vegetarian

my favorite definition, courtesy of glasmodiar on urbandictionary.com:

A bad hunter. Someone who survives by consuming not food, but the stuff that food eats.

The vegetarian was forced to subsist on slower prey, such as the broccoli and carrot.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

snacking will never be the same

OK everyone, this is very important. Dare I say EPIC. I have found...






the best candy bar ever. I don't know how I ever lived without it before. It's Hershey's Take 5 candy bar. Chocolate, pretzel, peanut butter, peanuts, caramel, where can you go wrong? It's the most wonderful blend of sweet & salty, crunchy & creamy... mmmm! I'm salivating just thinking about it. Good thing I bought a bag of fun size ones (less guilt!) for 50% off after Halloween. =D

words of wisdom from dad

Not too long ago I made a mini road trip to Sequim for work. The drive was about 3 hrs each way and fairly uneventful. When I got back home, my dad was pleased to hear that nothing went wrong, but offered up this gem of advice:
"If you ever run into any trouble and need help, go find the nearest nail salon. Go in there and speak Vietnamese to them, and they'll take care of you."

This is as ridiculous as it is true. I will remember that if I should ever need help.

They'll be just like this!

it's been a long time

I know I've been neglecting my poor little blog, but lately all I've been doing is working and frankly, it's nothing too interesting. I'll tell you about it anyways though.

My internship officially ended last friday, but I decided to stay on a few extra weeks before school starts to make some extra money. it's just baaaarely worth it. this last week I've been filling in for our head photo person, who is taking a 10 day vacation. before this week I liked working in photo, but now I abhor it. pushy people who want their orders filled instantly, machines that jam and beep, foul-smelling chemicals that I was told are not that dangerous... not really worth the occasional gawk-worthy photo (like this shot of a guy frolicking in a river naked). on top of that, I still have to do all the normal managerish stuff that I normally do and do the book keeping that our photo guru also does. I can't wait until Kristine comes back. I never thought this job would stress me out, but I'm sad to say that I'm ready to quit. 3 more weeks to go.

Along with all that goodness, I just got home from my first day working as hostess/cashier at tea palace (gigantic chinese restaurant in renton). it's only been open for 2 days, so it's not too hectic yet, but I don't know if I'd prefer that to the boredom that I'm going through now. my hours are 10am - 10pm, but I'd say I did about 5 hours of actual work today. the rest of the time is spent sitting around waiting for people to finish eating. it's not a tiring job, which I'm thankful for, but I didn't know boredom could be so draining. we're short-staffed, so it looks like I'll be spending every free mealtime hour I have there from now on. I will say though, that the food there is absolutely delicious. my meal at the end of the day at least lets me leave fat and happy. thank you chef jackie!

ok, it's off to bed now. gotta get ready for the dim sum rush tomorrow morning.

highlight of the olympics closing ceremony

seeing beibei, jingjing, huanhuan, yingying, and nini run around the memory tower. I'm sad it's all over. zaijian beijing!

ay bay bay

Today at work we had a customer call in and ask if we had the newest issue of People magazine. The one with the very first picture of the wonder twins on the cover (that'd be Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt, for shame if you don't know that!).

I could get into the whole debate going on about if it's right to sell your baby's pictures or not (I don't really see anything wrong it it personally), but what I really want to know is: why does anyone care that much? Sure, curiosity is one thing, but are you seriously calling a store to see if they have the pictures? Heck, go online and look for free. Here, I did the hard work for you.

These magazine bidding wars are insane. People paid $14 million for the first pictures of the twins. And that's for the US only. It really boggles my mind how obsessive people get with the celebrity babies. Come on, they're babies! All newborn babies look the same anyways! Look at the picture, I bet you can't even tell which is the boy and which is the girl. Those might not even be their real babies...

On the celebrity offspring note, I will say that Shiloh is adorable. Not as cute as Suri though, even if she might not be real.

I'm starting a movement

hats need to make a comeback. let's start something, people. they are fantastic accessories, and very functional when you need to keep your head warm, get some shade, or if you're simply having a bad hair day. I think most people just don't wear them because nobody else does, so when you do you tend to stick out (unless you're wearing a baseball cap I suppose). and I guess some people don't like that. I personally love them though. I think at some point in middle school some girl told me I was "the girl with the hats," which I found weird at the time but whatever. bring em back! hats for everyone! just please find one that's flattering for you.

I took a trip to the newly remodeled southcenter mall today and it freaking huge! I got lost inside, I barely even recognized it anymore. we only got through 1/4 of the mall in about 3 hours, and after that we got tired and decided to head home. but I did find this store there that I love now, metro park. and yes, I did get a hat there!