By alienman on March 18, 2010
This past month has been riddled with little slices of hell, much of which was related to our housing situation. To summarize, what was supposed to be a six-month deal was cut short. This past several weeks, we were suddenly faced with a deadline to move out before April 1st. The boyfriend was out of [...]
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By alienman on March 13, 2010
The food cart scene seems to have exploded, spawned and spread like spore in the four years that I’d been away. They are now clustered in groups in a frequent distribution throughout the city; you’re never far from blocks of street-side food vendors who are ready to serve some great dishes for dirt cheap. Yelp! [...]
Posted in Food, Photos of Oregon | Tagged food cart, portland
By alienman on March 11, 2010
Admission was free for a day at the Portland Japanese Garden. The Japanese Garden is adjacent to the Rose Gardens on Washington Park, near downtown Portland, where you can get a good view of the city with snowy Mt. Hood right in the middle of your sights. I’ve been to the Rose Garden many times [...]
Posted in EOTD, Photos of Oregon | Tagged after dark, EOTD, FOTD, golden bear, japanese garden, OMSI, oregon, portland
By alienman on March 10, 2010
A delightful gift came in the mail last week. Free pr0n!
Actually, it’s an original ink painting done by Klaudea of Lemon Pie.
Klaudea had selected me as a winner of her recent Valentine’s Day giveaway, for Most Inspirational Female Blogger. As a prize, I received this beautiful ink painting. It looks more like it deserves [...]
Posted in Uncategorized with Photos, vomlog | Tagged gift, vomlog
By alienman on March 8, 2010
I think it’s been over five years since my last visit in Korea. Around that time, just about every other young lady I met had either undergone cosmetic surgery or was saving up for a procedure. For a while, my mother was also planning on putting me under the knife to get my receding chin [...]
Posted in Daughter of Asia | Tagged asia, beauty, korea, social commentary, standard
Do they ever say nice things in Korea anymore?
By alienman on March 8, 2010
I think it’s been over five years since my last visit in Korea. Around that time, just about every other young lady I met had either undergone cosmetic surgery or was saving up for a procedure. For a while, my mother was also planning on putting me under the knife to get my receding chin [...]
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