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The D-Spot

Being Uncle Darick is fun!!

About Me

What would you like to know? I'm pretty boring I guess.. I'm an IT Specialist for the Telecom/Networking department at the University of Hawaii.. I set up networks, troubleshoot them, and write PERL scripts to manage our devices =) I play PC games on my free time like Ragnarok Online, Counter-Strike Source, or Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War. I like to go out with my friends and have a few beers or watch a movie or whatever. And of course I love my motorcycle
Your Japanese Name Is...
Keitaro Matsudaira What's your Japanese Name?I guess I'm also kinda silly... LOL why would I need a Japanese name anyway? I'm already Japanese.. sheesh..

My Interests

Traveling, learning new languages, hiking, motorcycles, computers, pc games(mmorpg, fps, rts), drinking, zombie movies, SUDOKU... I think thats it...

Music:

Pearl Jam's Yellow Ledbetter with (misheard)lyrics =)

Movies:

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Taxi Driver, The Professional, Karate Kid I-III, Star Wars Ep.I-VI, Shaun of the Dead, Night of the Living Dead(original and remake), Dawn of the Dead(original and remake), Day of the Dead, Land of the Dead, A Clockwork Orange, Zoolander, Starsky and Hutch(2004), Dodge Ball, Anchorman, Labyrinth, all the Star Trek movies, Spiderman I&II, X-Men I-III, Kevin Smith movies, John Cusack movies from the 80's.. That's all I can think of at the moment...

Television:

Venture Brothers, Star Trek, just about anything on the History/Discovery channels..

Books:

"Starship Troopers" and "A Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert Heinlein. "The Walking Dead" (comic) by Robert Kirkman. "Grendel"(comic) by Matt Wagner.

My Blog

Thailand Day 9 - Last full day in Thailand!

Wow time sure flies when you're having fun.  It's the last full day.  No real plans today except for lunch at a Dim Sum restaurant.   Then maybe some more shopping at the Central M...
Posted by The D-Spot on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 07:48:00 PST

Thailand Day 7 and 8

Hehehe didnt get a chance to blog yesterday.  Anyway I found out my Buddha is called "The standing Buddha with Alms".  Not sure what it means yet.  But ya.. Day 7: We went to the floati...
Posted by The D-Spot on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:38:00 PST

Thailand Day 6

Hi all again.  I woke up early this morning and felt great.  I had to move in the house shrine room last night.. I had a great sleep.  Only in the morning after I woke up they told me t...
Posted by The D-Spot on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 05:24:00 PST

Thailand Day 5

Ah.. i feel much better this morning.  Got some Pochai pills last night from Cyndie and Fred..  I had a light breakfast: toast, coffee, starfruit, and water... they ordered dim sum too....
Posted by The D-Spot on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:19:00 PST

Thailand Day 4

Last night I changed rooms to stay next door at my Auntie's mother's place.  took a shower and the shower curtains were really short so I was getting water everywhere... I tried to get ...
Posted by The D-Spot on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 07:07:00 PST

Day 3

Nothing special in the morning... just kicked back and hung out.  found out that there were squirrels here.  couldnt take pics because they are really fast. oh ya my cousins and their kids ...
Posted by The D-Spot on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 06:03:00 PST

Thailand Day 2

Woke up around 4:30AM stayed in bed and fell in and out of sleep till around 6 ish.. went downstairs to have breakfast with my uncle, auntie, and her mother.  Had some coffee, Thai sausages, and ...
Posted by The D-Spot on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 02:36:00 PST

Thailand Day 1(for real this time)

Whew.. it was a long ass flight.. like a 10 hour one from Hawaii to Taipei then a 3 hour one to the new airport right outside of Bangkok. The asian airports are really nice =)  I haven't taken an...
Posted by The D-Spot on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 07:31:00 PST

Thailand -Day 1

Well.. not really day 1.. its almost 3AM...  got my flight to Thailand in a few hours.. i got everything packed and i'm ready to go.. those coleman space bags kick ass.. i got them at the A...
Posted by The D-Spot on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 05:53:00 PST

What to do.. hmmmm.... I think I need advice..

Ok here's the situation.. I was offered a new position at the place I currently work at.  If I accept it I will get a promotion, more pay, and cool new business cards =) Only thing is that m...
Posted by The D-Spot on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 11:18:00 PST