In honor of jim_t's beautiful Ode to Pocky, I give you:
Giant Pocky.
They have them at new Paul Frank store downstairs from our usual dim sum place. It took all my will power not to buy and ship boxes of them to everyone I know. It's just that good.
Mmmmm. Pocky.
| FALL 2005 | |||||||
| ART 1B | HISTORY OF WESTERN ART | A | 3.0 | 3.0 | 12.0 | ||
| DANCE 11A | BEGINNING BALLET | B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | ||
| FRNCH 1 | ELEMENTARY FRENCH | W | <> | .0 | .0 | ||
| HIST 24F | SPECIAL TOPICS IN HISTOR | A | 3.0 | 3.0 | 12.0 | ||
| MUSIC 71A | VOICE TECHNIQUES | B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | ||
| PHILO 8 | PHILOSOPHY AND HUMANNESS | A | 3.0 | 3.0 | 12.0 | ||
I thought I was bitter! (Warning: Offensive, foul, crass, disturbing and deeply, darkly funny.)
Just found out that Circusfaerie aka Toy Surprise (Bah, registration req'd) is doing a show with Margaret Cho at CIA (warning: sound) tomorrow night!
!Blatently stolen from Metafilter's thirdparty, I give you:
The Jean-Paul Sartre Cookbook! (From this nifty thread)
Hee!
Choosing this material for the kitchen curtains makes up for the fact that I'm blogging about kitchen curtains, doesn't it?
Anyway, last night the Arclight had a special showing of Dr. Strangelove as part of AFI's 100 Years/100 Movie quotes.
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!It's one of my favorite movies, and it was amazing seeing it on the big screen. Even better, they managed to get an original print from the studio so the picture quality was outstanding. It was a total movie-geek evening. I wish could more eloquently express how relevant the film is today; it's almost comforting that we're still struggling with the same issues - after all, it's proof that we've survived inept and corrupt government before. With any luck we'll do it again.
So, day two of the house remodel is now in session. Yesterday sexyrobot and I braved the black hole/time warp that is Ikea for furniture that doesn't look like it came out of a dorm room. (No, that sentence is not self-contradictory.) The best piece so far is this, which matches the existing bedroom furniture beautifully. Getting it home on the roof of my little Kia was an adventure in itself.
Today it's off to the garment district to buy material for drapes and such to replace the truly unfortunate vertical blinds.
Must. Get. Caffeine.
Started out Friday with a highly mediocre dinner at Cheebo. One of our neighbors recommended it, and the menu sounded great. It turned out to be one of those restaurants you really want to like but somehow the vibe was all wrong. What should have been fun and funky turned out pretentious, annoying and overpriced. The admittedly adorable server didn't help matters much - he was so busy fawning all over the guests at the next table (celebrities?) that he forgot to tell us about the specials and reserved all the cold, unsalted chips for us. Maybe I should have stuck to cocktails?
Saturday started out rainy, then turned into a gorgeous but chilly day. Found an awesome furniture store in Little Tokyo, and now I want one of everything that they have in stock. Got cheap sushi (which sounds more tragic than it actually is) and a bunch of goodies for the week. I'm back on a 'let's cook at home' binge - hopefully I'll be able to maintain better (spending and eating) habits that way.
Sunday was the LA Auto Show with sexyrobot. Let it be known that he's the only person on the planet capable of dragging me there. The two high points of the day: 1) I got to visit my mini in person. (Soon, darling - SOON!) 2) And - ok, sit down - I can't find an image, so this'll take awhile.
Visualize a man's face. Trace an imaginary line (oh, about the width of a sharpie pen) from above the ear, where eyeglasses sit. Take that line and draw it down and around the base of the jaw, then go up over the opposite ear. Continue that line down, back and across the back of the skull at the point where a typical conservative man's haircut would end, completing an unbroken loop.
Now imagine that someone shaved their head/beard into that pattern, that you're me, you're standing BEHIND that fool at the LA Auto show and your job is not only to avoid cracking up, but furthermore, you're NOT allowed to take a picture! I nearly imploded.
Today we walked to the Farmer's Market (Walked! In January! I love my neighborhood.) scored fresh fruit, vegetables, cheese, eggs and bread. They even have a fishmonger! This is gonna be good.
Afterwards the_bone and I went to the final day of the Cezanne & Pissarro exhibit at LACMA. He was able to score VIP tickets from a colleague, which meant no waiting in line. It was a wonderful show and I got so much more out of it after the Art History class I took last semester. This (Paul Cezanne's Sous-Bois) was one of the last works on display - it was breathtaking in person. I'm so glad we had the opportunity to see it.
I will try to get back in the habit of posting more frequently, I've really missed it.
It's early, I'm hungry, it's raining and I'm too lazy to leave the house. How I wish I had one of these!
Circusfaerie's MRI was today. Waiting for results, the follow-up appointment has been scheduled for the 24th.
Keep thinking positive thoughts.
Still. Unpacking.
Just how in flaming fuck did I end up with all this stuff?!
Now, I realize this is a good problem to have (abundance), and I also have it on good authority that it takes much, MUCH longer than you think to get everything unpacked and get settled into a new home. The original plan was to sort through everything before the move, but - as usual - the universe had plans of its own.
That being said, I'm thisclose to taking the rest of the boxes, unopened and unsorted, directly to the local thrift store and be done with it. Gah!
The sobering news of the week:
Good god, ya'all it's 2006.
2-0-0-6! If that's not science fiction, I don't know what is.
Hope everyone has had a wonderful start to the new year, I know I did. I'll probably regret posting while drunk, but we rang in the New Year at Hot Dog and it was too good not to document.
Here's to the 2nd half of the decade - let's make it a good one!
