I'm really into tea right now.

Here's another list: Things that I should eat more/less of:

1. No white bread
2. Cut back on pasta and other white flour things
3. Make it a point to eat at least one meal a day without cheese
4. Organic peanut butter instead of Jiffy
5. Drink a glass of water before every meal
6. Explore different kinds of lunch meats
7. I have a weakness in Sour Patch Kids -- no more of that!
8. Try brown rice instead of white rice
9. Try to not order the fries with the burger
10. More soy milk -- I'm female and Asian and lactose intolerant, I should try and put off osteoporosis for as long as I can
    

emperor tomato ketchup

we like lists. lists are fun. today's list is:

FOOD-RELATED THINGS MIKEY INTENDS TO ACCOMPLISH BEFORE THE END OF CALENDAR 2008:

1. find a few varieties of sushi I really like
2. figure out how to like pesto
3. learn to like ham again
4. figure out how to like balsamic vinaigrette, as well
5. find a few soups I really dig (I'M NOT A SOUP GUY BUT SINCE WE'RE HERE)
6. learn to like cilantro wait, no, fuck those soapy leaves
7. take another shot at thai
8. learn the actual capacity of my stomach, and how that differs from perceived capacity
9. add at least one more item to this list

2007

It's that time of the year where all the hipsters decide on who listened to better music this year.

Albums:

1. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
2. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
3. The National - Boxer
4. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
5. Radiohead - In Rainbows
6. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
7. Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
8. Sondre Lerche - Phantom Punch
9. Blonde Redhead - 23
10. Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature

Songs:

1. Arcade Fire - Intervention
2. Jens Lekman - Postcard to Nina
3. The National - Apartment Story
4. The Shins - Turn On Me
5. Radiohead - Bodysnatchers
6. Editors - The Weight of the World
7. Interpol - Pioneer to the Falls
8. Blonde Redhead - The Dress
   
9. Of Montreal - Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse
   
10. Feist - 1234

Shows:

1. 3/20/07, Explosions in the Sky @ Webster Hall (NYC) note: this one might be a little biased :)
   
2. 10/27/07, Jens Lekman @ Webster Hall (NYC)
3. 05/08/07, Arcade Fire/The National @ United Palace Theatre (NYC)
4. 03/14/07, The Shins/Viva Voce @ The Theatre at MSG (NYC)
   
5. 09/21/07, Metric/Crystal Castles @ Webster Hall (NYC)
   
6. 07/15/07, Of Montreal @ Pitchfork (Chicago)
   
7. 01/20/07, Exit Clov @ Black Cat (DC)
   
8. 08/03/07, LCD Soundsystem @ Lollapalooza (Chicago)
9. 10/06/07, Arcade Fire/LCD Soundsystem/Blonde Redhead/Les Savy Fav @ Randall's Island (NYC)
10. 04/07/07, Sondre Lerche @ Webster Hall (NYC)
    

road trip

We went to Virginia for Thanksgiving weekend on a whim. I forgot to take pictures so I will list interesting things that were encountered:

• There are way too many shitty McDonald's everywhere. But who doesn't know that already.
• Mikey did not fall asleep on the way down (very impressive!). But was knocked out for 95% of it on the way back.
• Jesus was everywhere.
  
• Puppy weiner dog fell asleep on his lap for two hours straight. Cutest thing evar!
• Futons on the floor are pretty comfortable. I wish I could say the same for a shared twin air mattress.
  
• I found out that I like sweet potato pie.
• It is way too easy to over eat in the south.
• I still don't quite understand how he doesn't have a southern accent.
  

this post about picking apples really needs a cute title

what do you do when you're craving tastydelicious apples?

YOU GO APPLE PICKING, THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.

first, though, you pass a bunch of dunkin' donuts and miss your turn somewhere in new jersey and consult the map. before you get lost, you pass the plant detective. then you turn around, pass some dunkin' donuts again, and get back on track. when you get to the apple farm, you pay a dollar and get a bag for twenty-five cents. (before you exit your vehicle, you finish eating lunch and a brownie. you save room for apples, though.)

you eat lots of apples to ensure that a particular tree is, indeed, producing tastydelicious apples. it's just good quality control.




the apple trees are in rows and labeled by kind. you find certain kinds seem to be more popular than others, so you gotta knock down apples from waaaaaaay above-like with other apples. some guy complains that all the apples "taste awful". you dismiss him as being a giant douchebag.

before you leave, you check out the pumpkin patch.




and try to pick up a huge pumpkin in a show of strength.




but soon your strength is sapped, and the pumpkin triumphs.




filling up your apple bag, you go to the weighing/checkout barn and learn that the apple farm's ATM was stolen yesterday. who the fuck does that? wondering if there's a roving gang of apple farm cash machine thieves out there somewhere, you contemplate how easy it would be to steal one of the little pumpkins from the front of the apple farm. you figure the ATM theives probably thought the same thing.

the drive home takes you past a sign marked "diner: a restaurant". is it a place to eat, or a documentary film? you don't have time to stop and find out: you've got apples to get home.

he's sneaky!

Two weekends ago, Mikey and I were out with Dan and Katie. As we were walking from one tourist infected area of the city to another we passed by Lush. As soon as I mentioned I had never been inside, Katie immediately turned us around leading the four of us back towards the store.

Like any other girl I like my overpriced soaps and bath products (but at least these are handmade from real ingredients!) As I was picking up various soaps to smell them I would make an either I love it or a oh hell that's awful comment. I ended up not buying anything, despite seeing things I wanted.

Fast forward to last friday. I picked Mikey up from the train station and he handed me the Lush bag shown here. To my surprise, everything I said I loved was in the bag. That sneaky bastard was taking pictures of things I liked with his iPhone! Also, I should mention that he had to go to 3 different stores before he found one that was open at 8:30 pm. Aww. :)

/sappycute post

hauling her cute ass around the city, a prologue

submitted below for perusal by interested parties is the current, unordered list of activities and events in which to be indulged upon dr candy's return to the new york area. thank you for your participation in this program.

1. return trip(s) to serendipity3.
2. an adventure to sundaes & cones, the most aptly named place in the city.
3. arcade fire & lcd soundsystem @ uh, somewhere. mikey forgot where.
4. ben harper @ radio city, assuming mikey can get over his aversion to getting anally irrigated by ticketmaster.
5. central park picnics! wooo
6. six flags (no seriously this time, it's all planned out with people)
7. koronet.
8. lots of flickring around the city.
9. attempting to duplicate popeye's biscuits.
10. more museum days! WE JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH PHARAOHS PEOPLE
11. maybe coney island one day? whatdoyathink, candy?
12. chelsea market, home of the fat witch bakery.
13. ice cream run scavenger hunt!
14. watching every john cusack movie we haven't seen.
15. shake shack (hopefully on some sort of chocolate custard day!)
16. flipping through every used record shelf on st mark's.
17. dinner and dessert evening in little italy