breathe

what is it about breathing slowly in and out that makes frustration/anger go away so quickly?

i don't know, but if you haven't tried doing this yet, do it! it really works! and it also helps to have a wonderful girl (or guy i suppose) by your side. the ultimate cure-all.


in other news -- remember the avatar floating rocks post i did awhile back, in which i noticed their uncanny similarity to the not-floating rocks in ZhangJiaJie?

i subsequently found out:

1. that some other dude in china freaks out when james cameron acknowledged that the avatar rocks were from china, but claimed they were taken from Huangshan instead.

2. that steve messing, the genius guy in james cameron's team who did the concept art for the whole floating rocks world, actually posted a reply to my random forum post at this random forum, that yes he actually hiked through that region and took photos for the film!

3. that this cute lil rock has a name, and it is "The Column of Southern Sky" or 南天一柱.

4. that i am a freak! why the heck am i obsessed about a stupid piece of stone?!


talking about freaks, this japanese guy just got himself married to a lovely girl....who happens to be a video game character. yes a video game character. in a VIDEO GAME. her name is nene (pronounced neh neh) anegasaki and i bet she doesn't ever ask him to take out the trash, or unclog the toilet bowl. which sounds pretty awesome actually, except i wonder if he realizes that hundreds, maybe thousands of other japanese freakos also play with her EVERYDAY? wake up dude she hooks up with strangers every single day! and she's most likely bi too. but maybe that's ok for him i dunno!