So I just realized my ceiling fan can spin in either directions. I had always wondered for the longest time why I didn’t feel any wind when I stood underneath it. It hit me when I was standing in the hallway where you can look down into the living room (where ceiling fan is located) and gushes of wind were hitting me.

So it’s the $100 question of whether the fan should suck or blow. In a computer, the fans in the front tend to suck in air and the fans in the back tend to blow out air. However, my house gets really hot in the afternoon (especially during this heatwave). All the windows on my 2nd floor are opened for ventilation purposes.

So if the fan blew up, it’ll be pushing hot air onto the 2nd floor and hopefully that’ll escape some how.

On the other hand, the fan can blow down and cause air to circulate below it.

Which way should it blow? Up or down?

Did I mention how nice it is to have an ice maker and water spout on the fridge? I think I can finally stop buying Kirkland bottled water!

So thanks to the help from Tekman, Xyon, and Derek, I’ve successfully moved into my new place! It’s been a tiring week, transporting stuff back and forth, but my old apartment is basically empty besides some cleaning solutions, vacuum, paper towels, trash bags, and trash that I need to get rid of, which I’m planning to do next week. Oh how hot it was these past few week. I couldn’t have picked a worst day to move.

So I reserved a 14′ U-Haul truck several days ago and let me tell you, driving that is so scary yet so powerful at the same time. I feel like I nothing can hurt me, but I can hurt anything in my path. Though it was definitely more scary than powerful. I’d rather drive my Civic any day of the week. I did in fact damage something with it. I sort of crushed the rain gutter on the mail box center, but that was basically it. Total cost came to $52.xx, but it turns out they charged me $7 for the dolly which I didn’t use. Tekman and Xyon pointed that out when they saw my receipt, but when I was paying, I was too eagar to just get rid of the truck. Oh yah, we went to Anthony’s Home Port in Kirkland for all-you-can-eat crab and get to see out into the lake. Since Derek had plans tonight, their compensation dinner will have to wait.

So here’s the photos of what my house looks like after move in:

So after dinner, I came back and started building my bed, since I know if I set up my computer first, I wouldn’t have a bed to sleep in tonight.

I also made my first damage to the house while building this bed. When one of the sides tilted over and fell, it made 2 dents into the wall. Hopefully I can just paint over it like nothing happened. *Whistle*

Speaking of damage, I also made my first fix to the house. Do you see what’s wrong in the picture below?

If you had guess the blinds were on the incorrect side, you’re right. If you had guess anything else, please do let me know. Furnitue everywhere doesn’t count. ;p

Since I already build one bed and had experience on what not to do, I decided to build the second bed before I forget that experience. My plushies also needed a bed to sleep on.

And last of all of what I accomplished tonight, my office:

Oh yah, I setup my clothing and toiletries, but you wouldn’t be interested in that.

I promised pictures, so here they are: 2006-07-16 New House

I went there today to drop off some stuff and slowly move things over. The big things I’m planning to hire a moving company for, but the little things I think I can take care of.

Here’s a few selected pictures:

I also saw some rabbits:

Happy Birthday UngsungHero!!!
sorry, this post was queued and I forgot to post it last night.

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Random Crap:

Street Fighter Ryu in Duck Hunt – this game rocks! I so want it!!! Here’s a mirror on YouTube.

I was reading an article on corn field mazes and was wondering, was the reason they decided to use corn fields, was because corn in every other language is known as maize. Maize ~ Maze?

Woman asks 911 to send ‘cutie pie’ deputy – Thompson said Dudash then called 911, asking that the “cutie pie” deputy return. “He’s the cutest cop I’ve seen in a long time. I just want to know his name,” Dudash told the dispatcher. “Heck, it doesn’t come very often a good man comes to your doorstep.” After listening to some more, followed by a bit of silence, the dispatcher asked again why Dudash needed the deputy to return. “Honey, I’m just going to be honest with you, OK? I just thought he was cute. I’m 45 years old and I’d just like to meet him again, but I don’t know how to go about doing that without calling 911,” she said.

Maine lobsterman pulls up rare lobster – Bette Spurling, who works at the oceanarium, said lobster shells are usually a blend of the three primary colors: red, yellow and blue. Those colors mix to form the greenish-brown color of most lobsters. This lobster, though, has no blue in half of its shell, she said. Bernard Arseneau, a former manager at the oceanarium’s lobster hatchery, said lobsters also have a growth pattern in which the two sides develop independently of each other.

Joke from /. (#15722508):

A redneck wanted to perform a vasectomy and went to the doctor, but the doctor told him to light up a cherry bomb, hold it and count to ten. The redneck didn’t understand how this would help, but trusted the doctor, lit up the cherry bomb and started counting. When he got to five, he put the cherry bomb between his legs and resumed counting in the other hand.

Suspected thief robs judge at own trial – Police in the central town of Coburg said that while facing her at the bench, the man pocketed a bunch of keys from the judge, who did not notice until he had left the room. Guess it’s hard to quite old habits.

Chicken lays mystery Allah egg – – A chicken in a Kazakh village has laid an egg with the word “Allah” inscribed on its shell, state media reported Thursday. Finally! We’re leaving the Christianity phase and moving to Muslim phase.

iPod Hi-Fi mini (from /.) – Just as the Mac mini has redefined people’s expectations on what a computer should be the iPod Hi-Fi mini brings all that is great in the iPod Hi-Fi down to a size that redefines what you should expect from your home stereo. Using the classic form of the original Macintosh, and state of the art audio components, the iPod Hi-Fi mini is all you every wanted in a hi-fi, and less. You can check out his gallery here.

Sony pulls controversial Dutch PSP ad – Sony Corp said on Tuesday it had pulled a Dutch billboard advertising campaign for the new white version of its PlayStation Portable video game player and apologized to anyone offended by the ad, which critics dubbed racist.

I’ve got the key!

(image from グ)

So I’ve begun to watch Lost Season 1 after many recommendations from friends and when I missed out on conversations cause I didn’t have the context. Anyway, at first I’m thinking Lost is like Jurassic Park cross Lord of the Flies. The story is somewhat interesting so far. I’ve only watched 3 episodes so far, but it’s just not addicting yet. My first complain is not enough people die. In the beginning, you had a whole bunch of people die from the plane crash. Well, that doesn’t really count since most of them were dead before the 1st episode started. I’ve counted 3 kills so far, so it averages 1 dead body per episode. 24 on the other hand had at least 10 kills per episode. The story is also not as fast pace as I would’ve imagined. Tons of flashbacks, but I guess that’s the main plot of this series, talking about each individuals story and how they ended up here on the island.

I did learn something interesting. Apparently Backgammon is the oldest known recorded game. Click on the link and you can read about its history.

I was going through Lost’s info on IMDb and following Dr. Jack’s (Matthew Fox) link, they’re apparently making Rambo IV starring Sylvester Stallone.

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Random Crap:

Downloaded a preview/teaser of 秒速5センチメートル – 5 Centimeters Per Second (fansubbed by Triad). Here’s the torrent. I’ve also uploaded the video to my gallery. QuickTime had a problem playing the video in the browser, but you can download it here directly and play in your preferred video player. 5 Centimeters Per Second is Shinkai Makoto’s latest work. You might remember him from his other works such as 星の声 (The Voices of a Distant Star) or 雲のむこう、約束の場所 (The Place Promised in Our Early Days / Beyond the Clouds). The animation and soundtrack once again seems amazing. Although the preview/teaser is only 45secs, it was beautifully done. The title “5 Centimeters Per Second” refers to the rate that sakura (cherry blossoms) petals fall at. You can also visit the official movie’s site.

I’m generally not too much of a YTMND fan, but this was just too cute: Having A Bad Day? (from RayAlome). All the little puppies are so cute!