Mr. Smith goes to Washington

watched "Mr. Smith goes to Washington" in film class today. saw it back in senior year of high school for government class. でも、あまりにも時間が立ってたから残ってみることにした。メッチャ眠かったケド．．．

it was as good as i remember. and i totally remembered why we watched it. the process of making a bill, the inner workings of the Senate, and, of course, the infamous filibuster scene. 懐かしかった。i was surprised i remembered so much of those political terms. i think i got a 3 on the AP Gov test. haha

i'm glad i took this film class. a lot of the movies we watch are interesting :) plus, it's a nice break from all those difficult classes. lol

Currently listening to: 夏の思い出 - ケツメイシ

満天

リトル東京のホンダプラザに新しく和風中華屋さんができた。so the family and i decided to give it a try. since we all like chinese food :)

「満天」って言うところで、ホンダプラザの一番奥にある。メニューを見ると以外と豊富。but, if you get an entree, it doesn't come with rice. so you have to order it. お昼に行ったから、もうちょっと定職っぽいのがあると思ったのに。。。週末はお弁当もないし。仕方なく、麺類にすることにした。

ジャージャー麺を頼んだ。it was pretty good. but even though we were the only customers there, it took quite a while for the food to come. and even when it did, the first dish (my sisters) came and then it took another 10 mins for the next one to come. not very efficient... ジャージャー麺は以外と野菜が多かった。肉味噌にもいっぱい細かく切った野菜が。歯ごたえがあっていいかもだけど、もっとお肉が多いほうがよかった。i might go back. maybe for lunch during the week to try their bento.

Currently listening to: Bad - Michael Jackson

しゃぶしゃぶ

久しぶりにしゃぶしゃぶ食べたぁ。it was so good. 特に、この寒い季節の鍋はいいよねぇ。体の心から温まるぅ。too bad the bf doesn't like onabe in general. that really bites. i mean, it's sooooo gooooood. i LOVE onabe. キムチ鍋、石狩鍋、すき焼き、モツ鍋、餃子鍋、などなど。うまし！lol

ugh. gots to go back to writing my research paper for film class. 6-8 pages. not that bad. but i haven't started on it and it's due wednesday. haha. gots so much reading to do for the research part... -_- i like that class, since we get to watch a lot of movies. like recently, we watched "Trouble in Paradise" which was interesting. it was a talkie and about this con artist couple. 面白い部分もあって、ちょっとコメディーっぽかった。dude, the girls back then were really skinny tooooooo. i wish i were... *sigh* back to work!!

Currently listening to: The Saltwater Room - Owl City

Focus

Focus is this little Japanese cafe that i went to today. had to go meet a friend of my mom's with her at the place. it's located in little tokyo, on the second floor of the plaza right next to the UBOC. 分かりにくいかな？あの、「JUNGLE」とかいうアニメ屋さんがあるところの上。（笑）

so, we ended up sitting there for nearly 4 hours. -_____- wasn't planning on staying that long but whatever. on the plus side, go to eat there too. my mom and i shared the カツサンド and きのこ和風ハンバーグ. it was really good!! びっくりした～。特にポテト。it's cut into wedges. and it's also lightly seasoned. mmmm good. hehe.

they also have lots and lots of manga. 漫画喫茶並みではないけど、そこそこの量。and on top of that, they have karaoke tooooo!! never got to try it and didn't find out the price but want to go back to try it. カラオケ大好き！早く行きたいなぁ。

Currently listening to: あなたに... - モンゴル800

ガキ使！

知ってますか？ダウンタウン、ココリコ、山崎邦正のバラエティー番組、「ガキの使いやあらへんで！！」。毎年、12月31日、「紅白歌合戦」の裏番組として、「笑ってはいけないシリーズ」というものを放送してます。ぜひとも見てみてください。面白いです！you won't regret it :)
今年は「笑ってはいけないホテルマン」。they were all dressed as bellboys and it was pretty crazy. やっぱり、最近では最中に行われる「驚いてはいけないシリーズ」がツボです。it's so hysterically funny, watching those dudes run around screaming. lol. and this year's was one of the funniest.

according to the bf, out of the "waratte wa ikenai series", this was not so great. which is kinda true. i also liked past ones more. nonetheless, it's still pretty darn funny. it was 6 hours this year so it is full of surprises :)

Currently listening to: Paper Gangsta - Lady Gaga