opticoptic - LiveJournal.comDakao Vietnamese (in San Jose)- May 25, 2008 San Jose, culturally speaking, does not impress. Granted, I only some of the downtown area, but what I did see was one of those highly artificial "hey let's make a walking area!" things, peopled with authentic local cuisine like PF Chang's, Johnny Rocket's, and Gordon Biersch. Fortunately, I had a little time to wander around and managed to find San Jose's apparent asian neighborhood, which stretches for about a block and features about three vietnamese or "vietnamesechinese" restaurants. I...http://optic.livejournal.com/714124.html Books - April 08- May 25, 2008 Dan Abnett - The Armour of ContemptChristopher Ross - Mishima's SwordJoy Kogawa - ObasanArmour of Contempt is another space opera book picked up from my father's shelf while I was in Atlanta, but it's much much better than the WeberWhite book I finished last month. The descriptions and characterization have some actual depth, and it helps the realism of the book that you spend a lot more time in the trenches with the grunts instead of just on the bridge with the admiral. Abnett's descriptive...http://optic.livejournal.com/713922.html So Cold- May 23, 2008 ladies and gentlemen, so cold. I think you'll like it. if you're going to listen to it, I think you'll enjoy it more if you do so before reading the rest of this post..yes, blue monday has been done and redone and reredone to death. there's not really much to add to the world with another blue monday remix or, in this case, cover. but who cares. I love it, you love it, and it's fun to play with. I actually had no intention of doing any kind of blue monday cover (I've already done a cover and at.http://optic.livejournal.com/713716.html (Untitled)- May 19, 2008 People who are in the habit of giving long talks in front of lots of people who have paid to be there, who can't be bothered to learn to do it well, are rude.http://optic.livejournal.com/713389.html For Sale: My Doepfer Modular- May 13, 2008 So.. I'm not really using my Doepfer modular much these days and am thinking about clearing it out to make room for other things. If you're interested, let me know (or if you know anyone who might be, point them my way). People around Seattle preferred, but I'll ship it, assuming you're willing to cover a very good packing job. Everything is in excellent shape -- I recently checked through all the connections and everything's working fine. The one exception is a few small batz-maru stickers I...http://optic.livejournal.com/713106.html Gear Stuff- May 13, 2008 Any of you guys interested in a free rolling rack It's got a sloped top with something like 12U, and maybe 20U in the bottom. One caster is missing, but it's otherwise in fine shape.http://optic.livejournal.com/712923.html Pho of Aurora- May 13, 2008 Pho of Aurora was the first stop on my pho tour and at the time I gave it a good review. I finally managed to get back there this weekend. I suspected that I had gotten more demanding in my reviews after the first few, so I was eager to go back and see what I thought -- plus it's not far from home and I wanted to know for sure if I have a quality neighborhood pho joint. alas, my fears were confirmed; this time I found the broth unmemorable, somewhere at the mid-to-low end of the "pretty good"...http://optic.livejournal.com/712577.html Uncovered- May 13, 2008 Uncovered is an utterly pointless movie, a complete waste of time, unless you want to get a good long look at kate beckinsale's boobs. I can't remember what inspired me to netflix it, but it really just was not very good. it wasn't so much awful as just.. what's the point. kate looks very very young, and wears weird unflattering clothes, and everything looks and sounds very early 90s. lots of things in the movie just seem odd and out of place, from the irish chess-playing hippie, to the...http://optic.livejournal.com/712316.html Pho Cyclo (Sodo)- May 8, 2008 dgirl1: i got super sick from fucking Cyclooptic: how sicoptic: kdgirl1: like felt totally unwell after eating and got home about an hour plus later, threw up and went to bed from 4:15 until 6:30 and finally got out at about 8dgirl1: i feel ok now just drank a ton of water and ate an orangeoptic: ughdgirl1: the basil looked old and the spring rolls were totally dry and kinda gross so i didn't finishdgirl1: and they brought no water to anyone and the broth was extra salty - all in all - thumbs...http://optic.livejournal.com/712129.html (Untitled)- May 6, 2008 Synchronizing metronomes (cooler than it sounds)http://optic.livejournal.com/711908.html |