3 posts tagged “cooking”

Below is an e-mail message I tried to send through the George Foreman web site relay my experience with one of their products. The message came back as undelierable. I'll try one of their other web sites, but found the irony of getting this back yumerous.

Today looks like a light shopping and double DVD day for the kid. Shopping will be a quick trip to the Wal-mart across the street. I love having a store like Wal-mart right across the street. The fact I don’t have a car makes it that much better

My mission is to replenish my diet soda stash. This, I do this every few days. I usually get two 2 liter bottles at a time. That’s about all I’m happy carrying home. No, it’s not far, but they weigh a little over 2 pounds each. I’m becoming a sissy in my old age.

Like a lot of people, I’ll also cruise around the store to see what’s on special, or roll-back. I usually just look, but you never know.

I have my eye on a wok that’s on sale for $14.95, but I can’t quite make myself pull the trigger.

The last two nights, I’ve had Chinese chicken and veggie stir-fry made in a normal, deep frying pan. I doubt the wok would have made the concoction taste any better, but it would have added to the ambiance.

The other day, I bought a pack of those really thin breath strips, then promptly came home and threw them away. Although sometimes frivolous with my money, I’m not that frivolous. I was excited about something else in the bag and forgot to take out the breath strips.

Of course, this had to be the day I was vigilant about taking out the rubbish, so down the trash chute the breath strips went before I realized my blunder. I’m just glad I bought the single pack and not the three pack. Throwing away two dollars-something is one thing, but had I thrown away five dollars-something, I probably would have invented a new swear word, or two.

I may have to replace those today. Who knows, maybe Wal-mart will have the three-pack on sale.

After scoping and pillaging Wal-mart it’ll be time to watch the two DVD’s I should have in my mail box. I get the ones in the red envelope.

Today’s features will consist of disc 2 from season 1 of the HBO series, The Wire. I just started it over the weekend. So far, like it. I don’t have HBO, so I get the DVD’s after the fact.

Last week I finished The Sopranos. All six seasons over a couple of months. I’m still tawlkin’ with a New Jersey accent.

Excellent series! I may have to do it all over again some day. I was sad when I finished all the episodes. Sadder yet, when I visited the HBO web site and had to accept the fact the series is really over.

I wanted a Bada Bing! T-shirt, but they’ve apparently been so popular, the HBO store only has small left. Homey don’t do small t-shirts. I can still get a Bada Bing! baseball hat. Again, I’m tempted, but haven’t pulled the trigger on that one yet either.

Today’s other disc is a movie called Shaolin Soccer. It’s about an underdog soccer team that uses king fu to defeat stronger, cheating opponents. Described as Karate Kid with faster feet, it sounds like fun…or something. In addition to Stephen Chow in the lead role, it also stars Karen Mok and Wei Zhao, who were excellent in So Close. Another Chinese movie about a couple of sisters who are computer geniuses and a cop who’s trying to catch them. Good stuff. Hot women.

I actually prefer Chinese drama to Chinese kung fu stuff, but most of the good drama stuff doesn’t come with English audio. Unfortunately, my low vision makes reading quick moving subtitles not very much fun.

If you’re into Chinese drama and haven’t checked them out yet, check out In The Mood For Love & 2046. Tony Leung Chu-Wai is excellent, and the story captivating. Make sure you watch In The Mood first. I made the mistake of watching them in the wrong order, and had to watch them again.

These two come with only Cantonese audio, so be ready for the fast moving subtitles.

Anyway, that’s how my day is shaping up. Not sure about the evening yet. Since I’m getting my writing fix out of the way early, I may slip out into the ‘hood for a couple of beers and touch base with some of my Korean friends.

Despite being an ugly white boy from the suburbs of Washington, DC, almost all of my friends are Asian of one variety, or another. Such is life in Hawaii. I love it!

Since I’m not sure what particular brand of white boy I am, I tend to embrace other people’s cultures. With Asian cultures being prevalent here in Hawaii, I usually wrap myself around Asian stuff.

Among other inconveniences brought on by my low vision, my chopstick skills have deteriorated. I’d never realized using chopsticks was such a delicate art.

Looks like the lunch time rush at Wal-mart should have subsided, so I think I’ll clean up a bit and shuffle on over.

Did I say shuffle? Indeed I did. Today’s Shuffle soundtrack will be a combination of two bands: Hiroshima and 12 Girls Band. No, my eyes haven’t lost any of their roundness. I still love The Allman Brothers, Motley Crue, Kid Rock & Natalie Walker, but I just happen to have the other stuff already loaded on my Shuffle.

Some day when I don’t have pressing Wal-mart business to attend to, I’ll get more into my somewhat diverse musical tastes…or lack thereof.

For anybody keeping track, there’ll be more about Soon Ji’s adventures in America a couple, few days.

Jiao!!!