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Just wanted to let my Facebook friends know why there’ll be a bunch of link spamming to their news feeds from me. I’ve had the Wordbook app installed for a while, but it would only put my blog posts in one of the Facebook boxes and as activity on my wall. The latest version of the app now actively invades your feeds. It doesn’t seem to let you edit the format it posts on Facebook, so it looks like I’m just posting random links instead of explicitly saying it’s from my blog. I’ll have to go through the plug-in code and see if I can put “New blog post:” somewhere like WP-to-Twitter does for my Twitter posts.

So, if you don’t want me invading your Facebook feed with links to inane rambling, make sure to Hide either me or the Wordbook app. I’m still trying to keep up the 3-posts-a-week dealio (and I’ve been successful so far aside from the first week of February). Also, Wordbook still reposts updates, so any kind of editing I do on a post will show up on Facebook again.

New thing I learned today: Some figure skating jumps (axel, lutz, salchow) are named after the figure skaters who invented them.

I’m not sure what it is, but I can’t stop watching the Winter Olympics. Actually, that’s not true. I know what it is… I have non-CBS TV now.

I keep seeing these Subaru commercials now that I actually watch other channels besides CBS. I’m not sure how these commercials would make anyone want to buy or drive a Subaru unless you’re a hardcore dog person (I have slightly negative feelings towards the brand because, as a teenager, there was always a Subaru parked in the prime space next to my mom’s house), but I love these commercials. These doggies are totally the Bacardi & Cola of the dog world. The entire ad campaign is on Youtube.

The drive-thru one is probably my favorite, though the stolen parking spot is a pretty close second. I’m not a goggie expert, but it seems like all the animals are mutts because I can’t recognize any breeds. I think that sends a good message that you don’t need a purebred for a l33t pet. Extra points for the high maintenance dog to be hilariously weird-looking scrawny Ewok thing instead of your typical white and fluffy punt dog.

New thing I learned today: A Brussels Griffon is a toy dog breed that looks like an Ewok.

Okay, so maybe that high maintenance dog isn’t a mutt after all.

I hope everyone is having a good day, even if you are single and not Chinese. I think V-day will be pretty chill for us. More expensive rent minus one person’s income means staying home and taking it easy. Which is perfectly fine by me. Kelvin plans to make spaghetti, and we got treats from a local bakery, so we should be set for the evening.

I haven’t seen many interesting Valentine’s this year, but Kelvin did find this Valentine, and it’s definitely my favorite this year:

(For those that don’t get the reference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Pt-LnQ2po)

I also loved today’s Pearls Before Swine comic:

We spent Chinese New Year’s Eve with my mother, as usual. She went all out and cooked dishes along with having hot pot. She said she felt obligated to put more of an effort since we’re coming ALL THE WAY from San Mateo. (Yes, ALL 28 MILES down an easy-to-drive freeway. *gasp*) Of course, this was way too much for three people who don’t eat that much. The upside is I have plenty of free and yummy leftovers for lunch this week.

New thing I learned today: Mini baby bok choy is an even smaller version of baby bok choy that’s more tender and more expensive.

BABY baby bok choy? I didn’t know such things existed until my mom cooked a bunch for New Year’s Eve dinner. Good stuff.

A new music video has entered my top 10. Kelvin showed this to me last week, and I was reminded of it again when Avery showed Kelvin some fancy-pants engie video.

Amazing animation and attention to detail. The increase in chaos reminds me of my favorite video of all time.

New thing I learned today: According to his website profile translated via Google Translate, Sugimoto Kousuke (producer of the above video) taught himself animation and was born in 1983.

We spent most of our weekend driving around the Peninsula looking at apartments, including yesterday. Monday was the first day of an onslaught of rainstorms hitting the Bay Area. The storm seemed extra violent in the San Mateo hills. When we drove on 92, the rain was deafeningly loud hitting against the windshield. I took this video while we were driving home on 280.

It stopped raining (and was even sunny!) this afternoon for an hour or two, and I managed to get some errands done in that period. I started laundry while it started to sprinkle, and now there’s thunder, lightning, and a huge downpour from the sky. Maybe I shouldn’t even bother drying the laundry.

New thing I learned today: The ocean-atmosphere climate pattern El Niño was named by Peruvian sailors in the late 1800s because it was most noticeable around Christmas, and “el niño” means “the boy”, which refers to Baby Jesus.