mad love

you know all those bowls of pho that i post on here? this little lady has made every single one, and i love her. my family and i have been coming to the same pho joint ever since i was a little asian boy, and suppose i will keep doing so until i am an old dirty asian man. thanks to dan for the photo.

lincoln logs

heres a few pics from lisa's cabin a couple weeks ago.









basically, we just relaxed all weekend. played on the beach, raced go-karts, tried to get pat to eat a centipede, played with the dogs, drank beer, and ate a bunch of awesome food.

footsies

ive taken the past two months off from running because my left foot has been giving me problems. my feet are pretty flat, so some parts of my toes and joints dont have the full range of motion needed for walking/running/doing anything useful. i got some orthodics from my podiatrist last month and have been slowly breaking them in. at first they caused my ankles to hurt, and then my knees, but lately theyve been feeling pretty good.

i ran twice this week....a short 30 minutes each time just down to the fremont bridge and back, just to see if there was any pain afterwards. things seem to be in full working order.

my boss had a shower put in this past month downstairs, so that the runners at work can wash up after running, instead of going back to our offices all stinky poo. i tried it out for the first time today, and its about ten times better than my shower at home.

everybody say Word.

pho

karrie bought me a bowl today.

teh winnar

i declare the best snack food of all time to be trader joe's Chocolate Covered Sunflower Seeds.

sunset

go see this show.

31

had an eventful birthday this year. spent the weekend with my moms and granny in my hometown of (nameless). called up an old friend who just bought a house there and we had lunch at my moms and sat and talked about art for a while. she offered me a painting, and normally i would have turned it down, but i LOVE her stuff so i greedily took it into my possession.

ended up back in seattle for dinner with friends/family. a pretty good turnout; there were about 11 of us at Sea Garden pigging out. Gravedigga and the ever elusive Gramsel Rose made an appearance, and afterwards we ended up at Smith and got pretty lit.

big ups to everyone who bought me drinks.