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I was looking through the pictures I took last weekend. I like the glass art collection they have at the de Young Museum. I thought this one was rather interesting:

They also had some very cool Chihuly pieces at the museum. When I was a kid, I told my mother I wanted to be a glass blower. I had seen a show on TV about how glass objects were made. She was doing work for Coca Cola at the time and she took me to one of the bottling plants so I could watch the glass bottles being made. I thought it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen.

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I had an awesome weekend. A friend came down for a visit and we had a wonderful time. As always, the conversation was very fun and interesting. I really enjoyed hanging out. We saw Underworld and watched many heads being severed and creatures being chopped up into tiny little pieces. One of the trailers before the movie was for Silent Hill. It looks just like the game, I was surprised. It seems like it'll come complete with the evil version of the hospital (and other locations I'm sure) and the twisted mannequin nurses. I think I even spotted Pyramid Head lurking about. I just hope that the storyline won't lose its mysteriously creepy feel like in the game.
I want to have more weekends like this one. It makes me very happy and that feels good.

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Today in the mail I received a book that I had ordered some days ago. It's by Edward Gorey (or in the case of this specific book, by "Ogdred Weary"). I really like Edward Gorey's stories and illustrations. They're funny, strange and mysterious- even sinister at times. They'imes. They're written like children's stories, with an illustration on each page and part of the story right below it. I have a compilation of his works and I really enjoy looking at his drawings every now and then. One of my most favorite stories is called "The Doubtful Guest". Don't know why, but I find it quite funny and weird.

I think "The Curious Sofa" will rank amongst one of my favorites as well. It starts off like so:

Very curious indeed

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From Google Video: It's in Japanese, but the video itself is pretty self-explanatory. Check it out! (hehe, listen to the "boom shakalaka" in the background music near the end of the video...)

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As I was getting in the elevator to go up to my place, I noticed something (or is it someone?) standing in the corner. Having a camera on my cell phone helps me prove to my friends and relatives that I'm not crazy and that these things do happen to me. (I told you!)

He looks pissed off. Too bad I didn't have any cheesy poofs for him.

A little bit later when I used the elevator again, Cartman was gone...

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Happy New Year! Apparently, my best friend and I did not feel like we did enough cooking during the holidays. My family always does something special for New Year's so I thought I'd go with tradition and make some more soba. For this, we had to make some pasta from scratch. So, while I started up the broth (made with a nice fat hen, some pork, shiitake mushrooms, ginger, raisins, and some other stuff) my best friend started kneading the pasta dough.

Fresh pasta!

The dough has to be left to rest preferably in the fridge so the magic pastifying ingredients can get to work. When it comes out of repose (maybe 20 min.) it's ready to be rolled into flat long pieces with the pasta machine. Once that is done, it's ready to be cut (see pic. above) and cooked. We make our pasta like tagliatelle (not as thick as fettuccine but wider).

I put together more mushrooms, some fried fish cake, green onions, and the delicious bbq pork we bought to use as "toppings". Since last time I talked about it I didn't provide any visuals, here it is now:

Time to eat!

It was pretty tasty, if I may say so myself...

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