:(

Well the Texas loss totally screwed my bracket, and then the Purdue loss was the nail in the coffin (they were my final 2 teams). Even though I'm still currently No. 1 in the office pool, there's virtually zero chance that I will win it this year. /cry Only if the final two teams are total dark horses like VCU vs Marquette will I even have a shot. But that's not going to happen. My total possible score is now one of the lowest.

Back to the drawing board with regard to how to pick teams next year, I guess. SIGH. Maybe it's just my lot in life to finish near the bottom of all NCAA tourney pools.

So I'm like the Lindbergh baby?

I've been wallowing in self-pity over my horrendous bracket busting by mainlining Fringe. I'm on the last episode of S2 now. The part I'm on? FAN FICTION WRITER'S DREAM. I may have to write femme slash. There's stuff I've been wanting to talk about, more than the little comments I've been posting, but I think I might as well wait until I'm fully caught up.

I've made the cha-siew (I have no idea why it's called "char-siew" everywhere, it's a Cantonese dish, I speak Cantonese, and it's "cha-siew," damn it)! It turned out delicious, but not restaurant like. The homemade version is more soy sauce-y, while the restaurant version is more sticky sweet. I think I want to play with the recipe on my own a bit to make it look and taste more like the restaurant version. Still, even if I never get there, this was yummy and worth making because it was so easy. ( Photos! )

And since I want to keep a weekly record...

( AeroGarden Week 2 )

Went walking with K. in Lincoln Park today -- with yesterday's walk on top of that, my legs are so sore. I wish I had a really great park near me so I could walk like that every day without having to drive so far.