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oo hk food street! it has the chau seal of approval, since every time my sis and i visit (separately) them in houston, that's the place we go to from the airport. if you go again and you like salty fishy things, try the chicken and anchovy fried rice (not italian anchovies, these are the chinese ones).

from jcruelty :

d00d, use the company gym! or go running or something. otherwise that law firm's gonna destroy your svelte figure! also, when do i get to visit virginia and shoot guns. also, i was gonna call you today but amma talks forever on the phone and night had fallen by the time she was done summarizing some movie!

from junior37 :

"I'm so angry that I'm going to [do a mediocre job on things] just because I couldn't motivate myself and focus. That is weak." Welcome to my world...

from jcruelty :

dude when do i get to come visit you? i really need to get the f*** outta dodge. why dont i get invited to these 'parties'?

from jcruelty :

Angi is challenging your baking supremacy! This cannot stand. Don't let the Pai honor get besmirched!

from angichau :

yummmmmmmm that looks AWESOME!!!! beautiful berry arrangement on top and i love the mint garnish. very professional!

from angichau :

nice!!! i expect to see pictures! :D baking is so fun....and your friends will love you too haha.

from gigabit :

haha, those pakistanis know how to do it right don't they???

from meesh03 :

You are such a delight to read. Thank you for making me smile today. I hope the snow melts quickly!

from jcruelty :

Dr Nick: "Hey, did you go to Hollywood Upstairs Medical College too?"

from cinnamontree :

Did you listen to the CDs? Did you love them? They are going to do a show in my little town in March, and I'm super excited. They're opening for the Decemberists.

from gigabit :

so where's it gonna be?

from jcruelty :

wanderlust!!

from cinnamontree :

Ummm... I'm still planning on sending you the Okkervil River CD, but I'm thinking now that I won't get it in the mail until I get back from vacation (January 17th). I can still send it to your home address, if you'll still be there, but you might want to give me your school address. Anyway, sorry, but I'm notorious for my bad mail manners.

from rascality :

I've discussed unmentionables before, while folding socks and underwear in my dorm room. I.e., as per their name, you shouldn't mention unmentionables, but is it OK for them to be seen? ... mmm, paneer.

from junior37 :

Amen, brother. USAir's got me stuck in Charlotte, NC tonight. Direct flights only for me from now on.

from cinnamontree :

Well, I'll get it into the mail with my next (um, first) round of Christmas mailings. Let me know what you think of it. As for knitting and such, I think it's partly a reaction to all of the disposable products that we come into contact with these days. And partly a reaction to all that pretty yarn...

from cinnamontree :

Okkervil River. Not exactly alt-country, but they're alt-something. And more importantly they rock. If you're interested, I'll send you a burned copy of their latest CD.

from jcruelty :

ps 'get shit' meaning 'get accepted at many places.' they definitely get paid well!

from jcruelty :

this reminds me of when i'd come back from chile and was unemployed in berkeley... i was sending out dozens of applications/form letters/resumes and getting back dozens of rejections. it was the highest concentration of rejection i'd ever experienced. i kept all the rejection letters, thinking i would someday make wallpaper out of them. yeah... someday. i talked to carisa (jay provine's gf, she does IP law out here in CA) and she said first years don't get shit. btw, if you want to email her for tips (might be too late, i dunno) her email is [email protected]. let me know if you want me to email her on your behalf.

from gigabit :

you could just download some from itunes :) I would recommend finding ones with vocals...

from gigabit :

the Sadies! the Sadies the Sadies the Sadies!

from meesh03 :

The stress is everywhere at every University. Keep your chin up, and I hope your turkey turns out delicious!

from rascality :

Isn't simply having hankerchiefs a compulsive trait in itself?

from elsquid :

We were in your neck of the woods this weekend and I am jealous that you get to live there for a few years. I wanted to call you and invite you to accompany us to the Ming Dynasty but didn't have your number on me. We took a nap on the uva quad and explored a little, very nice.

from gigabit :

I. Love. The Asian Boys Team. Logo.

from jcruelty :

that is a good idea. i am outfitting my bathroom with microwave transmitters as we speak.

from elsquid :

Oh thank you but I've already got the Rostropovich. But I'll send you the Casals if you'll send me your address as soon as I can get my paws on a burner.

from elsquid :

No, I definitely agree. Yo-Yo's Bach doesn't cut it. My personal favorite is Casals' rendering. If I could only have two CDs on a desert island... those would be the ones!

from jcruelty :

i'm glad you're reading yoga for peops who can't be bothered. it's a slim little nothing of a book, yet one of my favorites. i find it interesting that he lives exactly the sort of life i daydream about living, yet is frequently miserable.

from jcruelty :

hehe... i like u 2!! LOL!!! uh... anyway, send me your address.

from screemingink :

hehe..i like you

from jcruelty :

yeah i remember you saying you'd listened to it... i think book version is usually the way to go, though david sedaris disagrees with me.

from cosmokane :

pico iyer is one of my favorite writers... he has the best job in the world (next to food critic). - c

from jcruelty :

wait, so you're saying all we have to do to get the cops off our backs is sing the national anthem?! will keep that in mind at our next soiree.

from angichau :

oo i remember making moussaka once and i had problems with that sauce too. it's most annoying. hope yours turn out great! how can it not be -- lamb and eggplants...mmm...i'm hungry...

from junior37 :

Dammit, I hate not knowing everything.

from angichau :

is it a giant papaya?

from junior37 :

Looks like the German version of a honeydew... wonder how it made it your way...

from jcruelty :

pedro the lion? ha, you hipster! franz ferdinand is pretty good. i know i still owe you a cd of mp3s. or if you bring your computer when you visit, you can try sucking it all off my ipod. oh that reminds me, i thought you were going to vegas in august and we were gonna meet up there? az. is all confused.

from rascality :

Tell me a little more about these printers. I am halfway serious. That toner is some expensive shit but I would like to make laser-printed buttons without stealing from my employer. These inkjet cartridges are killing me, besides.

from junior37 :

"I'm still a stranger to this place". Reminds me of "The District Sleeps Alone". You must be listening to too much PS.

from mutabaruka :

i think you're makin the right call... much better to graduate FREE than in bondage. new york is too hectic anyway. i'll still come visit you in VA. oh and yeah, did you discount georgetown cos it's not as good a school as VA?

from elsquid :

What about g'town? Is it out of the running?

from mutabaruka :

uh... ak47s on hot air balloons? ice picks on elephants? ricin on hovercraft?

from rascality :

I'm with cosmokane: I wanna know what kind of knives you bought. I have the cheapest Henckels there are. I have a steel that I haven't touched, although I looked up how to use it in my dad's how-to-do-everything book. My parents have the dullest knives possible; it makes me dread cooking at their house, and it also makes me want to upgrade their kitchenware. Also, right now they only have one functional burner on the stove. Lesson! When you get a choice between four burners OR two burners plus a grilltop, choose four burners. You don't need a freaking indoor grill.

from soperstar :

right, well, if I went to NYC I would get the chance to meet EVERYBODY, basically. except for, you know, my future academic mentor. maybe. is there room under that couch for me?

from angichau :

hey can i still be half-in in the club? i got rejected by their EE dept 2 yrs ago.

from cosmokane :

so what are good knives to buy (or the ones that dropped by $41)? i, too, am feeling frustrated by ikea non-quality. and, in response to laura below, i think what she means by VAST majority is the VAST emptiness of middle america.

from rascality :

On disposable furniture: There was an intern in my office who didn't want to be bothered with moving or owning furniture for just one sublet summer. She got an air mattress, camp chairs, a lamp and whatnot at Target and held on to the receipts. Just before the return deadline hit, she went to exchange everything. Then at the end of the summer she returned everything. Chain stores don't ask questions.

from gigabit :

don't listen to cosmo! 150k buys houses in the VAST majority of this nation. anyway, though I know what you mean by being averse to debt (I am HUGELY averse to it), I think that as adults we have to make those kinds of decisions when we're trying to improve our lives. Do you remember david zetoony? he went to virginia, I can get his email address if you want to ask him about it...

from cosmokane :

i don't know where you're from (actually, i do, i was just saying that rhetorically), but here in sf, $150K buys you a foyer and maybe a few doors. for the caliber of schools among which you're picking, you're likely to make good coin after you graduate (see any rankings chart). i'm a bit familiar with nyu law, and i can tell you that it is in a rad part of town (east village). but if you hide under the couch long enough, perhaps your decision will eventually come into focus :)

from cosmokane :

you know, i was just hoping that you and elsquid could somehow meet, since yall are the only two people i know in dc. so you saw her... i hope you had the chance to talk with her. she's swell. - c

from angichau :

man, it's so hot here today that i had to spend the day reading by the pool (someone else's, not mine), swimming, and sun-tanning. mwaha.

from elsquid :

I have been sorely disappointed by cakelove as well. So much hype and no delivery! Sticky Fingers all the way.

from mutabaruka :

ha i was just going to tell you how nice it is in SF. i gotta go for a hike or something. have fun in anarctica!

from angichau :

mwaha. hottest day hottest day! AOW!

from cinnamontree :

Your place sounds great. A cake shop and the White House? I've always wanted to live within walking distance of a bakery. Actually, I guess I do, except it's a bakery factory, and not all that charming. It does smell like bread in the morning, for like ten blocks around the factory.

from rascality :

[[Observation: Seven of the eight notes I've left you have been about food.]]

from rascality :

Let me guess.. you hate Krispy Kreme too? I'm in that minority too. No subtlety there at all: big neon signs, no attempt at hiding the fact that everything is deep-fried and drenched in a waterfall of pure sugar. (Not that KK is an artisan doughnut maker, though.) BTW, samosas are basically empanadas. So are calzones. And knishes. Fried or baked, they're all form following function in a most delicious manner.

from angichau :

ooo MRI! you should talk to sandeep -- he did one for stanford once. they made him look at pictures in the MRI machine. haha. well, actually, in my old lab, that's what half of the research was about -- putting people in the machine and making them press buttons. you usually get a nice picture of your brain afterwards tho!

from meesh03 :

Hope you find an apt! I know you don't know me, but I like reading your journal! It's always got something of entertainment value!! lol.. take it easy!

from junior37 :

Tell the psyc people you want to put babies on spikes. That will throw them.

from mutabaruka :

don't forget, focus groups are also a good way to get cash (and free sandwiches)

from mutabaruka :

we had a combo washer dryer in london. i never did understand how that works.

from junior37 :

If you plan on conquering DC, you'd better take a flag.

from rascality :

ooooh, bread. ooooh, yeast. My yeast breads have never, ever "doubled" or "tripled" in bulk as recipes say they should. I did watch an episode of "Good Eats" where Alton Brown teaches you how to make a swell pizza crust, though. My work gave everyone a Rubik's Cube with the sales goals for the year written on each side, but no one can figure out how to put the sales goals back together.

from angichau :

hmmm...my prof is spreading LIES! LIES! that ain't a quality education yo.

from junior37 :

So installing wireless right before leaving? When are you off to the next adventure?

from mutabaruka :

nice layout, but where are the banner ads? what is the business model?

from angichau :

heee hee thanks so much for the moral support. i cannot tell you what a nervous wreck i was. man, i'm glad it's all behind me. and isn't fouad a weirdo name?

from mutabaruka :

i wish i had cool friends from highschool.

from junior37 :

I guess Clancy is better than John Grisham... Have a safe trip home!

from jcruelty :

haha, the goat story is hilarious. and i will look for you in the next bacardi commercial.

from junior37 :

There is no disaster based on solid, trusted instinct that is irrecoverable. Unless you decide to go kill someone. That would be bad.

from jcruelty :

lay it on me, i will decide for you

from meesh03 :

You are so interesting to read about. I love hearing about all the great places you travel to. Good luck to you. I will be here in the midwest of the United States trying to stay warm and not be so consumed in what is going on in America that I forget about the rest of the world. (That tends to happen a lot here.) good luck and happy travels! drop a note on my page sometime!!(it's nothing special) :)

from mutabaruka :

i think durian was in some book of lists under 'worst fruit ever'

from rascality :

1, 2, 5 - nope, never had 'em. or seen 'em. 3 - have had canned jackfruit. yes, very meh. 4 - have had guava juice, and seen guava trees in my granpa's backyard. 6 - Is this the same as the Palestinian sweet lime I got at Central Market? 7 - too stinky for me, my mom likes it. I like the part in that Jackie Chan movie where he and the bad guy land in an open train car filled with durians and Jackie bashes the bad guy in the head with one.

from angichau :

ooo i think i've had #1 and #6 before in HK. yum! and yes, i've seen and smelled #7 in HK too. BLEEEHHHHH. my mom and grandmothers love durians. i think they are sick. did you take a look at the texture? it's even more gross once you've seen that.

from junior37 :

Why isn't Braunschweig on that travel list? Maybe if you're lucky I'll move to DC next summer too and torment your adventure-vacationing ass. Oh, I can dream, can't I? Have fun, and don't trust any elephant farther than he can throw you.

from clutchthis :

GET THESE COMPUTERS OUT OF MY F*CKING LIVING ROOM

from angichau :

yay hong kong!

from sardinestars :

so I have too much time on my hands and I read quite a lot of your diary and it was all very good, thanks for helping to pass a friday afternoon at work and have fun in Hong Kong

from angichau :

ooo hong kong!! how long will u be there for?

from rascality :

cheese? grilled naked, sans bread, sans pizza crust? I am imagining you lying on a beach towel while vendors queue up to pour food down your gullet.

from jcruelty :

be careful! tiene cuidad!

from junior37 :

Hey, you got a problem with how things are done in Germany?! I've actually been told I have a pretty good accent... scary, no?

from junior37 :

Yeah, well I saw your mom down on the corner... I made an addendum just for you. You're having dance sex, and all I got were these lousy onions and quark.

from junior37 :

"Just want to roll him"?! Who talks like that?? And what is it about Swedish chicks? I've been there. One could do better.

from jcruelty :

sliding down a volcano?! man that is approximately 10000000000 times more exciting than what i did today. it's good to get outside the comfort zone, no?

from mutabaruka :

bon voyage hermano

from jcruelty :

haha, you are a regular spider expert!

from rascality :

god, I spelled cantaloupe wrong in my last note to you. I think I've been spelling it wrong for a couple months. Anyway, I don't know if tarantulas are indigenous to your area, but they show up here occasionally. Something about it being rainy makes more of them appear.

from angichau :

i think i like them reveal bulbs (altho i would like it better if the other 3 in the pack also worked). i feel like there's a little mini-sun in my room!

from rascality :

yum. However, I refuse to believe that you can get fresh, quality produce in the middle of the desert. It is unpossible. GET OUT OF THE DESERT! Here, I am living almost exclusively on local canteloupes and peaches, crusty French bread and breathtaking tomatoes.

from mutabaruka :

well isn't that the life!

from rascality :

Have I ever told you how much I HATE Las Vegas? When I'm being dragged around by my parents, anyway. I'd much rather go round looking at the Strip with a detached sense of irony, then hit the cool part of town (which I know must exist, but which I've never seen). I'd thought we could drive through Las Vegas to get to California on our tour, but we realized that if we did, we would probably die in the desert.

from mutabaruka :

i wanna come visit, just got to figure out time & money...

from jcruelty :

churros? what is this, disneyland?!

from habibi :

Hi Ironfist. Just wanted to send a note of encouragement on clip pedals. They're great once you get used to them. Much better then toe cages. Just remember to unclip early for stop signs/ intersections. And it's probably good to give trees a wide berth. Happy riding! (um, also, I don't know if I am responding to one of your entries, or if I am being nosy and reading one of your notes to Gigabit. Hopefully the former.)

from jcruelty :

fuck indie snobs!! that fool has been spamming diaryland east west north and south. anyway i have many going to hell jokes, which are you referring to? perhaps you are thinking of the saying, "arguing on the internet is like participating in the special olympics: even if you win, you're still a retard." i think of that saying a lot when i read metafilter. keep it rollin my good man.

from indie-snob :

hello there. i reviewed a Coldplay show I saw last night and thought you may be interested. i have a bunch of other reviews here, too. check it out, thanks!

from mutabaruka :

that sounds delicious. let's check out French Laundry sometime... iread this metafilter thread about it and it's practically in my backyard! you have to drive there in person to get a reservation though, as it's hopeless over the phone and they only do 2 months in advance. glad you finally drank that wine

from rascality :

wow, what does the citric acid do? tenderize without adding too much taste? shouldn't you not have to tenderize a good steak? um, I actually have some citric acid. I bought it from a soap-making company to make fizzy bath tablets, although I understand you can buy it at a wine-making supply shop.

from mutabaruka :

man you're gettin all XTREME there! next thing you know you'll be parachuting out of airplanes in a mountain dew commercial. (this is amar)

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