Proportions and All That Hair

"Well, don't you just look like one of those Asian boys with the big hair and little body", was my initial reaction when I saw myself in the mirror first thing in the morning. Time for a haircut, indeed. Lucky for me, my genes probably will ensure that I have a full head of hair even when I age to my 80s. The hair on my head grows at a steady pace. Hmmm, if I were to wager, I would say about an inch a month of hair sprouts out of my head. Other places of my body, hair grows a bit slower. I wonder why that is? Take for example, since it's the winter, well fine, it has been winter for the last several of months, I've forgo the weekly shaving ritual to give myself more insulation against the cold, cold weather we have up here in the North. First the leg hair grew fast, but then it just stopped. Did my body somehow told the skin on the leg to stop growing hair where it's not really needed? I mean how does the body determine where and how fast to grow the hair?

But summer will be approaching soon, that's when I'll need to bring out the little scissors to give myself a trim before picking up the razor and shave. I've always wanted to do some sort of artistic trimming of the hair, say create interesting patterns with the hair. Maybe this time I'll finally have enough material to work with.

Doctor, Doctor

Sitting here after 5 hours or so of sorting and paying bills, I have to admit I need to find a job soon to make some $ so that at least the outflow of money can be stenched somewhat. Unemployment does have its drawbacks.

Another thing I just realized is that in the last 9 months, the faces of my dad's doctors are more familiar to me than the faces of my friends in the last 5 years. Guess that's not a good thing eh? In this day and age, how many times do you actually get to see your friends per year? Maybe 2x if you live within 1 neighboring state?

New Color Scheme

I spent sometime today updating the color scheme of my blog. Inspired by some recent photos I took of the plants, green I've decided is the main color to build on.

I like it so far, it's a little more... quiet? Compared to the previous bright version.

I wonder if people can make money making templates for blog sites? Perhaps.

我被兩位才子吸引住了

Most of the Chinese pop music are rather boring for me. It's mostly about puppy love and somehow perhaps with the aging process I grew out of that phase in search for something else. Something more meaningful, deeper, and timeless. Don't get me wrong, I am still a big fan of pop music, but I want to listen to songs that will distract me from typing or browsing; songs that don't become background music. 方文山 and 周杰倫 are two of the talents hot on the scene right now. I love some of their collaborations. The end product of the lyrics and the composition creates an all day YouTube replay of songs such as:

青花瓷 - current favorite right now - not the video, just the song
千里之外
菊花台

Poetry comes in many forms and these two modern day poets/songwriters have introduced millions to the beauty of words.

The Protected Gets Justice

Last week, some very unlucky golfer and an even more unfortunate hawk made headlines when the golfer kills the hawk on his tenth swing. Whether or not it was accidental is still up in the air. But what amused and angered me was that the sentencing for killing a protected animal is at least a year in jail plus fines right off the bat. But as killing a fellow man? Even when it's blatantly first degree murder, the law when it deals with humans, will still require many many months of bs in court while that murderer is being housed and fed by tax payers. After many months, if not years until finally one side gets through all the 'legal' BS, the murderer will finally be sentenced or sometimes even set free.

It's good to be one of the protected.