Mochiko and Lazy Peeps with Leaf Blowers

Mmm....I just had mochiko Pilipino style, and YUM. Muy delicioso. It think it's my new fave Pilipino food. I heard the name, and I immediately thought of the mochiko used in Japanese foods, since yesterday I was looking up Pucca on wiki, and one thing lead to another...anyway, mochiko is this gooey thing made with sweet rice flour, like in Japanese dango, or mochi, which I made last year at the pastry club. I like mochi...I think I'll name a character "Mochiko." The mochiko I ate is made up of rice flour and langka, or jackfruit. *blisses out*

That, and people these days...I was doing my hair when I happened to stare out the window (a bad habit of mine) and see this guy with a leaf blower across the street. Now, I know that 'tis the season and all that to clean out your lawn and such, but man, are people getting lazy. So, first thing wrong: those people across the street most likely hired that dude to clear leaves from their lawn. Now, I could be wrong, but I assumed that (oop; Dad says to never assume). The next thing that was messed up (to me, anyway) was the fact that this guy was using a leaf blower to clear leaves from the grass.

The grass. Really? I'm used to people using leaf blowers to clear things like sidewalks or hard-to-reach places, where rakes can't do the job. I have grown up with the tradition of "raking the leaves" during the fall. And after most of them have fallen down, no less. This guy was out blowing leaves at the very beginning of autumn, when all the trees still have their leaves. So, yeah, I'd rake the leaves from the grass rather than use a leaf blower, dunt-duh-dunt.

Another problem: I got the feeling that guy wasn't even really into it. He probably just wanted to get paid or whatever. I mean, he started blowing the leaves in the street. The ones that were just sitting there and minding their own business. He blew them around like they were in the way...It made NO. SENSE. I'm sorry, but anyone who paid that guy to clear out their yard, and he gave them an hourly rate or something, they were getting ripped off. That was, like, a 15 minute job.

...I still can't believe he did the ones in the street...

In conclusion, the things that were just plain SAD:

• My neighbors [probably] hired some guy to get the leaves out of their own yard. Too lazy to do it themselves?
• The guy clearing leaves was using a leaf blower in the grass. And countered his progress by blowing the leaves back in the way.
• He used the leaf blower on the leaves in the street.

Yeah, I should prob. practice for that playing quiz tomorrow...O.O And I should also start that comic...d@mµ.

[Edit] I just watched the new opening for Naruto Shippuden (finally!! It's about time they got a new one), and all I can say is...WHAT THE BLOODY HE££?!!?! There was some THREE-HAND SIGN-WEAVING going on, and it just blew my mind. I feel like they're just gonna have this whole season based on fillers...great.

Listening to: "Up With the Birds" by Coldplay (free song listen-to a day on iTunes!! 'til the album comes out)
Currently plotting: how to tackle that comic and whether or not I should practice.
Trying to finish: the comic so there's nothing to worry about...