sonic-ewwwww

so i needed to buy a new electric toothbrush yday so i naturally went to the largest e-tailer in the world - amazon.com - to do some price comparison:

look! YUCK! maaaybe i understand someone buying a used sonicare because you can just replace the head, but buying a used sonicare brush head???

that's just gross.

Dinner for Two

sorry sorry, i know it's been forever and a decade since i've last written on this blog. transitioning to a new place has taken over my new life.

this transition has not been without the normal hardships of missing friends, the energy of the city, etc. but i have to say little blessings do pop up on a daily basis.

1) blessing #1 - in san diego, people seem to take greater pride in their service jobs. i'm not kidding when i say that a recent trip to the verizon wireless store was one of the highlights of my life here.

2) blessing #2 - i've re-aquainted myself with the wondrousness of The Oprah Winfrey Show and am slowly coming to grips that this is her last season (i'm legitimately sad).

3) blessing #3 - we don't have to make reservations for any restaurant anymore.

ok, so maybe that last one is not always true. have you guys heard of P.F. Changs? it's kind of like an Olive Garden but for Chinese food. one look at the menu and you know that no Asian person of any sort was asked for input. this is not to say that the food is not delicious, because it is. delicious like Queso. delicious like Slim Jims. delicious like Cool Whip. fake. but delicious.

when i think about the board of directors at P.F. Changs, i envision a cadre of caucasion men, all rotund and rosy cheeked and loudly debating what they should name their dishes. "Moo Shoe Pork!" "Chinese Pig with Really Little Pan Cakes!" "Confucious say Moo Shoe Pork!" this is a restaurant where they actually have a loyalty program called the "Warrior's Club." (GONG!!!! (gong sound added for effect, that doesn't really happen when you sign up for the club tho i wouldn't put it past them)).

Anyway, i'm being totally unfair because the food is actually quite tasty at P.F. Changs. and we legitimately wanted to go there on Friday night. And as i said earlier, one doesn't need to make reservations in san diego, we rolled right up to the hostess counter and this is what happened...

irene: two for dinner, please

host: that will be 2 hour wait (handing me a abnormally large buzzer thing that will indicate when my table is ready)

irene: an hour wait???? here? (frantically waving arms around and pointing to the tacky chinese decor)

host: well. you know, this IS P.F. Changs...

it was as depressing a statement as saying a visit to the verizon store was one of my major highlights...