17 posts tagged “qotd”
What are five words you really like?
Submitted by purplesque.
- peach
- sconce
- puffoo
- splendiferous
- scrivener
What's your dream career?
Submitted by Something.
This is a question that I seem to get asked all the time. And I usually have a different answer each time.
Right now my answer is that I would love to be a travel writer. To have people pay you to go around and experience the wonders of the world seems like a very good deal to me.
What's the best way to spend a rainy day?
Submitted by Vee.
This is what you must do and hear:
In the morning, drive somewhere. Go kind of far, because you'll want to drive for a while, but not too far so that you end up somewhere it's not raining. Be careful, especially in California, because the roads will be slick with oil, especially if it's the first rain of the season. I always listen to Crowded House in my car when it rains. It's just perfect.
In the afternoon/evening go outside. Go walking or running in the rain. Try to bring someone with you; it's awfully romantic to walk in the rain. If you already feel good this will make your heart sing. If you're feeling low no one will notice you crying. Several songs come to mind: "All Mixed Up" by Red House Painters, "Title and Registration" by Death Cab for Cutie and, of course, "November Rain."
Nighttime. There is nothing quite like a dark and stormy night, is there? This is the time for robes and blankets and sad songs. You know what songs I'm talking about. For me, right now, Bright Eyes' "Lua":
When everything is lonely
I can be my own best friend
Get a coffee and the paper
Have my own conversations
With the sidewalk and the pigeons
And my window reflection
The mask I polish in the evening
By the morning looks like shit
Let it come down.
What's your favorite restaurant?
Some of my favorite places to eat:
- Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles, Pasadena - the giblets are a must have
- Chosun Galbi in Koreatown, Los Angeles - I know this is the pussy Korean BBQ place, but I don't prefer the reek of meat to invade every crevasse of my body, okay? So sue me. Plus they always have decent panchan. And the unmarinated beef that you dip into the sesame oil and sea salt mixture? Divine.
- Zachary's Pizza, Berkeley - Cheese pie. Always fun.
- Fu-Rai-Bo, West Los Angeles - So many wonderful things - the whole fried halibut, sweet potato croquettes, agedashi tofu and of course, the inimitable hanpen cheese.
- Any place with great dim sum is an immediate favorite of mine
- Rice to Riches, NYC - Infuckingcredible comforting creamy goodness. Another year in which to contemplate the shipping of a Moby size from New York for my birthday.
- Blue Marlin, West Los Angeles - I have never eaten anything here except for the Sea Urchin Rice, but that's enough.
- Golden Deli, San Gabriel - some of the best simple Vietnamese food outside of Vietnam, half a mile from my parent's house.
Let's make a list. What are 20 things in your life that you're grateful for?
Inspired by wyndslash.vox.com.
Only 20?
- Being reunited with (hopefully) all of my girls later this year
- My MINI Cooper, Theo
- Laughing until I cry at lunchtime
- My sister, the Pod
- My dog, Jamie
- Pod telling me that she's going to dress Jamie as a pack mule for Halloween
- Radiohead
- Reading Pablo Neruda out loud
- Celebrating my 15th Friend Anniversary with Kerry this year
- Bruises all over my arms
- Achewood
- Having the Healing Touch
- H-O-R-S-E
- Seeing the Shins at the Download Festival this weekend.
- Peanut Butter and Stuff Sandwiches from Specialty's
- Driving from Santa Clara up to South SF, picking up the PB&J's and getting back to Santa Clara, all in one hour-- for reals (You want to be me, but you can't be me)
- Grey's Anatomy Season 2 on DVD
- Vodka
- That moment in the Death Cab song "Transatlanticism" when the percussion builds up to this constant thrum overhead and Ben Gibbard starts singing, "So come one..."
- Being slightly flushed and euphoric from good wine and better company
What's your musical horoscope? (Put your music player on shuffle and write down the first 10 songs that come up.) Inspired by Stephanie.
1) We Will Become Silhouettes - The Postal Service
2) Brave New World - Richard Ashcroft
3) Saturday Morning - Eels
4) Toxic Girl - Kings of Convenience
5) The Blower's Daughter - Damien Rice
6) Out of Touch - Hall & Oates
7) Jumpin', Jumpin' - Destiny's Child
8) Stir it Up - Bob Marley
9) Picky Bugger - Elbow
10) Small Stakes - Spoon
If you could watch any movie on the big screen right at this moment, what would it be?
Either one of these films would do, but it would be great to see them back to back, as they are a little bit linked. That scene with the rings of the redwood tree absolutely gives me the chills, in both movies.
What's your middle name? Is there a story or history behind it?
At my work everything that we do gets tagged with our initials. Mine show up as BLT, which always makes me smie.
The "L" stands for Lan, which is the English adaptation of the Vietnamese version of my Chinese name. Yeah, I know. Welcome to my confusing world. This name means "orchid", which is one reason why I'm so drawn to these wild and gorgeous flowers, especially the more exotic varieties. I have tried and failed many times to cultivate these plants in my own home.
The funny thing is I have a different Chinese middle name, a word that means "poet". This I very much appreciate.
What song or lyrics are stuck in your head at the moment? What album is it from?
Submitted by Lox Ly.
Someone saw my tattoo earlier this week and that got us talking about Jeff Buckley, which got me listening to Grace again. I find it absolutely perplexing that it's been twelve years since this album came out. A lot of the lyrics have been circling around in my brain.
My favorite lyrics, of course, from "Lover You Should've Come Over":
It's never over, my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder.
It's never over, all my riches for her smiles when i slept so soft against her.
It's never over, all my blood for the sweetness of her laughter.
It's never over, she's the tear that hangs inside my soul forever.
What books are on your nightstand?
Currently on the hotel nightstand, just J.D. Salinger.
At home I also have: The God of Small Things, Grimm's Grimmest, Kafka on the Shore, one of the Sandman books and T.S. Eliot's The Wasteland.
