Disturbia

Shia LeBeouf is in a lot of movies this year. I thought this homage to Rear Window was really good. Suspense, thriller, unexpected, and fun.
The last 1/4 wasn't in line with the rest of the movie but still a good matinee.

Turistas - Unrated version

Neil picked this one out. It was okay. Definitely a rental. Josh Duhamel was in it, I guess he was good as eye candy but that was about it. Kinda like Hostel, Saw, The Cave, Hills have eyes all in one.

The one movie I wouldn't mind seeing is Disturbia.

Save the Earth/ Earth Day

Visit Leonardo's eco website and join forces to save the planet.

www.leonardodicaprio.org

Happy Birthday Ivy

We're about to take off and have dinner at Mandarin Palace for Ivy's birthday which was on Friday. Now where's Neil to take me?

Who gets to call it Art?

Comcast has VOD (Video on Demand) and I was watching this historical documentary on Henry Geldzahler. If you get a chance to watch this, do so. He's an amazing art curator for MOMA and brought forth POP ART into the mainstream and befriended almost every known artist of the late 20th century.

4-20

Man...i can sympathize with morning sickness. I can't explain it but I' ve been extremely nauseous these past few mornings. Dry heaving and at time major diarrhea. I've been using 2 prescribed anti-nausea pills and patch to keep me even keel. Not sure if anyone else has had as much issues with breaking their leg causing upset stomach, headache, diarrhea, and nausea!

You'd think I'd be losing massive amounts of weight, but no!

Oh the interesting side. check out this new candle line...
www.daynadecker.com

Totally awesome. Got a few testers from them and the glass is killer cool and the wood wick crackles like a fire log.

Have a good weekend! I go in next Thursday to check up on my fracture. I'm so ready for it to come off. I have till Thursday to decide if I should get a fiberglass permanent cast or a removable boot. The permanent cast would be more light weight but the boot would allow me to shower without all the hassle of bagging it. Any thought?

Max poses for the camera

This is our morning routine. He comes to perch on my shoulder and takes a nap.

drunk tweeker

Neil was in the kitchen when he saw a shadow in the front door. Unfortunately, the front door is frosted so we can't really see out or in. He heard a quiet knock and opened the front door to see a tall skinny white kid looking all drunk and tweaked out. Neil screamed at him to get the fuck out and slammed the door shut and called 911. They came to check out the neighborhood.

Maybe he was trying to break in and was surprised that Neil opened the door and he took off. Who knows. But I gotta tell you, I'm ready for this week to be over!

I saw The pursuit of Happyness. It was ok. I've watched a whole week of Regis and Kelly. Pat Sajak was the co-host as Regis is out recovering from surgery. Pat's kinda funny. Then I watched Rosie banter with Elizabeth on The View.

My novacaine has worn off and yes, my leg is now in pain. I finally gave in and took some vicodin with lots of food and water.

I have to tell you. Don't break a leg. It's a bitch getting in and out of the tub to shower. I got a chair for the tub but it's now even more of a pain to maneuver my way in and sit down.

And lets talk about trying to put on underwear and pants. I have to get myself on the floor, lay on my butt, throw my legs up and try to put on one leg at a time. But the problem is I can't move my broken leg so it's like trying to lasso my leg w/ my underwear.

Right now, I'm taking the advice of the nurse by icing the area under my knee. She says it helps w/ the swelling and the itchiness.

Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Screw Me!

Went into surgery this afternoon. As I was filling out the paperwork, I saw that they noted that the surgery was to be done on my left ankle. Ummm, Hello......I broke my RIGHT ankle. So I went up to the counter and told the receptionist that I already had this conversation the previous day and corrected her that it was my RIGHT and not LEFT leg. So the receptionist says to me, so you're not having surgery on your left leg? So I stuck up my right foot at her in the air and said, "its my right leg" The leg that's in the cast!

The anethesiologist and surgeon were top notch. I told them I wanted to be knocked out. I don't want to be awake for 2 hours listening to them cut me open, reset my bones, and hear screws going into my bones. No thank you!

So 2 hours later, I'm all numb and in a smaller cast and feeling good.

Grow Cube

www.eyezmaze.com

Sure this is old. Some of you may have played it. But it's mindless and it keeps the clock ticking while I sit at home bored shitless.

Lady M Confections

Oh, I can't wait to head back to NYC and try this cake boutique on the Upper East Side. Lady M Confections.

I love crepes and this is a 20 layer crepe cake. mmmmmmmmmmmmm!

www.ladymconfections.com

oxycodon

Never take oxycodon unless you want to be constipated. Eat lots of veggies or fiber tabs. Having been doped up on it for 2 days, I ended up with bloating, nausea, and massive headaches. The headaches were obvious from no coffee for 3 days.

I went to the ER and they took x-rays of my bowels and the ER doctor said my bowels were pretty much blocked. My nausea was from the meds so I'm only taking tylenol.
She gave me some oral liquid laxative that taste like concentrated sour patch kids candy. SOUR!

So today, I've been sitting on the potty clearing my bowels and I had coffee. Yeah! No more headaches, and tummy is better. Ate some toast and jam.

But this removable cast is so heavy, it's like carrying 40 lbs of weight on a broken foot. Who's stupid idea was that?

Ankle update

Saw the Ortho guy today. Ended up throwing up to and from the appt in the car. Motion sickness or too much Oxycodon?

Going in for an outpatient surgery to put in pins to hold my bones and repair the ligament. It's something the doctors say they see in a lot of sports injury.

I'll be out of commission for 3-6 months.

Back to sleep! All these meds are making me pass out.

Happy Easter/ Broken ankle

Happy Easter! It's been a rough spring. 2 employees quit which ended up being a very positive experience.

This morning, I went into work early and I've always been concerned that one day I'll fall off the ladder and well, today was the day. The new hardwood floor we installed has a thick varnish layer that can be very slippery. As I was going up the ladder I realized it wasn't locked into place and found myself desperately trying to grab onto the ledge as I was falling with the ladder. The height was only about 10 feet and I landed ok on my left foot but as I landed on my right foot, it got stuck between the rungs and the ladder fell on top of my foot. By the way I was laying on the floor and how my right foot was at a grotesque angle, I knew I broke it. I was panicking and tried to get up but once I stood up, the pain was so intense I screamed and fell back down. I hurried crawled to the phone and quickly got up on my left foot and fell back down on the floor to call Neil and 911 right way. 911 arrived in less than 5 minutes. While waiting, I was laughing that I was the lady in the commercial, "I've fallen and I can't get up!"

I realized that I had locked the door behind me and had to crawl across the store with my right broken angle up in the air jutting out 90 degrees up and away from my body. Once I had the door open, I crawled back behind a table to hide myself from passer-bys. I didn't want them to see me on the floor as I knew the Fire Dept was on their way.

Once the Fire Dept arrived, the put me in a splint and cut my shoes off. The pain was excrutiating and throbbing at this point. The took me to Swedish in Ballard and there, they cut off my jeans. I was thinking, Fuck!...there goes a few hundred bucks!

I concentrated on breathing and tryingto relax through the pain and they gave me dilauded. The pain instanted subsided and became more dull than sharp. The attending told me to was going to pull my ankle and snap it back into place. Despite the pain meds, I felt everything.

A few x-rays and hours later, Both the tibia and fibula were fractured and broken in a few places near the foot. No bones in the ankle or foot looked broken. I'm going to an orthopedic specialist tomorrow for a consult where they'll suggest I either put the leg in a cast or have surgery to put some pins in.

In the meantime, the dilauded made me extremely groggy and I was going in and out of consciousness. I'm now at home on oxycodon with my leg elevated upon my heart and I' ve been told I'd be out of comission for at least a week. The cast might be 6 months.

I've also realized that crutches are not very useful and can be extremely challenging. It's so hard to use especially going up or down the stairs.

Sanjaya on SNL

Sleep Apnea

Neil spent last night at Virginia Mason's Sleep Center to evaluate his sleep apnea. It seems he stops breathing every few minutes. Pretty scary. His 02 saturation dropped down to 70%! When they put him on the CPAP, he didn't have an episode and slept through the whole night.

Unfortunately, this is what you'll have to stick on your head every night. I tried it on, it's quite plush and comfy on the head, not tight or binding. The plastic nose hose is quite soft and silicon like. I think it took the scientist a lot of trials to get it right.

The only problem now is what to do with Max. He sleeps on Neil's head but lately he's been sleeping on my chest under the covers. He loves chewing on plastic and I'm not sure if we're that keen on having him chew through the respirator mask ($150) each night as a toy.

Blades of Glory

Caught an afternoon matinee with Hiram and Neil to see Blades of Glory. It was hilarious! John Heder was a lot better than I had expected. Even though Will Farrell was funny, it was typical Will.

Happy 38th to Neil

A birthday card from Tyler & Tanner

Warm birthday wishes from Hiram!

Tanner said goodbye to Hiram and wasn't interested in a photo op.

CTC

Neil receiving his gift from Dan Clan.

Really good oysters.

Neil and Hiram chillin'.

Oh Wow! Thank you Dan Clan!

Lilies for Neil's birthday! This pose is an homage to mama! For those of you with Chinese moms, you know how they love to pose next to big floral bouqettes!

Duck Couple

Every year for the past 3 years, this couple comes to this puddle of dirty water across from our office to rest. They stay for a few weeks and go to wherever it is that ducks go to in the Spring time. The puddle starts to dry up and they're usually gone by the time it's completely dry.

We see them every morning on our way to work and sometimes basking in the sun (when it's sunny) and feeding them is fun. They're very friendly but cautious. I do hate the crows that swoop down to steal their treats!

Mohawk

dude....I'm at the point I hope he wins because it would be a riot! I look fwd to his new hair do every week! Watched Inferno Affairs last night at Danny's. I kind fell asleep in the beginning but I think the suspense of The Departed was a much better movie. I did enjoy the original.

Had awesome HOT POT at Danny's w/ Hiram. I'm sure Hiram will post the huge ass crab picture.

I waited till 11:15pm before heading out to the airport. Of course, I left my cell at home in the morning. I left a message for Neil that I'd be picking him up outside on Danny's cell. The call and text message never went through. Your service at your house sucks ass!

So I drove around the airport for 45 minutes, stop the car, ran inside avoiding the cops, and no Neil. The lady said the flight had cleared out a long time ago. I'm assuming he took the cab home. I sped home to find 9 missed calls from Neil. I call him back and he's been in line talking to Alaska Airline for losing his luggage. So I sped back to the airport to pick him up. Well, it's 1am by then and I was exhausted.

This is the first time in years that we ever lost a luggage flying Alaska.

Sanjaya & American Idol

So we were lucky to get a GPS in our rental in Boston. However, I have to say that it sucks sometimes. We punched in Logan Airport from Downtown Boston which should take us literally 15 minutes. It took us 45 minutes because it took us in circles and deadends! I finally screamed at Neil to stop listening to it and we pulled out the a MAP and it still lead us to deadends!

So back to American Idol. We also had satellite radio, SERIUS. Umm...Howard Stern for 5 days! It seems there's a strong community of Sanjaya supporters who are keeping him in not because they think he's talented or should win, but because it's funny to jolt the voting system of AI! Hence, Howard has people on his crew and callers voting 100s of times for Sanjaya! So in a way, I can't believe it hasn't been done before.
It would be totally hilarious if Sanjaya won AI. After all, it is the American voters who pick the winner!

Boston

Had a nice time in Boston. Hung out with Neil's family in Holyoke. Shopped a bit in North Hampton. Spend a day and half in dowtown Boston. There's a real cool street there, Newbury. It's the equivalent of Robson in BC and/or Melrose in LA. Great shops on both sides. Marc Jacobs, FCUK, G-Star, Louis Boston! I wish Broadway turned out this way instead of the slum it's become.

And it's nice to see Christine again. Too bad Ari wasn't available to join us. Christine says we've visited her more than her parents!!! We had a nice Italian dinner in Little Italy, Dolce Vita.

When we were in North Hampton, we went to Joe's. It's an authetic "Bucca de Beppo". It's been around for 50 years and it's basically a shack with cracks and cervices that let in the winter cold air! Watch where you're seated! But man, the mushroom salad, pizza, and the DAMN best CANNOLI I've ever had and I don't like cannolis at all!

Check out the Flickr pics! The Hilton Boston Back Bay was really clean,nice, and convenient! We took a tourist trolley ride which was fun and very educational. We got to see where they filmed some of THE DEPARTED scenes. The FBI bldg was actually the Unemployment Center.

The Gardner museum was really the highlight of the visit. Isabella Gardner amassed an amazing assortment of art from Raphael to Vermeer, Asian pieces to Russian tapestry. It's all set up in room that mix and match and everything is in touching and reaching distance but you can't take pictures or touch. But man, it was just amazing to see it and just the night before, we watched the History Channel's episode of the stolen art from the museum. Coincidence? I think not!

Neil's Bday is March 27th (Tues). He's coming back from LA that night. Any suggestions where to take him? Surprise him?

I'm excited to see Hiram. Wish Lynne was coming up too!

Shooter

Saw Shooter tonight w/ Lan. She brought over dinner. Nice! So I thought it would be nice to return the favor and take her to a movie, but she had passes so double nice! Good action flick and Mark Wahlberg shines again. He's done a good job at picking movies that suites his style.
Lots of action, good plot, great supporting cast, and lots of SHOOTING!

Winter...here we come again!

I'm looking outside the window and it's relatively mild for a Seattle afternoon. It's partly sunny, partly cloudy, and greige. I'm also sick. My allergies seem to turn into a cold/flu quite rapidly over a few days. I've never had congestion this miserable. And it seems every year, it gets relatively worse. I'm tempted to live in a plastic bubble.

Anyway, we're off to Boston tomorrow morning and it seems the weather back East is miserable. Snow!

Can I use the excuse that I'm terribly sick and not fly? It really doesn't help that I can't even sleep at night. Every time I try to lay down, my sinus fill up and I'm plugged up. Try breathing through your mouth for a week. Your lips become very cracked and unsightly.

And not to mention I might as well be a METH head. With all the Sudafed I've been eating like candy, my heart will probably seize!

Ok...enough misery. Go rent "The Holiday" w/ Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz. cute.

Pineapple Express = movie time

What do you do when the Pineapple Express drops sheets of warm water on the city for an entire weekend? Stay inside and watch movies of course.

We went to see this Korean film on Saturday afternoon. I thought it was great! Neil didn't like it at all. For a foreign film, the CGI effects were, well..not so impressive. The creature itself was passable. The fire effects not so much. But that's besides the point. What I thought was going to be a creature/horror film ended up being a satire that was funny, had a strong ecological message, and social values. It's like watching a funny chinese movie that I'm sure when subtitled to English and shown in the US, becomes "lost in translation".

I've read a lot of reviews for this movie before deciding to watch it. It's awesome in the sense that it's intended to be viewed on the big screen preferably on IMAX, and keep in mind, no historical value! To those movie critics out there who chooses to critique this movie base on it's historical value, GIVE ME A BREAK! The day you can actually make us believe that anyone of you know history, no less Spartan history, without having to research it, I'll give 2 cents to your review.

On Sunday, it was on to 300. This movie rocks because it's an action flick intended to entertain and it does it's job to the very end. There's some similarities to Troy, Gladiator, and Alexander. Alexander sucked ass, Troy was just OK, Gladiator had a great actor and a good story, and 300 was just plain entertaining! Go see it for it's artistic merit. It's like watching a comic book come alive!

And well...the Spartans were HOT!

Updates

I've slept through the last 2 episodes of LOST. I've been so exhausted everyday, that come around 9ish, I'm dozing off. Is no one else watching American Idol? Are we gonna have a pool once the final 12 are set?

Speaking of online...I put up 3 handbags from my store that had duplicates. I put them up for a tad under my wholesale cost and 1 just a tad over. Can I tell you how much I despise the majority of eBayers! The endless barage of questions and you know..you know...you know...that after politely answering all their mundane questions, they say, "Oh I don't know!" "Oh I'm just not sure!" And bam...out comes someone from nowhere with no questions and buys it! Woo Hoo! This one stupid idiot woman had 3 questions for me. Her second question was if my bag was real b/c she was going to give it as a gift. Then her last question was, " I don't need another bag, but if you knock it down $50 and pay for shipping, I'll consider it and it's your call. Oh and if you have new Spring goods, I'll consider buying it at the same offer!" Are you f****ing out of your mind?! I was going to blast her then I realize I was just going to ignore it. It's the same thing working in the store, I just walk away from the person when it gets to be that retarded. My god!!! Do they pull that same shit in department stores?!

I am excited to say that all 3 bags were sold in under 1 hour and 1 went to Japan! Of course, it was the "kookiest" one! If only I can get top $$$ at full retail for them!

We're off to Boston next weekend for St. Patrick's Day. Neil's family is having a reunion and I got wrangled in to go! I can't believe we're flying again so soon.

American Idol

I really liked Paula during the auditions. She was honest, kinda funny, and a lot more real and brutal. Now, we see her stupid ol' self giving praise to these select few who don't deserve it, especially when they sing like crap. Instead of commenting on their vocals, she resorts to their presence or whatever else she wants to focus on to avoid the fac that it's a singing contest!
Fire her ass and put someone else on!

Ah hey wait...3 contestants to make the top 24 are from Seattle...So as much suckass as the show was in Seattle, they chose 3 of them. One is already voted off, I think Sanyaya is going tomorrow, he's too weak yesterday, and I guess people like Blake.

m&m's on NYC billboard

Food we ate in NYC

NYC postcard

Gobo with Christine and Ari

We met up with Christine and Ari @ Gobo on Monday 19th 2007. It was good to see Christine after a few years and to finally meet Ari. Food was good and Lauran and Neil's dad and Arlene met up with us.



Christine and Ari

NYC in Feb 2007

I really enjoyed this recent trip to NYC. Not that I enjoyed the 20s freezing wind, but we had a day to enjoy the city with Lauran, and Neil's dad, Arlene, and showed Ben the city. Lots of good food, sight seeing, and the coolest part was a visit to Jeff Koons studio. For those of you who don't know who Jeff Koons is, google him.

Neil and I in front of one of Jeff's paintings. It's so realistic and 3D! But it's a painting.
You have to really see this in person to appreciate how big this painting is and not to mention how intense the colors are.

Happy Chinese New Year

The Bellagio's garden theme was "Happy Chinese New Year!" The children were all made out of flowers. Real bamboo was landscaped throughout the garden reaching over 40 feet. The red lanterns were so red and intense! The best feature was the pig with moving ears and nose.



Happy New Year to everyone! Good luck, Good health, much prosperity, and love to all!

Back in town for 1 day

We're back in Seattle for Saturday. Got in at 2am and leave for NYC at 2pm. I feel like I'm on Amazing Race. Each group gets a mandatory 12 hour rest break, the first group to arrive, John and Neil at 2am leaves for NYC at 2pm!!!

I missed LOST, didn't watch Grey's Anatomy. Another week is gonna fly by and I'll miss another week of shows! Now's the time I wish they were all on re-run!!!

We spent Valentine's with a group of 8 eating Chinese. 3 of our friends left their husbands at home w/ the kids. Neil's cousin left her man at home. And only 2 couples. Didn't do anything special except work our asses off and had a good meal!

Although the previous day, we took some friends, to StripSteak. Ummmm, $195 for 6 oz Kobe beef. Needless to say, no one got it because no one was gonna fork the bill for that!

Check out the flickr pics. I'm too lazy... Actually, I %$$$#@# exhausted.

I did find out that some casinos still let you play with quarters! :) :)

Doing laundry and repacking for freezing ass cold weather. Not that Vegas was that warm :(

Happy Chinese new year! :)

Off to Vegas ...again

We'll be seeing you probably Saturday. Another week in Vegas. Enjoy my chicken!

WORDPLAY

Did Nathan recommend this? Or was it on your blog somewhere??? who knows... I guess a documentary on Crossword Puzzles can't be all that thrilling regardless of the background music you throw in. We ended up turning it off.

Lotus of Siam

So Food Network TV and a bunch of people in Vegas says that this Thai restaurant is the best evahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Since we're heading back to Vegas in the next few days, we'll make a stop and see if it really is all that!

Gourmet magazine says it's the single best Thai restaurant in North America!

Eco friendly kicks

Recycled leather, chrome-free dye, recycled rubber from bike tires. Totally eco-friendly and recycled materials. Who wants in? We're getting the white one for sure. The hi-tops reminds me of the Agassi Nikes eons ago, remember those?

No coins allowed!

So nice to leave Vegas. Our original flight was scheduled for 10:48pm but we caught the 4:20pm. So much has changed since our last trip back in August. I guess ALL the strip casinos have decided that our quarters was too ghetto because all the slots for coins have been sealed shut. If you want to play the slot machines, you'll have to use BILLS! WTF!

I wasn't feeling so hot and I never do in Vegas. The crappy beds, the recycled air, and it was damn cold! 30s! This afternoon, I had rice congee soup from Noodle House in Mandalay Bay. Better than the ones here in Chinatown!

We have a lot of shoes and I think I'll flickr it so all of you can see and comment on them. Some good guys also!

Vegas & Shoes

We're heading out on Wed till Saturay to Vegas for the Shoe show. Yes, there's a huge ass trade show for nothing but shoes.

You should own Damien Rice already

O and 9

Window in the Skies

A very nice look back at the evolution of U2

Let's finish w/ Tears for Fears

The Hurting tape, not CD, not Album, tape was the best. Everything else that came after sucked ass. Shout! Everybody wants to rule the world...Ugh!

Blanc Mange

I've been trying to find them for a while and here it is..YouTube!

OMD and YouTube

You gotta give YouTube credit for providing hard to find videos. And stick it to iTunes for charging now for videos! If only they had any decent ones worth paying for.

Inara George/ The Bird and the Bee

Cute band. I think Nate would appreciate their music. Check out The Bird and the Bee on iTunes and preview F*))ing Boyfriend. That's my favorite tune.

Adventures in Babysitting

Tanner really loves animals. He spent the evening posing and hugging the Beanie Buddies (See they're not just for collecting anymore!). While Tyler was upstairs screaming along w/ his Leap Frog DVD's, Tanner opted to watch Barnyard with Neil downstairs. He basically sat on the couch hugging his pig and monkey during the whole movie.

Tyler is also in his phase of "WHY?"

Anyway, Babysitting is a lot of work and tiring, I went straight to bed after they were picked up.

Testing...collage

Aunt Jane sent me some pictures and I've posted them on my Flickr site.
But I ran across a collage format on a MySpace and I think I've found it. Let's give it a try eh?

American Idol

This season's premier was simply hilarious! I think the theme was
"I'M DELUSIONAL!"
I can't wait for another 2 hours of it tomorrow. My employee's roommate auditioned when they were here in Seattle and she was rejected and wouldn't even talk about it.
OMG...I can't wait to see the "talent" of Seattle.

D&G fashion show

DOLCE AND GABBANA 2008 WINTER FASHION SHOW

I really like how the jeans are no longer distressed but really clean, dark, and looks like trousers!

Eric in Thailand

Eric is in Thailand and you can see some of his pictures on his website.
www.scubaeric.com. There's some cool ones of our recent trip to HNL for U2.

Look at the reef photos and I'm jealous of the elephant ride.

Road to Guantanamo

The terrifying first-hand account of three British citizens who were held for two years without charges in the American military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Known as the “Tipton Three,” in reference to their home town in Britain, the three were eventually returned to Britain and released, still having had no formal charges ever made against them at any time during their ordeal.

This film demonstrates the true horror of Guantanamo and the idiots running it. If you have netflix or Blockbuster.com, put it in your queue.

Weather

We've been in the NW since 1991 and this is the worst fall/winter yet.
It also sucks for business. Hopefully the weather will be back in the 40s in the next few days and it'll all be back to "normal". In the meantime, tonigh is the season's premiere of "American Idol"!

We'll revisit once the finalists are in place and let's do our poll as to who the next AI will be!

An Inconvenient Truth

Let's all do our part. Visit www.climatecrisis.net , watch the video, and save Earth.

Children of Men

Clive Owen would have definitely been my choice for Bond. Not that Daneil Craig wasn't good, Clive Owen would have been different.
We saw Children of Men tonight and I must say that it's a very moving and almost action thriller with a strong message. It's amazing that the guy who directed Y Tu Mama Tabien and Harry Potter made such an intense and utterly captivating film.

Idiot Drivers

I think they should have a test that all drivers in Seattle show competency in driving when it's too sunny, too rainy, and a threat of snow!
It took us hours this evening to drive home where it normally takes 20 minutes.

1. All the newcasters scare everyone about the hazzardous driving conditions. We drove from Seattle to Bellevue and even though it was snowing, the roads were wet so there was NO reason to be driving 5mph! And somehow all the cars in the express HOV lane (99% of them )were single drivers! MOFO!!!

2. The hill going down to our house had a lot of slush but of course, cars decided it was ok to just strand themselves dab right in the middle of the hill blocking both lanes. 3 cars decided that going in reverse up the hill while cars were coming down was a good idea. The idiot cop just stared at all the cars and drove away!

I can't wait for tomorrow when it's suppose to ice over and everyone will call in and say they can't make it to work. How does anyone on the east coast conduct business or make it out of their house if we can't even manage the itsy bitsy snow!

LEARN HOW TO DRIVE! Anyone obtaining a driver's license should have to pass a driving test in moderate climate conditions and if they don't pass, they're not allowed to drive! PERIOD!

Apple iPhone

It's here! Coming this JUNE. www.apple.com for more information. Damn, I just got my samsung and I do like it A LOT! Service for the iPhone will be available exclusively through Cingular so I'm sure Nate will be switching! :) Watch the video keynotes and be wow'd!

However:

SMS, what about MMS?

3G technology? I notice the difference when I was in HNL that EDGE was way slower than 3G (in Seattle).

I hope that you can switch to landscape to type instead of the vertical mode.

$499/4G and $599/8G. BUT...we're looking at maybe $70/ month for basic phone service but text/internet is about $30/month and data transfer is about $40/month but I'm sure they will bundle it for $50 or $60/ month so you'll be looking at close to $120/month for phone service plus text/internet/data!

DREAMGIRLS

Everyone says Jennifer Hudson stole the entire movie and after seeing it, I agree. I didn't think every song was good but there were quite a few highlights. If you go to iTunes and listen to the original broadway recording, you'll hear a more soulful rendition of the songs. The new recording is very polished and "hollywood". They're both good but if different ways.

Go see the movie for Jennifer Hudson's performance if nothing else. I'm not a fan of Jamie Foxx and I'm still not. He was ok. Eddie Murhpy was actually really good. He wasn't doing schtick or campy which is a relief!

Beyonce's role was quite minimal and there's one scene that was stellar.

dinner

I actually cooked dinner. Rice and all! Made the chimichurri sauce but I didn't have a blender or food processor so I used the Braun hand blender...Don't do what I did. I would recommend that you finely chop everything and allow the whole thing to come into full flavor in the fridge for a few hours.

I had a small headof garlic and because I love garlic, I used the whole head thinking it was small but because it was a bit "pureed" the garlic was too intense. As in the picture, it seems everything is chopped and not processed. Also go easy on the vinegar, I would cut it back from 1/4 to 1/8 cup and increase the olive oil from 3/4 to almost 1 cup.

Chimichurri

Hiram........... Go find yourself a good chimichurri recipe and slater it all over a medium grilled skirt steak and enjoy! You gotta try this recipe.

This is the Chimichurri from Cabana in NYC. It's my plan to make some this weekend w/ skirt steak.

INGREDIENTS
1 bunch fresh parsley, chopped
8 cloves garlic, minced
3/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
DIRECTIONS
In a blender or food processor, combine the parsley, garlic, oil, vinegar, lemon juice, salt, ground black pepper and cayenne pepper. Mix well, but do not puree.

Bai Ling on LOST

OK..I may be premature in saying, " How the $%^#%@ can they choose Bai Ling to be on LOST?" I mean she's on every F list Worst dressed and she's even worse than Kathy Griffin! OMG...
Then again, LOST hasn't really let us down..yet!...

I feel like one of those people who boo'd Daniel Craig and then praised him after having watched Casino Royale. But Craig has always been a decent actor whereas Bai Ling is really not.

Damn Racist..

I found this on the net and of course I found it funny but also racist... This is known as the ORIENTAL eye exam. Pull your eyes back in a slant (like an asian) and you'll be able to read the exam.

what's in the fridge

You know how you get hungry or the munchies and you open your fridge every 20 minutes hoping the food has reproduced and something new catches your eye?

Well...since the power outaged, everything was thrown out because we lost power for 4 days. The only thing in the fridge is some kimchee and lots of condiments. There's a lot of dried chinese herbs in the freezer and 2 pints of ice cream. That's it.

I keep opening the fridge and I think there's something to eat.

VH1 Classics

This channel rocks. Lots of concerts and the making of albums.
This week is Nirvana's Nevermind and U2's Joshua Tree.
Check it out!

Happy New Year

Grade: C. Ho Hum...another teen horror flick that's terribly acted.
Grade: B+. Total cult classic!