Why the "good" stuff is, well, good.

Reason number one. The good stuff has the word "good" in front of it.

No, that is most definitely not a legitimate reason.

Quite unfortunately, the very same wonderful person mentioned two blogs ago is, yet again, speaking foolishly about the "wonderful" flavor and "benefits" of drinking... Wait for it... Diet Coke.

That apocalyptic dingleberry!

Diet Coke, or as some call it, "D.C." Death Coke is more like it. There are many health- and food-related websites and forums out there that endlessly list the negative effects of drinking Diet Coke. Just to name a few:

• The human body gets confused by artificial sweeteners.
• Our sense of taste is being "infantalized," meaning our taste buds can't taste normal sugar because artificial sweeteners are sweeter than regular sugar by a hundredfold.
• Aspartame, the key artificial sweetener, is very widely rumored to be toxic.

The science behind artificial sweetening is very important, yet very boring. But the simple reason why Diet Coke is inferior to regular Coke is this:

It does not taste as good as regular Coke. Enough said. There is that strange aftertaste that many people can testify to, and it simply does not live up to the standards of the soda community. The other sodas (7-Up, Sprite, Mountain Dew, etc.) all look down upon Diet Coke. Drinking Diet Coke is like picking the Boca burger over the 100% Angus steak burger because you think that Boca patties are better. Drinking Diet Coke is like picking a Toyota Corolla over a Bugatti Veyron SS because you think that the Corolla can go faster. Drinking Diet Coke is like taking "Asian-American Studies" instead of "Introduction to Philosophy" because... Oh wait, that's like comparing Diet Coke to Diet Coke.

The only thing Diet Coke is good for is making soda bombs with Mentos or using the boxes they came in to make cat houses.

There are many things in this world that are better than Diet Coke, and to list a few:

• James May from the BBC show "Top Gear"
• Sanrio products
• YouTube videos featuring Ryan Higa, Freddie Wong, and Wong Fu Productions
• Ariel Atom V8
• 2000 Honda CR-V
• A decent backscratch
• A pet dog

For another perspective on this already-won battle against Diet Coke, visit Secret Asian's blog and look for her post on the drink that is as good as Jeremy Clarkson's haircut.
http://asianslikerice.blogspot.com/

"Ninja Tuna has taken leave," rumors say.

From the spokesperson of Ninja Tuna at the latest press conference:

"...We apologize for the prolonged delay of the release of a new blog post. The blogger is currently going through... troubling times, fighting a battle against something commonly known as 'finals.' As soon as he recovers, he will return to writing very interesting blogs..."

It is rumored that the other side, popularly known as Secret Asian, has also taken leave. However, this could not be confirmed. Despite repeated calls, the spokesperson of Secret Asian has not yet responded. (For Secret Asian's blog, please visit http://asianslikerice.blogspot.com/.)

A burrito is rice's second home.

Rice's first home is an Asian's rice bowl. But this post is going to focus more on the second dwelling.

For a couple of weeks now, a very awesome and intelligent lady I know has been insisting, quite foolishly, that rice never belongs in burritos.

I see myself as someone who is pretty open to other people's opinions, but this whole no-rice-in-burritos thing is a terrifying thing to believe in. Rice is the essence of a burrito. Rice is like the cellos of an orchestra, the backdrop of a homecoming skit, the drum set of a rock band. Without it, a burrito is incomplete. The rest of the ingredients (meat, lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, etc.) create the more obvious flavorings, but without rice, all those ingredients just don't mix, particularly the texture.

If you bother to take the time to Google "rice in burritos," you'll most likely be presented with a link to a "Once and for all - rice in a burrito - Yay or nay?" forum. Yes, there are more comments on that page with people saying no to rice in burritos than people saying yes, but whether we're talking about politics, celebrities, sports, or fashion, the haters are always the loudest. If a statistician were to take that webpage's comments and create a table showing rice supporters and haters, he/she would conclude that the results are inconclusive due to enormous bias. Chipotle-burrito-size bias.

Besides, there's a name for rice-less burritos. They're called "wraps."

For another perspective on the controversial issue of having rice in burritos, visit Secret Asian's blog and look for her post on burritos.
http://asianslikerice.blogspot.com/

A new beginning.

My name is Aaron Joo.
I was born in someplace not nearby San Jose, CA.
I am older than this blog.
I am a student at San Jose State University.
I am a resident of the Student Union of SJSU.
I play piano.
I like to face the main door at restaurants when I eat.
I like to drive.
Etc.

I only just realized that this account was created in 2008... So what's happened since then?

I've only graduated from high school, successfully survived two years of college, visited Spain, driven 130+ mph in Korea, met some awesome new people, lost some old friends, got introduced to a new church, Obama got Osama, and the list goes on.

Flushing the mind of things that belong on blogs and not in the mind is healthy, I suppose. So I'm just going to give it a shot and see how long my blog-phase lasts.