Asian Cuisine

The only problem is, this dish isn't served in too many places.

Is it summer yet?

I really want Spring and Summer to come faster! Then the real eating can begin!

My Favorite Dogs...

...are the narcoleptic ones. If I was to ever own a dog I would want it to be narcoleptic because it would keep me entertained for hours on end.

Rusty the Narcoleptic Dog

I could do that.

So I'm sitting at home before I have to go to work today. I had just eaten lunch and was feeling pretty sleepy. You know how that goes: eat some left over lasagna and you're ready to hit the hay for a while. Anyway, I'm watching Law & Order because it's the best show ever. It's commercial so I'm flipping through the stations. I see that a Champions League soccer match between Inter Milan and Liverpool will begin in a few minutes so I get excited about it (I know, it's soccer, I love it, get over it).

After a few minutes they show the teams lined up on either side of the three referees for the day. The refs are in yellow, Milan is in blue, and Liverpool is in red. The announcers start to talk about the starting line-up for both teams. After that they announce the referees. "And here we have the head referee Yadda-yadda, a psychologist from Norway..."

Really? A psychologist? You mean he's not actually an official soccer referee for any organization? He's simply a psychologist from Scandanavia? Because if that's the case. . . I'll Do It!!

Heck I'm studying to be a psychologist anyway, and I know most if not all of the rules for soccer (there aren't that many anyway). If some middle-aged fellow from the North can be a soccer ref as well as have a psychological profession, then sign me up! Plus I really want to give someone a red card and kick them out of a game. :)

The Things You'll See....

Holy Horses. . . Can you believe the kinds of crap that we have now? By crap I mean technology (if anyone was curious).

I was sitting there at work doing what I usually do (which is tutoring, mentoring, homework, or making fun about the amount of racial differences that exist there). Typically I'm at a computer working on a paper or some form of assesment for a class. I'd like to think that I'm a pretty focused person most of the time, or at least whenever I'm trying to get something accomplished. But this day I was like, "Alright, it's time to get distracted by something on the internet." And I found my new favorite internet toy.

I typed in the URL for Google Maps and started browsing various locations in the state and around the country. I like to explore different locales and see the hybrid maps that are provided. Suddenly I saw it: a button that I had never used before but that kept drawing my attention like a kid to an ice cream truck. The button was labeled "Street View". . .

"What is this strange new feature," I wondering to myself. I pushed the button and the streets turned blue and a little guy popped up. I placed the guy on a street and actual pictures of houses popped up! Dang, Gina! I can actually look at buildings from the street!

This new tool became an addiction rather quickly. So far I've seen Ground Zero, the Sears Tower, and the beach at San Diego, and the possibilities are endless. . . except for streets that aren't blue. But for now, I can take mini-vacations whenever I want from the luxury of my own office on school campus.