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12 (13 with this) posts in 5 days. I am addicted to writing.

Saturday, January 30th, 2010 at 9:36 pm

I’m totally feeling the need to write. It’s almost as strong as my need to play WoW from a few weeks ago. But I think I need to restrain myself to 1 post a day, max.

It’s really getting in the way of my “productive warren” goals which include: catching up on movies, learning asp.net 3.5, relearning and retaining sql, and building my own, new personal website.

While everyone is saying that writing is also productive, because of my new addiction to writing, I’m seeing it as an obstacle to my other goals. Because I don’t see writing as productive. Writing is not, and will never be, one of my long-term goals. My focus is on the web.

Dilemma!

I won’t ask what I should do because I have 0 readers and this is a personal decision. But advice/comments (from my 0 readers) would be appreciated :)

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Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia): Eating infront of people

Saturday, January 30th, 2010 at 8:16 pm

Everyone’s scared of something. While I’m not particularly “scared” of this, eating infront of people makes me very uncomfortable. Uncomfortable to the point of if I had to, I would always choose to eat alone. Uncomfortable to the point of possibly psychologically tricking myself into be full earlier than I would be if I ate alone. Uncomfortable to the point of screaming out “DON’T LOOK AT ME!!” in the midst of eating with others. Okay, I made that last one up.

What I believe to be the start of my phobia occurred in grade 11-12. I was out at a dinner with some co-workers (I worked at Kumon, a math tutoring school). I was eating some ice cream and this girl across from me (co-worker) was giggling. I couldn’t figure out why, I WAS eating in a funny way, kind of to make her laugh, but…when I asked why she was laughing, she wouldn’t tell me. Later that night, while thinking about it, I came to my own conclusion that it was the way I held my spoon. While this may not have been the cause of her laughter, I came to a self-realization. I, for about 17~ years, had been holding my spoons and forks like this:


My parents, who aren’t particularly civilized themselves when they eat, never corrected me and for my whole life, that (the image above) had been my natural way of using a utensil and eating. Even now, at the age of 27, I naturally hold utensils that way as it’s more comfortable.

While I do, when I remember, hold a fork like so:

I don’t think I’ll ever forget my embarrassment and the realization of being 17~ years old and not knowing one of the simplest of table manners.

The issue with this realization was that, for my whole life, I had been doing something incorrectly and never corrected. What other obvious manners have I never been aware of? What other social norms do I continue to break? This has led to a whole level of self-consciousness and while I know I’m self-conscious of many things, I’m very aware of this one. I recognize that it’s irrational but I don’t know if there’s anything I can do about it.

The lesson is: when you have kids, make sure to teach them everything you can. But don’t pass on your unexplained phobias, disorders, and issues. Let them choose their own path in life, just guide them to being good people. And train them in video games because the heightened reaction time will save their lives when the aliens and robots attack.

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Didier – Winterlicious – Dinner

Saturday, January 30th, 2010 at 12:41 am

**PENDING REWRITE DUE TO SLEEPINESS** – 01/30/2010 – 1AM
**REWRITE IGNORED DUE TO LAZINESS** – 01/30/2010 – 2PM

I’ve gone to a few of summer/winterlicious things now. Only to 3 places for dinner, Auberge du Pommier, Benihana, and today to Didier. While the food was great, I don’t think the food measured up to Auberge du Pommier, but the experience was much better. The staff here was really exceptional, funny, courteous, they made my night.

FYI Benihana was clearly the worst of the 3. It was a regular teppanyaki place, but like, 3x more expensive. yikes. that was a fail of a winterlicious.

If you’re curious, I got a Pumpkin Puree appetizer, Jarret D’Agneau Crécy
(Braised lamb shank, carrot puree) entreé and a Gâteau au Chocolat Chaud
(Valrhona warm chocolate cake, chocolate sauce) dessert. The pumpkin puree appetizer was awesome in both presentation and taste. The Lamb looked awesome but didn’t satisfy my taste buds. Someone else at my table that ordered it thought it was great though, maybe it was just me.
You can see the menu here:
http://www.toronto.com/restaurants/article/647842

One of the koolest parts was that Chef Didier Leroy came out after the meal, asked how the food was, and shook everyone’s hand. I thought that was awesome.

It was pricey, even for winterlicious.
14 for 2 bottles of flat water.
60 for a bottle of champagne (about 5 glasses worth)
and the food, 45/person.
total it was like, 85 including tax & 17%~ gratuity.

Anyways, fun night. I really suck at restaurant and food review. I don’t think I should do this again.

Oh well, it was nice to write something for tonight.

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The Flash will beat anyone in a fight. And here’s why…

Thursday, January 28th, 2010 at 10:06 pm

While discussing superpowers at work today (no, seriously) it got me thinking about The Flash and why I love him and why he’s so awesome.

First, the ground rules and my own limitations.
1. Powers do not affect the person using them. A few examples from different media:
a) Hiro (from Heroes) does not also freeze in time as well with everything else he freezes. He exists outside his own powers.
b) The Flash (from DC Comics) does not age at super-speed. His clothes do not disintegrate from air friction (this is taken from Wikipedia)
2. Near the end, I get into some physics, which I’ll admit, I’m not an expert in. I don’t know about mass at relativistic speeds. You will have to take my knowledge for what it is but I’m willing to listen if you prove me wrong.
3. I’m referring to the Wally West version of the Flash. I’ve got my knowledge from the Mark Waid and Grant Morrison runs. The Flash powers include:

the ability to move, think, react at superhuman speeds, vibrate so fast that they can walk through walls, travel through time and can also lend and borrow speed. – (this is taken right from Wikipedia)”

I won’t go into time travel because I think that’s kind of cheating.

The Scenarios

1. The Flash VS any normal person, anyone that shoots energy, or uses projectiles, etc.
The Flash, at super-speed, vibrates through someone. The kinetic energy he leaves in that person’s atoms cause them to vibrate, and explode. Bloody mess.
Losers: Spider-Man. Batman. Cyclops. Wolverine. Iron Man. Captain America. + almost everyone else.

2. The Flash VS anyone with mental powers
While I psychic attack would be effective (unlike the above, where any projectile can be avoided at super-speed), Flash moves faster than thought. Before the enemy can think, Flash has done #1 to you (vibrated through you)
Losers: Professor X. Jean Grey (Phoenix). Dr. Strange. Zatanna. Green Lantern. Hiro.

3. The Flash VS super strength
No matter how strong someone is, or how “dense” their atoms are, the Flash’s speed still allows him to vibrate through anything of normal speed.
Losers: The Hulk. Thor.

4. The Flash VS other fast people
Simply put, the Flash is the fastest man alive. That’s his edge over anyone with a similar, but lesser power.
Losers: Quicksilver. Kid Flash. Senile Flash. Camera Flash. Trench coat Flash. (I made the last 3 up)

5. The Flash VS anyone with speed AND power/strength
Okay, here’s where it gets tricky.
The Flash VS Wonder Woman or Superman – I won’t go into Flash just going somewhere with super-speed and getting Kryptonite (for Superman). He can beat him in an even battle. This is literally taken from JLA #4 by Grant Morrison.

Flash Fact: Relativistic effects take over as a body approaches light-speed.
The Flash’s body mass will increase towards infinity. At these speeds, it will appear that Flash is a continuous beam of light. At this speed, The Flash could throw a thousand punches before the opponent has a chance to blink. Despite the opponent’s strength, with the mass mentioned above, one hit should do it.

Force = Mass x Acceleration, which according to some quick reading, holds even at relativistic speeds. The Flash has infinite force!

Please go here for the original source of this scenario. It’s explained way better here.
http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/05/29/a-year-of-cool-comic-book-moments-day-149/

6. The Flash VS Martian Manhunter
Martian Manhunter’s powers:
Super-strength. Shape-shifting. Super-speed. Flight. And the tricky ones: Intangibility & Mental Powers. Combine that last 2 with super-speed….and there’s trouble.
Weakness: Fire (yes, a tiny flame) robs him of his power.
I don’t know how this fight would go down. The key to his power is intangibility (much like that of Kitty Pryde, Shadowcat). It’s literally an ultimate defense if matter can’t hit you (take that Gaara, Neji, and Sasuke!). While Shadowcat has this power, she would be too slow to activate it. Martian Manhunter, because of his speed, might be able to phase out just when the Flash is going to hit him. He can’t be defeated by physical means (just like the Flash). But on the offensive, he has super-speed + mental powers. I don’t know what would happen when you combine those 2….so, basically I don’t know how an equal fight would go down here.
But if we’re taking weaknesses into account, Flash can start a fire pretty damn fast (probably snapping his finger together, like in Full Metal Alchemist), rob the martian of his powers, and take him out.

The Flash is awesome. Combine this with my “Time” post and this is why I want to be the Flash. This is why everyone wants to be The Flash.


– from The Big Bang Theory, Season 1 Episode 6.

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Not that long ago, in a living space not that far away…

Thursday, January 28th, 2010 at 9:40 pm

My desk in highschool…

Atop my dresser…in highschool…

My comics…in highschool (i have more than that now -_-;)

YES, I AM COMFORTABLE DISPLAYING MY INNER NERD and NO, GIRLS WERE NOT INTERESTED IN ME. AT ALL. sadface.

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