diversity?

Me and some of the youth group girls went to see Twilight last night. You know, the teen flick based on the teen vampire fantasy book of the same name. It was a teen flick. That's all I'm going to say about that. Yes, it stuck pretty close to the book, so...

One thing struck me, though, as I watched the fictional characters run around the small Northwestern town of Forks. They were an amazingly diverse group of people. Asians, blacks, whites, and of course native americans (which actually makes sense) mingled freely and comfortably. But what was equally amazing is that apparently, everyone- literally EVERYONE- in the town was also skinny. I was impressed. I didn't think Americans looked like that. I thought, you know, we were a bit more diverse in the waistline.

And we wonder why two-thirds of college girls suffer from eating disorders...

my song

Gonna tell you a little story

'Bout what happened last year

Living all nice and happy

In Skinker-Debaliviere

Bought us an old house

Deep down in the city

Didn't have no back wall

And it sho wasn't pretty

Got the bank to give us money

Make the place real fine

Now we ain't got no mo social life

Cuz we're working all the time

Rehabbing blues

Rehabbing blues

Got the re- re- re- re-

Rehabbing blues

Work hard all day

Just to get a door hung

Gotta tear it out the next day

Cuz the wall ain't plumb

Rehabbing blues....

Maybe in twenty years

My blues will be cured

My house will be as snazzy

As anything in the 'burbs

Rehabbing blues...

favorite places to eat in St. Louis

an imperfect and arbitrary list...

• Guido's (on the Hill)
• Saleem's (in the Loop)
• Gyro House (ditto)
• Thai Gai Yong Cafe (ditto, though unsure of the spelling)
• Venice Cafe (Benton Park)
• Chimichanga's (not quite So. Grand)
• Crown Candy (my neighborhood, the hood, Old North St. Louis)
• Chocolate Bar (Lafeyette Square. Technically, we go there for drinks, but when you can have a chocolate martini, who really needs dinner?!)
• McGurks (Soulard)
• Empress Express (downtown. Cheap Chinese at its best)
• Uncle Bills (So. City location. Diner/breakfast food with bona fide diner waitresses)
• Banh Mi Bobba Tea and Creperie, and also St. Louis Bubble Tea (tapioca balls in your slushie drink? Woof, yes. Plus the food and the atmosphere are top notch, assuming you like unique Asian experiences like loud TV's and lots of Chinese-speaking)

my cute kids

... at an interesting park in South City and at the Botanical Gardens with some amazing mosaic art...

Leftover biscuits and sausage gravy

With some cheesy eggs mixed in.

Oh, yeah.