Cheesecake and Homegrown Cynicism

So yesterday was $1.50 Cheesecake Day at The Cheesecake Factory, celebrating their 30th anniversary, I believe. First time ever at the restaurant (normal price of $7/slice turned me off) and it was absolutely delicious. The entrees were not memorable; I would've been better off at CPK. The cheesecake, however, made up for the uninspiring meal.

I ordered the Kahlua Cocoa Coffee Cheesecake--so good! Tasted like tiramisu, which is definitely great :) Still have some left in the fridge =d


















During lunch, my mom suddenly brought up the topic of marriage and began listing traits my future wife could not have. Among the several she mentioned, she said I shouldn't marry a non-Chinese Asian, African-American, or Hispanic woman; I forgot what she said about white girls. Not many choices, huh? Reminds me of what Shirley's parents told her about her future boyfriend. Quite traditional-minded, even in this day and age...

The second bit of life wisdom my mom imparted to me was to never trust salespeople. All this talk about how they suggest you put the car through unneeded maintenance and don't give a rat's ass about you if there's no commission incentive involved. I realize that a lot of what she says is true; we're all a little too capitalistic for our own good. But it's kind of disturbing that she pushes such distrust as the appropriate way of life. I guess you have to be a little cynical in life to get by.

In other news, the Nikon D700 was released yesterday. Nikon continues to tempt me with their almost-perfect marvels... Canon, when are you going to come out and trump them again??





















Oh, and John McCain should be ashamed of himself for running an ad that attempts (read: fails) to equate Barack Obama with Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. I think someone's getting a little desperate now, don't you think?

Take a look for yourself.




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