Food show

I really enjoy Andrew Zimmern's Bizaar Food on Travel channel. The guy does a good job when it comes to an eating/ traveling show. This guy eats pretty much anything--beating frog's heat, stinky tofu, donkey's tail..etc. The weirdest crap I never thought anybody would want to eat, he eats them all. BUT the funny thing is, he just cannot stand Durian.

Durians. I actually know many people who aren't a big fan of the fruit either. I feel, Durians have weird smell, but heck, it's just a fruit after all. Andrew just cannot handle it. Why?

New Crib, New View

Well well well.
With this cheap point-and-shoot camera I have, here is a view from my bedroom window (remember, I have moved!)

I'm not trying to brag about it, but this picture is not a good angle of downtown Indy. What you see in an old ass train track next to a parking garage. As I've mentioned earlier, I'm blaming it on the camera I have (think 5 bucks Walmart disposal camera). I couldn't do wide angle, so basically you cannot see Pacers arena (which is a bit to the right of this frame) and the RCA Dome (old Colts stadium) a bit to the left and Lucus Oil Stadium (new Colts stadium) a bit next to RCA. This is sad. I guess next time I should try with a *real* camera.

Anyhow, I do miss my 'burb lifestyle a bit since I move downtown. Things ain't the same if you know what I mean. No Target next door, which is a huge deal (well....that's it. Target takes up about 90% why I miss suburban living.)

Copyrights Matter

Sorry.....Jabbawockeez clip from YouTube I'd posted earlier is no longer because of the copyrights stuff from MTV. I think the company that manage copyrights for MTV has claimed their entity of all *best dance crew* clips aired on MTV.....

Can't blame them, but it is kind of weird since these clips have been posted on YouTube since forever.

Jabbawockeez

It is a bit of an embarrasment really to admit how much I love this crew. Watch them.

The Reason

I hate driving in snow (yep, new year, new attitude. I dislike snow, but not hating it). But I hate driving in snow.

The reason is clearly explained on the left side of this blog.

.....I figure, if I drive snow, I shouldn't be that bad. I mean, what's the worst that can happen?

BUT there are always some idiots driving in full speed hurry up to......you-know-what.

and those who won't leave you any f__king space.

Computer position

So here's why.

I've been thinking the reason I've been gone for a long while from blogging is because of my recent move and all, but see, I've come to a conclusion that moving is just a part of it. I break it down and here is what I've discovered:

1) Laziness (same laziness as wanting to work out more, but use classic excuse "I don't have time to work out) lame, lame, lame. So this part is about 20%
2) Move (I didn't have an internet connection at home for about 2 weeks or so.) 40%
3) New computer location 40%

Let me explain more about my new computer location. At my old joint, I permanently keep my laptop on a coffee table located between my television and my favorite couch. So when I watch TV, I can also be online and do whatever. I spend most of my blogging and serving at this spot. When my back starts aching, I lift the laptop up and lay it on my lab while I can sit back. When my eyes are tired of staring at the computer screen I watch TV. I can basically lay on my couch, watch TV and blog all at the same time without steping out of the area.

It different now. At my new place, I don't station my computer in front of the TV. I put it on the dining table, which (theorically, is a better location and is healthier for my back because I have to sit up) is further from TV and the dining room chair is nothing near comfortable comparing with my fav couch (it's comfortable, but I can't really lay on my dining room chair if you know what I mean.) I have tried to get myself to sit at my new spot for a lenght of time, but it's just not happening.

So that's why I've not been a regular blogging here (not saying I won't be, but kind of explaining myself a bit of why I have been gone for a while.)

My Absence

It's been three weeks of my absence. I've been moving.

and because of this very reason, I have not been online at all at home (and at work has been out of the question; I have barely had my lunch break). Cable company I used at the old apartment doesn't provide services here in downtown. The new cable company (which I usually get internet access through cable company) cannot come to set up systems at my new place until...well...yesterday.

So here you have it. I hope to be able to get back to my routine pretty soon.

Lifestyle

I'm tired all the time. As my birthday approaching, I feel like an old lady.

Lifestyle I'm leading is not good enough I guess. Speaking of this, I'm going to sound like an old lady to y'all, but here it goes. I used to be like...drinking, partying, eating lots of junks, intaking 'substances' I guess those-who-wish-to-live-longer woouldn't and so on, and yet I felt fine. I could feel lots of energy in my bones and body. No problem. Of course, that time was when I was between 17-24. Ancient stories.

.................Now, as I'm approaching 30 plus 1 (nope, I refuse to spell it out!) I rarely drink (because of medications I'm taking; forbidding me to), eat fairly little better, and no longer try weird substances. I feel like crap. I feel like I'm borrowing a 50-year-old-lady body. I wonder why.

Then I think about what I did a few months ago (okay, okay, 7 months ago) that have actually made me feel great. Spin class.

Spin class, exercise, whatever. What a great class! What a great exercise! I definitely need to move my ass to the gym to boost up some energy. The gym membership I have been paying every month (and I can count with my fingers how many times I've visited the place.)

Meats

I come across a clip taped at a slaughter house (mainly for cows) this evening. It's very disturbing.

Watching this kind of video gets me every single time. I start feeling bad and very inhumane for eating things with a face. It's very crual.

I guess over the years, I have eaten less and less dark meats. The reason isn't really because what I've pondered above, but for some reasons, I haven't felt like eating a lot of them. I think I prefer chicken and fish. And then I'm thinking, maybe I should really try to cut down. I usually don't eat any meat or dairy products two days a week. I guess I should consider increasing the days.

I really don't think we need to eat any meat, really. Human's teeth aren't really made for animal meat really. I've heard some research on this in the past--human are not meat eaters. So, Why do we eat meat?

Getting by in the Winter

Every year, I have this conversation with myself of how much I hate winter and what I should do to keep myself as happy as possible in winter.

I've become such a big fan of weather channel, which no, I don't do much of television, but op for ones via various website. They're updated pretty often. Although I can really do absolutely NOTHING to change a thing about weather in the upcoming day, I guess, it's comfort to be able to plan ahead.

This year, I've come to terms. I finally get to the bottom of my hatre of winter. It comes down to the chain reactions of the followings:
1) Winter makes driving a suicidal action.
2) Winter makes me haand I have to drag myself out of bed and start my car every single morning!
3) Winter makes me have to lose hours of sleep each week because of what've been mentioned above plus spare time to drive to my destination.
4) Winter makes me have to labor myself scraping brutal/cold ice out of my car. My hands are freezing cold!!!

That's all I can think of right now (and I haven't even come close to mentioning many little annoying things like higher electric bill.....)