whiskey comes from the gaelic word ooshkabeh...meaning water of life.


slangevar...means cheers.


i blended my own whiskey.  it was perfect.  i used a vanilla base.  added a little honey.  added a little citrus.  perfect.  stay far far away from the smoke.


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japan premium beef. i am a huge huge fan.  it is absolutely delicious.  and as a starving college student with no real home i can't really indulge in all my suzie homemaker interests.  so the next best thing?  buy connors a cast iron skillet and let him cook!


2 minutes over the fire.  3 minutes in the broiler.  truffle butter.


 


 


 


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"how do you know dz?" - "the internet"


dz threw a duck party.  and the duck party was ohmayzing.  i really couldn't stop thinking about it the whole next day.  everytime i've gone to eat duck, i've maybe had 1 if not 2 max ducks at the table.  dz apparently ordered 3 ducks per table.  it was a lot of duck.  a lot a lot of duck.  mmmmMMMMMMM.


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"you're always so depressed on the weekends!" - ms


stress has been written on my face for most of the summer flowing into the fall.  (i'd love this market to tank..asap).  and while i wait all week for friday to come, i usually receive bad news on friday and that's on top of being exhausted from the first 4 days of work and stress relief binge drinking.  so friday is carb day.  i get off, and walk to grand street.  plop myself on the couch...and from there, i don't really move for the next 12 hours.  order food, talking about sports, watching the jersey shore, watching top chef, playing madden etc.  we might order food twice.  it's my carb day.  and i pass out...only to feel guilty about the carbs and go to muay thai for a double session the next morning.


"if everyone thinks it's going to go down.  and fundamentally it should go down.  GUESS WHAT.  IT'S GOING UP!"  - CMango


 


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this pic....


 


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brought upon this pic...


 


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"that rubber band looks like it's constricting your blood vessels....it's so tight"


 


"omg...that's a chubby owl"


 


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the cold crab at congee village is delicious.  tedious crab eating, but perfectly light. tangy. sweet. tender. cold. the dipping sauce is great.  with chili. and just. perfect.


 


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Friday....was the best night.

Saturday.  I went to muay thai after I put you in a cab.  I think I messed up my hip flexor.  Grrr.
I didn't eat anything after cuz I was excited for wedding.  I thought it was gonna be chinese banquet.
Place turned out to be a lil more on the "queens side of things".  There was something floating in my drink.  And the food looked worse than costco microwavable foods.  I obviously didn't eat anything...and apparently...when ppl see my face 'OH SH*T BOUCHER (that's my fraternity nickname)..." lets take a shot!....
Why does my face remind them of a shot?

Then I stopped by jy's going away thing.  I blame ww for the incessant rounds of shots that ensued....and the headache....

I was sooo dead Sunday.  I felt like I was going through withdrawal.  Went for jigeh then went to friends place UWS.  Just watched tv.  Then walked home from UWS to HOME.  2 hours. Whoa!.

And so the whole walk home.  And alone at home with no internet.  Guess what I was thinking about ?



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i got this in the mail....


 


 


WANT TO BE FAMOUS? 


 


EVER DREAMED OF BEING ON TV?


 


A Taiwanese production company founded by Next Media (壹傳媒有限公司) is working with a Taiwan-based TV station on a well-funded reality show project featuring the life of young, adult Taiwanese in New York City.  The company is seeking Mandarin speaking TAIWANESE men or women ages 18-30 who want to share their “INTERESTING” and/ or “CRAZY” life in NYC.  A camera crew will follow you and capture your everyday life. 


 


It doesn’t matter whether you are a student or working at a “COOL” job or working toward your dreams in the big city of NYC, all are welcome to apply!!!


 


 


CRITERIA:


 


o   MUST SPEAK MANDARIN CHINESE!


o   Taiwanese American or Taiwanese currently living and/or studying in NYC!


 


 


Please send a photo (Face shot and full body shot) and a resume or short note about yourself.  Also, tell us why your life in NYC is so interesting and why it would interest other people as well. 


 


This is a paid position lasting approximately 6 months.


 


 


and here is my application....


 


"as a taiwanese american living in NYC, i feel it necessary to forewarn you with my application for this position because 1. i do not think taiwanese will be able to handle my lifestyle.  2. if my mom sees the show, she will kill me, then find u and kill u.  and 3.  if u care about your country, they will only learn from me the bad things in life "

with that being said....pls find the time to reference the past 4 years of my life, traveling drinking singing playing traveling drinking drinking...drinking a lot...playing....drinking even more...on my blog. derpderp.xanga.com.   all rights to these pictures belong to me, even the pictures of my friends naked butts, so feel free to send them around and have your own laugh for non commercial use. 

my cool job is that i facebook @ work all day.  i travel about once every 4 weeks.  so unless ur budget can handle LA and the SLS on a random weekend with the camera man.  i suggest you put your taiwanese money away and find the producers of the jersey shore to pump more money in. 

yes i speak chinese.  and i speak a broken shmorgasborg of about 5 other languages/dialects....all learned from karaoke and binge drinking.  so as a pre requisite to you guys, please learn the following....82 mah shuh! joo goo leh!.....WOULD YOU PLEASE...TKCHO.....etc etc......it's a necessity the camera folk also join on the festivities...but NO TOUCHING.  im irresistable and it would be unfortunate if i had to press charges on the male and female crew.


cheers.


 


alex


 


 


now all i have to do is find a slideshow to send in. BAM!

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"if everyone thinks it's gonna go down. and fundamentally it should go down. it's probably gonna go up"


 


2.


"can you afford her?"


 



"i think u're too old to be partying like u're 21"


 


those are the types of lines i run into when im out hunting for lunch....thanks kenny.


 


 


 

don't you wish pauly d was a permanent fixture on your couch.  haha.  i not so secretly wish he were a good friend of mine.  when i dont feel like going to the gym, i'll youtube the situation....and i end up pumpin the weights. hahaha. 


"you used to look more korean...but when you came back from asia u were china'ed out.  but now that u're back...u look more korean again."  -ms.


did i mention that i've been to NRB like 7x the past 2 weeks?


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why can't you have your cake and eat it to?  why must you settle?


 


best advice ever....


 


"get yers"


 


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i moved back to the US because Asia didn't work out the way i had hoped.  and for an offer coming from asia is REDEMPTION.  REDEMPTION!

it took me 2 hours to pack. and move.  and maybe another hour to unpack. it was seamless.  i told mish she didn't have to move much.  and while she still organized her stuff into select areas, other than the obvious of me having male apparel, the rest of my stuff seems to fit into a woman's decor...it's disturbing.  especially the bathroom.  now im just waiting for the desk and mattress.  and then im done.  the end of an era @ the lair.  and the beginning of adulthood.  legitimacy as i'd prefer to call it.  i want people to take my joking personality seriously once in a while.  that'd be nice.


 


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nrb


japas


bar


nrb...


then these pictures surfaced with the caption "my dude wildin'"


and that was cause for a good laugh.


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this week begins my title defense for fantasy football.  this week also begins a new league that i joined due to overconfidence from last years win in my original league. i don't do much research for drafts.  i watch news and read espn as if i've always done.  i rate players based on how i feel about them.  how i see them play on tv.  how i see the coaches run their offenses.  use general intuition combined with last minute tactical strategy throughout.  and b/c i've always been used to WR/WR/RB/RB/FLEX leagues, i may have made some mistakes last night as the new league setup is a 3 WR/ 2 RB/ and a WR/RB/T flex spot.  draft strategy out the window.  one glaring mistake of taking matt ryan and not thomas jones to wait for matt ryan on the loop around (i had 2nd pick). 


who knows.  wish me luck.


 


 
















































































1.(6)Michael Turner (Atl - RB)
2.(19)Ryan Mathews (SD - RB)
3.(30)Marques Colston (NO - WR)
4.(43)Dallas Clark (Ind - TE)
5.(54)Chad Ochocinco (Cin - WR)
6.(67)Ahmad Bradshaw (NYG - RB)
7.(78)Johnny Knox (Chi - WR)
8.(91)Eli Manning (NYG - QB)
9.(102)Pittsburgh (Pit - DEF)
10.(115)Darren Sproles (SD - RB)
11.(126)Eddie Royal (Den - WR)
12.(139)Willis McGahee (Bal - RB)
13.(150)Chad Henne (Mia - QB)
14.(163)Matt Prater (Den - K)
15.(174)Dustin Keller (NYJ - TE)

 


 


























































































 
1.(2)Adrian Peterson (Min - RB)
2.(23)Larry Fitzgerald (Ari - WR)
3.(26)Cedric Benson (Cin - RB)
4.(47)Chad Ochocinco (Cin - WR)
5.(50)Jermichael Finley (GB - TE)
6.(71)Malcom Floyd (SD - WR)
7.(74)Santana Moss (Was - WR)
8.(95)Matt Ryan (Atl - QB)
9.(98)Fred Jackson (Buf - RB)
10.(119)Eddie Royal (Den - WR)
11.(122)Kenny Britt (Ten - WR)
12.(143)Julian Edelman (NE - WR)
13.(146)Baltimore (Bal - DEF)
14.(167)Chad Henne (Mia - QB)
15.(170)Garrett Hartley (NO - K)
16.(191)Joshua Cribbs (Cle - WR)

the over order under eat theory is coined by chung ng.  happy birthday dude.


 


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there's the night i took a pic with the third floor lady.  but then there's also the crif dogs night that ended with a huge gash on my back.  and only moms have neosporin and bandiads readily available.  if jilly is in good hands.  so am i!


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my 2 colleagues have 3 kids each.  6 kids running around crazy in the backyard is a nightmare.  either i mature quickly, or im never gonna want to deal with this mess. 


 


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whats your moms number?  and address?


why?


cuz i want to say thank you and ask her if she liked the gift?


what gift?  and no im not giving it to you.  you're making me look bad.


give me the number.


no.


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HAHAHA, this is what mom does with a snakeskin jewelry box.  uses it for phone chargers! HAAAAA.

during the summer of 2007, i met someone one night and it turned into a 4 day sloshfest.  laughing and smiling and completely on whim for the entire duration.  is it happening again?  hahaa.. that would be awesome.


i dont even know how i ended up taking a pic with the lady @ 3fl.  but i know she gave us 3 shots in a row. gah.


 


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