Sushi

Today I went to Dynasty Buffet with my friend Liz, which, uh, was a very interesting venture. And also allowed me to try one of the things on my list!

See, my dad is a freak interesting individual, and likes to try new things too, and he loves sushi. Got a really expensive sushi knife and everything. But I never tried it because, well, who knows, I don't like raw fish, or doing crazy crap like potentially putting my life at risk. (I am apparently a very frumpy and un-fun person.)

But Liz loves sushi and I have this blog, and Dynasty Buffet has sushi.

I didn't eat much because I don't go in much for nori (seaweed), and there were a lot of other wonderfully artery-clogging foods there, but I did have a california roll, which for the un-sushi initiated looks like this:



Essentially crab, avocado, and cucumbers wrapped in seaweed and sushi rice. Consider it sushi for the weak.

I managed to completely dessicate mine because it fell apart, but all in all, it wasn't that bad. I'd have it again. It has a very clean taste, and kind of tangy. Then again, I like fish and rice.

I'll have to revisit this with different types of sushi, but all in all, I'm not quite sure why people hate it so much. If you can get over the mental block of it being raw fish you're fine; they use very clean fish. In fact you might not be able to tell it's raw fish at least in this type.

Of course, for the people who can't do regular sushi, there's always twinkie sushi.

(This trip became more interesting when we realized that, owing to our confusion over the prices, we didn't have enough. And the fact that Liz's fortune cookie said "Fortune is smiling upon you" seemed really funny...until her uncle picked up the tab. *cues Twilight Zone music* )

List of stuff

This is a list of stuff I have currently planned to try.

-Anime convention (Currently planned: QC Anime-Zing)
-Renaissance faire
-Sushi
-Monster truck rally
-Shark
-Octopus

Suggest things!

Rules of the Game

These are the rules I will abide by as I try all of these things. These are also rules you should consider if you're suggesting anything.

1.) I will go in for the full experience. This means costumes, customs, everything, as if I were a seasoned participant.

2.) I won't break the law. Obviously.

3.) I won't do anything that would require my skin to come in contact with anything nickel in it for prolonged periods. I have an allergy.

4.) I won't do anything that would put my health in danger or that I really have a very strong mental block against. This means nothing involving pain, drugs, alcohol, or sex.

This is a new blog

As if I needed a new one.

Give It A Whack can be considered a blog full of experiments. I will try all sorts of things that citizens of the United States or other places in the world may find strange, but have been curious about.

I will largely choose what I try, although you're welcome to make suggestions.

Also: Please remember that I will be 18 in just a few weeks, but I am still under 21, so no alcohol-related stuff.