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Shounen Club

It’s been a long time since I’ve last watched clips of Shounen Club (and fangirl Arashi and KAT-TUN), but I was watching the April 6 show today without subs. Holy fuck. I can understand what they’re saying in the MC talk!! O_O Well, the gist of it.

I am so happy. But, most importantly, I just had this revelation.

If I can to Japan next spring, I can go to a Shounen Club taping?! I can even go to concerts and see my favorite artists LIVE?!?!?! I can experience the amazingness of Tackey, Gackt, Hyde, Hikki, Ayu, etc. in person???

Excuse me while I go off and die in happiness XD

IN RL news, I think I might double minor in East Asian Studies and Corporate Strategy. And I’m still a little sick today, but better than yesterday.

Market food isn’t too unhealthy

But then again, I shop at that lovely healthy one on campus that sells organic foods/biodegradable products. Hooray Peabody. The freshmen next year will be so spoiled >.>

When it comes to market food, I usually get either a) Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup (or some variation) or b) one of Annie Chun’s prepackaged meals. Now, Annie Chun’s meals are decent if made correctly. I just usually cook them 1/2-1 minute longer than recommended, since I like my noodles soft and not still bent into the packaged shape. For the Noodle Bowls I usually get the Kung Pao noodles because it’s remotely spicy. Teriyaki is second, and the Pad Thai is just disappointing after having real pad Thai.

For the Soup Bowls I’ve tried the Miso Soup and liked it, but real miso soup is just so much better. After watching part of the No Reservations Korea episode yesterday, I was in the mood for Korean food :) So I got the Korean Kimchi soup. Hm. Definitely prefer real kimchee as a side with bibimbap. Ooh… I want real Korean food so bad right now.

I’ve always really liked Annie Chun’s Spicy Szechuan flavored Noodle Express meals (enough to have it 3 times this week, my meal schedules were so off that I had to live off of market food). But after seeing Tony trying authentic Szechuan noodles (was this in the Singapore episode or the Asia special??), I want to try them.so.bad. Why do you torture me so, dear Tony?! =(

Oh, Honest Tea’s First Nation Peppermint is soo refreshingly good *__* So minty! I love those teas. Bad for my teeth (been bleaching them sporadically), but still love them. And I was very saddened to today to see that the market was all out of Fage Total yogurt! Tried the cherry and honey ones just once each, but the peach is the best. They give you just the right amount of peach to stir in with the yogurt. The peach is so sweet and the yogurt itself is more tangy than the plain yogurts I’ve had. So, mixed together and you’ve got bliss ♥ Simply the best yogurt IMHO. It was hard to have a bad day after having this little cup of heaven. I was so glad that I discovered it after coming here, and even more glad that I could buy it using meal money. Because $2+ per small cup of yogurt would make me penniless in no time.

But we all know that Vandy loves to jack up the prices. It’s over $2 for a bottle of POM (the Pomegranate Peach Passion is so yummy~), but at Publix it’s 2 bottles for $4. Maybe I need to stock up… and maybe I should get my mom into the Fage Total yogurt so she can order in bulk ^__^

Ah, food~~ In Japanese today we were talking about the department stores, and spent a lot of time talking about the food department in the basement floor (デパチカ). Can’t wait to go and experience all those yummy desserts she was talking about~!!

If penguins can’t kill me, then strong winds can =(

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An hour ago I left the library and headed across the street for dinner. Okay. I knew that there were severe showers today, but I didn’t know that the winds would be so severe. I guess I should have paid attention to the google news popups with headlines such as “Severe Weather Alerts for Across the Nation.” But wow. I had never been so afraid that I would be blown away off the sidewalk and into incoming traffic, and I’m definitely bigger than a pregnant Nicole Richie. Needless to say, it was kind of scary. And my flimsy umbrella was useless against that.

And then, just as I was saying, “Watch, something’s gonna hit me in the head” along flies a small branch and whacks me in the forehead. It hurt. I think it’s turning into a bruise. But thank goodness for bangs =/On the way back to the library we spotted a large rectangular metal piece caught in the branches of a tree, dangling over the walkway. Probably wrenched from the unfinished building next door. I feel sorry for the poor guy that gets smacked in the head with that.

I’m sitting here trying to do work, and all I can think about is wanting to watch Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. I got addicted to it over winter break. Apparently my whole family has taken to the Travel Channel, since it is one of the few entertaining channels on our basic cable lineup at home. I love Tony. He’s a badass MF and he’s not sorry about it. The network has been advertising that the new season (season 4) is airing Mondays 10pm ET/PT. I was so excited coming back, since I thought that I would be able to catch it.

But no. This school hates me. We freaking have HBO, but not the Travel Channel!!! T_T So I have now resorted to watching my beloved Tony in very pixelated form. I’m dying to watch the first half of the Asia special and to catch the Japan episode. Spring break is coming up soon, so maybe they’ll marathon it during then? Unlikely. But I can only hope.

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