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http://www.fancyfastfood.com/

found this through the ever-resourceful philthy panda. it's pretty freaking awesome. haha.

i'm feeling extremeley beat up and it's quite demotivating. took me so long just to get out of bed.

so, to vent a little...

my left ear is still clogged after snorkelling in the great barrier reef from a week ago, so i've had this constant ringing in my ears.

my teeth are in pain because last night, i decided use my retainer for the first time in a long while. teeth have definitely shifted.

some combination of the two, i think, has given me a massive headache.

woke up with a sore throat and no real voice.

legs are sore from squats i did on sat and arms are sore from my mrs. obama arm workouts, haha.

... and pity party over.

on another note: this awesome concept gives dumpster diving a whole new meaning.

from our disposal underwater camera

... then you shoulda "put a ring on it".

stopped by desert hills permium outlets in cabazon today on my way from la to phoenix. saw an uber cute brown handbag at kate spade. put it down for one second to look at something else and it was picked up by a rich fat housewife. i followed her around the store for the next 10 minutes to see if she would put it down, but alas, i left empty handed.

with pictures galore to share:

sydney

port douglas

great barrier reef

stephen's australia pics

maybe if his face wasn't plastered on t-shirts and caps everywhere, buyers would actually value his images.

two days ago, my mom called stephen to get a hold of me because i had accidentally left my phone in the car and wasn't answering. at the end of their conversation...

stephen: it was nice talking to you.

mom: you're welcome.

haha. hilarious. stephen tells me this right after and we have a good laugh.the next day, my mom calls me as i'm driving to meet him for dinner...

mom: do you know what happened yesterday? stephen said "it was nice talking to you" and i said "you're welcome"!

me: hahaha. i know. he already told me.

mom: hahaha. oh no. you have to explain for me or he will think that my english is so bad, but i understood what he was saying! i just got confused. i'm just so used to saying that when i hang up the phone at work. (side note: she has to answer a lot of calls at work from customers who don' t know how to use their credit card machines). you have to tell him. tell him that i meant to say it was nice talking to him too... and that i always like talking to you guys on the phone, but i'm always afraid to call because you guys are always busy and i don't want to bother you...

me: hahaha. ok, i will.

a few hours later, my mom calls again...

mom: did you tell him?

me: haha. oh, i forgot.

mom: you have to tell him!

me: haha. ok!

too funny.

in response to stephanie's comment on my last post...

i won't retract my statement about selflessness being the most attractive quality in a person, but the comment does bring up a very important distinction, that being: once a person is emptied of his/her own self, what does that person fill him/herself up with?

i agree, someone who tries to be selfless to everything to everyone is not attractive. it shows indiscretion.

at the same time, i would not ask someone to empty themselves for me. in my honest opinion, to ask that would be selfish... and i guess, hypocritical. i don't want to sound preachy, but for me, there is only one thing worth emptying myself to and that's God. as an extension of that, apparent acts of selflessness towards other people are simply manifestations of my life being filled with God.

been thinking about relationships today at work (because work's slowed down a bit and because relationships are one of my favorite things to think about), and i've come to the conclusion that the #1 most desirable quality a person can have is selflessness. now, it's usually pretty hard for me to pick favorites/#1's because i like to consider all possibilities at length, but this one i'm pretty sure about. i don't think it's a trait that's pure black/white, have/don't have. i think we all fall somewhere along a continuous spectrum between selflessness and selfishness, but i find those with a perpetual and growing inclinations toward selflessness the most attractive.

sunday, june 14.

stephen and i finish our 5-week sailing lessons and are now ASA 101 and 103 certified. whoop whoop! haha. basically, it means we're allowed to charter boats on our own. it's fun to think about the possibilities: syndey harbor? whitsunday islands? bay area? i don't think stephen cares where we go though, as long as we get to barbecue on the boat, haha. got dinner at bay cities deli in santa monica, at the suggestion of one of our sailing classmates. the bread was well-oiled, the meats were well-marbled, and the cheese was thick-cut. super unhealthy, but the godmother sandwich is worth a try if you're ever in the area. couple tips: if you don't get it with the works, the man behind the counter will get mad, but if you do, beware of the hot peppers. man alive! haha. after dinner, we soaked a bit in the pool and jacuzzi to help recover from the weekend run, but didn't last very long since we were both exhausted from the weekend.