Saturday, September 5, 2009

MacGyver


The world would be a better place if there were more people with MacGyver haircuts.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Remember these babies?


If you drink lightning bolt while wearing these jeans, and Daniel Larusso's head band, I bet you could kill someone. p.s. the price on these jeans has gone up. good thing I already bought 20 pair. Thanks Ryan

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Monday, August 31, 2009

the following is a review I wrote.

you may not think this is funny...I'll take that chance. don't you agree the content is a bit odd on these CDs though?

My review of the Pimsleur Mandarin Chinese CD set, volume 1, on amazon.com:
I listened to the first 8 discs and learned about 70 words, but I found it helped to go against the instruction of Pimsleur and write out what I heard. I only did so after listening to each lesson at least twice or so.

I found it effective (although I haven't tested it on anyone who speaks it) and enjoyed learning some basics, but have suspicions on what they assume the listener would like to learn. I will put in a direct quote from unit 8 and you can draw your own conclusion. From the beginning of lesson 1 it tells you frequently to imagine you have met a young woman on the street, and this continues that premise.

Woman: I would like to drink some beer.
Man: I too would like to.
M: what would you like to do?
W: I would like to drink something.
M: where would you like to go to drink something? To my place?
W: I would not like to go to your place. To the hotel.

Pimsleur, I would rather not learn how to say such things.