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Tonight was my first time watching a 3d movie. Avatar is supposed to be the biggest budget movie ever and the effects showed- it was a very pretty film. The actual plot itself was pretty good- the trailers made it look awful, but the story itself was entertaining. One reviewer called it a mix of Fern Gully and Pocahontas, which it was, but it was much better than either earlier cartoon.… read more “Avatar 3D”

Hippy Christmas lights across the street.

Cooking dinner tonight for my friends in Los Angeles. Kenny, Jeremy, Levi, and JJ are going to enjoy the following with me:

Appetizer. Pugliese bread served with Delice de Bourgogne cheese and an olive tapenade.

Salad. Fresh organic spring mix with a spicy balsamic vinagreitte, sliced bell peppers, tomatoes, chopped pistachios, cranberries, thin apple slices and oranges.… read more “Dinner with Friends”

I am back in Los Angeles now.

Climbed Mount Si again today with Adam Leong. First time climbing it in the winter. Temperatures were well below freezing, especially close to the top. Probably about 15 degrees. I wore a shirt and two hoodies, jeans and a pair of shorts underneath, but I was still cold. The little birds up at the top were really hungry and a whole crew of them ate out of our hands.… read more “Mount Si Take #6”

I did some work and added some features to this site:

• “Where’s Joel? page linked to at the top horizontal navigation bar.  This feature uses Google Latitude to display where I am physically located by tracking my iPhone’s GPS.
• “Site Traffic” on the right hand side menu bar to the right of the “Topics” column.  This shows the how many unique visitors have come to my site in the last 30 days according to Google Analytics.  

… read more “New JoelX Site Features”

A man killed 4 Lakewood cops yesterday and apparently tried to hide out at his house in Leschi afterwards, just a few blocks away from Taras house. Police surrounded the house and raided it, but the killer wasn’t there. They are currently searching the surrounding area.

Frida (taras dog) and I are hiding out under the bed covers lol.… read more “Cop Killer May Be Blocks Away”

As a fresh LA transplant, I have discovered Seattles traffic is much worse than the traffic in LA. Los Angeles is just a much larger city so it still takes longer to get somewhere. But to travel 2 miles through Seattle takes two or three times as long as travelling 2 miles in LA does.

Check out the crazy video below of a kite surfer jumping a pier. Looks incredibly dangerous, but kind of makes me want to take up the sport. Look how high he goes!

… read more “Crazy Kite Surfer Jumps Pier- Video”

Fascinating video on what to do with enemy combatants.

… read more “Video of Attorney General Being Talked to by Lindsay Graham”