funny pictures of kids

go away freaking cold weather

It has been really really REALLY cold here. I can't stand it anymore so am now going to whine about it in hopes that the weather god will give me some sunshine.

The weird part with this weather was that when I got back to KC on New Year's day, it was cold. But then, all of a sudden, the temperature got really really warm. I was wearing my down coat one day, and the next I was running around in just a t-shirt -- that's how warm it was. And it was such a nice feeling to be free from being all bundled up with layered clothing, scarves, hats and gloves. Sadly, the warmth only lasted a few days.

And now we're back to this freezing coldness.

I had to go to the post office the other day to mail off 40+ resume packets to SF and the temperature was so cold, I think my ears were about to fall off. The post office is only two blocks away from where I live, so I figured if I run, I'll keep warm. Not so true, the harder I ran, the more it hurt to breathe in the frigid air! I felt like I was going to have a heart attack in the middle of the street. And then my legs were getting cold from just standing in the middle of the street to catch my breathe. It was awful.

This morning, I had to get up and go to spin class at the school's gym. Initially, I didn't want to get out of bed at all because it was so cold. I would stick a foot out from under my blankets to see how cold it was and immediately my foot retreated itself back under the covers. But since I committed myself to the spin classes by paying for it, I was going to get my freezing butt out of bed and trek through the cold to get my $48 worth of spin class. And I did it.

Now I'm sore in addition to being cold.

Damn winter, go away and let spring come already. I'm done with the cold. Give me some warmth please.

Thank you very much.

new blogs for your reading pleasure

If you're in the need for some recipes for Vietnamese food, here's a collection of home-made recipes.

If you just want to read about the life of a stranger, here's a collection of a fellow classmate's inner thoughts (or not).

advertising for salad dressing

It's funny how we had this whole selection of salad dressing laid out on the table and the only bottle we used was the Kraft Ranch dressing.

how to get over a broken heart

1. Go to Happy Hour.

2. Drink lots of So Cal Strawberry Lemonade.

3. Order the giant Hazelnut Sundae dessert.

4. Devour as slowly or as quickly as you like. Curse the idiot who broke your heart a few times and eat some more.
5. Take a huge bite out of the giant hazelnut truffles and imagine how much life will suck less each day.
6. Lick the martini glass and leave no remnants of the sundae behind.

7. Repeat if necessary.

guess who ate what?

The "appetizer" portion of the Chicken Nachos.
The other plate is the second half of the "half soup and sandwich combo".

I had the soup and sandwich combo, and was only able to finish the giant bowl of clam chowder. The Boy didn't finish his appetizer size nachos either. Both were very yummy when we had the leftovers for dinner.

DONE!

I am officially HALF WAY DONE with law school!

whoop whoop de doo!

Ice Storm 2007

School almost got canceled today because of the ice storm coming our way. Luckily for me (I just wanted to get exams over with), school was not canceled today and I did not have to wait until Friday to take my exam scheduled for today (yes, unfortunate for those who were actually praying for a snow day).

After three hours of agonizing over which choice is the right answer on my product liability exam, I spent about a half hour walking around campus taking pictures of the ice on the trees. It was a pretty sight. Kinda cool too.

Frozen trees from afar, and frozen trees up close.
Flowers on ice.
I think this picture of the frozen leaf is the coolest picture I have ever taken up close (probably because I finally figured out how to use the "macro" option on my new digital camera.
I hope there were no living things inside that bird's nest!
I wonder why this bench isn't being used right now...

first snow of the season

these pictures were taken from my bedroom window, so that's why there are tiny little grid lines in it.





there's a lonely crow sitting in a tree...is that supposed to be some sign of bad omen?

things I learned from watching "The Biggest Loser" on NBC

1. If you drank two beers a week for a year, you're consuming 15,000 calories.

2. If you stood up and walked to the TV to manually change the channel, you could lose up to 95 calories per hour.

you cook rice, puts family to shame

Mom: You put too much water in the rice, it's all soggy.

Me: Sorry. When you said "put just a little bit of water" I didn't think you meant that little.

Mom: I said just little water.

Me: Sorry. I just put half a finger measurement of water in there. To me that's little! Our rice back in Kansas City, I use a whole finger measurement and it's still dry!! What kind of rice did you buy anyway?

Mom: You are going to embarass our family if you cook rice that way for your mother-in-law. Tsk-tsk, a girl who can't even cook rice.

Me: Well, if I don't marry a Vietnamese guy, or if I don't marry an Asian guy at all, we won't have to worry that I can't cook rice.

Mom: What?! The Boy won't be able to speak with me.

Me: Yes, he can. He can say "chào cô khỏe không?" [Hi miss, how are you?]

Mom: Aiyah!

Me: And he likes my rice. And his mother likes my rice.

Mom: Well, I can't eat your rice. Cook it again.

Me: Aiyah!

so deserving

The Boy: Hello! I'm calling from the Habitat for Humanity build site in Argentina!

Me: What did you do today?

The Boy: I dug a hole for 8 hours today. And the hole is still not done. The locals are calling me a gopher.

Me: What's the hole for? Must be really big hole if you've been digging for 8 hours on the same hole.

The Boy: For a septic tank.

Me: Nice.

The Boy: Yep, I've been digging a hole for shit.

happy hour food

Cheeseburger and fries; buffalo spicy wings; beef taquitos; salmon spread on crackers -- all this food for $11 total. There's no better deal than that.

best sushi

Marking off another restaurant off the "Best of Kansas City" resturant guide, we decided to try another resturant tonight. After trying Korean, we decided for some Japanese: Friends Sushi.


I like sushi, but I don't eat the raw stuff. It all has to be cooked sushi for me. So we ordered the Spider Roll, Dragon Roll, Eel maki and a Spicy Tuna Roll because my dinner companion likes the raw stuff. (I tried a piece of the Spicy Tuna Roll and lathered wasabi on it hoping to mask the raw rish smell, but that plan didn't quite mask the raw fish texture and I had to force myself to swallow it.)


The rolls were delicious. And the price was not too bad--it wasn't cheap, but it didn't cost an arm and a leg either. The Dragon rolls were my favorite, because instead of avacodo, they used a slice of mango, which gave it a sweeter taste. The Spider Roll was yummy too, although why do they make Spider Rolls so big that you can't put an entire piece into your mouth? I had to bite each piece in half and then all the contents fell out, making it messy.

And for dessert, we ordered fried ice-cream. What we ate was fried batter with soupy vanilla cream inside. The serving was only a small scoop of vanilla ice-cream which probably wasn't large enough to withstand the heat of the fryer. Still yummy nonetheless.

cookie debate with a chocolate twist

For your recollection, click here for Cookie Debate.

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Today's conversation of the day:

The Boy: If you give up chocolate for a month, I'll talk to you for ten straight hours.

Me: Umm.

The Boy: Ohmygosh, is that not what you wanted? Me to talk to you for longer periods of time?!

Me: Yeah, I want you to talk to me, but not for TEN HOURS STRAIGHT.

The Boy: Okay, I'll talk to you for two hours every night if you give up chocolate for a month.

Me: Okay. Deal.

The Boy: No, no, I got the real deal here.

Me: Yes?

The Boy: If you can give up chocolate and salt*, I'll give you an engagement ring.

Me: Seriously? How long do I have give up chocolate and salt?

The Boy: Let's say a year. If you can give up chocolate and salt for a year, I'll give you an engagement ring.

Me: How do I know if you'll actually keep your word after a year?

The Boy: Well, that's the easy part. How do I know if YOU actually kept YOUR word? It's harder for me to moniter what you're eating when we're thousands of miles apart.

Me: That's easy, I'll be a lot more cranky if I don't have my daily dose of chocolate. So if I'm suddenly happy one day, you'll know I cheated.

The Boy: Well, that's not a fair deal. I don't want to speak to someone who's cranky 24/7.

Me: You made the deal, mister.

The Boy: I'll never win.

Me: Yep, that's about right.

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*In addition to chocolate cravings, I also have salt cravings, which usually leads me to eat tons of tostida chips, potato chips, or just pouring salt into my hands and licking it.

test for smart people

The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and will tell you whether you are qualified to be a professional.

Scroll down for each answer.

The questions are NOT that difficult. But don't scroll down UNTIL you have answered the question!

1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?
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2 How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?
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Did you say, Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator?

Wrong Answer

Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door. This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions.



3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend except one. Which animal does not attend?
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Correct Answer: The Elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him in there. This tests your memory.

Okay, even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your true abilities.



4. There is a river you must cross but it is used by crocodiles, and you do not have a boat. How do you manage it?
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Correct Answer: You jump into the river and swim across. Have you been listening? All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting. This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.

According to Anderson Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the professionals they tested got all questions wrong, but many preschoolers got several correct answers. Anderson Consulting says this conclusively proves the theory that most professionals do not have the brains of a four-year-old.

best sexy food

There was special section in The Pitch that highlighted all the best food/resturauts/hangouts in Missouri and Kansas. They had a category listed as "Best Sexy Food" and highlighted a Korean BBQ resturant as the place with the best sexy food.
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So we went there for dinner tonight. The resturant is located in middle of nowhere Kansas (well, this is my opinion anyway), but the atmosphere was nice. We had the pork and beef calbi and the waiter actually barbequed the meet for us (usually, it's do it yourself) which was nice but a bit awkward because the waiter always took a bow before he left our table.

Anyways, after filling my guts with sumptuous calbi, I still could not conclude that the food I just ate was sexy food. First of all, garlic was permeating out through my skin, and second, I smelled like barbeque food. I don't know how garlic breath and roasted meat odor makes for sexy anything.

featherless chicken butts

We went to an apple orchard this past weekend to pick apples. Unbeknownst to us, the "April Freeze" resulted in not enough apples for the wannabe farmers to pick. So we spent an hour roaming the orchard and exploring the pumpkin patch. We also came upon a bunch of chickens and this one just had no feathers on its butt. It was weird looking.

Maybe the chicken was being picked on by the others. May it hogged all the worms and so the others would pluck its butt feathers to stop it from eating the worms.

I really don't know why this chicken has no butt feathers. It was just very funny to look at.

bicycles on sidewalks

I'm walking home from school and I hear this lady literally SHOUTING at me, "EXCUSE ME, MOVE OVER, I'M COMING THROUGH!"

I look behind me and find this lady on a bike and wanting to ride pass me on a sidewalk. Hello!! Why are you riding on the sidewalk in the first place lady? It's a side WALK. You're not WALKing. Get off the sideWALK!

Good gosh. Not only was she riding her bike on a sidewalk when there is plenty of space on the street for her, but I'm pretty sure she was speeding too. I had to jump onto the grass just to save myself from being run over by the lady on the bike.

Seriously, if you ride a bike, please try not to run over pedestrians on a sidewalk.

how sweet The Boy is

I was whining to The Boy about what a horrible week I was having. Next thing I get is a knock on the door from the Fed-ex man presenting me with a box.



PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE FROM THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY!!! The Boy never indulges my sweet tooth, so this was a great surprise!

That pumpkin cheesecake was soooo good going down. I should probably tell The Boy that I have a bad week every week. Although I'm not sure he is consistently sweet with his intentions.

new creation -- spiky balls

The roommate was in a creative mood and made these "spiky balls" for dinner. Basically, it's just pork dumpling filling covered in rice. Still yummy in my tummy!

toilet paper wedding dresses

Some people have way too much time on their hands.

notice anything?

Why the heck is there half a banana sticking out of the side of this building?

I have to admit that the first time I saw this, I didn't think it was a banana.