election randomness

It's over sooon. Just three more days, and my phone will stop ringing and my mailbox will not be stuffed.  It's a soda tax, it's a grocery tax...guess what, I don't give a damn...I do care that it is getting to the end of the year.  2016 has been hard.  The thing with my mom's apartment and her health.  The house leaks, Chi Young's job prospects, and my left knee pain.  All have been extremely taxing.  As Buffy said, living is hard.  But it's over sooon too.  Not life, but at least 2016.  You gotta have hope that a new year brings new beginnings...The favorite movie I've watched lately is The Nice Guys, with Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe.  It's a funny, witty and charming throwback to those buddy action comedies. And both Gosling and Crowe, along with the girl who plays Ryan Gosling's daughter, are terrific...I am on a shopping spree again.  It's that time of the year.  I just cannot help myself.  The things I buy these days though have shifted away from electronic gadgets to things like a waffle maker and a wok/steamer set.  I also just got the Funko Pop Golden Girls set for Chi Young.  We love watching Golden Girls reruns on the Hallmark channel.  Dorothy, Blanche, Rose, and Sophia are the OG...Crazy Ex Girlfriend is back for season two.  I didn't love the first episode and the new theme song, but second and third episodes have totally brought me right back.  Rebecca Bunch is really crazy...I just read that Michael Buble's three-year-old son Noah has cancer.  Damn that's tough.  My prayers are with them..We fall back an hour today.  An extra hour - what to do with it?  Write a blog post...I am enjoying new Green Day album.  Outlaw, Revolution Radio, and Ordinary World are particularly great.  I love it when people I am a fan of since the beginning continue to put out good stuff.  I am also liking the new stuff from the Hamilton Leithauser and Rostam collab - they used In A Black Out in an iPhone 7 commercial...The other pleasure of my life is of course food.  Winston and I went to visit Howard in San Jose two weekends ago, and we went to Grand Century Mall and had pho, sugar cane juice, and pandan waffle (thus the waffle maker I just bought - I want to be able to make all different types of waffle, like the HK style street waffle with sugar, peanut butter, and condensed milk).  Then we went to Pop Bar near Howard's place and had a gelato popsicle.  Food days are awesome.  I am also enjoying that new food places are popping up all over now.  They just opened a 85 Degree bakery in Serramonte and will open a Steak 'n Shake in Daly City very soon.  And I also like these individual hot pot places that are popping up in the Richmond and Sunset this last year or two.  Also, I recently made really good chicken thighs and pork chops from recipes I found online from The Pioneer Woman and The Kitchn respectively.  I am building a good repertoire.  The one thing I really wish I could master is Chinese turnip cake.  Cannot find a good recipe where my turnip cake doesn't turn into mush.  Don't know why......The Chicago Cubs have won the World Series, after a 108-year old drought.  They won in extra inning in Game Seven.  I don't really follow baseball, but I appreciate how momentous this is.  Sometimes good things happen, and things are right in the world...I don't know how the presidential election will turn out.  It's actually turned into a nail-biter.  May God be with us on this one, even as we march ourselves straight into hell