i am

NOT going to turn my blog into a bitch fest. 

i just won't. 

but i really don't want to go to work tomorrow. you feel me? 

tomorrow's monday... the worst day of the week. thursdays are kinda bad too because they're a tease. but monday is DEfinitely the worst. 

the thing that makes my easy job hard- is my boss's mood swings and its tremendous effect on the way i feel about myself. ugh. she can be SO harsh on me. but to be honest, i need the money. i need to keep that job for as long as possible. the unemployment rate is like 9% (i heard it on npr) and i just need to be GLAD i have a job. 

if there is a job that pays $12/hr or more under the table, PLEASE LET ME KNOW! prostitution of any kind is not an option though.

anyhoo... i experienced a real chinese new year eve dinner at a real chinese home. thanks to clara. the way we dine are so different but i like both ways. my family eats a LOT more rice. we always have some kinda soup with our meal too. one thing we have in common: we cook way too much food. maybe on purpose. i tried almost everything at the table- even the pig feet. i've eaten it before the way koreans eat it- i think it's boiled, sliced and dipped in chili sauce. if you try hard not to think about the fact that it's pig's feet, they're not so bad. clara's dish was boiled but already marinated in some kind of soy sauce. it was good but i really couldn't finish it, which i felt very rude for. another difference: the WHOLE chicken was cooked, on a plate, at the table. and i mean- in one piece. the head, the claws, the whole works. i have NEVER ever seen a chicken like that ever. i was very scared. i am so accustomed to having everything cut off but the body and the legs. i'm not being rude, but it looked like a featherless chicken was sleeping on the plate. literally. 

i hope that wasn't offensive because her mother is a wonderful cook. she later chopped it up so it was easier to eat. 

*sigh*

work tomorrow.