081217 - Dancing with the WALL-E

I love robots. I've gone as far as using C-3PO as my avatar on-line, and putting up a R4 on my desk. So it's a no-brainer that I immediately fell in love with WALL-E the moment I saw it on the movie teaser.

Six Monthes later, I had watched WALL-E for the sixth times, and still enjoyed every moment of it. I remembered going through AICN.com Holiday Gifts Shopping list, and one of the toys they recommend was the iDance version of WALL-E, which seems to be the most detail one, also the price is just right.

So last sunday, I visited the Toy'r'us and get myself one.
ta-da~(in WALL-E's voice)

By pressing a button on his body, WALL-E will dance and say his name(W-A-L-L---E). It'll reponse to your voice, or any other loud sound. He can dance(by waving his arms randomly.)

As you can see, an iPod(or any other MP3 player) can "plug" in, and WALL-E will become a speaker of some sort. He can also dance to the beat, but even though I chose a slow-beat music, he still moves frantically, so I turn off the feature.

Say hello to R4, my long-time table-toy(which is dress-up like a.....nun?!)

While it cost me a bit fortune, nothing gets you energized in the morning by saying Good Morning to him, and see the reposnd.

080727 - Earn & Spend, Batman GN

Compared to the rest of my summer vacation, this past week had been one of my more productive week so far. I kind of bumped into two days of temp-work. On day one, I spent 8 hours sitting and calling on the phone to various reporters, journelists. And next day on the press conference, I served as receptionist, which mainly focus on taking guests' shoes and helping them to change into slippers.

They didn't pay much, but most of those got handed over when my order of three comic books arrived. That's right. 博客來 offer 25% Discount for every three Batman Graphic Novels purchased.

I got Batman: Year One, the beautifully drawn Hush series. Combined with my first (and thus far only) batman GN The Long Halloween, I can finally proclaimed myself a true fan of the dark crusader.