so for lunch today, C and i went to the cheap korean place. both of us were feeling like having some alcohol, so he got a beer, and i got some whiskey (johnnie walker black). my whiskey wasn't very good (i never really liked black label), but it was only $4.50, so what the heck.
so i got some shocking news over the weekend. one of my friends, who i actually had a crush on a few years ago (when she was engaged), is getting divorced! it's the first divorce among my friends, so i was pretty stunned. i think it was the long distance that had a big factor (the two were separated by an ocean), but still, i felt sad. it was only a few years ago that i went to their wedding. sigh. failed marriages make me feel bad.
so at the rivermark pool yesterday, there was this guy who was a really bad swimmer. he would swim freestyle (or "try" is more like it), flailing away, and after about 30 seconds or so, he'd move like 10 feet. we laughed at him, but then again, i didn't laugh so much because that's how i would swim. i am terrible at swimming. i took classes and stuff when i was a kid, but i did horribly. and fyi, the last time i was in a pool was over a decade ago. i was in a waterpark in japan, and i tried freestyle. and i performed just as pathetically as that guy. i swam as hard as i could, and after about a half a minute or so, i had barely moved, and i was already dizzy. ick. some people just aren't born to swim, i guess.
so i think "kate beckinsale" has overtaken "perfect ass" as the top image search phrase on my site. i got a record-high 1,600+ hits yesterday. crazy shit. i guess people like the nipply picture of her that i found. my hits are waaaay over-inflated, and i have no idea how many actual readers i have. oh, and by the way, i you're a reader and want to introduce yourself, please do. :) lurkers, come out!
i got three calls early in the morning from a "restricted" number. it was really annoying, because it interrupted some cool dreams i was having. i have a different ringtone for non-caller-id numbers, and it's really LOUD. so they were totally jolting, ruining my peaceful slumber. and what's worse, when i answered the phone, all i got on the other end was silence. what the fuck? i hope they're not prank callers who are messing with me.
in junior high or so, did you ever get a crush on somebody and call him/her up and hang up immediately? i have to shamefully admit that i did that. a few times, i even brazenly stayed on the line just to hear her say "hello?" a few more times. and, when i got her answering machine, i held up the phone to a tape recorder so i could have copy of her voice. ah, young love. :)
i think i've forgotten how to solve a rubik's cube. i'm currently eyeing the one i have on my desk (one that's solved), and i'm tempted to play with it. but my big fear is that i won't remember how to finish it, and one of my OCD's is that i can never put down a rubik's cube until it's done. argh!
so my coworker across the aisle had a baby today (or maybe it was last night, i'm not sure). congratulations to him! it's a baby girl, and her name is ashley. i really like that name. i guess i won't be seeing much of him for the next few weeks. another coworker of mine had a baby a few weeks ago, named issac (which is actually an acronym, cool!), and man, he looked really tired when he came back to work. i guess babies will do that to you, huh? if i ever have a kid, it'll be a shock to my system, i'm sure, since nowadays i get anywhere from 10-13 hours of sleep a night.
ok, this is a relatively early post. it's not even 5pm yet!
i had a good weekend; i could tell because i was only home (aside from sleeping) for about two hours. otherwise, i was out and about.
friday night, i met up with alan, ting and peter. we had dinner at california pizza kitchen. i got the chipotle chicken pizza, and it was only ok. i was disappointed they didn't have any good whiskey; i was really craving a drink. i don't think the food there is any good, and maybe we'll stop going there from now on. afterwards, we hung out at border's books across the way, but for some strange reason, peter got really bad allergies in there, so we had to leave.
saturday, nelson and i grabbed lunch at dishdash. it was my first time there, and i wanted to try it. overall, i thought the food was only ok; i got the shawarma wrap, but i should have gotten the lamb instead of the chicken. afterwards, we went back to nelson's place to watch an episode of his favorite tv show, _news radio_. it was the first episode after phil hartman died, so it was pretty emotional. i think maura tierney is really sexy for some reason.
after that, we picked up paul and leeya, and 9 of us went to dusita (thai food) for dinner. i LOVE their "duck run" dish. fucking yummy. afterwards, we went back to play the nintendo wii. i suck at tennis. i don't think i've ever won a single game yet. geoff's wife pak bagelled me.
sunday, some of us grabbed pho at pho nam for lunch, and then headed over to mikeC's place to hang out for a bit before the girls arrived for some swimming exercise at the rivermark. they have a nice pool there. john joined them, and the three of them did quite a few laps in the pool. paul and i walked his dog spike over to the rivermark to grab some pearl drinks and a newspaper (leeya's niece had her picture taken in the paper).
i left around 6:00 and drove to foster city to have dinner with mallory. man, it had been around a year and a half since i had seen her, so i was kind of excited to catch up with her. she gave me some bad news, so i was shocked and saddened. but aside from that, it was good to see her. we had some taiwanese food which she ordered because the entire menu was in chinese with absolutely no english. i got leek boxes (yum) and ate all four of them in their greasy goodness.
and that was it. overall, a very good weekend, with lots of friend interaction and very little downtime.