tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:565096 Through Forest, Field, Hill, Mountain, and Dale... glowing_dragon 2020-04-20T06:44:39Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:565096:6351646 2020-04-20T06:41:53Z 2020-04-20T06:44:39Z Ministry, "You Know What You Are" accomplished public 0 Knorr Garlic Alfredo Fettuccine, the rest of my Classico Alfredo sauce, Jamieson zinc and garlic pills, sriracha sauce, chili flakes, and black pepper as lunch for National Garlic Day today!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/5cLPS2R.jpg"><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://dmtranslationscn.com/galactic-garbage-station">An English translation of an amusing Chinese webnovel: GALACTIC GARBAGE STATION! Thanks, Hidden One!</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCto7D1L-MiRoOziCXK9uT5Q">From Julie: Let's Game It Out on Youtube! Weird video game scenarios!</a><br /><br /><br />Got my fourth Reddit silver on April 10, 2020 for correcting Ummah_Strong on his usage of "folx." That's not even a word, and should be FOLKS! Then there's "alot" vs. "a lot."<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/jmTY70d.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=glowing_dragon&ditemid=6351646" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:565096:6351469 2020-04-19T04:54:42Z 2020-04-19T04:55:51Z Live, "Iris" geeky public 0 From Julie: Bunny Bottom Easter chocolate at CVS?!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/mCikbFL.jpg"><br /><br /><br />What is your real Canadian name? Snowy Hoser?!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/WSA0gyo.jpg"><br /><br /><br />Heavy Metal Band Name Generator! Forbidden Magic?! <br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/l2orNdO.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=glowing_dragon&ditemid=6351469" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:565096:6351287 2020-04-19T00:48:52Z 2020-04-19T00:56:34Z the Melvins, "Queen" enthralled public 0 I called Ayler at 4:15 or so since I noticed he called me earlier. He picked up within ten seconds because he "didn't want to have it ring even though we were playing with trains." He also told me that he and Hiero have "birthday parties" for their stuffed animals every morning - which I knew about - and send the bad ones to "hell" while singing "the Ha-Ha song," which makes fun of the fact that they're now alone. They went out on scooters today, might have burritos for dinner later, and told me a lot about their toy train tracks setup. XL / A / B / C / D, behind the couch, under the couch, and over the mat too! Sounds pretty interesting. I told Ayler to just listen to his parents and the news for coronavirus updates.<br /><br />Ayler wanted to know what I did today, what I might have for dinner, and whether I'd remember what I ate when we set up the next phone call for Tuesday afternoon sometime. Probably I will - Saturday is Dumpling Night now and for the foreseeable future! We talked about his puzzles, soap, Hiero not wanting to talk to me today, Beckett saying "hello" (any other word apparently means he doesn't want to talk on the phone) and "Auntie," Ayler's "connections" making sure we talked on the phone for at least 35 minutes, and how he doesn't call me every day because he's not sure if I will pick up or not. We did set up the next talk time for Tuesday afternoon sometime. I even briefly talked to Harmony, who had to go because Beckett was crying since Hiero took away his blanket again.<br /><br /><br />A red fire-breathing dragon 5D Diamond Painting! <br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/05f4dQF.jpg"><br /><br /><br />From Julie M. and Etsy: Kiefer the lifesize green forest dragon!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/OgIcbFN.jpg"><br /><br /><br />Easily Distracted By Dragons!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/cgRSEit.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=glowing_dragon&ditemid=6351287" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:565096:6350956 2020-04-18T03:21:40Z 2020-04-18T16:14:47Z GWAR, "Bonesnapper (The Faces of the Slain)" quixotic public 0 From James: Disney's SLEEPING BEAUTY!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/UI2w5pj.jpg"><br /><br /><br />From Highspirits's Discord server: When the dollar store imitation Peeps have had a rough trip over from China...<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/lmCq6Nv.png"><br /><br /><br />From the r/hockey Discord server and Instagram: Happy Easter 2018 to my Boston Bruins fan friends! Have Zdeno Chara with an Easter bear and baskets!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/9CRulBb.jpg"><br /><br /><br />From Jim: People gathered in their masses... to buy paper for their asses! CORONAVIRUS, OZZY OSBOURNE, AND TOILET PAPER! "On the toilet they are grunting, then the TP they are hunting. With their ass cheeks squeezed quite tightly, off to the store where folks are fighting. Oh Lord, yeah!" Nice WAR PIGS parody!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/BGAdqHn.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=glowing_dragon&ditemid=6350956" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:565096:6347985 2020-04-11T01:01:09Z 2020-04-12T15:00:54Z Big Wreck, "Friends" geeky public 0 It's Good Friday 2020 today!<br /><br /><br />Various Western Family pasta with Classico Alfredo Sauce for Alfredo Sauce Day today on April 10!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/289GFl6.jpg"><br /><br /><br />From Julie and GORDON RAMSEY'S 24 HOURS TO HELL AND BACK: Shane is 48 and a WOMAN?! WTF?!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/d6HQ3Jz.jpg"><br /><br /><br />From Julie and GORDON RAMSEY'S 24 HOURS TO HELL AND BACK: Shane named her daughter KELYN?!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/eoThXJX.jpg"><br /><br /><br />From a coronavirus post on r/vancouver: Jasica will help you?! BAD SPELLING OF JESSICA! I had to use MS Paint to edit this!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/7Y1SCdV.jpg"><br /><br /><br />88,888 Reddit comment karma! I had to get a screenshot on r/vancouver of the number pattern / theme / coincidence!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/d28RfHf.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=glowing_dragon&ditemid=6347985" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:565096:6347769 2020-04-11T00:46:37Z 2020-04-12T15:01:10Z GWAR, "Techno's Song" productive public 0 48 <a href="https://glowing-dragon.dreamwidth.org/6309379.html">Z-Grip Pens (December 18, 2019)</a> from Staples while I was out anyway / a backup K120 USB keyboard, a backup Certified Data Deluxe Optical mouse, 2000 Flushes with Chlorine, Paul Newman's Alfredo sauce for next year, London Naturals unscented dish soap, Vim bathroom cleaner from London Drugs / half-price JOY dumplings x4 (Pork and Tri-Treasure, Lamb and Onion, Pork and Vegetable, Pork and Chives), Earth's Own almond milk, another Hungry-Man Queso XL bowl, and $9 Saniderm hand sanitizer x4 (the limit) from Price Smart equals another productive shopping trip! I should have gone to the pharmacy next door YESTERDAY since it looks like they're closed for ALL the Easter long weekend! Some dude wondered if the entire building was closed - looked like it to him when he peered in. Oh well... I left at 1 on a 401, and returned at 2:50 on a 407.<br /><br /><br />This bus seat right behind the bus driver is Out of Service because of the coronavirus pandemic! I was standing on the bus (technically not allowed now) and it was moving, so this is as good a photo as I was going to get. <br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/eFPVZ58.jpg"><br /><br /><br />MY DARK VANESSA is a book title, haha! <br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/UaLDr8q.jpg"><br /><br /><br />Certified Data M40 Deluxe Optical mouse as a backup! <br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/5d9faut.jpg"><br /><br /><br />Logitech K120 computer keyboard as a backup! <br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/clOHzEf.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=glowing_dragon&ditemid=6347769" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:565096:6321218 2020-02-01T09:37:32Z 2020-03-09T20:43:45Z Aerosmith, "Someday" indescribable public 0 Before COFFEE TIME / BRUSSELS SPROUTS TIME / HOT CHOCOLATE TIME, I called Chrystal at work at 10:10 AM to remind her about tonight. I left at 6:50 on a 414 (which actually had the wheelchair ramp slope in use instead of the steps) to get to London Drugs on time at 7:30 or so. Unfortunately, someone caused a delay for me at Brighouse. Why would you try to start small talk with someone in an elevator who obviously isn't paying any attention to you for a 20-second ride?! No, I'm not going to respond to a guy cyclist's "hi, how are you, hope you're okay, ma'am" in an ENCLOSED SPACE, especially because YOU AND YOUR BIKE FUCKING MADE ME MISS THE FUCKING TRAIN AND WAIT AN ADDITIONAL 11 MINUTES! The elevator wasn't on the first floor either when I needed it to be! I saw the train pulling into the station when I had JUST gotten to the stairs outside!<br /><br />Don't get me started on the three tall white dudes who evidently had something like "Well then! What the?" to say to me when I was running for the train at Broadway on the way home! THEY WERE OBSTACLES IN MY PATH so of course I had to BARREL into them, and I didn't even have time to turn and yell FUCK OFF! Or the guy IN the train who was blocking my path right when everyone got off and I wanted in. People, have some spatial awareness and consideration! Too bad they didn't think I had coronavirus! At least Mike found my text message rants entertaining!<br /><br />I FINALLY got to London Drugs at 7:45, where Chrystal was waiting for me and wandering near the back of the store. We quickly decided on our default option of Pho Extreme Xe Lua, since Cactus Club would DEFINITELY be busy on a Friday night even if we'd bothered to reserve beforehand! (they made us wait for 45 minutes at my birthday dinner even WITH one!) We ordered a small #1 (special noodle soup for Chrystal), six signature butter chicken wings for $9.50 to share (although she only ate one - we split the bill anyway), and a large #30 Bo Bun Hue noodle soup for me. We talked about my trip (I showed her some photos), her nephews Benjamin and Ethan, Ayler / Hiero / Beckett / Fraser / Henry, my relief that Mom wasn't coming on that trip, the flight delays, toys, that gas leak on Chinese New Year, her sushi Chinese New Year dinner with family, Hiero's UBC birthday party and presents, Beckett learning new words, Hiero being sick, and work not being fun today. I got home at 9:35 on a 407, which I guess wasn't terrible for leaving the restaurant at 8:50...<br /><br /><br />From James: Might be the best selfie of the year, and it's only January! Cats and dogs!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/ZwEbEtv.jpg"><br /><br /><br />I got a blue dragon as my home icon on Google Maps on my phone! I set my "home," tapped on the menu icon, skipped the commute, and tapped on the three dots which appeared so I could change the home pin!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/6EwEGgW.jpg"><br /><br /><br />Dinner with Chrystal: Bo Bun Hue soup! <br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/6ZuyEn7.jpg"><br /><br /><br />Dinner with Chrystal: Signature butter chicken wings!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/1JL6G2j.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=glowing_dragon&ditemid=6321218" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:565096:6320766 2020-01-31T04:04:17Z 2020-01-31T04:19:32Z Aerosmith, "Living on the Edge" lazy public 0 A handyman came by unexpectedly at 12:30 with caulk to spackle my bathroom walls, which I'd mentioned to Hester last week. He also had noticed my shower tile apparently "needed" to be repaired too, which was fine by me, and he left by 1.<br /><br /><br />The bad bathroom wall is here:<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/qxE4ztW.jpg"><br /><br /><br />From Julie and Beauty Insider: Ambrosia Jones?!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/rH3yKLY.jpg"><br /><br /><br />From Happiness Heroes: Rhythm Pacheco?! Reminds me of my Grade 7 teacher, Mrs. Pacheco.<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/1yoYwq6.jpg"><br /><br /><br />From Julie: Skeletal animal figurines in DRAGON, unicorn, and mermaid!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/okNSxeh.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=glowing_dragon&ditemid=6320766" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:565096:6314459 2020-01-13T05:01:17Z 2020-01-13T05:36:04Z GWAR, "Slutman City" full public 0 After MORE COFFEE TIME and SHOWER TIME, I went out at 4:45 on a 401 to get to the Discord get-together at the Rio Brazilian Steakhouse on Denman. All I had to do was get off at Yaletown (where the elevator is STILL not working!), go to the 6 stop which is very close by, and stay on there when it turned into a 5 and went to Denman / Pendrell... easy! It turns out that it was just me and Ben, which meant that I had to carry on a bit of the conversation, but I'm not socially awkward.<br /><br />We talked about chicken, lamb, beef brisket, banana balls, cheese sticks, chicken bacon, rump, sirloin steak, it being easy to overeat since the steak came in slices off swords, getting searched at the airport with X-rays, bullet shells, double standards for some people in the server, people drinking a LOT there, random spontaneous meetups, some server people being flakes, recycling trucks, waterparks, the extravagant salad bar, and more. I decided to try "saving time" by going to the Vancouver City Centre London Drugs, but I can never figure out the layout and can never find anything there. Also ran into an annoying bike rider who decided to get his crap together RIGHT AFTER EXITING THE ELEVATOR! Can't you do that off to the side?! People like me will bump into you! Did the "sit till Waterfront and take the "next" train all the way to Brighouse" trick, and went to my familiar London Drugs for Wet Ones x3 and aloe Purell hand sanitizer x2, one each for my wallet. Finally got home at 9:05 on a 407, which I guess is fine - but I could have come home earlier!<br /><br /><br />Representative photo of steak on a sword from the Rio Brazilian Steakhouse! <br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/wLtmV1e.png"><br /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://glowing-dragon.dreamwidth.org/6314459.html#cutid1">STEAK AND BALLS!</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><br />From Julie: A cool technological brown dragon!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/nHmvtWp.jpg"><br /><br /><br />From The Dragon's Den: I run on caffeine, dragons, and cuss words. RED AND YELLOW DRAGON! COFFEE MUG! <br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/ZXUiOBc.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=glowing_dragon&ditemid=6314459" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:565096:6296837 2019-11-17T05:23:12Z 2019-11-17T06:32:18Z Smashing Pumpkins, "Bodies" thoughtful public 0 From Julie and DANCE MOMS: Joanne is fine, but Gianina?! Choose between Gianna, Gina, or Nina!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/8lTCeM4.jpg"><br /><br /><br />From Julie and DANCE MOMS: Ashley is fine, but Pressley?! BAD SPELLING OF PRESLEY! Especially if it'll be pronounced the exact same way...<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/CXJIjK2.jpg"><br /><br /><br />From Julie: Mod Sun?!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/a48Uygw.jpg"><br /><br /><br />From Michelle S. and her friend Cindy Cameron: A. Purdy Outhouse?! Yum, expensive Purdy's chocolates!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/Nw8kh1B.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=glowing_dragon&ditemid=6296837" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:565096:6283508 2019-10-20T20:04:01Z 2019-10-21T00:37:54Z Take That, "Flaws" nostalgic public 0 COFFEE TIME! The Canucks played the Rangers today at 10 AM <b>again</b> because of MORE "lovely" East Coast scheduling, and won 3-2 in a crazy game even though they lost the shutout bid thanks to Trouba!<br /><br /><br />Moon, Pennsylvania?!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/nf591hL.jpg"><br /><br /><br />Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116, pronounced as Albin?! <br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/mv51eNl.jpg"><br /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://glowing-dragon.dreamwidth.org/6283508.html#cutid1">The Earth doesn't revolve around YOU! / Dulce Maria Alavez / Wacey Hamilton / GO CANUCKS GO totem pole / HOLY MOTHER OF GOD! IT'S THE CANUCKS REBUILD!</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=glowing_dragon&ditemid=6283508" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:565096:6282874 2019-10-19T01:47:25Z 2019-10-19T01:55:49Z MOJO in the Morning, "Vegas Bachelor Prank" okay public 0 Hell, Norway?!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/5ycsUnh.jpg"><br /><br /><br />From Reddit: Shan'ann Watts?! BAD SPELLING OF SHANNON and apostrophe abuse! <br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/4L3QYZw.jpg"><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLmK1CmPfBE">From FEMALE KILLERS and Youtube: Ellishia Allen?! BAD SPELLING OF ALICIA!</a><br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/IKiIZab.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=glowing_dragon&ditemid=6282874" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:565096:6279276 2019-10-07T03:02:32Z 2019-10-07T03:22:43Z Green Day, "Jaded" hopeful public 0 I finally actually checked WhatsApp and got a surprise of some Han OK pictures from the other evening! Nice!<br /><br /><br />From the r/hockey Discord server: Vontaze Burfict?!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/XXq0WcH.jpg"><br /><br /><br />Elysse, Declan, Dylan, and me at Han OK with bulgogi hot pot for my belated birthday dinner!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/VOItoWr.jpg"><br /><br /><br />Declan, Elysse, Dylan, and I are happy with bulgogi hot pot, Asahi beer, and iPad time for my belated birthday dinner!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/NKBCHWU.jpg"><br /><br /><br />Dylan and me at Han OK with bulgogi hot pot for my belated birthday dinner - YUM! <br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/Uocm16Q.jpg"><br /><br /><br />I'm at Han OK for my belated birthday dinner with bulgogi hot pot - thanks, Deb and Dylan!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/ae2vrRb.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=glowing_dragon&ditemid=6279276" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:565096:6278370 2019-10-05T07:04:04Z 2019-10-05T19:26:58Z Smashing Pumpkins, "Bodies" full public 0 It's TACO DAY today! I had some coffee and biscotti before going out to see Rishu at her new Viking Way location. (401 / 407 AND the 405?!) I was really late, no thanks to it being past Cambie and Jacombs AND the confusing nature of the bus stops at Bridgeport and Viking Way! After SHOWER TIME and MORE COFFEE TIME when I FINALLY got home at 2:40 after refilling my prescription at the pharmacy (yay for wi-fi in the building!), Deb and Dylan picked me up at 6:50 for Korean food at Han OK on Alexandra Road for my birthday. We had seafood pancake, spicy seafood tofu soup, Asahi beer, rice, tea, eggs, cheese, corn, kimchi, spicy pork, and bulgogi hot pot all makes for a yummy belated birthday dinner!<br /><br />Discussed CBD oil, (medical) marijuana, Cuba, the Philippines, Filipino fried chicken, pregnancy, Vicky, depression, how technology and health has changed so much, the differences between healthcare here and in the States, iPad games and a hungry Sasquatch "finding food in garbage cans" (which reminded me of EARTHBOUND), church being so busy and how it's hard to form or maintain friendships, lots of meetings, the Cactus Club dinner, my nephews, family relationships, downtown conferences, and Elysse's pronunciation of words. No, BALLET is not BELLY DANCING! It was good to see them - they even gave me some assorted Lindt chocolates in a light blue gift bag?! NO WAY! They drove me home at 9:10, which seemed to be a bit late for the kids, especially since they got up at 5:30 to 7 AM!<br /><br /><br />Nicolas Cage screaming "HALLELUJAH!" in a scene from FACE/OFF!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/jRD8UOm.png"><br /><br /><br />What's with suddenly making my pics disappear within 0.1 seconds of adding a new tag, Facebook?!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/z6TaV5i.jpg"><br /><br /><br />I'm now Pumpkin Flam Hammy in my friend Shiwa's Discord server!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/0SbrEq8.jpg"><br /><br /><br />Assorted Lindt chocolates! Red milk chocolate, gold white chocolate, blue dark chocolate, and bronze hazelnut Lindt chocolates!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/GCIUhtT.jpg"><br /><br /><br />Red milk chocolate, gold white chocolate, blue dark chocolate, and bronze hazelnut Lindt chocolates!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/nax8yjB.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=glowing_dragon&ditemid=6278370" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:565096:6275663 2019-09-27T05:47:51Z 2019-09-29T02:18:03Z Duran Duran, "Rio" complacent public 0 <b>PRODUCT WARNING:</b> No more Nivea lotions in my apartment - the pump just suddenly goes down without warning, making it impossible for me to pop it up again!<br /><br /><br />Today is National Dumpling Day! I called Chrystal at work at 11:40 to see if we were still on for tomorrow's Birthday Dinner #3, and WE ARE! The Canucks played Arizona tonight at 7 in Preseason Game #8 (the last one!), and lost 3-2. Deb said that they could take me out to Korean food tomorrow night, but I'm not free due to the aforementioned plans. Next week on the 4th sounds fine, especially since it's a non-hockey night! I also banned someone from the Fearsome hockey group for typing in very mangled English (it would just annoy me even more throughout the year), and making every comment into some kind of slam freeform poetry.<br /><br /><br />From the V4F Discord server: Dumpling typology chart - now I want siu mai, hahaha! QUIRKY COINCIDENCE because it's National Dumpling Day today, Sept. 26!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/zIKcsnW.jpg"><br /><br /><br />Telisport Putsavage?!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/qDZc5N2.jpg"><br /><br /><br />From Julie: Kirk Fonoimoana?!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/SXUUMdY.jpg"><br /><br /><br />From Julie: Jarkel Fanning?!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/GKLAVsk.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=glowing_dragon&ditemid=6275663" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:565096:6273822 2019-09-23T04:20:46Z 2019-09-23T04:59:32Z Queen, "Jesus" loved public 0 After COFFEE TIME, Eric M. picked me up at 7 so we could go to the Richmond Centre Cactus Club. Yay for both Erics, Randal, and Jeremy! I assume Chinese Eric was texting white Eric while we were trying to find parking at the mall, so I texted him saying just that, then he suddenly appeared when we had finally parked. We had to wait 45 minutes to be seated, so we just chilled in the mall coffee shop area while talking about Randal's sales guy taking them all out for lunch at that Cactus Club a couple of weeks ago, my giving Chinese Eric the last bag of Chitato Indomie Mi Goreng chips, Randal and Jeremy giving me birthday cards, the BC Lions (so boring), and Nathan not being able to make it. (HE isn't a flake!)<br /><br />Once we were seated, I ordered a jambalaya rice bowl and iced tea. Randal had steak and frites with some beer, Chinese Eric had flatbread, white Eric had some blackened Creole chicken, and Jeremy had some butternut squash ravioli with prawns. Chinese Eric had a nosebleed halfway through dinner, but he wasn't sure what it was at first. I even took the napkin and moved it closer to the candle to see if it was sauce or something else. At least I wouldn't have to deal with that if it happened to Jimmy anymore! Chinese Eric tilted his head back and not forward, contrary to white Eric's Googling. (I had to go in as Cactus Guest)<br /><br />We talked about our food, how bubble tea ISN'T some new fad, Jon, Harmony, Ayler, Hiero, Beckett, their not having a microwave (so they're the healthiest kids that Randal knows), Randal not taking piano lessons for the right reasons (and practicing was getting tedious), the automatic blinds ("why is it so dark suddenly?"), Justin Trudeau's blackface scandal, real-life Twitch streams, raiding Area 51, the Toronto Raptors memorabilia (white Eric had the right hoodie!), a future sports hangout, Jeremy not texting at all, Hiero's view on kindergarten, the fire outside, and just hanging out. They convinced me to order a dessert since it was my birthday dinner, so I did - white chocolate cheesecake! Then I found some Area 51 Naruto runners from a different angle on Reddit, and had to show Jeremy - he laughed! Randal commented that my phone's camera flash was really bright - well, the restaurant was really dark at that point! White Eric drove me home at 10:30, and it had really started raining then.<br /><br /><br />Cambridge Wesley Sand Flatware cutlery!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/RJsYXIr.jpg"><br /><br /><br />Jambalaya rice bowl at the Cactus Club: Shrimp, chicken, chorizo sausage, vegetables, bacon, spicy tomato sauce, black bean salsa, and crème fraîche!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/O6gbzlN.jpg"><br /><br /><br />White chocolate cheesecake at the Cactus Club: Chocolate cookie crust, raspberry compote, hand-whipped cream! <br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/VXL8n9n.jpg"><br /><br /><br />Jeremy's order of butternut squash ravioli at the Cactus Club for my birthday 2019 dinner! Chef Rob Feenie's signature butternut squash and mascarpone ravioli, truffle butter, sautéed jumbo prawns, pine nuts, and crispy sage.<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/sRZ4a1y.jpg"><br /><br /><br />White Eric's order of Blackened Creole Chicken at the Cactus Club for my birthday 2019 dinner! Creole butter, Cajun spices, buttered mashed potatoes, and roasted asparagus.<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/7uo0h1O.jpg"><br /><br /><br />Randal's order of Steak Frites at the Cactus Club for my birthday 2019 dinner! Eight-ounce certified Angus beef sirloin, kale salad, horseradish cream, and sea salted fries.<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/dl7myOk.jpg"><br /><br /><br />Chinese Eric's order of Rob's Flatbread at the Cactus Club for my birthday 2019 dinner! Caramelized onions, grape tomatoes, feta, goat cheese, basil pesto, arugula, and balsamic glaze. <br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/nucZJNB.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=glowing_dragon&ditemid=6273822" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:565096:6273692 2019-09-22T06:58:39Z 2019-09-23T04:16:14Z Def Leppard, "Promises" full public 0 Auntie Catherine finally got back to me via email, wished me a happy belated birthday, and said we could get together on the 24th. Ha, that's not going to work because of my doctor's appointment! I'm not going to go to Vancouver, back to Richmond, and then back to Vancouver within four and a half hours! She wants to go to the Gloucester Café, but at least I can probably take the 15 Olympic Village instead of walking down seven blocks from King Edward station unless I think I need the exercise before or afterwards.<br /><br />Nick flaked out on me at 5:15 because he didn't want to go to Richmond since he's hungover and depressed and can't deal with small talk. REALLY? Flaps had a good reason: wisdom tooth removal today, which I was understanding about when he let me know yesterday. Darryl would just be all drained, which I totally understand, especially after Christon's wedding!<br /><br />Then Dylan and Deb called me at 6:15 to say they were stuck in Coquitlam with the kids because traffic was blocked off everywhere, so they can't make it either. At least THEY offered to make it up to me with a meal at their place or elsewhere, so we can start the planning for that soon - not a big deal! They told Declan to wish me a happy birthday, which he did. Then Billie flaked out when she was supposed to be there, achieving Maximum Flake Level - DO YOU REALLY NEED TO DO THAT AT THE LAST MINUTE?! The Canucks played Los Angeles tonight at 6 in Salt Lake City in Preseason Game #5, and lost 7-5.<br /><br /><br />From Vanessa and I'm Not Right in the Head.com: Me to myself: "Don't be a weirdo at this social event." Also me to myself: Give unnecessary information to strangers about Jeffrey Dahmer.<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/1zf2aEK.png"><br /><br /><br />Dermot Smurfit?!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/GsOnOCq.jpg"><br /><br /><br />Apparently, another stupid idiot on Reddit thinks that "the female version of flipping people off" needs to become a thing. No... no, it does not. It's way too confusing, and everyone else prefers the NORMAL version of flipping someone off...<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/GU6LjV0.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=glowing_dragon&ditemid=6273692" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:565096:6273302 2019-09-21T22:25:08Z 2019-09-21T22:34:09Z Queen, "Bohemian Rhapsody" busy public 0 I left at 11:20 on a 407 to go to London Drugs to get new scissors. I couldn't find Scotch scissors or Ekco kitchen scissors, so I got Kortari kitchen scissors instead while getting some NEW Tazo Chai Tea for National Chai Day today on September 21. Got home at 12:05 on a 407, and texted white Eric for a ride tonight. Things worked out even if Darryl now can't come since he'll be all tapped out by tonight with MAGIC: THE GATHERING and other things going on today. I understand even if he did acknowledge that he's being a flake! Definitely shower time now!<br /><br /><br />NEW Tazo Chai Tea! QUIRKY COINCIDENCE because it's National Chai Day on September 21 today!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/RmukwYP.jpg"><br /><br /><br />Lays curry chips and Lays wasabi chips!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/SFY2kEm.jpg"><br /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://glowing-dragon.dreamwidth.org/6273302.html#cutid1">Chips Ahoy, special 2006 Excel, Suave, Panago Pizza, and lots more past food purchases!</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=glowing_dragon&ditemid=6273302" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:565096:6273102 2019-09-21T17:33:51Z 2019-09-21T18:09:19Z Def Leppard, "Unbelievable" silly public 0 <b>2019 Birthday Photos and Pictures!</b><br /><br /><br /><b>THIS ENTRY IS ALLOWED TO HAVE NON-ALIGNED TAGS.</b><br /><br /><br />From Nita: A Sugar Sugar girl topper on a black and red birthday cake!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/Y421i8P.jpg"><br /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://glowing-dragon.dreamwidth.org/6273102.html#cutid1">Wine, chocolate cake, hockey, and dragons!</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><br />From Tina Williams in John's True Crime group: A HAPPY BIRTHDAY cake with chocolate being poured on it.<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/VUFf9vu.jpg"><br /><br />GIF version: <img src="https://i.imgur.com/HBcoZ4g.gif"><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=glowing_dragon&ditemid=6273102" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:565096:6272943 2019-09-21T17:11:03Z 2019-09-21T17:12:35Z Queen, "We Will Rock You" productive public 0 From Julie M. and Introvert Spring: No, I am not shy. No, I am not anti-social. No, I am not stuck up. I am listening. I am observing.<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/gO2zDrY.jpg"><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/PYPa4E1o7Oc?t=133">From Dark Minds in Crime and JUSTICE BY ANY MEANS: Adlean Atterberry?! BAD SPELLING OF ADELINE!</a><br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/fe9fP8v.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=glowing_dragon&ditemid=6272943" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:565096:6272145 2019-09-20T03:47:11Z 2019-09-20T03:48:33Z Goo Goo Dolls, "Real" impressed public 0 9/19/19 is also a palindrome date! The Canucks played Edmonton tonight at 6 in Preseason Game #4, and won 6-1 with goals from six different players! During the first intermission, I tried making online reservations for the Cactus Club on Saturday, but was thwarted because 7 PM was not an available time, so I had to call and see what was up. Eventually, I figured that we should just walk in and see if we got a table. Apparently, it had to do with party size, but 40% of the tables should still theoretically be free. The online reservations would have been so easy, too!<br /><br /><br />Pirate skull, enlarged! I couldn't pass up the Talk Like A Pirate Day QUIRKY COINCIDENCE on September 19!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/g7JueY4.png"><br /><br /><br />From Janina: This is my first day as a crime scene investigator. Detective: "How did this man drown?" Me: "He couldn't breathe underwater." <br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/zjlBHPk.jpg"><br /><br /><br />From List25: Nameless, Tennessee?!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/Jbuvh3i.jpg"><br /><br /><br />In EARTHBOUND's Magicant, Ness meets a random bird!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/nbYBaUv.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=glowing_dragon&ditemid=6272145" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:565096:6271852 2019-09-20T01:52:08Z 2019-09-20T06:16:44Z Fugazi, "Suggestion" full public 0 9/19/19 is also a palindrome date! It's Talk Like A Pirate Day today! Since Rishu wanted to change our appointment to a phone call because she's sick (which worked for the hockey schedule and my not rushing to make it home in time), I went out at 12:30 on a 401 and went to Boston Pizza to redeem my free birthday dessert offer.<br /><br />NEW Bourbon BBQ Chicken pizza and Chocolate Explosion Cheesecake it was! I got home at 2:35 on a 401, thanks to just missing an early 407. Luke, Violet Faith, Flaps, and Jimbo said no to Saturday. Rishu called at 4:25 from a blocked number, and that went fine.<br /><br /><br />NEW Bourbon BBQ Chicken pizza: House-made Bourbon BBQ Sauce, BBQ chicken, balsamic-roasted red onions, pizza mozzarella, cheddar cheese, and bacon, finished with a buttermilk ranch drizzle!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/zLjF2xh.jpg"><br /><br /><br />Free birthday dessert: Chocolate Explosion Cheesecake! I was Asian about it and ordered the most expensive thing on the menu. Creamy chocolate mousse with chunks of cheesecake, caramel, toffee, pecans, and almonds on a chocolate crust. <br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/yM9itkZ.png"><br /><br /><br />Steele Fortress?!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/pRz4XBl.jpg"><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAsOpfnYOrM">From Crime Watch Daily: Cookie Sherron Jacobson?! BAD SPELLING OF SHARON!</a><br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/fKQSzgo.jpg"><br /><br /><br />From Julie M. and Only in Canada Memes: No Name is the gem of Canada. Every product is so unbelievably ominous, I really laugh my ass off every time I go shopping.<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/IecsShE.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=glowing_dragon&ditemid=6271852" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:565096:6269321 2019-09-12T04:01:52Z 2019-09-12T07:18:55Z GWAR, "Licksore" okay public 0 Today's date is ALSO a palindrome: 9/11/19! At 2:05, I called Chrystal at work to ask where she'd gone on her cruise since I'd forgotten to ask last time: Copenhagen as a starting point sounds nice! Then just in case, I invited her to the Cactus Club dinner on the 21st, but I know she might still get lost, so instead we made plans for Friday the 27th at the Broadway London Drugs.<br /><br />I showered today after seeing Rishu at Touchstone at 4:30 and going to RPM for dinner at Captain Wa. Surprisingly, Nick is in for the Cactus Club dinner - I'm glad that both Erics, Jeremy (NOT Jman, Term!), Darryl, Paulo, and Flaps are in, too! Got home at 7:20 on a 407; phew! Found out that some random person had sent me an abusive PM - it's not MY fault you broke the DRAGON group rules and posted some sob story about your sister! I did talk to an admin as well, so HA! I'm glad she's out of the group now, and that another member agreed with me that it was annoying! <br /><br /><br />Dinner from Captain Wa: "Spicy" cod, fried noodles, mushrooms, beef, cabbage, zucchini, plus bonus broccoli and a bonus chicken leg!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/9iE2hBq.jpg"><br /><br /><br />Congress Lepou and Bread of Life Faiupu?!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/PXGc62q.jpg"><br /><br /><br />My ex-friend Chris W. sent this to me on May 25, 2014: The crocodile and buffalo turn to a bra and ask it to judge if the crocodile should be allowed to eat the buffalo. The bra, naturally, can't answer because it can't speak. This is in an Indonesian show for kids, by the way. <br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/1P4UbU9.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=glowing_dragon&ditemid=6269321" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:565096:6249607 2019-07-11T01:17:48Z 2019-07-11T01:55:24Z Red, "Lost" bitchy public 0 After COFFEE TIME, I had to go out at 11:20 to meet Mom and Dad for my new reading glasses and some lunch. Mom wondered why I didn't turn my cellphone on - why not save battery life if I don't NEED it on all day? She wasn't impressed when I told her that, but whatever! At home, I just use it to briefly check things like redundant Youtube notifications / Facebook messages and texts. When I'm out and about, it's a different story!<br /><br />We had stew beef noodles, hot and sour soup, long Chinese dumplings (wo-teep), and siu long bao (soup dumplings) for lunch at Dinesty. Dad told me that she was slowing down, so I had to look after her - if I feel like it, maybe. Then we went to the nearby herbalist (whom she asked for dollar store intel when I'd already told her about Dollarama and Dollar Tree) - where I saw testicles apparently for sale - and Staples where Mom got a bunch of clearance stuff. No, I didn't want any of that even if she wanted to buy it for herself.<br /><br />Mom also wanted to pay for my one pack of 12 blue <a href="https://glowing-dragon.dreamwidth.org/6193533.html">Z-Grip Pens (January 17, 2019- the last one on the shelf)</a> which I was going to pay for myself at the cash register. Then she played the martyr about it when they weren't the cheap kind ("why don't you get some other kind..."), but eventually paid for them. The next stop was the Dollarama at Lansdowne, where Mom paid for one pair of reading glasses, then stopped by the Smart n'Save for some crunchy Wah Yuen BBQ fried dough. Mom also almost killed herself by crossing the street too slowly at Lansdowne Mall with oncoming traffic - shades of Grandma! Later, we got one more pair of reading glasses at Dollar Tree before they finally dropped me off at home at 1:10 prior to helping Ayler and Hiero with swimming lessons.<br /><br /><br />Random stuff from Mom and Dad: two pairs of dollar store reading glasses (2.50 and 2.75 - NEEDED: 3.00), a small pack of Cadbury mini-eggs from the dollar store, a 12-pack of Z-Grip pens which I was going to pay for myself since we were at Staples anyway, <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/031208188X"><i>Every Living Thing</i> by James Herriot</a>, a thin beige scarf, an ORGANICS FOR LIFE tote bag, a blue neck scarf, a thin white scarf, a knitted white hat which looks like a doily, a knitted black and brown hat, a black buttoned SEQUENCE coat, and a thin sky blue zippered Tabi vest.<br /><br /><br />Pan-fried pork potstickers or wo-teep! Long Chinese dumplings!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/3kscXO9.jpg"><br /><br /><br />Wah Yuen BBQ fried dough!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/QXmEQFN.jpg"><br /><br /><br />Touch toothpicks - 1000 regular ones! Mike almost stole them from me by keeping them at his mom's place in Point Grey because she supposedly needed them for a party appetizer in 2014! Thank goodness I took them back when we were there next time... phew!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/lXEKFgj.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=glowing_dragon&ditemid=6249607" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-09-02:565096:6225474 2019-04-19T08:27:58Z 2019-04-19T08:36:04Z Radiohead, "Electioneering" awake public 0 Paulo let me know yesterday that he could come over tonight for noodles and ginger ale, which totally worked for me! Definitely no alcohol after last Friday for him, especially not with the stated effects on his body and liver! Today, he said he could come over around 8 unless that was too late - nope! He ended up taking a long nap and came over around 8:30 instead, but that was fine. Before I forgot, I asked him to take care of the wonky stove element wire. Thank goodness that he was able and willing to help! (and also to do his own dishes) I had cued up some relaxing FINAL FANTASY video game music, and we talked about that franchise / EARTHBOUND / MOTHER 3, MEGA MAN, DRAGON QUEST / DRAGON WARRIOR / instrumental music while cooking and eating noodles.<br /><br />We talked about that smoke-filled ride from Chilliwack to Richmond in 2008 (starting off the summer of hell), Tinder bios, NO revenge porn, private things, Nissin black garlic oil noodles, the Samyang curry chicken terrorist noodles which ALMOST defeated him ("I'M DYING!" - I didn't care if he posted a photo of the bowl to Discord!), cigar / cigarette smoking, vaping, not judging Brian for his addiction or choice, Discord, Holly, Darryl being at a Metric concert, a Portland trip for Darryl and some others tomorrow, not interrupting stuff, Guu, Jeremy, and weird posts on my Facebook newsfeed. He definitely thanked me for having me over, the noodles, Ben and Jerry's peanut butter cookie dough ice cream as a chaser, Canada Dry ginger ale, two Pepto Bismol pills just in case he had an upset stomach later, and Gatorade bottle to take home at 11:30. We should do this again = all he has to do is let me know! At least he's more appreciative than SOME people...<br /><br /><br />G'Mario Charleston?!<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/mPunPcc.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=glowing_dragon&ditemid=6225474" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments