Just a random list

Lazy blogging at it's finest.

1. Power outage at work today. Went home around 10am.

2. We purchased season passes for Great America. It's an amusement park not far from our house. Totally going to take my lunch break to ride rollercoasters.

3. Vegetarian month is going really well. Not craving meat. And when I do, I make myself watch this:



4. I watched Legends of the Fall this morning since I couldn't go into work. I've watched it hundreds of times and each time I've cried.

Tada!

Photos from NYC

So I didn't really tell anyone I was going to New York City because I didn't know myself till a few days before the actual trip. I figured since my husband would be on work travel during 4th of July weekend and I had some friends cancel out on me last minute, hey why not tag along with him.


We started our morning @ YouTube. Parked our car in the garage and took a taxi cab to the airport. Long term parking gets expensive.




San Francisco International Airport


If you haven't already flew on Virgin America, you should. However, flights are limited to only major cities. At least for now. But if you have the opportunity to, do it. They're affordable and all the seats have a view of this. You can play music, watch tvs, order movies, play video games, order food/drinks, the works.


The fog machine and the lights give it a club feel.


We arrive at our 4 star hotel (according to HotWire) and was surprised how tiny it was. Literally a shoe box. But we figured we wouldn't spend as much time here anyways.


We stayed in midtown, also known as "crowded as fuck", which is also known as Time Square. Tourist central.


Never again will I stay in midtown. Next time I'll stay in the Chelsea area known for the yuppiness of all yuppy. It's better.


We ate at this crappy English Pub-like restaurant above a main intersection in Midtown. Although the location and views were nice, the food fucking sucked. NEVER ORDER ITALIAN FOOD FROM AN ENGLISH RESTAURANT. NEVER.


Playwright Tavern is the name. It was so bad that I had to remind myself what the restaurant was called by this photo.


Best part of my meal was this flower.




I pulled out my camera to take a photo of Leo's New York hot dog. But by the time I snapped the photo, he ate most of it.


Funny story: I walked above some grates in Harlem and my mini dress blew up above my head. So anything below my chin was probably visible. I probably made someones day. Oh well. This photo was taken while we were waiting in line to see Rent on Broadway.


I could finally cross off "SEEN A BROADWAY SHOW" on my list of things to do before I die. You know, right next to "SWAM WITH A LARGE SHARK IN HAWAII."


This was in the New York Times building. A bunch of articles shuffle through these tiny marquees.


Also this phrase. Don't know why.




We took back a few slices of New York pizza to our hotel room to make up for the crapppy dinner. Gotta love these open very late kinda joints.




Entrance to Central Park.








The famous Central Park fountain.


I'm proud of this photo. I placed it on a ledge of a wall and used the timer feature. Not bad.




We rented a little row boat. T'was romantic.














Near the place where Borat washed his tighty whities.


Boat pond.


106 and Park. Not too sure why Leo took me here. I guess the whole reference to hip hop being concieved here or some shit like that. Luckily we didn't get shot.


It was basically this basketball court and a huge graffiti wall...


...and this bridge.


Funny sign.


Harlem.




Brooklyn Bridge


Happily.


Gift from the French.


Trying to pinch the lady.


Gotcha.


City skyline from the ferry.


We ordered room service to send us this delicious brownie with ice cream. This was seriously the best brownie I ever had in my life.




We ate at Little Italy at a restaurant called Cafe Sorento. It was good compared to the crap we've had.


Best part of my meal was dessert. Leo had a canoli while I had a tiramisu. They should just rename to tiramagood.


City view from the Google building.

Despite the humidity and the urine smelling streets, I like New York. A LOT. Leo and I have contemplated moving here, but for now, I'm going to say no. As a Californian, I realized how spoiled I am. Having so much space and cleaner air. It's great. Besides, if I wanted big city, San Francisco is right here.

My new best friend

The Dark Knight

Leo, Melody, Jane, Don, and I are going to see The Dark Knight tonight in Cupertino. I'm really excited. I haven't been excited about a movie in a long time. And I heard Heath Ledger's performance was amazing.

If you haven't already watched the trailer, here it is.



Then watch this one. I nearly fell off my chair laughing.



The best scene:

Criminal 1: "What are you proposing?"

Joker: It's simple. Kill The Batman.
As you can see from my charts, we use to be at awesome. Now we dropped. I don't know what happened. But I want us to reach back up to awesome.

Criminal 2: Get back up to awesome... why didn't I think of that? We should kill Batman. Wow, what an idiot I am. Geez. He's the Joker right? He's the smart one.

Criminal 3: What did you major in?

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I'm easily amused. Can't you tell?

This is another post where I talk about my hair

Finally did my hair after much debating. I was hoping to have my entire head light brown, but since my stylist said that I had too much color in my hair already, I would do some major damage to it by bleaching my entire head. So I had it trimmed and added brown highlights. It turned out fantastic. I think I may have found a winner and found my new stylist in the Bay Area. Thank God for these guys. My only gripe is that they spelled compliments as "complements" on their website. They are totally going to get dinged for that on Yelp.

Sorry, my webcam's quality is not so hot.

Blew a fuse

Last Monday, Leo and I went to lunch and had a wonderful vegetarian meal at a Thai restaurant close by the data center where he was working. He's been really supportive about this whole vegetarian thing that I have to repeatedly tell him that he doesn't have to eat vegetarian just for me. He's always like, "It's okay, I want to do this." When really he probably hates it. And I hate it when he says things like that. Makes me want to slap him in the face with a t-bone steak. I sometimes think he does it just to impress me. Like he wants me to return the favor with a humongous blow job.

Anyhow, after our meal, we make our way to the data center. He gives me the grand tour and then enlightens me about the stuff he does when he's not playing online games. The stuff that normal people like myself call a job. I'm just bitter because I don't work from home like he does. On our drive back to my office, I was thankful that he didn't quiz me about what I learned from my experience at a Google/YouTube data center after his whole spiel. Cus dude, if he did, my only response would be FLUX CAPACITOR!

Upgraded to the new iPhone!

I assume you all know the new iPhones were released yesterday. Lines were wrapped around the stores and how it was complete mayhem and yada yada yada. So Leo and I walked in this morning to our local AT&T store and upgraded our iPhones. No lines. No wait. On second thought, there is a wait. They're delivering the phones to the store. Apparently Leo couldn't wait, so he ordered his on rush. Mine is on standard delivery. I could wait 7-10 days for GPS and faster interweb. No biggy. So they'll call/e-mail when they are ready for pick up. Sweet.


His and Her's. Leo bought the black one and I got the white. Both 16GB!

I admit 5 meme

I've been tagged by, Maria, my blogger pal to list out 5 memes. When it comes to blogging, Maria likes to keep things real, just like me. And that's why I respect her. Normally, I wouldn't do this for anyone. But since I like her, sure, why not.

I admit that 1.) I don't ever leave the house wearing jeans that have not been ironed. Leo thinks it's a bit excessive. But when I was younger, my mom yelled at me for wearing un-ironed pants. Never again have a worn un-ironed pants. Pants are meant to be ironed at all times. As a matter of fact, I spent this morning ironing my pants perfectly. It actually took longer to iron my pants than to shower and fix my hair.

I admit that 2.) I don't ever use the silverware at my house. I use plastic forks and spoons because I have a fear of contracting germs even though I know I washed the silverware myself. In restaurants, I like to use the water in my glass to wash my silverware and then just order a seperate drink. My friend Jane was suprised I brought my own utensils to her house during lunch. "Uh...that's kinda weird."

I admit that 3.) I'm obsessed with my weight. I will end my life if I hit 120 lbs.

I admit that 4.) I have a habit of making unrealistic goals and will get mad at myself when I don't reach them.

I admit that 5.) I've made a lot of bad choices in my life.

After completing this list, I've realized I suck as an individual. Something terrible is happening on the other side of the world and here I am ironing my pants and obsessing over what I eat. Somewhere in the deepest, darkest, bowels of hell, an ironing board and an eternal wrinkled pair of jeans awaits me.

Nice to be back home

Hello. I'll post something worth reading when I feel like it. Right now I'm just enjoying the fact that the city I live in doesn't smell like urine. Okay. Thanks.

Going to New York... be back in a bit

Friends,
Leaving to New York City early tomorrow. I will be back to update on Wednesday. Have a great holiday weekend!

xoxo