Didn't realize its been a while since I posted here. Well, to bring it up to speed....
I did indeed fail a class but it was not as earth shattering as imagined. I didn't care about the class anyways and it didn't do as much damage to my gpa as I thought it would. Not that I want to repeat that again.
Spring Break was sorely needed and really made me realize how much I missed my family. Everyone needs something that reenergizes them. Didn't do too much over break, lots of eating and wonderful meals like I planned, hanging out w/ sister and mom and rest.
Memorable meals:
- Angelina's on Main Street in my little town of Alhambra with some really good chicken fried steak, to die for yams, mashed potatoes and gravy like it should be, brown, meaty and greasy, some hush puppies and cooornbread mmmmmm.
- Ajisen noodle on Valley w/ really good ramen and a vast array of side dishes of fat shrimpalooza dumplings, california-like sushi rolls w/ cruchy popping roe and kewpie brand mayo, little chunks of battered n fried chicken - perfect w/ a light sprinkling of salt pepper and a squeeze of lemon.
- Many meals of Japanese food in our mini search for really good tempura.
- Daikokuya in Little Tokyo. I had heard so much about it as the best bowl of ramen in LA that I had to go try it. The soup was perfectly milky with tons of pork flavor and the ramen was chewy and toothsome, the pork w/ just the right amout of fat swirled in it, a lovely milder version of the chinese tea egg cooked perfectly and all with a generous pile of green onions which my mom particularly enjoyed a lot. Their sides are not as fantastic though - tempura a little skimpy and oily, gyoza good but nothing to write home about and the sausages had a lovely snap to the skin served w/ mustard and onions but the flavor was pretty disappointingly regular. Will definitely go back again to try their rice bowls which looked really good and california rolls, looking fresh and large. Along with a giant bowl of ramen of course.
A pic of the interior of Daikokuya.
- Phoenix Inn on Valley, which isn't an inn so I don't know why they named it that, but its been a long time since I went and I knew it was going to be good, since there is always a crowd when you pass by but I was pleasantly surprised at just [i]how[/i] good it was. We had my favorite the honey walnut shrimp, which is a very whitey dish to order but I can't help loving it and the shrimp was fried w/ a spectacular coating that was crunch but light and not the least bit oily, the walnuts were fresh and the coating of sugar not too thick - perfect, and I've eaten this dish a lot so I had much to compare to. My mom ordered the fried stuffed tofu, similarly fried w/ that delicious coating and my sister got the pinapple beef expecting something different but it was just the regular bell pepper pinapple beef deal which was still very good and well made - just that we wanted to try something special.
Am mourning the loss of you tube, if indeed they are going away permanantly. Horrible. I don't know why those fucking idiot companies went after them. You couldn't download the videos, I don't remember any being more than a few minutes long and they hardly did anything to deter anyone from buying videos and dvds if they had anything to do with them....damn! I'm very pissed about it. There was a hilarious Fry & Laurie bit I wanted to watch again today.
House is on full time now until the end of the season which is a dream. Veeeery sexy Hugh Laurie and his ripping biceps in tight t-shirts and 3 day old stubble. Phwoar!
New quarter, more stress but I feel slightly more apt to handle it this time around after the good bit of rest. There is one class I've taken that seems extremely interesting. Its a comparative media class called Robot Boys and Patchwork Girls about the human body in the technological era, meaning cyborgs, manimals, robots, androids etc. First lecture we watched a bjork video and another chris cunningham video - how awesome is that...
Okay thats it for now.
Recommended Tunes For Today:
+ Elliott Smith - Waltz #2 (XO)
(aww, I miss him)
+ A.C. Newman - On The Table
(fantastic album)
+ Saul Williams - Black Stacy
(What a scorcher!
+ Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentleman - You Got To Be Careful
(Heard this song on House from the first season during the little spar between Vogler and House and I was just caught but the absolute funkiness of it. I rarely get songs from tv shows and when I do, I hate admitting to it as it seems so very O.C-ish but for this one song, I couldn't help it)
+ Architecture In Helsinki - Kindling
+ Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Steal A Ride
(I just got me the Howl Sessions)
+ Paul Simon - Kathy's Song
(the better half)
+ Bob Dylan - Rocks and Gravel
(From the Freewheelin Outtakes. Something about the driving guitar melody that I just love)
+ The MInus 5 - Daggers Drawn
(my new discovery. Very good band! Don't know why I ignored them for so long)
+ Radiohead - Subterranean Homesick Alien
(oh c'mon, its Radiohead. Those who can hardly do wrong)
+ Ibrahim Ferrer - Nuestra Ultima Cita
(Love this guy)
+ Jimmy Gordon - Rattlesnake Bite
(I don't know how the blues got into my blood, but its there all right)
Pics of the day:
The major crushing continues...::drools::
And just to make it seem like I'm not completely obsessed w/ the man:
I really want to try this Thai beef jerky
Am reading this for my "cool" class right now
I did indeed fail a class but it was not as earth shattering as imagined. I didn't care about the class anyways and it didn't do as much damage to my gpa as I thought it would. Not that I want to repeat that again.
Spring Break was sorely needed and really made me realize how much I missed my family. Everyone needs something that reenergizes them. Didn't do too much over break, lots of eating and wonderful meals like I planned, hanging out w/ sister and mom and rest.
Memorable meals:
- Angelina's on Main Street in my little town of Alhambra with some really good chicken fried steak, to die for yams, mashed potatoes and gravy like it should be, brown, meaty and greasy, some hush puppies and cooornbread mmmmmm.
- Ajisen noodle on Valley w/ really good ramen and a vast array of side dishes of fat shrimpalooza dumplings, california-like sushi rolls w/ cruchy popping roe and kewpie brand mayo, little chunks of battered n fried chicken - perfect w/ a light sprinkling of salt pepper and a squeeze of lemon.
- Many meals of Japanese food in our mini search for really good tempura.
- Daikokuya in Little Tokyo. I had heard so much about it as the best bowl of ramen in LA that I had to go try it. The soup was perfectly milky with tons of pork flavor and the ramen was chewy and toothsome, the pork w/ just the right amout of fat swirled in it, a lovely milder version of the chinese tea egg cooked perfectly and all with a generous pile of green onions which my mom particularly enjoyed a lot. Their sides are not as fantastic though - tempura a little skimpy and oily, gyoza good but nothing to write home about and the sausages had a lovely snap to the skin served w/ mustard and onions but the flavor was pretty disappointingly regular. Will definitely go back again to try their rice bowls which looked really good and california rolls, looking fresh and large. Along with a giant bowl of ramen of course.
A pic of the interior of Daikokuya.
- Phoenix Inn on Valley, which isn't an inn so I don't know why they named it that, but its been a long time since I went and I knew it was going to be good, since there is always a crowd when you pass by but I was pleasantly surprised at just [i]how[/i] good it was. We had my favorite the honey walnut shrimp, which is a very whitey dish to order but I can't help loving it and the shrimp was fried w/ a spectacular coating that was crunch but light and not the least bit oily, the walnuts were fresh and the coating of sugar not too thick - perfect, and I've eaten this dish a lot so I had much to compare to. My mom ordered the fried stuffed tofu, similarly fried w/ that delicious coating and my sister got the pinapple beef expecting something different but it was just the regular bell pepper pinapple beef deal which was still very good and well made - just that we wanted to try something special.
Am mourning the loss of you tube, if indeed they are going away permanantly. Horrible. I don't know why those fucking idiot companies went after them. You couldn't download the videos, I don't remember any being more than a few minutes long and they hardly did anything to deter anyone from buying videos and dvds if they had anything to do with them....damn! I'm very pissed about it. There was a hilarious Fry & Laurie bit I wanted to watch again today.
House is on full time now until the end of the season which is a dream. Veeeery sexy Hugh Laurie and his ripping biceps in tight t-shirts and 3 day old stubble. Phwoar!
New quarter, more stress but I feel slightly more apt to handle it this time around after the good bit of rest. There is one class I've taken that seems extremely interesting. Its a comparative media class called Robot Boys and Patchwork Girls about the human body in the technological era, meaning cyborgs, manimals, robots, androids etc. First lecture we watched a bjork video and another chris cunningham video - how awesome is that...
Okay thats it for now.
Recommended Tunes For Today:
+ Elliott Smith - Waltz #2 (XO)
(aww, I miss him)
+ A.C. Newman - On The Table
(fantastic album)
+ Saul Williams - Black Stacy
(What a scorcher!
+ Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentleman - You Got To Be Careful
(Heard this song on House from the first season during the little spar between Vogler and House and I was just caught but the absolute funkiness of it. I rarely get songs from tv shows and when I do, I hate admitting to it as it seems so very O.C-ish but for this one song, I couldn't help it)
+ Architecture In Helsinki - Kindling
+ Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Steal A Ride
(I just got me the Howl Sessions)
+ Paul Simon - Kathy's Song
(the better half)
+ Bob Dylan - Rocks and Gravel
(From the Freewheelin Outtakes. Something about the driving guitar melody that I just love)
+ The MInus 5 - Daggers Drawn
(my new discovery. Very good band! Don't know why I ignored them for so long)
+ Radiohead - Subterranean Homesick Alien
(oh c'mon, its Radiohead. Those who can hardly do wrong)
+ Ibrahim Ferrer - Nuestra Ultima Cita
(Love this guy)
+ Jimmy Gordon - Rattlesnake Bite
(I don't know how the blues got into my blood, but its there all right)
Pics of the day:
The major crushing continues...::drools::
And just to make it seem like I'm not completely obsessed w/ the man:
I really want to try this Thai beef jerky
Am reading this for my "cool" class right now
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