The Me! Me! Meme

Listening to that Magnetic Fields album put me in a navel-gazing mood, so here's my go at the Me! Me! Meme:

• I am past the age where I can eat whatever I want without consequence.

• I am not a lyric baritone, no matter how much I wish I could sing Pierrot's Tanzlied like Thomas Hampson.

• I want to be a Tuvan throat singer! That, I know I could do if I just put my mind to it. (GRRRRRRR ^{oooo eeeee oooo})

• I wish there were even one restaurant in San Francisco that could make a proper soup dumpling. (I am willing to entertain recommendations.)

• I hate—HATE!—Parking Control Officers.

• I love hearing, seeing, tasting, smelling, feeling, experiencing things I haven't encountered before.

• I miss singing.

• I fear the loss of naïveté and wonderment.

• I hear as much as I can, with open ears and without prejudgment.

• I wonder if Muni will ever become a functional public transit system.

• I regret things sometimes, but really, it's not worth my time. Much better to stay in the present, I say.

• I dance like a gay guy, and only in conjunction with alcohol.

• I sing far better than I am used to giving myself credit for.

• I cry out, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?", but only when I'm playing Jesus in a Passion.

• I am not always thinking neck free, but I sure feel better when I do.

• I make with my hands tight little fists with my thumbs extended at right angles when I'm in an uncomfortable performing situation.

• I write with a Namiki Vanishing Point (fine) or a Mont Blanc Bohème (medium)—I loves me some retractable nibs.

• I confuse Mickey Rourke and Mickey Rooney.

• I need very little.

• I should pay my check now; they're giving me looks.

• I start in the electronica used CD bins at Amoeba, work towards classical in the back, and come back up the other side to end up in bluegrass.

• I finish bottles of Hendrick's with increasing and alarming frequency.

• I tag with Krylon because they have the best color selection.

Comments

[ACB]

Mmmmm... gin... I haven't tried Hendrick's, though; always been a Bombay girl. We should have a taste test this summer!

[Michael]

I'm going to assume you mean wonton, and not kneydlakh... May I suggest Hai Sun on Laguna in Cow Hollow?

[M. C-]

ACB: Yes, we should. And we should bring some Boodles into the mix too. Bombay Sapphire is a distant third, for my taste.

Michael: Thanks for the suggestion! But alas, it's neither wontons nor kneidlach nor any other dumpling in soup that I'm in search of. What I want are xiao long bao (小籠包), or Shanghai pork dumplings with broth inside the dumplings. The search continues...

[cedichou]

Have you tried that Shanghai dumpling place on balboa in the 40s?

[M. C-]

yes, i gave it two tries—including once last week, after i posted this. first time they simply didn't have any broth. second time they had broth, but the flavors were all out of balance; too much sweetness, plus all the dumplings were stuck together and the skins kept tearing. they were basically in the right ballpark, but not what i would characterize as good.

i should point out, though, that their bean curd thread salad was refreshing and very tasty on both occasions.

[hublot replica]

oh, i don't mean to harsh on him.iwc

[watchesup]

I regret things sometimes, but really, it's not worth my time. Much better to stay in the present, I say.