seattle continued

Friday night my friend's flight gets in around 9. So I don't know. You wanna go out?

ok so i gave my card to the bartender and her gay friend who i think is not actually gay oops. btw he went to rit! hahahahahahaha.

olol

btw, i <3 my new home:
http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp95/tza/IMG00652.jpg

makin me miss it, out here in this dusty desert-ass country

here is a seattle tip: it is a really long walk from sun liquor to my house.

lol yeah it is!

so glad you went to sun liquor. did you like it?

Loved it! And my friend was still raving about it as she left for the airport :D

mariners vs. the hated orioles
1:40 pm pdt start

did u get tix?

orioles are so bad and hated

little known fact: my little known grandfather once did spring training with the hated orioles.

my favorite team is montreal expos. after they died i don't like baseball anymore

they didnt die they just had a sex change and became the nationals

oh blah blah

i liked the braves until the strike killed baseball for me.

braves may be my least favorite team? the chop is so disgusting

oh yeah it is horrible but i lived close to atlanta so it was a local thing to like the braves.

oh yeah i forgot. it was a thing to like the yankees where i am from :((((((

ew gross

Fav minor league team = Indianapolis Indians, because of player Raaaaaazzzzzzooooorrrrrr SHINES! (now 3rd base coach for the Mets ;_;) Tho Everett Aquasox are close favorite due to awesome name.

(ps so glad to be home. sorry indianapolis, but it is over between us and i am blocking u and changing my status to it's complicated. why? b/c y'r icky.)

(i do totally <3 seattle)

welcome home!!!

so glad 2 b back! If anyone is down at the stadiums for Mariners/Sounders games btw, they should stop at our house for refreshment/until traffic clears/etc.

would love to. next soccer game we have tix for is july 25th, a noon start i think.

tza i *almost* have the tickets. it's like 85% at this point. my friends are flaky but hey, free is free

it's cool i am flexible if it happens yay if not it's ok!
we should do something soon anyway, though.

tickets are set. pick you up at one?

hooray, sounds grebt!

reminder: take the bag of spices

YES. put them out

jergins, you know about the free parking area that is through the creepy rat-infested tunnel from the train station? Under the deck behind the FW gallery?

nuh uh.hmm. i have my own free spot i like but another could come in handy. i will look up fw gallery

go to the king st station, turn left and go to the far end of the parking lot - there is a tunnel that goes under Jackson and follows old unused tracks, go down that and follow along the chain-link fence past the garbage dumpsters. There's a guy that has set up housekeeping under there in a cardboard box fort, but he is easy-going. There's 7 or 8 spaces under there - not always useful during the workday b/c other people know about it, but almost always totally empty on the weekend. It is very creepy to have to walk down there, wear sturdy shoes.

FW = Foster White

thanks! i'll keep that one in the back pocket

thanks for an adventurous day, jergs!
lxy, it was swell to see you, too!
also, surprisingly, there were only 2 repeats of things i already have in the spices!

you too, tehehe!
kind of a miracle of spices, then. yay!

miracle turmeric, for sure.

what will i cook for you with all this spices?

turmeric really? well then, way to go, everybody!

maybe you could get harbl's extra+++ turmeric recipe.

oh i just cooked yellow split peas. they weren't ruined, i didn't even notice extra turmeric taste even!

they must have been really yellow!

turmeric is very good for you but i can't remember quite how

no it's true when i saw dr. andrew weil give a lil talk he was raving about the benefits of turmeric but now i can't remember why... something about longevity?

Mr. Jaq and I were inspecting a turmeric root at Uwajimaya last night! Housed between the mushrooms and the herbs, looked like a scrawny carrot. Maybe all that yellowness gives you a sunny outlook?

the tamarind i got (also at uwajimaya) was in a box and i had no idea if there was a way to choose it for best quality so i just got some and it seems to be working out ok but i really don't know maybe it is horrible quality! i also got a cherimoya there that i was really excited about but then i let it get too ripe and had to get rid of it because it was leaking on my counter :(

i have never bought a real tamarind, only the gummy pulp you buy in sealed plastic. seems ok.

this is what i had to do with my tamarind:
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there is still some left. maybe i'll make some juice.

oops http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3159/2434687926_f3a302d60c_m.jpg

I love those tamarind sodas that Greenleaf makes. They are probably just tamarind pulp, simple syrup, and soda water. Sprinkled with chopped peanuts though!

I bought apricots and a cherimoya last night! I found out a few weeks ago it is perfectly fine to keep your cherimoya in the fridge. It will stay good even if the skin gets all brown and shabby.