Ask Yahoo answers the question, “What is kimchi and how is it made?” I’ve watched my mom, grandma, and aunts eat this stuff for as long as I can remember. It’s one of the things that I wish I liked more, just to feel a little closer to that part of my identity. If you’re thinking of trying it, though, you should know that it’s really hot. Really hot.

More Fashion Don’ts (brought to you by the guys at my gym):

• Never, ever wear a horizontally striped tank top with vertically striped shorts. You look like a test pattern.
• Zubas are always a bad idea. You know zubas, those big cotton pants with the patterns all over them? Yeah, no woman (or gay man, for that matter) respects someone wearing those.

Oh, and by the way… I’ve lost 8 pounds! Can you believe that? I think I’ve broken through some sort of metabolic wall.

So London is doing the cow thing. Sheesh. I’m glad I left. (Link courtesy of anon.)

I’ve just added electronic greeting cards to my Roald Dahl site. So go give ’em a look!

Brigita found a great article called “Punk Shui” that explains the basic principles of feng shui. According to that, our “money” corner is filled with dustbunnies and an overloaded power outlet. That doesn’t sound good. Our “marriage” corner, on the other hand, is where our two computers sit in networked harmony. That’s pretty appropriate, I think.

Last night was the opening night for the play. There was a decent sized crowd (though only four of them were people un-related to the production), and the actors really kicked it up a notch. It went great! The Snook seemed to enjoy it a lot. Hopefully our word of mouth is going to increase and we’ll have a good sized house through the weekend.

Pledge Drive! The Snook and I have decided to do the Walk Against Want this year. It’s a 15 kilometer walk through Sydney for Oxfam Community Aid Abroad. The walk is supposed to “raise money and show support for poor people in developing countries and Indigenous people in Australia”. We need to start collecting pledges from people, so let me know if you’d like to participate. (Hey Americans, thanks to the exchange rate your dollar goes twice as far here, so you don’t need to donate a lot to make a real impact.) If you want to help us out, leave a comment or drop me an e-mail. Every little bit helps!

P.S. Woohoo! My first real athletic “event” since college. I was just gonna do the 5km version on my own, but then the Snook said he’d be willing to partner me for the big one. That’s about ten miles, folks! So wish us luck… It’s gonna be a long walk.

I think E Online wins the prize for “Best Anne Heche Baby Headline”: Heche: From Mothership to Motherhood. Insane or not, I can’t believe anyone naming their child Homer Heche Laffoon. He’ll be laughed out of kindergarten.

So Prince William is reportedly lonely at college. You know, suddenly I’m regretting cancelling my UK work visa…

Ahem. I’ll be 25 in ten days. Just throwin’ that out there.