Sweet Dreams

Now, I realize that I've been raving about Bioshock for weeks now, and I promise, I'm nearly done, especially as I think I'm nearly halfway through the game (if that is indeed the case, then it should definitely have multiplayer because otherwise it's kinda short). But yesterday felt like all Bioshock all the time. I went on G4 again to talk about how awesome the game is, and later that night, fell asleep on the couch and had a dream about where to find the crossbow. Unfortunately, I didn't remember much when I woke up, so it wasn't particularly helpful.

Today I found this strip of the Penny Arcade comic, that I'm sure, if you're also playing the game, you will appreciate:

Oh, and here's the clip from yesterday. I slowed down the speed of my speech, as I noticed I had been talking like the Micromachines guy, but I still managed to make one incoherent sentence...what I was trying to say was that while the PC gamers got the short end of the stick with the demo, I think 360 and PC users will get the patch to fix the widescreen problem at relatively the same time. Trust me, that's not what came out. But, it's a learning process, right? :)



Yesterday was really lovely - after work and the G4 appearance, I met S and we went to our Thai cooking class. It was so much fun! I wish my camera had had batteries because I would have taken some photos of it. We were led by Chef Jet Tila whose family opened the first Thai market in Los Angeles (on Melrose and Normandie) and also opened Royal Thai, the first Thai restuarant in West LA. He taught us how to make papaya salad and thai soup stock and then two people picked a dish and made it together. S and I made one of my favorite noodles, drunken noodle. We worked really well together - splitting the duties between chopping (him) and mixing (me). I've never been much of a cook, so I'm still learning how to use a knife, but Chef Tila taught me a lot so by the end of the class I was cutting tomatoes without mushing them! Our dish turned out really well, despite my two little screwups, as S is great over a hot flame. The biggest whoops was when I added the sauce (which we had doubled because it was stirfry) all at one time instead of adding it as needed. But, we mostly solved the problem by adding more noodles to the dish. It turned out tasty, though still a little oversauced. But now I'll remember for next time!

After we had fun learning new ways of cooking (including a quick way to butterfly poultry) and new dishes, we went to the Viper Room to watch Jeremy Fisher play. His sound is a mix of Neil Young and Simon & Garfunkel, and his upcoming album is a lot of fun. He was good live, but not dramatically different from the record. And, because he was playing all new stuff on an album that hadn't yet been released, S and I were the only ones who knew the words. But we had a good time, even with the super drunk college girls stumbling all over the place in front of us and encroaching in our space. I felt like I was playing bumper cars!

Tomorrow, J arrives and I am so very very excited!