Gil Shaham ROCKS. Listened to a cd on the drive to fairfax that made the time whiz by..

mom and I shopped at the brand new neighborhood Super H (HanAhReum, supersized). They had this crazy PPungTueGee machine (you know those big crispy pancake-looking rice crackers): every three seconds a few grains would fall into a funnel and PPUNG!!! [loud explosion] - out popped a big round cracker. still warm from the explosion and very yummy. The woman also sold fresh Gim (roasted seaweed sheets) off a Gim machine, and Peanut Butter Ojinguh (squid), whatever that is.

thursday with mom and bro:
early rise for eighteen holes in forty-degree weather.
great time (except that afterwards it felt like the skin on both hands had been peeled off).
dinner with the relatives. korean hymns, psalm 118. turkey and ham and all kinds of korean food. my funny little baby cousin (who talks now! but refuses to play with me), a videogamefest upstairs, and a camera-happy uncle. good-natured hints that (how old are you? twenty-three?) yes, twenty-three is a "good" age... the "right" age...

today, all is quiet. no one online, quiet at work, even the streets are barren.

:) HAVE A SAFE AND YUMMY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!! :)


// fro, where are you? come out and play.

Assignment 11. couldn't think of any cold but here are some
fav words from the last couple days:

* squeamish (say it a few times. i like the way it sounds, it's cute)
* outrage (what a great word)
* parlay (i like the way this sounds too)
* arthritic (haha, i don't know why i like this word. maybe something about its rhythm)

THE WAR ON MICE (continues).
one
two
three
...which one?
traps one and three keep them alive (which means i'd have to transport them somewhere - drive them far far away so they never come back to my house).
two suffocates them (no blood).
yuck.

// for those of you with pest control problems of any kind.
// mousetrap cars :)
..we should have a mousetrap car building contest!
// and finally, the better mousetrap people. for you inventors.

mm, that reminds me. i don't remember the last time i've been to a dentist.. ! <:O
..i'm sure your teeth won't fall out honey, it'll be good.
anyway, they've got some great falsies these days..!! ;)

ralphie's feelin much better. is it just psychological (for the driver i mean), or do cars run noticably better with fresh oil?
"it's like ralphie's five years younger." ;)

yes, no matter where i go or what i do
i guess there's just no hiding
my inner gansta self.

So i completely ran out of checks the first week of this month right, and had to reorder. i'm still waiting for them to come.
meanwhile, i've learned to use money orders.
It's been so long since i've had more than sixty dollars of cash on me at any one time. i didn't know how money orders worked but they only take cash. I was so nervous and felt so garshdern vulnerable withdrawing huge stacks of cash from my neighborhood atm (at the ghetto corner exxon -- i didn't even think atms let you withdraw that much at one time, but they do), carrying it all around with me, and handing it all over at the Superfresh (i remembered they sold money orders there) for a little slip of paper. aiye yayaie. i felt like a prime hold-up target...and/or a drug dealer. over $600 in money orders in the past two days.
thank goodness for checks, i hope mine come soon.

mmm. carcass.
naw, i'm sure i'll have more than enough turkey in my system for this week.

i may come visit after work today (i need an oil change, it's been over 6,000 miles since my last one !!) - you guys doing anything? can i hang out at your place for a couple hours?

man, i should've brought leftovers..actually, i don't know if our house took anything home. we were looking at some GREAT leftovers recipes in the paper.. yum. that was one juicy turkey.
are you staying in town for this week, fro?
for me it looks like i'll be driving down wednesday nite,
golfing with my mom and bro (and maybe uncle) all day thursday (my mom is a golf nut, she's outta control..i think she's got my bro addicted too), turkey dinner at 6 pm with family, and driving back up (without falling asleep at the wheel) right afterwards.
work on friday. :(

W E L C O M E, C H I P !
welcome to city employment :)

// my breakfast and lunch today: Tostitos chips & medium salsa.