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... oops. I missed like, everyone's August birthdays; happy belated birthday to exor674, chipb0i, mortaine, fractalspackle, jennifer, richenza, khalidz0r, jennielynn1127, burrito19, shimonrura, and last but definitely not least, pukajen!

Things what have made me laugh so hard I fell out of my chair: "Stanford is a conservative school, that’s why they’re rivals with Cal - it has little to do with sports." HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Shyeah. Whatevs.

Things over which I am conflicted: Joba Chamberlain. Yes, I vacillated, then eventually picked him up off waivers about 30 seconds before someone else could. (Yes, I finally used my #1 waivers slot for this kid.) Yes, my fantasy team is reaping the benefits of quality innings. But dammit, two of those innings have come against the Sox. Who are still six games up, true, but that's not totally insurmountable given the month remaining before the postseason. And now he got his ass suspended for the weekend for throwing his balls at Youk's head. Sigh.

Things that make me wonder about who's calling the show: NESN's obsession with Josh Beckett's butt. Seriously, every time he stepped off the mound, a camera followed him from the rear about waist-height down in these long bouncy shots.

Things you should not mistake for the real thing: Trader Joe's "Bool Kogi." Don't waste your money - the spices are wrong and bland and it's sliced way too thick. Locals, go pick up real bulgogi at Han a Reum or Reliable; you cook it at home just like the "Bool Kogi," but with far better results. Or Kaya's is "acceptable," per hyounpark. (Koreana's "sucks, don't go there.") Or you could get Hyoun to make you some himself ... ;)

Things I am doing right now: recovering from Diva's "naanwich" while hyounpark plays FF7. Bugenhagen just suggested that Nanaki "show us your apparatus." The naanwich was amusing in concept, but sadly kinda dry in practice; better to get the meat dish separate with all the sauce, then dip the naan in the sauce. Also, babying my left knee, which has taken to bending backwards doing simple things like walking to Davis and back. Also, needing to go grocery shopping tomorrow but not wanting to do it at the same time all the crazy September 1 people are going to be doing it. Also, resetting my last.fm profile because I rarely listen to Tori Amos anymore, and her sitting atop my "most played artists" list on last.fm by a factor of three was annoying me.

10/30/2023: Heyyy, Eater SF got as annoyed by the 'bool kogi' as I was/am, 16 years later :D It's worth a read; the primary point of the piece is that Korean American restaurateurs of 2023 feel that calling their dishes by generic American descriptors is infantilizing, so why not use the actual names that will prompt curiosity and connection? Because there will always be narrow-minded people, so why give into them anymore ever. We've mainstreamed terms like quesadilla and sushi - with some ongoing misunderstanding along the way, sure - but they're terms as normalized as pizza and apple pie now in most American cities.

Also, I am mad at my past self for resetting my last.fm profile ;P

Also, Diva closed down for skeeeeetchiness towards the end of 2017, and Namaskar closed five years before that, so I'm not really sure where people get Indian food around Davis Square anymore. Martsa on Elm is still going on the Tibetan side of things, though House of Tibet closed even longer ago, but things have changed a lot over the years.

today's fantasy baseball grumble: it would've been nice to know that cabrera was getting the night off. because i would've moved burrell over from utility into OF, benched cabrera for the night, and pulled eckstein off the bench into util. which means i missed eck having a good night and going 4/5. grumble.

today is may 12th. tomorrow i fly to philly for midnight baseball with memerath, oh, right, and wedding #1. the next weekend is my last weekend to get anything remotely relaxing/productive done. the weekend after that is five year reunion. then tech week. then opera weekend (plus irchurch, and we're discussing sex and the sacred; i am so not missing that one). then wedding #2. and then i have to get serious about the housing hunt.

plus hopefully impending visits from rustnroses, ladysisyphus, and geebee_x. hooray!

and to think that this summer, i wanted to do things like go kayaking! (it has been way, way the hell too long since i've been on the water.) and start up those musical sundays i keep discussing with fes42 and hyounpark. and spend as much time as is humanly possible in bodies of water not enclosed in buildings. and spend time with the lj-less mel and mrieser before they move away. and road trip with hyounpark! and cape league games with fes42!

the good: getting to see memerath, theconvictor, slwands, geebee_x, elemmire7, and fractalspackle many times over the coming weekends. oh, right, and getting a well-deserved in-person apology on bended knee. *beams* (er, not from any of the above-mentioned.)

the bad: what's sleep?

also, i dug my tevas out last night to go to the brahms quintets with ben, and MY TOES ARE FREE. this makes me blissfully happy.

also, to those who called me last night: got your calls, but was in the aforementioned concert. trying again tonight?

8/12/23: I assume the cryptic was for whomever apologized to me? I guess I forgave them; I've forgotten why an apology was needed in the interim! LOL.