ah, monday monday.
i feel like getting drunk. i haven't done that yet this year, and 2004 is almost over! alas, i don't like drinking by myself (too much of a stigma to that), so i need some people to imbibe with.
at least monday's almost over with. that's a blessing, for sure.
i had a mediocre pastrami sandwich today. yes, i know it's beef; i've been slacking off on my "no beef" ban of late; this past weekend, i had beef short ribs (kal bi courtesy of alan), and steak (courtesy of paul). sigh. maybe i *will* die of BSE. *knocks on wood*
but back to the pastrami sandwich. i like my pastrami fatty. and greasy. this one was dry and just plain salty, and i didn't like it very much. sigh. where can i get good pastrami out west? or is togo's my best bet? any deli's i should try out?
i sort of want to throw a party at our place. but the thing is, like alan said, planning and preparing (and cleaning up) is a bitch, and he's not really into the idea, so i guess 2004 might go by without a single shindig at our place. that's a drought, especially considering we had TWO parties here last year.
motherfucker! our work has a shutdown during the days between christmas and new year's. i just got an e-mail from a manager requesting that we work those days. that fucking SUCKS. i was looking forward to having a nice rest during the holidays, and now i have to WORK??!! sheeeiiiit.
oh well. i have nothing to do those days anyway, i guess. alan and ting are going to thailand, so i'll have no one to play with back at home. but even so, a day spent lounging around doing nothing beats any day in the office, that's for sure.
i'm kind of bummed now about that whole holiday thing. sigh. oh well. nothing i can do about it.
woah. i just squeezed my nose really hard, and some blood came out. eww.
do they still make biore pore perfect strips? those are fun! nothing like clearing your face of those nasty blackheads. the thing is, i usually left them on too long, so they were almost impossible to peel off cleanly. i just liked the feeling of them on my nose!
ok, this is very uninspired blogwriting. i think i should just cut my losses and end it right here. toodles!
a semi-fun semi-relaxiing weekend.
friday night, alan made two kinds of ribs, and peter came over to eat with us. then we grabbed pearl milk tea at verde and chatted a bit.
saturday, i woke up to see stanford lose to notre dame (sports disappointment #1). i didn't get to finish the game, though, because i had to meet up with some taiko alum peeps at shoreline theater to see _garden state_. i liked the movie, but i liked the soundtrack (which include zero7's "in the waiting line" and thievery corporation's "lebanese blonde") better. and best of all, i liked natalie portman.
in the previews, they showed an upcoming film where natalie plays a stripper! i was shocked, but i'd definitely want to see her with more skin showing. :)
i came back from the movie, and paul called me up and invited me over for some steak (beef!) and vegetable kabobs. during dinner, we watched this horrible straight-to-video movie called "lost journey" or something. it was about a haunted boat, and boy, was it BAD. i hung out a bit and then went home to sleep.
sunday, i woke up to see my cowboys lose to the giants (sports disappointment #2), so i was bummed out. after the game, i met up with ehg2 at the chinese plaza in milpitas. we talked for about two hours, and it was pleasant. in the end, i had to go home to watch _nfl primetime_, and i took a short nap during the broadcast and wound up staying in bed until about 7pm.
i grabbed a burrito at bueno bueno (yum, garlic spread on the tortilla!), and just watched the end of the sunday night football game before heading up.
all in all, a good weekend. a good balance between social activities and resting. it's just a fucking shame, though, that a weekend is only two days long.