Forever in Blue Genes... or Taipei (both lyrics work)

Yes, I have the keys to my apartment. By the time you get to work, I should be unpacking and getting set up. This is by far the easiest move I've ever done. Where's Eddie saying "Adam, you got a lot of s**t" now??? 2 suitcases, 4 boxes, 1 umbrella! I bought a sweet Tiger Woods Nike Golf Umbrella last night - it's bigger than the other ones around here (like me).

Neil Diamond night on American Idol - that was pretty cool! They are pulling out the baby boomer mentors this season (Diamond, Dolly, Lord Webber) but that's ok. They probably much better mentors than Gwen Stefani was! The performances felt very rushed as they tried to get 10 songs (and 1 set of comments) performed in the hour time slot. Have to make sure to leave room for the major sponsors!!! My ranking is as follows:

1 - David Cook - was hurt by not getting but 4 minutes of performing 2 songs.... quite the contrast and pulled it off very well. Still hate the left handed guitar playing thing! Still my pick to win....
2 - David A - he definitely has one style and sticks with it doesn't he? I liked the voice crack (pre-puberty?) during America. He's starting to sound too show boatish in my opinion. But he has the under 18 female vote wrapped up for sure! Hopefully he can avoid puberty for a couple of more weeks.
3 - Syesha - Has her own style as well - just doesn't pull it off nearly as well. Hoping she's still safe (in comparison to the next two). Her 2nd performance was one of the more entertaining of the night.
4 - Brooke White - I figured she would have done better with Neil than she did, but not really. She sounded a little country behind the piano - maybe that's why I didn't like it. At least she didn't have to restart this week.
5 - Jason.... is his time up? I think so. A little bizarre and not very entertaining honestly.

And no - Paula can't see the future - ONLY I HAVE THAT POWER!!! She's an idiot. And Wednesday is just peachy!

I have to wait till Wednesday to get my bank account since Taiwan takes "banker's hours" to a new level! Tomorrow is a holiday - Labour Day (ok, so that's the same), but then it's daily 9am-3pm and not open on Saturdays or Sundays!! Since I am traveling Friday, and have a full agenda already on Monday/Tuesday - it'll happen Wednesday morning. My cell phone is on order now, should see that early next week. As you can see, it's really starting to feel much more like home!

Few Nintendo Links for entertainment:

Wii has always been said to have "poorer" graphics than 360 and PS3... which may be true, but I think the programmers are just starting to understand the graphical potential of the Wii. Here's a cool video to show some improvements are on the way!

An interesting video showing how some simple innovation can make new uses for the Wii technology - another one showing how we're just tapping into the capibility of this thing.

And a preview for the new Lego Batman video game coming soon! BTW - Mario Kart Wii is out! I need to go look for it here and see if it's US encoded or not.