Stuff that makes you ridiculously happy.

[Fun With Matches]

Being in the bath with candles and chillout George Michael playing, sipping a cocktail. It's one of the most relaxing activities.

Shopping.

Cleaning the place and putting everything away so everywhere is spotless. It really calms the mind once everything is spotless.

Watching a great film like either of the first two Harry Potter films, or LOTR, or the Hobbit films. Then ordering a pizza and sitting on the sofa with a duvet over me and just eating and watching.

Going out to the cinema on my own (that and shopping I WAY prefer to do by myself) while no-one else is around.

Walking around London. Visiting China Town. I love China Town, and I love their bubble teas. I wanted to try out taiyaki. The machine that made them looked cool. Video:

When I was out with my friend the other day, it made it 20x better that he was enjoying walking around with me browsing the shops and being interested in all the different food too.

[Gopher Gary]

I liked the following video with the bulbous shaped waffles. 

[Fun With Matches]

I liked the following video with the bulbous shaped waffles. 

They're shaped like fish.

[Gopher Gary]

I liked the following video with the bulbous shaped waffles. 

They're shaped like fish.

No, I was talking about the following video that came after the fish one. 

[Fun With Matches]

Ohh. That's takoyaki. They're actually meant to be individual balls of batter. They are seriously delicious.

[Fun With Matches]

[Walkie]

ooh, that looks like the sort of thing I might buy for my son, so I can enjoy them  by proxy.

(sounds pathetic I guess, but it actually works!)

[Fun With Matches]

ooh, that looks like the sort of thing I might buy for my son, so I can enjoy them  by proxy.

(sounds pathetic I guess, but it actually works!)

You can make them in a cake pop maker. She uses dashi powder, which is a type of soup stock powder you can get from the Japan Centre.



I love watching her videos. Decocookie, studiolorien and japanesestuffchannel are other good ones.

[Queen Victoria]

So, it's a savoury rather than a sweet?

[Fun With Matches]

So, it's a savoury rather than a sweet?

That's right. You can make something similar if you don't have a takoyaki or cakepop maker, and that's okonomiyaki (AKA Japanese "pizza"). It's a pancake that's filled with shredded cabbage, but the batter is the same. The toppings are the same too.

[Gopher Gary]

Ohh. That's takoyaki. They're actually meant to be individual balls of batter. They are seriously delicious.

I watched a couple of videos of them, and they were shown served as one big piece, and the people were plucking off individual balls while eating it. I don't really like sweet breads like waffles much, but they still look really cool. 

[earthboundmisfit]

Group B rally cars. I love these things.

[Queen Victoria]

My BF's son and fiancée are in town and they brought her dog.  Piggy is a 50 pound love sponge pit bull mix.  I miss having a dog sometimes.

[odeon]

^Me too. I've been thinking about getting a dog again a lot. Fuck allergies.

[Icequeen]

^Me too. I've been thinking about getting a dog again a lot. Fuck allergies.

I'm allergic to my cats, dogs, and about half of my surroundings. Some days are way worse than others, but the cats are still more pleasant to be around than the family 90% of the time...so allergies be damned.

I tell lecturing doctors I'd put the family up for adoption first...that normally ends the lecture pretty fast.