hey peeps. i was with the company for almost 12 hours yesterday. normally, this would piss me off, but actually, we were doing that celebration thing in napa. the bus left at 10am, and we got back at 9pm. the bus ride was sort of painful, but overall, i had a pretty decent time.
we had a quick (nasty bland sandwich) lunch at a park, and then proceeded to play this scavenger hunt thing (put on by the go game) for a few hours. i was dreading getting stuck trying to solve some hard puzzles, but it wasn't that type of activity. it was mainly some simple running around and looking for objects, taking pictures of stuff, making a few videos/photos of ourselves doing silly things, etc. i had a good time with our team.
afterwards, we convened at this restaurant called "downtown joe's" for dinner, where we tallied up the final scores. out of 6 teams, we came in second to last. :( for dinner, i ordered a ribeye steak, and boy, was it nasty.
one of the game staff, this spunky sassy girl named roxie (sp?) was *really* cute. probably one of the cutest girls i have ever seen in real life. and that made my day. it's not often that i get inspired by such a sight. but yeah, i had to mention that.
i played basketball today for the first time in a few weeks. my lower back had been bothering me, but now it's a lot better. i made a few jumpers, and in the last two or three games, looking back, i should have shot more. they were playing man defense, and the guy who was guarding me was a lot shorter. hm. anyways, it felt good to get out there again; i think i'll try to play twice a week from now on.
the weird thing, though, is that i don't sweat when i play. i used to soak my t-shirt. am i not playing hard enough? i definitely feel it in my legs and my lungs, but yeah, there's no sweat. hm.
so i must say goodbye to sanjaya malakar. he finally got vote off last night. when they announce the bottom three, ryan seacrest noticed that simon was grinning. he must have known what was going on. anyways, i'm going to miss sanjaya, and it was touching to see him cry. awww. now i wonder who votefortheworst.com is going to tag as the next person they'll champion.
oh. one of the tasks in the game was to take a picture of somebody doing something out of the ordinary. i volunteered by lying in the middle of the street (after making sure that i wouldn't get run over by cars). but by far, the best one was where one of the guys took off all his clothes and covered his schlong with a manila folder. what balls! i mean, hats off to this dude. there would be no way (well, maybe for a lot of money) i would strip naked in public.
so i've had this massive zit on my face for like a month now. it's simply not going away, and i'm afraid it's like a cyst or something. it's worried me to much that i've scheduled an appointment with my dermatologist for this upcoming monday. maybe they'll have to do some minor surgery or something. and while they're at it, i'll ask for a refill of some fluocinonide. that stuff rocks! it gets rid of all sorts of rashes that i get from time to time.
so i usually get a massage today (it's every other thursday), but my neck and shoulders don't feel that sore. i'm happy to say (but with some trepidation, *knocks on wood*) that my tics haven't horrible of late. i'm still ticcing violently, but not with that heavy frequency. i'm not sure what the reason is, though. maybe it's because of less stress at work, maybe it's because of the medications i'm taking (i.e. increased topamax), but whatever the reason, i'm happy.
ok. i take that back. i just squeezed my zit, and tons of blood came out. maybe it's starting to drain. hm. anyways, off i go!