I Own Willy Street Co-op!

Willy Street Co-op is an unconventional market that sells local and organic products.
It works this way. There's no a single person or a company who owns this co-op. It is owned by everyone who paid a fair share. The co-op uses the foundation to earn profits, and returns the money to every owner. There's discount for all owners who shop at the co-op.

Even though the co-op is quite far away from where I live now, I joined the co-op!
I like their products, and I really appreciate their efforts to promote local and organic products.
Let's do something for the earth and for the other creatures living with us!

My Entomology Professor Said ...

My entomology professor said,
"It's better that you sit in the same place throughout the semester, so that I can learn to remember your names, which is a bitch, because you all belong to the same species!"

Really professor? I remember I said the exact same thing before. We're the same species!

Then he talked about baiting insects,
"If you have some over-ripen fruits, you can use it as bait. Just stuck it into a trunk and put things over it, because the mammals will get it too! ... Or if your roommate is dead, bring your roommate into the forest, and you'll get lots of interesting insects before the body returns to dust!"

OMG XDDDDDDDDDD

Three Cups Chicken

I made a well-known Taiwanese dish today: three cups chicken

Found iPod Again!

How could I not be happy? I thought I lost my iPod after Monday's outdoor event, and worried for the whole afternoon. It was weird that I could have been so careless. Then people at the front desk of the Regent told me a person named Paul picked up my iPod and returned it to the desk. OMGOMG thank you a thousand times! And whoever Paul is, bless him for being such a nice and honest person!

Art History Teacher

Art 108 came out to be an art history class; art history of modern European and American art.
I love my new art history teacher because he seems so funny!
When we first saw him, he was dressed neatly in a black suit and a striped shirt.
The room was dark that we couldn't see his face.
And he moved with grace, liveliness, and ... a little femininity.
I wonder what gave to his speech such speed and circularity.
When he said, "Those three things are essential for this class," I already forgot his first point.
Teaching us "close visual analysis", he commented on the world-famous paintings:
"A narrow range of hues: white, tan, and hardly black.
The woman dissolved into the background.
She looked at the mirror but saw no reflection of the self." Or
"Composed of several simple things: black lines and huge color blocks.
Some lines don't even reach the end; they were done intentionally.
You can't find a focus on this painting, because nothing is more important than the others!
Why is it that this piece is both systematic and philosophic, both logic and poetic!"
There will be some works, but I think I'll like the class.

No Labs Tomorrow

The Blackhawk Church was giving out free hotdogs and chips right in the Regent Apartments' parking lot, so I went and listened to a local band. Brought back a CD with a few dollars. I felt they're not too bad. I learned that the church actually meets in the Regent every week.

I found out that there're no biology lab and discussion tomorrow, so that's a pretty good news? I can focus on contacting the professors for my project.

笑死我了之不是竹筍

今天我的中國室友帶了同樣來自中國的朋友共進晚餐，當兩人高興的拿刀切開一物，不禁同聲驚叫。兩位面對這個紫紅色龐大的尖錐形物體，裡面還佈滿了白色的片狀與條狀物，花容失色的向我求救：「那是什麼？」
我看了看，摸了摸，又聞了聞，道：「香蕉花？...」
「阿！我以為它是竹筍！」室友一臉茫然，「這能吃嗎？」
我上網查了一些食譜，聽說燙過再炒菜是挺美味的，也許我下次應該試試。
那白色的片狀與條狀物是花苞和花蕊。
只是 ... 真有中國人不認得竹筍？我當場憋笑憋得好累，直到晚上才跟Abi一齊好好嘲笑她們一番。

Peppers at Farmers' Market

I went to Farmers' Market to shop for vegetables which I'm going to eat for an week.
Saw a stand full of various peppers. Aren't they beautiful?

Super Nerd?

It's required for my class ... but it's something I've been wanting for years!

Good Coupons, Good Food, Good Day

I was wandering on State Street and thinking about how to use all those coupons.
I tried something that I wanted last year but didn't get because of the price.
Jamba Juice, a smoothie store. It's quite refreshing. :)
And yep I was playing with my new molecular kit in the store. I don't care if people think I'm a freak.