oh, monkey
my brother did something funny: we recently switched ISPs, and since i wasn't home to Take Care of the Technology as Usual, it fell upon monkey to set up the ISP-supplied modem and make sure that the network worked. well, since there wasn't a little antenna indicating that it was wireless, monkey thought that it wasn't a wireless modem (even though there was an indicator that clearly said: WIRELESS). so, because he's creative and funny, and a little bit special (his attempts at doing anything technologically-related tend to go awry more often than not), he decided that he needed to hook up this wireless modem up with the wireless modem that we already had in order to make a wireless signal for the house. hahahahaha. this whole break i've been frustrated and annoyed with the fact that our wireless internet kept cutting out, but i guess i figured it out and i'm hoping the problem's been solved now - no more daisy-chained wireless connection being interfered with. otherwise, because i am the one who Takes Care of the Technology as Usual, i'll have to call the ISP to exchange the modem, even though my brother and sister are both capable of using the telephone. oh, my family is so special.
speaking of my special family...
ok, some of my friends know that my mom's really into TCM and tai chi and qi gong and all of those old people chinese martial arts. well, the latest fad in my household inspired by chinese healing practices is stomping on soybeans. stomping on soybeans! i actually took a picture of my mom doing it and wanted to post it on the internet, but then i considered that no one really wants to see my mom's legs (trust me) and she would also be pretty embarrassed if something like that showed up on the internet. why does she stomp on soybeans? well, the motion and the force necessary for stomping mimics that of stepping on the stair-master, with the bonus benefit of having one's feet massaged by the soybeans. my mom, ever the TCM kook, isn't the only one doing it in my family, though! the amazing thing is both my mom and dad stomp on the soybeans - my mom 2x a day, my dad once - and my mom's lost 10 pounds in two months after years of struggling to lose any weight. shit, i think she might even weigh less than me now that i went on a holiday break binge. i think my dad's dropped a few pounds too. my sister is being slowly swayed by the results and has expressed a desire to try it too, even though she's usually such a skeptic about these TCM healing things that my mom is so in to. but i'm urging her to remember her self respect (what self respect?) and maybe, uh, go for a run outside if she wants to lose some weight or something. i dunno. i guess if she really likes the idea that's good, but i just wouldn't want to step into a tub of dirty soybeans that my mom and dad already share.
and as for me, i guess the popular thing to do this time of year is to post a self-reflective consolidation of 2009. but you know, big changes happened this year, and i achieved a few pretty major goals while falling short of others; however, i just feel calm and happy. nothing really to say about everything; i'm just rolling with it all. so, um, i guess you could say that my fashion concept for the year was 'sporty urban grad student.'
happy new year!
speaking of my special family...
ok, some of my friends know that my mom's really into TCM and tai chi and qi gong and all of those old people chinese martial arts. well, the latest fad in my household inspired by chinese healing practices is stomping on soybeans. stomping on soybeans! i actually took a picture of my mom doing it and wanted to post it on the internet, but then i considered that no one really wants to see my mom's legs (trust me) and she would also be pretty embarrassed if something like that showed up on the internet. why does she stomp on soybeans? well, the motion and the force necessary for stomping mimics that of stepping on the stair-master, with the bonus benefit of having one's feet massaged by the soybeans. my mom, ever the TCM kook, isn't the only one doing it in my family, though! the amazing thing is both my mom and dad stomp on the soybeans - my mom 2x a day, my dad once - and my mom's lost 10 pounds in two months after years of struggling to lose any weight. shit, i think she might even weigh less than me now that i went on a holiday break binge. i think my dad's dropped a few pounds too. my sister is being slowly swayed by the results and has expressed a desire to try it too, even though she's usually such a skeptic about these TCM healing things that my mom is so in to. but i'm urging her to remember her self respect (what self respect?) and maybe, uh, go for a run outside if she wants to lose some weight or something. i dunno. i guess if she really likes the idea that's good, but i just wouldn't want to step into a tub of dirty soybeans that my mom and dad already share.
and as for me, i guess the popular thing to do this time of year is to post a self-reflective consolidation of 2009. but you know, big changes happened this year, and i achieved a few pretty major goals while falling short of others; however, i just feel calm and happy. nothing really to say about everything; i'm just rolling with it all. so, um, i guess you could say that my fashion concept for the year was 'sporty urban grad student.'
happy new year!