Savoring....

Been going thought alot lately... it was nice to just unwind.

Savoring
02/05/08

Sitting in the Restaurant aaaall by myself...
Suffering from a major case of the ocular/gastronomic size differential-itis.
Lol...

Trying desperately to kill time till my hunger comes back...
J-book. Table... B.T. On loudspeaker...
Not too noisy or too many people around.

Comes natural to do what I do most....

Missed the homeys for sushi night tonight...
But I thought I would treat myself, celebrate.

Its been a productive 2008 so far.
Finally (albeit somewhat late for my preference,) clearing out the personal books.
Single now. And writing. and drawing, and planning, and dreaming, much more.
Time to myself.

A few major works already in progress, booking up, generating lots of new leads for the months to come.
A few little guys done already, and one major project I was very happy with :) :)

Two new machines now, and I am happy to say my tuning skills have been developing immensely. I have finally tuned my older machines to par- that makes 4 excellent running buzzers, and two untested but promising backups.


And finally, finally,
Just bought my tickets to Brasil...

In Salvador Sushi is a rare, exotic, expensive, pleasure.
Its funny how now matter how much you love them already, your appreciation for where you are, what you have, is heightened by the fact that you will soon be leaving...

The food is excellent. My waittress, "Hei" suggested an squid tempura/avocado salad that was awesome. oooh yes. Glad I decided to expiriment, instead of sticking to my old favorite- chicken Udon soup mmmmm. :)

Overall the restaurant was awesome- the decor was amazing. Brown and earthy with distressed metals, frosted glass and semi-lustrous mineral accents... beautiful
Much warmer and less... feaux-triad seeming than the standard black and red 1998, matrix sushi restaurant decor.
Their bathroom prompted a picture it was SO awesome. I have to find the cascading labyrinth sinks. Seashell inlay in the marble... accents in burnt orange.
As perfect as I would have designed it.

At first hei gave the distinct impression that she was either really shy or really, really didnt want to bother me... lol. But by the end of the night she was freindlier.

She kept asking as, i ordered, "are you sure you can eat everything??" I let her know that my stomach is a lot bigger than it would looks... I guess i should have taken her advice.
(sushi roll and squid kabob in the fridge right now.)
It was slow as hell so I gave her a fat tip...
Politics. Yooou know.

Another waitress said it was always this slow- I guess the owner had not invested in adequate marketing.
Way to go owner.
I found it quiet, comfortable, relaxing, and intimate.

Unpretentious, a plus.
Anywhere I go where a lot of people come- or worse, frequent, tends to turn into an extended head-nod and hand shake party after a few revisits...

She left me with a prompt to tell more people...
But I might just have to keep this one to myself ;)
-T.S.

Now for your Tariq Sabur Amatuer Restaurant Review.... lol

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Food : * * * * *
Mmmmm!! Squiiiiid!!!
Service: * * * *
Decor: * * * * * + * **
Those BATHROOMS!!
I almost wanted to bring my food in there and eat.

Overall : 4 Stars. Service is great.
But those bathroooooms...
(PS- Sorry I dont have a "Star" key on my keyboard... lol ;)

Blunt Club

Blunt Club...
Thurs
02/07/08

Among all the regular homies... The B-Boys. The cuties... The MC's and Dj's, Banding on canvas... I had a special surprise--
Got to see Natasha, and catch up with Brenna.

Both old, but ooooh so good freinds from back in the day... ack in the crazy days.

Two new strong leads!!
Brenna wants a virgin Mary, and freind Ashley left me with a research mission to find out more about "Quan Yin" for a backpiece.

Dropped the thesis on the both of them, prompted by Brenna's bragging on my behalf (I love old freinds!!! They remember me from when I was smart... lol;) For reciprocity's sake, I cant pass the chance to brag on how sweet and innocent and cuuuute Brenna was back in the day!!
I remember when she first tried to come into Fascinations when I worked there, i almost had to turn her around. She represents all of the "sugar" in the "everything nice" that girls are ;)

Ashly expressed that she wanted a backpied, but she wanted it to be sexy.

Couldn't resist laying it on her three-prong thesis style...

To be expanded upon soon... that thesis...
But I'd much rather just show you :)

Much more on that later.

Tasha.
As soon as I came in the club, trying to make my way to the dance floor, I excused my way past a cute little petite in a wooly cap.
Nonchalant you know, "your cute, but get out of my way" kind of "ill talk to you later sorta vibe."

Tasha turned around and would have whupped my ass if she wasnt so happy to see me.
Tasha used to be our collective party mom. She is the shit.
Provider for the entire East Valley's hodgepodge clan of outcast 2nd gen AZ and AZN immigrants trying to make names, and lives for ourselves. Through positive means or otherwise...

She will ramble for hours on how I used to come to her house and go straight for fridge or the candy bowl. How I had to carry her from a party once... how, somehow, she in turn still had to drive, as she was still, miraculously, the best off of all of us...
And rattle off similarly affectionate stories and profiles for any of the umpteen other of us that used to crash out on her floor after prties, before parties, between parites, between apartments, or when kicked out of parent's house.
MAD love for Natasha!!

Abstract Rude (link)
Put it the UFF down.
Jamming around like a joyous rasta earlie on, i didnt even know who he was.
I just Noticed and acknowledged the vibe.

When I heard that voice... I KNEW who he was.
and I NOTICED the vibe.

Throughout the night, In the back of my head:
Thoughts of Brasil.
This is the kind of thing to record and bring with.
Share with the homies.
I remember thinking like this when i was there... making memories, taking pics, to share when i got home. Its SO funny to be thinking like that around....

It gives me the feeling that I have truly planted roots...
Now I am going back to water them.
Growing into The World.

Eventually, I would like to spend a few months out of the year there.
January through March... New Years, Folio, Carnaval Season.... Tatu season.
The end of Rainy season... Beginning of Summer time...
New life.
Energy.
Rebirth/Regeneration.
Productivity.

Beauty.
Inspiration.

-T.S.