February 28, 2006

[](https://eecue.com/p/25307/orochon-special-2-spice-level.html "orochon special 2 spice level") Some times I don't make the smartest decisions when it comes to my culinary explorations. There was that one time in Tokyo when I tried the chicken sashimi and repeatedly after a night at the bar I find myself drawn to the danger dog cart. Some of my hacker friends make something called Habeñero rum which is incredibly spicy and I've had it a few times, but it didn't prepare me for the Special 2 Spice Level [Orochon](http://www.orochonramen.com/) Ramen. [Read the rest over at blogging.la](http://blogging.la/archives/2006/02/orochon.phtml#more).

This weekend I went out to the desert for my birthday and took [some photos](http://eecue.com/images_archive/eecue-album-1287-1-eqvr_2006.html) of the few flowers that I found in bloom. Compared to last year there were almost no flowers at all, but I am guessing after this rain that we had there will be many more in the next few weeks. Here are several of the shots I took: [](https://eecue.com/p/25369/Wooly-Daisy.html "Wooly Daisy") [](https://eecue.com/p/25369/Wooly-Daisy.html "Wooly Daisy") [](https://eecue.com/p/25369/Wooly-Daisy.html "Wooly Daisy") The best part about the sparsity of wildflowers was that there were bugs on all the flowers that were alive.