Just throwing in a couple of cool links and then I’m off the rest of the holiday weekend. Have a good one!
Oh jeez, I missed No Pants Day again! I’m sure my fiancee would be all for that kind of day…er–scratch that. He’d like a No Pants Year, starring me. I’m not so sure I’d be all that comfortable. Of course you can wear No Pants Day boxers if you’re really modest, like me.
Digital Sushi is marvelous! If you like sushi, that is…you should at least TRY IT. Start with something simple, like California roll, if you’re squeamish about sashimi (raw fish). California roll is made out of pieces of cucumber, carrot, or avacado and tuna, crab or imitation crabmeat and sometimes cream cheese. Then it’s all wrapped up in white rice and nori (seaweed wrap). I like to take a bit of wasabi and mix it with shoyu (soy sauce) and dip the roll into it. It’s way too yummy to describe. You can get variations of California roll at many Chinese or Japanese buffet-style restaurants. In West St. Paul, Grand Buffet has some, but I prefer the stuff made and bought at the Byerly’s deli. Anyway, Digital Sushi has a complete ‘dictionary’ (with pictures!) that lists all types of sushi and sushi ingredients, to get familiar with. Even if you don’t like any of the food, there’s lots of other cool stuff like photos of trips to Japan, cool desktop stuff like icons, cursors and wallpaper. So go!
Riding In Cars…With Boys
Okay, so we have one car. He is the driver. So I spend alot of time in the passenger seat of the car. Sometimes more time is spent in the damn car, waiting for him to get smokes, gas, etc. All the while, I sit and wait. I’ve noticed that gas stations do not really play any decent music. It’s usually Backstreet Boys crap or old, rejected soft rock. Anyway, the other day I all but threw my hands up in rejoice and spewed forth shouts of ‘hallelujah!’ because as I’m sitting in the car waiting yet again, they played Steely Dan! No way, were we at a gas station? I had to look around to make sure. Yep, we are. I had to pinch myself to be sure I wasn’t dreaming. Nope. I thought that was pretty damn cool. I thought it outloud when he came back to the car. He supressed a chuckle. A ‘OMYGOD, you’re weird’ chuckle.
Okay, so you think I’m a dork, and you’re sure that Steely Dan is still crappy stuff to play at a gas station, or anywhere, for that matter. But to me it was fantastic.
Since we’re on the subject of music…
This is a cool website that lists songs that have been played on TV commercials. If you’re into that sort of thing. I just happened upon it while cruising Google (I’m always cruising Google!). I was looking for an answer to the latest debacle over at my guestbook, about a Ralph Lauren fragrance ad. Yes, folks, the highlight of my day so far is arguing with people at my own guestbook about tv commercials. How pathetic is that?
Same day, different year..
Other posts on this day:
- Single girls’ night in – 2001