Still hasn't quite set in it. By which I mean basically the only thought running through my head right now is, 'wahooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.' Perhaps when I wake up tomorrow it'll be different, and I can think, 'Why yes, Barack Obama will.officially.be.my.president.in.TWO.MONTHS.TIME.' but without the periods and caps. President-elect Obama.



Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Just got back from Jo Jo Taipei (Allston). Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Went with my friend and her mom, who treated us. They're Taiwanese, and my friend had heard that this restaurant was really authentic. I've had some Taiwanese cuisine before, but my friend's mom insisted on order a bunch of thing she insisted I should try. Let's see if I can recall them all...

Oyster pancake; yum.

Fish sticks; tasted like the fish balls you put in hot pot. Came with sweet pickles, which I love, and a sweet dipping sauce.

Beef noodle stew (I really need to learn the Chinese names for these): really good. Big hunks of fatty beef that were practically falling apart they were so tender, thick udon-like noodles, bok choi (or something like it), and cilantro (which is not my favorite, certainly, but it wasn't overpowering).

Pig intestine soup; better than I expected. The pig intestine was quite chewy and squishy - not my favorite, either, but stomach-able. And the soup itself was really thick with thin noodles, which I liked.

Sweet and sour soup: was just a little bit spicy also. Was nice; had egg and tree ears (I think) in it.

Battered, fried pork on top of rice; with pickles and some green veggies on the side. Really, really good. (And the ladies in the bakery across the street opine that this is the best dish.)

Tra Bing; shaved ice with three different kinds of beans (red, green, white) and taro on top. SO good. Well, then again, I LOVE beans, especially red beans. But there you go.

I think that's it. Definitely like to go there again.

Edit: And the stinky tofu...! Can't forget that! It really is quite stinky, but yummy with the salty, spicy dipping sauce. :D

Title: Breaking Through
Author: nyaaaaaauuuuuuu
Genre: Adventure, Romance, Smut
Rating: R.
Groupings: Ten/Rose/Jack
Summary:Rose had wanted to go to a market. Jack had wanted barbeque or something similar. The Doctor had wanted to be ironic and take them to a society that would have seemed readily familiar to their prehistoric ancestors.
Author's Notes: Written for buckbeakbabie in the OT3 Ficathon. And, ZOMG, finally done!
Disclaimer: DO NOT OWN DW or anything pertaining thereto. Except the box sets. I own two of those.


( We won't stop until... )

I'm a bit afraid we're going to have flooding, tbh. o.O

I know that we've been needing some rain; especially it'll be good for our little patch of back lawn, where the grass has all been dying. But still. It's been pouring for some time now.

And there was some really impressive thunder earlier. I love thunder. And lightning. But it's harder to see lightning than hear thunder, often. I remember one summer night there was this thunder and lightning storm (no rain) and we went down to the beach and watched it blow off to the east by the light of the full moon. The Earth is amazing. I love it. :D

And, I suppose, if it's nature's day for washing, I should probably go do some laundry, too.

Had a sandwich of toasted sourdough with smoked gouda and smoked salmon for lunch, and it kept tasting vaguely reminiscent of toasted marshmallows...

So I succeeded in making the creme brulee, sort of. I made the sweet tea creme brulee out of my Creme Brulee cookbook. Halved the recipe because it was only my parents and I who'd be eating it (also, didn't have enough heavy cream for the full recipe). For the tea, I used some loose leaf I found in the cupboard (from Fauchon's, when we went to Paris last year). You infuse the cream with the tea before making the custard.

Sticking point was the blowtorch, which I don't have. Also, after dinner, I was too lazy to make separate caramel toppings for each dish. Thus, no brulee. However, I did sprinkle confectioner's sugar on top, and put some blackberries on. I think, next time, however, I will make the caramel toppings, because it would have made a nice contrast to the slight bitterness of the tea.





Verdict: yummy. Would make again. :)

Bah. FINALLY not sick anymore (though of course I got my period yesterday morning). I've still got a bit of a cough but I'm not as congested and I have a bit more energy. Also, the weather is no longer scorching, which is nice. Time to be getting some work done, then, I suppose.

And also maybe some cooking (not that there's much food in the house).

Haha. I'm going to make creme brulee.

...and Generation Y aren't connecting. And why they should. Check it out:

NASA-Gen Y Slideshow

I was sent the link by a friend...Definitely going to go back and read the article when I have a chance (and the attention span...seriously, Gen Y is the attention-lacking generation).

That would be how much time I have to write the draft of my paper before my computer battery goes kaput.

I decided against bringing my charger as I thought maybe the deadline would drive me to work a bit faster. Obviously, I'm off to a great start.

EDIT: With 1 Hour, 16 Mins Remaining

IE nearly ate my computer. It was probably my fault, but it was seriously scary there for a second, what with the IE windows bubbling up exponentially all over the place. Finally managed to end the process. Phew.

PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE IZ TRUFAX.

(I'm so glad I remembered, because I'd been trying all evening to think of what'd made me laugh so hard this afternoon.)


( Yes. Yes, it is. )


I love it when rl and DW collide. :)

Title: 24 hours' time
Author: nyaaaaaauuuuuuu
Genre: Angst
Rating: PG
Characters: Ten, Rose
Spoilers: Through the end of S2.
Summary:The Doctor and the storm. Time's running out.
Author's Notes: This morning was nice, but it started to snow later. Blah weather. So I felt like having a bit of a cry and watched Doomsday over. And I have a bunch of other fics I'm working on, but I needed to exorcise the angst. So this is for my fellow Rhode-Islanders. Hope the weather didn't make you as depressed as it made me. :\
Disclaimer: Do not own...



( I made my choice... )

Later: Regedit failed too. Damn it! I don't want to have to use the eRecovery thing. I've only had this computer a MONTH! *is ded*



So, apparently the CD/DVD drive in my computer doesn't NEED a driver. Or something. I don't know enough to understand the explanation. Anyway, thanks ACER for your lack of help. Having MADE the computer, you'd think you'd realize that.

My CD/DVD drive disappeared from existence on 1/17 and last week I finally emailed Acer about it. They emailed back a bunch of cut-and-paste solutions, half of which didn't apply, which I told them in a response. So then they sent an email suggesting I use their eRecovery feature - like reformatting the hard drive without reformatting the hard drive. I could have come up with that one myself! BITCHES!

Aggh. Sorry. The one useful thing I did learn from their cut-and-paste solutions was that my CD/DVD drive still shows up in the BIOS. Not that they actually told me the right command to GET to the BIOS menu (it's F2 and their instructions said F8 or escape - I mean, really!).

One of the things they sent me was a Microsoft link about problems with the CD drive in Vista. I have XP so at first I was like....Uh? But I looked through it and found it MIGHT be a solution I could use, as there is also a Registry Edit function in XP. But, this seemed to me a lot like reformatting things. Which I only want to do as a last resort. AND, they didn't explain WHY this might be a solution to my problem.

So. I keep poking around in Control Panel-y areas of my computer. The error in the event log that recorded my CD/DVD drive's death also had it's hardware ID. So, I plugged that into Google. At forums.driverguide.com I find someone else has had a similar problem and has used the Regedit to success:

Optical drives never require a driver when used in any Windows os from Win95 up. Windows XP (and Windows Vista) provides native support that allows this drive to read a data or music disk and to burn a cd-r disk. No support for playing dvd disks or for burning dvd or cd-rw disks. For those tasks, compatible 3rd. party recording & dvd decoding software is required.

If your problem is non-detection, please read post #24 in this thread: http://forums.driverguide.com/showth...t=21669&page=4

It contains instructions on the delete the upper and lower filters fix.

So, I'm off to try editing the Registry. Everything may end in flames. Wish me luck!

Title: Rubbish
Author: nyaaaaaauuuuuuu
Genre: Drabble, Romance
Rating: PG
Characters: Ten, Rose
Summary:He grabbed her face, hands on either side of her head, steadying her.
Author's Notes: Just a little drabble that needed to be written out of my head...;)


( Into the wishy-washy dark... )

Title: Breaking Through
Author: nyaaaaaauuuuuuu
Genre: Adventure, Romance, Smut
Rating: PG-13 this chapter.
Groupings: Ten/Rose/Jack
Summary:Rose had wanted to go to a market. Jack had wanted barbeque or something similar. The Doctor had wanted to be ironic and take them to a society that would have seemed readily familiar to their prehistoric ancestors.
Author's Notes: Written for buckbeakbabie in the OT3 Ficathon. :)


( There are some mornings when the sky looks like a road... )

Title: Breaking Through
Author: nyaaaaaauuuuuuu
Genre: Adventure, Romance, Smut
Rating: PG this chapter; higher later.
Pairings...or maybe groupings is more apropos: Ten/Rose/Jack
Summary:
Author's Notes: Whooo...This fic just keeps growing. Add to that work, a dying computer, family & holidays, and I'm making you guys wait a long time, huh? Written for buckbeakbabie in the OT3 Ficathon.


( Oh, don't, don't you lift me up... )

RTD: Steven Moffat. I'd love to see inside his mind! Oh, the labyrinths of neural connections! All made of gold!

RTD fanboys Steven Moffat on the BBC DW Advent Calendar. If I wasn't struggling to finish all my sh*t, this would make my day.

Ran away from the noisemakers downstairs only to discover I left the sheet with half the questions...and my notes regarding the answers...on my desk at home.

Sometimes I get very frustrated with myself.

gacked from brilliantomega

I know very little about some of the people on my friends list. Some people I know relatively well. I read your journals, or we have something else in common and we chat occasionally. Some of you I hardly know at all. Perhaps you lurk, for whatever reason. But you friended me and I thank you for your interest in my words.

But here's a thought: why not take this opportunity to tell me a little something about yourself? Any old thing at all, the more trivial and fascinating, the better. Just so the next time I see your name I can say: "Ah, there's so and so...they enjoy piano tuning while blindfolded, and have a giant birthmark shaped like a Dachshund right between their shoulder blades."

I'd love it if every single person who friended me would do this. Yes, even you people who I know really well. Then post this in your own journal and see what gems of knowledge appear.



ps. my real life tag is now bigger than my doctor who tag - SUCCESS!

Title: Breaking Through Teaspoon or LJ
Author: nyaaaaaauuuuuuu
Written for: buckbeakbabie
Rating: NC-17 (in chapters to come)
Summary: Rose had wanted to go to a market. Jack had wanted barbeque or something similar. The Doctor had wanted to be ironic and take them to a society that would have seemed readily familiar to their prehistoric ancestors.
Author's notes:Written for buckbeakbabie for the OT3 Ficathon over on better_with_3
The prompts were: Adventure with some running for their lives and/or incarceration, humour, and smut.
It starts a bit slowly, but 'twill pick up the pace a bit later.

My first ficathon. Eee! I'm a bit nervous. Hope it lives up to your expectations!

( Oh, what a woe... )

So, instead of studying last night I:

1. made a cake. I bring photoevidence, see:


2. went sledding on a dining hall tray. down charlesfield, on lincoln field, down college st., and down power st. We covered a fair amount of ground. 'twas pretty fun. There was no traffic on the roads because almost all of SE New England was gridlocked for hours...Took my mommy 5 1/2 hours to get home (usually takes 45 min).

(photoevidence will come when I get the pics from my partners-in-crime.)

and

3. crocheted.


BUT I just got back from a couple hours of studying. Got to type up some stuff, do some more studying...not get derailed into repeating any of the above activities. Just until tomorrow afternoon...

And, did you know - the Northeast's supposed to get another hefty snowstorm on Sunday...O_O...I might need to get a real sled. Or another Ratty tray...