A chat on FaceBook between Franklin and I.

Franklin

You still there Doan?

1:08amMe

yeah, just blogging

have you checked out my blog yet

I’m like 2 months behind and trying to catch up

1:15amFranklin

So where can I check out your blogs at Doan?

1:16amMe

doanchung.com

1:16amFranklin

I’ll be sure to check it out:).

1:17amMe

you should, but it is kinda boring, just a way for family and close friends to see what’s going on with my life

1:17amFranklin

Cool. Thanks for the info. Anyway, before I let you go for the night, would you mind if I say a prayer for you right here right now?

1:18amMe

sure,

lets get our pray on

1:21amFranklin

Dear Lord, Thank you for this day and for another opportunity to do Your will. Thank you also for reuniting me with Your daughter/my sister and really good friend in Christ, Doan, after over 15 years. Continue to watch over and bless Doan in all that she does in life both professionally and personally. May she be continue to be blessed with a long, happy, and healthy marriage. May Doan and I be able to reunite in person one day. But most of all, may Doan always know how much her family and friends love her and care about her. I ask all this in Jesus’ name, Amen.

1:22amMe

that was really sweet,

thanks because i really do love my family and friends and miss them dearly, hope God got the message

1:23amFranklin

You’re welcome my lovely friend:). And believe me when I say God is ALWAYS listening:).

That’s right, pray for me bitches, because I can use all the help I can get. By the way, if your reading, thanks Frankin. Your super sweet!

Check, check, check. That’s right today is a productive “things to do in Austin” check list day. Don’t you just love it when your being productive and having fun all at the same time? We started the day off with brunch at Chez Zee. The name is kinda awkward for me, but they are known for their decadent desserts and we all know I’m one to whore my mouth out to all things desserts. I first discovered Chez Zee at the San Marcos Bridal Extravaganza. The cake they had there was orgasmic. It was like multiply love explosions in my mouth. When I went back for seconds I left with a handful of third, fourth and fifths in my hand and I was smart enough to take a business card with me. Well, it’s been what, like 4 long months now and today is the day Chez Zee and I reunite and I couldn’t be more pumped.

And that is how you do breakfast kids. At least that’s how before you have kids so that you don’t create any bad habits for the kiddos. Crappers, it’s not as amazing as I had remembered. What happened Chez Zee? Oh well, I guess we weren’t meant to be. I’m sure it’s for the best, besides, we’re moving to Dallas anyhow. Yes, you heard me right. We are moving. There’s been talk of Ray and I moving to Dallas and the rumors are true. The last day of August is the last time we declare our residency in Austin. I mean, if you want to know the truth, I think Austin is over-rated. There I said it. I’ve been holding back for awhile because I don’t want to offend anyone, but seriously, who reads my blog anyway. Maybe some random Austinite might one day accidentily stumble upon my blog, and perhaps find me offensive, but really, why hold back for peeps I don’t know. Besides, my friend Shane would have wanted it this way. He appreciates opinionated Doe. Well now you know why we’ve been working so hard at checking things off our Austin list. Not really sure if I would consider Chez Zee on that list, but lets just say it was so we can move the hell on.

After Chez Zee we headed to 360 Bridge Overlook.

photo by Treyerice

Photos like this make be want to renounce any negative claims I made about Austin. Wow, what an amazing photo I wish I had taken. I actually found the photo on Flickr from a gentleman named Treyerice. Here, check out his Austin set. I’m gonna have to buy some of his stuff. Well, 360 Bridge Overlook was definitely on our list. Just a short hike up this hill,

And you get this great view of Lake Austin.

Treyerice’s photo explains it prettier. Man I really need to get my wide angle lens.

photo by Treyerice

In my defense it was a gloomy day folks. Here’s Ray taking a photo with his iPhone so he can Tweet about it.

If you didn’t know, I’m also a photo whore.

Us, being stupid cute.

Ray enjoying the view.

After taking in our marvalous view we kept right on trekking up the path.

Until we were over it and decided to go canoeing instead.

Which also happens to be on our list. Boy, we’re just on a roll today.

Actuality canoeing had already been checked off the list a long time ago. We went shortly after we got married with my friend Becky and some of her friends and their friends that live here in Austin. I don’t even remember what they look like. Guess I should have taken a photo.

Well I remember it being super fun which is why I wanted to go again before we moved. But today was kind of a drag. My husband’s not really built for the outdoors and apparently I’m not so coordinated at rowing and those two factors makes for a lousy time and grumpy husband. Sucks because I really was looking forward to this. I guess the key is to come with a group of friends next time.

So many turtles.

Another day at the office for Ray.

Finally on our way back.

We went home and got ready for The Republic Of Texas Biker Rally (ROT Biker Rally). The ROT Rally is the Biggest Motorcycle Rally in Texas. There were more than 60,000 participants last year so we can only imagine what it will be like this year. Ray and I didn’t go last year, but we’re definitely going this year. Any event that brings in retarded amounts of people to Austin gets a free pass right to my Austin Bucket List as far as I’m concerned.

Hello ROT Rally!

I use to think that the ROT Rally stood for Riders of Texas, which makes more sense to me because there’s every imaginable kind of motorcycle here.

ROT RALLY

How funny, SXSW was like in March. Looks like someone is trying to save money on banners. Hum, they much be Chinese.

SXSW Sign For ROT Rally

Alright, so I know it’s silly but the way I gauge a bike is by the comfort of the back seat. I’m pretty sure it’s because I know if I ever get to ride a bike like this it will have to be in the back seat so I want me a comfy one.

Comfy Back Seat Bike, I Likey

Soon enough hunger declared it’s victory on us and we had no choice but to surrender at The Jackalope. At the time we actually considered ourselves fortunate to have found a table and one right by the window even

The Jackalope

We should have known it was too good to be true because The Jackalope sucks sweaty chode. And yes, I just said chode. Service was crap. The place wasn’t that big and there was like 6 servers. Seriously, I could run circles around them. The chips were stale. We got our food 45 minutes after we had ordered and it was awful. So when the table next to us got sat Ray goes, “we should warn them.” And I go, “do it, I wish someone would had for us.” So he does, and they get up and leave, buy some pizza right outside, walks to the window and thanks us. Man, their pizza looked so darn satisfying compared to our crappy plates and the worst part is they probably paid no more than 5 bucks while we’re stuck with a 50 dollar bill.

Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention, Kris was with us too.

Kris Semmler

More comfy back seat bikes.

Comfy Back Seat Bikes

Comfy Back Seat Bikes

This chick was just a hot mess.

Hot Mess Chick

Lots of people out tonight.

Crowded Night

Cute couple.

Cutest Couple Ever

Bikes everywhere!

ROT Rally

Even bikes with training wheels. Some broad was whoring out her son for tips. I took a photo and left no tip. Here’s my tip, get a fucking job you dumb cunt.

No Tip For You!

No really, by the time Ray told me I was suppose to tip them I had already walked away.  Look one kid is totally working it while the other is totally mortified. I bet he’s thinking, God please don’t let me run into anyone from school. Poor kid. Now I feel bad for not tipping.

State Capital and more bikes.

State Capital

Well that’s it folks. I’m so ready to go home. I gotta say, today was a good day.

Today we’re at Darwin’s Pub checking out the band Pistol Whippin Ike, from Dallas.

What a festive day! I love SXSW.

My Sancho looks smoking hot today.

Don’t forget to tip bitches.

Pistol Whippin Ike doing their thing on stage. I enjoyed them very much.

After our music fix we headed down to South Congress where we ordered me my sexy new black boots from Allen’s Boots. They get here in 7-10 days. It’s going to be a long week. Afterwords we went to South Congress Cafe to celebrate. Man, I really dig this place. It’s cute and trendy, the foods great and best of all they have this killer frozen black berry mojito.

Brie cheese with jalapeno jelly. It was crackalacking.

Ray got duck and get this, he actually liked the veggies more than the duck. I don’t know if that means the duck sucks or if the veggies are just that freaking amazing but whatever makes my baby eats his veggies is a winner in my book.

And I got a salad and it was divine. Ray even said, “if you made salads like this I would eat them all the time.”

Can anyone say “happy hour?”

I stumbled upon the most peculiar thing today, a protein powder that actually fills up the whole container. Huh, imagine that?

I know, I didn’t think anyone would believe me so I took it upon myself to take some photos for proof.

There’s a new cup cakery in Round Rock called Be My Cup Cake. I’m a fan and strong supporter of all things dessert, especially cup cakes. What a great in invention.

This place is more like grandma’s bake shop, as a matter of fact, I think I spotted someones grandma back there baking away.

They were no bigger than the cup cakes you would make at home and because of that I thought they we’re overpriced, but still really tasty.

I mean seriously, who brings a camera along while jogging? Asians do that’s who. And I’m full bread bitch. Odds are I’m probably taking a photo right now.

But really, our neighborhood is right across the street from Old Settlers Park. It’s a really charming park packed with tons of baseball fields, a disc golf course, a sweet pond loaded with ducks and fish and a really nice trail, perfect for jogging or walking. If you come out early enough you can catch sun rise here. Back when I use to jog like 13 miles a day I got a chance to see it. It’s pretty stunning.

This is what I woke up to, snow in Texas. Crazy! I mean does it ever snow in Texas? I’m serious, because I’m from California and I use to go snow boarding like every year so snow is not that big of a deal for me. However, I haven’t seen much of it since, well, since I moved out of California and over to sunny, beautiful Hawaii. I’ve been living in Texas for just about 2 years now and I’ve never seen it snow like this. This is crazy sauce.

Ha look at Kola, he’s so not feeling it. He’s like, “fuck this shit, I’ve already done my business out here now get me the fuck in.”

Here’s a video of Ray and I heading to Austin to meet up with our good friends Cosmo & Suzi.

After Cosmo and Ray finished up with their meeting we had lunch at Jason’s Deli. I really like Cosmo and Suzi. They’re just good wholesome people. Definitely a breath of fresh air.

Spotted a little snow man on someone’s car on the way back to Catz.

Keep it a secret. LOL what a funny billboard. You can find these all over Dallas these days. Love it.

And to think his whole time I’ve been using it out of context. Jesus Christ! Only in Texas. But seriously, this kind of shit is so fucking irritating. I’m not saying that I don’t believe in God but my God is probably very different from your God and you don’t see me throwing her in your face. I just think it’s sad, and annoying when I see people eat, live and shit God. I’m not saying that their God doesn’t exist, I’m just saying that if he did I’m pretty sure he would want you to get a life and not be so consumed with him. Besides if he did, how vain would he be?

What I don’t get is how the hell did she knew there was a secret compartment up there in the first place. Totally gave me goose bumps. Weird and so creepy.

Every once in a while when Ray and I are strolling through a market and we spot something weird or interesting we like to give it a try, you know for experimental purposes. Today at Central Market we decided to give cucumber soda a whirl. And the verdict . . . yuck! It tastes exactly like carbonated cucumber water, go figure. We were expecting it to be sweet being soda and all but it wasn’t. I suggest this to anyone who likes to drink club soda or tonic water.

After our cucumber soda experiment we headed out for some food. Today Ray picked and he chose P. Terry’s Burgers. Yes folks, another burger joint. We’ve never been here before but we have been meaning to try it out. The good thing about going to all these burger joints is that we never have to go again because testing them out kills the curiosity. I was pleasantly pleased to find a vegan burger on the menu because I was only planning on just getting fries and a shake. The vegan burger was delightful. If I ever eat another vegan burger again I wouldn’t be disappointed if it tasted like this. The shake on the other hand was a bummer. I got strawberry flavor and it didn’t taste any better than a shake from McDonald’s or Burger King. It tasted like sugary sweet condensed strawberry syrup flavoring added to vanilla. I would have liked to have seen some real strawberries chunks or maybe made with strawberry ice cream. Also, not a fan of the fries either, flimsy and greasy.

Of course Ray got his burger and was said it was mediocre. No wow factor and kinda wimpy. I think we just held high expectations because every time we drive by a P. Terry’s there’s a ridiculous crowd outside. Well the prices we’re affordable and that’s a good thing in this economy.

Well there you have it. Try it for yourself and tell me what you think.

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So today was another one of those driving around town because we’re bored days. Every time we drive through Austin it seems as though we find a new place to add to our mental list of places we need to check out one day. Sandy’s was among that list and, well what better day than today to check it off? Ray is a hamburger whore. I know sounds kinda gross and that because it is. Is it weird that never in my whole entire existence have I ever craved a burger and I end up marrying the whore of all burgers. And me, I’m known throughout the land as a sugar whore. All sugary goodness shall serve it’s purpose and be consumed in my kingdom and ice cream is a top priority on that list. So whenever there’s the word, “hamburger” in the title of a business, or “sandwich” for that matter Ray jots it down on that list and every time I see a cute little bakery or creamery it gets jot down on my list. Sandy’s Hamburger’s was actually among both our list because not only does it clearly state the word, “hamburger” in it’s name but it also has this huge soft serve figurine in the front to lure in innocent civilians such as myself.

As you can see today for lunch I had me a chocolate dipped vanilla soft serve and it was, um . . .  messy. Seconds after the lady behind the counter handed it to me it magically turned into a hot mess. Yes, the soft serve was a tasty treat but if your gonna have a giant soft serve statue figurine out front I’m gonna expect something to knock me off my feet and this unfortunately this did not do that for me. Also, the service sucks balls. The lady that took my order had just about as much emotion as a dead fish and spoke just about as much English. Ray ordered a burger, fries and drink, all ala carte and after we ordered did we realize that there was a big sign to our left that had everything he’d just ordered as a meal deal on special for something like $3.95. So instead of looking out by informing us of the meal deal the bitch at the counter would rather stick it to us. Yep, that’s a surefire way to ensure we patron this place again. Ah, who am I kidding, we’ll probably be back, bad service and all, we’re a bunch of suckers. Anyhow, fries were delightful but sparse and the burger patty was kinda skinny. When I use to eat burgers I would prefer my burger patty, thin so I probably would have enjoyed it. Ray says it was mediocre burger. Not a lot of great qualities but not a lot of bad ones too. I do want to add though that everything was hot and fresh, just the way every meal should come out, unless it’s ice cream of course.

Everyone has that one thing that they just can’t live without and ice cream is indubitably among my list, that and my wonderful husband. Today Ray and I took a stroll through Sprouts because well, it just opened and I love grocery shopping. Ray hates grocery shopping but he loves me and loves making me happy. A year ago today we were in New York and that is when I decided to stop eating meat. I would love to go completely vegan but the thought of not being able to have ice cream sends tremors up my spine. In my head I know it contradicts my morals and ethics but this is how I justify it, eating meat is murder but eating ice cream is rape. I could live with rape. Yes, it’s still wrong, but I could still look at myself in the mirror and go to bed at night. Anyhow, A gripe I’ve always had was that grocery stores never have enough vegan ice cream but today while scoping out the scene at Sprouts I uncovered a whole plethora of vegan ice cream. It was so hard to decide but in the end I picked Coconut Bliss Cherry Amaretto and Ray got Tempt Mint Chip made from hemp milk.

I hate writing this but Coconut Bliss wasn’t all that blissful and Tempt wasn’t all that tempting. I really wanted to love it, I really did. I’m not saying I hated it but had I loved it it wouldn’t have lasted 1 night in my home. I’m pretty sure both lasted about 5 days. Coconut milk is just so strong and rich that it just over powered the ice cream with it’s heavy, creamy, richness and the hemp milk gave the mint chip a floral, slight bitter flavor. Nonetheless we finished them both but in the end I couldn’t help but wonder, maybe this is what they mean by, “pleasure spiked with pain,” I’m sorry poor little cows, I’m sorry we have to rape your sore boobies for milk, but I promise, it’s for a good cause.

So as you probably already know I love to eat, and blog about what I’ve been shoveling into my face. I know I’ve written about Freddy’s Frozen Custard before. I’m a sucker for sweet treats and they had me at custard. Not that I’m a huge fan of custard, but hey, they definitely have my attention. Ray’s a burger whore and last time he didn’t get to test out Freddy’s burgers and since I don’t feel like cooking we decided to give it a shot today.

The fries we nicely fried, golden, crisp, and hot but for me they we’re too skinny. I said it before and I’ll say it again, I like me some meaty fries. Ray wasn’t too crazy about the burger. He said the meat was flat, like someone had stomped it flat before throwing it on the grill. However, the custard soft serve is definitely growing on me. If we happen to make it back to Freddy’s it will more likely be for the custard and not the burger and fries.

Tonight we cashed in Ray’s free burger from TGIF. TGIF was doing this thing where if you request some guy as a friend on FaceBook and if he gets more than a million friends, then all the friends would get a free burger. Well they had Ray at burger. Yes, my husband  will be your friend if you give him a free burger.

So ACL (Austin City Limits) is in town. One of the things that had enticed us to move to Austin was ACL and I’m so mad that it’s here now and we’re not going. Uggghhh! We at least did a drive by.

Ever since I was a little girl and I knew wanted to learn how to sew one of the first things I wanted to make was an apron. I wasn’t as fascinated with food back then as I am now but I still want to learn how to sew and I still want my damn apron. I took a sewing class as Joann’s earlier this year and I still can’t believe I still don’t have a stupid sewing machine. Anyhow, I found a photo of this super cute apron in a magazine. Super girlie and totally adorable. I just love the nostalgic almost vintage vibe you get from them. Nobody wears them while cooking anymore, not the pretty ones anyway, which is why I still want to sew one up, eventually.

Wicked Insect from Doan Chung on Vimeo.

This would make an awesome family bus. Oh the crazy road trips we would go on. I could just see it now.

Ray and I have been working out at this place called Catz, a hardcore training facility geared toward athletes.  It’s been really great because not only have we been getting great workouts but we also met some awesome friends in the process. All the trainers here are super talented and not to mention cool as fuck. Our friend Cosmo and Suzi founders and owner of Hyper Wear created this weight vest. Unlike other vests, it’s not bulky or ulgy, which is the reasons why I have never even considered wearing one before. They also created this sand bell that I’m holding up in the photo, (It was my first sand bell fill so I had to document it). We use them in almost every work out and they have been selling out like hot cakes to random schools and such. Ray’s been involved by redesigning their site. Check it out and while your there buy a vest.

Huh, this is something you don’t see everyday.

Dude this totally reminds me of the time when our good friend and roommate, Shane started this huge ring around the rosie fest. First it was just like 5 of us and then we did it again and more people joined and then again and more people and finally there was like 30 adults, probaly very drunk, at the park, after a concert doing ring around the rosie. At the time it seemed like a retarted idea, but in the end it was the perfect ending to our night. Kudos to the ones that make it happen.

Astronaut Ice Cream

Normally you couldn’t get me to pay 1.99 for one ice cream sandwich, but this isn’t any ordinary ice cream sandwich, this is astronaut ice cream, the stuff they eat in space . . . NOT.  Actually my friend Marco’s works for NASA and he said this stuff never made it to the moon. Well it might not have made it to the moon but rest assure it will make it to the cavernous abyss of my mouth, where it will get swallowed up never to be seen again. I promise you that.

Astronaut Ice Cream

I couldn’t wait to get home and sample this foreign object. I examined it first. It was hard, not hard like I could use it as brass knuckles and beat you with it because it was super light, like hard styrofoam.  It’s not something I would crave on a hot summer’s day but if it were lying around the house and I happen to be walking by I would definitely pick it up as a quick snack out of mere boredom. You know, this would be the perfect dessert food to bring along while camping.

Here’s Ray’s analysis of it.

Astronaut Ice Cream from Doan Chung on Vimeo.

There you have it, Astronaut ice cream. Go out and try it for yourself.

Dreyer's Maxx

Sorry Jackie Dreyer’s beat you to it but I have no doubt Loaded will be way better.

Culver's

I’m not really what you call a burger and fries kind of gal but I do enjoy more than my fair share of desserts. It was our first time here and we’ve come to the conclusion that it’s all just mediocre food and that’s me being nice. In my opinion there’s just too much good stuff going on in Austin to have mediocre food in my belly.

Culvers from Doan Chung on Vimeo.

Culver's

Maki Sushi

Today Ray and I went to Maki Sushi. The place is polished off with a modern retro design.

Maki Sushi

But unlike most sushi restaurants you order at the counter. The procedure is very much similar to the way you order a sandwich at sub shop. You pick the ingredients you want, they roll it, you pay, sit and then bon appetite. I applaud them for taking chances but call me old fashion, I’d rather just order something off the menu, which is exactly what I did. I got the special of the day.

Maki Sushi

A little too much creamy stuff going on. It was good but definitely tasted nontraditional, or Americanized, or like a white person that was given 2 hours of training on the art of rolling sushi made it, which was probably the case.

Ray bought one of those weird but yummy Asian drinks that has some kind of odd contraption on it. If you’ve had it before then you’ll know what I’m talking about.

Maki Sushi

For even more delicious this drink . . .

Maki Sushi

But the best part of this meal was the bubbies ice cream balls. Bubbies is a Hawaii company; Ray and I use to go there all the time when we lived in Hawaii. You can read about it here and here.

Maki Sushi

Orgasmic.

maki.us.com

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Ray and I had dinner or lunch here a while back. It’s a nice sports bar, the kind of place where you see a lot of pretentious assholes in suits.

I like the big screens they had throughout the place.

Cover 3

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Food wasn’t bad either.

Cover 3

Cover 3

You know when we saw this we had to make a stop. Actually, we had no cash so we had to make a stop at a near by ATM first.

The lady that worked here has to work on her customer service skills. I think anyone that sells cupcakes should be a cupcake. This lady was a cuntcake.

Ray made me go back to the Agave Homes. His dick is rock hard for them and I’m starting to get jealous. We actually went into the office and talked to the lady this time. She gave us a list of like 20 homes and let us loose. We spent the next few hours walking in and out of each one; I should of brought a bigger purse so I could fill it up with the towels and various hand soaps they had on display (just kidding, but not really). Of course the ones we liked the most had to be the most expensive ones. Ray and I have a habit of having expensive taste. This one is the only one I took a photo of and it’s the only one that matters because if we do end up buying one of these Agave Homes it will be one that has a set up like the one you see here. I love that the garage is in front of the house and separate. I also love that there’s a studio above the garage. I would totally rent that space out to help with mortgage. We didn’t get a chance to check out the inside but I’m sure it’s nice. If you have $349,000.00 to spear and want to let us borrow it interest free, we’ll be your bestests friends, or you could just buy it yourself and rent us out the studio above the garage.

If it looks dangerous, it’s because there’s suppose to be a tin pan between Ray and the flame for protection but tin pans are for pussies.  Hot liquid ear wax streamed out of his ear when I pulled out.  It was totally disgusting and awesome at the same time.  I highly recommend it.

Who says size don’t matter. Because it does. The bigger the better I say. It’s a funny thing because this year Ray and I both happen to forget our anniversary on August 25, the day we met. We said I love you, I showed him my tits, he showed me his penis and we’ve been together ever since. It’s a shame that we forgot our anniversary but I guess I’m not too disappointed since we just happen to be purchasing a new 52 inch Sam Sung 650 1080P series television that day. Can you believe it was me, not him that had to convince him to go bigger. Steve, the sales man, said it was the best t.v. they had and by the looks and price of it, it most definitely was. But that’s okay, we gave our Vizio back to Costco and they happily gave us our money back, in full. Oh, Costco, how I love your amazing return policy. Then we we took our happy asses to Fry’s and upgraded. So I guess it’s fair to say it was our anniversary present to each other. I love our new t.v. Happy Anniversary baby!!!

The old t.v.

And our new t.v. Man, I need to stop watching so much t.v. and start dusting.

I miss the beach and the weather, oh and rainbows.  I know Austin is my new home now and I’m totally excited to be here but Hawaii is where my soul calls home.  What I would give right now to be on the beach just soaking up the sun.  Texas feels like hell, or a very hot oven.  I laugh when I hear someone say, “today sure is a nice day.” Ha, if they only knew.  They have no idea.

No that’s not a misprint, I’m serious.  I decided to give up chocolate for at least 30 days.  Every night I crave something sweet.  Staying at my sister’s house is no different.  The other night, Jeff my brother in law was taken back that I was eating pudding with whipped cream so late.  He was like, “I don’t know how you eat sugar so late, I’d be up all night.”  Well sure enough, I was up all night.  Now I don’t know if it really had anything to do with eating pudding before bedtime, but being up all night for countless hours really allows you to think about random shit, like why the fuck can’t I sleep right now?  And I’ve realized that not only is my sleeping pattern a wreak, but so is my diet, and my overall physical physic has gone on a slow path downward.  Well if I keep this up I’m going to be a fatty, and fatties are, well, fat.  I don’t want to be fat.  There are some things I can control, and being fat is definitely one of them.  I don’t think I’ll have trouble avoiding chocolate, as a matter of fact I would just give up sugary goodness for a whole month, but I’m down in southern California with my family where there’s a lot of sweet temptations that I have been waiting to indulge in, like Chinese shaved ice.  And just yesterday my sister Lana took me to this amazing yogurt place called Yogurt Land.  It’s like Pink Berry yogurt, which I also haven’t had the chance to have, but I will since there’s a bunch down here.  You see, so it would be just plain dumb and foolish of me to pass all this up. It’s like a once in a lifetime opportunity. So perhaps once we actually start our road trip to Texas I’ll start this whole stupid sugar fasting thing, but as for now I’m just saying no to chocolate.