drained
Sharon and I went on an adventure yesterday. We visited H&M in the morning. It was crowded. We then went to Mi Piace, a fancy Italian restaurant. The sandwich was pretty good but the salad greens were wilted and I'm bitter about the lack of clarity in their menu. We stopped at Barnes and Noble and they had the world food Thailand book that I've been searching for. The guy who works there must have bad eyes because he didn't see it on the shelf when I called to ask. We then sat around for a long time sleepily until it was time for Hong Kong tea. Sharon's mom had roughly translated a magazine ad for her. We arrived at Hong Kong Deli to a menu written in Chinese characters. Luckily, the waitress was super nice and pointed to parts of her body to explain the menu to Sharon. I got a large milk tea, seafood noodle soup, and mango pudding for $4.95. The experience was fun, but Sharon and I were stuffed when we arrived home. The tea also must have been highly concentrated because I felt the caffeine immediately. Sharon felt ill too so maybe it was also the food.

I then went to donate blood. Right before I left, I gasped to my mom that I hadn't eaten iron-fortified cereal for a month. My fear was correct when they rejected me. This made me feel very very sad and disappointed in myself for failing. I'm angry that my finger hurts but not my arm. This also proves that my recent irregular eating habits have had an effect on me. I am trying my best to blame it on the tea/food instead.

In summary, I did not feel well last night. Today is a new day though and I am excited to get out of Alhambra for a while. Sharon and I also stopped into paper source yesterday which carries book cloth and bookbinding supplies which made me happy. I might even try applying to work there. The store also made me want to seek out information about letterpress printing. I don't know if there's an affordable way for me to do that as a hobby. All of the internet places that I found were strictly professional.

Nucleus is having an opening tonight. If you read this before then I'd better see you there. Seonna Hong's going to be there. Yea!
- posted by Lyndsay @ 12:00 PM