my life in a nutshell

• Books - packed. DVDs, CDs - packed. Still everything else to pack.
• Watched Cloverfield. Short review: Can't bring self to root for douchebags. Don't care whether they get eaten.
• Next to us, were a couple of morons who didn't understand the trailer to 10,000 B.C. (Or any of the other trailers that played, none of which required any brainpower.) I mean, seriously, first frame comes on, they go "Huh?" Second frame showing caveman. "What the fuck?"
  
• Iron Man does not look any good at all.
• Koi Palace - ate here again after a really horrible first experience. It's a long wait, but the food was really good. Service was also better than I remembered. I also theorized that the Outback right next to it gets most of its business from pissed-off Asians who've been waiting in line too long for dim sum. What supports my theory? The fact that this particular Outback is now open for lunch only on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, prime dim sum hours. (Most Outbacks do not do lunch.) I mean, why not? Most of the customers at Koi just parked at the Outback anyway.
  
• Project Runway - I don't really care about this season this much, but I'm watching it anyway to see who wins. I hate the Asian chick, which is a shame, because I think she is talented and I would like to root for her, but she honestly rubs me the wrong way.
• More relatives arrived from China. It remains to be seen whether the younger one will actually learn English. She's 16, which makes it extra hard, and I'm pretty sure she didn't want to come. After telling my friends, one of them asked, "Do all your relatives cycle through your house when they come here?" Yeah, pretty much. Hopefully she gets registered in school soon.
  

some things that are useful

• Associate Email Addresses with a Google Account
• Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook: The Essential Guide to Caring for Everything in Your Home - I just bought this because I want to take care of our stuff better. (Mark will be using this too.) It's gotten really good reviews online, and after flipping through this - I'm really glad I bought this despite Martha Stewart's insane suggestions. For example, she suggests making it part of your cleaning routine to *dust your cookbooks*. Okay, then. But there's also really good advice on how best to clean items, different types of countertops, etc. Lately, housekeeping stuff has been frustrating me because we haven't been doing a very good job - which is part laziness, and part annoyance, and part stress from work. After coming home after 8 hours, the last thing I want to do is clean and put stuff away.