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Has it really been a month since I’ve posted a new fruit?!
Brought to you by Kingsburg Orchards in California, I present to you the Black Velvet Apricot! The fuzzy skin is nearly black, some sort of beautiful midnight purple. Some are more red, though. The size is like a plum.
Just one bite into this, and I went whoa! I had to process the fact that the flavor of the skin totally surprised my taste buds with a tantalizing and tangy flavor. The juice of the bright, yellow inside came flushing out all over my hand. The yellow is a neat contrast with the dark purple skin, so it’s actually a really beautiful work of fruit art!
Apparently, the Black Velvet is an “aprium,” a cross of 75% apricot and 25% plum. This makes sense because of how yellow it is inside and how only the skin represents the plum. The apricot inside definitely mellows out the tangy skin.
Although the taste was surprising, sweet, tangy, and juicy all in one, I really wanted to abandon the rest after just a few bites. It was just so tangy! You know how just a few bites of dark chocolate is satisfying? The same goes for this. Would I eat it every day? Probably not. This is to be considered a rare, special treat.
Tantalizing is totally the right description for this fruit! Have you tried this?
WARNING: Addictive game! Take caution! Have lots of caffeine ready in the morning.
Plants vs. Zombies for the iPhone is an awesome game. Let me repeat that – AWESOME GAME! This is coming from someone who doesn’t really play computer games, let alone even play a lot of games on the iPhone. I grew up playing Super Mario Brothers, Duck Hunt, and Zelda. Those are the only games I really cared for. On the iPhone, the only games I’ve been really playing are Chess with Friends and Words with Friends.
The other day, while surfing the App Store, I saw that Plants vs. Zombie’s had a rating of almost five stars, and that’s HUGE on an iPhone app. Most decent, good apps are rated 3 or 3.5. So, FIVE got my attention! Tested it out on someone else’s iPhone and I was HOOKED. Expensive at $2.99 instead of the typical 99 cent games, but worth it! On a side note, I just read that the developer made a million dollars in just nine days after the launch of this game.
There’s a lot of funny, irreverent humor here. There are zombies that totally dance in the spotlight (think Dancing with the Zombie Stars!), football players, ice machine driver, and pole vaulting zombies. And Dave, you cannot forget Dave, the narrator of the game and who sells you items to defeat the zombies, is a silly redneck or something like that. You throw peas at the zombies, cherry bombs, squashes that smash, mushrooms that shoot, and so on. What a great vegetable intake! Also a great Vitamin-D intake with all those sun rays for power to get those zombies!
When a wave of zombies come, that’s when my adrenaline rushes and I’m shooting out peas!
Ok, I’m off to Zombieland to sleep! Or not… after all, I am in the middle of a game.
I’m still on a fruit adventure. Who wants to tango in Argentina?!
Guess where this Tango pear is from? Riiiight, Argentina!
Mmm. Delicious! Juicy! So soft! The exact opposite of an apple. I was shocked at how much water was inside the pear. My mouth felt so hydrated. Heck, there was a tango dance going on in my mouth!
Seriously though, who knew pears were good? I was always so apprehensive about pears because they always looked so dirty and bruised up. But now let’s just say they have character!
Tango pears are definitely going in my shopping cart again. Do you have a certain favorite pear?
This big baby got my attention at Whole Foods. Look how big it is! It’s bigger than my head! And it’s from the Caribbean! How cool is that? Sounded like the perfect exotic fruit to my scandalous, risky fruit adventure!
Because the papaya wasn’t ripe yet, I stuck it in a bag to ripen up a bit. Yesterday it was finally ready to be devoured! So, I grabbed a knife and started getting busy.
I was surprised at how easily a knife sliced right through without any difficulty considering how big and hard it was. Once it sliced into half, I got a whiff of the smell, and it was…
NASTY. Immediately, I wanted to puke. Ugh. That didn’t stop me, though. My spoon went straight at the papaya to scrape out the buttload of seeds.
Then, I took a bite. OMG. I gagged and spit it all out into the sink. I thought that maybe papayas were an acquired taste, so I took a few more bites, but each bite ended up in the sink! No way in hell was I going to eat the rest of the papaya. It was absolutely disgusting. As my friend Kuulei, who actually lives in Hawaii, put it ever so eloquently, “It tastes like moldy fruit!” Yes, exactly! She did suggest I try the smaller types of Papayas. I didn’t see any other types of papayas here, but if I do, I’ll take up on her suggestion. Another friend, Orkid, also suggested I try it with lemon. Unfortunately, the papaya was already in the trash, so I couldn’t try that.
My excitement over big papayas has officially come to an end. I highly doubt these big babies will ever go into my shopping cart again.
Internet, my legs are shaking. It’s not because I’m scared shitless about something, but because Wii Fit wore me out!
The makers of Wii Fit must really value privacy:
The first thing Wii Fit made me do was test my balance, BMI, weight, and calculate a “Wii Age.” At first, the Wii Fit weighed me at a nice 13 pounds lighter than I really am. I knew something had to be wrong. Nice try, Wii Fit, trying to flatter me already! It turned out that the extensions have to be attached on the underside of the Wii Fit balance board. After attaching the extensions, Wii Fit weighed me at my accurate weight – dammit. I had hope there, just for a second!
What’s hilarious is the fact that when the Wii Fit weighed me 13 pounds lighter, my Wii Fit age was 31. 
After the weight corrected to the heavier side, my Wii Fit age turned out to be 25!! 
Being chubbier brings on youth!? I swear that thing is on crack. How dare the Wii Fit try to convince me that gaining more weight brings on younger age? I ain’t falling for that crap. I’ve only spent about 15 minutes on it, and I’m already wincing going up the stairs or trying to squat to sit on the toilet! Sure, I totally feel 25, baby.
Anyway, your Wii Fit age is supposed to change as time goes on, when more exercises are completed. Personally, I think the Wii Fit age is useless, but the weight, BMI, balance test, and so forth are fun to keep track of. And hell, if your legs are shakin’ and hurtin’ like mine do right now, you’re definitely getting a work out, regardless of whatever your Wii Fit age is.
One of the things I love about Wii Fit so far is the reward system. Credits are accumulated for each minute of exercise. After a certain amount of credits, a new game unlocks. For me, this keeps things a bit fun. I never know what the Wii Fit is going to surprise me with.
Another thing I love is how the personal trainer actually encourages me. “Good job, Sazzy!” “You have great posture!” “You did well!” Too bad the trainer isn’t a real life dude, because, dude, he’s pretty hot for a Wii character. You can pick a female trainer, if you’d like, though.
It’s fun to see other Miis from my household and friends in the Wii Fit games with me. For example, in the hula hoop exercise, Shah and Jeff are throwing me the hoops. Or Erick is kicking me a shoe in the soccer exercise. Wii Fit would be even cooler if it had the ability to connect with other Wii Fit users.
The only thing I don’t like about Wii Fit so far is how the trainer uses the same hand gesture often when he’s talking. It makes me want to cut his arm off, or at least teach him some new gestures. Jeff has declared that he doesn’t notice the gestures because he’s too busy looking at the female trainer’s boobs.
All I’ve done so far is the hula hoop (KILLS YOUR THIGHS!), ski jump, skiing (KILLS YOUR LEGS, MAN!), a little bit of yoga training, and the lunges. More to come! Watch out Wii Fit, I’ll be 19 in no time!
(Madonna pic isn’t mine. No idea who it belongs to.)
Get this – I have boobs! When the Wii Fit asked me my height, my Mii turned sideways. OH. MY. GOD. I saw boobs, pointy ones mini-Madonna style! All this time I’ve been playing different games on the Wii, I have never ever noticed boobs on my character. Just look at that! Pointy boobs! Isn’t it incredible? Yes, I’m a woooooman. W-O-M-A-N!
All in all, Wii Fit is a good investment if you hate to walk just a measly 50 steps to the gym across the street.
I was supposed to head down to Washington DC for the Earth Day on the National Mall to check out a variety of exhibits and live music. But, plans changed. It was pouring and thundering so hard this morning that I had to make sure it wasn’t Jeff snoring. Jeff said that the Earth messed up Earth Day. So true – Earth decided to poop on its own event. So, I took the opportunity this morning to finally watch my rental DVD: The New Kids on the Block Greatest Hits. Go ahead – laugh all you want, but THEY ARE BACK with their charming sugary sweet smiles and all!
For all you blockheads out there, have you seen the old videos lately? As much as I loved reliving my youth by watching the NKOTB videos, I had to laugh out loud at some scenes. First, the way they dressed just cracked me up. Jordan Knight was actually in overalls in the “Step by Step” video. Did he really hail from Boston? He looked like he hailed from one of those farms in Pennsylvania. Moments later, I realized, oh right, that was the STYLE back then. I admit I was one of those poor saps who fell for the overalls fad. Here’s evidence.
Danny Wood’s leopard jacket was to die for though. I’d wear his leopard jacket any day, any time.
Second, their dancing really made me go all, “God, I loved those guys?! What the hell was I thinking?” In “The Right Stuff,” towards the end, their choreographed moves made me think of ducks wading forward in a lake. Ah, who cares? They were the shit!
Finally, I noticed that cleavage and skin were absent from the NKOTB videos! Nowadays, most music videos reveal cleavage or butt cheeks, as if it was illegal to NOT show any. Is global warming to blame?
Global warming is clearly evident in Mariah Carey’s videos. In Dreamlover (1993), Mariah sports a plaid shirt that pretty much covers all of her boobs and mid-rise jean shorts. Today, in her new, hilarious video “Touch my Body,” she’s sporting lingerie that exposes half of her boobs to seduce a geek. I swear, I if she leaned over just a little more, her boobs would have fallen out, Janet Jackson style.
Is the next style nudity?
I’m still reeling in shock and sadness from The Mist (by Stephen King). Definitely watch this movie on a rainy day. Better yet, during a thunderstorm to get a real good horror effect. The movie is about a mist that engulfs a small town in Maine. Within the mist are horrible creatures that kill. I don’t want to give out too much information, because I really do recommend everyone see The Mist. Why? Because there’s a serious moral of the movie: never, ever give up.
Warning: Just like any other Stephen King movie, this is a long one. So take an intermission in the middle to check your emails, pee, look out the window to make sure there is no mist creeping to you, or whatnot.
Anyone seen the Planet Earth series? I’ve only seen the first disc so far, and boy, I’ve learned a lot. The last time I learned that much in such a short time span was in college back in the early 2000’s.
Many animals were shown in the episode, and if you know me well, I wasn’t exposed to animals much growing up. Here’s an excerpt of a “spazz” conversation between me and the man during the film.
TV: *shows a giraffe taking care of business.*
Me: “Ooh, a kangaroo!”
Jeff: *looks at Sarah like, is she ok?*
Me: Oh no no, now that’s a kangaroo! *looks at baboons on TV* No, those are too small to be kangaroos.
Jeff: *Seriously starting to wonder if he should put me in a mental institution.*
Me: Oh duh that was a baboon? Where are the freaking kangaroos!?
Jeff: *rolls eyes*
Me: Aww that fawn is so cute!! I wanna pet it.
Jeff: No, that’s a kangaroo.
Me: STFU!
Ok… so I’m an idiot. No kangaroos were shown at all in disc one, but I still highly recommend you to see Planet Earth. There’s so much we can learn about this big planet. For example, did you know that penguins suffer negative 70 degrees (c) during 4 months of darkness? If you did, good for you, you’re a smart cookie. I didn’t know that, so no cookies for me. Also did you know that the jungle in the tropics supports 50% of Earth’s animals? I didn’t, because I think a bug in my bedroom covers pretty much 100% and freaks me out.
Fair warning, though: death in the wild is not sugar-coated in the film. Perhaps this is why Planet Earth was so good, because it shows the truth that we do not see everyday. I can’t wait to see the rest of Planet Earth series. I just hope I see a kangaroo, SOON, dammit!
It is that time of the year again – Christmas shopping. I go straight to Amazon, because it has almost everything you can buy! Right on the front page, there’s this weird device called the Kindle. Apparently, the Kindle is a wireless reading device that the Amazon team came up with. I have no idea how the name was derived, so don’t ask me about the name. Honestly, I keep erroneously calling it the Kringle. It really just sounds like a Christmas ornament. Or some lame 80’s device.
Actually, in my opinion, it does look like a bulky 80’s device. Afraid I somehow fell into a time vessel, I had to make sure I was still in 2007. Yes, indeed it is 2007. Clearly Steve Jobs did not assist with the Kringle, oops I mean Kindle. The designs on many wireless things nowadays is mind-blowing for us, who grew up watching technology go from big and bulky to small and sleek. Sony makes their own e-readers and it is one thousand times better looking than the Kindle. Amazon, call Steve Jobs. Stat.
After looking into the curious screaming 80’s device, I came up with a list of cons:
-You cannot view PDF files on the Kindle. This is nuts because most of our documents are PDF’s.
-Because of Digital Rights Management (DRM), you cannot “lend” a book you downloaded on your Kindle by transferring to someone else’s Kindle. You would have to actually give someone your Kindle to read your book. In other words, you’re extremely limited to do what you want with what you paid for! You cannot resell it, either.
-Hard on the eyes? I don’t know about you, but when I look at a computer screen or my sidekick for a long period of time, I get a bit cross-eyed and then I start to look like Jim Carrey.
-The Kindle is odorless. Where is the musty paper smell that you find from paper books? I don’t desire a replacement for those paperbacks I can cuddle up in bed and fall asleep with. Under no circumstances do I want to fall asleep with a weird technology device for fear the radiation would seep through into my guts.
Okay, enough cons!! Now let’s move onto the pros:
-Saves paper
-*thinks…* Um. Help?
Kringle Claus, please don’t bring me the Kindle for Christmas. Unless I’ve been naughty.
