Boys <3 Transformers

I went to B*tcon w/ Sat today.

We knew that Dee was hoping to get the boys to go see the event, although I told him it was kinda a tiny tiny version of C*mic-Con. Similar dealers all about.

But I guess they all wanted to come check it out, so Allen, Dee, Dennis & Vince showed up around 2pm. The event closes at 3:30pm, and the line is around 30mins long... so they would only have an hour to walk around. Although that's plenty of time, I suppose.

Sat went outside to meet up w/ the boys. And she took pictures of them w/ Bumblebee.

Then they went around the event, although Vince was the only one who came back w/ a toy. Some new figure that was released in Japan. Then he returned w/ two more bags. For some reason, I have a hard time imagining him as a geeky boy. Maybe it's the shaved head. Maybe it's the music he plays/sings.

I thought the rest weren't gonna buy anything, but Dennis secured a re-release version of some plane toy. Got it at a discount right at the end when everyone was closing. He said it was his very first Transformers. But it looked like a bad guy. His parents didn't want to get him a good guy?

Sat & the boys headed off to The Hat.
And to some game store... which I thought was a video game store, but it was analog games -__-

In the meantime, じゅるる & I went to the other Hat in Alhambra and shared a chili cheese fries and pastrami dip. It was too much food, so I took my half of the pastrami sandwich home.

More Driving Around, Got Around Places

Since Sat was out w/ food poisoning, I went w/ Ards to B*tcon.

I had plans to go to a children's musical show in Orange County in the afternoon, but I more or less gave up on that plan. But Sat recovered by mid-day &じゅるるwas nice enough to pick up Sat, drop her off & pick me up to go to OC.

The musical was lovely.
And they gave us free cooking oil.
We ended up w/ three bottles. It's supposed to be less fattening. The bottle looks like a green tea bottle, so I'm worried I'll gulp it down one day. 怖い、怖い.

But there was a lot of driving around still...

Driving Back & Forth Type of Day

Todayじゅるる and I headed to the Staples Center for a concert... only to realize that the concert was the night before. Shock!!

It kinda sucked more b/c we had paid $15 to park next to the Nokia Center.

We considered going to a show at the Nokia Center... but it was an Elmo show. Elmo as in the red creature from Sesame Street.

So we decided to head back home to WLA & hang out w/ Sat & Ards, who was visiting for B*tCon.

Then we headed to Torrance & was watching the final Leno show, when Sat called saying she had a fever... so I had じゅるるtake me back. Sat had food poisoning or something. Good thing I picked up Gatorade on the way home.

Oh, we ate mac & cheese for dinner... and the box had a sweepstakes entry information. So I went to the website, and the sweepstakes was over. At 11:59pm EST, and I went to the site around 10pm PST. Missed it by an hour!

It just wasn't our day, overall.

Eating Crab at the Wharf

Sat, Dee & Brian picked me up at SFO to go to the wharf.
To get some crab, of course.
Plus Dee's been craving calamari.

I didn't get to see Brian much during the weekend, so it was nice to spend a bit of time w/ him. Even though we were busy ripping apart the crab.

On the way home, Dee got to stop by the gas station w/ $4 DVDs.
What kind of bad movies did he pick up this time?

Oh, today was Ichigo's b-day.
We didn't make it home in time to have cake w/ her.

Skype-ing w/ Ichigo

Well, not video call.
The rental Mini Dell has a built-in camera, but I'm strictly a text chat person.

Apparently Ichigo set up Skype (who did it for her?) and has been chatting w/ her old lady friends. So I added her to my Skype contact.

Now she messages me day & night. *groan*

Ichigo asked for Sat's contact... and of course Sat said no.

Korean BBQ w/ じゅるる's Friend

じゅるる got a Mixi message today from his college buddy.
I guess he recently went to a Korean BBQ place & asked if じゅるる wanted to go eat out.

So I tagged along.

During dinner we were talking about how we don't go all the way over to Koreatown to eat. I guess it is out of the way from Torrance area. But I usually do go eat in Koreatown if I'm in WLA...

It's either the location or じゅるる... that's making me stay indoors.
No, it's the lack of income *laugh*

Long Time No Eat, Hop Woo

Sat, Dee & I went to eat at Hop Woo.
We were planning our trip to San Jose, plus Dee helped carry in my old office chair for Sat. It's kinda big for her desk area, but it'll do for now.

I guess no one was in duck mode, so we just got regular food. Squid, fried rice, spinach & tofu, and hot & sour soup. We almost finished it all. Pigs...

Oh, Sat also ordered their one dessert. Almond flavored milk soup(?) covered in puff pastry.

At the end, the waiter gave us three fortune cookies... which would have been fine, except they gave a big table the warm dessert soup thingie. And the guy behind our table who was eating alone got orange slices along w/ his fortune cookie.

Well, the big table ordered duck.
And the guy by himself ordered lobster.

We only had poor people food, so only fortune cookies.

Gyoza Night

Sat & I have been craving gyoza for a while, so じゅるる and I went out to get ingredients and headed home to WLA.

Since we bought 2 packs of meat, we had じゅるる make one batch & Sat make another batch. The meat make-up was different too. One pack was half beef & half pork (prepared just for gyoza? Only at a Japanese market...) and the other was all pork. I forget who got pick pack, though.

Sat made her usual spicy flavored gyoza.
After cooking a batch, she added more hot sauce so the last half of her batch was really spicy.

We ended up making 2 whole gyoza wrapper packs... which means it should have been around 100 gyoza. Gefu~

Laptop Desk Arrives...?

FedEx man came by today.
It wasn't Sat's package, but mine!

I ordered a laptop desk from an Amazon merchant, so I can sit back on the chaise and watch TV while I browse the web. I can watch TV right now, but there's no back support...

Anyway, I started to assemble the desk... but one of the bolts is too loose on the screw. I looked at the bolt... and it was threaded badly. Well, punched(?) badly... cuz it's a bit off-center.

I'm hoping that they'll send me a new bolt... but it's more likely that I have to send the entire thing back & get a new one. Boo! Well, we'll see what they say.

I have a half-built laptop desk all over the floor.
And we finally cleared out the living room too.

Sat Birthday Dim Sum, Karaoke & Game Party

We went to dim sum for Sat's b-day.
The other twin Chris was missing (had something to do?) and nearby b-day boy Bung was away on some beemer fair. Plus a few missing souls, like Ards (errands), Panda (deadline), Wuken & Dennis (classes).

I didn't take photos during lunch, but I believe Allen did.
I don't know where he posts photos, though.

じゅるる, Steph & Vu left at this point & we headed off to karaoke.
But other twin Chris showed up, so the group grew to 10.

Then over to our place for some game playing.
Dave left at this point, but Wuken showed up. Dennis came a lot later.

We made takoyaki as snacks... but we didn't order dinner, so everyone must have been hungry. Bad host!

Trying to Set up Tivo

I haven't used my Tivo at home in over 2 years, so I brought it over to じゅるる's.

Well, I missed Pitchmen two weeks in a row & thought Tivo would be a good solution. This week was the shark repellent week... I wanted to see the loud man get eaten by sharks.

I tried connecting the Tivo machine.
Cable box --> Tivo --> TV
Right?

But I get a snowy screen.
Plus I realized I didn't bring the Tivo remote.

So I unplugged the Tivo for now.
I'll try again next week!