So one day we were all playing basketball, and after basketball we (as in me, Andrew, Jemmy) planned on getting dinner somewhere epic. Epic is defined by being far apparently. We ended up going to Pink's in Los Angeles since Andrew really wanted to try it. I've been there before and despite how every says it's so overrated, I actually really like it. But we played like 2 hours of basketball, so I was pretty much starving. And since I actually gave Dong a ride, Dong just came along for dinner too.
Jemmy and Dong manned down. They both got one hot dog and one order of fries. I was seriously starving, I don't know about Andrew. Andrew ended up getting two hot dogs which totaled out to 18 inches of hot dog. I decided to go big because I definitely wasn't going home, I ordered two hot dogs which totaled up to 21 inches.
I'm not sure if it was Pink's or if it was the fact that I was eating so quickly since I was starving, but that very night my stomach hurt pretty badly. No, I didn't have diarrhea. But my stomach did hurt pretty badly that night and the next day.
But enough of that.
So I got a crockpot. For those that don't know what a crockpot is, a crockpot looks like this.
Dude. This brilliant piece of kitchenware. I've seriously fallen in love with my crockpot. I've been following recipes I've been following online since I'm too scared to experiment and mess up because I'd have to eat it. But I'd love to just screw around and throw a whole bunch of things into my crockpot and see what happens. The main problem is that my crockpot is tiny, it was the only one that they had at my local Ralph's and I wasn't down to venture out any further because I was too lazy. But I got this crockpot last Friday and I used it that very day, I made some chicken thing with potatoes and onions. I don't have many vegetables that are suitable for the crockpot, I need to get some carrots and celery and stuff. But last Friday I used 5 chicken drumsticks, 6 potatoes, and 2 onions in the tiny crockpot. I had to cut most of the chicken off the drumstick and stuff it in there, and at first I couldn't even fit 2 onions in there so I waited till most of it softened so I could squeeze another onion in there. I ate it all by myself and got a stomachache after since I ate too much. I didn't even have an opportunity to take a picture of it since I just ate it all.
So today I was planning on making a pork crockpot of some sort, and I looked up a recipe that seemed simple enough. If you want the recipe, I followed this one here. It called to cook the meat for 10 hours, so I started cooking around 9:30 AM in preparation for my dinner. It was actually really easy and somehow it tasted like something my mom made, but just a little worse. I realize it might not look appetizing, but I sent it to Tina and she actually asked me for the recipe. That's never happened before, she usually just replies "lol" or something irrelevant to my cooking.
Oh, I have a really funny story. Well it wasn't funny at the time, but looking back I guess I made a pretty dumb mistake. So I was following recipes for some Mediterranean chicken, and I was planning on seasoning it and then baking it. So the chicken called for 3 teaspoons? or tablespoons? of garlic POWDER, but I wasn't paying attention to it since I was skimming it and substituted the garlic POWDER for garlic SALT. And after that, I still added salt to it. So you can only imagine how the meal turned out.
If you can't imagine what it tasted like, I'll tell you that it was seriously the saltiest meal I've ever had. To add insult to injury, I made the same mistake on the stupid potatoes. So I was drinking a lot of water and eating a lot of rice in an attempt to neutralize the salt. Didn't really work though.
So yesterday was World of Dance 2011 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. And so my Jabbawockeez friend, Mark, hit me up and asked me if I was available to help out at the Jabbawockeez booth. I didn't really have anything planned that day so I accepted his invitation. The day ended up with me exploring parts of L.A. searching for equipment and taking some interesting pictures along the way. I'll let my pictures speak for themselves.
It was an interesting Saturday and Do Knock from Super Crew was there. This picture is a pretty old picture, it was taken in summer. But Do Knock is the guy in the middle with the hat, and he came and chilled at the Jabbawockeez booth throughout the day since Super Crew actually collaborates with the Jabbaowockeez in their show in Vegas. If you ever get the chance to watch the show, Super Crew's the one that does all the flips and breaking so that's how you get a general idea who's actually behind the mask. Also, Rainen's the one that always does the headspins.
So Nick Ngo of The Bangerz was also hanging out at the Jabbawockeez booth with Mark and me. If you're not familiar with who The Bangerz are, The Bangerz basically mix all the music that the Jabbawockeez dance to in their show. But Nick looks like this -
So it's not like Saturday was a boring day at all. It was pretty tiring since Mark and I were there from 11AM-11PM. Duane, the Jabbawockeez product manager was also there manning the booth, so there was plenty of company around us.
This was a pretty long entry considering how behind I am in reading. I can't believe I'm so behind, and it's only Week 1. Well, Week 2 now.
-Wilson
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