My Dream Computer

I haven't owned an Apple computer since my family had an Apple IIe way back when (elementary school). But my dream computer is now the MacBook notebook from Apple.

I'm not sure why I like it so much. Maybe it just seems to be really "cool" and I want to be more hip. I think it also plays to my desire to be more artistic and creative (as if just getting the computer will help with that!). I've always wished I had more talent in something creative. Everyone tells me I'm smart and good at a number of things, but for some reason I really wish I could paint really well, or write really creative stories, or play an instrument or sing incredibly well, or take really inspiring photographs or whatever ... Why is this?

Cost of War

Cost of War

And this is only the fiscal cost (about $317 billion).

Iraq War Not Working

This report saying that the Iraq war has actually made terrorism worse really should come as no surprise to anyone. This has got to be the biggest F*** up of our time ... Why aren't we acting out like people did during Vietnam? I'm not really sure what I could be doing ... Any suggestions?

Han Ah Reum (HMart)

Hey everyone! I'm going to post some pictures of one of our favorite stores. It's called Han Ah Reum and it is a Korean/Asian/International food grocery store. It is fabulous and they have lots of great Japanese items.

Here is Chad standing in front of the store. Notice all the small signs to the top right of Chad. They have like 50 stores inside this building that offer all kinds of services all in Korean!






Here's a photo of Chad in the entry hallway of the store. In the back is a bakery called Papa's Bakery. They have some tasty stuff, including bubble tea (which I prefer without the bubbles!!).

So do Koreans really love buying in bulk or something? Here you can get tons of Bowl Ramen or small Soy Milk drinks.

Here's a photo of some tasty candy! Especially Choco Baby! This is quintessential Japanese.












Here are some HUGE bags of kimchi.









Yay for Gyoza wrappers! I love making gyoza but I haven't done it in a while. Hopefully I'll make some soon. It's good to know I can go to my local Han Ah Reum and buy fresh wrappers (they are like 99 cents for a package). They also have fresh udon and ramen in this case.


Eggs, eggs, eggs and more eggs. I think these are quail eggs. They look pretty cool, but I think they taste gross!!



















Lots and lots of garlic + MSG = Really tasty, really addictive Korean food!!












This is one of our favorite aisles! You can buy great curry!! Chad made some yesterday and it is tasty!!









Anyone need some canned goods?????














The first one to find the funny mistake in this photo wins!















Anyone want some little dried fish to munch on??










I hope you've enojoyed my little photo essay of the Han Ah Reum store by us. I skipped a couple good sections of the store, but I was trying to be discrete. I thought they might worry that I was stealing their secrets so I could open an asian food market of my own!!

Justin Timberlake

His new CD comes out tomorrow!! Wanna preview it?

Listen To The Whole Album Here!!

Official Website

Links I Clicked on Today

I took some fun photos yesterday and I'm going to post them up sometime soon. But while I'm messing around with them I hope you enjoy today's links.

Roddick vs. Pong

This is pretty fun! Roddick is totally hot, and Pong is one of the greatest games ever invented!!

One Watt Light Bulbs

One watt light bulbs sound great if they actually work and provide enough light. Any way we can find to reduce our usage of electricity is great. It's not only important to change the way we make electricity (for example, switching from coal to solar), it is also important to decrease our usage where possible. This helps put us in a more favorable energy situation.

Funny Cat Video

This is for all you cat lovers out there. Whoever said that cats are dumb ... was right! Enjoy!

Swimming

I remember joining the swim team freshman year and being scared out of my mind. Maybe not exactly scared, but more intimidated. I had been swimming on swim teams since I was 10 years old (I think ...) but swimming for school was much different. However, once the season started I settled down a bit and got to know the people on the team. There were a lot of people on the swim team that I became good friends with and that I thought were great people. Those who knew me in High School know that I was quite odd. Well, I guess I'm still quite odd, but it was a bit different back then. I'm going to give you a perfect example.

One day at swim practice I was swimming in a lane next to my friend Niji. At one point we were taking a break, or we were in between sets or something like that and I sunk down into the water so that just my head was poking out from my mouth up. I whispered "Niiijiiiii" really quietly and slowly and just kept repeating it. She got a little freaked out when she heard it and then saw that it was me and yelled at me to stop. From that day on she called me "Stalker" or rather "Stoookaa" (pronounced as if it was written in Katakana). The Stalker nickname caught on with a bunch of her Japanese-speaking friends (such as Akane) and they all called me that throughout high school, especially when I acted particularly strange.

Another memory from swimming that I would like to share includes two of my best friends from high school, Jen and Siv. I remember that I became friends with Siv, probably before swimming started, but we were on the swim team together and so we hung out a lot. We also both took the train to and from school at that time so we used to walk back to the train station together after swim practice. I think Jen was doing winter chearleading that year and so the three of us would walk to the train together after practice and we also walked to school from the train together in the morning. I don't know why, but these were some of the best and most fun times of my life, these walks to and from the train. I don't remember exact details, but I just remember having fun with the two of them. This didn't last all through school because Siv moved farther downtown at one point so she started taking the train. And Jen started taking a later train and I went earlier. But it was great fun while it lasted. Two things I remember in particular: 1. Jen and Siv were always drinking diet Cokes on our walks, including in the morning before school started, and 2. Jen loved to pull leaves and small branches off of bushes as we would walk by. I would always yell at her about it and tell her to leave the bushes alone. She never did of course, probably just to piss me off.