Hi friends! I was looking through a notebook of mine recently. It is made out of a Rex Stout novel, a Nero Wolf mystery called Too Many Clients (SEE IMAGE HERE) That Hannah's parents made, and I found something I wrote a few months ago.
My family was driving somewhere together and my dad saw a new Chinese restaurant called China Lily. Right down the street was another Chinese place called Rice Garden. We all saw these. Just a moment later my dad turned around and said to us:
" I think, if you want to open a Chinese restaurant, especially a quick, fast food type one, all you have to do is take two words that are loosely related to China and put them together. Like Rice Wok or Panda Chopstick."
And I thought How true that is. Here are the names of a few local valley-area Chinese restaurants, mixed with some that I made up. I'll bet you can't tell which ones I made up and which ones are real:
-Golden Tree Gourmet
-Dragon Star
-China Wah
-Ho Ho Gourmet
-China Wok
- Dragon Isle
- Rice King
- Ocean City
- Golden China
-Chin-wah cafe
- China Panda
- Spring Garden
- Chand's Dynasty Express
- Magic Wok
Now, I'm sorry, I was being tricky. Those are ALL real restaurant in the Valley area. Yes, Even China Panda, Chand's Dynasty Express, China-Wah and Magic Wok.
It's really a good point he made. Really. Now, it's your turn. comment on here and tell me your ideas for names of new Chinese restaurants. if it's helpful, I made a MadLib to assist you:
The Name Of My New
__(name of Oriental country, preferably bordering Mongolia)__
Restaurant Is
__(Name of Oriental Object or mythical creature)__
___(name of Oriental tool or cooking utensil)__!
And there you have it. Simple! An example of a completed MadLib would be something like this:
"The Name Of My New __Chinese__ Restaurant Is __Chairman Mao__ __Chopsticks__!
see! Thanks, and please comment.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Bar-None
I just remembered something I loathe more than anything else on the planet. It is called:
Pity Laughter
I hate everything about it. What it stands for: encouraging the un-funny. What it does to those un-funny people: makes them do it more. And I hate what it sounds like: that less-than-halfhearted short, quiet chuckle in hopes of shutting someone up.
But what people don't understand is that it doesn't shut these people up, It makes them do it more, because people laugh at them. Now, I understand why people do this. People Pity laugh to spare others feelings, but one doesn't have to openly say "that was not funny" in order to not pity laugh, they merely need to not laugh. and usually, the people who have the self esteem to make obviously un-funny jokes can handle people not laughing. I know i've had more than my fair share of pity laughs in my time, and frankly, I find them un-necessary. That is all. Thank you. (Man, I complain alot on here. I should post more up-lifting things... sorry. I did just post a good one right before this though, you can read that too.)
Pity Laughter
I hate everything about it. What it stands for: encouraging the un-funny. What it does to those un-funny people: makes them do it more. And I hate what it sounds like: that less-than-halfhearted short, quiet chuckle in hopes of shutting someone up.
But what people don't understand is that it doesn't shut these people up, It makes them do it more, because people laugh at them. Now, I understand why people do this. People Pity laugh to spare others feelings, but one doesn't have to openly say "that was not funny" in order to not pity laugh, they merely need to not laugh. and usually, the people who have the self esteem to make obviously un-funny jokes can handle people not laughing. I know i've had more than my fair share of pity laughs in my time, and frankly, I find them un-necessary. That is all. Thank you. (Man, I complain alot on here. I should post more up-lifting things... sorry. I did just post a good one right before this though, you can read that too.)
Friday, April 3, 2009
I Heart:
Please Watch This Video, or listen to the video, as you read this. It's a beautiful video, taken from Heima: a film by Sigur Ros. It's a song called Vaka, and they are playing it acoustically, in the middle of a plain in Iceland.
I HEART:
Aesthetics
Music
Love
The Rain
Late Night Drives by Myself to Nowhere
Frost on the Ground
Sigur Ros
Old, Rusty Farm Equipment
Black and White Pictures
Intellectual Discussions
Summer Nights with the Windows Open
The Mountains
High-Contrast Pictures
The Smell of Rain
Soft Music
Being Lonely
Being Together
Running Through Fields in the Rain
The Smell Of Laundry Detergent
Memories
Laying in the Grass at Night
Saying My Mind
Learning About People
Discovering What I Love
Seeing My Breath
Naked Trees
Old, Grainy Photographs
Silence in the Morning Outside
Cherry Blossoms
Closing My Eyes
Wanting Something So Much I Can Actually Feel It
Melancholy
Moss Growing On Trees
Cracked Statuettes
Longing
The Idea of Watching Childrens Movies as Adults
Bicycling in the Rain
Holding Hands
Honesty
Beauty
Remembering
The Video Heima
Making Others Feel
Rusty Metal
The Idea of Romantic Poetry
Old, Broken Houses
Abandoned Places
Thinking
The Water
Growth
The Smell Of Asphalt Right After Rain
State Street in Madison
Candles
The Ocean
White
Old Trains
Train Tracks
Creating
Feeling
Being Sad
Cloudy Skies
Looking at the Fallen Leaves as They Rest in a Puddle on the Ground
Wood
The Silhouettes of Trees Against The Sunset
Needing A Blanket
Missing Old Friends
Remembering Old Friends and Hurting
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