media update: june

this, of course, is more for my own remembrance than anything else. asterisks denote something i particularly enjoyed. follow this advice at your own risk.


MOVIES:
No Reservations
Tiptoes (worst movie ever)
Deliver Us From Evil
MI: III
Bee Movie
Sprout (excellent soundtrack)
Gone Baby Gone
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (repeat in-theater viewing)
Encounters at the End of the World *
Be Kind Rewind
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Delirious


BOOKS:
"Unaccustomed Earth" Jhumpa Lahiri


MUSIC DOWNLOADS:
The New Pornographers "Challengers"
The New Pornographers "Mass Romantic" *
Joel Auge "So Deep In Love" (iTines free download)
Jorge Villamizar "Como Vivir Asi" (iTunes free download)
Sam Sparro "Black and Gold" (iTunes free download)
Karina "Can't Find the Words" (iTunes free download)
Rebelution "Safe and Sound" (iTunes free download)
Don Tetto "No Estaba Acostumbrado" (iTunes free download)

Six word sunday: Here we go Giants, beat Oakland!

glass slide

i heeded the siren call of evil. i'm ashamed, almost.

i bought a new purse.

but lookit how lovely it is!

marc by marc jacobs faridah hobo

that's it! enough!
(for now, anyway)

and now for something completely different...

Ryanair to offer free blowjobs in first class

seems like not all the air carriers are cutting back service...

all over the map

Things are...okay. Better, certainly. Good, even

My father was released from the hospital on Wednesday, after a heart attack was ruled out and the blood clots in his lungs started dissipating. He is required to be off work until at least Thursday of this week, and being the workaholic that he is, it's driving him nuts. Add in the heat we had last week, and he's going stir crazy. We did go to the pool to cool off on Friday night and Saturday morning, but he just waded in enough to get cool.

But the truth is this, as said by his doc in the hospital -- he's lucky to be alive. Every time I allow myself to really think about that I feel sick to my stomach.

six word sunday: traffic proved worse than he anticipated

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the laws have changed

my father drove himself to the E.R. yesterday morning because he couldn't breathe. turns out he has blood clots in his lungs. he underwent (planned) surgery on thursday to repair a torn meniscus and the doctor thinks this brought on the clots. well, between the surgery and sitting on a plane for 5 hours last week on his return from maui.

at the time the doctor also thought he might have had a heart attack, but they've since ruled that out. thankfully.

he was admitted to the hospital and will be on strict bed rest until wednesday, at least. he's on blood thinners and was on blood pressure meds so hopefully the former works as well as the latter did -- they only kept him on the blood pressure meds through today as we've seen a notable improvement in his blood pressure since his admission to the hospital. he has "bathroom privileges" but even walking the short distance to the en suite bathroom in his (private) room while still attached to oxygen gets him winded.

yesterday was my mother's birthday and my parents 31st wedding anniversary, and of course today is father's day. to say it has been a rough, emotional weekend is an understatement. we spent all day there yesterday, from 10a-8p, and from about 10:30a-5p today. i can truly say i have never felt as scared as i did yesterday that things just might not be okay. i am trying to stay positive and feel like things look brighter today.

if you could spare some good thoughts, could you send them this way?

sushi mania

i never told you about the sushi making class i took in april!

this was, of course, before samantha jones in the "sex and the city" movie made sushi truly, erm, edible.

the class was so much fun! not only did we learn from true sushi chefs, but we also got an etiquette lesson ("never place your chopsticks up and down in a bowl of rice -- it's a symbol of death," among others).

and the best part was that we got to eat our creations.

this was made by one of the chefs right before our eyes from fresh bamboo growing outside the restaurant. none of that fake grass stuff here!


tuna handroll


all the good stuff


tuna and salmon skinny roll, in process


tuna and salmon skinny roll


tuna and avocado inside-out roll, in progress


inside-out roll

kani and tobiko


ebi


i've never left a class so delightfully stuffed. now i just have to try my hand at making them at home...