eggs
After listening to the latest episode of my newly discovered favorite podcast, Good Food, I have decided to make eggs my official favorite food. I have always been annoyed by the favorite food question because there are so many foods that fall under so many categories. I probably have a favorite vegetable, a favorite fruit, a favorite nut, a favorite starch, and a favorite legume. But for now, I will say egg. I believe that eggs are wonderful on their own and I believe that eggs make pretty much any dish better. Some of my best meals have been topped with a egg whose runny yolk poured over the dish's other components. I should also not forget that eggs are necessary for pretty much any baking from bread to pancakes to cookies. My other favorite thing about eggs, of course, is that they are so cheap. On the radio program, Will Clower, said that eggs are the most nutrient dense of food and that the lecithin in them improves memory. He also said that there is no reason why everyone should not be eating at least one egg a day, yea!

I will leave you with this great post that I found on how to perfectly poach an egg.
- posted by Lyndsay @ 4:52 PM

 
boba
I am feeling much better today.

I spent some money at H&M. I got this black dress that is one size too small. In Pasadena, they had it in one size too big, so I drove to Santa Anita. After all that driving I decided to just buy it. The dress doesn't look too small, I hope. It just feels tight around the arms.

I am writing right now to tell you about my boba. Tonight to be again rebellious, I drove to get boba at midnight from boba world (noodle planet). To be safe from Asian gangsters, I decided to go to the one with the larger parking lot (noodle world?). I drove and drove and couldn't believe that I would have passed it because I drive down Valley all the time and the large Bob's Big Boy and red and blue sign are hard to miss. Finally I turned around and gasped to see that the place is closed down for remodeling. Even though I knew the other location would be packed, I was determined to have my boba. It was really worth it the effort to find parking. I usually get grass jelly lately, but tonight I got boba and it was the perfect texture. Yum. I think boba world is my favorite place for boba. Someday I will have to try their smoothies with the fruit puree swirled through them. I have to say that if you like real tea though, Tea Zone is probably better. I love their red bean milk tea. I also continue to go to Lollicup whenever I want taro or green bean slush. Oh, and then there's Cofftea. They have a very odd selection of drinks including rose, chrysanthemum, and winter melon, but everything I have tried there has been great.

Boba reminds me of the high school days of sitting in H2 working on the Matador. I miss doing layout all the time. I miss sitting next to Tiffany with her mango slush and Betty's red bean with egg pudding that everyone said looked disgusting. Hehe. I hope one day I will do layout for something again.

By the way, I am going to Colorado State in June unless something goes wrong.
- posted by Lyndsay @ 1:51 AM

 
sad
Hi blog,

Today I feel sad. I don't know why I feel quite so bad. I want to make it go away but I don't know how. I keep staring at my computer hoping that I will find the answer on the internet.

My parents have been out of town for a few days. I was excited to be home by myself because I can't really leave the house much when they are here. Yesterday I stayed home all day. Today was very windy but I went to run errands.
First I went to the Pendleton store in San Marino to see if they had my Vans. They were out of my size and won't get any more in. I really really want these shoes. I thought getting shoes in Thailand would make me forget these Vans but I still want them a lot. I know that I will be moving soon and will have to buy things like furniture and a new jacket, so I am reluctant to order these shoes for $68 plus shipping. We'll see.
Next, I went to the Arboretum to see if they had volunteer application forms. The ones they had said junior volunteer. I figured the ticket lady assumed that I was a junior when she pointed me to the forms so I didn't ask her for an alternate. We'll see if I actually follow through with this.
I have been wanting to go to Whole Foods to try to find this diva cup. That may be too much information for many of you, but it sounds great to me. I did not see it in the store. I guess I should have asked someone but I wasn't sure how to describe it if that someone did not know what I was talking about. I am reluctant to order this online too because I don't want to pay for shipping.
The highlight of my day was the trip to Oreans Health Express which Lillian recently wrote about on Okay Noodle. The quesadilla was delicious, especially the corn, sunflower seed tortilla. I also had a vanilla carob soy ice cream shake that was great. After that, I went to Target to look at bathing suits. All of them are adorned with ugly things like beads and braids. Why are there so many bottoms left without matching tops? It was like that at H&M too. I know the two pieces are sold separately, but who actually wears red polka dots with rainbow stripes? My original plan had been to end my day at Violet's Cakes to try the famed cupcakes, but I figured the shake was enough sugar for the day. I also wanted to avoid 5:00 Pasadena traffic, so I just headed home.

In summary, I had very little success on my shopping trip.
My stomach feels bad and I don't feel like moving at all.

I feel this weird divide between myself and my parents recently. I feel like I don't want to tell them anything about my life anymore. This makes my mom really sad which makes me even sadder. Isn't it wrong that I am 22 years old and excited my parents are out of town so that I can go to Whole Foods without being questioned as to why I am going and how long I will be gone? I gave my mom my e-mail password while I was in Colorado because I needed her to look up a confirmation number for me. She continued to check my e-mail while I was gone and inform me of things that I needed to take care of. If I mention anything that I need or want to do, she will continuously ask me if I have done it. If someone calls me on our home phone, they will ask exactly who it was and what they wanted. After they left, my mom called me to remind me that I need to take off the house alarm before leaving the house. I am not that forgetful. I know they don't mean to, but they make me feel like I cannot be trusted to follow through with anything in my life. Okay, that is my rant.

My next entry will not be about my life, I hope. I think it will be about Heather Mills instead.
- posted by Lyndsay @ 7:58 PM

 
ugh
I've been feeling sick lately, but I think that I am trying to make myself feel that way. I hope I don't still have something from Vietnam.

To update you on my life, I have been visiting bunches of grad schools in the last few weeks. After meeting with lots of professors, I think that I am going to end up at University of Oregon or Colorado State University. I am actually leaning toward Colorado State which surprises me. I was not very serious about that school when I applied to the 10 that I applied to.

That's the news update. Making important life decisions is much less fun than it should be.
- posted by Lyndsay @ 8:42 PM