Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Girls. Drama, Boo.
Mean what you say and say what you mean. PERIOD. Why do we insist on being polite instead of saying the truth? Why cant girls say what we are really thinking instead of saying what others want to hear? You would think amongst the closest of girlfriends, the honest truth would be heard. Apparently I am mistaken. I understand etiquette is key with strangers and acquaintances, but if you're a true friend, be real. Say whats really on your mind. If a question is asked, don't say what you think I want to hear. I might not agree with what you're saying or even like it, but I will respect you a whole lot more. I know I have my faults, so TELL ME. If something bothers you, TELL ME. Don't let it fester. This is what grinds my gears. Boo girls.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Obama Paper Dolls
So the last time I was in DC, which was a couple years ago, they were remodeling the Smithsonian American History museum. I was so excited to go during my trip this time! There were a few interesting things I saw that I have to talk about. I would definitely recommend going to the Smithsonians if you are ever in DC. I feel like I'm in grade school again learning about history and science... and it might have been boring to me then, but I really appreciate it now that I'm older.
Did you know... that this was not the first Washington monument?
This was the original statue of Washington...! Apparently it was completed in 1841, and many people thought this 12 ton marble statue of Washington was inappropriately dressed... any thoughts on which one is better?
Did you know... Abraham Lincoln had giant hands? I can't imagine shaking a hand that big; his hand would eat my hand.
The thing that captured my interest the most at the museum was the gem I found in the gift shop! On sale for $4.99, I had to get it!!
I think the contents of the pages inside can speak for themselves of why it intrigued me so much. I mean, this is our PRESIDENT!! and the first page has him half naked!!
You can even dress up Michelle Obama and the first daughters! At least they didn't draw them half naked too...
... Michelle's wedding dress...
Barack as a cowboy...? Apparently he really dressed like this in TX. This book is full of interesting facts on the first family's wardrobe!
I can't believe I found this at the Smithsonian!! Paper dolls of the Obama family... with drawings of a half naked president in his like underwear! I don't know why this shocks me so much. I find it so awesome. One day this will be worth something haha
Did you know... that this was not the first Washington monument?
This was the original statue of Washington...! Apparently it was completed in 1841, and many people thought this 12 ton marble statue of Washington was inappropriately dressed... any thoughts on which one is better?
Did you know... Abraham Lincoln had giant hands? I can't imagine shaking a hand that big; his hand would eat my hand.
The thing that captured my interest the most at the museum was the gem I found in the gift shop! On sale for $4.99, I had to get it!!
I think the contents of the pages inside can speak for themselves of why it intrigued me so much. I mean, this is our PRESIDENT!! and the first page has him half naked!!
You can even dress up Michelle Obama and the first daughters! At least they didn't draw them half naked too...
... Michelle's wedding dress...
Barack as a cowboy...? Apparently he really dressed like this in TX. This book is full of interesting facts on the first family's wardrobe!
I can't believe I found this at the Smithsonian!! Paper dolls of the Obama family... with drawings of a half naked president in his like underwear! I don't know why this shocks me so much. I find it so awesome. One day this will be worth something haha
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
U Street
I felt I had to give Ben's Chili Bowl/ Ben's Next Door their own post, so I will be continuing the night in U Street in DC now...
We found this little bar on U Street, so of course we had to go in!
Momo's is like a sports bar with 3 stories I think? We only made it to the 2nd story, and it was pretty small, but I don't know what the other stories are like. They had these cool tshirts that said something like Get sloshed at Momo's or something. We had like a couple shots of SoCo and Lime here and just moved on... it was kind of dead; I guess it wasn't a game day.
Then, we went to Saint-Ex, this bar on a corner... and apparently it has a plane theme... I think Saint-Ex was a plane or something? It was pretty cool, they had a bar in the middle when you walk in, and there's a basement bar and dance floor too. Lani and I were fascinated by this on bottle on the wall...
Its kind of hard to tell, but it says Ed Phillips & Sons Prairie Organic - from the Heartlands of Minnesota. I don't know about you, but this was fascinating to us!
1. It's an organic vodka
2. There's lemongrass in the middle and hot peppers on the bottom
3. From the Heartlands of Minnesota?!
We found out later from the bartender that they infused the vodka themselves by putting the lemongrass and jalapeno peppers in. He gave us a taste, and we liked it! He kept saying how spicy it was and how he didn't know what to do with it because it was too spicy. Lani and I both thought it was good! There was a nice heat at the end. The bartender made us a cocktail with it, by adding agave and lime, so it was sweet going down, but there was a lingering heat at the end. We helped them deliberate names for the drink... such as Sweet Heat, Sweet as Hell, etc. Can't wait to go back and see what they ended up naming it :) Also, I now want to try to infuse my Kirkland Vodka!
One of the best things about DC is that there's always some greasy food open late, for after-drinking-binge-eating. We hit up Yum's Chinese Fast food that also makes like Fried Chicken and burgers, subs, etc. Weird? Yes. Yum? Yes.
I would normally avoid these ghetto looking chinese food places, but everyone talks about the mambo sauce and how bomb it is. So, of course, I had to check it out for myself. Lani and I got an order of chow mein and fried chicken (because mambo sauce only comes with the fried stuff I believe).
The chow mein noodles were ok... basic ghetto chinese chow mein, but I couldn't stop eating them!! The noodles were overcooked and not that seasoned, but it was greasy goodness. What made it even better is I added some of the mambo sauce over it...then it was a whole new world!
The fried chicken is like fried chicken you would get like in the south. Its crispy and super oily. See the greasy paper? It was good, but better with mambo sauce! So what is mambo sauce? It tastes kind of like watered down sweet and sour sauce... which I honestly was not impressed with, but there's just something about it. I just couldnt stop putting it over everything, and I don't know why!! I didn't even like it that much, but somehow things were better with it... there has to be crack in it or something.
Yum's has a few chain restaurants around DC, so you can't miss it. Its like an institution. Everyone knows about the mambo sauce! I don't know if I would like it as much if I ate BEFORE drinking, but it is damn satisfying AFTER!
We found this little bar on U Street, so of course we had to go in!
Momo's is like a sports bar with 3 stories I think? We only made it to the 2nd story, and it was pretty small, but I don't know what the other stories are like. They had these cool tshirts that said something like Get sloshed at Momo's or something. We had like a couple shots of SoCo and Lime here and just moved on... it was kind of dead; I guess it wasn't a game day.
Then, we went to Saint-Ex, this bar on a corner... and apparently it has a plane theme... I think Saint-Ex was a plane or something? It was pretty cool, they had a bar in the middle when you walk in, and there's a basement bar and dance floor too. Lani and I were fascinated by this on bottle on the wall...
Its kind of hard to tell, but it says Ed Phillips & Sons Prairie Organic - from the Heartlands of Minnesota. I don't know about you, but this was fascinating to us!
1. It's an organic vodka
2. There's lemongrass in the middle and hot peppers on the bottom
3. From the Heartlands of Minnesota?!
We found out later from the bartender that they infused the vodka themselves by putting the lemongrass and jalapeno peppers in. He gave us a taste, and we liked it! He kept saying how spicy it was and how he didn't know what to do with it because it was too spicy. Lani and I both thought it was good! There was a nice heat at the end. The bartender made us a cocktail with it, by adding agave and lime, so it was sweet going down, but there was a lingering heat at the end. We helped them deliberate names for the drink... such as Sweet Heat, Sweet as Hell, etc. Can't wait to go back and see what they ended up naming it :) Also, I now want to try to infuse my Kirkland Vodka!
One of the best things about DC is that there's always some greasy food open late, for after-drinking-binge-eating. We hit up Yum's Chinese Fast food that also makes like Fried Chicken and burgers, subs, etc. Weird? Yes. Yum? Yes.
I would normally avoid these ghetto looking chinese food places, but everyone talks about the mambo sauce and how bomb it is. So, of course, I had to check it out for myself. Lani and I got an order of chow mein and fried chicken (because mambo sauce only comes with the fried stuff I believe).
The chow mein noodles were ok... basic ghetto chinese chow mein, but I couldn't stop eating them!! The noodles were overcooked and not that seasoned, but it was greasy goodness. What made it even better is I added some of the mambo sauce over it...then it was a whole new world!
The fried chicken is like fried chicken you would get like in the south. Its crispy and super oily. See the greasy paper? It was good, but better with mambo sauce! So what is mambo sauce? It tastes kind of like watered down sweet and sour sauce... which I honestly was not impressed with, but there's just something about it. I just couldnt stop putting it over everything, and I don't know why!! I didn't even like it that much, but somehow things were better with it... there has to be crack in it or something.
Yum's has a few chain restaurants around DC, so you can't miss it. Its like an institution. Everyone knows about the mambo sauce! I don't know if I would like it as much if I ate BEFORE drinking, but it is damn satisfying AFTER!
Ben's Next Door
So, I recently came back from a weeklong trip out to the East Coast. I went to DC --> NYC --> Baltimore. Omg I ate so much! It was great to see old friends out there again and eat all the stuff that I missed and do the things I didn't get to do last time. So, in the next couple of posts, I will be writing about various points of my trip.
So, to begin, let's start in DC where my trip began. I took a redeye flight out on a Monday night and arrived on Tuesday morning. I actually didn't take Tuesday - Thursday off of work, so I had planned on working while I was out there. I figured that there was a 3 hour time difference, so I could do things in the morning and by the time I got back from my activities, it would be the start of my workday on the west coast. :)
So, the first night, my friend Lani and I hit up U Street. It's a strip of bars and restaurant on, you guessed it, U Street. We walked up and down the street to check out what bars were there and which ones have the best happy hours. I just have to say, DC has some of the best happy hours and nightlife ever. Well, I come from San Jose, so I don't know if that says much. haha
Our first stop was Ben's Chili Bowl! Apparently its Obama's favorite, and I can see why!
We actually didn't go to Ben's Chili Bowl, but they opened up a bar/restaurant next door called Ben's Next Door which is a little more upscale, but you can still order items off of the menu from Ben's Chili Bowl there. Man, I totally pigged out there. The waitress even gave us 2 asian girls the up and down look, indicating she was skeptical we could eat all that we ordered. Lani and I each ordered the Half smoke with chili cheese and shared an order of Chili cheese fries and hot wings. Man oh man, it was awesome. Even awesomer because we were there for happy hour and each item was like $5. And, the experience was even MORE awesome because during happy hour, beer on tap is $3! So, I had a purple haze and a newcastle with my meal. yum!
The half smoke is like a polish sausage... big and juicy! The bun was kind of whatever... nothing special, actually kind of dry... but seriously, you can't go wrong with anything covered in chili cheese! I just wanted to eat that chili cheese forever.
The chili cheese fries were good... but again, you can't go wrong with chili cheese! There's just something about their chili... its just plain good. I can't put my finger on it.... but i just know I wanted more of it! Behind the chili cheese fries were the chicken wings... and surprisingly, they were good! They had a nice spice and they came with a blue cheese dipping sauce. Normally I'm not a big fan of blue cheese, but dang, this was good. We were sooo full! Next time I go to DC, I will definitely be hitting up Ben's Next Door again... its nicer inside and they have the alcohol! :)
So, to begin, let's start in DC where my trip began. I took a redeye flight out on a Monday night and arrived on Tuesday morning. I actually didn't take Tuesday - Thursday off of work, so I had planned on working while I was out there. I figured that there was a 3 hour time difference, so I could do things in the morning and by the time I got back from my activities, it would be the start of my workday on the west coast. :)
So, the first night, my friend Lani and I hit up U Street. It's a strip of bars and restaurant on, you guessed it, U Street. We walked up and down the street to check out what bars were there and which ones have the best happy hours. I just have to say, DC has some of the best happy hours and nightlife ever. Well, I come from San Jose, so I don't know if that says much. haha
Our first stop was Ben's Chili Bowl! Apparently its Obama's favorite, and I can see why!
We actually didn't go to Ben's Chili Bowl, but they opened up a bar/restaurant next door called Ben's Next Door which is a little more upscale, but you can still order items off of the menu from Ben's Chili Bowl there. Man, I totally pigged out there. The waitress even gave us 2 asian girls the up and down look, indicating she was skeptical we could eat all that we ordered. Lani and I each ordered the Half smoke with chili cheese and shared an order of Chili cheese fries and hot wings. Man oh man, it was awesome. Even awesomer because we were there for happy hour and each item was like $5. And, the experience was even MORE awesome because during happy hour, beer on tap is $3! So, I had a purple haze and a newcastle with my meal. yum!
The half smoke is like a polish sausage... big and juicy! The bun was kind of whatever... nothing special, actually kind of dry... but seriously, you can't go wrong with anything covered in chili cheese! I just wanted to eat that chili cheese forever.
The chili cheese fries were good... but again, you can't go wrong with chili cheese! There's just something about their chili... its just plain good. I can't put my finger on it.... but i just know I wanted more of it! Behind the chili cheese fries were the chicken wings... and surprisingly, they were good! They had a nice spice and they came with a blue cheese dipping sauce. Normally I'm not a big fan of blue cheese, but dang, this was good. We were sooo full! Next time I go to DC, I will definitely be hitting up Ben's Next Door again... its nicer inside and they have the alcohol! :)
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Shopping in the late 20's
Today I went to the local Art & Wine Festival. I drank some wine.. walked around, and went into this boutique-y clothing store. Under dangerous alcohol influence, I almost spontaneously purchased this cute coat..
But my cheapness kicked in and I decided not to dish out $120 for this. I take pride in being a smart online shopper, so I took a mental note on the brand of the coat and came home on a mission to buy it for cheaper.
The brand of the coat is Tulle, never heard of it. Do you like it? Anyways, here's how I ended up buying it for $80,which I am very satisfied with..
Point of the story is... you can most likely get it for cheaper and google is your best friend. The above steps took me like, 10 minutes. You can spare 10 min for $40 in savings. Try it out...
Switching gears now.... shopping in the late 20's. I am almost 27 now, and I still find myself attracted to junior clothing! How many of you other late 20 ladies still shop at forever21? I want to say "forever 21 isn't that bad", but in the end, it's a junior store, and I'm not a junior. Luckily, I think I still look pretty young, so I get away with shopping at forever21, but when I'm in there and I see old ladies, like grandma status, shopping for themselves.. I shudder and hope that I don't end up like them. And you know they're shopping for themselves because they're already wearing something stretchy but still 2 sizes too small, with gold rhinestone embellishment, and some kind of open-toe wedge shoe.. going through the racks for other similar tacky clothing.
Please share where you'd recommend a late 20's girl to shop.
But my cheapness kicked in and I decided not to dish out $120 for this. I take pride in being a smart online shopper, so I took a mental note on the brand of the coat and came home on a mission to buy it for cheaper.
The brand of the coat is Tulle, never heard of it. Do you like it? Anyways, here's how I ended up buying it for $80,which I am very satisfied with..
- googled "tulle coat"
- found the brand site at www.tulle4us.com -- here I learned the name of coat is "double face scallop coat" and sold for full price $123
- re-googled "tulle double face scallop", found the coat for sale at a couple othersites - shopruche.com, ebay, and fredflare.com
- being that this coat is new for fall 2009, i didn't find this on sale, so next i looked for a site coupon
- googled for "fredflare coupon" and lead me to retailmenot.com page; found a coupon for 35% off
- tested out the coupon, worked, free shipping, bought! :)
Point of the story is... you can most likely get it for cheaper and google is your best friend. The above steps took me like, 10 minutes. You can spare 10 min for $40 in savings. Try it out...
Switching gears now.... shopping in the late 20's. I am almost 27 now, and I still find myself attracted to junior clothing! How many of you other late 20 ladies still shop at forever21? I want to say "forever 21 isn't that bad", but in the end, it's a junior store, and I'm not a junior. Luckily, I think I still look pretty young, so I get away with shopping at forever21, but when I'm in there and I see old ladies, like grandma status, shopping for themselves.. I shudder and hope that I don't end up like them. And you know they're shopping for themselves because they're already wearing something stretchy but still 2 sizes too small, with gold rhinestone embellishment, and some kind of open-toe wedge shoe.. going through the racks for other similar tacky clothing.
Please share where you'd recommend a late 20's girl to shop.
Monday, September 14, 2009
GAGa-licious
i love Lady Gaga. i love her music and how she's so unique... but she was quite special/memorable at the VMA's... (keep in mind these are all from the same night!)
must've been so fun dressing up in outrageous costumes! she's so fierce, but the red one is going to give me nightmares...
in chronological order...
p.s. can't believe they let russell brand host the VMA's again... but i guess his unfunny jokes were nothing compared to kanye's douchebaggery.
must've been so fun dressing up in outrageous costumes! she's so fierce, but the red one is going to give me nightmares...
in chronological order...
p.s. can't believe they let russell brand host the VMA's again... but i guess his unfunny jokes were nothing compared to kanye's douchebaggery.
Uber Umbrella
watch out for these dangerous umbrellas! have a 2 ft gap that you need to walk across? put this umbrella over the gap and walk over!! have a watermelon and no knife...? no worries! this umbrella can do it all!
pretty awesome umbrella... seems like it would last forever and save lives. but then again, it could also be used against you. a mugger can totally walk up to you in this umbrella and threaten to smack u with it... scary. UNLESS everyone gets one of these umbrellas and when a mugger tries to pull something on you, you can pull out your umbrella and have a swordfight!
The Tower Burger
If Adam Richman ever takes his show internationally... he should go here! This guy tries the Tower Burger at Monster Cafe. Man, I can't believe this guy ate the whole thing... or it seems like he did. Actually, now that I think about it, the Tower Burger is just 6 burgers. It's not really 1 burger, but the Japanese are so smart to market it like that haha. Not bad for $29 USD in Japan for 6 burgers:
* Bacon egg cheeseburger
* Cheeseburger with two slices of cheese and mustard
* Pineapple burger with tomato and teriyaki sauce
* Cheeseburger with two slices of cheese, pickle, onion, and mustard
* Spam burger
* Chicken burger
All of those sounded pretty good... i want a burger now. nom!
* Bacon egg cheeseburger
* Cheeseburger with two slices of cheese and mustard
* Pineapple burger with tomato and teriyaki sauce
* Cheeseburger with two slices of cheese, pickle, onion, and mustard
* Spam burger
* Chicken burger
All of those sounded pretty good... i want a burger now. nom!
Kanye West vs Taylor Swift
wow... i really should've watched the MTV VMA's last night... everyone is talking about kanye west! Is it just me, or does he always do some dickhead thing at the vmas?
I was watching the morning news, and they even mentioned the horrible thing that kanye west did at the VMA's, so that made me curious! I had to youtube it.
**EDIT** Darn, the video I posted was taken off.. :(
anyways, basic gist is, taylor swift won an award, and while she was accepting, kanye goes up on stage and takes the mike from her. He then proceeds to tell beyonce that she was robbed and her video was the best video ever! jerk stole taylor's time and basically was saying she didn't deserve to win.
man... he didnt even lose and he acts like a sore loser! It was for best FEMALE video... my guess is he was trying to kiss jay-z and beyonce's ass with his outburst. such a mean mean man to sweet angelic taylor swift!
When I youtubed this, I saw his breakdown at another VMAs show! such a sore loser... he's screwed now... everyone hates him. lol congratulations kanye, you might be more hated than chris brown now.
I love Beyonce though, she was so gracious when she won Best Video of the Year! She let Taylor Swift have her time. Since the youtube video was taken off, the gist is, Beyonce was making her acceptance speech and saying that she remembers being 17 and at the VMA's with Destiny Child winning their first award... and she wanted to give Taylor her time. So nice!
Sunday, September 13, 2009
10,000 ways to wear the drapey sweater
Last week Momo and I went to SF to score some Ike's sandwich as seen on Man vs. Food; and took a walk on Haight St. and found this awesome clothing store Ambiance. I looked up their site and found the coolest video ever!
www.ambiancesf.com
I am so buying one of these sweaters.. the billion ways to wear them makes it such a value purchase. This will totally grind Momo.
www.ambiancesf.com
I am so buying one of these sweaters.. the billion ways to wear them makes it such a value purchase. This will totally grind Momo.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
The Beatles Rockband
Quite possibly the most obvious and awesomest idea ever! On sale in-stores at Microcenter for only $39.99! Nice, since it just released yesterday and is normally $59.99.
Song list:
Please Please Me (1963) I Saw Her Standing There
Boys
Do You Want to Know a Secret?
Twist and Shout
With the Beatles (1963) I Wanna Be Your Man
A Hard Day's Night (1964) A Hard Day's Night
Can't Buy Me Love
Beatles For Sale (1964) Eight Days a Week
Help! (1965) Ticket to Ride
Rubber Soul (1965) Drive My Car
I'm Looking Through You
If I Needed Someone
Revolver (1966) Taxman
Yellow Submarine
And Your Bird Can Sing
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club (1967) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club/With a Little Help from My Friends
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Getting Better
Good Morning Good Morning
Magical Mystery Tour (1967) I Am the Walrus
Hello Goodbye
The Beatles White Album (1968) Dear Prudence
Back in the U.S.S.R.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Birthday
Helter Skelter
Yellow Submarine (1969) Hey Bulldog
Abbey Road (1969) Come Together
Something
Octopus' Garden
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Here Comes the Sun
Let It Be (1970) Dig a Pony
I Me Mine
I've Got a FeelingGet Back
Love (2006) Within You/Tomorrow Never Knows
Plus, if you get the xbox 360 version, there's a bonus song, "All you need is love" :)
Boys
Do You Want to Know a Secret?
Twist and Shout
Can't Buy Me Love
I'm Looking Through You
If I Needed Someone
Yellow Submarine
And Your Bird Can Sing
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Getting Better
Good Morning Good Morning
Hello Goodbye
Back in the U.S.S.R.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Birthday
Helter Skelter
Something
Octopus' Garden
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Here Comes the Sun
I Me Mine
I've Got a FeelingGet Back
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
6CUK759
...is the license plate of the woman that really grinds my gears.
first off, i have given in to jasmine's blog idea of "what grinds momo". haha i've never used blogger before, as i've been a xanga user since 2002... (dang 7 years...) so hopefully i can successfully complete this post... :P xanga's new interface actually really grinds my gears... but that's a whole other post...
anyways, back to what grinds momo... and this post is about something that grinds momo in a bad way. haha so, i went to the Super Band concert yesterday... with my parents... yes, yes i did. i am a 26 yr old girl that attended a rock concert with her parents. The Super Band is a compilation of 4 chinese superstar singers. They're each individually successful artists and they created this tour/band... the singer of my favorite chinese song, a-yue, is in it... he's the drummer... omg drummers are so hot. A-yue was really great in concert. he grinds me in a good way haha He played my favorite song (ai wo bie zhou) as well as a lot of favorites from his old album... i thought it was kind of odd though, he didn't play any songs from his newest album, but i'm guessing he was trying to cater to the older audience that was there.
so, a-yue is the youngest and the hippest, which i think all the young people went to the concert for... the rest of the members are like in their 40s and 50s, so they have an older crowd following... it was pretty interesting being in such a mixed concert. it was funny when the camera panned at the audience and you can see certain sections waving glowsticks and waving, while the older men and women were just chilling in their seats haha
so here's a little mini-grind...
in a bad way, before i get into what grinds momo in today's post... the guy next to me was yelling (not singing, though i think he thought that's what he was doing) in my freaking ear to almost every freaking song! it was like he wanted to be the one in concert -_- omg he was yelling the words and it sounded soooo bad..... it was so loud i was having trouble hearing the actual artists performing!! plus, he wasn't even singing/yelling the right lines at certain parts and sometimes he would sing/yell the line before or after the artist.. omg it was so annoying... the good thing was, he was an older man, so he didn't ruin a-yue's songs for me... but seriously, why!?!! i mean, its fine if people want to sing along to their favorite songs at a concert, but can you not YELL in my freaking ear?!? i came to the concert to hear a-yue, not you, jerk.
ok anyways, i guess its just when there's a huge crowd of chinese people, you're bound to encounter a rude person.... so first is the guy yelling in my ear the whole concert, and 2nd is the freaking bitch. so, when the concert was over, everyone's in the same parking garage at sjsu... and if you've ever been to an event there, you know there's like only a couple of exits and all these cars are trying to leave at the same time and merge into single file out of each of these exits. its like this at any concert, any event. u just expect to have to wait in line, and whenever lanes are merging into one, its common courtesy for one car in each lane to go at a time.
so, we were in the car and this bitch in this white car was in the other lane... so we were competing to merge into the same lane. however, it was our turn to get into the single file line, because the person in front of her had merged into the lane, so naturally it was our turn next. it was super crowded, everyone's waiting to get out of this parking garage... so you have to understand that everyone wants out, so its only proper to follow common courtesy of letting people in as we all merge together.... i cant stress this enough!! i don't understand what is so hard about complying with common courtesy. ok, so this lady was inching right up behind the guy in front of her... so my dad honked at her to let her know that it was his turn, and that he'd be merging in.... the lady rolled down her window and was like "oh, you want to come in? fine, go ahead!"... but like in a condescending way... but whatever... we're like, ok so she's gona back off.
the car in front of her moved forward and she moved right ahead and was just inches from its back.... we were surprised! didnt she just say we could merge in?!? i told my dad just to turn in closer to the car we were supposed to merge in behind.... but the lady just moved closer, and she turned to us and gave us one of those fuck you smiles... u know? the ones that are like super fake... its like a forced smile but her eyes were like laughing at us for not getting in in front of her. omg i wanted to get out and clock the bitch. but my dad was too nice and just let it slide... but that really grinds my gears!! its just general politeness to take turns... and come on, by not letting one car get in front of you, how much time does that really save you? haha it was funny because my mom's friend was in the car too, and she was like, let's give her the middle finger! hahaha a woman in her late 50s giving the finger to a deserving bitch is awesome. anyways, if anyone ever sees a white car with license plate 6CUK759, the bitch driving really grinds my gears (in a very bad way). punch her in the neck.
first off, i have given in to jasmine's blog idea of "what grinds momo". haha i've never used blogger before, as i've been a xanga user since 2002... (dang 7 years...) so hopefully i can successfully complete this post... :P xanga's new interface actually really grinds my gears... but that's a whole other post...
anyways, back to what grinds momo... and this post is about something that grinds momo in a bad way. haha so, i went to the Super Band concert yesterday... with my parents... yes, yes i did. i am a 26 yr old girl that attended a rock concert with her parents. The Super Band is a compilation of 4 chinese superstar singers. They're each individually successful artists and they created this tour/band... the singer of my favorite chinese song, a-yue, is in it... he's the drummer... omg drummers are so hot. A-yue was really great in concert. he grinds me in a good way haha He played my favorite song (ai wo bie zhou) as well as a lot of favorites from his old album... i thought it was kind of odd though, he didn't play any songs from his newest album, but i'm guessing he was trying to cater to the older audience that was there.
so, a-yue is the youngest and the hippest, which i think all the young people went to the concert for... the rest of the members are like in their 40s and 50s, so they have an older crowd following... it was pretty interesting being in such a mixed concert. it was funny when the camera panned at the audience and you can see certain sections waving glowsticks and waving, while the older men and women were just chilling in their seats haha
so here's a little mini-grind...
in a bad way, before i get into what grinds momo in today's post... the guy next to me was yelling (not singing, though i think he thought that's what he was doing) in my freaking ear to almost every freaking song! it was like he wanted to be the one in concert -_- omg he was yelling the words and it sounded soooo bad..... it was so loud i was having trouble hearing the actual artists performing!! plus, he wasn't even singing/yelling the right lines at certain parts and sometimes he would sing/yell the line before or after the artist.. omg it was so annoying... the good thing was, he was an older man, so he didn't ruin a-yue's songs for me... but seriously, why!?!! i mean, its fine if people want to sing along to their favorite songs at a concert, but can you not YELL in my freaking ear?!? i came to the concert to hear a-yue, not you, jerk.
ok anyways, i guess its just when there's a huge crowd of chinese people, you're bound to encounter a rude person.... so first is the guy yelling in my ear the whole concert, and 2nd is the freaking bitch. so, when the concert was over, everyone's in the same parking garage at sjsu... and if you've ever been to an event there, you know there's like only a couple of exits and all these cars are trying to leave at the same time and merge into single file out of each of these exits. its like this at any concert, any event. u just expect to have to wait in line, and whenever lanes are merging into one, its common courtesy for one car in each lane to go at a time.
so, we were in the car and this bitch in this white car was in the other lane... so we were competing to merge into the same lane. however, it was our turn to get into the single file line, because the person in front of her had merged into the lane, so naturally it was our turn next. it was super crowded, everyone's waiting to get out of this parking garage... so you have to understand that everyone wants out, so its only proper to follow common courtesy of letting people in as we all merge together.... i cant stress this enough!! i don't understand what is so hard about complying with common courtesy. ok, so this lady was inching right up behind the guy in front of her... so my dad honked at her to let her know that it was his turn, and that he'd be merging in.... the lady rolled down her window and was like "oh, you want to come in? fine, go ahead!"... but like in a condescending way... but whatever... we're like, ok so she's gona back off.
the car in front of her moved forward and she moved right ahead and was just inches from its back.... we were surprised! didnt she just say we could merge in?!? i told my dad just to turn in closer to the car we were supposed to merge in behind.... but the lady just moved closer, and she turned to us and gave us one of those fuck you smiles... u know? the ones that are like super fake... its like a forced smile but her eyes were like laughing at us for not getting in in front of her. omg i wanted to get out and clock the bitch. but my dad was too nice and just let it slide... but that really grinds my gears!! its just general politeness to take turns... and come on, by not letting one car get in front of you, how much time does that really save you? haha it was funny because my mom's friend was in the car too, and she was like, let's give her the middle finger! hahaha a woman in her late 50s giving the finger to a deserving bitch is awesome. anyways, if anyone ever sees a white car with license plate 6CUK759, the bitch driving really grinds my gears (in a very bad way). punch her in the neck.
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