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What Could’ve Been, Movie Characters Edition

Aug 01. 2013

Last month I shared with you some concept sketches of Disney characters. And today, I give you the early character sketches of famous movies, compiled by the good folks over at Screen Crush.

Take a look — Yoda could have looked like a garden gnome, and the original Jabba looks even more turd-y than the version we all love to hate. Bane seems to be an S&M dungeon master, while the two versions of Ralph (of “Wreck-It” fame) looks nothing like. I do, however, prefer the earlier designs of the Kraken and the Mad Hatter to their final forms. What do you think? (Warning: many images up ahead!)

Shrek, ‘Shrek’
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DreamWorks/Barry Jackson for DreamWorks

Yoda, ‘Star Wars’
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LucasFilm

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Aerin, Motherhood, Parenting, Personal

Aerin’s Developmental Assessment

Jul 31. 2013

Yesterday, two ladies from the state early intervention program stopped by our home. NJ's early intervention program assesses a child in the following areas of development: Gross Motor Skills Fine Motor Skills Communication, Speech, & Language Social/Emotional Development Cognitive Skills Adaptive/Self-help Skills In order to be eligible for early intervention services, the child must have delays of at least: 2.0 standard deviations below the mean in one developmental area; or 1.5 standard deviations below the mean in two more more developmental areas Aerin scored below the mean in every category, with the exception of fine motor skills. (She actually scored well above average in this area.) While her gross motor skills and social/emotional development were just below average, her cognitive skills and adaptive skills were about 1.5 standard deviations below the mean. Particularly...

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Funny, Korean, Web

Southwest Airlines Landing Gear Failure Prompts Fake American Pilot Names

Jul 30. 2013

You've probably heard of Bay Area news station KTVU's fiasco involving their broadcast of obviously fake names for the pilots of the Asiana crash. Am I in the minority for being an Asian-American who wasn't offended by this? Perhaps I've been too desensitized over the years, but I found it worthy of a chuckle. Immature and ignorant, yes. A bit too early to be making jokes about an incident that cost innocents their lives? Probably. But — as with many other politically incorrect jokes — comical nonetheless. Oh, and some eye-rolling for those who failed to catch such an obvious mistake. :roll: I knew that it wouldn't be long until jokes built upon the original prank, and the one I found today takes...

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Aerin, Claire, Parenting, Personal

The Snip and Quit Method

Jul 29. 2013

Pacifiers are one of many subjects that are often raised in parenting circles and forums. Should you use one or not? When should a child be weaned from his or her pacifier? I know that many of my friends are against the use of pacifiers, but we happily used them with both Claire and Aerin. Pacifiers — or "binkies," as we referred to them to the girls — provided great comfort, especially at times when we couldn't immediately be there for them (e.g., during car rides or while we were sleep-training). They helped tremendously when it came to the girls not putting random objects into their mouthes. And they were almost always guaranteed to quiet and calm my daughters when we were in...

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Asian, Personal, Reviews

Taking Care of My Contacts and My Eyes, FOB-Style

Jul 28. 2013

Gather ’round, boys and girls! It’s time for show and tell: contact lens and eye care edition.

I’ve been wearing soft contact lenses for almost two(!) decades now, and I can’t believe I only just discovered the following contact lens care products. Yeah, yeah…a good portion of my readers are Asian and most likely have known about these for years. But I love them so much that I felt the need to write rave about them for those who might not be in the know.

First up is the iPool Contact Lens Auto Cleaner:

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The iPool uses a combination of vibrations and silver nano-particle technology to thoroughly clean your contact lenses. It doesn’t matter if you wear hard or soft lenses, regular or disposables — just drop your lenses inside the cute animal case, fill it with contact lens solution, place it onto the AAA battery-powered base, press the button and wait for at least 3 minutes.

ipool_test_results

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