I finished year 2

Mission Beach @ night. Walked to PB and had dinner.


(separate day) Made a salad of roasted potatoes, salami, mozzarella, and green beans, and also made zabaglione with blackberries!

Today I went shopping. Back up. I am poor. I used to think I should dress appropriate for my profession and my upcoming successful law career, but C reminded me that I was poor and unlikely to become un-poor. So I went to Forever 21.

Muffy & Fluffy

Note I usually reduce the size of my pictures before posting, but not this time! Now it can be YOUR desktop background too!

Catalina's on fire.

I was there too!

I may need to terminate this collection of socal on fire pix early, there's just too many!

There's a fire near Griffith Observatory.

I was there last month!

Ol' Muffy on a Leash

The best video ever made, short of the upcoming sequel. If this doesn't excite you about the possibilities of blogging, nothing will!

Etched in Rom

I started making videos of my cat. Like how people make videos of their children, so if their kids die they can reconstruct them perfectly with synthetic materials. In my case I've got a ton of claws, whiskers and fur all over so reconstruction materials won't be an issue.

I made a video of her eating dry food, one of wet, and for the past few days I've been trying to make a video of her on the litterbox.



She's not very happy about this turn of events. As you can see, she's taken to facing the wall when using the litterbox.



We also went on another extended walk today. I want to make another muffy walking video, but it's difficult to hold the camera and Muffy steady at the same time.

Chicken Marsala

I love chicken marsala, and I finally got around to making it on my own. I used this recipe, which actually came out really well without any alterations (except I doubled the sage). The sauce is kind of thin, but that's how you know it's not restaurant food. And ya, this was enough for two meals.

Trevor Hoffman Blows

Last Friday we went to the Padres v Dodgers game at Petco. I finally got to stop by Basic for a drink. It was absolutely packed, the pizza looked terrible, and I felt really out of place (being non-white and non-beautiful). But I did like the abandoned warehouse decor.

Anyhow, the game was completely sold out. It was also honor trevor hoffman day, so they gave us these clocks:He blew the save, second game in a row. We were up 4-2 and then we lost.

View of the free seats at the park.


View of the trolley collecting center and the Coronado bridge behind the park. We had these crazy high nose bleed seats, last row in the way back. I think my school had a padres party that same day, but I didn't get those tickets in time.

Back to studying for me. My finals finish later than pretty much everyone else in the world this year, I don't get out until May 17 =(

Last night I made Chow Mein! I never knew this was something you could make at home. It takes a lot of time cutting and prepping the sauces, but it's actually pretty good. I'm sure it's completely unhealthy with all the sodium and oil though. Over the weekend we had congee with saba. C makes damn good congee!

Spring Break Part 2

C and I have this tradition of going to Las Vegas during Easter. Rooms are cheaper, it's not as crowded (supposedly) and the desert is just starting to heat up. Those are really half myths. By cheap, I mean rooms and food remain completely unaffordable for families, the traffic on the Strip is so bad we won't drive in LV ever again, and by "desert starting to heat up" I mean it's 91 degrees instead of 110. But with that in mind, we still had a good time!

Took us 6-7hours to drive there as a result of traffic, but luckily Bouchon still honored our reservations. Afterwards, we checked out the line at Tao, the nightclub in the Venetian w/the $30 cover that I really want to go to. At 10pm, the line was already full of people far more beautiful/better dressed than us! C says we're too old for that kind of stuff any ways.

We checked out the Bellagio's central display. It changes every year (?). Last time we came around the lunar new year so it was Asian themed. Today, crane and butterfly themed. The hotel overall has a sakura theme this month, with fake cherry blossoms descending from the ceiling.


Saturday we went to Hoover Dam. This was my second visit, last time over 10 years ago. I'd say it got a lot more crowded, and the tour a lot shorter as a result of terrorist fears.


Hoover Dam controls the Colorado River, which according to the tour, used to destroy entire communities when it flooded. They built the dam in four years during the Great Depression.


Generators inside the Dam. This is about the entire tour. See, you don't need to go inside any more, I've shown it to you. Pic taken at ISO 1600, no flash b/c I like to preserve color, so it's grainy.


The Arizona/Nevada state line comes straight down the middle of the dam. I made C pose for that stupid shot your parents always make you take when you can stand in multiple states at once.


Here's me, but more importantly, you can see Lake Mead and the drought line.

By the time anyone reading this blog visits Hoover Dam, this archway will be constructed. It's to remove pedestrians and cars from the main 2 lane road. As is, the traffic backs up for miles.

Memorial to those who died. I like the art.


We also checked out the wings at the new Hooters casino, shopped at the outlets, and ate at C's favorite Thai restaurant (Lotus of Siam), off in a strip mall in the middle of no where. They make the best catfish.

One of my hobbies: taking pictures of flashing neon signs while in a moving car. Urban art at its best.