http://www.pikindaguy.com/tien_nguyen Your once in a while dose of mediocre entertainment Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:21:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's natural and easy to react with shock and appallment when hearing stories of these Chinese womens children's gymnasts being taken from their families by the nat'l government at the age of 3, and from there beginning a strict, strict regiment of training for the Olympics. One girl specifically (the captain) ... http://www.pikindaguy.com/tien_nguyen/2008/08/13/poverty-spurns-greatness/ We’re a simple people, and while the 60s are long gone, we’ll always have a burning internal desire to create meaning and worth in our lives by fighting against “the man”. We take bold stances by joining others fighting the same cause by placing the blame squarely on certain things for ... http://www.pikindaguy.com/tien_nguyen/2008/08/11/scapegoats-of-society-why-it-sucks-to-be-1/ I logged into Yelp today and noticed an interesting new feature--they have a distribution chart on the left side that measures how many times you've given a place a certain star rating. Not surprisingly mine looks like this: Essentially, 92/118 of the places I've chosen to review I've left extremely satisfied (or ... http://www.pikindaguy.com/tien_nguyen/2008/07/23/simple-and-easy-to-please/ So football season obviously can't come soon enough, and there is hardly a more exciting underachieving team to look out for than the RAIDAHS. They've spent the most money on guys, and their season rests upon guys full of unknown potentials--WHO ARE ALL  MOSTLY YOUNGER THAN ME (wah). Initially it was ... http://www.pikindaguy.com/tien_nguyen/2008/07/19/you-know-youre-old-when/ It was just about two years ago to the day when the fate of our livelihoods were temporarily taken out of our hands and put into that of a handful of 4,000 behemoths running down a narrow path with many a twist and turn everywhere in the annual, week long ... http://www.pikindaguy.com/tien_nguyen/2008/07/12/a-glimpse-back-at-the-past-and-toward-the-future/ This past weekend was filled with reuniting with different people from different stages of my life whom I had formed different relationships with who I hadn't seen in what seems like forever ago.. One was from my old work place, one from college, and one from high school who'd I share ... http://www.pikindaguy.com/tien_nguyen/2008/06/22/finding-emo/ You first heard of the adventures of Tien N in an entry posted a while back. Today then, yet another chapter has been introduced. This time though a much happier ending is involved.. Long story short: a few weeks ago we stumbled upon this new frozen yogurt joint about 53 yards away ... http://www.pikindaguy.com/tien_nguyen/2008/06/04/the-legend-of-tien-n-continues/ I posted an item a while back posing this ever so stringent, age old question:  "I'll take famous UCLA Bruins for $1000 Alex" Alex: "This is what Tien Nguyen and Kevin Love have in common." "What is they've been been mentioned in the New York Times?" And yet another similarity has arisen.. Ever since we've ... http://www.pikindaguy.com/tien_nguyen/2008/06/01/a-whole-lot-less-to-love/ First there were 30... Object of round 1: down/eat/inhale 27 pieces of sushi as fast as you can. First two in each group of 10 advance to the final round. The ringer to my left finished in like a minute, and I was in a neck to neck race with the ... http://www.pikindaguy.com/tien_nguyen/2008/05/18/sushi52/ So we're closing in on a month when my life got flipped turn upside down so I'd like to take a minute just sit right there...and so forth. My primary thoughts so far can be simply summed in the following statement: where the fuck has the time flown? I feel like I've ... http://www.pikindaguy.com/tien_nguyen/2008/05/13/almost-a-monthreflections/