Hello Sigg

MGDub got me this adorable Hello Kitty Sigg water bottle for Valentine's Day in February and I've been getting so many nice compliments on my cool bottle. It's red with an old school Hello Kitty and hearts. I've been enjoying my Sigg water bottle especially after I keep reading up on how the Nalgene's are supposed to be bad for us. Come to think of it, didn't we all switch to the Nalgene a few years ago because the Nalgene's were supposed to be better for us? Have I been inadvertantly harming my loved ones with all the Nalgenes I've gifted to them over the years? Maybe we should all stop drinking water...that must be the solution. Anyhoo...the latest word on the street is go with the Sigg. I will incidentally be purchasing them for all my loved ones to replace their evil Nalgenes.

Sweet Treats

I had a sugar high after lunch because I consumed well way too much sugar thanks to some sweet treats. My coworker received a cookie gift basket from her boyfriend and we kind enough to share the bounty. I picked the mint brownie cookie sandwich and it was delicious. Then some other coworkers were going out for some McDonalds sweet tea. They're a bit obsessed with it and wanted to share the love so they generously picked one up for me to try. The sweet tea was really delicious, but a little sweet so I had to cut it with some water. Ironically, my friend Kristen who's my dentist had just filled a massive cavity this morning before I went gallivanting about washing down my sugary cookie with my sugary sweet tea.

Marathon

Monday was Patriot's Day also known as Boston Marathon day so I took the day off to hang out with Adam and check out the hoopla downtown. The whole Boston Marathon was pretty darned impressive. We had a pretty good view near the finish line, about a block from the end where we watched the Kenyans run effortlessly across the finish line. Then we watched all the other runner trickle and then stream in. Well, some people hobbled in. We saw a lady collapse a few hundred yards from the finish, a man go by on a gurney and there were apparently a couple of folks who had heart attacks. Two of my coworkers ran the marathon successfully and they mostly have sore muscles and some bad sunburns. We stood and watched at the finish line for about an hour or two which made us quite tired and hungry so we revived ourselves with ice cream, hot dogs and pizza.

Embarrassment

Adam and I were strolling through Coolidge Corner this weekend when we were reminded that parents can still embarrass children of all ages. Adam was wearing a "Wesleyan" t-shirt when the following reconstructed conversation occurred between Adam and a mom, dad, and their adult child.

Dad: Hey, Wesleyan, she [pointing to his daughter] went to Wesleyan too!
Adult Child: What class were you?
Adam: '98!
Adult Child: Oh, I was '95!
Mom: She has a PhD in psychology from Berkeley and she's doing her post doc at Harvard.
Adam: Oh, that's great. I'm from the Bay Area too.
Mom: Our son is still in San Francisco, but we're from New York so we're so happy she's moved back to the East Coast to do her post doc at Harvard.

We sensed that the Adult Child, who's really in her mid thirties, was mildly embarrassed by her mom who was obviously super proud of her daughter. It was all kind of endearing, but also pretty amusing to us at least. Ahh, parents...gotta love 'em!

Sweet Tofu Pudding

I was hankering for a sweet treat yesterday afternoon and ice cream would typically be my default option, but I ended up walking over to Chinatown in search for a fun afternoon snack. I picked up some sweet tofu pudding from the market and some freshly baked sweet buns from Eldo Cake House.

Sweet tofu pudding is delicious and satisfying. It's made locally by Chang Shing Tofu over in Kendall Square. Wheezy and I once walked over to the Chang Shing Tofu factory when we worked in Kendall Square, it was quite the experience. Vats of soy, giant fridges, Chinese folks and a handwritten price list taped to a wall for random retail customers off the street like us. I digress! Tofu pudding is really a nice treat especially in the summer. It's pretty healthy, low in fat, sweet and refreshing. It also has protein to boot since it's tofu. I like the Chang Shing pudding because they put some vanilla into their recipe which gives it a nice flavor. With spring finally arriving in Boston, you should definitely give sweet tofu pudding a try.

The Un-Facebook

Wheezy, Dave, Adam and I were joking around on Sunday [at Dave's b-day party...happy b-day Dave] about how we should form our own Un-Facebook social network and send each other letters by mail.

Well, I defected from our theoretical Un-Facebook social network by joining Facebook this week. I think our little pact failed mainly due to the fact that our theoretical social network was theoretical and was also a network rooted in being anti-social network. I now have like 6 friends, all of them actual friends. This morning my brother-in-law Zryce asked to be a friend and I accepted which is how I got from 5 to 6 friends. He's almost 4 times more popular than me with 23 friends, but I'm most impressed that Zryce found me so quickly since I'd just signed up for Facebook two days ago on Monday. I also have to extend props to Zryce for saying a friendly and appropriately casual "Hello!" in his email as opposed to the odd and overly formal Linked In invitation Adam sent to me a few months ago.

Lobstah!

I recently treated myself to this super cute lobster tote from LL Bean. I love how the lobstah is so big and red and stretches across the entire tote. They also have a crab and trout version, but I don't think they're quite as adorable.

Fatties

The following is a reconstructed side conversation between plasticann and Adam while their friends Wheezy and Dave were discussing lifting weights and working out. Note, Adam and plasticann are not currently big on exercise.

plasticann: [leans over and says quietly] Are we fatties?
Adam: It's OK.
plasticann: [unsure, but tentatively eating mac & cheese] It's OK?
Adam: Well, it's not OK, but don't worry about it now....just eat your mac & cheese.

Then we all laughed, because it was funny.

Planet B-Boy

We saw Planet B-Boy at the Kendall last night, it's a documentary about a break dancing around the world and is themed around this annual break dancing competition Battle of the Year. We really enjoyed it and it reminded me a lot of Dogtown Z-boys and Riding Giants. I'm not a big skateboarding, surfing or break dancing fan, but they're still super fun documentaries to watch. My favorite team was the Japanese team from Osaka, Ichigeki while Adam liked the underdog South Koreans from the country Last for One. The two teams went to the final battle and the South Koreans took the prize. I would highly recommend seeing it, really energetic, fun and heart warming.

Bike

We went and got Adam a bike Wednesday night. The following are reconstructed conversations with Adam's bike enthusiast coworkers (BEC):

Adam: I'm getting a bike tonight.
BEC: How exciting. What kind of bike are you getting? We may have some recommendations.
Adam: plasticann said something about a hybrid. I don't know, a bike bike!
BEC: A bike bike?
Adam: You know, something with two wheels mostly so I can ride [to the cheese shop] with plasticann.
BEC: [clearly disappointed] Oh! we don't really have any advice for that.

later that evening at the bike shop

plasticann: Adam, do you want to put your [newly purchased] helmet in my bag?
Adam: No. I'm going to wear it?
plasticann: Why?
Adam: So we can bike home.
plasticann: What am I going to ride?
Adam: Oh, that's right, you don't have a bike. You mean I have to walk the bike home?
plasticann: Well, you can ride it, but I'll have to meet you back at home.
Adam: It's OK, I'll walk it home.