«.·°·. Tuesday, July 27, 2004 .·°·.»
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I really don't have much in terms of large discounts, but anything is better than nothing at all, right?
10% OFF - BORDERS - Here's a printable coupon for 10% off at your local Borders store. For you, Ann!
10% OFF - PETCO.COM - No messy coupon codes to deal with...just straight up savings. Click here for more info. Savings ends August 1, 2004, FYI.
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«.·°·. Monday, July 26, 2004 .·°·.»
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I set out again on my quest for the perfect Malasadas, this time I planned ahead and decided that the dough needed to rise for the better part of the day with a mid-day punch-down/turn-over. The above pic is before the "rise"......
......here it is after the rise...big diff', huh?
Once again my awesome deep fryer kicked some ass wit' dem Malasadas. I set it at around 355 deg. F for a cook time of about 8 - 10 minutes 4 balls at a time. Speaking of "balls", check out how I squeeze the dough into the oil with my bare hand, which I learned watching some people make it at a carnival (Star of the Sea carnival I think?). Kinda looks like I squeezed someone's testical off! Download short video here.
AT LAST!!! Perfect Malasadas! And yes, Gabby, I used an "alleged" Punahou Carnival recipe. It's so light, fluffy, and soooooooo onolicious, brah!
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«.·°·. Sunday, July 25, 2004 .·°·.»
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They're filming a movie on Pine St.!
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«.·°·. Saturday, July 24, 2004 .·°·.»
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After spending a day in Napa, we decided to do some shopping at 99 Ranch in Daly City to get some ingredients for my Sarah-inspired jiu yihm gai yihk (spicy salt n' peppa chicken wings) and some other necessities. After chuckin' away a paycheck on "necessities" (my g/f includes chocolate pudding under that category), I was really curious what the Dim Sum King was up to at night since dim sum is traditionally a brunch/lunch affair. Wouldn't you know it...they serve dim sum all day and all night!!! I hit the motherf*ckin' jackpot, yo!!!
F*ck tradition, dude! I'm gonna go eat mah dim sum at night since there's absolutely no crowd to deal with, parking was ridiculously easy, and dare I say that the dim sum came out "fresher" since they don't have to stockpile dishes to meet demand. Genius, I tell ya! Genius!
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«.·°·. Friday, July 23, 2004 .·°·.»
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I don't care what people will think of me after this, but I'm really elated that this movie is finally coming to the big screen. Let's hope that the film does the production justice.
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«.·°·. Thursday, July 22, 2004 .·°·.»
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20% OFF COST PLUS WORLD MARKET - Friends & Family discount for July 24 - 25 only. Sounds good, right? Wait till ya read their exclusions: "Excludes food, beverages, gift cards & merchandise already reduced." What the f*ck else is left at Cost Plus? Jeeeez! Well, just in case you need to buy some dirt from the floor at a 20% discount, here ya go.
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«.·°·. Wednesday, July 21, 2004 .·°·.»
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My g/f wen' give me one stink-eye wen I tol' her I wuz going make a'nadda batch of malasadas. I go try again dis weekend, 'k?
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My g/f got me a deep-fryer for my birthday since she was soooo convinced I kept yackin' about how much I wanted one (???). Not that I'm not grateful (oooo...double negative...bad grammar day), but it's kinda like gender role reversal...Oh wells, got one now so might as well make damned good use out of it.
There's always room for error especially the first "batch" of anything you make for the first time. My crack at malasadas (Portuguese doughnuts) was no exception. OK...Lesson #1: it takes about 2 hours for fuggin' dough to rise. I haven't read a damned recipe that told me this. Almost all the recipes say "let it rise till it doubles". Which then leads me to Lesson #2: If you keep checking in on the "rising" dough, your mind plays tricks on you like a devil sitting on your left shoulder egging you on saying, "It's doubled in size! Really! Cook it already, damn you!" I cooked about half of the batter, and the remaining batter I didn't cook filled out the bowl when I checked this morning!!! F*ck me!
Tonight: ROUND 2
...stay tuned...
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«.·°·. Tuesday, July 20, 2004 .·°·.»
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BELLAGIO $159 PER NIGHT - Obviously it's riddled with exceptions, most notably the fact that most of the "select" days the offer is available are on the weekdays and a few Sundays. However, if you're flexible with your work/vacation schedule, why the hell not?!! Check this out for more info/dates.
FHM MAGAZINE FREE FOR A YEAR - On the surface this deal looked to be a bit sketchy, but someone did a domain name search on the site and got some contact information in case sh*t happens. It's most likely a scheme to get all your necessary spamming info, so freeloader beware!!! Be sure to use your dummy/spamtrap email account for this one. Won't last long!
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«.·°·. Saturday, July 17, 2004 .·°·.»
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Bok Bok Bok!
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CONGRATULATIONS DAVE AND JENNY!!!
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Beautiful day in the Bay Area
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«.·°·. Friday, July 16, 2004 .·°·.»
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Just wanted to thank all the peeps who remembered my b'day and wished me well! I certainly ate well last night thanks to a surprise dinner-for-two at Harris Restaurant in the city. Their steaks fuggin' rox, dood!
We've got a wedding to attend tomorrow! I'm not insinuating anything, but I really enjoy going to weddings to garner great ideas and stuff. You figure your own wedding "should" be a once in a lifetime event, and you can never prepare for it enough. Gonna have some fun!
20% OFF - BORDERS - I haven't confirmed the authenticity of this coupon, but it came from a source that hasn't screwed me over...yet. It's for this weekend only (July 16 - 18), so hurry!
FREE SLICE OF ICE CREAM CAKE - Mark your calendars! On July 29th, from 5 - 8pm, participating Cold Stone Creameries will be giving out free slices of ice cream cake for a charitable cause. You can read more about it here.
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«.·°·. Monday, July 12, 2004 .·°·.»
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Instead of some cornfest in Brentwood, my g/f surprised me with a weekend getaway trip to Cache Creek in Brooks, CA (near Sacramento...kinda). Can I just say that it's changed tremendously since the days in college where I spent half my rent money on the blackjack table...back when you had to pay a $0.25 tax/fee per hand. It now kinda reminds me of Green Valley Ranch in Vegas, popularized by the Discovery Channel show American Casino.
I wish I could say that I won a sh*tload of greenbacks, but I rarely gambled this trip...only a few bux into some quarter slots and a $10 bet on the pass line of their "California Craps" table, which uses cards to determine the "point". You still role die, but depending on which color die is higher (red or blue) determines which of two cards gets flipped over. It's an odd twist, but helps negate a lot of cheating when people roll.
So basically we ate and ate and ate and ate.......
Waited in line to enjoy the $14.99 p/p Harvest Buffet lunch
After we checked in, we spent the better half of the day pool-side in 90+ degree weather
Big dinner at Loco Caliente
Straight-up P...I...M...P!!!
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«.·°·. Saturday, July 10, 2004 .·°·.»
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Per Sarah/ChameleonSpell's suggestion, we hit it up at Just Won Ton in the Sunset district.
Holy sh*t! All this for $3.50?!! It was sooooooo good! Thanks, Sarah!
Just Won Ton
1241 Vicente St. (SE corner of 24th & Vicente...dont' blink or you'll miss it!)
San Francisco, CA 94116-3045
(415) 681-2999
Tue-Sun 11am-10pm
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«.·°·. Friday, July 09, 2004 .·°·.»
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The good news is that my month-end close went (for the most part) quite smoothly, although I stayed past 12:30am on Wednesday. I'm not as bitter this time around because our year-end bonus (that's right...from FY2003!) is arriving today. I'm so tempted to go out and buy me a nice big-screen, rear-projection, DLP-powered, HDTV-ready, monstrosity of a TV, but I can hear my g/f buzzin' around my ear sayin', "You need to save up for a phat bling-ring, dickhead!!!" Ah wells, at least that "purchase" won't depreciate in value like my dream-machine *sigh*.
One note of irritation, and I'm done for today. This morning, my bathroom-stall neighbor was grunting and sighing ever time a log left the processing plant, if ya know what I mean. It got really irritating quick! If it's so f*ckin' painful, why not introduce some fiber in your diet to soften that sh*t up, bro?!! Next time I'm gonna punch the stall and yell "SHUT UP"!!!
Can y'all tell I have a shy bowel? My g/f sometimes likes to f*ck around with me when I'm on the can by incessantly tapping on the door and in a soft baby-voice go "poo poo...poo poo". Lemme tell ya, the kiddies climb right back upstairs!
FREE SLURPEE DAY - Sunday, July 11th - Apparently it's 7-11's birthday. It's not quite the "largetst" cup they offer, but it's FREE gitdangit! Click here for mor information (or in case you don't fuggin' believe me).
2.4 GHz PHONES FOR $3 - $5!!! - OfficeMax is offering this "limited to stock on hand" deal. I didn't quite follow-through with the checkout process to see if it's still available in SF, so don't cut my nutz off if there aren't any available in the city. Worth a try though. Click here (Phonemate) or click here (Curtis) for more information/instructions. Due to high traffic, you might need to reload the page if you get an "error".
I'll be posting phonecam pics sporadically throughout this weekend in case you're interested. Have an awesome weekend!
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«.·°·. Monday, July 05, 2004 .·°·.»
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Asked my g/f if she could take a pic of me eating that huge Spam burger, but looks more like I'm getting excited staring at that guy's big fat ass!
Cutie Pie!
The best Auntie out there!
Alameda County Fair
Nice shot of the Bay Bridge
Perfection
One big f*ckin' horse with one big f*ckin' *censored*
Time to lay off the corn dogs lady! The roller coaster can't handle the weight!
Can't get any more blunt than that
Nearly pissed my pants taking this pic cuz I had to lean over the gondola a bit to take the shot
Care Bear Stare...at my $7 I used to win yo' stupid ass fo' my shawtie!
Only in San Francisco would they name a street over an existing street with a name like that!
In case you missed the fireworks in San Francisco, click here to watch a short clip.
In case you hardly saw any fireworks in the short clip, there wasn't much to see cuz of the stoopid f*ckin' fog!!! What a f*ckin' rip!!!
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«.·°·. Sunday, July 04, 2004 .·°·.»
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Happy 4th of July!!!
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«.·°·. Saturday, July 03, 2004 .·°·.»
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Freaky Art
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Test 2
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Test
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«.·°·. Friday, July 02, 2004 .·°·.»
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I finally got a chance to read an article in the SF Chronicle that I saved from yesterday, and I have to say that I'm pretty sad and furious at the same time. As one of three sons of immigrant parents, who have sacraficed everything for us kids, I was deeply affected by the losing battle the Cuevas family fought. What pisses me off the most was that they filed their immigration papers ON TIME, but because the government (and the "brainiacs" that work there *extreme sarcasm*) were slow on processing paperwork (cuz it took them time to finish their Hooked-On-Phonics course), the Cuevas family was ordered to be deported...they left yesterday.
19 years of blood and sweat down the f*ckin' drain.
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«.·°·. Thursday, July 01, 2004 .·°·.»
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A few of you out there might already know that I look for bargains online to relieve stress from working so damned hard during the day (believe it or not), so I thought I'd share with y'all from time to time some "hard-to-pass-up" deals floating around out there. NOTE: Not all coupons/e-coupons will work since I usually don't spend the time testing them out, so bargain hunters beware!
- Free shipping w/ purchase of $100+: SUMMERFS
$10 off $50+ purchase: GCPASS22
$15 off $75+ purchase: GCPASS22
There are a few more out there, but I thought I'd get a sense of how valuable this is (to you) to include in my daily rants. Don't be shy!
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