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BBQ Chicken (or for you racists who can’t read Korean) is a growing franchise straight from Korea (South Korea for those of you who insist on separating yourselves /s) that has landed its tentacles in North Western US. They pride themselves on serving chicken fried in high-class olive oil (yeah right) and a variety of Korean dishes you might be familiar with (yeah right you racist). I high stress that it is a franchise because the owners are only required to serve the main fried chicken entrees and decorate the store with advertisements obviously made by native Koreans but aimed at fat ass white Americans who apparently only eat at places labeled a Family Restaurant.

Since I’m going particularly nowhere with this let me just say that BBQ Chicken located in the University District of Seattle is not a family restaurant (even though every fucking sign inside says it is). Their soda fridges (which btw are on the pathway to the exit/entrance, not good if you are on the Ave) are lined with imported beer, After 9:00pm they dim the lights (I’m sure it’s because that’s when all the Koreans roll around and they know most Korean girls are ugly or nocturnal blood suckers), and they showcase all their cocktail glasses right behind the cash register, speaking of which let me show you their biggest one with one of my friends:

So don’t bring your kids here for dinner. But do bring your hot Korean girl friends, and please tell me prior before coming.

Anyways, back to the topic. Actually it’s just a couple pictures I have to show of what I saw outside while having a smoke break:

HAHA, yes the management and staff at UW BBQ Chicken are internet pros.

That is all.

Every day I almost hit a pedetrian and it’s never my fault. I swear if I try to go one way the pedestrian walking makes an effort to jump in my way.

To sum up how bikers think let me quote a website:

‘It’s really annoying having to brake. You lose all your momentum and you have to push off from a standing start, which is where most of the effort in cycling goes. This comes under the heading of a Really Bad Reason to go through red lights, but it is the real reason why many cyclists do it.’ - Dominic Sayers

Pretty much saying bikers will try not to slow down. This plus the fact that pedestrians have the right of way will generally dictate that bikers will maintain same speed while avoiding pedestrians with quick turns or pre-planned paths.

Here are some examples of pedestrian encounters I come across at least once a day:

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So you know what, fuck pedestrians. Take off your godamn mp3 headphones so you can hear me screaming at you when you don’t look both ways on the road. Here is some advice, if you see a bike, just walk like you were walking without seeing the bicycle because the bike has already thought out a path that avoids you.

He was grading a paper for a high school and showed me something interesting…

Check it out here

I loled.

This sweet remote:

I like the pause button.

Thanks Ian.

祖母真婿☆
(oba manko hoshi) ほし えと　なんてゆか　- 欲し
An inside joke you might get.

Thanks to Yasu-san and Kazu-san for help with this new bumper sticker.

Expect these to be in production in 2 weeks.

In all my life I’ve always been told that giving cash for a present is inappropriate and tactless. I disagree. Given you lack the creativity and/or knowledge of a person but wish to give them a monetary congratulations I myself find it one of those most versatile and appropriate gifts of all.

But let’s just run with a cash gift is inappropriate. Breaking it down, if you give someone cash, you give them a trade good. A gift card is a trade good, but it differs in that you may only use it at a certain place. Now if cash is a crappy gift, then this difference makes gift cards the crappiest gift ever.

It’s like telling someone, ‘Hey, I couldn’t find an appropriate gift, so instead of giving you something you cash which you can enjoy everywhere, here is a card which you can only use at this store I happen to be shopping at when I thought of you.’

more like, ‘Hey, screw you, jack ass.’

If you give someone a gift card instead of cash, you probably don’t know much about them anyways. So what makes you think you know what stores they shop at? Do you really think that someone wants to pay with a gift card at the Hard Cock Cafe anyways?

Did you see what I did there?

Not only that, but there is always an integer amount on the card. When everything in America is trailing by ‘.99′ when is anything ever going to come out to be an integer? You then end up with a gift card with some useless amount under a dollar where then the cashier asks you if you want to add more to the card or buy something else to use it up. No just keep it bitch. That plastic hurts the lump on my ass.

Seriously, gift cards are for douche-bags.

Lately I’ve been drinking Coca-Cola Zero in place of my favorite Cherry Coke, simply for the reason that it does not have any calories, constituting it as a diet item. Yeah, that’s right, I like it right along side my University Teriyaki plate or Chipote Burrito.

Generally I don’t drink diet stuff for the sole fact that it taste like crap (the no-after taste is haunting) and you might as well be pouring a packet of Equal on your tongue. But Coca-Cola Zero taste pretty close to Coke. Not exactly like it, but tons better than diet Coke. Actually it almost tastes like Coca-Cola with splenda in it, but still a bit better.

My only concern is that it still contains aspartame in it. Yes that mice-seizure-inducing food additive. Still it’s better than drinking high fructose corn syrup that is used to make coke bottled in the U.S.. Why the hell don’t they just use real sugar these days? I’d gladly pay a quarter more if I could get some real sugar in my coke.