go metro

I'll admit it right off the bat- there are lots of cons to riding public transportation, I won't even go in to details... you crybabies.

But for those daring enough and adventurous enough, for those without a car (or sick of it) and for those who are tired of sitting at home wondering what to do, Metro is the answer.

My usual metro route would be driving a very short distance up the 110 northbound, getting of at the harbor station where you can park for free, buy a $5 all day pass and ride the green line to the blue line to the red line and ride to union station. From Union Station, I can either walk a little bit to Little Tokyo, or walk to Chinatown - great downtown LA spots if you have never been.

The whole trip is going to take one and a half hours roughly, which gives you time to relax, mingle, read a book or the paper or take a nap!

It is a little confusing at first but if random strangers from other countries can figure it out, surely us Californians can do it too. For the less brave, you can always ride with a friend and figure it out together. I'll be headed to Pasadena Chalk Art Festival and I'll be riding the rails for sure, and besides, at 5 dollars for an all day pass, it beats buying one gallon of gas.

Also I use the metro trip planner a lot. you can find it here

a cure

http://najicalove.muxtape.com/

a cure based muxtape. enjoi

check up

Look at me all smug.

It's been awhile but I've actually been avoiding the internet. I'm either on it, or out and about and having trouble integrating the two. But I do like my pretty blog and there are a few things to look forward to:

1. Status of my apple training

2. metro LA guide to riding the rails

3. A fun cure mixtape

4. and some recipes that I've enjoyed.
cheers,

john

sports flops

I like sports. I'm sure other people do, and like me, don't always have time to watch them and visit websites such as nhl.com or nba.com.

But these websites are hideous. Let me count the ways.

Take this screenshot of the NHL official website for example. What the hell is that space on the right side? Can they not design the website for different resolutions? At the very least provide a less cheesy background. There are also scores of current games, and even future games with the scorecard labeled team y 0, team x 0 .. as if they were playing and haven't scored yet- but they're not. The website also shows this "channel feature on the left side... and i remember seeing that in... 2004, and we're still using that layout 4 years later. Fail. I'd provide more screenshots of other sports websites but it really is just more of the same.

my new apple pin/lapel

my new apple pin/lapel
Originally uploaded by najicalove

It finally came in the mail. Looks pretty snazzy. I got it for attaining the level of Product Professional in their online sales training. so.. it means nothing. did i mention it was shiny and pretty? and from apple?

web 2.0 good and bad

There is a lot of crap everywhere. Web 2.0 is no exception. I have a few examples of good, and the bad.

new (to me)

Gamasutra - The Art & Business of Making Games

Uncrate | The Buyer's Guide For Men

ChaCha. Good Answer.

classics

popurls® | popular urls to the latest web buzz

Twitter

and the (god) awful

Funny Website - Cracked.com - American's Only Humor & Video Site Since 1958

CollegeHumor - Funny Pictures, Funny Videos, Funny Links!

Break.com - Free videos, pictures, and comedy for guys

t-shirt experience

I had a recent post about my time in San Francisco, but that post left out that awesome t-shirt I bought there from a vendor on the street. The vendors (and me) just began to realize that it was raining, and they began to close shop. I stopped by and they decided to give me a shirt for 15 instead of 20.

I was very happy with this shirt.


















But when I washed it for the first time the ink faded.

Fortunately I picked up their business card, wrote them and email and got a super speedy response and they said they'd ship me a new shirt on the double. Pretty good service for buying a a shirt on the street.

If not for the internet, I'm not sure how this woulda played out.

They get an A+ in my book,

http://loveprojectsf.com/index.html

be warned though, they auto play music ( a no no )