tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32979002012-01-25T05:50:48.751-10:00Tak's Journey into boredomCome along if you can stand the excitement. Minutes of nothing, guaranteed!!!!Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.comBlogger271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297900.post-7563304806975626102009-08-10T00:27:00.004-10:002011-04-12T16:42:58.340-10:00New Phones - Palm Pre & Samsung ExclaimSo & I are on Sprint and our phones were dying quick and painful deaths. Not holding a charge, ringing once then going to voicemail, etc. were problems we saw with increasing frequency. Hey, they were 4 and 5 years old and stellar until just recently so I give Sanyo and Sprint credit for that.The Plan - Sprint Everything Plus Family Data 1600 + pick 3 + Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297900.post-84877364745777037402009-07-13T01:36:00.003-10:002009-07-13T03:43:01.146-10:00There's a whole lotta sadness going on.I was perusing Digg just a few minutes ago when I ran across this story. Go ahead. Read it. I'll wait. This one's actually old but it sums it up pretty well.So the Congressional Black Caucus asks for a moment of silence. Big deal right? In the middle of what appeared to be an important debate on energy legislation. Oops. Congressman Yarmuth decided Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297900.post-36295762049282667682009-06-20T01:56:00.001-10:002009-06-20T02:01:36.189-10:00Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297900.post-59345937800426083442009-06-16T19:37:00.002-10:002009-06-16T19:59:32.638-10:00My cousin has cancer. No, not that one. Another one. Yes. Another cousin with cancer. Strictly speaking, my wife's cousin's wife if that makes sense. I don't know much about her personally but I DO know she is a radiologist, we attended their wedding, and she is about as nice and genuine as a human can be.She is stage IV. She will be undergoing chemotherapy immediately.We don't have much Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297900.post-59510239220110601162009-05-08T01:18:00.002-10:002009-05-08T03:05:24.232-10:00The HouseTook down the monstrous Rubbermaid shed and am going to be taking the slightly-less-monstrous shed from my parent's house and putting it in the backyard. In preparation, I'll be leveling the ground and setting 6x2x16 cap blocks for the floor to sit on. I've been three days in the sun and getting darker and sweatier and it is no fun. Once the shed is up though, I can throw all my toolsJordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297900.post-39554967630390567742009-02-16T23:40:00.003-10:002009-02-17T00:24:43.378-10:00So for those who don't know what's been going on lately, we've got a new dog! His name is Finbar Kaneshiro but you can call him Fin. Christina and I named him after Finbar McBride, the diminutive protagonist of the movie "The Station Agent". We decided to name him that since we both love the movie, love the character, plus he seemed to like us calling him "Fin". He is a ~12lb. poodle or Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297900.post-54690849083255062372009-01-14T22:41:00.002-10:002009-01-14T22:44:59.801-10:00As promised, another vid and some pics. This time the video courtesy of Vimeo and pics hosted by Flickr.Tak's Door from Jordan Kaneshiro on Vimeo.Pics can be found at Flickr, here.Enjoy.Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297900.post-35326438265957278532009-01-10T23:27:00.002-10:002009-01-12T22:08:49.710-10:00Dumpster DiggingMore like sidewalk collecting. Despite my best efforts, I have inherited a complete lack of shame when it comes to picking things up off the streets. I've been doing this for years and I've gathered (in no particular order): a rowing machine an elliptical trainer a shortboard about a dozen computers printers monitors fax machines a number of fansOh yes, Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297900.post-1884041302817377922009-01-04T02:51:00.002-10:002009-01-04T05:14:15.149-10:00Happy belated New Year to all those keeping up with this black hole of a blog! If you know me which you probably do, skip down to the what's happening section. If you don't, here's the story:Boy meets girl, boy and girl buy house, get married, move to Hawaii. (Yes, in that order). Boy starts fixing up the house, finds job, loses job, fixes some more on the house, finds another job, loses job,Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297900.post-80532634463693644442008-09-22T18:13:00.002-10:002008-09-22T18:57:49.167-10:0032! Like, yay and stuff!Home ImprovementThe mud skimcoat is almost done for the whole house with the downstairs closet being the last place I need to do before sanding everything down. Speaking of sanding, Spencer was over yesterday sanding the downstairs ceiling. Again. For those who don't know, he was the one who sanded the ceiling way back when I thought I didn't have much work to do on Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297900.post-71626889842723000842008-09-14T00:15:00.003-10:002008-09-14T00:37:57.566-10:00So I have this book. It's huge, has a pretty cover, and is currently sitting in a storage shed in my backyard. It's called Infinite Jest and although I've only read a bit, the bits I read I've enjoyed. The author, David Foster Wallace, killed himself on Friday night. Metafilter had this link to a transcript of his 2005 commencement address at Kenyon College. Enjoy.Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297900.post-65866067642131700332008-09-11T00:55:00.006-10:002008-09-14T01:40:10.652-10:00It's Video Wednesday! More like slideshow Wednesday. Whatever. Enjoy.Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297900.post-38453807819831011312008-09-06T22:48:00.004-10:002008-09-14T00:39:07.006-10:00So a couple things. Just got back from Michael and Avelene's wedding and it was fantastic! The ceremony was at the Immanuel Presbyterian Church in downtown LA. More than one person agreed that it's just amazing how you can find a huge, beautiful church smack dab in the middle of it all. Seriously. You can not comprehend how huge and beautiful this place is without being there as the hugenessJordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297900.post-48507196886388364122008-06-22T06:04:00.005-10:002008-09-14T00:40:40.691-10:00Music: The Black Seeds - NZ reggae band. Newer stuff is a little more pop but they're a tight band with nice beats and accompaniment. This vid is fan made and the sound quality isn't the greatest but if you get it you get it. Sorry, edited for a link to a different vid as the first one I linked to was only a minute and a half long. Oops. Jazzanova - German Chillout/Nu-Jazz/downtempo Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297900.post-31672804449469462682008-05-30T00:28:00.003-10:002008-09-14T00:42:15.051-10:00So I'm lazy and tired so instead of posting pics I'm going to finish the list. You know, the list of things I'd like to do. Or get done. Whatever. Go back to school. Again. Take better photographs. Play better guitar. Build a portable speaker system with iPod dock out of Coroplast. (Don't ask, you'll see it when it's done) Build something beautiful. Grow my own food. (Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297900.post-6970469886019379622008-05-29T10:48:00.003-10:002008-05-29T11:14:37.736-10:00So, almost two weeks later now and I was off to such a good start! Not to worry though, I've been keeping busy with the garden while the painters finished up the house. I swung by the house today and the scaffolding and masking is gone so it's safe to assume I can go back and install my HDMI cables. Some updates first:The gardenSo on the garden front a lot has happened. The beans and corn areJordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297900.post-61434903075913914032008-05-17T22:20:00.001-10:002008-09-14T00:43:26.745-10:00Today's plan: Rehang my front door Install new light by front door Post some progress updates Make another list of things I'd like to doSo the painting company is coming to wash the exterior on Monday so they can paint from Wednesday to Friday. The following week we should see rain gutters go up. Amazing what one HOA board can do once the president is gone. Or maybe it's me. I Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297900.post-7941953250676372972008-05-16T23:52:00.001-10:002008-09-14T00:45:21.705-10:00Today's Friday's plan: Run errands with brother James Pick up Perlite for garden beds from Exacta Sales To Appliance Parts in Kalihi for evap bags for James's job Home Depot to return cement board tape and pick up a dryer vent Drop off a card on the way home Kinko's to FedEx a lens back to OlympusCan you stand the excitement?In other news...This Mess:Has been turned into this Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297900.post-7469928545127841082008-05-12T13:46:00.001-10:002008-09-14T00:53:27.332-10:00Got the water heater installed along with the timer switch for it. That's going to allow us to set two separate on/off times and save energy! Since the water heater is relatively efficient at storing the hot water, turning it on for a few hours in the morning and the afternoon means we'll likely have enough throughout the day.The HDMI cables came in last week as well so I can install those in Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297900.post-85441670697637471342008-05-05T23:29:00.001-10:002008-09-14T00:55:06.951-10:00What am I listening to? Oldies AND Goodies.Enjoy.Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297900.post-3472491642876254632008-05-05T10:58:00.001-10:002008-09-14T01:00:46.641-10:00Forgot to mention it was not just spaghetti, but "Spaghetti & Poker" night at Skye's. I'll keep this short. How's this for a bad beat? Everybody folds before the flop and it's me and Phil (the short stack at this point). Phil goes all in, I call and we flip 'em. Me: King Jack - suited Phil: Queen 10 - off suit. It's Phil's deal so he burns one, counts three and flops a queen face up. Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297900.post-74704262292745113082008-05-05T10:36:00.001-10:002008-09-14T01:02:35.963-10:00Monday morning brings gray light, the smell of coffee, and a close to the best weekend I've had in a long time. I ate spaghetti on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Friday was at Ye Olde Spaghetti Factory with Art, Ryan, Trina, and Mattos. Saturday was at Skye's house with mold-free Prego and nasubi and zucchini. Sunday was at my grandpa's house in Kailua at my uncle's behest. It's all good Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297900.post-1152518748149995812006-07-09T22:05:00.001-10:002008-09-14T01:07:13.322-10:00So for those of you I haven't kept up with, (that would be everyone except Ed, Spencer, and my wife), here's the dilly yo since I moved. A timeline would be more in order. JUL05 Buy house sight unseen in Hawaii. Still living in California.29JUL05 Move to O'ahu and see the house for the first time. (More on this later)SEP05 New job with PC Enterprises. It's a private telecommunications company Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297900.post-1142314472935805412006-03-13T19:13:00.001-10:002008-09-14T01:08:56.579-10:00So we're living at the house now (yes, our little money pit of a townhouse) and things just keep getting better and better!!! I think I discovered a wet spot (never a good thing) in the attic. I was vacuuming up all the crap up there. Actually still in the process but I thought I'd take a break for now. So I'm vacuuming and vacuuming and vacuuming. I mean, I'm an attic crawling, vacuuming Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297900.post-1137405903532147492006-01-15T23:42:00.000-10:002008-05-17T01:11:36.006-10:00New year, new entry. Fresh Start bitches!!! Tomorrow I start my workout. No. Really. I'm gonna take some pics and post them hopefully shaming me into a shape other than the formless mass of atoms I am currently. My friends bought some steroid like metabolic enhancers while I, stuck in the dark ages of supplementation, have decided to stick to Creatine, Protein, and a good multivitamin. Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297900.post-91789572002-01-29T15:55:00.000-10:002008-05-17T01:02:44.400-10:00Workout log. Wooo hoooo!!!!! Shoulder Press 30# x 10 Twisting Shoulder Press - 30# x 7 Shrugs - 30# x 20 Front Raises - 20# x 10 30# x 10 30# x 7 30# x 26 20# x 10 30# x 10Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297900.post-90323842002-01-25T00:16:00.000-10:002008-05-17T01:02:03.782-10:00Goodnight my sweet, sweet blog. Late to bed and early to rise makes for a grouchy Tak. This is the proverbial new leaf. Turning over as we speak. My New Year's Resolution? GET SHIT DONE! Oh man, it's time for a change!!!!!! This will be my new training log/venting ground. Hey, good name for a site! ventinngground.com okay, maybe not. Time for sleep. So this is what the big deal is? Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14145764935337882857noreply@blogger.com0