The Sleepy Domain

So, I really like spicy foods. Me and my father are always looking for the tastiest, hottest product out there. Spicy mustard is especially our favorite - we once had some insanely delicious and hot mustard in a restaurant in new york, but never managed to find it in stores. We always find mustards that appear to be good, and they are indeed tasty, but they just aren't perfect.

Well... Lately I have been in the market for a tasty hot sauce with maximum hotness. I tried many different brands, but nothing was quite hitting it. A few days ago I was at the 3rd ave garden getting some dinner, and I stumbled upon a bottle that looked promising...

( read on, for the exciting end )

Dell Support rocks my socks.

One of the top reasons I got my dell was because of the customer service. They do their job very well, and every single time that I need to use it, it seems they get better. Since they got their chat service, I never call them anymore. When I need something bad enough that I have to call dell about it, it means that I know EXACTLY what is wrong and what I want.

So, my fan and heatsink were underperforming, causing my computer to heat up. I chatted online with dell, and within 10 minutes the guy on the other end had arranged for a package to be sent to me with the replacement parts. (I did not want to send my computer in for repairs, since that would have cost me about a week without my computer.)

I did all the work myself. It was scary, it was long, but it was super exciting. I had never seen a laptop computer completely dismantled before.

( Click for cool/nerdy pictures )

So... I played poker last night in east harlem at george's house, but I just couldn't get a big stack going. I won a few nice pots, but at the same time I lost the same amount... I played with a few new people and its always hard to judge them. I usually have an instinct for what people have but its hard when you've never seen them play.

stay tuned for more poker happenings.

Oh farts and butts...

Not even 6 months after I got it, I completely scratch up my ipod. I am so pissed off. I was on my way to Alice and Monica's house for a game of poker. I had a show that night, so I left the theater as soon as my piece was over so I could make it to poker in time. Well, the trip took more than an hour, most especially because of the stupid trains not running and buses being full and a bunch of other crap. I was really pissed off when I got off the A train (which stopped at 145th St, I needed to go to 175th) to transfer to the C. I was running up the stairs, and the cord of my headset caught something, pulled the ipod out of my pocket. It fell on the concrete stairs JUST as my foot landed on top of it AS I was running up the stairs. This made a ugly sounding crunch sound, and when I picked up my ipod I wanted to cry. I love my electronics and I hate seeing them get hurt. This pains me.

( click for the sad pictures )

On the plus side, I made $90 at poker. I played fairly solidly, and, as always, got really lucky. Two huge hands got me most of my cash... Including three people going all in with mostly crap and some draws, while I had a pair of Kings. My kings held up through the turn and the river to win a pot about of about $60. Later on in the game, I had pocket Aces, which I played somewhat slow (bet $1 before flop.) The flop came out A, K, blank. Turn came K, River came blank. I had a house, Aces full of Kings. The best full house possible. The only way anyone could beat me was if they had pocket Kings, but I slow played my Aces after the flop and no one pushed with the kings until the turn, so I figured pocket kings were highly improbably. Tamir went all in with a set of kings... he had no idea I had aces, since I was slow playing them. I won it all.

At our most recent game of poker, Jim looks like a tard by wearing his helmet for most of the game... Dont ask, just look:

Heh, here's a sign that the wine shop right next to my apartment has up recently: I got a kick out of it.

Ugg... I got hit with one of the oldest tricks in the book. My roommate put a rubber band around the spray nozzle in the kitchen sink, and aimed it forward.

It was 8am when, still completely trashed from my Saturday night of drunken debaucheries, I stumble into the kitchen to begin my hangover avoidance technique of a glass of water every few hours. All I wanted was some hydration and a safe return to my warm bed. Instead I was introduced to a pressurized jet of cold-ass water, joined by complete confusion. It certainly did not help that I was indeed still wasted, for I fell to the floor and started an uncontrollable laughter instead of turning off the water. I had myself a royal giggle fest on the kitchen floor, accompanied by an impromptu shower.

Props to my roommate. She managed in pulling off a simple, yet highly effective April fool's day prank.

Its a pretty cold day today, but walking outside made me incredibly happy. It's saint patrick's day, everyone is wearing green, people are drunk already, and there is newfallen snow on the ground.



This is Rupert Park, which is right next to my apartment




This is 91st street, one block north of my street. All the kids were out, sledding down the closed street.

Its a very joyful day today.

But here's yet another tiny step you can do that may help in the end.

Go to this site,
http://www.algore.com/cards.html

Fill in your name, email, zip, and write a small note that is in your own voice: it increases the impact of the postcard. Something like "I do my part in the fight against global warming, but there is only so much I can do." (and, if your representative is already pushing for bills against global warming, write something like) "I know you do a lot already, but I please try your hardest to persuade all the other skeptical members of congress." (Or if your rep is some southern republican white dude elected mostly through big corporations who would hate to see legislature pass earth-and-life-saving bills, try) "Mister, you have GOT to start seeing the fact that this problem is no longer avoidable. Please stop hurting America, and make the fight against global warming one of your TOP priorities. I and MANY of your constituents will praise and respect you for it. Because honestly, I don't have much respect for you right now."

Or something similar. BUT DO IT DO IT DO IT! every little thing helps! This will take 45 seconds of your time!

Al Gore will deliver these postcards to congress on March 21st. You have 3 days.

So, about three months ago I left my sports/suit jacket at the John Ryan theater in brooklyn. It's quite a long ways away, and by the time I realized that's where I had left it, it was a week later. I was sure that it was gone by then. I was kinda sad, but thats life. I mostly forgot about it, and went on with my life.

In December, I went back home to Portland. I needed to look spiffy and posh one night, so I look in my closet, and lo-and behold, my jacket is in there. Now, I am completely baffled at this point, and check the jacket a dozen times, but in the end convinced that it was mine. It was my GAP blazer, the one that my grandpa bought me a year ago, the one I thought I had with my in New York. (let me point out that I ever only had TWO such suit jackets. One that I bought at a goodwill some years ago but really quickly lost, and this one that my grandpa bought) I thought nothing more of it, and happily wore that jacket around town. At the end of my vacation, I realized I needed a blazer in new york, so I brought it back with me.

Just a couple days ago, I go to the john jay theater in Brooklyn to help a friend and be in her show, and what in the world do I find in the lost and found bin? My fucking blazer. Now my mind just does a couple back flips, because my blazer is in my bag which I brought with me, but it is ALSO in the lost and found. I know they are both mine because they are both my size, and I still had that nagging feeling that indeed I did forget my jacket at the theater all those months ago. I look at them closely, they are both GAP. They are both mine, both the same color, and pretty much identical in material.

Which brings me to my question: If I only ever received ONE gap jacket, how come there are TWO in my possession? I am truly baffled, because for once in my life I cannot explain what is going on.