This whole week I’ve been sleeping at 2am. It sucks…I am so tired at work. Every day I’m like tonight I’m going to sleep early but it never happens. So just a quick note and a video because I’m too tired to find something cooler to post about!

Quick note:
I’m so sad to hear my favorite travel search website is shutting down! (Yahoo’s farechase). At least there’s still kayak.com!

And an unrelated video but awesome nonetheless:

Wasn’t I just talking about this? :P

Click here for higher quality versions. It looks awesome. Thanks cheryl!

Wow, I had no idea that I have horrible sushi etiquette. At least according to this article: Are You Sushi Savvy?

To sum up the article and all of the things I’ve been doing wrong for YEARS now:

1. don’t eat the ginger piled on top of the sushi. eat it between pieces of raw fish to cleanse the palate
2. eat nigiri (rice topped with raw fish) with your fingers…not chopsticks!
3. dip fish side down, not rice side down, into the soy sauce
4. eat nigiri fish side down so you taste the flavors in the correct order

I can’t wait to eat sushi CORRECTLY next time!

This is pretty crazy/cool!

I can’t wait for the Where The Wild Things Are movie. When is there going to be a trailer????? To tide us over, they’ve just released some movie stills. It looks pretty cool. I’m glad they have Spike Jonze to direct it!

Check out the rest here.

I know people have been saying bad things about the movie and that’s why it keeps getting delayed…but I think the more “adult” the movie turns out..the better! Check out these quotes:

The film has been pushed back until 2009. Word in the hills is that Warner Bros is extremely unhappy with the finished product. Test screening audiences have complained that the film is too adult and even too scary for children. One audience member wrote:

“I don’t think it’s for young children. They’d probably like the video version from ‘The Children’s Circle’ better.”

Another test screener writes:

“And some kids at my screening began to cry and asked their parents to leave, so that should give you an idea.” “The things are not cute. Max comes off a bit weird and off-putting ‘He slaps his mom!’ and he seems confused and not charming at all.” “No rumpus, no big set pieces, no ’state-of-the-art’ lucrative seq

I think if they try to tailor it to kids, it will just come out cheesy. I think it will be great if it has an eerie feel to it! The little kids can stick to watching disney films. Anyways…the new release date for the film is supposedly oct 16, but I won’t believe it until I see a trailer!

Just got back from Vegas and I am soooo tired! As always, it was a lot of fun though. The theme of this year’s trip seems to be FOOD though. I ate so much. Seriously, this week I’m going to have to detox to make up for it! ha, just kidding….I love food too much.

Every place we ate at was excellent. Here’s two that come highly recommended:

Sushi Mon – my hs friend who now lives near Las Vegas met up with us for dinner at this all you can eat sushi place. the fish was fresh and so yummy. the menu also had so much selection!! i loved how everything was made after you ordered. it’s not like todai where the fish has been sitting there all day. i don’t think i’ve ever been so stuffed! it literally hurt after that meal. but it was yummy :)

Buchon – ok, so i’ve mentioned before on my blog that one of my to do things before i die is to eat at the french laundry! well this was the next best thing….buchon is also owned by thomas keller. the waitress joked that this restaurant was created so the chefs at the french laundry would have some place to eat after work. ha ha. the service and food was great! they served really good bread and gave us some smoked salmon spread on the house to hold us over until the food was ready (all of the food is cooked to order and usually takes 45 minutes to make). IT WAS YUM! I ordered the veal breast. It was very tender and tasty. Other favorites from the group were the duck, mac n cheese, and even the flatiron steak got good reviews! next time i’m in vegas, I will have to stop by the buchon bakery for a pastry!

We also got to see the cirque de soleil show O at the bellagio. this is their water show. after all of the hype (“this is the best one out of all of the shows”) I was kind of disappointed. it was still very good and entertaining but I think I might like mystere better. one thing I do know is that I’m a total fan of cirque shows and highly recommend them to everyone! I think the next time my parents go to vegas I am going to treat them to a show. It’s amazing what the human body can do and the whole show always has such a magical and fantasy-like quality to it. Love it!!!

As for the gambling aspect of the trip, it wasn’t so great. I’m down $50 bucks. I won some money playing pai gow but then I lost it all playing poker. Can you believe I lost $100 after TWO hands in poker? ugh!!! sometimes playing poker is so frustrating. You can play correctly but still lose. :( Oh well…better luck next time!

ps. sorry for the crappy pics…they were all taken with my iphone with these weird settings from camerabag hehe

A modern love story about a man and his wife turned paraplegic – this is the 2nd paraplegic story i’ve read that made me tear up!
The customer is not always right – funny customer service stories
The untold story of the world’s biggest diamond heist – i love reading stories like these…it’s like a movie!
Top 10 first date faux pas – clicking fingers at waiter is #1
Washington Post’s article on infant deaths in hot cars – these stories are always so sad
Diagnosing car sounds – my car is making a thumping sound :(
All time top 3000 songs

My favorite thing to buy lately is a box of clementine cuties from Trader Joe’s. They’re so easy to peel and eat and virtually a no mess snack. And they are usually much sweeter than oranges.

Why everybody should be eating clementines:

– a medium sized clementine is only 50 calories!

– it’s a great source of Vitamin C, fiber, folate, potassium and antioxidants

– it’s supposed to be great for your vision and if consumed daily can reduce vision loss associated with aging

– the smell of clementines is supposed to be stress reducing and calming. i agree..i love the smell!

speaking of trader joe’s, i’ve lately become obsessed with their canned trout. am i weird that i love canned fish??

i also bought their microwavable steel cut oatmeal + chunky apples in a jar. i’m trying to recreate the jamba juice oatmeal hehe. i’ll report back on my findings when i eat it!

any trader joe’s fans out there? any products I should be trying???

This video makes me laugh every time!

There’s a whole blog dedicated to confusing comics that just don’t make any sense.

Yup, I DON’T GET IT.