Surge

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Surge!!!!!!!!!!!@#$@#$!!@#$^^$#%$#!!!!!!!!

1997λ…„ 뜨거운 여름 Iowa μ‹œκ³¨λ§ˆμ„ 학ꡐ κΈ°μˆ™μ‚¬ μžνŒκΈ°μ—μ„œ 뽑아 λ§›μžˆκ²Œ λ§ˆμ…¨λ˜ Surge.. 2005λ…„ 미ꡭ에 λ‹€μ‹œμ™€μ„œ μ• νƒ€κ²Œ μ°Ύμ•˜κ±΄λ§Œ λ‹¨μ’…λ˜μ—ˆλ‹¨ μŠ¬ν”ˆ 이야기λ₯Ό λ“£κ³  잊고 μžˆλ‹€κ°€…

이걸 λ˜μ‚΄λ¦¬λ €λŠ” Surge Movement (μ½”μΉ΄μ½œλΌμ— 청원보내기) 등등이 μžˆμ—ˆλ‹€λŠ”κ²ƒλ„ μ•Œκ²Œ λ˜μ—ˆκ³ .. 각고의 νˆ¬μŸλμ— κ²°κ΅­ 5λ…„ μ „ λΆ€ν„°μ¦˜μΈκ°€ μ•„λ§ˆμ‘΄μ—μ„œ μ£Όλ¬Έν• μˆ˜ 있게 λ˜μ—ˆλ‹€λŠ”κ²ƒλ§Œ μ•Œκ³  ν•œλ™μ•ˆ λ‹€μ‹œ μžŠμ—ˆλ‹€κ°€ μ–Όλ§ˆμ „ κ°‘μžκΈ° 기얡이 λ‚˜μ„œ κ²°κ΅­ μ£Όλ¬Έ…

ν•˜ν•„ 폭염 μ£Όμ˜λ³΄κ°€ λ–¨μ–΄μ§„ 이번 주말 λ”± μ–΄μšΈλ¦¬λŠ” 타이밍에 도착 – λŒ€μΆ© μ΄μ œλŠ” 맛도 기얡이 μ•ˆλ‚˜λŠ” 12λ…„λ§Œμ— λ§›λ³Έμ…ˆ…γ…Žγ…Žγ…Ž κ·Έλž˜λ„ 머리속에 κΈ°μ–΅ν•˜κ³  있던 “Mountain Viewλ³΄λ‹€λŠ” μ•½κ°„ 덜 달은 μ‹œνΌν•¨μ΄ κ°•ν•œ 음료”λŠ” μ—¬μ „ν•œλ“― μ‹Άλ‹€.

So pumped to taste this back! πŸ™‚ This was one thing I have looked around to get the taste again since 2005 as I have an emotional tie ofΒ  this with “Lonely dorm life in hot (in Summer) and cold (in Winter) days at Ames, Iowa from 1997 to 1998”

Anyhow, this soda was reintroduced after some hardcore fan’s movement aka “Surge Movement” and Coca Cola made it available from Amazon about 5 years ago…and finally.. I made a bold order recently and this just arrived at the day Red flag/Heat advisory went effective.

Still refreshing! (and my brain memory of ‘more citrus and less sugar than Mt. Dew” seems about right πŸ™‚

Thank you Coca Cola!

2020.8

Samish Bay – Taylor Shellfish Farms

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보톡 1-2년에 ν•œλ²ˆμ€ λ―ΈμΉœλ“―μ΄ 석화 λ¨ΉλŠ”λ‚ μ„ κ°€μ§„λ‹€…뭐 돈 λ²Œμ–΄μ•Όν•œλ‹€λŠ” 건 이해가 κ°„λ‹€λ§Œ μ˜›λ‚ μ²˜λŸΌ ꡴을 μ‚¬μ„œ 자유둭게 κ·Έ μ˜†μ—μ„œ κ΅¬μ›Œλ¨Ήκ³  까먹게 ν•˜λ˜ μ‹œμŠ€ν…œμ΄ μ’‹μ•˜λ‹€λž€ μƒκ°λ§Œ 가득이닀..

Annual or Bi-annual crazy oyster eating day..

Well I do understand, the farm needs to run the business for profit purpose, but I do miss the old days when everyone was welcome to do the charcoal grill and freely eat at open tables next to the shop. (Now, those tables are closed ‘restaurant table’ area and you cannot do the grilling at all)

2020.8

 

 

Cold Noodle To-Go from Blue Ginger

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μ§€λ‚œμ£Ό 날이 λ₯던 λ‚ , μ§‘μ—μ„œ ‘냉면 ν•˜λ‚˜ 먹으면 μ’‹κ² λ‹€’λž€ 생각에 κ°€κ²Œμ— μ „ν™”λ₯Ό λ„£μ–΄μ„œ 냉면 To Go κ°€λŠ₯ν•œμ§€ ν™•μΈν•˜κ³  μ‚¬μ˜¨ 냉면…γ…Žγ…Ž ν”½μ—…ν›„ 냉기 μœ μ§€λ₯Ό μœ„ν•΄ λ―ΈμΉœλ“―μ΄ 달렀집에와 λ¨Ήμ—ˆλ‹€..γ…Žγ…Žγ…Ž μ΄λ„˜μ˜ λ°”μ΄λŸ¬μŠ€λ•Œλ¬Έμ— 정말 λ‹€μ–‘ν•œ 메뉴λ₯Ό μ£Όλ¬Έν•΄ λ¨ΉλŠ”λ‹€..

Surprised to learn even cold noodle is available for To-Go order at Blue Ginger.. πŸ™‚

2020.8

Bye Weber Smokey Joe

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정말 였래 μ“΄ Smokey Joe… 사싀 λͺ‡λ…„μ „λΆ€ν„° 밑에 λ°”λžŒ ꡬ멍 control이 λΆ„λ¦¬λ˜κ³  μ΄μ œλŠ” 닀리가 λΆ€μ‹€ν•΄μ§€κ³  μžˆμ–΄μ„œ λ„μ €νžˆ μ•ˆλ˜κ² λ‹€ μ‹Άμ–΄μ„œ μ§μ •λ¦¬μ˜ μΌν™˜ 쀑 μž‘λ³„ν–ˆλ‹€.. Ann Arborμ—μ„œλΆ€ν„° 같이 온 식ꡬ ν•˜λ‚˜ 더 μž‘λ³„.. (μ›λž˜ λ™κΈ°ν˜• κ±°μ˜€λŠ”λ° μ‘Έμ—…ν• λ•Œ κ·Έ ν˜•μ΄ μ„œμšΈλ‘œ κ°€λŠ” λ°”λžŒμ— μš°λ¦¬μ§‘μ— Seattle둜 같이 μ˜€μ…¨μŒ..γ…Žγ…Ž)

10λ…„λ„˜κ²Œ μˆ˜λ§Žμ€ κ³ κΈ°λ₯Ό κ΅¬μ›Œμ£Όλ©° λ§Žμ€ 동넀 곡원듀, μΊ ν•‘μž₯, 그리고 μ§‘μ˜ 덱 ν˜Ήμ€ λ§ˆλ‹Ήμ—μ„œλ„ μ—΄μ‹¬νžˆ 말없이 λΆˆμ‚΄λΌμ€¬λ˜ μΉœκ΅¬μ™€ μž‘λ³„ν–ˆλ‹€… μ‹¬μ§€μ–΄λŠ” κ°€λ‚œν•œ 주인으둜 인해 Fire pit역할을 ν•œμ λ„ μ’…μ’… 있고…Β  (μ•”νŠΌ μ›¨λ²„μ˜ νŠΌνŠΌν•¨/내ꡬ성은 μž₯λ‚œ μ•„λ‹ˆλ‹€ μ‹Άλ‹€..)

μ‚¬μ‹€μ§‘μ—μ„œλŠ” Gas Grill을 μ‚° μ΄ν›„λ‘œ 주둜 μ•Όμ™Έμš©μœΌλ‘œ 데리고 λ‹€λ…”μ§€λ§Œ ν›ˆν›ˆν•œ 맛은 졜고둜 μž‘μ•„μ£ΌλŠ” 쒋은 μΉœκ΅¬μ˜€λ‹€..흑흑..

Took a last shot at recycle box for my long friend -Smokey Joe.. πŸ™‚ This one travelled along with me from Ann Arbor, and went together numerous parks, camping sites, and been a good friend to cook all the meats we had during the years..

After crazy workloads and wears (sagging leg, and broken air control, and rusting grate) had to say good-bye to this good friend but hope he gets a renewed life to whatever it will be..

2020.7

History in Closet Cleanup: 옷μž₯ μ •리

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옷μž₯ 정리쀑 λ°œκ²¬ν•œ μœ λ¬ΌκΈ‰λ“€ 옷… λ‹€ μ‚¬μ—°μžˆλŠ” μ˜·λ“€μ΄λ‹€… 2006λ…„ μ›”λ“œμ»΅ 경기보러 κ°”λ‹€κ°€ San Joseμ—μ„œ 받은 Helio ν‹°, 2010λ…„ T-Mobileμ‹œμ ˆ Promoν‹°, 2010λ…„ μ‚Όμ„± κ°€λŸ­μ‹œ S 첫λͺ¨λΈ μΆœμ‹œλ•Œ νšŒμ‚¬μ—μ„œ 받은 ν‹°, 그리고 1999λ…„ λŒ€ν•™4ν•™λ…„λ•Œ μ‹œμ• ν‹€μ— 학ꡐ 행사 μ™”λ‹€κ°€ μž μ˜·μ„ μ•ˆμ±™κ²¨μ™€ U District Bookstoreμ—μ„œ κΈ‰ν•˜κ²Œ μ‚° 헐렁이 λ°˜λ°”μ§€.. (μ΄λ•Œ μ΄λ ‡κ²Œ 될쀄 μ•Œμ•˜λ‚˜…γ…Žγ…Ž)

All historic shirts and pant found out during closet cleanup – Helio from 2006 Worldcup watching event, 2010 T-mobile Kids are Free shirt during T-mobile Add-a-line promo, 2010 Samsung Galaxy S-T-mobile launch shirt, UW pants I bought at University Bookstore at the Ave in 1999 as a event visiting student (and found out I didn’t bring my pajama pants) – never imagined I end up living at here πŸ™‚

2020.7

 

Shelter’s Jay

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였 이 μž˜μƒκΈ΄ μƒˆ…. 여지껏 Blue Jay인쀄 μ•Œμ•˜λŠ”λ° μ•Œκ³ λ³΄λ‹ˆ Blue JayλŠ” 이 동넀에 μ‚΄μ§€ μ•Šκ³  이 녀석은 얼꡴이 κΉŒλ§€μ„œ λ­˜κΉŒν•˜κ³  μ°Ύμ•„λ΄€λ”λ‹ˆ κ·Έ μ‚¬μ΄Œ μ―€ λ˜λŠ” Shelter’s Jayμ΄κ΅¬λ‚˜

근데 이 μƒˆ 이름이 ν•œκΈ€λ‘œλŠ” “μ–΄μΉ˜”라고? μ°Έ fishyν•œ 이름은 κ°€μ§„ μƒˆ…κ΅¬λ‚˜..γ…Žγ…Žγ…Ž

I have always thought this was a Blue Jay and found out Blue Jay actually doesn’t live in western part of this continent.. and learned this guy’s name being Shelter’s Jay

2020.5

 

Chick-Fil-A To-Go

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Chick-Fil-A To go pickup – store is still crowded with drive thru although dining hall is closed. (you tell the staff at the door -blocked by table- then they hand it to you at the door.)

This was a totally opposite to the case I picked up the day before at local Thai restaurant (which is the hot spot for walking traffic form T-Mobile & I used to eat at there a lot) Store was dark not many to go orders and I could see the pain of survival in the restaurant’s staff’s face..

Sadly, this Stay At Home Order is impacting restaurants totally different ways – if store is driven by car traffic, looks like it is relatively holiding okay, but if the store is dependent on nearby foot/walking traffic, this must be a nightmare..

μ–΄μ œ 점심은 Chick Fil Aμ—μ„œ.. pickup (Doordash둜 ν•΄λ„λ˜κΈ΄ν•˜λŠ”λ° κ·Έλž˜λ„ … μ§μ ‘ν•˜λŠ”κ²Œ μ’‹μ„λ“―ν•΄μ„œ…) κ°€κ²Œ λ¬Έμ•žμ„ Table둜 막고 online으둜 μ£Όλ¬Έν•œκ±Έ pickupν•΄κ°€λŠ” 방식.. λ¬Όλ‘  Drive ThruλŠ” μ—¬μ „νžˆ μ—„μ²­λ‚˜κ²Œ 쀄이 κΈΈλ‹€..

사싀 μ–΄μ œλŠ” 동넀 Thaiμ§‘μ—μ„œ pickupν•΄μ„œ λ¨Ήμ—ˆλŠ”λ° (μ—¬κΈ΄ 주고객이 T-mobileμ§μ›μž„..λ‚˜λ„ μ˜›λ‚ μ— μ• μš©ν•˜λ˜ κ°€κ²Œ…) ν”½μ—…ν•˜λŸ¬κ°€μ„œ ν•œμ ν•œ 식당과 μš°μšΈν•œ ν‘œμ •μ˜ κ°€κ²Œ 직원을 λ³΄λ‹ˆ 마음 ν•œνŽΈμ΄ μ§ ν–ˆλŠ”λ° Chick Fil AλŠ” (λ¬Όλ‘  ν™€μ—λŠ” μ‚¬λžŒμ΄ μ—†μ§€λ§Œ.. ) Drive Thru μ—¬μ „νžˆ κ½‰μ°¨μžˆλ‹€…

Stay At Home OrderλŠ” μ‚¬λžŒλ“€μ΄ 차둜 κ°€λŠ” κ°€κ²ŒλŠ” μƒλŒ€μ μœΌλ‘œ 타격이 적은데 λΉ„ν•΄..μ•„λ¬΄λž˜λ„ κ±Έμ–΄ κ°€λŠ” κ°€κ²ŒλŠ” 타격이 μ–΄λ§ˆμ–΄λ§ˆν•œλ“―ν•˜λ‹€…

2020.4

 

Milkie Milkie Bingsu Cafe at Edmonds – The Last Dessert Before Corona Shutdown

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Happen to visit here at last Saturday after grocery shopping (well it is more of restocking) and this dessert end up being the last dessert we had at cafΓ© (with ‘very distancing’ in the store) for foreseeable future period. -Just a day before governor’s order of restaurant shutdown.

Nice Bingsu with fine & crispy ice but their ice was not milk based, so I wondered why they are calling themselves as Milkie Milke

As US never opens up any infection source details of confirmed cases on Corona -only the numbers of confirmed cases and deaths by county with news of random people getting confirmations, I found myself feeling more nervous on being outside. Especially noticing the continued growth of confirmed case numbers (now Washington state just passed 1k) Now, I think the dessert I had at last weekend seems crazier & stupid idea than few days ago..

Also, after almost-two-weeks of ‘stuck at home’, staying at home feels more comfortable as fear of being outside becomes bigger than the challenges of ‘stuck at home’

Maybe this pandemic might end up creating lots of new 2020 Otakus who will refuse to get outside and stay at home with repetition of work & sleep after all things are settled.. (and I might be already one of those.. πŸ™‚ )

κ²°κ΅­ λ‹ΉλΆ„κ°„μ˜ λ§ˆμ§€λ§‰μ΄ 된 ‘κ°€κ²Œμ— 앉아 λ¨ΉλŠ”’ λ””μ €νŠΈ (μ΄μ œλŠ” μ£Όμ •λΆ€μ—μ„œ λͺ¨λ“  μŒμ‹μ μ„ takeout 만 ν•˜κ²ŒκΈˆ νμ‡„ν•΄μ„œ 더이상 μ΄λ ‡κ²Œ 앉아 λ¨ΉλŠ” ‘ν˜Έμ‚¬’λŠ” λ‹ΉλΆ„κ°„ λΆˆκ°€λŠ₯..)

우유 λΉ™μˆ˜λ„ μ•„λ‹ˆλ©΄μ„œ μ™œ λ°€ν‚€λ°€ν‚€μ§€?

ν•œνŽΈ, λ―Έκ΅­μ—μ„œλŠ” ν™•μ§„μžμ— λŒ€ν•œ 감염 κ΄€λ ¨ 정보λ₯Ό μ „ν˜€ κ³΅κ°œν•˜μ§€ μ•Šκ³  county별 ν™•μ§„μž μ‚¬λ§μž 수만 λ°œν‘œν•˜λŠ” κ΄€κ³„λ‘œ 점점 μ¦κ°€ν•˜λŠ” 수자λ₯Ό 보며 (μ˜€λŠ˜λΆ€λ‘œ Washington μ£Ό 1000λͺ… 돌파…) μ§„μ§œλ‘œ 이젠 μ–΄λ””μ„œ μ–΄λ–»κ²Œ κ±Έλ¦΄μˆ˜λ„ μžˆλ‹€λŠ” 생각에 밖에 λ‚˜κ°€κΈ°κ°€ λ¬΄μ„œμ›Œμ§„λ‹€. ν•œνŽΈ, μ§€κΈˆ 보면 μ΄λ ‡κ²Œ 주말에 먹은것도 μ§„μ§œ 간이 뢀은/미친 행동이 μ•„λ‹κΉŒλž€ μƒκ°κΉŒμ§€ λ“ λ‹€…

μ΄μ œλŠ” 슬슬 λ‚˜κ°€λŠ”κ²ƒμ— λŒ€ν•œ 곡포가 μ§‘μ•ˆμ—λ§Œ μžˆλŠ” 따뢄함 보닀 더 μ»€μ§€λ‹ˆ 집에 μžˆλŠ”κ²Œ 마음이 더 νŽΈν•΄μ§„λ‹€..γ…‘.γ…‘;Β  이번 λŒ€κ³΅ν™©μ€ κ²°κ΅­ 같은 λ°©μ—μ„œ μžλ‹€ μΌν•˜λ‹€λ§Œ ν•˜κ³  μ‚¬νšŒμƒν™œμ„ κ±°λΆ€ν•˜λŠ” 2020ν˜• μ˜€νƒ€μΏ λ₯Ό 많이 μ–‘μ‚°ν•˜κ² λ‹€λŠ” 생각도 λ“€κ³  λ‚˜λ„ 그쀑 ν•˜λ‚˜κ°€ λ˜μ–΄κ°€λŠ” λŠλ‚Œμ΄λ‹€…

γ…Žγ…Žγ…Ž

2020.3

Paper & Cleaning Section at Walmart

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Last weekend at Walmart in Lynnwood. WHY! WHY???

Okay.. I can understand hand sanitizer, wipes, and masks.. but why are people crazy on toilet paper rolls?Β  Every time I go to restroom I get nervous as we don’t have much left…

계속 μ΄λŸ¬λ‹€κ°„ 2-3μ£Ό 있으면 μ†μœΌλ‘œ X 딱을 νƒœμ„Έ…γ…‘.γ…‘ 변기에 ν•œλ²ˆ μ”© 앉을 λ•Œλ§ˆλ‹€ λΆˆμ•ˆκ°μ΄ 컀진닀..γ…‘.γ…‘;;

2020.3

 

The Morning Mist

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Taken on the way ‘back’ to work at home, after dropping off the kids to school at one of last week’s morning. The beautiful morning mist must have no idea what this world is going thru…

μ§€λ‚œ μ£Ό μ• λ“€ 학ꡐ 데렀닀 μ£Όκ³  μ§‘μœΌλ‘œ μΌν•˜λŸ¬ λŒμ•„μ˜€λŠ”κΈΈ.. 세상이 μ–΄λ–»κ²Œ λŒμ•„κ°€λŠ”μ§€λ„ λͺ¨λ₯΄λ©΄μ„œ μ•„μΉ¨μ•ˆκ°œλŠ” λ©‹μ§„ ν’κ²½μ—°μΆœ..

2020.3