something is wrong. i've taken FOUR dumps today (in six hours), and my asshole is in major, burning pain. the first two happened this morning while i was sleeping. i was rudely woken up with massive stomach pains, and i had to drag myself out of bed twice with crackly diarrhea. and even by the second dump, wiping hurt a lot. by my fourth dump early this afternoon, i noticed some small red pieces floating around in the bowl. i don't know what's wrong with me. yowch!
i've been busy today. i've been a synthesizing maniac. i was assigned not only my old blocks (three of them) but the entire DPU block, which has a ton of stuff inside it. man. i hate synthesis. it's not really hard work, and once it works, it's fairly push-button, but i'm a paranoid kind of guy, and i babysit my jobs fretfully, looking out for anything that goes wrong. it's a very uneasy task for me. and on top of that, i've got other things to do, too.
so like i said, i took a long nap after my dim sum outing yesterday. i was sleeping on my left side on the futon in the living room, and when i sat straight up, a big chunk of dark ear wax fell out of my right ear. it was soft, like playdough. i rolled it around in my fingers, and it was sort of neat, very malleable. i sniffed at it (because the earwax in my right ear usually has a very distinct scent, unlike the stuff from my left ear), but this stuff didn't have any odor. and then i threw it away. fun fun!
i've gained about 5 pounds in the last two weeks. i attribute it to eating out more, especially on weekdays. i usually eat two solid meals on the weekends, but on weekdays, i have small dinners at night. but lately, i've been meeting up with the bowling gang more often at night, so that means more food intake. so my gut is getting just slightly bigger. i'm not really worried about it, since i think 152 (my old weight) or so is on the lighter side for someone of my height, but i just don't want to get fat again. i know, i shouldn't worry too much about my weight, but man, i just don't want to get to 200 again.
is there a chinese custom where you can't celebrate for 3 months after a parent passes away? i think i heard about that from one of my friends a few years ago. his father passed away, so he abstained from alcohol for that amount of time. i clearly remember because we went speed dating together, and he told me he could finally have a drink with me at the bar before the event started.
i got three comment spams today. they're from users with random names like "woeifux," promoting bogus nonexistent websites like "www.xiaidu.dfqu.com." i don't understand this. i can understand if the spammers are trying to advertise real sites and get more traffic to them, but what's the point of garbage? it baffles me.
so i guess it's been a week, so i will talk about the ending of _how i met your mother_. i was really sad ted and robin broke up. i mean, i know their future plans didn't work out, but they were good together in the present. it takes a lot of strength to break up even though things are good right now. i don't know if i would have the guts to do that. i mean, ideally, i would like to know a girl's future plans up front so i could decide if i wanted to date her in the first place, but a lot of the time, you don't have all of that information in the beginning. so what if things are going great, but you find a deal breaker? do you have the strength to break up because of that? it's tough, especially if you love that person already. sigh. heartbreaking stuff, man.
ok. time for a smoke. hopefully, no more dumps for me today. my sphincter needs a break!
friday night, i met up with paul, and we grabbed some dinner at sushimaru. instead of eating sushi, i had the katsu don. bad mistake. it was pretty awful, and gombei's stuff kicks sushimaru's all over the place. paul got some mixed sashimi, and for the price, it wasn't worth it. i am not impressed by sushimaru, as far as the non-sushi goes.
afterwards, we went to mikeC's place. he and john went fishing for the day, and they came back with five trout. they de-scaled, de-gutted it, etc., and i was impressed by their handiwork as they prepared the fish for eating. as i watched them work, paul played some videogames on the xbox 360 (project gotham racing), and then we just went home.
saturday, nelson and i grabbed some pho, and then we went to the mountain view arts and wine festival. the usual wares were displayed, and that was the boring part, but i went mainly to see my friend rainbow dance with her troupe. their group, decadance, did all sorts of stuff, and it was pretty interesting to see. afterwards, we went back to nelson's place, where i requested to see an episode of _space ghost_, which was pretty out there and random. then nelson showed me a piece from _kentucky fried movie_ called "a fistful of yen."
we drove over to paul's place and checked out the centerpieces for their wedding. they're big! the guys arrived from fishing (again), and then we headed over to corner place for some tasty korean food. i got the yuk ge jang again, but this time extra spicy, and with ramen noodles. yum. we went back, played some wii, and then i went home to catch the last half an hour of sportscenter.
sunday, we had dim sum at dynasty. i ate a ton. i was debating whether or not to get the turnip cake when it came out at the very end, and in the end, i decided to get it because i hadn't had it in such a long time. i wound up eating half of the stuff, and when i got home, i had major food coma and slept for another three hours. yeah, i wasted my day. i watched two interesting tv programs, the THS on simon cowell, and a PBS documentary on the 18 mighty mountain warriors, this asian american comedy group based in SF (that i saw a few years ago).
for dinner, paul, mikeC and i grabbed some mexican food at chavez, this supermarket on fair oaks. i decided to go with carnitas this time, and i was disappointed that it was the soft meat instead of the fried variety. still, the burrito was decent, but next time, i think i'll stick with the al pastor as the meat. and after dinner, i got really sleepy (i took my medication before dinner), so i just went home and conked out (yes, despite my 3-hour nap).