10.31.2003
the winner for the 5824 Blog Houseguest contest is...
Dean Wu!!!
congratulations to dean. he will now be able to post at csi:richmond for the month of november and is allowed to select any link of his choice for The It List. thank you for all that entered.
Dean Wu!!!
congratulations to dean. he will now be able to post at csi:richmond for the month of november and is allowed to select any link of his choice for The It List. thank you for all that entered.
the 5824 Blog Houseguest winner will be announced today, but before i do that, we must say, we're disappointed in the answers for question #3. that was the 'math' question. if you look at the answers, there are four miscalculated one and one correct one... 5824. i guess that answer wasn't obvious enough. stay tuned for our winner...
10.29.2003
Contest Deadline: Tomorrow 11:59pm.
10.26.2003
i am happy to report that WMD was a success!
we spent about 2 hours at the home depot buying wood, chains, nails, eyelets, and tools. i really wanted to buy a circular saw blade, but we're not ready for that yet (maybe WMD2). we came back to the house and started our day. we immediately constructed two pairs of nunchucks. i, then, designed and built 'board with nails'. simply put, it's a board with a handle and nails sticking out the end. i made it so that nails are sticking out both directions. it's a switch-hitting board with nails. cal made a mace. this is, by far, my favorite product of WMD and the most difficult to make. the spiked ball at the end is a softball with nails sticking out of it backwards. in the end, cal engineered a pretty fierce looking mace. i don't think anybody is gonna mess with cal swinging his mace around his head. that means any burglars or any thugs from the south bay.
where do we put this weapons? i suppose a 'weapons rack'. when 'mtv cribs' comes to our house, cal can show off 'scarface' and then show off the weapons rack. this is how we do!
(ed. note: dear president bush and secretary ridge, WMD stands for Weapons Making Day, NOT Weapons of Mass Destruction. also, these weapons aren't intended to terrorize anybody. they are only a means of defense against a possible attack. we in the east bay have reason to believe that members of the south bay community are hostile toward us. sincerely, 5824.)
we spent about 2 hours at the home depot buying wood, chains, nails, eyelets, and tools. i really wanted to buy a circular saw blade, but we're not ready for that yet (maybe WMD2). we came back to the house and started our day. we immediately constructed two pairs of nunchucks. i, then, designed and built 'board with nails'. simply put, it's a board with a handle and nails sticking out the end. i made it so that nails are sticking out both directions. it's a switch-hitting board with nails. cal made a mace. this is, by far, my favorite product of WMD and the most difficult to make. the spiked ball at the end is a softball with nails sticking out of it backwards. in the end, cal engineered a pretty fierce looking mace. i don't think anybody is gonna mess with cal swinging his mace around his head. that means any burglars or any thugs from the south bay.
where do we put this weapons? i suppose a 'weapons rack'. when 'mtv cribs' comes to our house, cal can show off 'scarface' and then show off the weapons rack. this is how we do!
(ed. note: dear president bush and secretary ridge, WMD stands for Weapons Making Day, NOT Weapons of Mass Destruction. also, these weapons aren't intended to terrorize anybody. they are only a means of defense against a possible attack. we in the east bay have reason to believe that members of the south bay community are hostile toward us. sincerely, 5824.)
10.24.2003
10.23.2003
in our house meeting yesterday, we talked about our WMD (weapons making day). we think we can make nunchucks, maces, spears, air darts, lethal sling shots, and my personal fave: boards with nails. the 2nd amendment allows us to have these arms, right? if the nra can have a semi-automatic to go 'hunting', certainly, we can have a mace to protect ourselves from such evils like south bay. and by the way, minsoo, we're watching game tape of the green destiny (the crouching tiger, hidden dragon dvd) to exploit any weaknesses it may have. we're trying to recruit li mu bai, but as it turns out, we lost his cell phone number.
one week till all houseguest entries are due.
one week till all houseguest entries are due.
10.20.2003
Trouble may be brewing at 5824.......
10.16.2003
answering a few general questions...
the contest is for real. i'd say part II is weighed heavier than part I. that being said, the more well written the responses, the better. you gotta bring quality stuff to this blog. it doesn't hurt to make us laugh, either. (we don't go for prop comics, though.)
the contest is for real. i'd say part II is weighed heavier than part I. that being said, the more well written the responses, the better. you gotta bring quality stuff to this blog. it doesn't hurt to make us laugh, either. (we don't go for prop comics, though.)
10.15.2003
Become the 5824 Blog Houseguest!
We're running a contest for all our readers to be a part of CSI:Richmond. The grand prize winner will be allowed to post at CSI:Richmond for the month of November and will be able to select one website to make it on The It List.
To enter, you must complete Parts I & II below and send your answers to bbq5824@yahoo.com by October 30. We will announce the winner on October 31. Good luck.
Part I
Answer the following mulitple choice questions.
1. Complete this analogy... Calvin is to Camry as Jason is to _______.
A. Danny
B. Honda
C. Bicycle
D. Civic
E. Toyota
2. Fill in the blank with the correct words... "Danny _______ cooking, but he would rather ________ fast food."
A. likes...buy
B. hates...eat
C. adores...smell
D. keeps...chew
E. loves...throw away
3. Add the ages of Calvin, Danny, and Jason (as of 10/15/03). Subtract the number of disciples that Jesus had. Multiply by by a baker's dozen. Multiply again by lucky number 7. What do you get?
A. 5733
B. 5915
C. 5824
D. 6916
E. 5376
4. Which one of the following lists is CORRECT?
A. Calvin, Downstairs; Danny, Upstairs; Jason, Upstairs
B. Calvin, First Baptist Richmond; Danny, Harbor House; Jason, Rescue Mission
C. Calvin, San Francisco; Danny, Bakersfield; Jason, Richmond
D. Calvin, Youngest Child; Danny, Only Child; Jason, Youngest Child
E. Calvin, Feburary; Danny, October; Jason, July
5. What is our zip code?
A. 94806
B. 94850
C. 94580
D. 94805
E. 94508
Part II
Please answer the following questions...
6. What is your best memory with the members of 5824?
7. Imagine the members of 5824 were all bitten by a poisonous snake, and you had the antidote. However, you can only administer it to one member. Who would you give the antidote to and why?
8. Are you willing to pay rent to win this contest? If so, how much?
Rules and Regulations
1. You must be 18 to enter.
2. We will accept bribes.
3. I repeat, we will accept bribes.
4. Bribes need not be monetary. Food will be considered a bribe.
10.14.2003
5824 is quickly becoming a cell phone graveyard. Danny's phone started acting funny upon our return from Tahoe and had to be put out of commission. (It has since been replaced.) My phone got tired of listening to me talk and decided to hit the self-desrtruct button. Jason's phone seems to be unaffected by the current epidemic.
Future visitors to 5824 may want to turn off their cell phones and pagers before entering. Don't talk during the movie either. You can come over to see Matrix Reloaded or Scarface. People behind us were talking when we saw Kill Bill. If I had my sword, I would have cut off their tongues.
Future visitors to 5824 may want to turn off their cell phones and pagers before entering. Don't talk during the movie either. You can come over to see Matrix Reloaded or Scarface. People behind us were talking when we saw Kill Bill. If I had my sword, I would have cut off their tongues.
got back from tahoe safe and sound. all the rumors about there being a falling out between the club manager and the agent must be put to an end. there was no incident in tahoe that created a rift between the club 5824 manager and cal's agent. everything is ok.
last night after the flaming car (see Messy Danny), 5824 made a trip to best buy in SF. why? because messy wanted to win a 'matrix reloaded' prize and buy the dvd as soon as it came out. we got there and like 300 people were there to buy the darn movie. the thing that i found most interesting was the group of people. at first, i expected hardcore fans (sidebar: we're not hardcore fans. it was just something to do on a monday night.), but what i found was quite an eclectic group of people. people from all walks of life gather around the matrix, i suppose. go figure.
last night after the flaming car (see Messy Danny), 5824 made a trip to best buy in SF. why? because messy wanted to win a 'matrix reloaded' prize and buy the dvd as soon as it came out. we got there and like 300 people were there to buy the darn movie. the thing that i found most interesting was the group of people. at first, i expected hardcore fans (sidebar: we're not hardcore fans. it was just something to do on a monday night.), but what i found was quite an eclectic group of people. people from all walks of life gather around the matrix, i suppose. go figure.
10.10.2003
club 5824 is off to tahoe for cal's performance. that and college football action.
10.08.2003
for my 43rd birthday, we went out to outback for some steak. our service was sub-par. i think jason and cal did something to really make our server mad while i was in the bathroom. and there was a screaming kid in our section. the kid was like 10 years old and uncontrollable. nuts. the reason i bring this up is because jason's birthday dinner at e-buff wasn't that pleasant of an experience either. for cal's birthday, we're staying home and feeding him waffles and ramen.
10.07.2003
Happy Birthday Danny!! I can't believe you're 43 years old already. It seemed like just yesterday you were 24.
(psssstt. Danny wants ties for his birthday. Or was it pies? Oh well.)
(psssstt. Danny wants ties for his birthday. Or was it pies? Oh well.)
10.04.2003
we had a pretty big spider keeping watch on our front door for a while. i'd say it's about as big as a quarter, and he has spun a massive web by our porch light. today, we decided to take action. we didn't have any raid or bug spray handy, so we went with... tough-actin' tinactin (my new favorite spray). the tinactin didn't faze the spider, but if he no longer suffered from athlete's foot. next up... 409. i switched the spray nozzle to a stream nozzle and soaked the spider until he was dizzy. he was still hanging on to his web, so this is when we decided to physically knock him down and light him on fire. (i hope peta isn't reading this.)
this is where it gets interesting. i had a pizza box to knock him down and cal was standing ready with one of those bbq lighters. i took the box and tried to knock the spider to the ground, but i was unsuccessful. i had hit the spider, but he didn't end up on the ground. we didn't want an angry spider crawling into our house, so we were looking around for the thing when cal finally spotted it. it was hanging by its web about a foot above our heads.
cal proceeded to lighting the spider on fire step. he took the lighter and lit the spider, but it fell onto his hand. i kid you not, he screamed and ran away. the spider ended up on the ground, so we continued to try to light it on fire. we couldn't get him to burn right away, so we used some lighter fluid. (i REALLY hope peta isn't reading this.) he burned up and smelled pretty bad. what did we do to get rid of the odor? that's right... BOOM! tough-actin' tinactin.
this is where it gets interesting. i had a pizza box to knock him down and cal was standing ready with one of those bbq lighters. i took the box and tried to knock the spider to the ground, but i was unsuccessful. i had hit the spider, but he didn't end up on the ground. we didn't want an angry spider crawling into our house, so we were looking around for the thing when cal finally spotted it. it was hanging by its web about a foot above our heads.
cal proceeded to lighting the spider on fire step. he took the lighter and lit the spider, but it fell onto his hand. i kid you not, he screamed and ran away. the spider ended up on the ground, so we continued to try to light it on fire. we couldn't get him to burn right away, so we used some lighter fluid. (i REALLY hope peta isn't reading this.) he burned up and smelled pretty bad. what did we do to get rid of the odor? that's right... BOOM! tough-actin' tinactin.
(beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep)
Beverage Shortage Alert:
5824 is out of Tampico.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled blog.
Beverage Shortage Alert:
5824 is out of Tampico.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled blog.
