<center>2006.11.09</center>
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<p>목요일 오후 mokyoil ohoo: i had lunch w/ pastor abel 2day. &nbsp; he's a kewl guy. &nbsp; we ate @ 명동 순두부집 myungdong soondubujip. &nbsp; i (as well as the beautiful <a href="http://www.friendster.com/203953" target="new">kaela hwang</a>) am still on the no meat no "sugar" thing. &nbsp; i had 해물 순두부 haemool soondubu (seafud soft tofu stew). &nbsp; on ernest's xanga, he was talkin' 'bout some incredibly, disgustingly, mammoth burger, n' then matt (whang) mentioned some double burger made on krispy kreme doughnuts 4 buns. &nbsp; yah, @ the <a href="http://www.bjunkyard.com" target="new">bronx's junkyard</a> bay area bbq a few yrs (several yrs) back, i told jerome to eat a bbqed burger made on 2 krispy kreme doughnuts 4 buns, n' he ate it. &nbsp; a few months 'go, i reposted that pic'f jerome's eatin' that burger on the bjunkie forums, n' some dude called the burger a "luther burger." &nbsp; yah, the idea'f using doughnuts 4 hamburger buns has been 'round 4 a while. &nbsp; plz have a look @ the wiki(pedia) article on it: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Burger" target=new">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Burger</a>. &nbsp; off (the) 101, somewhere just south'f sf (maybe south sf or daly city) or maybe just somewhere in southern sf; there's an in.n.out burger rt next to a krispy kreme donuts. &nbsp; couldn't they team up n' sell these luther burgers? &nbsp; that'd be a fun idea but not a very healthy 1. &nbsp; in the end, i'm all 4 good health n' healthy eating. &nbsp; i'm simply a li'l amused by these fud stunts. &nbsp; well... i guess, <i>in the end</i>, i wish ppl'd eat more healthily... 'specially amerikans.
<p>so yah, the big news this wk (elektion wk) has been that 1) the demokrats've (or "<i>we</i> demokrats") taken over congress; 2) that arnold schwarzenegger has somehow won a 2nd term as cali4nia's governor, n' 3) britney's divorcin' "k.fed." &nbsp; i didn't know this k.fed dude had a musik career. &nbsp; i just found that out this morn. &nbsp; i thought maybe he was britney's "back up dancer" or sumpthin'. &nbsp; like ernest, i'm a li'l disappointed that this is such big news, i.e. i almost wanna rhetorikally ask, "why do ppl care?" &nbsp; yesterday morn, when i filled up gas (after <i>tryin'</i> to skate in the drizzly rain @ the sunnyvale skate park), i paid $2.199/gal @ &cent;0$+&cent;0 (costco). &nbsp; in the afternoon, when i returned to buy dishwashing detergent n' a unagi topped cali4ornia roll (dragon roll?) 4 lunch b4 my chiropraktic apptmnt w/ kaela @ her clinik, i saw that gas had risen to $2.239/gal. &nbsp; also, the union 76 by my office was $2.339/gal in the morn but $2.379/gal in the afternoon. &nbsp; dude! the rumour that the oil industry had lowered their pri&cent;es in recent wks to swing ppl 2ward the republikan party was obviously true. &nbsp; geez! couldn't they've 'least been <i>a li'l</i> subtle 'bout it?!?! &nbsp; they made it so obvious that it wasn't even fun. &nbsp; i'm disappointed that cali4nia turned out lookin' so republikan in this elektion, especially when u compare it to how the rest'f the country had such a good demokratic turnout. &nbsp; i'm disappointed that schwarzenegger won re.elektion. &nbsp; i'm disappointed that props 86 n' 87 failed. &nbsp; i had a bad feeling that angelides wouldn't beat schwarzenegger cos'f his lack'f publik appeal. &nbsp; that's precisely why i voted 4 steve westly in the primary! &nbsp; angelides didn't try very hard w/ his tv ad campaign, it cms. &nbsp; honestly, schwarzenegger had very snazzy tv ads! &nbsp; w/ prop 86, i think some ppl felt 'twas a tax on poor ppl cos poor ppl smoke. &nbsp; i'm guessing that's why it was hard to get unified support 'mongst "liberals' 4 it. &nbsp; not only that, maybe 2 many "liberals" smoke... after all, if u'r out to legalise pot, u probably rn't 2 averse to tobacco smoke either, eh? *shrug* 'member: i consider myself a "progressive," not a "liberal." &nbsp; neway, i'm all 4 <i>better</i> health, so i really wish prop 86 passed. &nbsp; prop 87? &nbsp; *sigh* i like alternative energy. &nbsp; i hope my current car (subaru forester <img src="journal/graphics/forester.jpg" alt="subaru forester">)'ll be my last conventional gas car. &nbsp; i hope the next car i buy, whenever that is, is like a hybrid or <i>some</i> kind'f alt energy car. &nbsp; man, now that the oil industry has jacked back up the &cent;o$t'f gas, i'm gonna need to consider 'gain ridin' my bike to werk more often. &nbsp; *sigh* i <i>do</i> like ridin' my bike to werk, but that prevents me from hittin' up the sunnyvale skate park b4 werk cos i don't wanna bring my skateboard into the office. &nbsp; (i leave it in the car, of course.) [later] dude, "baby needs a new pair'f shoes." &nbsp; man, the ollie hole on my left shoe's gotten <i>really</i> bad! &nbsp; i really shouldn't show up to werk in shoes this thrashed! &nbsp; i was never <i>that</i> fond'f this pair'f world industries shoes neway cos they have <font color="red">red</font> trim, n' that's <font color="red">stanfurd</font>'s colour. &nbsp; *sigh* when n' where can i buy some new skate shoes that i like? &nbsp; like, i c a couple'f pairs i like on <a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=hFit*7DqwsE&offerid=92500.10000020&type=3&subid=0" target="new">ccs</a><IMG border=0 width=1 height=1 src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=hFit*7DqwsE&bids=92500.10000020&type=3&subid=0" >: a pr'f emerica brown shoes w/ plaid trim or else a pr'f black n' white nike sb shoes w/ a doggy logo n' a paw logo. &nbsp; that's cute even tho' i don't usually wear white shoes. &nbsp; however, those logos r so appropriate 4 me cos i'm always skateboarding w/ sooni, u know?
<p>[later] i keep sayin' that kaela n' i don't travel 'nuff. &nbsp; when i compare us to our friends (which is always a dangerous thing - don't get me wrong), wow... we really don't travel 'nuff. &nbsp; i get a li'l sad cos, as i've sed, we just can't afford it since we're livin' off my 1 in&cent;ome rt now, n' that really isn't as much as some ppl'd expekt cos 1) i'm a mechani<font face="script" color="blue" size="+3">cal</font> engr n' not a software engr n' 2) since ppl in my industry think i'm much younger than i really am, they figure they should pay me like a fresh college grad. &nbsp; of course, on the flip side, since i hang out w/ lots'f college students, they're prob'ly blown 'way w/ how much i make. &nbsp; it's, of course, all relative. &nbsp; mortgage, property taxes, etc.? they're hefty sums! &nbsp; however, real estate is still the best investment. &nbsp; *sigh* neway, while browsing the archive'f this yr's edition'f <i>the beno journal</i>, i 'membered how much kaela n' i enjoyed our trip to vegas this summer 4 kaela's sista <a href="http://le-artiste.blogspot.com/" target="new">jeanna</a>'s wedding. &nbsp; i started thinkin' that, since we don't travel much, we appreciate it <i>that</i> much more. &nbsp; to me, renting the pt cruiser in vegas n' drivin' 'round those streets was quite a thrill. &nbsp; 4 our friends who travel so much more, maybe it wouldn't've been. &nbps; [later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 직장에서 juhnyuhk ijiman ajikdo jikjangeisuh: *sigh* i feel so sad that i can't do better 4 kaela. &nbsp; i feel sad; she deserves better. &nbsp; i <i>wish</i> i could take her on fan&cent;y vakations, buy her nice things like jewelry or a new car, buy nice things 4 our home <i>4 her</i>, hire a maid service to keep our house clean <i>4 her</i>, take her out to nice dinners 'least like we used to... what has happened? &nbsp; i feel like i had the resources when we were younger, when we were just dating or engaged; the resources to take her to nice dinners much more often n' to buy her nice gifts. &nbsp; *sigh* what has happened? &nbsp; is it just our mortgage n' property tax? &nbsp; is it the fakt that more'f my in&cent;ome now gets tied up into investments - both normal investments n' retirement investment? &nbsp; is it the fakt that more'f my in&cent;ome now goes 2wards healthcare? &nbsp; what is it?<br><br><br>