Pecs-a-frenzy on Dancing with the Stars
Each week of Dancing with the Stars is an anticipated wait for Cheryl Burke and Gilles Marini to perform. By far, they are the best couple of Season 8. For their paso doble in Week 5, Gilles started a fan frenzy even before the dance began, standing on stage shirtless, showing off his martial arts trained physique.
Building on the frenzy caused by his pecs, Gilles and Cheryl delivered a killer (though hectic, Len is right) paso. Where is this guy’s weakness? It surely ain’t kryptonite.
Week 5 might be the last for Steve-O. Could be LT, but the Edyta-factor should keep LT in the game for another week. Lil’ Kim, dancing with Derek Hough is raising your stock.
And lookee, lookee, DWTS now has a presence on Twitter with a few of their stars tweeting. The “Live on the Set” section is powered by Twitter with stars Holly Madison, Gilles Marini, Ty Murray, Denise Richards, and Melissa Rycroft providing updates. So far, these tweets are pretty boring, and Holly and Denise are already eliminated. How about changin’ them default Twitter avatars?
Update: Neither of my predictions (Steve-O or LT) were eliminated. Instead enigmatic David Alan Grier is gone from the competition. While his dancing was better than Steve-O or LT, he really didn’t connect with partner Kym Johnson.
Damn Linksys Default
Dang, my iPhone continually gets confused with the abundance of the default “linksys” WiFi SSID. Out of the box, Linksys wireless equipment broadcasts on a “linksys” network, and a family member has a “linksys” wireless network which I frequently used.
However, if I ever use my iPhone near another “linksys” wireless network, my iPhone associates with that network which usually doesn’t work. Then I have to “forget this network” in the iPhone settings to restore 3G connectivity and reconnect to the Internet.
I guess I should change the WiFi network name for my relative so I don’t run into this problem…
I Am Awesome!
Sometimes you need a little pep talk to yourself and Twitter and AwesomeUpdater is here to help. Merely sign up, set a few optional preferences, and now and then, you’ll receive a tweet of how awesome you are.
How awesome is that?
Lots and Lots of Legos
No duh, but Legoland has lots and lots of Legos. Not just in the park, but Legos that you can buy and take home with you.
Looks like a candy store.
Star Wars themed Legos.
Vintage Lego people. I have the 1978 spaceman, both the white and red ones.
Had to pickup this Darth Vader Lego keychain.
Good Samaritan on the 405 South
While driving to San Diego on the 405 South, there was a stalled van in the middle lane of the busy freeway. The passengers were pushing the van, trying to get to the shoulder lane and out of the way of speeding cars. Very, very dangerous.
But this Good Samaritan driving an Albertsons big rig helped out by throwing a huge roadbock. He stopped traffic in three lanes of a major freeway so that the van could safely (and more quickly) get to the side out of harms way for both themselves and all other drivers.
Good move truck 14033!
Anteaters Enjoy their Coffee
The Anteaters of UC Irvine, the Home of Eater Nation, like their coffee. A full fledged Starbucks store has infiltrated the campus taking the spot of the school’s outside cafe.
The school itself has gotten a facelift with major renovations of the exterior of the Student Center.
The inside of the Bookstore looks about the same though with lotta love for Team Edward.
And the UCI Medical Center by Disneyland also completed their new facility.
Starbucks VIA Unveiled
My free sample of Starbucks VIA Ready Brew instant coffee arrived, and here’s its unveiling.
It looks like I’m missing the center packet, but it comes with only two packets of VIA Columbia.
Slacking or Enjoying Life?
Took Thursday off to spend some extra family time even though we just came back from a SoCal vacation. In jest, a coworker said I was slacking via Twitter, but I replied I was merely enjoying life! What did I do on my day off?
Started the day off playing with Play Doh.
Then we headed out to Kahala Mall to dine at The Counter. No Daniel Dae Kim sighting, but the place was packed! Instead of waiting to dine in the kind-of-plain interior, we got take out. Our meal consisted of the signature Counter Burger and Taco Turkey along with Fifty-Fifty fries (regular and sweet). At the recommendation of @abaggy, we needed to try a milkshake too.
Total damage was around $30. Food was good, and I would go back but probably construct my own burger.
I managed to exchange my ultracompact USB power adapter that came with my iPhone 3G at the Apple Store. Then headed to Champs Sports to take advantage of the on-going Friends and Family sale. Sadly, I couldn’t find anything, wishing for the new Nike Air Max 2009+ (of which there’s some confusion about its release date).
The highlight of the day was meeting @NEENZ and @noe808 in real life. I’ve interacted with NEENZ online for some time, going back to her days with Truemors and now Alltop.com. We just never did meet in person. That changed today thanks to Twitter (and BriteKite) when I saw this tweet come in. We were both at Kahala Mall.
I managed to find the Chief Evangelist of Alltop sitting outside of Starbucks. We chatted for a bit about all kinds of stuff (blogging, business, finding time, family, etc) before NEENZ had to continue her social media consultation with @hazelnutcottage. Still though, it was a great chance encounter! (But dumb me forgot to take a picture)
So back to the title of this post, slacking or enjoying life? Definitely enjoying life!
Lingerie Living Large at Ala Moana
Purveyor of intimate apparel Victoria’s Secrets is causing some large scale changes at Ala Moana. The forthcoming store displaced the Gap, the Disney Store, and Footlocker.
That’s a lot of lingerie coming to Hawaii.
Potato Heads at Disneyland
Disneyland’s California Adventure has its share of Potato Heads in the park. Here’s a huge one outside of the Toy Story Mania ride.
You can pickup the latest Star Wars spuds like Luke Frywalker, Yam Solo, Darth Mash, Spuda Fett, and Princess Tater.
And of course, you can stuff as many parts into a box at the Build Your Own Potato Head stand.
A Big “Do Not Enter” Sign
Whoa, that’s a huge Do Not Enter sign. Check out the size comparison against the VW Beetle.
