So my first whole weekend off in a while and of course I have come down with something and feel fucking miserable. This may be a new record for me, only 4 weeks into the semester and I have already managed to stress myself out to the point of making myself sick. Usually I don't start feeling shitty till finals.
So in an effort to make myself feel better I shelled out $20 for a ton of spicy Korean Soups to get me through the weekend. I trekked to Seoul Garden on Niagara Falls Blvd, because they were the only Korean place in Buffalo I called that even had Jjamppong. I did however learn something today. Apparently Jjamppong isn't really Korean. It's a Korean adaptation of a Chinese Soup, although it's pretty popular in Korea. I also picked up an order of Yook Gae Jang for tomorrow.
So anyway Jjampong is a seafood soup with octopus, squid, mussels, shrimp, pork, kimchi, Spanish onion, green onion, carrot, and Chinese water noodles all swimming in a fiery orange broth. As far as I could tell it was pretty good, but in honesty I can't taste all that well, it didn't make me sweat like it normally does however. This was the first time I have had it with mussels and pork in it and I liked it that way. They give you so much for $8.00 that you can make two meals out of it. So I suppose its Jjamppong again for dinner. It did actually make me feel a little better for a little while at least.
As far as the restaurant goes I didn't eat there but it was packed full of Asians, which in my opinion tends to be a good sign. It's a pretty dumpy looking dining room really, but the kitchen they have is absolutely beautiful. You can see it from the front counter. It's massive, and from afar looks impeccably clean. You could squeeze 7 line cooks in there comfortably if needed. But the size of the "dining room" really doesn't merit such a behemoth. Any way I will definitely be going back for more, they have a whole bunch of Korean dishes that I have never had and a few Chinese ones as well. It's really a shame that its so far away from my place, I guess I will just have to stop there on my way home from school sometime.
So I guess instead of cramming for my exams coming up this week I will just lie here on the couch pretending that I have nothing that needs to be done. Maybe I will get off my ass just long enough to rent a few films to make it through the night. Any suggestions as to what I should rent.
John, you're now an (e:peep). Congrats!
Rollins opened up his shows here talking about Mahmoud. That guy is a complete lunatic, and we should let him spout off. Unfortunately, thanks to the far left and the far right, free speech and public discourse has more or less become a thing of the past here. Don't like what someone says? Shut him up!
PS - Opposition to this guy was definitely bi-partisan. The guy's a straight up Jew hater, and he's visiting NYC.......you sort of should expect some kind of outcry.
Now, me, I happen to agree that he should be allowed to come and talk, if only to expose the guy for the nut he is officially. That pretty much comprises the value of "negotiating" with someone like this. Apparently the Columbia President had no problem with using that approach.
I wouldn't think ol' Mahmoud would represent (R) any more than Stalin represents (D).
Sounds like the gays should invade iran and do some recruiting!
I listened to some people say, "we shouldn't turn this into a photo op."
Yeah, Bush, Gulianni, and a million other politicians didn't do that.
Of course, if we allow him to express sympathy (which we might want to encourage--right?) then we can't claim that he did it, which I am sure Bush will try to claim, somehow, in the coming months.
And if this guy can prevent homosexuality in his country, why don't the republicans love him? Just asking. I'm surprised Cheney has invited him to his house for dinner (ooh. That was a cheap shot, wasn't it?)
I did think he had a good point that the holocaust shouldn't be justification for the state of Israel; Nazi crimes payed for by the Palestinians. But, that isn't much of a point to make and a moot one at that, so a slight glimmer of reason in an otherwise vapid speech.
The prime minister of Japan said that his nation also does not have homosexuals. This was in the early 90's I think. We also make friends with loonies.
What bothered me about the whole fiasco was all the people wailing about Ahamadinejad wanting to lay a wreath at the world trade center. John McCain said he would personally restrain him if needed. We didn't want the guy to have his little PR coup. Is America so fragile that a leader, unpopular in his own nation and internationally, can't have a little photo op? Now that is might!