Thanksgiving

the tradition continues...pre-thanksgiving feast 2010 was another success. again missing my coveted sous chef, i took on more of the responsibilities myself. and i was very pleased with myself when everything worked out.

but the main reason for this post is to rave about the utility and benefits of a good brine. and stealing alton brown's recipe, i thought the turkey turned out great...probably one of the best i've ever made.

anyways, now that the thanksgiving weekend is over and the leftovers are still being consumed, i'm already excited for the next time i get to feast.

Dream Girl

there may need to be new room on my mantel of ridiculously hot women that i will never get to meet...and as much as it pains me to think about this possibility, emmanuelle chriqui, has some serious competition.

so without further ado, to live forever in my creepish fantasy world of awesomely beautiful women who i will never have a chance with...arden cho.

and to further promote her and a few ucsd alum and a bunch of much more creative asian people than i..."A.S.S"

Where Amazing Happens

so good that you can't help but love it...

...or if you're in anything but purple and gold, just hate it.

More Sane?

us on the left have definitely had a plethora of ironic, hypocritical, downright hilarious, and realistically dangerous material from the right wing, tea party base the past few years...and it's done for some good ratings for the daily show and the colbert report. but what is truly appreciated about those types of shows is the level of intelligence that the two respective hosts bring to the discourse...it's not about who's winning or who's the loudest. yes, they make a living calling out the crazies, but those who believe that is news are just as ironic, hypocritical, hilarious, and dangerous...and sadly, missed the whole point of the rally this past weekend.

we were supposed to rise above the noise, not succumb to sound bites and talking points, and truly engage ourselves in the process and make our own decisions.

sure we may not be as hateful or be as aggressively spiteful, but we need to be careful not to be as blindly led.

Cuisine

it is no secret that i have been irate about the lack of quality mexican food in the district. and whenever i spout off on my complete disdain and disgust at the scene, i get rebuttals to visit places like cactus cantina or lauriol plaza, i immediate refute their claims that this is mexican food. as evidenced by the most useful of diagrams...



i won't lie, i do enjoy a plate of nachos or chips and queso or enchiladas and overly stuffed burritos. but there are times when i really just crave some quality chorizo or succulent carnitas...and sadly, those are harder to find in what should be a metropolitan.