On this date in 2014, I met my M in person for the first time. At the time I was in the midst of Fail Faster Dating, so I was going on a lot of first dates and occasional second/third/beyond dates. Most of these dates were lined up via OKCupid, which was my dating app of choice.

I wrote to M first, because her profile mentioned that she had a ( Read more... )

Since it's inception in December 2003, one of the yearly staples of this LiveJournal has been a concert year in review. I retroactively did 2005, which was the only year I missed in that time span. However, my comprehensive lists of concerts attended go back to 1998, more or less, with some one-off items before that. Clearly, I need to get at least ( Read more... )

Spring 1998 was a lot like Fall 1997 for me personally. I was still living in the back of the Studio with Hsia in the front room. I still had an extraordinary amount of academic stress, as the weed out sophomore year continued with my scholarship on the line ( Read more... )

After the last interlude, M and I went to Detroit for an overnight trip. The main impetus for the trip was a Diego Garcia / Frida Kahlo art exhibit that was paired with the permanent installation of the Detroit Industry Murals. We also went to the Motown Museum, which was pretty fantastic.

82. Friday, May 15 - China House - I got Chinese takeout ( Read more... )

So my sister and I went to Portland and Seattle for more than a week. The ostensible excuse was a cousin's wedding. I saw a lot of friends and saw a Mariners game, but from the outside you could be forgiven for thinking that I was there mostly to eat brunch, as I had a delicious brunch every single day of the trip. Here's the breakdown ( Read more... )

My recently alluded to relationship has been ended be her after 4+ months, with no hard feelings (at least from me). One the nicest things about it was that I cooked dinner for her very frequently. At some point I realized I hadn't repeated recipes, so I tried hard to do something new every time. I succeeded admirably. This recipe was one of the ( Read more... )

I haven't updated because I have been busy enjoying my life ( Read more... )

Yes, it's a third consecutive entry in "cynic51 cooks dinner for attractive women", well all the same woman in this case. This one is from the January/February 2012 Eating Well, which from my perspective was one of the greatest collection of crock pot recipes found in place. That one gave me picadillo and a yellow pea soup (both of which I should really ( Read more... )

Here's another recipe from the March/April 2014 Eating Well, made for the same girl.

Be warned, you have to let things sit overnight for this recipe.

Breakfast Blueberry-Oatmeal Cakes
Makes 12 muffins2 1/2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats ( Read more... )

I mentioned a while back that I offered a girl a choice of untested Indian recipe or untested other recipe. Here's the other recipe, which she happily came over and ate in the sequel. This one came from the March/April 2014 Eating Well magazine.

Chicken & Snap Pea Stir-Fry Over Angel Hair Pasta8 ounces angel hair pasta ( Read more... )