Lobster

Living in chinatown means eating good food cheap. This lobster cost 9.99 and cheaper if you buy more. None of this "market price" bull shit you see at other restaurants where they quick steam it, serve it to you with some butter and make you say "mother may I have another". This is made with green onions and ginger and since I'm eating solo, I can take my time and suck out all the succulent flavors from every nook and cranny. I didn't even order rice, I just had it straight up, like a chinese man without guilt.

Turning a year older, I would like to think I picked up some cool skills as I head off toward the twilight of my life. However, shaking hands is apparently not noe of them. I'm idling my car in an alley at midnight when my friends boyfriend comes over to greet me. He's a tough guy in the army with huge biceps. I don't really know him that well but he puts out his fist. Coolio, I can do that, fist bump and its all good in the hood. 10 minutes later we're departing so I bring up my fist again. But now he's got the hand out in the regular gentleman's position. Fuck me so I open up my hand but than we meet in this weird angle and now we're doing the bro arm wrestling grip. And you know, after that, there is anywhere between 0 to 8 different follow up variations that sometimes include back hand slapping or chest thumping. So I do this crazy 1.5 shake before I pull out cuz the longer I'm in, the worse its gonna get. I guess I picked up another skill tonight - never shake hands with a military man in a dark alley. No bueno.

The Napoleon

Is this burger worth $13.95? My budget for lunch is about 10.00 so looking at the size of this, I have to ask myself, is it? Here's the thing, the "Napoleon" packs quite abit of ingredients starting with a 1/2 pound of ground beef and including bacon, smoked goulda, cheddar, carmelized onion, spring mix, topped with braised short rib, fried egg and truffle fries. You could practically eat 2 meals with this although I don't, every burger dies...but not every burger truly lives. FreEedom! Actually it was a little dry but I do give the cook major props for cooking the egg over medium (not everyone can do that) and making a fairly nice presentation wrapped in wax paper.

The Standing Room
Redondo Beach, Ca.

Monday girl - Asian Nerd

The Avengers - review

Oh my goodness, marvel has come out with some solid entertaining movies including Iron Man, Thor and Captain America, always offering a strong focus on the character behind hero. But who see's a movie because its "solid". We want to see a movie that's crazy and Joss Whedon has done an spectacular job of highlighting each hero's power and personality. Loki, Thor's mischievous and lunatic step brother is causing mayhem again and has stolen the Tesseract (which suspiciously looks like the Cosmic Cube) to create a gateway to another dimension where an alien race of Chitauri are waiting to invade earth. Because that's what the Chitauri do, wait around space portals to invade planets. So the Avengers get together to stop this invasion but the build up to this fight is amazing. Highlights include:
- Hero vs. hero. Every time the comics pit their superheroes against each other, its always under some case of mystical spell of mistaken identity and its just a lame fight with excuses galore as to why one won. But Whedon lets them lose and Iron Man vs. Thor vs. the Hulk is a geeks' afternoon delight.
- The Hulk practically steals the show and you can see why he can kick everyone's ass.
- The Black Widow. Omg. Scarlett Johanssen is a top notch interrogator. Whaat? Thats what we're getting excited about? Ok, she looks super hot in her outfit. I don't know if that's her butt but that should have its own credit at the end of the movie.
- Agent Phil Coulson. He doesn't have any super powers but is the thread of humanity that makes the movie more relatable to the audience.
- End scene. Yes, there is one last scene after the credits. Its not a preview to the next movie but its a nod to Whedon's wit and love for schwarma?
As a kid, you bought the Avengers comic book because it had all the cool Marvel superheroes in one title. And as an adult, its the same reason why you should go see The Avengers movie.

Bail Queen

Never have been to jail or close to being in one, I wonder what the prisoner is thinking when he needs to post bail. I mean, I guess one company is as good as another and jail doesn't have wifi so no yelp, so who to use, who to use. I guess why not Abba? They named themselves after everyone's favorite 70's pop band from Sweden, their van has a picture of a busty woman wearing professional clothing in front of a courthouse and they offer 20% off. Abba it is!

Monday girl - ela fine

This is Ela Pasion. She's your typical import model, shows up in a lot in print ads as well. Good for her. I like reading interviews with models because it proves that stereotypes come from somewhere. According to a q&a, she has a tattoo of "sippy sippy" behind her ear because she loves to drink. Gee, I like to have sex too but you don't see me having "knocking boots" inked on my neck. She also is "afraid of snails" and got a "boob job" to get the attention of a guy. Just one guy? Oh man someone needs to put out a calendar of scientist and physicist.