Lift the ban Nemo!

I told nemo that I have a website and that his site has a link on my site and wouldn't it be so nice if he returned the favor and put my link under his "friends." He said, "Jenny, there are very strick criteria that one needs to meet to get a link on my site?" "Like donate lots of money to your cause, nemo?" "No Jenny. I provide links for free. However, one has to prove that they will be a consistant blogger and not just abandon there site. I mean, what credit would I have if I had a whole bunch of now defunct links on my site? Oh and by the way, did you know I'm an idiot?" "Yes, nemo, I knew that. At first I threatened to take down the link to nemo's site. However, I soon realized that this would be childish and make me no better than him. I did explain to nemo that if it turns out I am not a good blogger, he couls simply remove me. I also realised that until very recently (like the other week when I pointed it out to him) he had a now defunct link to our friend Tina's old site. So Nemo, there is an error in your logic. I urge everyone to let nemo know how you feel about this. He has a comments section on his site. Please, tell him more people should have access to all the Jenny they want (I fully expect all of no comments begging for my inclustion to actually appear on nemo's site . Suprise me people!). If you'd like to get to nemo's site faster, click on nemo, him, he or idiot. In one of his more recent blogs, nemo did provide a link to me in his text, but as a bridesmaid in his wedding, I deserve more. I think the waiting period to get a perma link should be lifted for me. So there.
Note to readers: I don't actually believe that nemo is an idiot. He happens to be a very good friend. Im only lashing out because of the pain I feel every time I see I am not under his friend's list of links. If I never get that link, I will continue to be friend's with nemo and just cry myself to sleep at night. I can live with that.

Introducing the "Sweet and Sour"

Today I went to breakfast/lunch (yes, some would call it "brunch") with Nemo, who was visiting, and Jascha. We went to one of my favorite places, the Melrose Restaurant. It is a diner with particularly good food. Plus, I live close by, so parking is never an issue. Anyway, this time, as with anytime I eat breakfast food at a diner, I can never decide whether I want sweet or salty. If I enter the restaurant with a sweet craving and order, say, french toast or chocolate chip pancakes, I get through half the meal and really crave eggs benedict or the lox sandwich. The same happens if I have a salty craving, though not with the same intensity. I can usually finish my salty foods, only mildly desiring a piece of cake. With sweet foods I can't finish more then two thirds before I absolutely cannot eat another bite unless I have an egg with cheese (Those same people who call it "brunch" would call this an "omelette,"bourgeois bastards). My first question is, am I alone? Do other people have this same afliction? And if people do suffer this same problem then I pose a second question. Why not make a platter called "the Sweet and Sour?" You could choose from either a small french toast or pancake platter of your choosing (ie chocolate chips, coconut, marshmallow) and then a small egg, lox, or other platter from the saltly genre. Eggs benedict, biscuits and gravy, peanut butter covered hash browns, they would all be options. That way you get the best of both worlds. The Melrose has a 2 by 2 plate that has two regular pancakes (boring) with an egg side, but frankly, that doesn't wet my palate. Jascha ordered this meal and I was really unimpressed by both the presentation and his enjoyment level. With so many delicious options at your finger tips, I really think the Sweet and Sour would be huge. Pacific Ocean huge. Mt. Everst huge. Anna Nicole Smith boob implant huge. You get what I'm saying.
PS, liquid all wheel drive rules.

Seattle me up baby.

About a week and a half ago I ventured to the soggy costal city of Seattle to spend some quality time with my hetero life mate, tina. Things this trip included:
1. tina (duh)
2. karaoke (see post "things I think are wonderful" to see how I feel about that)
3. a ferry ride
4. Victoria, BC (via ferry ride)
5. Swimming pool and sauna
6. Peter and Chloe
7. podengos
8. bungy sling shots (of which I broke the harness while flying in the air. Let me tell you, that really helped my self esteem.) and putt putt
9. burnt salmon
10. miniature world
11. christmas town (where storekepper kept a close eye on us trouble makers)
12. happy memories (click on tina and see some pictures of said memories)

So it was a fantastic trip overall. There was lots of girl talk, sleeping in, driving and laughing. I don't see tina as often as I'd like, but when I do see her, it's like we never missed a beat. We shar a passion for When Harry Met Sally, sleeping in, checking email and all cheese related products. Other than the several hour wait at the airport (in part due to dumb Chicago and their typical delays, in other part to dumb jenny switching her ticket from 2:30p to 11:50 p because I was at the airport early. Yes, I am aware that 11:50p is later than 2:30p, but when you allow passengers to change their tickets with no supervision, you are bound to have these kind of mishaps) there was not a bad part about visiting seattle. I am planning already looking forward to my next trip.

Things I think are wonderful.

I would just like to preface this entry with this: I wrote this entry once already but it was lost before I posted it. It was probably much more funny and charming the first time around. I thought about writing "Things I think suck" and number one would be getting a long entry deleted, but then I thought it better to start the new year on a positive note. So at long last "Things I think are wonderful."
Karaoke
So last night a group of friends and I went to karaoke. I used to be very nervous about karaoke and avoid it at all costs. However, once you do it, it is a little bit addictive. Songs I sang included "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash, "I'm just a girl" by No Doubt and"Miss You" by the Rolling Stones. However the coup de grace was a duet performed with a fellow Heb entitled, "If I were a Rich Man" from Fiddler on the Roof. You know it. And if you don't know it you should be ashamed. It was pretty spectacular and well received by all except the table of Southeast Asians who may have felt a little excluded by my "This one goes out to all the Jews out there." All the same, it was quite a show. Karaoke really makes you feel...ALIVE!
Snow
So I love winter and I LOVE snow. I realize that there are people who see the snow as an inconvenience more than a pleasure and I probably would too if I didn't have a warm place to sleep and depended on public transit. But fortunately I can hide from the elements and enjoy them at my leisure. Do you remember the game Donkey Kong adventure from Super Nintendo? And do you remember the level where they were in a snowy tundra and every once and awhile it would snow? Well, that level filled me with joy. And I feel that same joy when I look out to see 3-7 inches of snow falling on this beautiful city. Everything is so quiet and peaceful. I love the snow. I love eating snow. I love running in snow. I love falling in snow. I love watching other people fall in snow. It is pure joy come to life.
My Subaru
When my dear, old, dependable Galant became a lot less dependable and a lot more old this past fall, I went on a search for a new vehicle and immediately fell in love with the Subaru Impreza hatchback. I love it. It is truly wonderful. I love it because it is the car that suits the life I see myself living more so than the life I actually live. In this version I live out west in the mountains. I am rugged and outdoorsy. I camp and ski all the time. I need space to haul around my two yellow labs and firewood. I am immersed in nature and activity and need a vehicle that will support that life. In reality I live in the city. I live in an apartment with no fireplace so I have no need for firewood. I have no dogs because I am not allowed to in my apartment. I don't do many ourdoors activities because I am lazy and there aren't many available. The biggest challenges I need a vehicle to overcome are the occasional snow storm and dodging old people on the road. All I need to lug around are groceries (which, if we are being honest, I don't often have because I shop at walgreens) and laundry (because I refuse to pay to clean my clothes.) Yet I love my car because I can pretend I am living that dream life. And this morning after a significant snow my car both started and was able to plow its way out of a snow tomb with out fishtailing once. I love it and I think it is wonderful.
There are more things I think are wonderful, however I'm tired of writing, as this was my second time around writing this entry. Maybe later I give you some more tasty morsels.
Until then...