http://www.izzygolucky.com Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:05:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en During the last 1.5 weeks off from work, I've grown accustomed to sleeping at 4am, waking at 3pm and sometimes taking naps during the day.  Crazy for someone who only gets 6 hours during work days.  In trying to get my sleep schedule back to normal, I decided to stay ... http://www.izzygolucky.com/2009/01/04/too-much-sleep/ It's me again.  I haven't spoken to you in over a month, except in tweets.  I almost gave up this domain but I could not disappoint my 3 audience members.  Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year has come and gone.  Normally by this time I would be griping about going back ... http://www.izzygolucky.com/2009/01/03/hello-world/ I got tired of the old theme and wanted something plain and simple so replacing it with a boring one seemed fitting.  The old theme came with Google Adsense ready.  Did I really want ads on my site when I have no inclination to make money off it?  Nah, not ... http://www.izzygolucky.com/2008/11/16/lookie-lookie-changed-theme-again/ I watched an insect drown today.  I don't know what to call it.  It was a black ant with wings - flying ant?  Its wings were stuck in some leftover sauce on a plate in the kitchen sink.  I watched it struggle for a bit and decided I should end ... http://www.izzygolucky.com/2008/11/15/i-can-be-cruel/ My birthday was at the end of October and it was celebrated with a small family gathering at Shabu Zen in Chinatown.  I initially was not feeling well and didn't want to go but was talked into it.  I'm glad I was because it was a good time.  We had ... http://www.izzygolucky.com/2008/11/02/birthday-2008/ The Howl's Moving Castle papercraft I blogged about a few weeks back is still "in process", which is code name for "I got lazy."  Busy being lazy led me to do something bad - I handed Ebay wads of benjamins.  I searched for Totoro, Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away, Miyazaki, ... http://www.izzygolucky.com/2008/10/12/pricey-new-pastime/ A few weeks back there was a post on Neatorama about free DIY paper toys.  You print them out, cut, fold, and glue.  I'll not lie - the word 'free' caught my eye first before proceeding to the cubeecraft website followed by a downloading spree of all the characters I ... http://www.izzygolucky.com/2008/09/14/paper-toys/ Shit, just when I thought my vinyl buying days were over, I see this.  Kidrobot and Adult Swim teamed up to make a series of AS vinyls.  It's apparently old news now.  This was already covered in an article on Powet back in April by a friend of mine (sorry ... http://www.izzygolucky.com/2008/08/23/maybe-just-a-few-boxes/ Had a great time at Otakon this year.  It was once again in Baltimore and in August.  Our group consisted of 9 people, two of which drove in from Canada.  Overall, the trip was a blast but the convention itself was sort of a let down.  There weren't as many ... http://www.izzygolucky.com/2008/08/20/otakon-2008/ Work sent me to D.C. at the end of July to swap out four old machines with new ones.  Our customers are mainly in Harvard Square but some have satellite offices in N.Y., D.C., and San Fran which we don't get to go to often, so I was excited when ... http://www.izzygolucky.com/2008/08/15/a-trip-to-dc-with-nothing-but-trouble/