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Now to avoid the Hitchcock soundtracks
So I looked at the budget and looked at my free time and decided the easiest legal way to earn more money was to get another renter. But I haven't had time to go to the anime club and meet new people for, oh, years now.
So... I bit the bullet and hit up Craigslist.
Let's hope I don't end up with a psycho. :)
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Exercise notes: Anime + metronome = good
The 5-miles-an-hour walk-in-your-living-room DVD sets paces from 130-160 beats per minute in different segments, so I set my metronome for 150 beats per minute and just kept moving fast enough to keep my heart rate in the target zone, along with the assistance of weights and a resistance band thingy, for 4 episodes worth ( Read more... ) -
Restaurant squee
B-Won is pretty darn awesome. New section of the menu is table d'hote - so you get miso soup, salad, seven different banchan dishes, rice, and your main dish, which in my case was a really tasty crispy piece of mackerel -- not battered, just perfectly crispy and full of yum (though I have to admit I'm still not sure whether I was supposed to eat ( Read more... ) -
Small fandom meme
For people who are tired of their fandoms not getting enough fandom love -- over here.
I saw R. O. D., Kekkaishi, and W Juliet on the first page, Disgaea on the second, and thought "hey I know some people who could use a pointer in this thing's direction," soooooo... (points!) -
Improv duck sauce and rambles
Of the "not actually either for ducks or made from ducks" variety, that is.
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The Bike Project
For $5 for a replacement tire and 1 hour of grease (elbow and otherwise), my bike turned out much more ridable than I thought it would be - the guys at thebikeproject.org are really awesome ( Read more... ) -
Vegan Mexican pastaless lasagna casserole recipe thing
This got two thumbs up from a vegan friend, a kosher friend, AND a formerly-vegan-reconverted-to-carnivorous friend who said happily, "You don't even notice there isn't actual meat in it!"
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Negimaki, yakitori, dengaku, etc recipes from Dave's birthday party
Survived the annual student-return weekend from hell followed by a pretty awesome patio party. :3 Going back to the annual student-return week from hell (extra shifts helping out the customer support department on account of how they're always swamped this time of year and oh joy are running at half staff this year on account of budget cuts), so ( Read more... ) -
oh boy, now I'm in trouble
Bunter has figured out how to open the hallway door from the inside.He already knew he could push his way in, in the direction the door goes, so I can't keep him out of the back half of the house ( Read more... )