Stuff Trans Like

For all you Tran lovers out there (and let’s face it, there’s a lot of you out there), without further ado, the latest edition of Stuff Trans Like…

• Calamari - First made popular to the Trans by the Muay Thai trained middle Tran, this dish of fried breaded squid has become a staple appetizer for us whenever we are out dining. We especially like versions with peppers. MMMmmmm good

• Gilmore Girls – Probably one of our favorite shows ofthe early 2000’s. And to think that we almost didn’t watch this show because I wanted to eat my chicken wings and watch Friends. Thank goodness, the Lord Jeffian Tran convinced me otherwise. She’s persuasive that way. Anyway, spending Tuesday nights with Lorelai and Lorelai (Rory) Gilmore was something we always looked forward to…well, except for maybe the last season or two. Plus those ladies were hawt.

• Barack Obama – We are young, college-educated, and AZN. Okay, so maybe that last part isn’t typical of Obama’s base, but man do we love that guy. Hillary Clinton can’t handle our O face.

• Alex MacCloud – What’s less than 5 feet tall, weighs over 100 lbs, and is a level 50 in World of Warcraft? It’s this butterball 3rd grader who may have been one of funniest and most charming kids we have ever known. Whether it be telling me that my “hair smells like garbage,” or wrestling the Muay Thai Tran to the floor, this kid is hilarious.

• Aluminum foil – Simply the best. Great for making pizza rolls. Great for lining baking trays when making chicken wings. Great for minimizing messes. How they managed to turn metal into paper, I’ll never know. But yeah, we use it. a lot.

Koala Gaming Diary – May 7, 2008

If you have a PS2, like brawling, and are looking for an engrossing story involving the Japanese mafia, then Yakuza is the game for you. I really liked this game a lot. I’ve never been to Tokyo, but I hear it does a great job depicting is nightlife district. Total playtime was around 12 hours or so, many of these minutes spent joyfully beating up nameless Yakuza. Plus, the lead character Kazuma has a very cool dragon tattoo on his back (see photo to the right).

On a different note, my Xbox 360 has been repaired and according to UPS is now residing in the ether between Texas and Connecticut. About time, I say. I’ve been dying to play GTA, Dead Rising, and Army of Two, and not to mention rocking out to new songs on Rock Band.

Also, have received a couple of more games from Goozex, including God of War (yet another game from my pile of shame) and…what?….what’s this?…looks like Uncharted, which will be my very first PS3 game. If it goes well, I might consider firing up my PS3 for things other than watching Blu-ray, playing Divx, or as a PS2 machine.

Up next: God of War. Time to battle the gods and apparently….a sex mini-game?!?