Month: July 2011

a weekend excursion does wonders for the restless

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This weekend I took myself away on a mini respite to visit with a friend. It’s amazing how even just getting a few miles afield of my everyday experience rejuvenates a wearied spirit. Not that I have recently (or ever, really) had a tremendously taxing set of responsibilities that weighs me down. At any rate, seeing those lovely Appalachians from a slightly different angle does remind me of what a really splendid part of the world I’ve found myself settled by the powers that be, and that just fills me up with a sense of ease.

So, on this little weekend tour, my dear friend and I went out to see the sites of her more metropolitan residence, which included to our greatest pleasure a cereal bar. It was a really cozy little spot, especially for the faintly inebriated folks such as my friend and myself who wandered in at a progressed hour to discover an unrivaled selection of all the best breakfast cereals (I say unrivaled because I’ve yet only heard of this single cereal bar, though that may be on account of my limited experience in such a field). I’d actually had Kellogg’s Corn Pops on my mind for a better part of the evening, then in a splendid twist of fate, on the shelf directly below the Pops was yet another of Kellogg’s steadfast: Honey Smacks. So, I married the two in a delightful sugar coated dream, barely able to contain my excitement as I prepared to take the bowl. As it was this bowl was near perfect, but the genius man behind the counter asked me, almost as an afterthought, “Would you like whipped cream on that?” and as a person with even half a brain knows, there is never any thoroughly good reason to forego a whipped cream flourish, so I watched as he skillfully garnished my Pops and Smacks with the stuff that to my half-dormant child’s memories was the signifier of a true dessert.

I can’t describe well the experience of eating such a thing, because I was really too caught up in the moment to worry over memorizing every single spoonful, but now as a general memory of the experience I would simply say it was delectable.

Why hey there, you

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I don’t have much in particular to talk about today, but I figured I needed to work toward positive behaviors, writing a lot of nonsense blogs being a positive behavior in my view of things. That said, I did take a bit of a trip yesterday: I ventured outside city limits. Not only that, I crossed into another city’s limits. I know, it sounds like I’m living pretty dangerously, and while I assure you that there is some level of peril driving on roads around here it’s not really enough to constitute a dangerous lifestyle. Anyhow, on this excursion I made a point to stop at an Asian foods market and see what kind of things they were offering up for purchase. Turns out, it pretty much had all my favorite things I’d been missing from my recent travels to the East, so it ended up to be a very fruitful expedition. This morning I enjoyed some of my bounty in the form of キムチたくわん (kimchi takuan) and its delicious spiciness has left me feeling energized all day. Thanks pickled vegetables!!

Spicy Kimchi

and life just gets shinier

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Though I would hardly consider myself a tech savvy type, I am one of those who likes to pretend I am competent and aware of all the latest gadgetry and technological doodads. This I accomplish through more or less impulse purchases (I would say I spend a lot of time deliberating, sometimes 3 whole days) then mull over whether it was a good idea, if I’m the kind of person who really needs a lot of fancy accessories and such, but lemme just put it out there that whoever, whatever, an iPhone 4 is absolutely an incredible piece of hardware. Don’t assume that simply because it’s never crossed your mind to have an application that allows you to know what the constellations are floating above your head that it is unnecessary–you will soon find it IS necessary and you’ll wonder why you’ve been such an idiot to have waited around this long only being able to identify the Big Dipper with your measly childhood astronomy knowledge. Yes, with the iPhone 4, you’re no longer a wimpy, sniffly nosed kid. You’re an adult. With an iPhone 4.

I may need to be wary; if I feel this powerful only having possessed an iPhone for several hours I may start trying to tinker with the very fabric of our reality, and from every science fiction story I’ve ever encountered that’s when things can get a little bit weird.