월요일 아침: this wknd, i wasn't motivated to update the beno journal. if u'r a regular reader who aktually likes reading this, then sorry. it was a decent wknd but 2 short, no doubt. lemme tell u: i've decided upon 'least 1 new yr's resolution 4 2007 - to get rid'f my sideburns! the beautiful kaela hwang doesn't like'em, n' most ppl don't like'em; so, by popular demand, they'll be out'f here. i've had them in the past @ times, but they were always a foolish idea, i guess. aktually, i guess the reason i started growin'em out 'gain's cos i haven't been dyin' or bleachin' my hair in recent yrs cos'f the corporate cultural environment @ my office. since i'm (unofficially) not 'llowed to colour my hair, i've needed some way to express my individual style. however... whate'er, dude... it's time 4 a more professional look... maybe.
[later] 점심: so this was a pretty packed wknd. i s'pposed it's time to switch into outline mode:
[later] this morn, i wanted to skateboard w/ sooni but didn't. also, i wanted to hit up the sunnyvale skate park but decided that it'd be more professional 4 me to go straight to werk n' try to buckle down n' werk. @ lunch, kaela came to pick me up, n' we ate lunch @ dusita thai restaurant, usin' a gift checks ¢oupon (bogo).
[later] i gotta say; when i hang w/ our friend eric, i get to try a variety'f biers. he's quite into bier. it's pretty interesting. over the past decade or so, yah, i've come to enjoi bier. like kaela, i tend to like lite biers best; but given the entire range'f choices, i prefer biers that r either really lite or else really dark. i like the typikal golden asian lagers like ob, hite, cass, taiwan, asahi, sapporo. i like it when they taste like freshly baked bread. i enjoi popular dark stouts like guiness or other stouts that r described as having a chocolatey taste. the 1st time that my friend cal gave me a taste'f guiness, i recoiled n' sed it tasted like coffee. well, it's not that i didn't like coffee. i do like rich, dark coffee. i do now, n' i did then. however, i was just really shocked. up until then, i'd mostly drank lite biers - bud lite, heineken, sierra nevada pale ale... i guess, back then, i was just uneasy 'bout havin' that coffee taste in bier; but i think after i discovered the chocolatey note in that chord, i grew to like stout biers more. however, i always have this feeling - whether rt or wrong - that i shouldn't drink 2 much stout bier cos it's somehow not as healthy as lite biers. yah, i could be wrong. i also like pilsner biers, n' wheat biers like hefeweizen. fruit ciders, like apple or pear? yah, i'm kewl w/'em. now, wine coolers n' such fruity malt beverages? ugh, i now avoid'em cos'f their inclusion'f hi fructose corn syrup. i shy 'way from red biers, marzens, n' india pale ales. i think india pale ale tastes a bit like gin; it has a taste that's a bit chemically/chemicalish to me. marzen n' red biers? maybe 2 caramelly? *big shrug*
cos i wanna $ave $$$ (since i've $pent so much'f it lately), i wanna stay in n' cook more often these days. however, i guess every1 else thinks like that cos i've gotten so many nice restaurant ¢oupon$ (coupons) lately. it's true, rt? i have many ¢oupon$ (coupons) from my gift¢he¢k$ (giftchecks) book to use still (expire 2006년12월30일):
- left @ albuquerque
- mayuri indian cuisine
- vquero's chop houseel pollo loco
- tia juana mexikan restaurant (duane in sunnyvale)
- sangam "fine" indian cuisine (1st st, san jo)
- el caminito mexikan restaurant (el camino real, sunnyvale)
- banjara indian cuisine (town & country village, sunnyvale)
- lu lai garden vegetarian chinese cuisine (milpitas 99 ranch)
- rangoli (el camino real @ halford, santa clara)
- chelokababi (wolfe rd @ el camino real, sunnyvale)
- sabor salvadoreño (white oak lane @ poinciana, santa clara)
- una mas grill 108 (river aoks pkwy, san jo)
things r lookin' up re: a day trip to the slopse this sat. phil n' clarence've sed that they'd join me. clarence n' i r lookin' to use our bay area snow show free tix. those'll get us into: pathetik dodge ridge, cr@ppy heavenly, out'f the way homewood, kirkwood, s'pposedly cr@ppy mt. rose, northstar, n' sierra. the only serious choices out'f those r: pathetik dodge ridge, kirkwood, northstar, n' sierra. let's check the snow report 'gain:
- pathetik dodge ridge: not open
- cr@ppy heavenly: 27~51", 5 lifts
- homewood: not open
- kirkwood: 14~16", only 2 lifts
- s'pposedly cr@ppy n out'f the way mt. rose: 7~12", only 1 lift
- northstar: 10~16", 6 lifts
- sierra: 6~14", 6 lifts
- mysteriously not included sugar bowl: 12~24", only 1 lift
[later] just 1'f the reason's i'm gonna resolve in 2007년 to shave off my sideburns's cos almost every1 @ cal taekwondo on sat made fun'f'em. i mean... call it peer pressure if u must, but i guess it makes sense. furthermore, kaela's always hated'em. the worst part 'bout'em is this: in hi skool, when i went to get my hair cut @ some hair cuttin' place on almaden expy, just north'f blossom hill rd (i think 'twas maybe just b4 some important hi skool dance), the lady asked me if i wanted her to shave off my sideburns. i asked her 4 her opinion. she sed, well, especially since u don't have really thick side burns, i oughtta shave'em off. in fakt, i think she put it more bluntly n' sed they were scraggly or sumpthin'. *sigh* in college, i tried to grow out my sideburns 1nce or 2ice... more likely 2ice. as i was losin' weight all thru.out college, my mom told me my sideburns made me look 2 skinny... 'least my face. ppl make elvis cracks/jokes to me, but i think my scraggly attempts @ sideburns were more inspired by the likes'f michael nesmith'f the monkees. didju happen to check out the wiki link i put rt there? if so, didju c a recent pic there'f nesmith? can u believe how much older (ok, "more mature") he looks now? wow! he looks like a grandpa, n' i'm sure he is. i only 'member him from the monkees tv show!
2day, i'm wearing these tragically hip stone blue cords (cordouroy jeans) that i bought in oktober from armani exchange (a|x0. i noticed this morn that the screenprinted, stylish paint spots had washed off. man, don'tchu hate it when clothes r like that?! like, don'tchu hate it when "durty" jeans turn clean? well, maybe those fake paint spots were a bit 2 bold; i dunno. however, on fri, i received my aeropostale order w/ a pair'f super.ripped jeans, which i wore on sat to berkeley. i guess they did make me feel a li'l juvenile.
[later] 저녁 이지만 당영히 아직도 직쟁에서: i have that list'f restaurants 4 which i have expiring giftcheck coupons, but u know somewhere else i wish we could go somedasy? the silikon valley has several russian restaurants. i'd like to try 1 someday.