Chinese T-shirt Folding

I’m addicted to folding t-shirts now that I learned this new trick. Seriously, give me a call and I will come over and fold for you. I also make swishy ninja noises as I do it.

App Store

Unfortunately the iPod Touch 2.0 software hasn't gone live yet, however I have downloaded a few applications that will be ready to sync when the update goes live. I'm really excited to try out the award winning Twitterific app, as well as the Apple created Remote app, which allows one to control iTunes using an iPhone or iPod Touch. It works over shared wi-fi networks and the controls are just like controling music on the iPod itself. I feel Apple really could go wild on this and allow one to control more than just music from your laptop or desktop computer from anywhere in your house. Which apps are you looking forward to getting your hands on? Which apps do you feel are possible in the future? This device is capable of a lot more than Apple has let loose on the public in the last year, the SDK and App Store will hopefully let the tiger out of the cage.

When in Brooklyn, do as the Brooklyns do!

I could type until my fingers bleed about the 3 short days I spent in New York City. The Gossip Girl and Sex & the City in me wants to just gush on about how great Manhattan is. However on my very first morning in the city, I swiped my Metro Card and immediately fell in love with Brooklyn.

I had wanted to visit the Brooklyn museum to see the Murakami Exhibit, but when we arrived early we decided to take a stroll through the pubic gardens right next door. There was a beautiful Japanese Garden containing an expansive pond filled with hyperactive koi fish and lazy turtles. There were rows of trees, fountains and even a friendly bunny who now and forever has a special place in my heart.

Once the Museum opened we took our tour of the infamous Murakami exhibit which was just amazing, well worth the visit. Unlike Kanye West, I am of the belief that Murakami is someone who has, and will continue to innovate the Louis Vitton brand with his hypnotic, cute and beautiful works. I really would have liked to have seen some of the European Art that the Brooklyn Museum houses, but unfortunately the European section was closed while I was there. I may have to make another visit in the future to see these pieces.

The sun seared what little skin I couldn’t cover as I walked the Brooklyn Bridge. The mix of tourists, runners and murderous cyclists make the long walk to manhattan one where you will have to enjoy the view while being obliging to families in need of a photographer and avoiding getting run over. The time I spent in New York was brief, but I have to say that the highlight was that first morning I spent in Brooklyn.

5 Random Things You Didn’t Know

Over at Viddler there is a 5 things meme that is running rampant. It’s great fun so if you’re aren’t already, you should sign up and join in the fun! Here’s my contribution, not for the faint of heart.

Blog It

First off I want to talk about my blog a bit. There are three types of posts in my Blog; Regular article posts where I discuss a topic or what have you, Video posts where I post a video and Picture posts where I post a photo or picture. These three types of posts intertwine and mingle so some posts have a photo and an article, others have a video and an article. However due to my discovery of the iPhone and iPod Touch Web App Blog It There will now be a new post added to the mix. These posts will be short and to the point as they will be typed on my iPod Touch and they are posts that I would really love there to be feedback on. Since the posts will be short themselves I will only want the responses will be short. What I really want for my blog is some interaction with my readers, I want to get to know ye better, so get commenting!

Secondly, I would like to talk about Blog It. I read about this app from Liana over at Girls Gone Geek. You should check out the post yourself as she provides a much better explanation than I do, however basically Blog It allows you to mass update to micro-blogging websites like twitter and jaiku and mass post to blogging websites like WordPress and Blogger. I really have fallen in love with the little app and it has somehow managed to get me back into the ever controversial Jaiku. I will be using it to update my Twitter, Jaiku and Facebook whenever I’m on my iPod Touch. Worry not my faithful followers and contacts, It won’t be constantly the same updates on all 3 site I promise. I will also be using it to post to this blog and my tumblr site which I kind of forgot about until I saw the app supported it!

Word Vomit

Popularised by the once acceptable Lindsay Lohan in Mean Girls, the idea of Word Vomit is one that seems to be gripping my daily life… well, daily. Urban Dictionary defines word vomit as: A point in a conversation where you say something that you really didn’t mean to.

I’m sure this has happened to all of us, yet to some of us more often than others. For me personally, I tend to just spew up stories about my boyfriend whenever the conversation is steered into a subject which is oftentimes, only slightly related to my boyfriend. At first it may appear cute that I talk about him so much, because he is always on my mind. However that is beside the point. Like the fictional character played by the aforementioned Ms. Lohan, I can see people becoming bored and frustrated with my endless ramblings about this thing that happened and this thing we did but I cannot stop the words from tumbling out of my mouth.

I am now making the conscious decision not to word vomit. Like I had to stop myself from talking about random topics no one understood when I was younger. That waning fake smile was a dead give-away. Unfortunately my Word Vomit sometimes comes with a stinging taste, where I say something that I didn’t plan on saying and came out sounding completely differently than I originally intended. An example being when I told a girl her hair was “So much better than before”. Obviously I would NEVER say something like that to their face, but my meaning was completely messed up. I should have said “It suits you so much better than your old style”.

I have learned from my mistakes and hopefully my word vomit will subside, I will stop boring, insulting and frustrating people. The first step is of course to accept the fact that you do word vomit, but unlike alcohol, hello kitty and ben & jerry’s ice-cream, you do have the power to contain yourself. Unless of course you mean to do so, in which case we will use word vomit as an excuse, as a weapon to disguise your inner thoughts!! Mwahaha!

Something to look forward to…

I can haz white iPhone?

3 Things

“They say in New York, you’re always looking for a job, a boyfriend or an apartment” - Carrie Bradshaw

Now I may not be in New York just yet, however I do feel that the “3 things” rule does often apply regardless of where you are. I read many blogs, most of them tend to be geeky and fun but within the few personal ones I do read the topics tend to concern one of the 3 things mentioned above. I stuck the note pictured on my notice board and not even a week ago only boyfriend was crossed off. Thankfully I managed to score the other two in the past few days, yet it still got me thinking. Does it just take something to earn, somewhere to live and someone to love to satisfy a person’s needs?

The companion seems to be the most difficult to obtain and is the most discussed topic in this day and age. There are so many single people in the world, and the larger portion of them are searching for the one. Due to this fact, obviously someone had the great idea to capitalise on singles. There are romantic comedies, romance novels, self help books, dating websites, etc. All of which gain revenue primarily from the lonely love sick market. I’m no expert at love or finding it, however the only thing I know is that love does not come to you, you have to get up and find it yourself.

Confucius told us to “choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life”. This is the ideal that I am bringing into the future with me. Once I finish college I will be shooting to work somewhere with something I really love and enjoy. Yes, we all work jobs to pay the rent that we don’t necessarily love but that is just what needs to happen sometimes. One can’t stay in that dead-end job forever. You gotta get up and out. Once I really get out in the world, I don’t want to be stuck doing something I don’t love because I know Confucius really hit the nail on the head with that one, so I don’t plan on working a day in my life.

I’ve written about Student housing previously, and while it was terrible, I got through it. I’ve had to find a new place to live about 3 times within the past 6 months, therefore I feel it qualifies me to give advice on the subject of the roof over your head. There is no easy way to do it. That’s all I can say. You have to be really aggressive and tough skinned because for some reason landlords and ladies are always really crabby people by nature. Be prepared for rejection, be prepared for small spaces and be prepared to get wet. It happens.

It’s probably a bit too convenient to say that 3 things are the key to life, and it is quite a simplistic ideal, but what do you loyal readers think. Is it as simple as 1, 2, 3, Happiness?

I’m Back Bitches!!

God I missed you, watch this educational video on my recent whereabouts.

This video also makes it official, I am coming to America. Stay tuned for more info!!

2 Down, 2 To Go

I have two subjects done and dusted, now I just have 3 more exams to sit over the next 2 weeks before I’m finished for the summer. Now to celebrate I of course have to play some more DS. Am I a geek or what?!