The Lion City

Am in Sing-a-f-ing-pura!!!


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BBQ Ketchup & Kulcha

I guess I took it for granted the fact that bbqs were the same all over the world.
when you say bbq, I imagine burger patties, huge snausages, steak, wings, corn on the cob, sauce, music, fans, booze, so on and so forth, la dee da dee da. Anyways that is why I marinated the wings and the drumsticks over night, I made sauce, and brought pie. They were fantastic.

Unfortunately to my dismay, there were a bunch of douche-bags. Somehow I'm on this really lame streak of meeting d-bags this past month and I'm totally hating people, and so over meeting new ones. Anyways, the first d-bag was just rude. M asked him if the drumsticks on his side of the grill were ready. He answers, "No, not yet..." (These btw, fyi, were the drumsticks I marinated with my own rosemary from my own friggin' garden). D-bag #1 then swoops his tongs in and sweeps away the drumsticks onto his paper plate and totally serves em' all to his bunch of d-bag friends!!! How f-ing rude is that? I should have squirted my spicy apricot bbq sauce into his slanted eyeballs.

Then comes schmuck #2. Some of my wings were served on the main table and I try to explain to d-bag 2 that they don't have to pour mad J-sauce all over them wings because they are already marinated. He says, "Maybe." And I'm like, "What? I'm telling you, they're marinated." D-bag's like, "I don't know. I don't think so." And I give him my I-look-down-on-you-so-bad-and-want-to-twist-your-balls-up-your-asshole laugh and exclaim with my best smile of irony, "I'm not asking you anything. I'm telling you I MARINATED THEM OVERNIGHT. SO DON'T BE POURING YOUR CHEAP-O SUGAR SAUCE ALL O'ER MY WINGS!!!"

Anyway I was so bummed that it turned out to be a yakiniku party instead of what I thought would've been a bbq. I guess they don't do marination here, and they just grill a bunch of stuff like pork and leek and then pour a bottle of sweet-ass sauce all over 'em.

So I know that some men take their grilling seriously. They be grilling, then they be talking business. Serious business. But hearing the conversations that took place over the grill and grilling yesterday made me wanna get grills in my mouth. Gold ones.

• D1: Let's put the squid!
• D2: Yeah! Squid sounds good! Doesn't it?
• D1: Yeah!
• D2: Oh it looks great. It was a good idea!
• D1: Yeah it was a good idea, wasn't it?
• D2: Yeah! Here comes the squid!
• D1: Here it comes! The squid!
• D2: Oh it looks good!
• D1: It does look good!
• D2: The squid looks good!
• D1: Yeah! Here it comes!

D1 and D2 consequently drown the grilles squid in sauce.

R.I.P. creatures.

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I like to be in control

I think I do.
That's why I hate flying.
That's why I hate my job.
That's why I think its disrespectful when students in my class are ugly and dumbshyts.

Things that make my eyes roll:

girls in yukata with-
Louis Vuitton bags
Eating McDonald's
Drinking Coke

Gotta get: Tokyo Stories.

Attempting to make: Chocolate Souffle
Will make: Chocolate Souffle with Raspberries, Coconut + Maple Cookies, Macaroons, Chocolate Pistachio Fudge

Oh. My. God. Songs that make my eyes roll.

Usher. Gotta love him. Loved him. Can't friggin' decide. I mean, c'mon:

"I wanna make love in this club, yea
In this club, yea, in this club, in this club, yea, in this club
I wanna make love in this club, yea
In this club, yea, in this club, in this club, yea, in this club

You ever made love to a thug
In the club with his sights on
'87 jeans
And a fresh pair of Nikes on"

--- S e r i o u s l y ? ? ?

Mariah Carey... God... no comment on this debauchery on civilization:

"If it's a camera up in here,
Then it's gonna leave with me when I do, I do
If it's a camera up in here,
Then I best not catch it on Youtube, Youtube

Touch my body, let me wrap my thighs
All around your waist, just a little taste
Touch my body, know you like my curves
C'mon and give me what I deserve and touch my body"

Maybe that's why I've put Carly Simon and The Yard Birds on replay. Gotta return to the classics. It's part of Okuyumashii.

And what the hell is Santogold doing on MTV? AAArrrggghhh!!!
*Rips hair from head*

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I like it raw, but I like things refined.

That has so got to be my favorite own-quote. Today I had one of them rare experiences where you actually learn something from your students. They taught me the word 奥ゆかしい (okuyukashii), which means to be elegant and modest (or refined). They described this middle-aged lady who looked it and I guarantee you... she does look it. That's gonna be MY word for my lifelong aim of aging gracefully.

I am super glad the storytelling unit is DONE AND OVER WITH!!! You'd be surprised at how many of them I would nominate for the "World's Most Boring ZZZzzzZZZzzz Story." Day in, day out, I hear stories where NOTHING HAPPENS!!!

- I went to Disneyland. It was crowd. I don't like many people. I bought a Pooh-san pencil. It is so cute. I was happy. Finish.

I don't understand why they don't understand the whole concept of STORIES. Have their lives been extremely monotonous to the extent that they DO NOT HAVE ANY stories? Yawn...

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Lame Lamas

So I totally love Carly Simon, and I totally digg Mick Jagger. It's lame but I feel bad for likin' both of 'em when people say "You're so vain" is totally about Mick.

Carly rocks.

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It had to be done~

Unfortunately, my favorite hair salon had to succumb to the price hike BS. All haircuts (including the blow!) cost a blasphemy-ing ¥5,500 nuggets. "Due to the increase of material costs" they nicely explained on a freaking A4 sized Microsoft Word printed "poster" right where they wash your hair.

Bummer.

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