v-days

feb 13th - went out to ruby tuesdays wit chang and ting for a girls only night out. food wasn't as good as i remember it (altho mashed potatoes were just as good). funniest thing? ting got "inebriated" as she kept saying over and over. lol. we made her promise that she'd get tipsy again for my bday. ha!


feb 14th - reep and i went to the bella terra center off the 405 freeway. we were planning to eat at cheesecake factory (he likes cheesecake) but they don't take reservations so we ended up eating at pomodoro instead. which, honestly, was only okay. then we watched taken, staring liam neeson, which was really quite good. he was very believable in the role. as for presents, i'm getting him the street fighter IV collector's edition when it's released (i've already preorded it). and he got me the tiffany's necklace i've been wanting since forever. :) sweet!

jumping frenchmen!

"Among the medical oddities mentioned in a December Wall Street Journal roundup was "Jumping Frenchmen of Maine Disorder," in which a person, when startled, would "jump, twitch, flail their limbs and obey commands given suddenly, even if it means hurting themselves or a loved one." It was first observed in 1878 among lumberjacks in Maine but has been reported also among factory workers in Malaysia and Siberia. It is believed to result from a genetic mutation that blocks the calming of the central nervous system (but could be merely psychological, from the stress of working in close quarters)."

30 days

30 day email detox
what couldn't you do without? i think for me, it would be recreational reading. i'm usually reading at least one book. ..altho i have gone before wit a few empty weeks of only reading magazines (every couple months i'll catch up on my newweeks). and i'd have a really hard time witout a car. i mean, i guess i could ride my bike to work. but wat about chinese school and dragon boating? oy!