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Feb 28, 2010

Leggo my eggette.

Lately, Sundays have had their own odd routine. I get up, do some
chores, go look at some houses, and eat at a random place in a
potential new neighborhood. Today completely fit that pattern.

First I took inventory on our earthquake kits and made a shopping list
of things that need to be replaced, and added to. I thought we were
completely prepared, but after an inspection, I think we are only 75%
there. I'm hoping to be closer to 99% by next weekend. I'd say 100%
but come on, there's always something you're bound to forget.

After earthquake check, Randall and I hit the open house circuit. We
saw a couple that are great, but we're not going to buy them. They're
not right for us. And to be honest, I'm not really ready.

But it is fun to window shop and check out new places. Today we ended
up in glen park where we ate delicious sandwiches from canyon market
and then popped over to eggettes where we ate some eggettes (hk style
waffles). I will say, glen park really isn't my ideal area, but it
gets bonus points for eggettes.delicious

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Feb 27, 2010

In which we spend our afternoon shopping for vehicles we can't justify and don't really need

This afternoon Randall and I ended up at the scooter shop. We were
actually going to the mini dealer, but when we got there the power was
out. So we said we'd come back later and went helmet shopping instead.
After 10 years of "not getting around to it", Randall and I are
finally taking the moto class and getting our moto licenses. Wait, you
might be thinking to yourself, don't you already drive a moped? Well,
yes I do (hence the reason I didn't need to helmet shop), but let's
just say it might not have been 100% legit.

I thought about going home with a cherry red Vespa 150, but Randall
says we should do some pricing research first.

And yes, he bought an orang helmet. He liked the shoei the best and
they had it in stock in orange, black, or yellow. I would've gone
black, but he went orange.

Afterwards we headed back to the mini dealership where I testdrove the
convertible. While I've been in convertibles, I don't think I'd ever
driven one before.

It was fun.

I don't know if were going to get it though. Personally I drive once
every three weeks, so I'm going to defer to r on this one. To be 100%
honest, I'm surprised he didn't already come home with one. I can't
say I would be upset if he did.

Ps. After all this shopping and driving we made a quick stop at
costco. This was mostly so Randall could check out one more vehicle:
the cart that he rides down the long ramp.


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Feb 26, 2010

down the peninsula and back again


this evening, i jetted out of work and missed the train by 2 seconds. So i took a cab, caught up with the train and headed down the peninsula. tonight was the scheelbarrow quarterlyish dinner potluck hangout fun time. it was supposed to be a couple months ago, but the scheel's just had a baby (say hi to new cutie mikela!), and first she was sick, and then we were. but tonight, tonight we were all in good health and ready to hang out.

we were also ready to eat. which, was a really good thing, because there was some frigging great carnitas, homefried tortilla chips, beans, rice, and delicious guac. after a short digestion period we then topped it all off with tres leches cake topped with whipped cream and strawberries.

like i said, it was a good thing that we were ready to eat.

the scheelbarrows are old pals of ours (randall thinks he's known dave for 13 years and eric for at least 8), and the relationships sort of feel familiar (as in family, but more like cousins you don't see that often). you know, just this sort of comfortable whatever feeling.

and while we've been hanging out for a while, it's been particularly interesting to see how our lives are changing as we get older. the parents now out-number the non-parents (translation: randall and i are now the only ones who aren't willing to grow up), but it doesn't matter. we're all in this journey together.

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Feb 25, 2010

letting my face breathe (why am i still at work?)

lately i've been breaking out like crazy. maybe it's the greasy pork chops or the fact that i now cook all vegetables in my new favorite habenero olive oil (lots of it). either way my face needed a breather. so today i didn't wear any makeup. this was fine for the first few fresh faced hours, but now that it's past 7 and i'm oddly still in the office, it's not looking so good. i squished my eyes up so you couldn't tell. but that's where all the madness is, look closely and you can see those hidden pandas and blemishes hidden in creases. also, while i'm vainly talking about my face, when did it get so goddamned wide? and how do i make it stop? how do i weigh exactly the same as i did 3 years ago but my face seems 5 times as round?

okay, going to pull my hair out if i don't leave here. nite.

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Feb 24, 2010

*head to desk*

really, it's been that sort of a day. hopefully those kids at 826 don't break me completely! bay-farer 31 begins in 25 minutes! ciao!

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Feb 23, 2010

Andy joins the weird fruit club

This is AndyR and he's a smiling new member of my "weird" fruit club.
We might be the only members, but that's besides the point.

Today the weird fruit is a cherimoya. I forget the family of fruit it
belongs to, except I'm sure it's part of the delicious family. It's
creamy on the inside and is white in color with large black seeds. I
like them mostly because they look like illustrated versions of
artichokes. Particularly if sbritt were to draw them.

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Feb 22, 2010

Fresh eggs and hot apple ciders

This evening, while taking the trash to the curb, my neighbor from
across the street said hello and said he had a present for me. Then he
came over and handed me a warm egg. He has a pair of chickens, and
while i've often shared our weeds with the chickens (they apparently
love them), I've never reaped any rewards. But tonight, I have fresh
egg!

Sorry anneh, getting spiked apple ciders with you was great, but you
were trumped by fresh egg.

But hey folks, anneh is back home!

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Feb 21, 2010

A fair(field) jelly bean adventure

In case you didn't know, the main jelly belly factory is in Fairfield,
ca -- about an hour away from sf. Although we both grew up in the
area, neither dk nor myself had ever been. For some reason we brought
this up at work and Melissa said she also wanted to go. So we went.

This morning dk picked us up and shuttled us all to fairfield. We
learned how jelly bellys are made (but sadly did not see them being
made as there is lamely no production on the weekends). Then we
harrassed the sample guy and had our fill of very cherry, mango chili,
and all the other flavors. Afterwards we decided to make the most of
the trip and headed to a nearby olive oil tasting room. It was a
little odd, in that the tasting room was in an office complex, but the
habanero infused oil was delicious.

Wanting to get out of the office park vibe, we got in the car and
drove to the other side of the freeway where we went wine tasting.
Both places we went (ledgewood creek and blue Victorian) were super
friendly and didn't charge for a tasting. It was just laid back and
chill and fun. And gorgeous, the lush green hillsides are amazing this
time of year.

Now for the sad part. Weekend's over and we gotta go to work tomorrow.
Boo on that.


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Feb 20, 2010

As Car As The Eye Can See

For no particular reason, or logic, Randall and I found ourselves at
the sf mini dealer. Their selection wasn't very broad, and that's
probably a good thing. We might have accidentally driven off with one;
especially if there had been one with the things we wanted in this
awesome blue color.

Why are we car shopping? I dunno. It was something to do. Also
sometimes I really miss our old mini (especially the fact that I could
even drive it into the garage -- something I can't do with our current
car) and think maybe we should get one again. Besides our current
fancypants car needs new tires, and they're so pricey Randall says we
might as well get a new car.

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Feb 19, 2010

Escaping from shutter island

This evening April, Randall and I went to the kabuki to see shutter
island. I wasn't necessarily into seeing shutter island, but it was at
the kabuki screen 1 balcony and that's pretty much the only theater I
care to go to anymore. I knew very little about the movie going into
it, and for the most part I enjoyed it (maybe a tad too long).

I won't spoil the movie for you, but i'll just say, it felt old
school. Very traditional scorsese. The music, the dialogue, and some
of the scenes, all just felt like an older movie. Or an homage to an
older film era. And the end, well i think I'd seen it before. Oh and
also, apparently the trailer/commercial (which I haven't really seen)
is making it look like a thriller. Don't be fooled, it's not. It's
suspenseful, but it's not a horror (although some lady did awkwardly
scream in our screening). Yet I thought scared would be a more fun
emotion to portray than intrigued, so here ya go.
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