The Rationalist Manifesto

Caught up with Dave/Dov yesterday and we went by his recommendation to a Japanese restaurant called Shoya, near where Market Lane meets Little Bourke St. It was an amazing culinary experience! Definitely the best Japanese food I’ve ever tasted.

The restaurant is divided into four sections and we had been seated in the “Traditional Dining” section. We decided on a seven course ‘Chef’s Meal’ and each dish (except for one) was an experience to savour!

One of the dishes was assorted Sashimi presented in an hollowed out ice ball, it was a sight to behold as well as being incredibly tasty, they have the ultimate salmon in that restaurant. The first two photos are from the site, and the latter two are from my crappy cellphone camera:

Note that once the temperature rises a bit in the ball, it turns completely clear, they seem to use purified water so there is absolutely no imperfections in the ice, it really almost looks like the Sashimi is floating in crystal.

Other dishes included crab meat wrapped in something I didn’t recognize dipped in monk fish liver sauce, sea-urchin hollowed out and filled with itself along with salmon caviar, Wagyu beef (like Kobe beef) tartar and more.

I had a really great time there and will return for special occasions.

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I am like a dog that just keeps coming back for more abuse after all.

Of course she was hedging her bets, what was I thinking?!

She did it before, why stop now? Just because she said she misses “us”? Merely because she sent me wistful SMS in the middle of the night? Only because she said (and apparently lied) that she could never be with him???

Ha! I should have known!

Again, I let her get close enough to hurt. It wasn’t very close, but she still managed to hurt me. I’m so stupid.

I will never ever be someone’s option ever again. That is a promise I made to myself that I am not going to break. I deserve better than that.

Now I’ll have to go through the whole mourning thing again. Damn. At least it won’t be that difficult this time but boy do I hate the process.

This time I should get it right. Get her out of my head for good.

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I wrote this post on the train, but for some reason my moblog software wouldn’t post, so I’m re-typing it here with some modifications ;-)

I’m on the train back from the NIN show at the Metro - it was amazing! Really great energy in the air and an incredible venue. The Metro is a night-club, but it still works for live shows as it seems to have been built as a theatre.

Trent Reznor was obviously enjoying himself tremendously on stage, and even said as much, specifically comparing how good this evening’s show was to yesterday night’s. Apparently referring to the fact that the crowd yesterday was so unruly that the show had to be cut short and some patrons were treated for head injuries from thrown beer bottles. I’m glad I wasn’t there last night and got the tickets to tonight’s show instead. Pure luck!

It was quite interesting to hear NIN’s classic songs performed in this tour, as it is almost all guitar based with little of the heavy Electronic sound that is Trent Reznor’s trademark. Some of the songs become very different when played so organically– some are better for it and some are not, but the overall effect is very powerful and tight.

While Reznor himself is definitely not a guitar hero, Aaron North, the lead guitar on this tour happily takes up the slack and gives an incredible show. North seems the type that gets very invested in the moment and does it with a flare which could easily get him into trouble, especially if someone in the crowd pisses him off…

It was such an excellent night that I’m thinking about going again tomorrow night. I had two tickets which I couldn’t find a buyer for as someone was dumping excess tickets on eBay below cost– probably a scalper who didn’t anticipate the third show being announced… The two tickets were originally for Shelly and Damien (oh the irony) and I gave one of them to my flatmate when I saw I can’t get rid of them. As the door people weren’t even looking at the ticket dates I might as well try to use the remaining ticket tomorrow. I did pay for it, and it is not like tomorrow’s show is sold out…

Props to NIN for a great evening!

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