jcrew has been my favorite store for as long as i can remember. i love how i can build a whole closet of classic pieces from jcrew and the styles are timeless and the quality lasts and lasts. however, they’ve been getting on my nerves in recent years. mostly, it comes from some strange desire to be couture-like. for example, they started charging close to $200 for a pair of jeans. don’t get me wrong - i will spend $200 for a pair of jeans, but i will never ever pay more than $60 on a pair of jcrew jeans. sorry, it’s not designer, and it sure as hell isn’t couture. i feel like as the years as gone by (i sound so old), jcrew has gotten more and more overpriced and i don’t think it’s because i haven’t caught up with the rate of inflation. i just think too much of their shit is overpriced.

so the other day, i went the jcrew website for some reason and i see this ad. and i think, “wow, that flower is pretty. i want to buy it.” and then i read under the picture “we use these one of a kind flowers just for our shoot. we simply couldn’t resist (not available for purchase).” first of all, whoever wrote that is a fucken douchebag. no one gives a fuck what you can or cannont “resist.” at that point, my propensity for impatience and anger kicks in and i get pissed. like, wtf? I came to this website to CONSUME, not to read about some self-indulgent marketing exec’s inability to resist shit. why do they have that flower as the centerpiece for their summer 2009 website, emails (i was gonna let this one go but then had had to fucken email me that same picture), and you can’t even buy it! it reminded me of how plain and boring their designs can be (i know, the double-edged sword for “classic” pieces).

anyway, maybe i am too easily annoyed. maybe i have nothing better to blog about. i understand how advertising works but i just wanted to rant about this lame ass company and their lame ass ad.

for the record, jcrew jeans are awesome. (no, i am not biploar, but i play someone who is on tv).

associated press article

what the hell is going on? i always knew politicians were cut-throat, but i always thought it was figuratively so. i am completely sickened that people who would encourage such unnecessary panic and anger just to win an election might be given the keys to the executive branch. instead of being a source of hope, mcpalin pushes them to their emotional extremes. look dudes, you already have these peoples’ vote, you don’t need to scare the shit out of them too. you don’t need to paint obama as an arab terrorist who will put an end to life as we know it. this type of “campaigning” isn’t going to win you independent votes, which is what you need at this point.

it’s so dirty. i’ve never ever seen such mean-spirited campaigning. i’m disgusted.



went to sd last night on impulse and took pics of the time there today. first thing we did was eat at a place called george’s at the cove. i’ve been on an ahi tuna kick lately. yesterday, after the beach, we ate at the lazy dog cafe and i had the ahi tuna sandwich and it was so delicious. today, i decided to get the ahi tuna with soba noodles. it was really good but a little salty. my friend got shrimp tacos with mango salsa… we both thought it was just okay. here’s a pic:

our view of the water from where we were sitting wasn’t that great but here’s a pic anyway:

then, we walked around the cove and took the following pictures:

here i am sporting my hot new sunburn and tanlines:

after the cove, we went to this placed called extraordinary desserts. we didn’t think they were that great but here are some pictures anyway:

japanese dolls on the counter ($20 - $75+). i thought they were jars and i tried to take the heads off but i guess they are just for decoration so the heads don’t really come off. :/

these are the desserts beneath the counter holding the japanese dolls:

the desserts we ordered (from top left: passion cake, creme brulee, cheesecake, brownie [don't know the fancy names they gave them]):

the best was the passion cake and the worst was the brownie.

all pictures in this post was taken on my iphone.

is currently my favorite place to eat. it is sad that i will have to move to the east coast soon and won’t be able to have din tai fung anymore so what i am trying to do in the meantime is eat din tai fung all the time so that i will be so sick of it that when i move to the east coast, i won’t crave it as much (or at all). this week alone, i’ve had din tai fung four times.

crab and pork dumplings

shrimp shu mai dumplings with pork fried rice

wonton soup and shrimp and pork dumplings

my friend and i are ordering chicken strips with our pizza…

friend: what kind of dipping sauce do you want for the chicken strips?

me: what kind are there?

friend: ranch, blue cheese, buffalo, honey mustard, garlic, barbecue, …

me: all of them!

i don’t know about you, but i love dipping my chicken strips in all kinds of different sauces. mmm-mmm. 

i just realized this is my third post this year about deep-fried chicken. :/

i am currently enjoying a relaxing sunday night after one of the busiest weekends i’ve had all year. i realize that i am one huge homebody and i prefer to stay home unless absolutely necessary to go out.

here’s a picture of me and one of my favorite students this year. i love this girl because even though we have every reason to not get along, we just do somehow and it’s a really beautiful thing. i remember when my principal came to evaluate me he was most impressed by her behavior in my class because apparently she gives other teachers trouble but she is an angel for me. i was so sad because she had to leave our school to go to a different school. i love her and miss her so much. sorry, i look like a disgusting mess when i’m at work. since i’m a teacher, i feel like part of the job description is to look like a mess and commit fashion faux pas on a regular basis. har har har!

today i had one of the best times in tutoring ever. i had three students show up and they were all so excited when they understood the material. it felt so good to see the look of accomplishment in their eyes and their excitement and smiles. i had this one kid in particular that i was honestly not looking forward to tutoring. he never understands anything in class and i found out his dad’s in jail and he just says the most uneducated and ghetto things in class. sometimes he wears on my patience. anyway, i was surprised because he was the last person i expected to see in tutoring but i wanted to help make it a positive experience for him so he would come back. anyway, i think he blew us both away because he made so much progress. i was so proud of him and i was so excited. the hour just flew by. 

p.s. sorry if you think i’m a bad person/human or whatever. i’m just honest about everything but i’m human. i don’t want to hear any “you’re such a horrible teacher comments” please. try teaching first before you tell me how to do my job. kthxbai. 

p.p.s. sorry if i sound defensive. teaching just one of those jobs where everyone thinks they’re an expert and i’m just sick of people judging me as a teacher.   

p.p.p.s. i’m drinking milk that over 2 weeks expired. it’s actually not bad. there’s a slight bitter aftertaste but it’s not sour or gross at all. must be all the hormones and preservatives. in case you’re worried, i had this milk with cereal last night and i feel fine today so i guess it’s not bad. man, i’m gross. i’m like someone’s gross little brother who is also the makeshift garbage disposal.

i was driving home from working and eating chicken strips and biscuits in the car because i’m basically a disgusting pig. as i was going up the freeway ramp, i saw a cop standing on the shoulder and i had to command my right hand (which was holding the chicken strip) to be lowered so that the cop won’t see me eating. i don’t know if it’s illegal to drive and eat but it’s probably not advised and i don’t want to take any chances. i don’t know how other girls charm their way out of getting tickets but i don’t have the ‘nads to try (no pun intended).

Okay I’m sitting in my car blogging fr my blakberry. Why? Because I want mcdonald’s chicken nuggets so I pull into the drive thru. I realize that it’s still kinda early and I ask if they are serving chicken nuggets yet. She says they will in five minutes. I’m thinking, why can’t they just make them for me now? Maybe in a normal world this would be possible, maybe even make sense but this is not a normal world. This is fucken mcdonalds world and you better not forget it, bitch. So I ask the girl if I should come back in 5 minutes and she says “make it seven.”

Fuck me.

UPDATE: i don’t know if it’s just because i haven’t had mcdonald’s in awhile but those chicken nuggets were friggin’ DISGUSTING! who knew deep fried miscellaneous chicken parts could taste so bad?

i can’t believe what a big dork i am until i saw myself on the playback. so sad it’s funny.

after work today i went to see my therapist. i was moaping and moaning about stricken love life and he made a failed attempt at being funny:

me: i’ve had 3 breakups in the last 2 years and 2 of them in the last 6 months.

him: at least you’re popular.

me: :/

while is he not funny, his attempt failed so bad that that was funny.

after therapy i had to get a hepatitis a shot for my cambodia trip. i am scared to death of needles and i was expecting the shot to be in my elbow. i was wrong, it was in my bicep. they had to put it in the muscle. my arm is still very sore. i hate shots.

after the shot, i went to california pizza kitchen for dinner with my roommate. i got this chocolate souffle cake… it was soooo good. i think chocolate souffle cake has surpassed creme brulee on my list of favorite desserts.

i have less than two months until my current contract with verizon expires. getting a new cell phone is a huge deal for me. as of today, i am officially doing research for the phone i am going to get this february. i was talking with some students about it today and they told me about the lg voyager (third generation of the V, a shitty phone i had for a week). i read some reviews and comparisons and even though the (obviously biased coughhaterscough) reviewers preferred the voyager, i totally disagreed with them. i did some more iphone research on the apple website and let’s just say i’m gonna have a hard time waiting until february to get my iphone.

i have a new addiction to replace the spicy chicken bites from jack in the box: perrier sparkling water. i had to get some last night around 11 PM and drank two bottles before going to sleep.

i am at work right now… bored out of my mind with about 2 more hours to kill (before my next class comes in). i have stuff to do but i am too burnt out to do it. i also left my cell phone at home so that’s one source of entertainment that i can’t count on right now.

So my pledge to blog everyday lasted … one day. Oh well, I guess it is better to have a life than be a diligent blogger. I came home sick fr work yesterday and slept most of the day. I spent the second half of the day visiting my mom and getting ready for my trip. I didn’t finish until 1 am and I had to get up by 3:30 this morning. It felt so unnatural to get up so early. Anyway, I bypassed the mile long baggage check in line (and thus the rush to get through security) because I didn’t have to check my bags. I actually got to my gate a whole hour early so I decided to have breakfast. Now I am sitting at my table blogging fr my blackberry and my eggs flourtine just got here so I’m gonna eat before I get on the plane (and pass out). P.s. The music they are playing at this place is weird… like something they’d play at a las vegas lounge - not fitting for an airport restaurant at 5 am the day before thanksgiving.

when i am having a bad day, i go to jack in the box and get spicy chicken bites and then i feel better.

what a loser.