As you get older, do you no longer feel this need to be nice to strangers and other random people?

Is this step one of "letting it all go"? hehe.

Today, I rudely hung up on the American Express lady.
I turned down an e-vite from an acquaintance.
I told a popular board's moderator that they sucked. (ok, I do this one a lot)
I'm going to stop going to my church and the only reason I'm going to give is, "I don't want to." (I've been going for the past five years and have been fairly active.)

I have to admit, my new-found freedom to be rude to people that don't give a shit about me is refreshing!

You should try it!

Let's have a National Be-Rude-To-People-Who-Don't-Matter Day. C'mon! You too can look at that bum straight in the eye and say, "NO, I will not give you money, even though I have it. I DON'T WANT TO."

Current Mood: bitchy

X-Posted to my Foodie blog Dog Eat Cat



This is my new favorite ice cream. It's HD's Special Reserve and it's only sold in some locations. It's hard to find, so I pounced when I saw some at Huntington Beach Pavilions. The fleur de sel, which means salt flower in French, adds a special kick to the caramel. I can easily finish the carton.



This is the famous peach donut from the renowned Donut Man in Glendora. I don't know why Donut Man is so famous but it's been on many TV shows and donut aficionados love them. I thought their peach donut was okay, peaches were fresh, but it was basically fresh peaches packed into a good glazed donut, akin to a fresh peach pie. It's okay, I guess if you have to have a Donut Man donut, this would be it, but other than that, I'd save my gas money. It's in the middle of Suburbia, USA.



This has to be the weirdest thing I've eaten lately. It's sweet corn ice cream with cheese. It's sold at most Asian markets, namely 99 Ranch Market. It's not very good, but the bizarreness drew me to it. You can taste the sharp bite of the chedder cheese and the corn makes it crunchy.

What's some weird foods that you have eaten?

Current Mood: tired

I was an active member on Yelp Boards for about 6 months late 2008, early 2009. And I admit, I met some cool people and went to A LOT of bars and dinners. The attitude on Yelp was generally cool, a bit edgy, but not too much, and it gave me a chance to eat/drink/dance at places my IRL friends would never go to.

I admit, it was a bandage for my crumbling real-world-life. My mother was, and still is, deathly sick. I got laid off in Dec. 2008. I broke up with my boyfriend of 7 years in Sept. 2008 (one of the best moments of my life). I wasn't connecting with my old group of friends. I wanted an out, I wanted to party, booze up, and forget my plague-ridden life.

But that's where the good stuff ends. Someone posted very personal information about me on the boards. Instead of chastising the individual, people encouraged it. I know I should've left then, but I had invested a lot of time on Yelp and I didn't want to delete it just yet.

In mid-April, I met Chris, my current boyfriend. I had posted a pic of us on my profile page and I was upset that people were making derogatory remarks about him. He told me to get off the site and he MADE PERFECT SENSE! He said it was an uncontrolled environment and it was unnecessary drama. Besides that, I didn't want to support a business that was involved in shady dealings, such as extorting other businesses for money. So I closed my account.

About a month later, someone posted a thread about me, and it's main purpose was to defame my character. It contained OUTRIGHT LIES, such as I had herpes, I slept with so-and-so, I was a b*tch... typical papparazzi bullshit. What upset me the most was Yelp did not discipline any of these individuals, but allowed the thread to be up for two days. The only reason they took it off was when I made a new account to defend myself, then they deleted my comments and blocked me. They eventually deleted the thread and deleted my account.

Why am I writing this? I wanted a place in cyberspace where I could post my side of the story. Yelp continues to bring up my name and make derogatory comments, such as "I'm crazy" or my boyfriend is a leprechaun, or that Chris is ugly. The truth is, anyone who wants to know the truth about me, can find me. I'm very active on Twitter. I host four different meetups groups. I often Tweet where I'm going to be. I've started a food blog. I post pics. I'm open about my life.

There's a glaring discrepancy between what's depicted on Yelp and what is true in real life. Yelpers are NOT cool, they're NOT hip. Many of them are overweight, dorky, socially dysfunctional. They are small, they could not man up to Pee-Wee Herman, much less Chris. They would never dare speak that way to my face and they know it. If they did, they couldn't handle the consequences, so they cower in their boards, then run away when they see us in real life.
And vice-versa, the crap they say about Chris and I are NOT true. He's real, and he's my boyfriend, and I've posted many pics of him, he is NOT an ugly man. I am not "crazy" and I no longer participate in that group because I CHOSE NOT TO. Life is precious and I didn't want to spend it with negative, mean people that I have zero respect. And as much as people tell me to not let it get to me, it would piss me off, drama would ensue. And I don't want/need that in my life.

Then why am I posting this? Firstly for my real life friends, who still profusely use Yelp and look at me strange when I say that I no longer endorse them, now they know why. Secondly, for my Twitter friends wondering why I always bash Yelp on Twitter. And thirdly, I don't want to be silent. It's not fair that Yelpers get free reign to post gross inaccuracies and outright lies on their boards and I get banned when I post rebuttals. I know people don't give a crap, they're in to see the clusterfuck, but at least I have this tiny bit of cyberspace where I can have my say. And I just did.

Fin.

Current Mood: blah

Here's some of my recent favs from the site This is Why You're Fat



This monstronsity is a Hurler Burger: a burger topped with Easy Cheese in a jelly donut.



Scooby, scooby doo, where are you? It won't be hard to find him after a few of these Scooby Snacks. This monstrosity is a hamburger patty topped with sausage, cheese, bacon, egg and potatoe scone. Yay for processed, fried carbs and fatty protein!

Current Mood: Hmph

X-posted to boring_people

Here's the link to a tragic story about a 17-year old girl that got murdered in Downtown LA.

Here's the Timeline:

4:52 p.m.: Samuel exited the driver's-side door of Burk's Volvo at 458 S. Alameda St. in downtown L.A.

5:25 p.m.: LAPD officers saw Samuel on 3rd Street drinking beer and in possession of a crack pipe. He was arrested.


I WAS THERE! Strange but true. I remember because we (Chris and I) were walking down 3rd Street, looking for Little Tokyo. We had left the Metro Station on 1st Street and I was lost. I know it was after 5pm because we were heading to Oiwake Bar and happy hour started at 5pm. Chris pointed out to the mounted officers and said, "They must be LAPD, they ride on horseback." We walked by the guy, I remember he looked strange. Chris remembered the officer looking at a credit card (his observation and memory skills are amazing) and it must've been the dead girl's credit card! Then they handcuffed him.

We didn't even realize it was the guy from the article until last night! Wow. Such a strange feeling to have witnessed that, so sad, yet at the same time, so weird.

Current Mood: weird

Lately, I have been busy working on my foodie blog Dog Eat Cat It's mostly LA restaurant reviews and recipes.

Here's a cross-post of one of my favorite dive bars in the world: Joe Jost.
( Joe Jost: A Long Beach Legend )

Current Mood: productive

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Gross, but half fake! the tampon is fake. The blorking is not. I can't find the embed button, so here. :D

http://www.filecabi.net/video/tamponprankendsbadly.html

ahahaha. OMG. Gross.

I wanted to give a shoutout to breakon87 and repost his short story. It was damn good! If you love fiction and short stories you should check it out!

( Click here for Devils, Deaths, And Debauchery )

Current Mood: awake

Thank you scottrossi

Current Mood: amused

Bootie-LA for March 2009

What is a "Mash-Up" you say? Reach into your attic, take a bunch of your vintage 80's and 70's CD's, cassettes, records, or even 8-track tapes, strap them yourself in tightly on a roller coaster, pour in the essence of today's new music (think Depeche Mode vs Katy Perry = "I Kissed a Personal Jesus") , and prepare yourself to take off on a wild ride!

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Playlist:
1. Nirvana Vs. Koop: Bloom To Me - G3RST
2. S Club 7 Vs. ZZ Top: Don't ZZTop Moving - Mad Mix Mustang
3. Lipps Inc. Vs. B-52's Vs. Soulwax Vs. Yello: Funky Shack! - Faroff
4. Gorillaz Vs. Billy Idole: Gorilla Idol - Lock3Down
5. Pixies Vs. M. Solveig Vs. Hives Vs. Bjorn: Hey C La Vie - DJ Moule
6. Right said Fred Vs. Proof Vs. DJ Assault: I'm Too XXXy - DJ BC
7. Journey Vs. M/A/R/R/S: Journey to Marrs - DJ Shyboy
8. Kanye West Vs. Justice Vs. Soulwax Vs. Walter Murphy: Let There be Love/ Beethoven Lockdown - Party Ben
9. David Bowie Vs. The Illuminoids: Suffragette City - The Illuminoids
10. Police Vs. Britney Spears: Womanizer / Can't Stand Losing You - DJ Fox

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"In what is either the weirdest Russian crime story of the year so far or a new low in yellow crime journalism, a female hair stylist in the Kaluga region is suspected of holding an armed robber in captivity as a sex slave for two days after he unsuccessfully tried to knock over her beauty salon."

Click here for the full Moscow Times story

My favorite quote, "What a jerk," Life.ru quoted her as saying. "Yeah, there were a few times. But I bought him new jeans, gave him food and drink, and gave him 1,000 rubles when he left."

ahahaha. OMG. Bought. Him. New. Jeans.

Sorry about my all my Twitter updates. I'm all about Twitter now. It's so much easier. TBH my life isn't that interesting. I don't have much to blog about. But I have a lot to Tweet about!

However, there's been some interesting things in my life:

1. I get 65% off on my COBRA healthcare. Yay! Because of a glitch in my system, I haven't been paying COBRA since January. However that qualifies me for Obama's new legislation that government will pay 65% of COBRA if I haven't had any major claims in the last 4 months. Grrrreat! I love when things work out in the end!

2. I'm not a Yelp-a-holic anymore. I should've known better than to invest so heavily into the internet. I always get burned. There's so many phonies out there. I'll tell all the details in another post, I'm too busy right now.

3. Jeff and I are still together. Chris (the guy I was dating) and I have reconciled. Martin (my ex) and I are keeping in touch. I've got 3 other friends outside of those 3. Honestly, I feel they're my only friends in the world (along with all of you lovely people). And you know what? I'll take it! I feel blessed. I have 6 real friends that'll call back.

4. Still unemployed. :-(
To everyone out there.... hold on. I know it's tough, but it'll get better. I recommend volunteering at a Rescue Mission, like I did yesterday. It was a real eye-opener. It really put my life into perspective. I'm going to volunteer every week. It's exactly what my soul needs.

Current Mood: anxious

( Life is in the details )

Current Mood: anxious

( Life is in the details )

( Because life is in the details )

* 01:48 @RobertF887 It sounds like you had a great day. #
* 01:52 Came back from Providence. Had a great time. #
* 01:52 It's always darkest before the dawn. Gotta call from Jeff. Seeing him Monday. This may work. :-/ #
* 20:26 @jameth you look Superfly. #
* 20:26 @conformer Caffeine free Red Bull? What is the point? Just drink gasoline. #
* 20:28 Got back from dad's bday. Going to sell my car. Yay! #

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Current Mood: blah