milk

on my second glass of milk today. i've been trying to drink a glass of milk everyday. never grew up on it, come on, i'm chinese. we drink soy milk. but i've heard that you stop absorbing calcium in your bones once you hit 30. so, dude, i better get on it. the problem is, one cup of milk is only 35% of your daily calcium need. so somehow, i need to get the other 65% some other way. so i've been on one glass of milk, and one cup of yogurt (25% DV) everyday for a while now, but still that's only 60% of my daily need! it's really hard. so i've just had a brownie. and another glass of milk. and so today, for the first time ever, i'm 95% there. all i need to do is swallow a fish bone tonight, and i'm sure i'll be over 100% DV.

and for those of you who are thinking what i think you might be thinking? i can't take calcium pills. they screw up my tummy.

and on another milk note? i bought homemade soy milk this past weekend from a taiwanese drink store. i bought a gallon of it. and you know what it did over the w/e in our fridge? the entire thing curdled. like curdled into sour tofu, coagulated, gelatinous soy-chunk-solid. it was so fascinating. i almost wanted to eat it to see what it tasted like. it looked so much like sweet tofu - i really don't know how to say it in english - it really looked like dou fu fa. yum.

my first perm...

block my histamines!

so i had an allergic reaction to a sunscreen this weekend. at first i thought it was just my skin's normal over-reaction to too much sun, but as my face became more and more like an android's from star trek - i realized that it was the ultra expensive, supposedly posh sunscreen that was making me break out into hives that is making me look like a pre-pubescent pimply faced alien/teenager. and not only is it on my face, but all over my arms and leg and tummy - and you know where the only place i'm allergy free? my back. that's how i know it's the sunscreen. because i'm incapable of rubbing myself down, and don't have a hot guy to do it for me - but you know what? it's a good thing too! otherwise i would have had these hive-ies everywhere, and couldn't have pinned it down to the sunscreen.

so for those of you with sensitive skin? don't ever buy fresh's SPF 30 sunscreen. i'm going to spot test my skin after i get better to figure out exactly if that was what it was. and i'm also comparing all the active ingredients with the current sunscreens i have. heehee.

and on a totally random note, why are ppl who water office plants always complete weirdos? i guess i have a sample set of three, but all office-plant-water-guys i've ever come across are just really s-t-r-a-n-g-e. like the one at db in SF? he consistently had his hair in braids. and not only in braids, but pigtail braids. AND he SMELLED. like, really smelled. seriously, i don't think the guy showered for months. it was impressive. office-plant-water-guy in london, just a bizarre old english man who liked to talk to everyone. office-plant-water-guy in menlo park? he looks (and acts) like the hunchback of notre dame. but gay. can you imagine the hunchback of notre dame seeming gay and acting very interested in the growth of your household plants? it's bizarre, i tell you.

my unassisted video post

so we took a roadtrip up to clearlake, ca this weekend. now that i think about it, the lake wasn't so clear, but it was so much fun nonetheless. i had several firsts, more than i've had in a while - fishing, grilling, setting off fireworks, swimming in a lake. i think that's it. and now this is my first unassisted videoegg post. i'm proud.

so to make a long story short, between the four of us, we caught one fish. we saw fish jumping out of the lake, we saw a six year old girl catch fish. two, actually. we saw old men catch around a dozen. but we caught one. at two in the morning, nonetheless. and then gutting it and cooking it. now that's another story altogether.

but this is our fish. our very own crappie.