Some of you may wonder just where I have dissappeared to. Never fear…I have not dissappeared. I have merely been pre-occupied mainly with something I did not expect myself to be pre-occupied with…and that would be yelp.com
I think it all started when I wrote about Torchy’s Tacos. It has gone downhill since then.
For those of you that don’t know, yelp.com is a user-driven review site/social network that allows one the opportunity to voice opinions about places…doctors, stores, restaurants…to other people. The whole ‘wisdom of the masses’ mentality for the Web shines full force here, and I’ve been enjoying writing reviews of restaurants I’ve been going to. I figure that I do my fair share of eating in restaurants; I consider myself fortunate to be able to do that. I know some people have to really make the time and effort to go out to eat. Therefore, I thought I might knock out two birds with one stone and do some reviews so I can:
1) Write a little more because I sure like writing and…
2) Pass on my experiences to those who might be looking for a well-deserved night out so they can hopefully avoid the swill
God, I’m so noble.
Besides yelp-ing…I’ve been playing GTA IV…probably one of the greatest games in the history of video gaming. I say that with full confidence and absolutely NO sarcasm whatsoever. There is something pretty amazing about this one that few games manage to capture. Violence, insanity, sexual innuendo and general bad stuff aside, I can pretty much promise you there hasn’t been a more fully realized non-contrived video game character than Nico Bellick. He’s a complicated person. And he’s further complicated by what you choose to put into him and put him through. The stats say I’m approximatley 11% of the way through the game, and I feel like I’ve barely scratched the surface. I’m excited to see where it takes me.
And then a friend of mine at work got me started back on WoW. That’s all I’ll say about that. As a matter of fact, that’s what I’m going to go do now…
In the meantime, if you want to see what I’ve been writing on yelp, go here. You’ll hopefully get a chuckle or two…
Beware putting your full faith in Yelp. On a recent trip to Silicon Valley for work I used it to find the highest rated Thai place around. WORST. THAI FOOD. EVAR. I’ve got two pieces of advice for Thai Pepper Cuisine of Cupertino, CA.
1. Remove the turd veins from your “prawns”. Its fucking disgusting not to.
2. Pad Thai is made with semi-wide noodles, not vermicelli-like garbage dripping with grease.
Double ick.
I’m sorry to hear that you’ve suffered from the WoW backslide. I’ve had a few thoughts about it over the past few months, but I’ve been strong, for now.
I’m jealous about GTAIV. Kinda makes me sad I sold my 360 last Nov. Oh well, I’m just going to have to be one of those hard-headed “Wii is the best system ever!” people for now to keep me from spending a huge chunk of money for one game.