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	<title>Reality Out of Sync &#187; New Year</title>
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		<title>Cell Phones, Movies, Oh My!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s start with the easy stuff first. AT&#38;T sucks for users that want to actually have an Android phone. I am one of those people, and luckily my contract is up. On the downside, I don&#8217;t like CDMA phones (that gets rid of Sprint), Verizon doesn&#8217;t offer a discount for my place of employment (and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s start with the easy stuff first. AT&amp;T sucks for users that want to actually have an Android phone. I am one of those people, and luckily my contract is up. On the downside, I don&#8217;t like <a title="CDMA Technology" href="http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-difference-between-gsm-and-cdma.htm" target="_blank">CDMA</a> phones (that gets rid of Sprint), Verizon doesn&#8217;t offer a discount for my place of employment (and they are expensive really for no reason, not to mention poor coverage in my area); however, there is T-mobile. They do have cheap plans; however, I am not sure if they have a discount which I can take advantage of with my place of employment. I mean, you can&#8217;t really pass up 24% discounts off of service. I&#8217;m just sayin&#8217;.</p>
<p>I suppose I could just buy myself an unlocked Android phone that works on the 3G frequency that AT&amp;T uses (the <a title="Google Nexus" href="http://www.google.com/phone" target="_blank">Google Nexus</a> would work just fine, but 500+ USD???). I suppose I should just continue to wait, but I just can&#8217;t stand the idea of not having a device that I can root and do whatever I want with. Totally unfair, but really super shallow =-P</p>
<p>So then we move on to <a title="The Last Airbender Movie" href="http://www.thelastairbendermovie.com/" target="_blank">The Last Airbender</a>, I&#8217;m sure some of you have seen the previews for it. It looks pretty cool, as I was/am a fan of the <a title="Avatar: The Last Airbender series" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbender#Air_Nomads" target="_blank">Avatar: The Last Airbender series</a>; however, it has some serious failings. I may have written about this before, but I&#8217;m too lazy to search. Anyhow, my biggest issues with the movie is the blatant white washing. I was thinking of boycotting the movie and simply getting it from the <a title="Arrrrrr!" href="http://www.thepiratebay.org" target="_blank">Pirate Bay</a> once it hit the torrents; however, I&#8217;m some what undecided. It&#8217;s also kind of concerning because Mr. <a title="M. Night Shyamalan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Night_Shyamalan" target="_blank">M. Night Shyamalan</a> is really a kind of hit and miss sort of director. Some of the movies he has directed are really pretty awesome. For instance, I&#8217;m a fan of The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Lady in the Water; however, I&#8217;d go so far as to say his other work (in my opinion) was really rather horrible. So what is going to happen with <a title="The Last Airbender Movie" href="http://www.thelastairbendermovie.com/" target="_blank">The Last Airbender</a>? It&#8217;s pretty much a coin toss I guess.</p>
<p>And the &#8220;Oh My&#8221; part. Inter-personal relationships. It seems to me things are becoming increasingly complicated, and increasingly unpleasant. I generally try not to be a pessimist when it comes to working out perceived or actual problems between myself and others; however, I&#8217;m having a difficult time remaining optimistic. I&#8217;m becoming displeased with certain actions and behaviors that generally I would just attribute to how a person works. I try to be understanding of how a person works, how they behave and how their personality and experiences shape their wants, needs, and actions to obtain those things. I&#8217;m finding my understanding and patience lacking. On the other hand, I tend to not take the easy way out, so I wonder what will happen? Hrmm&#8230;hrmm. Good question! <img src="http://www.kuei-jin.org/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif" alt=":mrgreen:" /></p>
<p>Later gators.</p>
<div id="attachment_916" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 487px"><a href="http://blog.kuei-jin.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/mengyao_white.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-916  " title="Meng Yao in White" src="http://www.kuei-jin.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/mengyao_white-682x1024.jpg" alt="So serious!" width="477" height="717" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I wonder if she looks so serious all the time - not that I&#39;d see her face, but it&#39;s a thought.</p></div>
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		<title>With 2009 Comes&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.kuei-jin.org/2009/02/with-2009-comes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prata</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The flu. The first week of this month I had the joy of puking (no thanks to Grant this time /sadface) for an entire day. Between the painful spasms that wracked my abdomen and the blowing of my nose due to the unpleasant nature of vomit escaping into my sinus cavity I realized this truth: [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The flu. The first week of this month I had the joy of puking (no thanks to Grant this time /sadface) for an entire day. Between the painful spasms that wracked my abdomen and the blowing of my nose due to the unpleasant nature of vomit escaping into my sinus cavity I realized this truth: Nasal Wash is an entertaining experience.</p>
<p>I didn&#8217;t use a neti pot, but I had the joy (should I enjoy this feeling?) of forcing saline through my nose and into my sinus cavity. It was a slow warm prod, like a liquid finger just behind my eye which then exited my skull via the opposite nostril. I did this twice per nostril, and it&#8217;s definitely a unique experience. It was almost like drowning, except I could breathe through my mouth. There&#8217;s nothing quite like it I tell you.</p>
<p>I got to spend a lot of time watching television, and I realized just how much I hate day time TV. No wonder half the population of our country is borderline zombified. There is _nothing_ good about day time television. I have Direct TV, so I at least can get away from the talk shows and what not; however, I&#8217;ve seen every episode of CSI that has ever been created. I&#8217;ve never been so pleased to actually go to work.</p>
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		<title>The New Year</title>
		<link>http://blog.kuei-jin.org/2009/02/the-new-year-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>prata</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New Year for me started out awesome. Olive, a street which a huge Chinese business population, was littered with fireworks and all kinds of people strolling about. It was just great. I went to a temple and found a corner to meditate in while listening to the chants and prayers of other Buddhists. It [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The New Year for me started out awesome. Olive, a street which a huge Chinese business population, was littered with fireworks and all kinds of people strolling about. It was just great. I went to a temple and found a corner to meditate in while listening to the chants and prayers of other Buddhists. It was a pleasant time to be had by all.</p>
<p>I meant to post right after that incident, but I became ill (karma probably) and have spent the last four days not quite right. Yesterday I had the joy (and that is just dripping with sarcasm, like a bloody rag after severing someone&#8217;s femoral artery) of puking all day long. Go me!</p>
<p>Now that I&#8217;m somewhat better. We will return to my boring drivel. What I have lined up should be at least semi-interesting and argumentative as I tend to be. ^_^</p>
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