Kevin's 2009 Post-Oscar Commentary 1 from Kindalikesorta on Vimeo.

Kevin gives his thoughts on the 81st Academy Awards.

Yeah, I don't really like close talkers.

Anyone use Twitter or Plurk? Twitter is like blogging on crack. It's been around for a while, but not many people I know use it. It's like a minimyspace without the drama. Or rather it's like a giant texting conversation online. can be private or public.

Plurk is similar but more visual and looks like a timeline.

For your perusal, check'em out. and befriend me!! :)

on Twitter
on Plurk

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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Indiana Jones returns and fans won't be disappointed

I can only hope that when I'm 65, I can still leap off moving cars, dodge bullets, take a punch to the jaw, crack a whip, swing in to dropkick the bad guys, and still keep my hat on while saving an ancient treasure from the clutches of evildoers. Okay, so none of that will probably ever happen with me, but Harrison Ford makes it look so easy – he even does his own stunts!

That's right, folks, The Fedora is back. Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones returns in the new film "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", the fourth installment in a franchise that began 27 years ago with "Raiders of the Lost Ark". The Indiana Jones movies are the ultimate adventure stories from two of American cinema's most creative minds, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.

It's the 1950's and Indy is still teaching archaeology at a university while tracking down ancient artifacts on the side. This time, he's gotten himself involved in a Soviet plot within the jungles of South America to uncover the secret behind a mysterious artifact known as the Crystal Skull.

Spielberg and Lucas mix in references to the first three films, much to the glee of Indy geeks like me. The trademark tongue-in-cheek humor, the prolonged fistfights, the impossibly complex chases involving missiles, monkeys, sword fights, and screaming ethnic stereotypes (in this case, the Russians) to the tune of the famous John Williams score – it's all there.

Speaking of tradition, Spielberg, who directs all four Indy films, publicly stated that he intended to stick with the original style of the first three films when he directed "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull". Notorious for refusing to go digital, he said that he preferred to stay true to the tradition of the older films, which may seem slower-paced to newer audiences. I'd say he definitely took a risk by staying old skool, but he pulls it off wonderfully. Spielberg is an awesome visual storyteller and he can still make Harrison Ford look good while punching a guy's lights out. So much so that you end up appreciating the original movies even more and impulsively buying the trilogy box set at the nearest Borders for 20% off. Well, okay, so that's just me.

So I'm in San Francisco recently walking along with friends, and a friend had to pee.  and a friend jumped into a nearby starbucks and started peeing on the floor right in the midd...okay so no that didn't happen.  And I don't even know why I would think of such disgusting things....

anyway, while waiting for friend to pee, i decided to try a new 'honey latte' from the Coffee Devil (SBUX).  I love honey, and I like to put honey in my coffee sometimes, so I'm thinking "totally cool!"

And so I give'em my name to write on the cup - and again, I get the "F.I.E." on the cup.  It's strange.  I think I enunciate; I can talk goodly... why do they always write F.I.E.?  I mean it'd be different if it were a one-time thing, but it's happened in various cities and starbuckses - different 'baristas' writing down the same mistake.  It's fascinatingly annoying.

Anyway.... I took some pictures. heheh...




See related comment/blog on this/my Starbucks phenomena

1978ish Dr. Pepper Commercial  "Be a Pepper"

I posted a bulletin once, and I got a response from a friend.  I thought it was an interesting conversation starter.  I'm too lazy to re-post all the html here, so just read it at my website if you have some time :)

Read "From Bass-Black to Treble-White on Kindalikesorta"

What do you think?

in the distance i can see you
through the fog
unclear.

a simple smile of surety
and naivete sublime
unphased.

but the ship is sailing
oh mayra dear
unaware.

the gulls swoop and loop
but all away
away from the island of grey sand
and good intentions
unscathed.

the shore slithers and sinks
while your feet buried in the warm sands of leisure
vanity fair
unblemished.

this fog thickens like a stubborn stew
and the waves begin to awake
i'll jump mayra, i will
the ship will linger and the captain stalls
but mayra, oh dear
you must know and you must show
the unwavering leap of no return.

content and daring
confident and leaping
sure and sorry
but never ever
unreachable.

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for my 12:15am 1/27/2008

this started out with me doodling some lettering for "kindalikesorta", but i mustanot been paying attention because i spelled it wrong.   so i started scribbling and thusly, it became a dude's face.

I'm sitting through one of the meetings during Trend Micro's SKO celebration in Orlando, FL and I couldn't help but doodle.
While in one of the conference meetings in Orlando, FL, I doodled a bit because I needed to preoccupy myself with something other than the giant powerpoint presentation and uncomfortable chairs.  So I doodled in my nifty Trend Micro conference notebook.

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I re-posted someone's thoughts on my blog out of boredom and ponder-ance.....
Excerpt:

Read the whole entry at my web site

should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?
should old acquaintance be forgot, and old times gone by?

it depends.

forgetting the failures, the sadness, the pain and the fury;
but remembering the joy, the love, the forgiveness and possibility;
the friends new and old, coming and gone on, bringing to mind old times gone by,

to forward, to onward, to upward and beyond...

to life! to life!
we'll drink a cup of righteous yet.

~~
feliz año nuevo, que Dios bendiga a todos!

A friend forwarded me this video today; he worked 2nd camera and lighting.  The video is a funny short video about the WGA strike going on.

Video: WGA Strike Gets Violent!