Today's Adventures: ysabetwordsmith

Today's Adventures

We drove out to Terre Haute today. I found a whole armload of stuff at Books-a-Million. \o/ I was pleased to see that they had the books right in front, instead of electronics in front, which makes it feel like an actual bookstore. They also still have their new releases sorted out. The main drawback is, this chain isn't really a new-release chain. Their mainstay is remainders. So it's a fabulous place to shop for bargains. I crapped out on the first several sections I tried, then hit the New Age/self-care stuff and just loaded up. Doug didn't find anything this trip, though. :/

Then we met up with

callibr8 and

we_are_spc. We had a lot of fun talking about filk, science, Terramagne, yarn, and all kinds of other stuff. I made most of a ball of yarn while we talked, and would've finished it had we thought of doing that sooner. Haven't done that in over 30 years, but it's a permed skill. Thing is, it takes forever to build up the core so that you can get into the fast-wrapping where you throw several loops in the same place before rotating the ball. (It's a lot easier to knit from a ball than a skein unless someone is willing to hold the skein for you.) So that was fun too.

Mostly we hung out at Hokkaido, a rather nice Asian buffet with a sushi bar and downright trippy decoration. Like the fake tree with glowing pink flowers. :D The food was interesting. They had some favorites, like frog legs and crawfish, and some pretty good dim sum dumplings. I also tried the seaweed salad. It was weird -- stringy, salty, fishy, kind of slimy. I probably would've liked it better in summer when I crave salty things. Today was rainy and downright cold. But it's still something I have wanted to try and the vivid green flavor was eye-catching. I might also like it better as a garnish on something, like slivered beef.

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