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Looking for this one CD...

2009-06-25T17:39:00.000-07:00

It's called Viva - Electro-Techno Hits Volume 1, from Columbia Records. (some of the songs on it are Aphex Twin - Entrance to exit; Fluke- Refereendum; Howie B - Who's got the bacon). It's like a "various" type CD.. Trying to find the other songs but can't remember the names and all I could find online was Volume 2. If you have it or know where I could find it let me know <3

The cover looks like this..

Weekend in San Francisco

2008-04-13T05:46:00.000-07:00

I couldn't help it, the duck was too cool! :P

Had lots of fun this Saturday with John just driving around "The City", visiting some cool art galleries, enjoying the awesome day and scenery and taking pictures which i think they look great (because i have mad skillz, of course)..Anyway check them out if you're curious, they're under Travel in my Picture Gallery.

Funny Commercial

2008-01-18T01:58:00.000-08:00

And I thought Romanian Commercials were bad! :))

Happy Holidays!

2007-12-24T03:51:00.000-08:00

Hope everybody is doing great and having fun this time of year!! :)

It's been again a while since my last post, being in Romania for half a year which was cool but also it was a long time away from John.. also going trough different moods, trying to figure things out about the future and everything.. But things are great now and getting to spend a lot of time with my husband reminded me of how lucky i am to have someone like him by my side ;)

My family is visiting us for the holidays and they love it here.. They've even walked almost everyday to the store here (because they're used with Bucharest where u walk everywhere almost).
Me, my sister and John been playing World of Warcraft all the time... well except John who's been doing it only after work. My parents think we're nuts - oh well. They get to watch TV! Fun! :P
We've also got to show my parents a few towns from the Bay Area and going out to eat with them. They got to eat real mexican food for the first time hehe.
Also for Xmas we planned to go to Disneyland and the New Year's Eve maybe in San Fran.

For whoever is a Wow player and cares about this ... the updates on my lock char (my main) Saakura are: moving my char from Ghul'Dan on Dragonmaw, having my account hacked.. never got anything back even after a bunch of emails sent to GM's, Dragonmaw being for a few weeks the only server that kept crushing and causing problems.. finally they fixed that! Yay!..
And getting in a raiding guild .. getting a bunch of epic gear, pvp-ing too....

Going back to the real life happenings... Just thought of a few great reasons to spend your holidays with your family: You'll be sure to eat great food; Your house will be way more cleaner than usual (half because parents coming over always try to help around the house); and just because Xmas doesn't feel that much like Xmas without your family! Especially if you live in a place where it doesn't snow for Xmas :P

Anyway Merry Christmas to you all!

Nina is going down to Chinatown :(

2007-05-23T17:45:00.000-07:00

We've decided a while ago that we should get rid of one of our dogs - Nina- because she's hard to train and sometimes a bit weird imo... she sleeps all the time and hides under the pillows on our couch ... and if you hold her and you don't constantly pat her she cries.. X_X;

On the other hand, her brother, Cheez - is pretty much her opposite and I love his personality... he does want to be center of attention all the time but he is not being annoying about it which is good... and he just seems smarted and easier to train.

So... today I put up an ad on craigslist (http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/pet/336919512.html) - craigslist - which is more like a broke ass list - if u don't believe me just ckeck their adds - i even saw someone's ad wanting to trade some stones for a dog... (not kidding).

Anyway i know there are going to be people that are gonna love her personality.. and she's super cute.. in other circumstances i'd keep her :(

She's too cute!

But thinking about the expences and the ruined shoes, furniture (while her teeth were growing) carpet (i couldn't train her to use the pads to pee on) ... and the Canon Rebel XTi that virtualy went into paying for having the dogs at our place (waaaaaaaa)... i think it's a good decision..

Waaa - poor Nina >.<

I know that having toy breed - type of dogs in an apartment is not a good ideea, mainly because they're too hard to "potty train" - harder than a bigger sized dog.. but thinking about how cats (which are perfect for an apartment) change when they get older and they get boring and cranky i'd choose a dog any day, over a cat - especialy if it's my dog, Cheezy :P he's too cool!

Right now i'm just gonna try to find someone that would really like her and take good care of her. And pay 400$ for her - i payed 300$ and the rest will cover all her stuff and food. YAY :( *sigh *tear

World of Warcraft

2007-05-23T13:26:00.000-07:00

" ..Because you like playing games that make you feel badass..."

Ok.. since this is the main game I play right now and i waste a lot of time playing it, I might as well post a little in here about it :)

..I'm not obsessed or addicted playing it but I finally got my main char to lv 60 - a human warlock (without really focusing on leveling up) and i have another one - a lv 40 NE druid on Medivh (my two high lv main chars.) My main char is Saakura on Ghul'Dan.

Oh and i have maximum of chars that you can create in WOW - 50... I even have horde and alliance on the same server .. but i didnt even take advantage of that "bug" yet ...heh

Funny...

I'm visiting my family in Romania right now and i've installed WOW on my sister's pc and it works pretty well - a bit laggy because of the server being in the US .. and sometimes the graphics get a bit weird but other than that its good..

- "Weird graphics":

Vietnamese food! <3

2006-12-20T21:11:00.000-08:00

Pho chicken soup... my latest food-love :P
So good....

Inner Worlds

2006-12-08T22:33:00.000-08:00

" Inner Worlds, is an incredible new side-scroll fantasy action adventure, for DOS & Windows 95. This game was developed by a team of very talented and energetic people scattered across the entire globe and brought together by the internet.."

Read the interesting story behind this 1996 game here.So basicly my husband, John, made it work on a new machine trough Dos Box 0.65 (you do have to get "the speed just right" while running the game by pressing Ctrl-F12 which speeds up the emulation)

This is one of my favourite games of all time and John went trough the whole 1st episode while i watched and gave hints & indications and also i was remembering the time when me and my sister used to play this game together - fun times! It was a pretty long time ago but i never forgot about the game.

John's monior while running the game:

Trip to Romania

2006-11-29T19:16:00.000-08:00

Just came back from seeing my family in Romania a few days ago. I've spent almost 2 months there and it was awesome - very relaxing too.

I spent most of my time there with my sister Ruxandra and her boyfriend Stefan (they both go to the same college and study the same classes) and we all got along great - we went out every night and hanged out talking and having fun... We took a million pictures which i've uploaded on my picture gallery (travel) if you are curious :)

It was also great seeing my parents and grandparents after year and a half.
The over 14 hours of flying to Romania were definetly worth it!

I've got puppies on my brain!

2006-10-02T20:18:00.000-07:00

This is Cheez (he's a cute chihuahua boy with green eyes)
He's the cutest baby ever and he loves everybody - he was being a proper stud when he first met Nibbles (my female rat terrier which John's parents now have) - he was humping her even though she's like 3 times bigger than him! Did i mention he's only 3 months old? :)
I also think he's a mini-Nibbles because of his character ( he loves to kiss you, loves food and he's nutty.

I miss Nibbles though..

This is Nina - she's really cute and independent..
She usually doesn't answer when you call her and sometimes she hides away just to get some attention when she shows up.
She's the fight initiator when it comes to her and her brother. ( she also bites the s*** outta my hand)

Flash Update!

2006-09-30T03:30:00.000-07:00

I kind of missed a few months of blogging - but i don't think many people care about it (and most of the ones that care are flamers i guess..)
Anyway so many things happened lately i don't know with which one to start....
Hmm... One would be giving my dog to John's parents (just because she needed a yard) and we recently moved into another apartment.. I get to see her pretty often though so it's not that bad.

I also got to see my sister which came and spend the summer holiday with us and most of it was spent playing Quake 3 Arena (well she was, i was mostly playing WoW).
We've had some quality time at the pool also ... and went to Disneland twice! (hehe) It was fun!
Next week i'll be visiting my parents too (YAY)

So recently i replaced my dog, Nibbles ...with 2 little chihuahuas ( i dunno i guess i'm nuts) - i was saying i won't get a dog anymore (because they ruin the carpet and stuff) but i just have to have a dog right now ... It's not that i hated my dog...i did love her but she was the kind of dog that would poop behind your back while you're at your pc, or you'd walk her and then go out for 2-3 hrs and the house would be full of poop when you turn back... maybe one of those things made me give her away... it was sad but now she has a big yard and she's probably happier. John's parents are constantly giving her attention and she can run as much as she wants there.

I was wanting to get a cat because cats are perfect for apartments but i went nuts wanting a chihuahua ..so i got two! HAHA - well they're brother and sister and the person that gave them to me didn't want to separate them which i understand .. They're definetly one of the cutest puppies i've ever seen and they have great personlities... Nibbles got to meet them and she really liked them!
You can probably tell i'm a big pet nut :P (in the past 1 year and a half i had 3 hamsters, 3 guineas, 1dog, a cat - now i "only" have 2 dogs, 3 rats and a little goldfish!)

Unfortunately i'm still being lazy and not doing anything productive - like learning level design (which i do like) or art .. or getting my driving licence ... Playing games is so much fun i guess - i wonder how long can i pull this out? :P heh

One year in the U.S.!

2006-05-07T16:44:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was exactly 1 year since I got in the U.S to live with my husband, John (after waiting over a year and a half)!

We spent the day eating at a Mediteranean Restaurant (the food was really good :) and then we went shopping at cool new place called World Market that recently opened near our place... Later we played World of Warcraft together! (that was a surprise, wasn't it?) ..So we did have some fun! :)

Since i got here I hadn't had to work - which is always a bliss of course :P ..but I do want to figure it out what to do next (and that's kind of a problem for me). Anyway the first step is getting a driving licence... :) and then it's Carmageddon time!

Also I won't be going to Romania like we planned because plane ticket prices are insane right now so we're waiting for them to go down a bit or I'll have to see my familly alone which is fine..just that being there with John would be way cooler!

Ordered a GBA game online and got an E3 version of it.

2006-05-06T00:57:00.000-07:00

Wanted to get Hamtaro Rainbow Rescue for the GBA and I found a place online that sells it... but to my surprise what i got was an E3 version of it, made in Hong Kong! It does have the little booklets inside and it pretty much looks close to an original GBA game except for a few "small" details (the ultra pixelated image on the cover of the box which is also too shiny comapred to the original box, the text in the instruction booklet etc.)

Here's the front cover of the box:

Back cover:

Also got these cool green contact lenses - for only 18$ (free shipping) off this site: www.opticsfirst.com

Can you get a better deal than that? ..Don't think so... ;)

Also lately I've been playing a bunch of World of Warcraft - i have maximum of characters you can have in WOW right now (50) - but my main ones are not very high level ( lv. 37 highest). I just have too much fun getting to try out all types of characters :P

Started watching Cowboy Bebop (anime) too, a few days ago and it's cool :)

Oh and not long ago i gave Hamtaro away (my hamster)
..My dog Nibbles wanted to eat her and she was going nuts everytime Hamtaro was in her little ball around the house! She's not trying to hurt my rat though (i guess my rat doesn't smell as yummy as the puffy hamster).. Even so i tried to give away my rat away too, because i'm focusing more on my dog and less on my rat Kiki.. but i didn't manage to do that so i still have her! :)

Tired of psychos

2006-04-12T23:22:00.000-07:00

Went out tonight (around 10:30) to walk Nibbles with John and i went in a place that was pretty hidden and nobody would walk there... And at the end we hear some psycho voice (believe me it was a creepy voice) coming from one of the building's balconies/windows : "Clean that up.."
Like wtf??!!

I couldn't see anybody it was so dark... what the fuck was that guy doing? Spying on us? Wow what a demented fuck! I felt like i wanna twist his head when I heard that... I tried to look for that guy's face but i didn't see anybody!! And the fucker was even coughing waiting for us to clean up... Like "SUE ME, can't see anything, and if you can see the poop down here come and point it out and i'll clean!"
Anyway... that was super fucking annoying and i hope that guy slips and falls in a sewer and dies and nobody finds his rotten carcass for 100 years!!!

~

Anyway... back to "happier" things! I'm really eager for the trip to see my familly and i just can't believe the prices on plane tickets! Minimum 1000$ to fly to Romania and back (for one person) :( I even saw a plane ticket with over 9000$? Are you f%%^*^ shitting me?? Do people have to sell a kidney to travel by plane?
Anyway last year a flight to Romania was HALF the price it is now.. their taxes are now half the price of the actual ticket.. I guess they need a lotta grenades in Iraq.. Awesome..

Going to Romania at the end of this month

2006-04-10T19:03:00.000-07:00

I'm gonna be there for over a week and i'm really excited...i miss my familly, especialy my sister! :) It'll also be nice and warm when we'll get there (from what i've heard) so that's awesome.

Nibbles will have to stay here while we're gone..but she'll be fine. She's doing really great right now - she's happy and a little spoiled by me :)

I also got Animal Crossing for the Nintendo DS (i played a bit the GameCube one too) and it looks great! I'm also looking into getting Boktai for the GBA (which has a light sensor built in) and i read good reviews about too..

Started whatching Wild Arms and Mezzo.. The last one is cooler.

New family member! :)

2006-03-31T00:10:00.000-08:00

We just got Nibbles (she's a rat terrier) today from the "Pets In Need" shelter (it's a no-kill shelter) and we're super happy with her - she's been such a nice girl the whole time! Wanting to play or just chill on the couch with me while watching tv...going for a walk... She's a super nice and adorable dog!

We're lucky we got her because there were a few other people wanting her and they got pretty angry when we were the ones to get her (because we were there first - we got there half an hour before they opened :P) We first saw her on sunday but she wasn't ready to leave the shelter yet.. We were told she's 5 years old but today when we got her we found out she's actualy 1 year old!! :) She was by far the cutest dog they had at the shelter! .. She's really happy now to finally have a family to love her and take care of her!

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We also watched two cool dvds from Ghibli : Grave Of The Fireflies & The Cat Returns. The first one i liked more even though it was really sad..

It's Spring Time y'all !! No more shitty weather (hopefuly)!

2006-03-28T17:19:00.000-08:00

Can't wait for hot weather and no more rainy cloudy days! :D
I've also decided with John to adopt a cute 5 year old female jack russel terrier from an animal shelter close to us..and i'm very excided - i've never had a dog before!
I actualy thought about getting a cat since it's easier to take care of in an apartment, but seeing all the cruncky old cats in that shelter (they didn't had any kitties at that time) kinda changed my mind so we looked for dogs too.. And both me and John loved this one dog there which was so sweet ...wanting to play and be patted, and being very friendly.. Unfortunately we weren't allowed to touch it! :( Hopefuly we'll be getting her at the end of this week - we've already filled in a form for her!!! YAY - i'm so happy!
Other than that things are cool and i hope so is for you! ;)

2006-03-15T15:23:00.000-08:00

Playlist link

2006-03-15T14:46:00.000-08:00

Since i got people asking me about the songs on my playlist i now have a link to my playlist so anyone can see the artist and name of the songs :) (again John did all the work - heh .. Thanks John!)

Hmm i haven't posted in a while but nothing really interested happened .. well i'll be getting my driving license soon ( i have to take an exam next week so i can begin taking driving lessons) and also i'll be going to Romania soon enough, to see my familly! :D I can't wait - John will come with me hopefully and it should be soon enough.. On 6 may it'll be one year since i got here and i haven't seen my familly since then..

I also finished wathcing the "Wolf's Rain" series on dvd and it was really cool .. other than that i'm doing just great, playing games and taking it easy .. hehe Life's pretty good to me right now..

Random Fact : we just got a notice today from the place we live in, because apparently we make too much noise! That's weird because i'm trying pretty hard not to be loud when i listen to music .. i guess they want us to use headphones while we watch tv or listen to music .. a buncha' babies..

Hamtaro found!

2006-01-29T00:38:00.000-08:00

We had a little "four in the morning fun" trying to catch the bad boy but now he's alright :) He showed up in the same day he escaped so that was a good thing! Phew!

Hamtaro

2006-01-26T18:27:00.000-08:00

Animal Jinx

2006-01-26T17:56:00.000-08:00

..Just had my hard drive changed with a new one last weekend and had my OS reinstalled also...so i don't have my email in here yet, but i will in a lil while! :) so if i didn't answer somebody's email that's the reason.

Today was a weird day for me because the hamster that i just got (this weekend!) decided to escape - even tho it seems impossible to escape trough a hole in the cielling of the cage that was covered with a special plastic cover. And i say it's a weird day because i seem to have a negative influence or something on the animals i have...or it's just coincidence...
The last hamsters i had (two of them) died when me and John were away from home for a couple weeks even tho i thought i left them with enough water and a bunch of food - they were a couple of super small dwarf hamsters...
The cat that i had before the last cat (that my sister now has) was killed by a stupid vet.. :(
And before that i had other animals die in weird ways (one cat that we had for a few days licked the anti parasite solution that we put around her neck - even tho we were told to do so).
I just hope i can find this little pet now or it means i really bring bad look to animals even tho i love them... I read online that hamsters occasionally escape but you'll find them in a few days.. So i read upon it online and i put some food around the apartment hoping he'll find them and eat them and in the same time i'll know around where he is..Plus i have the cage open on the floor in case he turns back..
Hopefully he'll decide to show up!

2006-01-07T23:51:00.000-08:00

Streaming music on my site!

2006-01-07T23:49:00.000-08:00

After John got his little music player on his site i thought i'd be cool to get one too with some of the music that i like.... and there it is - ENJOY! :D Plus i can enjoy it myself without having to open all the music folders that i have.. hehe
I also have in there a few songs that are somewhat more weird (for some).. well just skip those if you don't like 'em :P
Unfortunately at this point the player doesn't show the artists but that might change :D Anyway John did all the hard, sweaty work... i just chose the songs (ehehehe) I really love the result tho!

Meanwhile i got a few requests (the latest from a couple days ago) to post my very 1st doom map in here but i don't really think i'll do it - it's too simple and boring.. I need to make a good impression..heh :D
I'm hoping to make a really cool one that's worth posting but i just didn't had any inspiration lately ( i just modified my first one a little bit, fixed some mistakes and learned some new stuff )
But i'll surely be posting cool maps soon, plus a friend said he'll try making some too so i'll probably put it up here if he wants :)
If any of you have some cool maps you want me to pimp for you i'll do it - i dont post very much in here so it'll give the illusion of fullness in my blog LOLZ
BTW i also wanna thank everybody that's been posting on my blog - it's cool that someone enjoys my blog - THANKS A LOT guys!! :D

Well...i hope y'all had fun spending the holidays with your friends, the ones you love or wherever the holidays caught you! My holidays were interesting.. We spent Xmas with John's boys at our place and it mostly consisted of doom and quake deathmatches except for a few times when we went out and saw King Kong (really good) or just watch dvd's at home (like happy tree friends, aqua teen hunger force etc)...I got to do a lil bit of deathmatching myself but i'm pretty bad at it since i never do that X_X;
John's boys were hardcore tho...really good at deathmatching!
The New Years Eve was veeeery special since we just stayed home and played WOW all night long! We didnt even hear any fireworks or anything..oh well - next year! :D

Anyway... HAPPY NEW YEAR 2006 to everybody!! Good luck and a lot of happiness to y'all!

Awesome anime movies

2005-12-05T16:12:00.000-08:00

Just finished watching Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke and Kiki's Delivery Service (all made by the Ghibli Studio) and all i can say is : you NEED to watch them if you haven't done that already! They're so awesome i even cried a lil watchin' them..heh.
John ordered more stuff online from them since he loves them too and he was the one that introduced me to them :)