so the us women's gymnastic team (the sweethearts) lost to the chinese women's gymnastic teams (the underage sea-monkeys). fact ( Read more... )

hot chocolate is an amazing thing. according to what i've read, it can be achieved by dissolving finely chopped chocolate in boiling hot milk. stirring required. however, nobody can actually drink boiling liquids, and so, by the time the mixture has cooled down enough to drink, cocoa solids are recrystallizing and falling out of the solution. ( Read more... )

it always bothers me to hear of east-asian-americans (oh fuck it, "orientals") causing trouble. there's a teensy bit of debate on the web, mostly about/from the korean-american community about fears of backlash, their standing in the american consciousness, and what it all says about "the korean people".

now, i'm chinese, but if backlash time is ( Read more... )

1) there's this micheal buble song that plays @ cvs that i actually kind of like but can quite place ( Read more... )

things i may actually NEED to buy within 4-5 years ( Read more... )

Alton Brown- nuff said. the man is awesome, i hope he never ever changes ( Read more... )

at school, i used to steal bananas and other produce from the cafeteria, because i could. the oranges always got lost somehow- their less-squishy properties caused them to be carried about campus in my purse as a healthy snack. apples got lined up in my room and microwaved w/cinnamon and honey as i'm allergic to them when they're raw. (note: you ( Read more... )

i tried to make a casserole today ( Read more... )

i tried to make mascarpone/ricotta/whatever today. i forget what book said it, but it said you could curdle milk w/ lemon juice to produce a fresh creamy cheese. so i took my leftover cup of milk and poured a good tablespoon of lemon juice in it, strained the resulting curds through a series of paper towels (a mess) and stirred in some powdered ( Read more... )

i am OBSESSED w/ cheese/ham/apple sandwiches ( Read more... )