Chinese food rocks

I've had Chinese for two days now. I love Chinese food. For one, it's tasty. For two, it's in walking distance from work. And for another, it's cheap -- less than ten bucks, and I can get two meals out of it. They have great pork-fried rice, with big chunks of pork all through it. Their sweet-and-sour chicken is pretty good, too. I usually get chicken and cashews, but I tried theirs and it sucks. There's another Chinese place that's actually a shorter walk, but it's also a bit more expensive (probably because their combos also include soup, which I never want, anyway), and the one block walk there is past all of the seedy bars. I have a hard enough time motivating myself to walk back there for the good pizza place, 'cause it's such a sketchy little block, the kind of place where you can easily imagine being pulled into an alley and mugged despite being only a block away from the nicer bars and businesses.

Attention, Reuters readers

"Sydney's The Daily Telegraph compared Sydney's Scrooge-like approach with opulent Christmas displays in major capitals like London, New York and Paris." (story here)

*cues "one of these things is not like the other" music*

Major capitals, OK. London is the capital of England. Paris is the capital of France. And New York is the capital of... uh, wait a minute. Yeah. New York is the capital of nothing. The capital of the United States is Washington. The capital of New York is Albany. Morons. Journalists should know this shit.

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Hope the weather's decent Tuesday. I've got a shitload of stuff to get done this weekend, and I already know that it's not gonna happen tomorrow, 'cause it's supposed to be crappy out and 'cause I have things I need to get done at home, anyway.

I'm kinda bored right now.

I don't quite feel like leaving the computer, though. I could go watch TV or something, but eh.

I should be working on my novel.

Nobody's on AIM.

Cashmere sweaters are a great thing. They're thin and light and breathable, but they're warm, too. I gotta go clothes shopping again one of these days. Of course, the way my finances are going, that'll be in about April.

Huzzah, finally got my pet healed... now I can battle some more, at least until the damn thing gets sick again.