whutup people. i'm so fucking glad that it's friday.
i'm wearing one of my stanford t-shirts today. in less than 3 hours, cindy will be watching our alma mater take on our nemesis on the basketball floor. cal is doing pretty well this year, so it'll be a tough game for us.
i had the strangest dessert today for lunch. it was shaped like a long dumpling (with thicker skin), but inside was a bunch of chopped walnuts in some sort of thick semi-sweet syrup. i can't say it was good, but it was definitely interesting. not sure if i'd ever try it again.
speaking of desserts, i love baklava.
i've arranged a large taiko alum dinner at gombei this sunday. if everything goes right, there will be 7-8 people there, which is a lot of people for us. i'm looking forward to catching up with the taiko peeps; i haven't seen them for a while. and plus, it's at gombei! that's my favorite restaurant; never disappoints.
i'm debating whether or not i'm going to pick up jay and margaret at oakland airport sunday afternoon. i'd have to drive jay's SUV because they have a lot of stuff (they went to alabama for a few days, and then off to park city for some snowboarding), and i'm always skitting about driving somebody else's car. but we'll see. i don't want them to waste their money by riding in some shuttle.
yesterday, i had dinner with yuji at ryowa ramen, our usual spot. it was good catching up with him, especially since he never updates his xanga anymore. according to him, he's done with blogging on xanga, so i guess i'll just have to get updates from him personally from time to time.
so today is my coworker V's last day at the company; he starts at nvidia on monday. he's one of my better friends here, and i'm going to miss him. sigh. why do people have to leave? my last remaining good friend is my wingman W, and if he leaves, then i'm going to be *really* sad.
i was never a big fan of sweaty, hot sex. ok, hot sex is good, but sweaty is no good. i do like the imagery of it, i.e. glistening writhing bodies, but i just hate high temperatures. i mention this because today i was forwarded a link to some naked people playing taiko, and some of the camera shots showed that their skin was so wet it was reflecting light. sort of captivating to look at, but i just don't like the reality of it.
i hope i make it through the basketball game all right. the last time i went, my tics started bothering me, and i was a bit edgy by the end of the game. sitting in bleachers, i can't put myself in the weird poses that i do to keep myself from ticcing. we'll see, i guess. maybe if the game is good, it'll take my mind off from my tics.
anyways, that's it for this week. have a good one, folks!