I Love Sushi (Let's Get Fish-Faced)

On Sunday this sushi lover will be 15

A couple of years ago, I bought my sushi-loving son a sushi-making kit. Two years later, we still hadn't used it, and so he requested that we make sushi for his birthday dinner.

I was kind of dreading it, and there are definitely things I will do differently next time, but it was also pretty cool, and it definitely made my 15(!) year old happy, just like in this silly song:

There's one thing that I love to eat
It's my special little Japanese treat
It's so delicious and healthy too
I just can't wait to eat with you

I love sushi, yes I do
Tempura, edamame, sashimi too
I love sushi, yes I do
I wanna get fish-faced with you

Evil chopsticks out of the package, rip them apart!

We're gonna try this thing called "All You Can Eat"
But that's not a challenge that you have to beat
So take your time and let the food digest
Don't over-order as the menu suggests

I love sushi, yes I do
Miso soup, gyōza, and tofu too
I love sushi, yes I do
Just wanna get fish-faced with you

Wasabi, soy sauce, explosion!
More ginger, more ginger!

That last line might just be my favorite. I love me a good double entendre...

Take a Picture

Funniest defacing of a changing table this ginger's ever seen!

When I heard this song today, it felt apropos for two reasons:

1) Two of the people I practice yoga with talked me into putting Snapchat on my phone so I've been having fun with sending and receiving many more photos than normal.

2) Today while using the bathroom at the downtown Colectivo, I spotted the graffiti pictured above. Being a ginger myself, I particularly appreciated this creative piece of found art.

Awake on my airplane
Awake on my airplane
My skin is bare
My skin is theirs
I feel like a newborn
And I feel like a newborn
Awake on my airplane
Awake on my airplane
I feel so real

Also, I do feel kind of like a newborn right now. Every day is different, an adventure, so different from my old life of going to the same job five days a week. So I guess that makes three reasons why I chose this song to mark this day:

Could you take my picture
'Cuz I won't remember
Could you take my picture
'Cuz I won't remember
Could you take my picture
'Cuz I won't remember
Yeah

I don't believe in
I don't believe in
In your sanctity
Your privacy
I don't believe in
I don't believe in
Sanctity
A hypocrisy
Could everyone agree that
No one should be left alone
Could everyone agree that
They should not be left alone yeah
And I feel like a newborn
And I feel like a newborn
Kicking and screaming