Monday, April 28, 2008

I've been busy lately! After receiving the news that my friend was leaving her husband, most of my friends decided that said husband needed cheering up, so I spent way too much time with a beer in my hand over the last week. I need to find a bar as awesome as Gingerman, but with regular alcohol selections. Beer is tasty, but a bit filling.

Friday I saw that Jet Li/Jackie Chan movie (I refuse to care enough to remember the title), and Saturday I spent 5 ish hours wandering around at Scarborough Faire. It was as interesting and weird as ever. I think I was most entertained by the acrobat dude. Dan something or other. He had a couple of particularly amusing statements that had me giggling uncontrollably. "There are only a few performers in the world who do this stunt. Two of them are little Chinese fellows. The only difference between them and me is that they don't have a choice!" Teehee!

So anyway, after that, I joined my friends at Gingerman. What started out as just a few friends turned into 3 tables full of people.

The real news, however, is that I might have an "in" to the world of voice acting, or at least an "in" to the world of anime distribution. Wish me luck!

That's all for today. Seeya!

Thursday, April 17, 2008

The best laid plans of mice and....

Good morning, blahg readers (all two of you). I'm just writing in to report the acquisition of a new family member. Maizie! She's the little puppeh in my profile picture. She's so cute. Scared of everything, but super cute. She's getting over her shyness, and her idea of playtime is to rub her face all over my hand while I attempt to scratch whatever surface is available.

In between puppy snuggles and kisses, I've been working on my next podcast. Be prepared for two fairly crappy reviews. Sad to say I did not like EITHER of the shows I reviewed this time.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Oh the Meat-manity!

Yay! I forgot to post about this earlier, but I've had an exciting dining experience!

As you may or may not know, everyone's good friend Russ came back from Japan last week. By way of reintroduction to Fat American Society, my friends and I decided to take him to Texas de Brazil. If you don't have a clue what that is, allow me to simplify with a picture.

Ahem. MEEEEEEEAT. I stole that image from some website, but just look at that meat! It comes on giant skewers. Basically it works like this.
  1. Order drinks
  2. Procure 'salad' from 'salad bar' (it's got sooooo much weird delicious food unlike a normal salad bar)
  3. Consume salad and little bread puffy things
  4. Dismiss salad plates to waitstaff
  5. Receive big white empty plate
  6. Flip magical card from red to green
  7. Receive meats
  8. Consume meats
  9. Optional: consume dessert
  10. Journey home
  11. Sit on the couch
  12. Repeat after me: "Buuuuuuuuuh"
Such an awesome meal. I wish I'd had a bigger appetite, because I don't feel my gluttony was quite up to snuff that day. Everyone else was in rare form, overeating like champions and admitting defeat only after a few buttons had popped off of their shirts. So Russ? Welcome back to the U.S., where the people are fat and happy, and the meat flows like water.