http://www.theandrewlai.com/blog Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:06:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Made it to Lollapalooza!  Solid trip highlighted by Arcade Fire, some good eats and a sunglass tan.  I <3 Chicago! Ended up watching sets by: New Pornographers, Neon Trees, Hot Chip, Lady Gaga, Strokes, Mornings Benders, Stars, Gogol Bordello, Spoon, Green Day, Phoenix, Dodos, Freelance Whales, Hockey and Arcade Fire. http://www.theandrewlai.com/blog/?p=505 http://www.theandrewlai.com/blog/?p=501 Plain and simple: my favorite TV show of all time is Saved By the Bell.  I watch it anytime I stumble across it on TBS, or I'll occasionally pop in the DVDs (thanks Vusan!).  I've seen every episode numerous times, and, for various reasons, each time I watch an episode, ... http://www.theandrewlai.com/blog/?p=499 To summarize my last few months away from my blog: -  I took Mandarin 1 at UCLA.  It felt pretty good to enroll in a proper Chinese class and tap into my Asian roots.  I'm going to hold off from enrolling in quarter 2 and try some self-study.  If done successfully, ... http://www.theandrewlai.com/blog/?p=495 Certain things are totally worth their cost even though cheaper options are available: more refined vodka instead of cheap stuff, flying to Vegas instead of driving, etc.  The newest edition to the list is valet parking at the Bob Hope airport in Burbank.  As if flying out of Burbank wasn't ... http://www.theandrewlai.com/blog/?p=492 I'm so glad Karen Sharp from KOST 103.5 is back from vacation.  Christine Martindale was killing the love song dedications. http://www.theandrewlai.com/blog/?p=488 It doesn't feel like I had a lot of time to follow new music this year, but I was able to come up with a list of about 45 songs that I really liked.  I whittled it down to 10 favorites.  For me, 2009 had plenty of ipod plays for ... http://www.theandrewlai.com/blog/?p=484 I love it.  Whole Foods also has free wifi. McDonald's to lift fee for Internet access Move is seen as a way for fast food giant to combat Starbucks in coffee war The Associated Press updated 4:10 p.m. PT, Tues., Dec . 15, 2009 function UpdateTimeStamp(pdt) { var n = document.getElementById("udtD"); if(pdt != '' && n && ... http://www.theandrewlai.com/blog/?p=481 http://www.theandrewlai.com/blog/?p=479 I'm 100% hooked on TV.  Over the past 6 months, I've watched Scrubs and The Wire from start to finish in their entirety.  I now just finished off 5 seasons of Weeds in a few weeks and I instantly started the search for the next TV series to conquer.  Currently ... http://www.theandrewlai.com/blog/?p=475