this was obviously cuter in person

Slowly working my way through the chocolate

As you see, I'm a bit of a sampler, working on everything incrementally. I hope to be done by the end of the year.

A misguided solution

The premature summer has brought out ants in my room and so I've been clogging their entrance with salt so far, but that hasn't entirely deterred them. Today I decided ever so brilliantly to add perfume to the salt and then clog to both make a physical and scent barrier that they'd avoid. I have a bit of a cold so I didn't really notice the smell but after I came back from washing up, jesus.

Maybe after this week I won't be able to smell anything at all. I'll let you know if the ants come back...

The first in a series on couples

Barrels spending their afternoon overlooking Lake Waban

Elmo...

Elmo cookies at Roche Bros. I found this sort of horrifying, actually

WATERRAT OMG

AGH! Finally caught it on phone camera, though you can't see it clearly at all...

Youtube Symphony Orchestra (YTSO)

Act 1

Wicked cool concept, and check out the attractive halvie cellist (first stand) :D There's a profile of him about 20 minutes in and while he may not be a productive member of society, well, many attractive people just aren't.
Both Acts have little bits of introduction by this guy who resembles the villain from the James Bond Move "Tomorrow Never Dies" (or something like that).


Act 2

*please* watch the first couple minutes. Very cute teamwork piano-playing by kids.
If you watch on, you can see Tan Dun going crazy insane. There's also Yuja Wang, a pianist whose talents are wasted not playing the Super Mario Bros. theme

Towards the middle and end of Act II things get experimental but with really ehhh results, but maybe if more of these YTSO concerts are done, maybe it'll get pretty cool...(optimism, ja?)

FWD: EZS Field Report #

----- Original Message -----

Dear Professor ******,

I'm aware that this email probably implies that I have spent the first half of my Friday night, "date night," finishing up this report in my lonely room but I hope that you would also consider the possibility that I am a very inconsiderate date.

Best,
***** ******

Butterscotch Pop

See's Lollypops in Chocolate, Butterscotch, Vanilla and Coffee

o yzhou...

Fancy-Pants Cookies

Ridiculously good and buttery

( <3 yzhou!)

Green Tea Shave Ice

Between the Hours, Allston

Rtao's cake

Strawberry filling (from Seoul bakery in Allston; would advise to rely on Eldo next time)

Happy Birthday!

Dumpling and Ricecake Beef Soup (behind it Rabokki)

Colors, Allston
Rtao's 22nd

Bulgulgi and Kimchi Fried Rice

Colors, Allston
(happy birthday rtao!)

Creme Brulee, Banana Bread, Meringue and Lemon Tart

Flour Bakery, Washington St.

Bone Marrow + Bread and beef!

Toro

I really don't know the name of any of these dishes, haha

Toro

Most amazing corn ever

Toro

More Toro

Sangria

Toro

Huge "small" shave ice

And that is indeed 3 different types of bean going on there. I was happy with it, albeit already like 102% full by the time we got it

Jojo Taipei

"Beauty tea" Chrysanthemum and Licorice

So, we knew neither that it was $6 beauty tea, nor that it had licorice in it. Imagine our joy upon seeing the bill

Jojo Taipei

The watercress

Jojo Taipei

Their special duck

As you can imagine, this meal would've been better split with like two other people

Jojo Taipei

Scallion pancake with beef and stuff

Ridiculously filling, do order!

Jojo Taipei

ZhaJiang Mian

There was actually dofu in here too. A much healthier version

(and on black day, no less!)

Jojo Taipei

the $4 cold dish plus free stuff

We thought the dofu gar would be free, since like, it's just dofu gar with some coriander and sauce. O but then we saw the check

Jojo Taipei (Allston/B)

I want me to get some sleep too...

Spotted in the Clapp while paying my fees off. Half-price fines reaffirm my commitment to never paying my fees off in a timely manner

oh, right

This was never sent correctly while I was in the Met
(Cambodian lion)

the Met

Armani Exchange is sketchy as hell

... aaah

BK's children's meal

"apple fries," chocolate milk, chicken nuggets in the shape of "W" (or dinosaurs, couldn't tell), and Sponge Bob toy

Tour guide?

or laid-back Egyptian MC?

the Met

Heeee

Apparently those glasses weren't just drawn in by some kid with a sharpie, but that's what it looks like to me!

the Met

the original Video Vixens

but I was able to find her someone for her videos!

the Met

Aphrodite, female MC

I was unable to find her a beat-boxer

the Met

Sappho just sits there, groping her right boobie

Yeah.

the Met

Yeah, I'd be pissed off if I were this guy too

(I figured they were asking for money but the plaque [is that the sign or the stuff on your teeth?] said that this dude and his sons are actually like imprisoned and starving to death)

the Met

I remembered her as looking more pretty and less creepy

But I guess that effect is sort of hard to avoid

the Met

Mr Crocodile

the met

Damn hooligans from 1820 defiling everything

the Met

Cantonese food, hl1u's treat

Wu Liang Ye

that's some graffiti there

the Met

Please don't put coins in the water because it is harmful for the fish

Note the coin, note the lack of fish :(

the Met

the Chinese garden

Being a professor!

the Met

Mr Crab

So, apparently the important part of this painting is not Mssr Crab (who has little googly eyes, which you can't tell in this picture, helas) but actually this huge ass carp that was on the bottom of the scroll. Professor hl1u said that the jumping carp was an important image to those taking the civil service exams. So yearly some fish have to go through some weird jump (like salmon do, I suppose) over something so that they may spawn. Many exam-takers saw this as an equivalent sort of feat; if they could pass the exam they would become important scholar officials.

Apparently both the fish and takers would die if they didn't pass...?


the Met

McMuffin (or something)

I was a bit heavier and sicker for the rest of the day, haha

Strawberry, Red Bean, Chocolate Mousse, Burnt Sugar

Christina's (Christine's?) Inman Square

Definitely going back
Burnt sugar was very good and I thought the red bean was awesome, though yzhou felt a bit differently

For Rfiske

Samosa and Matar Paneer and the Veggie Platter

Punjabi Dhabi

2 Mango and 1 Pineapple Lassi

Punjabi Dhabi, Inman Square
(is that the right name?)