World War Z

We've had this discussion before.  I've brought up the idea of the zombie apocalypse, and then some.  I brought up ways I would protect my friends and family with guns, samurai swords, and metal bats and crow bars.  Heck, I even been looking at AR-15s lately, and I know that's going to happen soon.  However lately, I've been wondering about humankind.  Let's just say an apocalypse happens?  What is our move, and our steps to survive?  Will human kind survive?

After reading World War Z, the vivid images just kept running through my mind, and hearing these stories of the fictional characters just seem so life like.  I could just hear the voices in my head.  I don't know.  Maybe the fact that stories are so life like, that's what scares me the most.  What happens when the world is confront with Patient Zero?  

The book really just shows how human's survive, what it takes, what the tolls of the war will really look like.  A decade long war, that is forever.  Who comes out of a war like this?  Honestly?  Jay called it, running zombies are going to literally fuck shit up.  However, what about a world that is overrun by the literally the walking dead?  Can they be stopped?  Look, I'm not saying Max Brook's book is the answer, however I will have to admit.  There is a lot of great logic in it.  

When the time comes, so may call it an evil and ill gotten way to survive.  However, lets admit this.  Not everyone is going to survive this thing.  Right?  Isn't it safe to say that?  However the real question is, would it be wrong to use certain people as undead bait?  While a large group gets away?   Look, do you sacrifice the lives of a few thousands to save the lives of a few tens to hundreds of thousands?  For the sake of humanity's existence, wouldn't this be for the best?  Look I'm not saying I have the answers, but ask yourself that?  Wouldn't that be the right answer?  

I was ask this question recently, would I let my family and friends die to save the lives of tens of thousands.  I had to really think hard about this one.  I don't know what the right answer is, however I'll make it easier for my friends and family that are reading this.  When the time comes, and you had to choose, save the lives of the others.  I promise I won't hate you, for the greater good.   It's understandable.  

This is what this book has done to me.  Could I think it through that way?  Could I survive and sacrifice when the time came?  I don't ever want to know that answer.  However I like to believe I survive a world like that, and I like to believe humans will make the right choice when it came down to it.  I like to believe we would all rise above our differences and take out the trash that was left behind.  God, I hope I'm right, and I hope we don't live in a world like the Walking Dead, where everyone is out for themselves.  Dammit...

Stupid Blogger not letting me add the video I really wanted.  

Racism is Still Alive, They Just be Concealing It

Lately this has been a super touchy subject.  We have our Zimmerman file bringing up a bad taste in our mouths.  However lately more and more of this shit is coming out.  Why?  I don't know.  You would think in this time and age, our world should be evolving by now?  Right?  Evolving...right?  Well it's not.  No we do not live in the age of Emmett Till, well god I hope not, however this is the age we live in.  So why do I bring this subject up?  Well, it's just the strange phenomenon.

Is it odd that the whole Riley Cooper thing just made me feel like someone should be punched?  I mean, is it okay that one man is being attacked?  Of course it is, a drunken idiot spewed a bunch of hateful obscenities that was extremely uncalled for.  You know what also makes that a shitty preposition, a man who thinks he's entitled to be backstage cause..."I'm a Philadelphia Eagle."  Grow up buddy, you aren't entitle to crap, so get off your high horse, and remember what it's like to not have money.  Dip shit.

Now the second part?  Do African Americans get a pass to say the derogative "N" word like it's just a regular word?  My thought behind this?  No, and yes I understand that they are okay to say it.  However, if we want our future generations to stop saying that word, shouldn't you not lead the example and continue saying that word?  Isn't there another word that could be used besides it?  I mean, hell rappers use a million words, however you are constantly using that word over and over.

Alright, so lets think about this.  There are derogatory terms to name every race.  However when it comes down to it, in the US of A, you know that if you're caucasian, you basically have free range in this country.  However, any other race, well you kinda have to work at it.  However that is no excuse to expect free handouts.  As an Asian kid growing up, it was rough.  Especially for my brother and sisters.  I guess as time went on, it got easier for me.  Maybe it was the way I acted, maybe it was the way I presented myself, and had all this confidence to get me through each day.  Maybe I was just nice to people, and being good to people makes people good to you.  Isn't that something we can all learn?  Can't we all just be good to each other?  Maybe that's the first step to receiving the first answers to our utopian future.  Just maybe.

Seriously can Kina be any cooler? 

Just Banging Away...

I don't know how long it has been since I've been off the grid for this thing.  I'll tell you what.  Probably forever.  Probably a real longtime.  Honestly a shit ton has gone down.  I've been places, I've seen things and I've heard things.  So to begin, lets talk about Europe.

Amsterdam, Paris, London.  I visited three awesome cities in a span of 9 days.  Obviously not enough time to visit three amazing cities, however just enough time to cause enough damage.  I started my trip with meeting up with Davie H. and Steffie in Amsterdam.  Talk about an amazing time.  First off I have to say this, going back to the city I loved?  Amazing, I never thought I be back that soon since my last trip, however here I was.  A lot has changed since 2011, and yet a ton of it hasn't changed.  As we continued our journey through the city we had seen tons of sites and sounds.  My favorite part of the city had to be the Ice Bar...I'm totally lying.  The Ice Bar was terrible, and definitely not worth the Euros spent.  Honestly, never ever again.  In all seriousness, the walking tour of the Red Light District was awesome.  Just plain old awesome.  So much history, and so many interesting stories and details.

 

Oh, and yes a ton of condoms.  However it wasn't all about sex, drugs, and rock and roll.  We definitely had our drinking time as well.  Steffie got to be a certified pourer, and me.  Well I got to watch and not drink as much.  

Stop two on the trip, Paris.  This is when me and Dave parted ways from Steffie, she got to head on home, however me and Dave's adventure was just beginning.  The train ride?  Amazing, the seats themselves?  First class, I don't want to travel any other way.  Good times honestly.  Once dropped off, we get to the Metro, only to discover stupid tourist taking up the entire line of the I remember as soon as we got to the streets of Paris, I screwed Dave and misguided our direction.  So what if we went in a different direction, it was an adventure.  I'll tell you who minded...I sure as hell did.  Stupid Wei, just fucking up everything.  

What was so great about Paris?  Well honestly, I felt Paris just screwed me from the beginning.  Getting lost, Eiffel Tower not being open, the Louvre not being open on Tuesdays.  I don't know it annoyed me to know end.  However in the end, Paris was my favorite after all.  Just sitting in front of the Eiffel Tower smoking Cubans made it all just worth it you know.  That and all the dinners we had in France.  Food was amazingly epic.  I mean real epic.  

Terrine

Excellent Carpaccio

Soufflé

Chocolate crepe with Nutella and banana

London, what can I say about London?  You ever wonder how America would be if everyone was just super classy?  Like snooty nose in the air snooty?  Well that's what London reminds me of.  Not that being snooty is bad.  Just upper crusty like.  Food?  Food, was different, not great, but different.  Meat pies, fish and chips, other random foods.  Well honestly, we had ramen and Chinese food.  And a lot of gambling in London.  Have to admit, London was nice, however not my favorite place.  I would definitely say Amsterdam was better than London.  

Dave eating Ramen

English Breakfast, with bubble and toast

English Eye

Tower Bridge

Across the way of Tower Bridge

Well here we are, a little over a month now out of Europe and all I can think about is, well I kinda want to just go back to Europe.  Another thing that I'm missing, a new job of some sort.  I'm honestly thinking that I'm in a rough patch of some sort, and I need to go back.  Anyway, this was my European trip.  Had a blast, had some laughs, and now, all I want is a Amsterdam type Bicycle to ride around.  Yes, a one speed.  Honestly though, shout-out to Dave, thanks buddy.  Thank you to Dave and Steffie.  Thanks for making me take that leap.

Back into the City I Love

Well it looks like I'm back.  Back, and making a stance.  Well no stance really, just making most of my day.  It's almost two over here and I'm still running strong.  Even after almost 2 years, still coming back is the most nostalgic feeling.  Did I get lost from Schiphol airport?  Nope, did I get lost trying to find Dave?  Nope, I still remember a few directions, and I even remember a restaurant I've been to a couple of years ago.  Still loving this city, and still trying to find things I haven't done the first time I was here.  I love this town.  I'm going to keep riding til I collapse.

I've taken Dave to a few places, but we did the usual stuff.  Kinda running low still, however, I needed to get this blog out.  We had travelled a majority of the day on Monday, Thalys, no great wi-fi on the train, and I'm pretty positive I paid for that service when I had brought the tickets.  Oh well.  Making the best of my morning and getting some writing done.

So my first impression of Paris, it reminds me of New York, second impression, rap here is awesome.  Lets see what this place has to offer, I'm looking forward to seeing some of the other sites and sounds.  So as of right now, this is a quick one.  I'm off to see if Paris can wow me as much as Amsterdam has...lets see.

Peace out Girl Scouts.

Arcades

Remember the days when we were younger?  Remember when we had Arcades?  For some, you're thinking your XBox XBLA, however, for me it was a place where I spent a ton of quarters, that's right quarters.  You drop it in a slot, grab a controller and start tapping buttons, let the games begin.  As a childhood era thing, I'm going to bring some obscure arcade games that you may or may not have seen or heard of before.  Times up let's do this shit...

10.  Legendary Wings

I loved this game as a kid growing up.  I've wasted so many quarters playing this game.  Capcom made some awesome sidescrollers/shooters, and well this wasn't an exception to it.  This was one of my favorites growing up.  I played this all the time at a nearby supermarket.  Loved every minute of it.  

9.  Raiden II

Another great game.  I enjoyed it tremendously.  Very similar to Legendary Wings, but with jets, and super power ups.  I don't know, it was just fun to me.  However I was just a kid, and well now.  It seems kinda repetitive, but man...I loved it.  

8.  Golden Axe 

My first beat'em up.  Golden Axe, how good was this game?  Seriously, I'm not big on fantasy, but man, you get magic, hot chick, and a small little elf with, well what else?  A golden Axe, oh and yeah, definitely don't forget, you get to ride on little dragons, so yeah.  Work with that.  

You know, I'm going to finish this list, but I wanted to say something else.  I've been thinking and I'm really looking forward to this.  Europe is right around the corner, and I can't seem to think of anything else.  I don't get it, it's just Europe right, just another place.  Nope, it's the greatest place I can think of.  I't going to be nothing but a blasty blast.  I'm pretty positive Dave is going to enjoy it as well.  

Speaking of which, this all wouldn't be possible without that kid.  I'm glad he knew I was dumb enough to say yes.  I'm also glad that I didn't turn it down.  There is so much going in my life right now, and well, I'm just bored of it all.  I kinda need this get away.  I'm also thinking I can find a life changing experience out there.  Climbing the steps up to the Eiffel Tower, licking the Louvre, all that crazy stuff.   Lets do this Dave!  Woooo!!!

One last thing, have a good flight buddy, be safe, and I'll see you in Amsterdam.

The Dumb Shit I Do

You know, I've done a lot of dumb crap in my life.  Am I the most spontaneous person?  No, I'm very logical at the shit I choose and things I think about.  Hell, I like to believe I have a plan for everything.  So what happens when I don't think and just do?  Well, let begin with the basics shall we...

Yesterday was a day I said...oh screw it.  I'm just going to take off today.  So I had the notion that, well if I do this, I'm just going to do it.  Off work and no crazy particular plan.   I took off, and decided, hell it's time to do my own thing.  I spent the majority of my morning looking for chef knives and looking for something to do for the day.  Coming through the clutch?  David with a plan.  Because he took a half day, I decided to come up and have myself a little visit.  The start to a beautiful "Oyster" Day.  As you may or may not know, Oyster day is the day I say, oh fuck it, I do what I want, and the world is my oyster.  However on this special Oyster day Dave convinced me of two things, the internet sucks, and it's ruining people's lives.  The second being, I probably should go to Europe with him and have the greatest time ever.  I decided...yes the internet does suck, and yes.  I will go to Europe.

Here we go again folks, 2011 I went to Amsterdam for the very first time.  And in 2013.  I'm back on my European tour.  The city of Lights, and London itself.  It's going to be pretty magical.  And I'm all about that excitement right now.  I wanted something different, and being spontaneous like this, well it just seems like the most intelligent and logical move ever.  Am I going to enjoy myself on this trip?  You know god damn well I am.  I just honestly can't believe it's happening again to me, and I just can't believe it's happening this soon.  Welcome back, welcome back to something that is going to be out of this world and amazing.  Oh man, I can't believe I'm doing it.  Weird, but should be awesome.

Now, the post wouldn't be called dumb shit I do for a reason.  As I sit out here typing this, I realized two things.  I suck at drunken Jeopardy and that always leads me to do something idiotic, and you should never eat a 24 oz. steak like you're eating a 12 oz.  I gotta stop doing that.  However last night what do I go and do.  Hit up Arthur's Steakhouse and purchase myself a delicious and beautifully cut 24 oz., and of course right after that, I play stupid sloppy drunken Jeopardy.  It's a thing I do I guess.  I'm learning to accept this in life, and learning that...well.  I'm not the smartest guy out there.  Honestly, I'm actually a pretty dumb person, smart when I have to be, but just happy go lucky enough to be dumb enough for my own good.

So that leaves me in the position I'm in now.  As I woke up this morning, roughly around 4:45 a.m.  I said, okay I'll be quiet enough to pack my shit, and fold my sheets, and head on out.  Lo and behold, as I have everything prepped, and ready to leave I do three things.  Grab my Macbook Charger, my ducky tie, and lock the lock on the front door.  What I didn't do was grab my keys to my car.  Now I'm stuck outside Dave's apartment without my keys and with my laptop.  However, I'm not very far away, because I still have access to his internet, and a wall charger.  ^___^  Thank god, I swear if I didn't have bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck at all.  That's how that goes I guess...

Slainte,
Wei

I just like listening to Kina Talk...she's smart.

Weekend Fun...Or PITA ?

Last weekend was pretty excellent.  No work with the Washington lady.  I'm pretty positive I'm going to work with someone else.  This caused a conflict of interest, but as long as I can get into this place.  That's all that really matters to me right now.  So yes, it was still a great weekend.  I hung out with Chucky and Ching T.  It was a long and interesting weekend. So lets begin...

The weekend started by heading down to Delaware on Friday.  We had an excellent dinner at Tuto Fresco.  Not a ton of restaurants in the Delaware state, however the one I found was excellent.  I enjoy my Italian, my carbonara, and the parpadella pasta.  What an excellent evening, filled with scotch and computer surfing.  I was definitely looking for my Glock online.  How sad is that?  Seriously...hahaha.  Anyway, the weekend started with looking for my Glock22, and you know what, gun people are dicks.  Either that they are all rednecky and no one wanted to help.  Bunch of dicks really.  

That leads me to buy a gun online.  Weird, but it works, went through a FFL dealer, and well, all I'm waiting for now is my NIC or my background check.  I should be getting it by early or mid June.  Fun, with that in mind, I'm definitely hoarding bullets.  awesome.  

Weekend was a huge success, brought a pair of $150 Cole Hans...I just spent money left and right, and well, that's going to continue into this weekend as well.  Which leads to my next subject.

Seriously, how good is my favorite weekend?  Pretty damn good.  I've huge plans for our bbq this weekend, and for my friends that read this.  I think you're in for a huge treat this year.  Lets do one of our last years right, and as big as every.  That's all I'm going to say about that.  

I've been keeping really busy this year, I'm trying to get myself on the right path, and I know that rushing things will not help anyone.  Everyone has their own way in life, and well.  I'm hoping this is going to go well.