28 Mar
Posted by Harper in General at 02:29 AM
Tags: awesome, blogs, crobar, flickr, food, hong, itunes, kong, party, sushi
so this weekend i hung out a lot. it was awesome. i came home from work early on friday (holiday) and hung out with matt and hiromi. we went and got beers, pop, cheese and thai food. then we watched new poilce story. so so good. it was about jackie chan - a screwed up [...]
25 Mar
Posted by Harper in General at 12:14 PM
Tags: fu, hong, itunes, itunesblogger, kong, kung, movies, Sites
I got all my movies last night. i had ordered a bunch: casshern, in the mood for love, 2046, kung fu hustle, a world without thieves, colored bloussoms, new police story and old boy. i am pretty excited.
i went ahead and watched casshern. it is incredible. one of the weirdest movies i have [...]
22 Mar
Posted by Harper in General at 04:06 PM
Tags: angry, hivizone, hong, kong, mail, usps
So i have been ordering from hivizone, a hong kong asian cinema store, for about 4 years now. and they send via speedpost - which eventually turns into USPS. well. goddamn USPS always makes receiving packages a nightmare. so for the second time in the last six months i have placed an order with hivizone [...]
09 Nov
Posted by Harper in Uncategorized at 06:30 PM
Tags: books, fear, haxored, hong, job, kong, movies, politic, politics, search, travel
this morning I woke up early. like 7:00. I was having a dream wher ei was invader zim and I was able to time travel (a combination of the two things I did last night between 2:30am and 4:00am). it ruled. I just buzzed around and had time traveling problems. I am currently reading this book by authur c clarke. it rules. I forgot what it is called. I have not bothered to look at the titles of the l…
23 Sep
Posted by Harper in Uncategorized at 09:18 PM
Tags: chicago, hong, php
i totally didn’t know that my blog was public. haha. jk. so I was talking to my friend and she relayed information that my blog was the topic of a conversation in a meeting about rss feeds. I was used to demonstrate how “people need to keep in mind that anybody can read what you post.” this was apparently especially true in light of my post about me resigning. well. first off….
23 Sep
Posted by Harper in Uncategorized at 04:39 PM
Tags: action, crobar, fashion, hong, insane, kong, movies, music, nokia, phone, rock, war
it has been a weird couple days. It all started last wednesday. tommie called me to alert me of his presence and invite me to scissor sisters. that ruled. we hung out then. and then we went to crobar and I broke myself. i hadn’t been feeling good. so I stayed in bed friday. then we…
13 Sep
Posted by Harper in Uncategorized at 04:42 PM
Tags: action, business, college, hong, kong, metal, nokia, phone, rock, video
i really want to go dancing - big band style. all of a sudden. or just watch triplets of belleville. something. just not be up or at work. I am tired of wearing “business casual” clothing. I really want to just wear jeans. or whatever. just something that isn’t “business casual.” I suppose I will get over it. ;) I go through these…
10 Feb
Posted by Harper in Uncategorized at 09:12 PM
Tags: advertising, aim, chicago, chris, family, google, hacking, hong, ipod, kungfu, linux, mom, nerd, phone, php, reed, search, security, tools
so a week or so ago I went to this party for the chicago thong organization, it was really funny and strange - but my friend chris and I participated in the activities and wore thongs and capes(which was the costume of choice). well later that night we were at a club and one of our friends snapped this really great
02 Feb
Posted by Harper in Uncategorized at 08:24 PM
Tags: family, health, hong, linux, phone, sick
hehe. so I just back from the doctor - my annual checkup I guess. I don’t often go but in light of seeing my family get sick and then better I decided awhile ago that I woudl take a more proactive approach to my health. which.. may or may not involve moving a bit more - I think moving i…
02 Feb
Posted by Harper in Uncategorized at 06:10 PM
Tags: chicago, chris, crobar, food, games, hong, insane, mom, phone, politic, rock, server
So on Thursday night - I accidentally went and bought some clothes. It was ridiculous. I should never be allowed in to certain far too expensive stores. However I got a hot pair of pants.. not a pair of hot pants mind you.. but yea. So I gotta return some stuff and keep some stuff. I really can?t deal with pants without belt loops ? I just feel insane when I am not wearing a belt. Heh. Yea about …
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