last night me and mom had fun making meals at Dream Dinners. we went around to 'stations' where fresh ingredients were already prepped (diced, sliced, chopped etc.) and created our own meals based on the provided recipes. i can't cook worth a damn, but even i could do this, and i only screwed up like...once. first, me and mom made "shrimp scampi with artichokes" together. then we went to different stations and all by myself i made "homestyle chicken and dumplings" and "marinated flank steak with mushroom sauce". maybe i'll impress the monkey with my homestyle chicken and dumplings. he'll eat his words...which were (include thick roman accent) "bahby...it is a none of your business what a goes on in a kitchen". geez, you serve a couple of undercooked and expired eggs, fry smoked salmon just to "warm it up", and try to cook raw chicken in a toaster oven and you never ever live it down.






after that i stopped by moms house to shower her with gifts from Costa Rica and Anaheim that had been sitting around my apartment. sahleeel ignores me...

i had to stop by the studio, too but eventually i found myself home and pretty tired at around 11pm. but...it was drum and bass night at FIVE...and that only happens once a month. out i went. and i was so glad i did. gianma and i ran into friends and started off the night right at the lounge where see-i was playing. i was having a great time there, but soon it was time to move the party next door to FIVE. i had an okay time, eventually i was just so tired and hungry because i hadn't even stopped to eat dinner at any point. we headed home and at around 230am and gianma started cooking up a storm. sauteeing garlic and cooking omelets with pico de gallo with a side of smoked salmon and toast. he was making a damn mess but who could complain?




here's some of the pretty fall foilage near my home.



...when autumn leaves are faaaaalliiiing