(Winter Break '10/'11)

New year's is about celebrating a new beginning, my dad's birthday, and most importantly, chocolate cake.

My winter break was divided up into two parts: away from home, and at home. My family and I drove to San Jose the night of the Charity Dance Show (which was thoroughly awesome, by the way). My sister had to take her finals there, and I practiced the entire duration of the trip in the hotel, so there isn’t much to say about that. Then, I took the Annual Chinese Family Trip to Las Vegas which was actually immensely fun because my superawesomejoyhappywin cousin, ERIOT RU, was there as well. We searched all over Vegas (well, not really) for the best arcade and Gameworks got the prize. Of course a visit to Vegas wouldn’t be complete without a movie hop and thus I present to you…

Last Movie Hop of 2010

Tangled

In a nutshell, another princess movie but this was actually pretty decent. The clichés will be omnipresent in Disney movies, and so Tangled tried to make fun of. It was still kind of lame though, but at least somewhat entertaining. That’s what (Disney) movies are for, right?

Tron (AKA DAFT PUNK MOVIE)

After a schedule screwup by yours truly, I ended up watching only half of Tron, and not in IMAX or 3D either. Still, I got what I wanted, which was DAFT PUNK OH YEAH DAFT PUNK THEY WERE SO AWESOME AND I WAS LIKE HEECCKKKK YEAAAA WHEN I SAW THEM AND WAS LIKE DANCING AND JUMPING IN MY SEAT IT WAS SO FREAKINNGGG AWESOME LONG LIVE DAFT PUNK and that- that was it, basically.

But there must have been other things in the movie, you say. Well, as Eric would aptly put it, Tron was just “lasers and lights.”

The Other Guys

I watched this online instead, but I’ll review it anyway. The epitome of the Other Guys was Will Ferrell, and he supplied about 80% of the laughs in this comedy. (“We’re so fresh; we should be called the ‘Febreeze Brothers.’”) Without him, the movie would have been a heap of goo. The plot wasn’t cohesive and the script was mediocre at times. It dragged on a bit and didn’t have as much of a logical take… as the Hangover. Yes, I’ve been comparing every comedy I’ve watched to the Hangover. It should be like the Jesus Christ (not in a literal sense) and golden standard for future comedies- ridiculously side-splitting, but with a well-grounded plot that doesn’t spew all over the place.

Anyways, I had a sleepover with ERIOT RU at the Polo Towers on the last night of our stay at Vegas (apparently my uncle/aunt booked an extra vacant room), and I have to admit, that was truly the silly-est time I had with my cuz, ever. After touring the suite, we noticed a balcony. We were 23 floors up. And we had hotel notepad paper. So my cousin and I had this brilliant notion of chucking paper balls/airplanes/helicopters over the railing into a playground below. I know, it sounds immature, but we improvised and dramatized the entire launching of our paper to the Brahms Violin Concerto (there was an iHome in the bedroom!). It was hirarious because it was 2am and it was freezing and we were tossing paper crap around and choreographed a very dramatic piece of classical music. A few minutes later we got bored and started writing love letters onto paper airplanes from “Uosef Uosef” (inside joke, my cousin and I had a contest in which one tried to find the funniest name in a Clark County phonebook under 15 seconds), and a few landed into the balcony below us. Good times.

The rest of break was kind of blah after Vegas; I had to start practicing again and whatnot. I did spend a lot of time shopping, though there weren’t a lot of major discounts (yay for retailers, nay for us). I also ate a lot of chocolate, especially Godiva. From my experience, Godiva is the best brand of chocolate out there that’s relatively affordable. I mean, I like Lindt and KC Chocolates and Ghirardelli and even Hershey’s, but Godiva tops the charts for its high quality and versatility. Some of you may recoil at unappealing chocolate combinations like dark chocolate and raspberry or lime truffles or mint chocolate ice cream truffles (seasonal!) or gingerbread chocolate, but Godiva excels at EVERYTHING. Maybe I’m exaggerating; their French vanilla truffle is just okay, but I bet they could make poop flavored chocolates and it would still be delish. Also, Godiva is a money-making machine, according to my sister (who is a business major). Their profit is like 43543x the real value of the glorious stuff they sell. You can also easily tell by the number of unnecessary employees they always have at the stores, which is like 5 people in a tiny shop about the size of my bedroom.

Now some of you may not be willing to spend $2.50 for a truffle and like $50 for a substantial box of chocolates but Godiva has this wunderbar rewards program where you get a free truffle every month! If it wasn’t for my Godiva membership, I would not have stuck my cheap arse into that shop but now I have about 3 memberships and visit whenever I can. The best part is, when you sign up, they only take your email so you can totally offer a bs email and you will be one piece of chocolate richer. It’s as easy as that.

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