe commented on saying that the applause they got were really genuine. I really wish they could have seen what I've seen from the crowd. Although the crowd wasn't as big as their Retox show, a little more than a few people really getting into it. I'm looking forward to their CD release date on May 21st, at the Rickshaw stop. It's going to great.

Karaoking Audiologists

Muahahaha

San Francisco Indie Concerts: "Jermaine, is that you??"

Apparently, it was through facebook that my favorite indie band of all time, Flight of the Conchords has decided to hold a concert in San Francisco on May 27!! Tickets are sparse on craigslist as i post and post and post. I'm hoping to hear back from a few scalpers and maybe, i'll be able to get some tickets yet. So excited!

Also, I'm looking forward to this weekend's Definite Article show at Kimo which has had a reputation for being really grungy. I've been to dive bars (well, not that divey, i plan to make a trip out to the high tide some time).

I seriously feel like Mel in Flight of the conchords because apparently, i'm the only who so far rsvp on attending...

Human by Civil Twilight

Great song and right now i'm brooding so it fits.

Sushi Nobu and a movie in Davis...

So this saturday i return to my favorite hot spot of all time with Michaela, Sushi Nobu. They added some new rolls such as spicy tuna cucumber roll and Roll 69 (which is spicy and good!). Of course i had my regular rolls of crazy monkey, dragon, etc... They also changed the fish to rice ratio, so there's no real excuse to leave any rice behind! The pictures speak for themselves... mmm, something to look forward to on saturday..

Just look at how huge that freaking salmon is and how small the rice is!!

Plus it was a nice bright and sunny day.. Ah, how i love California...

More 80s: El Debarge - Who's Johnny

Aww memories..

Just updated my other blog...;)

Check it out here

Debarge - Rhythm Of The Night

Total 80s! Tell the name of the movie this was in, and i'll be impressed.

Robot chicken-Terrorism

Yup...

Robot Chicken - Star Wars - The Sith

If you're wondering where i got the phrase in my about profile...

Whoa.. it's been a while..

So i went to get some soul food at this place called the Hardknox in san francisco, near ucsf (Gary, your brother should check it out, soo good and not too expensive, and they have fried chicken too). Gorged on some southern fried beef and such. I love the tin walls...

Trader joe's

Trying some trade joe's mandarin chicken. I might have overdid the chicken a bit, but other than that, pretty tasty (600 cals without rice). Luckily, i ran today. I recommend trader joe to grad students. Tasty meals, cheap prices (3.00 for this package!). Fresh! Fresh! Fresh!I'm also so glad to be running again. I was a bit into WOW for the last bit and now i think i got a good balance going..

4-day running streak at 4.7 miles, and weights.

Eurotrip Robot fight scene

Because I'm going to paris, i'd figured i'd get a bit acquainted with the culture a bit...

The Wicker Man - Comedy Trailer

Alright, thanks to colin, i can't stop laughing at the wicker man. Check this piece of awesomeness out...

Pub Quiz night!

After, running around in san francisco, Gary decides to chill with his homey Roth. So after some really good food at the pancake house, we decided to take in a pub quiz night on irving.
As always, Gary scores well with ladies by bringing some guinness to the table. I was ordered some pear cider. It was good! Blackthorn tavern was pretty empty on a monday, but hey, i'm just glad we got some seats and weren't last.

Why can't my life be a musical?

I went with a few coworkers to this awesome musical in the city called "The Student Gypsy." Really funny, with corny jokes thrown in the mix. I'm going to mark it as one of many potential date places. It's in the embarcadero, so it definitely gives an option for a nice walk at night near the pier. Osha thai is nearby as well and parking is plentiful ($6.00 if you do decide to pay for parking). Lynette showcases her princess umbrella as it was raining that night.. brrr.