The shirts will be shipping out on May 23rd. If things go well, I should get them Friday but most likely on the Monday afterwards. Distribution will begin after that. For those who live outside the Lower Mainland, I'll need mailing addresses. I'm excited!
After two substandard lunches in a row, my faith in food returned when I visited Connie's today for our midday meal. I had the sweet and sour pork with rice. It was fantastic.
As I sat facing the window after our meals were done, I saw two unlikely characters stroll by. It was none other than two ex-SJCers, Eddy Lee and Woba himself, Patrick Oabel. I bolted out of my seat, leaving my two co-workers to wonder what had caught my attention. Upon exiting the restaurant, I nearly ran over a Lululemon clad lady on the street.
When I caught up to the boys, they were both very surprised to see me. Eddy asked me if I had just ran out of Connie's. He thought that was funny. Eddy called Woba to grab some lunch. A Woba sighting outdoors is a rare thing these days.
We chatted for a few minutes before I let them go on their way for some food. Woba promised me that we'd find some trouble in the near future.
One of the highlights of my work day is what I'm going to have for lunch. Some people think it's so important that they blog about it. Unfortunately, I've had two substandard lunches in a row.
On Monday, we went to the Varsity Grill on 4th. I ordered the three kinds of seafood with rice. One of my co-workers ordered it last time and it looked good. The dish had vegetables, fish, scallops, squid, and prawns. So, I decided to order it. When it came, it certainly wasn't three kinds of seafood. It was all prawns! That's one kind of seafood. I wanted to complain but our waitress seemed spaced out.
Then today, we went to Sophie's Cosmic Cafe for lunch. Sophie's is usually awesome both in food quality and atmosphere. I had the club sandwich with salad. Ordering that was a mistake. The chicken was real turkey breast but it was really dry and tasteless. It was like chewing on cardboard. None of us got a choice for our dressing for our salads. We all got ranch even though afterwards, she said there was a vinaigrette available. Why didn't you tell us that before? To top it off, the salad was warm and limp, like it had been out in the sun for a while. I was not impressed. The only saving grace was one of my co-workers let me have a spoonful of his five dollar shake. It was tasty and I felt like I was in a movie.
Fox News recently ran this story about people wanting to remove their tattoos of Chinese characters. In some instances, the characters were not even close to the word(s) people thought they were getting.
For many years, I've thought it was pretty dumb of people to get Chinese characters tattooed on their asses or wherever. Think of it this way... imagine some Chinese national in Beijing goes to a tattoo parlour and asks for the letters, W-A-T-E-R or P-E-A-C-E to be tattooed on his arm. When it's done, his friends all gather round and say, "The English alphabet looks so cool! Wang, tell us, what does it mean?"
Former US Vice President Al Gore did the opening for Saturday Night Live last evening. In the bit, he spoke to a TV audience from the Oval Office as if he had been the US President since 2000. He was very funny and relaxed during his performance. Why couldn't he have been like this six years ago?
While the piece was certainly entertaining, it was also bittersweet, as it gave us a brief glimpse of how things might have been if he had led the US. While it's just hearsay, some are wondering if Gore is thinking about running for re-election in 2008.
In any case, enjoy the video and if youtube removes the file, you can find alternate links here.
