chairmanlau's year-end challenge

so you probably heard about this guy dying. and you heard about this guy dying. and mr. miyagi died a while ago. this hasn't been a good month for old supporting actors.

it got me thinking about all those great actors who are in a lot of movies whose names you don't know. like jim's dad from american pie. and this guy. they're pretty awesome. and they've been in WAY more movies than your standard movie stars like tom hanks or julia roberts.

anyway, it got me wondering who the most prolific actor and actress are. so, the challenge:

name the (living) actor and actress that has been in the most movies.

**we're only talking hollywood movies.

weaksauce "ask yahoo" names some dead guy as the most ever, then gives some vague answer dealing with how prolific bollywood is. lame.

imdb gives this list, but it's all people i've never heard of who i assume are dead.

my answer for most prolific actor is "the mexican guy who's in everything" (danny trejo). think about it. he's been in EVERYTHING!

your move...

**i just looked up Brian Dennehy, and he has more. but he's way old and not nearly as cool as that mexican guy.

this is why i don't like learning

so i went surfing yesterday. the fancy-schmancy surf reporting web site said it would be good, so i went. and it wasn't just good, it was good enough!

the problem was that my preferred break was ultra-crowded. and not normal-crowded with a bunch of people who like to sit out on their surfboards and not catch waves. i don't mind those crowds. this was a crowd of people who all knew each other and were doing some disney-mighty-ducks-on-the-ice-formations to keep others off of waves. it wasn't just lame, it was lame enough. (didn't really work that time, huh?)

anyway, i saw a friend at a nearby break and paddled there. we talked for a while, and i tried to work on going left.

for the non-surfers: you don't just catch a wave straight. well, you can, but it's way more fun and productive to catch a wave and go one way or the other. the wave, and your place on it, usually dictates which way you should go. here we see a left, pipeline (left), and a right, backdoor (right). the direction is from the surfer's perspective as he/she is riding the wave.
 

**also fun: try doing a google image search on the phrase "backdoor". it's fun!

i'm really bad at going left. i stand with my left foot forward on the board ("regular"-footed vs. "goofy"), and i find it way easier to surf with my body facing the wave rather than my back facing the wave. i usually shy away from going left and seek out breaks that are rights. but hey, i'm not getting any younger, i might as well practice something i'm bad at and learn stuff. yay learning!

well, someone that has influence on the outcome of things hates me. after doing moderately forgettable on a few waves, i wound up getting dragged across the reef. my back is all bloody and torn up. not a huge part of my back, maybe just the size of two or three credit cards. but it's in just the right spot so it's hard to wipe with soap and/or alcohol.

i just hope i get the hang of going left. cause there's a ton of really good lefts out there that i'd love to ride. places at which i don't look forward to getting scraped up.

December is over

Ugh. Two posts in december. is that a sign that the chairman's life was super-exciting and there was just no time for blogging? so many things to do that the chairman could barely keep up!
not really.
aside from a 4-day christmas rush of the girlfriend coming back to town, there hasn't been much going on. there's this struggle between self-motivating/positive-visionary and tired/bored/i'll-get-to-that-later. the motivating/vision is losing big time. but i have all these artificial motivators (new years, motivational books, multitudes of motivational infomercials) to get me going.
so what's the plan? how do i take that next step? what the hell IS the next step?
i'm kinda hoping that all that is being worked out in my head. and even if it's not, it's not too exciting for all you guys. so i'll leave you with this link to the BEST WEATHERMAN EVER, mark mathis. if available in my area, i would religiously watch any show this guy is on.

what's up, chairman?

what the hell is going on with the chairman? the last time we saw him, he was protecting us against the dangers of peanutbutter kisses and lamenting the internet's latest findings. but that was over two weeks ago. where is he now?

well, he's managed to help his parents move out of his studio, clean up the aftermath of the parents' occupation, run the honolulu marathon without causing himself the permanent damage caused by last year's run, and max out his annual IRA contribution.

you're saying to yourself, "wow. that chairman is one grownup and mature guy." and i'd say, "psht! ...sucka". the cleaning was the only thing i could do pre-marathon. and the IRA stuff was something i put on my todo list in FEBRUARY.

the marathon is a blessing and a curse. the blessing, as i'm sure you've heard from others, is how "blah blah blah you overcome your preconceived physical limits and achieve your goals."

the curses come before and after.
after: (clearly), the inability to walk easily and live life without pain.
before: the idea that you can't do anything, because you need to 'save yourself' for the marathon. i didn't do anything friday or saturday. no surfing, no lifting, no physical anything. no drinking, no laughing, no smiling. nothing.

anyway, i haven't done much in the past two weeks. but i gots plans. if i can just finish this damn xmas shopping.