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Well, Thanksgiving was great. My 5 days in Texas were a much needed break; alleviating my home-sickness and helping Whitney and I reconnect. Being away is hard, and in a weird way, you end up feeling like you know a different person than you knew before you left. Not that it's a catastrophic problem, but it makes it hard. When I finally got off the plane after leaving at 4:00 am, I was so pleased to see Whitney (i won't mention that she was late picking me up!!). To be...

Thus far, in Cuisines of Asia, we've studied China, Korea, Japan, and now Vietnam. Of those, I've got to say, the most impressive has been Vietnam. Granted, the country is poor, dirty, hot as hell, and did I mention, poor? But there's a really nice simplicity to it all and the flavors are pretty solid. Although they've got a strong affinity for the use of fish sauce, which smells like wet ass, I've got to say I've enjoyed it the most. Perhaps it's because I really love cheap Chinese,...

The new Damien Rice album, 9, is good. It's different than his first major release, but it's different in a nice way. A little more folky, a tad not as melancholy, but with same genuinity (is that a word) in his song-writing. I dig it....

So I'm not going to lie; i've had a really hard week. But just when it seems to get to the breaking point, it always picks back up and rewards you for sticking it out. It's funny how life works out like that. It appears, and I don't want to be uber confident, that I got an externship in January at a place in Arlington, TX. I'll hold off on talking too much about it right now, but it's an incredible opportunity and probably one of the best placements I...

It's been an interesting week. Today, I got such a publicly ripping from Chef Pardus, that my friend Ryan asked me at lunch if "he'd left any of my ass." It probably was the worst anyone has ever given it to me and was tough to make it through without getting totally emotional. On Tuesday, the Asias kitchen I'm in was closed and the whole class taken to New York City for an Asian Food Show, amongst others. It ended up being pretty lame on the Asian side, but...

If you can't laugh at silly, crass humor, Borat is not for you. But for me, it was one of the funniest movies I've seen in a very long time. I laughed so hard I cried and could barely breathe at certain parts....

Sorry about the delay, my website changed servers and took a couple of days to work out all the kinks. I'm excited about the recent elections, as I'm sure everyone assumed. It's nice to see that the Bush Administration is finally being held accountable for the numerous blunders. From Tom Delay to Jack Abramoff to Mark Foley to Bob Ney to Ted Haggard... it would have been downright stupid to see these people still in power. With Rumsfeld on the way out, maybe things will be for the better....