So we rent movies at Blockbuster. Yes, the actual store. While I might not be in the majority crowd when I say this, I actually like Blockbuster! I like walking around the store, looking at the DVD covers, picking one up, having it in my hand while I walk around looking for something better. We have a subscription to the dvd-in-the-mail thing like Netflix, except it's with Blockbuster and we are also allowed to take in our mail DVDs into the store and exchange it right there for a DVD. I like that, so does Ying, because that means we can have a movie right now if we want it. Comes with the plan.

So a bit of background on how we choose DVDs. I like action flicks; Ying likes chick flicks:

Anyway, this post is about how I was tricked into watching a movie with Substance. This is how I chose the movie "The Solist" as my action flick:

So later that night after Bonnie's asleep, I go and pop in the DVD and start it up. I'm doing other things like picking up toys, checking email etc, and 20 minutes into the movie and I'm thinking to myself, "When's someone gonna get killed or beat up or something?"

I start to get suspicious and think maybe they put the wrong DVD in the box, so I look on the coffee table for the DVD cover and to my surprise, that shotgun barrel... WTF? is actually the neck of a ... WTF? That's a cello. SONOFA...!

So anyway, that's how I ended up watching a movie with Substance. The acting was great, good topic, etc. But damn! I was tricked.

什麼東西這麼好看????

啊?!被媽媽發現了.趕快傻笑裝沒事.

是粉圓,是她叫我看的.

這位爸爸,你的小傘是在遮你自己還是你女兒?!虧她還這麼認真自己拿傘,豈不是白拿了.....

這是七個月的粉圓

這是七個月的老爺

然後,一起睡午覺可以睡成這樣......

媽媽,這顆白菜會不會太大了一點.......

這張照片讓我想起幾年前有位女星拍寫真集,其中一張很有名的照片好像是她全身脫光抱著一隻小豹還是小狗之類的,重要的三點就這樣很巧妙地被遮了起來.那粉圓如果用這顆白菜來依樣畫葫蘆的話.......哇哈哈哈哈哈!!!!!!

最近本人忙著與粉圓小姐不停地奮戰中.....

小姐拼命想扶著東西站起來,奴才我拼命不想讓她扶到東西站起來,偏偏家裡家具很多,空間又很小,稍不留意,粉圓小姐就伺機而動,於是...老娘的日子就在搞這種"偷站與不給站"的心機中度過,真是有點鬼打牆啊...

po張飆車的照片讓大家開心點!

同場加映,粉圓古椎的樣子

Haven't you ever wanted to know how many days there are until some date?  A computer can do it easily, but it takes some effort to do it yourself. Well now you don't have to! I discovered that http://www.datecountdown.com was available. So I got it and put some datediff code on that .com .. You can even embed it into your own web pages! See?

Ok, so I've been on my own for the past month or so. (Ying and Bonnie come back on July 1st. Yay!) Anyway, I've been able to eat pretty well. Quick is the key. But I didn't want to eat a frozen lean cuisine every night so I had no choice but to learn to make some edible stuff .... Here's what I made tonight:

Yay! Yam Leaves and dumplings.  You can't get more Asian than that.  Ok, so I need to work on the presentation part. But it sure tasted good!

I said quick was the key. Those were frozen dumplings from Ranch 99. While the dumplings were boiling, I cooked the veggies. They were ready at the same time. Total time in kitchen was under 20 minutes. Not bad eh?

And a few weeks ago I made steak:

I followed this tip on salting the steak, covering it all over with a thick layer of salt and letting it sit for 15 minutes.  Then I washed off the salt and pan fried it. Turned out just right! I've had steak this way at least once a week for the past few weeks.

So yeah, I'm starting to get the hang of this cooking thing. Even so, I'm glad that Ying will be back in a week :)