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| I watched this incredible Taiwanese movie called "Hear Me".
It's about a deaf girl, and the movie is mostly silent, but so powerful!
You can watch the movie at this link on Youtube: Here Me Movie Link
At the end of the movie, the parents make this amazing fruit basket, which I tried to replicate in the photo below. 
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I definitely remember times when I'd be waiting for that text or call, with my phone on my bed. | | |
| I could make a living selling air conditioners! So, my buddy Kyungmin Jun is moving into a dorm this summer in Boston, and I was worried he might not be used to the humidity here. I wanted to get a nice air conditioning unit for him, but they're so DAMN EXPENSIVE!!
So, I thought of a couple of options.
Option 1: Buy a new AC unit from a retail store. Feel bad about spending lots of money. Make him feel bad that I spent a lot of money.
Option 2: Buy a used AC unit from community advertisements or Craigslist. Feel bad that I didn't get a nice, fancy AC unit.
I started browsing Craigslist, and everything I saw was dirty and old, or had a minor broken part. Even a promising one that I picked up for $40 was really dirty. I still bought it. 
Then, I had an idea!!!!!! Why not clean these, and fix the minor parts so that they had more value in them? I went out, armed with a fistful of cash, ready to buy some cheap used AC units. I bought a total of 3 units, all for a total of $95.
Then, I spent Sunday evening, using an old toothbrush and wash clothes, scrubbing and cleaning the grime off of these used AC units. And actually, they didn't look too bad! They were all about 2-3 years old, and in great condition under all the dust and dirt. I fixed some minor parts: bent metal vents, spliced a new power cord, and removed mildew from the plastic hinges of an uncared AC unit.
So, here is what happened. I bought really unwanted and uncared AC units for cheap, and even received discounts when I picked them up. Then, I spruced them up, fixed bad parts, and resold them for the average price on Craigslist for used AC units (approximately $80), gaining a huge profit!!
(1) I bought a medium-sized digital Air Conditioner for $25. Spent 45 minutes cleaning off the grime from duct tape and fixed the bad power cord.
Spent: $25
Sold for: $80
Total Profit = $55
(2) I bought a small analog Air Conditioner for $40. Spent 30 minutes cleaning off the grime on the panels and straightened metal vents.
Spent: $40
Sold for: $70
Total Profit = $30
(3) I bought a large, commercial analog Air Conditioner for $30. Spent 30 minutes cleaning off the grime and removing dust from the interior, and reinforced a broken plastic support.
Spent: $30
Sold for: $80
Total Profit = $50
 My car, stuffed full of air-conditioners.
Then, I treated myself to a McDonald's meal. Spent $7.
Today, I earned a total of $135, minus my $7 McDonald's meal. Minus 2 hours of cleaning/fixing and 50 miles of driving.
Then, I went on one final trip, to inspect a brand new, in-the-box AC unit that was worth $165 retail!!!!!!!!!
Fully digital and energy compliant...
Remote Controlled...
Never opened before...
Shiny and white...
And I bargained that shit for $90. Wuttt up, son?!! | | |
| Remembering DreamsI'm trying to remember my dreams, and I just woke up from a particularly strange one.
I was working in a car mechanic shop, when suddenly, a few guys started to fight. One, a large and menacing man, managed to put together a drill bit onto a power tool and tried to drill a hole through the other guy's skull.
My team of friends ran out armed with power tools too and a two long lines of people formed, facing each other and bristling with whirring power tools.
(Then, someone steps out and announces, "Put away your drills! Torches and pliers only!" As if he was orchestrating the entire fight. I look back at the enemy lines, and suddenly, all of our power drills have magically been replaced with hot, blue burning torches and large steel pliers.)
I take this opportunity to step forward and taunt the closest kid across from me. He steps forward, brandishing his torch. I promptly swallow the flame of the torch to extinguish it, and smack him unconscious with my large pliers, before stepping back into the line of my side.
(Note: I have no idea why I thought swallowing the flame of the torch would extinguish it. I always thought those were kind of gimmicky like cigarette lighters, even though I use them at home all the time and I know they don't go out easily.)
Fuck, I should go study. 
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