I dreamed a dream...

I dreamt that I made chicken parm last night...too bad I woke up before finding out if it came out good...

Tropix Bar & Lounge

It is amazing how people act differently when they think that they are being watched, especially by the police. A few years ago they installed two additional stop signs up my block. This turned the intersection to a four way stop. As the  years go by, I notice that a good amount of people ignore it and just sail their dumbass right through it without stopping. If it is not people running it, it's people barely stopping for it.

So I noticed that they recently parked a small/fake police car (the ones with only 3 wheels) on one of the corners of the intersection. I say fake because I have yet to see a police man or woman inside of it! It is always unoccupied. But boy oh boy does it make a difference. People are now slowing down and are not running the sign anymore! The dummy police car actually works!

Anyway, back to my original point. As I am crossing the street this morning, I see a lady in a car coming to a COMPLETE stop at the intersection (who does that these days???? :)) So she stops and catches my attention at this point. I see that when she stops she turns her head completely to the left, pause and THEN turns her head completely to the right like some school teacher teaching their little kids how to cross the street. You know what was so amazing about that?? It was a one way street!! What car was she looking for on the opposite direction?!? It was soo obvious that she doing a little show for the "cop". But here comes the kicker. After she looks both ways, she decides to make a right and almost run into my ass!! She never even signaled!!

A-maz-ing!

Well, enough talk. Here are some pictures to express my latest craving...Buffalo wings!!

These onion rings reminded me of the ones they used to give out in school for lunch. Some people might think that's gross but I'm actually one of the few that misses school lunch...oh, little round pizza, where are you!!

I think this was mine. I got the spicy wings. It was good. I love saucy wings and this place definitely had a good amount of sauce on it. It was pretty spicy too.

My friend's wings. I believe these were the jack daniels flavored wings? He swears by this. I personally preferred my spicy wings ;)

We went on a monday night where they have a 25 cents per wing special! My only complaint about this place is that it's super loud and you basically have to scream if you want to talk to your friend.

Having said that, I am ready to go back. 

Tropix Bar & Lounge
9532 Queens Blvd
Rego Park, NY 11374

(718) 275-0024
tropixny.com

Cookie Cookie Cookie

Note to self: Find my winter clothes. I think I was the only one today that didn't have a jacket (except for the crazy old man in shorts and a t-shirt)

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Someone at work gave me three different kind of cookies today. I usually give my other co-worker a share of my junk but today he rejected it. I did not want to eat ALL three cookies but I did want to try all three though...soooo, I ended up eating half of each! As my friend would say, "Don't judge me!"

Ok, so that was my plan. I'm not sure how I ended up eating the first cookie to completion.

Was trying to be healthy...

Went to to IHOP and while looking at the menu, I narrowed down my choices to two items: The appetizer sampler (fried mozzarella sticks, fried chicken tender and fried onion rings). Notice the common word in all of those items).

Feeling a little healthy, I decided to opt for my second option.

Ok, this isn't the healthiest dish but it's much better than the first. The pic had what looked like roasted potatoes, broccoli, garlic bread and fried shrimp. One fried item out of the whole thing doesn't sound too bad, so I ordered it. I'm a bit proud of myself at this point.

When I placed the order, the waitress asked if I wanted soup or salad...I decided to continue with my healthy choices and chose salad...

Yea, doesn't look good right? Well, it wasn't. I'm not a big fan of iceberg lettuce.

So, here's my main dish...

Can someone please tell me if that looks like what was advertised? First thing that caught my eye was the FRIED potatoes. The shrimp seemed super fried and my garlic bread and sauce was missing (I got it eventually).

Anyway, the only thing that ended up being healthy was the broccoli. I tried to stuff myself with as much as that as possible. I think i ate about 50% of it? Not bad. I can only take so much of plain broccoli.

(Ignore the bacon on my dish. Friend passed that along to me)

So what was the point of this story? Nothing really. Just wanted to point out that I had good intentions but kinda got screwed anyway. This is my venting for the day...

Here are some pics of my friend's stuff in case you guys like looking at ihop's breakfast items.

We're suppose to have goals in life, right?

New goal: To cook something new or improve on an old recipe once a month.

I made my brownies last week, Sept 2, so I am good for this whole month.

Fishy Fishy

(This was written this past Saturday but I did not get a chance to post so here it is now)

Today was a good day. I got up early (8:45ish), had a nice cup of coffee, finally did my laundry and relaxed at home (in a nice and quiet home) till the afternoon. After nibbling on some of my yummy brownies, I decided it was time for my walk before all of my yummies went in my tummy.

Today was the day I was finally going to make it to the pier!! After three weeks of this walking sh!t, I haven't been able to walk all the way to the end of the trail where a nice pier, or at least what looked like a nice pier, was waiting for me. It was either my friends coughing up blood trying to get there ( wink wink ) or just the fact that there isn't enough sunlight in the evenings for me to walk all the way down. By the time I get home from work, shower, eat dinner and get to the trail, the sun is already setting. 

Well, today I had no time constraints!. The plan was to walk till I pleased and then have a light dinner with a friend. So after walking an estimated 2 miles, I get to the pier. I always imagined it to be filled with bikers/runners resting or people just chillin. Well, I did see those things. Do you know what else I saw? A bunch of "Wannabe fishermen"!! I call them wannabe fishermen because they are trying to catch fishes by the freakin belt parkway! Ok, so before you call me some name, let me explain to you my situation. I'm not knocking these people for their hobby. I actually think it's pretty cool since I've been fishing a few times before and liked it. What bothers me is this image that is in my head every time I think about fishing. Have you guys ever seen the hook that is at the end of that pole? It can be BIG. I remember when I was younger, someone told me a story about those hooks. I forgot who it was but that's not important. What is important is this image that he/she has left me with since. She/he told me that his or her brother went fishing once and when he was flicking his rod backwards to get his hook out to sea, he accidentally hooked his face instead!!!!! UGHHH, can you imagine that? I can't imagine what happened to his face afterwards...

Anyway, ever since then I've been somewhat afraid of men and their fishing rods...no pun intended (pervert!) If you think about it, it's kinda easy to either hurt yourself or anyone in your area. What if your string gets stuck??? 

So along the trail, I see about a hand full of fisherman every time I walk. Every time I see one, my eyes open wide immediately. If I see them getting ready to throw their hook into the water, I stay very far away from them. 

So what do you think I was thinking when I saw a whole bunch of them at this pier?? ::Freaking As::: With my eyes very alert, I find myself a nice spot at the very end of the pier. I get there and it was sooo nice. The view was great, the breeze was refreshing and the sun was lovely. I stand there for a good 5 mins enjoying this. I stretch a little (I like to make people think I'm a runner). I take nice deep breaths. It was just nice. But of course, it gets ruined. After those first 5 mins, I all of a sudden hear a "Oh crap, watch out!". I'm thinking who the f said that and why did he say that. Oh, I find out soon enough. Two seconds later, I feel something drip on me. I hear a little "click" and something rubs against me. I finally see it..a freakin hook of a fishing rod. That POS rubbed against me and then hits the railing. As the dude is trying to get it back, I get a closer look at it. Guess what I see? A freaking big ass slice of raw fish on a big ass hook!! YUCK!! Not only did the dude almost rip my skin off but he put a dead fish on my body!

"I'm sorry, are you okay?" "Yea, I'm okay." Of course, in my head, I'm kinda cursing the guy out. I don't even know where this dude came from. No one was near me. Freakin bastard snuck up next to me. I get kinda pissed that he is ruining my spot so even though I know I gotta get outta there soon to save my face, I stay a little longer to see if the bastard catches anything. Dude doesn't so I finally bounce. 

A minute after I started walking, I start feeling a bit itchy. I start to feel a bit sticky and I swear my lips start tasting a bit salty. The image of that raw fish suddenly reappeared in my head. Damn that guy for making me hallucinate! As you can imagine, I walked my ass home and took a shower right away. 

Ok, now that you have read through all that crap, here are some food pics to reward you ;)

Actually, I'll just post that separately.

Oh, and I heard this song on the radio on my way back. It put me in a "blast my music in the car mood and start dancing mood" (yes, i actually danced in the car). This song made me so nostalgic!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eol_xRbTwn4

Lessons

Lesson #1: Do not buy soda from a vending machine after it has just been refilled. What do you get if you do? A disgustingly warm soda (as least with my luck as of late).

Lesson #2: When getting soda from a recently filled vending machine, do not seek an adventure and decide to choose a brand new soda that you have not had before. What do you get if you do?  A disgustingly warm AND nasty soda.

Lesson #3: Never complain that you are bored at work (especially on a blog). What do you get if you do? Your ass handed right back to you.

Ever since my complaint on Monday, I've been crazy busy at work. It was as if the CEO heard me and decided to actually make me work for my paycheck. What is up with that? My sole responsibility should always be to LOOK busy, not actually be busy. ::SIGH::

What's the up side to this? Time flew by pretty fast. I guess that turtle got his two legs fixed and hopped on ninja bike.