well. not really really. i mean. i did do a lot--just not much of what i planned on doing. ha. i am watching the superbowl while blogging during commercials. i did love that heroes commercial that featured john elway. god i love john elway. my fave player ever. that and the glove--gp--gary payton.
joy came over to the dark side friday night. i was supposed to cook a relatively traditional lao dinner--but i got home late from jersey, still had to do a ton of office stuff--and we ended up going to shabu instead (i was also there on wednesday with a mae and irene). surprise surprise.
then we came back, put in 3 movies i had (suicide kings, devil wears prada, a bug's life) and crashed.
we were supposed to wake up at 9ish--i even set the alarm. but i turned off the alarm and went back to bed. we didn't end up leaving the house until 11:30 for brunch at daisy's diner. then we drove off in search of a bed bath and beyond in brooklyn (never made it) and headed back to fairway in red hook instead.
i call it joy's brooklyn adventure. somehow, no matter how hard we try--we're just not the planning sort. plans just have a way of changing with the day's mood! but i think that's how it should be.
i am headed back to my beloved, quaint, pacific northwest on the 12th. i'm mass excited. it will be great to see the fam and especially my brand spankin new nephew (well, not so new anymore, but new to me). i am planning on eating up a storm of southeast asian cuisine. why? because what passes for it here is godawful. just awful. the thai food is hideously bland. the vietnamese food is whitenized and the banh mi should NOT have american style cuts in it. anyhow, southeast asian food here stinks. i can't say i'm impressed by the mexican food either. i was never a fan of mexican food to begin with--but it does not compare to its counterpart on the west coast. otherwise--everything else is delish.
so i am extremely excited. food hasn't been tasting so good to me lately and i'm not sure why. but everything is just--blah.
HEROES SEASON PREMIERE TOMORROW!
here's hoping that life settles down some and...yeah. yeah.
i have finished 4 of the books i purchased. i have started reading "life of pi" which i am completely besotted with already. there are tons of good quotes in it. i think i shall start putting a quote in every blog. i probably won't keep it up very long--but it seems like a good idea that is doubtlessly a cliche.
i also finally have gotten with the program and opened a gmail email account. i had my hotmail account for 10 years. wow.
also love that soda commercial that utilized peter and the wolf (sergei prokofiev).
i am also obsessed with the following sites:
www.urbandictionary.com
http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com
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Chicago also has kind of awful Mexican food. Well, actually I imagine there are some good joints deep in like Pilsen or Humboldt Park but those are not neighborhoods I am ever near much less go to. I keep thinking that would be a good summer trek/pursuit but then I spend time doing other things like going to the beach which is just down the street.
So my favorite Mexican food places here are the ones that take some Mexican flavors and techniques and fues them and update them, and then they are not so much authentic although you can see the roots and they are DELICIOUS even if they are more some new cuisine more than they are Mexican cuisine (although I say this having never gone to either of the Rick Bayless places that are in the neighborhood).
i dont mind fusion so much? sometimes it's not bad. the ultimate fusion experience is the country/city/state of singapore.
but when you are looking for something traditional (and some things are made to be traditional) it's annoying to have something that claims itself to be and really isn't.
when you coming to nyc again! :)
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