spicy! tonight i headed over to orochon ramen with hong and jenn to eat some incredibly good miso ramen. the cool thing is that after choosing your ramen flavor, you get to choose a level of spiciness (from 1-7, 7 being the least spicy). i went with "osae orochon" (level 5), the first one under the "launch!" category, and i think that was perfect. somehow jenn managed "impact orochon" (level 3) which is pretty impressive. the crazy part is that it goes beyond "extreme orochon" (level 1). there are two higher levels, "special 1" and "special 2" under the "eat at your own risk" category. apparently "special 2" is the ultimate... i wonder what its like. here's a picture of the menu.

wav 5 continues to progress nicely and of course we have some amazing surprises in store. it continues to pick up subscribers and there's been alot of great fanmail and praise, which definitely makes me feel good about what we're doing. the magazine isn't perfect, but nothing is, and i think we're getting some good information across to a receptive audience. thanks to cool hunting for the blurb which boosted our traffic and subscriptions. i think they summarized the magazine best, hitting it pretty much spot on:

"A casual writing style and eclectic layout belie the glossy's youth (this is only their fourth issue), but that's often the case from what's likely the output of a no-sleep work ethic of an underpaid and understaffed independent publisher."