Chicha

   Yesterday was pretty great. 

Aside from dealing with unnecessary stress from my boss, once I left work I got home and did some chores, saw Lauren when she got home, and ... and and... did one of my favorite things to do ever in the world; grocery shopping. This wasn't just any ordinary grocery shopping though. This was grocery shopping at the Spanish grocery store that's 6 minutes away from me that I had no clue was there until like 5 days ago.

BUT.

Other stuff first.


T a m a s h i i  |    R A M E N


A ramen house opened a ways down the street from where I live. Totally forgot it existed, until Fett and I passed it on one of our trips. After he got out of work one day we went to try it out, just to see. I think I got him hooked on ramen. We've been to this other place that's like 10 mins away-- really good; Jinya Ramen. Funny. One time a friend treated me to birthday ramen, and we spotted Cevin Key there with his... well...  I don't know if it was a groupie or a significant other. And if you say sig other...  Dears, that generally doesn't matter, lol. But yeah, Jinya's awesome. We just went there again with Lauren a few weeks back. It was where I without hesitation totally judged our waitress based on the Horde symbol tattooed behind her ear and totally guessed correctly what race and class she played.

Look at all this positivity! Wow! :D Shhhh, you love it.

Well, this Tamashii place was founded by a chef that once worked at Jinya. This gave us a bit of what to expect.

We got there and were greeted instantly by a cute little Asian lady. She seated us and gave us menus. We knew exactly what we were getting.

 I got the black, he went with the soy.

Mine had garlic oil, which is what gave it the black color. Garlic is my shit though. I'm all over garlic if I can help it.

It was good, but we both agreed that Jinya was better for our tastes.

I feel that the broth at Jinya is creamier, and richer. Though I did enjoy the garlic oil, but felt that the garlic oil was to compensate for the broth's consistency and taste.
Also, the portions were less here, than at Jinya, but priced the same.

At least we tried it! And you can never go wrong with ramen so... yay! :D

C H I B I    N o o b s  |

Now that these pieces were sent off to their new home, I can share them with you! 

These were commission pieces based off of the show Firefly and Dr. Who.
I have invested 0 minutes of my life into these shows, so Google was my friend, plus the reference pictures he so generously provided me with. 

The Dr. Who one... I've seen floating around the internets and through cosplay. No clue who he is, other than he has wild curly hair, buggy eyes, and a very distinguishable scarf. And is the 4th Doctor. Looks very Brittish. Huge eyes. Freaks me out.

The Firefly character, Malcom Reynolds, was chibified into a compact little thing of cuteness. With a gold plated gun. 

All I know is that Firefly = Joss Whedon.

Wish you could see the ginger sideburns I gave the Dr Who chibi. They made me giggle.

 Don't even ask how I manage to see anything with that kind of lighting.

Just clay, and shaping

 and then painting!

Off they went! :D

So like, yesterday when Lauren got home we chatted for a bit, and before she left, she said she had a gift for me. She goes back into her room and returns with this, and hands it to me.

She says that she thought it was perfect for me because it's Voodoo, and and and it's a little Frankenstein one, and I'm his bride, and and and and read the bottom

:)

Most of the time when I get home from work, I'm beat.
After getting promoted, I'm still learning a lot of things, but there have been some things that I was either just thrown into, and/or have been put on me that I wasn't prepared for which ultimately leads to .... stress! YAY :D

So, when i get home I usually just want to take it easy and not move, or talk to anyone really. Unless there are plans for that day, which there have been recently, I just wanna not exist to anyone else for that day/evening.
She completely just.... nailed it. I read it and got so like... puppy-faced sad/happy that she sees this in me. Sad because it must suck for her sometimes when she wants to just talk, but happy that she realizes how socially ass backwards I get when after work.  So this was extra special to me. I wanna put it over my bed, but gotta find a way to do it. Mr. Franken is hanging by my WoW poster, sitting on Lefty's head as we speak.

I'm afraid Lefty may ask Mr. Franken for flying lessons.

Poor Lefty. A chair could fly straighter than him.

Here's a random selfie. I did it wrong.

So you guise, about yesterday's events.

 I can't think of another time that I got this excited to get groceries. Okay, just kidding. This probably happened the 2nd time I stepped into Marukai. But this is different. I can READ the stuff here! 

And and and, because of my last visit, I also learned that they don't bag shit for you unless you bring your own bags, or spend at least $20. So this was my chance to SAVE THE PLANET AND USE MY BAGS :D

 

I love my bags.

That Hello Kitty shopping bag I got at... Marukai, lol. And the Rosewill bag I got at an afterparty last year at Blizzcon. (Speaking of which... I won't be attending this year out of stubborn principal. But I know enough people that are going that, depending on how I'm feeling, may crash the events after the con.)

Vallarta, you are my favorite place to lose myself in when I'm in need of consumables. You have everything I ever need in life. Ceviche, aji panca paste, carne asada, Inca kola, flan, mango flavored shit, and a sexy ass bakery. I wish I knew you existed while my mom visited last year. She would've lost her shit.
In fact, I lost some of my shit there. But worry not, shit... I will be come back to find you. Many times over. 

I lost my shit around aisle 3, where I spotted this:

THE CORN OF MY PEOPLE.

lol psyche.

So goth. 

just kidding, no it seriously is the corn of my people.

Have we met? lol

Inca corn is like.. a thing. In Peru.
There's p-corn flavored candy, juices, freeze pops, puddings, desserts, sodas, EVERYTHING.

It's a main flavor there. Sort of how blueberry or strawberry is here.

Guess who got some Inca corn stuuuffffff??? And who's getting more on her next shopping rouuunnnddd?

MEEEEEEEEEE ^____^

I got the juice this time. Next time I'm getting the pudding mix. My mom used to make it for us all the time. She'd bring stuff back from Peru and prepare it at home. Those were the days. :3

I was there for like an hour and a half, lol. Just walking around, browsing and seeing what they had.

The words wonderment, inspired, comfortable, entranced, and stereotype could all apply here.

This is some of what I got.

There's this dessert my mom would get for me.

It's strawberries dressed with sweetened condensed milk.

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. HOW IMPORTANT.

THE BRAND IS.

It's gotta be La Lechera.
Other shit doesn't taste right. No. 

It has to be this. and and and and... I'm so happy.

I got a buttload of fruit also. Mangos, tangerines, strawberries, peaches...

Vallarta is much more inexpensive than the other two grocery stores I've been to, and have stupid discount cards for. So... this place. and myself. are best friends. 

I made dinner. There are some leftovers that I'm gonna leave for Fett to try. He treats me to dinner so often, the least I could do is make him home cooked meals! I love cooking for the boy. Makes me feel all like... something. I dunno. Heeeee.

oh, lol...

These sandals are 11 years old.

I had to toss them 2 days ago because they finally gave in to wear and tear. Fett accompanied me to buy new flippy floppies. This makes a milestone in my life. 

I got new flippy floppies. Here's to another 11 years of comfy feets. Because fuck I hate shoe shopping.