Tep, good luck with the blood test today.

Oh, they took the blood 2 hours ago. Now they have to go through the process of separating the actual blood from all the butterfat in my veins.

Tep, was it you asking about the iPod Shuffle the other day? I meant to answer and then I got distracted. I have one and I love it.

Every time I plug it in it just pulls a random hundred and some songs from my computer, though I could specify if I wanted. You can play them in order or randomly, so there's a little more control than it seems. And it's really nice how tiny it is - almost no weight to it at all, and the lanyard makes it much easier to cart around. That'll be especially nice in the summer when you're not wearing a coat so pocket space is at a premium - for dog walking, errands, running, etc., it's nice not to have to cram it in with the keys and phone and shit.

Now that they've reduced the price, I'd say it's definitely worth it. (I got mine free when a friend upgraded to a Nano.)

FreshDirect is starting to install shared refrigerators in buildings, so that you don't have to be home to get your groceries delivered:

Oooh, not that my new apartment will be doing this anytime soon. I'd heard that certain buildings had already started accomodating storing FD deliveries-- what a great idea for FD to do. They can deliver once at a more convenient time for them, like the middle of a weekday.

Nora, any weekend you want to meet up for dim sum, let me know! That would totally rock!

Odds I'll ever live in a FreshDirect "preferred" building? Somewhere between slim and none. Ah well.

I hope vw's test is going well. Steph's too, for that matter.

I had Italian food last night and it was awesome.

Ah, so you went to the place you were hoping to go to? Good to know. I heard it was good, and very intimate in terms of space.

Salem is a wasteland for Chinese, in my experience. I haven't found a good place yet. There is an OK buffet at the Swampscott Mall if I'm really jonesing, but I've heard horrid things about Fantasy Island (as in it's Aku Aku bad). Maybe there's someting in Beverly.

Bryant Varney at NMU makes replica buildings made entirely out of Jenga blocks, without any glue. Very cool.

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(300 posts caught up on! It's amazing how behind one night at the movies can get you...)

Anyhoo.

Things I like:

• salt
• water chestnuts
• thai curries
• sushi
• Team Geek Love
• Team Hippie
• cilantro
• eggplant

Things I do not like:

• lettuce
• Team Won't Stop Screaming "Oh GOD."
• Team Extremely Loud Asshole With the Annoyingly Submissive Wife

ooh, once I get The Research Paper that Eats All My Weekends Starting With My Bottom, I will organize a dim sum outing! (after April 10) (OMG, my paper is due like in a month) (OMGOMGOMG)

Frank, have you been to Kowloon in Saugus?

Also, have you gone to the Thai place in the sad Salem mall place?

And, yes, we went to Marco, and it was SO AWESOME.

Nora, what's the research paper about?

I must have been not-catching-up for way too long. I had no idea that actually reading posts could make me hungry.

[Edited because "mamek" is not a word that I know of.]