man, i am beat today. not sure why. i slept a solid 11 hours, so maybe that was too much or something. i had the hardest time getting out of bed, and after lunch, i found it hard to walk. i passed out in my cube around 3pm, and my boss walked by and started laughing. whoops!
so a few saturdays from now, i'm going fishing for greg's bachelor party. we're taking a boat into the san francisco bay for the entire day. i have three fears about this. 1) i am afraid that i will get seasick. the last time they did this, nelson was puking the entire time. 2) i am afraid that i will tic and lose my glasses in the water. so maybe i'll take my glasses off for the whole time. 3) i am afraid that i'll have to take a dump. my diarrhea comes multiple times a day, and i don't know if the boat will have a toilet.
yeah, in retrospect, i should have picked up my dad from the airport and stuff. but the thing is, he probably would have refused. my dad's weirdly imdependent like that. he likes driving around and getting about on his own. but yeah, our time spent together was way too short, but he told me that he enjoyed it, so i'm glad. *sniff*
friday night, at aqui, there was this big dude wearing shorts, and his shorts were way too low, so he was showing buttcrack. it was very unappetizing. the table next to us noticed, too. at least he didn't have a hairy ass. it reminds me of this one time we were playing taboo, and the word was "plumber," and all the team had to say for the guesser to get it right was "buttcrack." talk about being on the same wavelength!
saturday, at best buy, this was this kid who couldn't be been more than 8 years old playing guitar hero. he was doing "freebird" on medium level, and he was really good! the thing is, he had small hands, but he was just rocking on the guitar, and there was a small crowd of people watching him play. for those of you who don't play, "freebird" has a long and difficult solo at the end. the kid scored 94% at the end, and after he finished, people applauded. pretty cool.
i heard it reached 117 degrees in las vegas over the weekend. holy fucking shit! this concerns me because i'm going to be there this coming weekend. people said that shoes were melting on the asphalt. hot damn! anyways, i've got mixed emotions about the trip. on one hand, i'm excited to see jay again and party it up with the guys, although peter and alex can't make it (major bummer). but on the other hand, the sleep deprivation is going to kill me. i don't function well on little sleep. and of course, there is the heat factor. oh well, i'll just have to suck it up.
so what do you do when you ask a girl out, she says no, but you stay friends? how do those feelings go away? do they just slowly fade away? i think it must be a little tough, because you still see them on a regular basis, and there's no distance that's forced upon you two. in the past, from my own personal experience, once i know that it's not going to work out between me and a girl i like, i just put up some mental roadblocks, but usually with those came physical separation. you know, that whole "out of sight, out of mind" thing. but if you still remain friends and hang out still, then that's a very different situation, and i suppose it will take a little longer to get over the "like" feelings.
ok, it's almost 6. i'm dying to get out of here.
friday night, i met up with a few folks in downtown campbell, and we went to eat at this "wholesome" mexican place called aqui. the food was ok and relatively inexpensive. i got the pork chile verde. afterwards, greg and cheryl met up with us, and they went drinking. i had to leave early to meet up with my dad, who drove in on a layover on the way to taiwan. he got in around 11pm, so we just chatted for a bit and shared some jameson (neat, since i had no ice) before he went to sleep.
he left at 8am saturday morning, which made me sad because i didn't get to hang out with him at all. i went back to sleep and had this crazy dream where i was playing this old NES videogame and had to put paul's dog spike on my head in order to see.
i got up at noon, and just watched some tv before meet up with paul and nelson at in 'n out. paul bought leeya brand new prius for her birthday! i've seen commercials of people buying cars for each other for special occasions, but i have rarely heard of people actually doing it. man, that's generous. at in 'n out, i just got a shake for lunch because it was 3pm, and i was having dinner at 6:30.
dinner was leeya's birthday event at alexander's steakhouse. leeya had been craving the prime rib ever since we went there for nelson's birthday dinner last year, so i got it as well, just a 14oz cut, though. it was really good, i must admit. i don't usually like steak, but this one was tender and very flavorful. what amazes me is mikeT's ability to eat steak; he got a 2lb ribeye, and he finished it! damn.
after dinner, paul told leeya that he got her a birthday present, and handed over a car remote. (the prius doesn't need keys.) so we walked out, and leeya searched for her new car. when she found it, she was really happy. she named her car "arthur." then we headed over to their house to play some wii, and i headed home to catch the last part of sportscenter.
sunday, i got up and went over to jeremy and kate's house for a bbq with the stanford gang. jack and amy, dave and carolyn, and jose all came, and there were four kids there. it was cool to get everyone together again, although it was a bummer that alan and ting couldn't come (they were hosting a bbq of their own). i was watching the kids all play together, and i wondered if i had the energy to have kids of my own at my stage in life. it takes so much work!
i left around 5, and i drove to alvin's house, and 5 of us drove up to daly city to meet up with geoff and pak. from there, we went to calzone's (in north beach) for geoff's birthday dinner. i have yet to eat good italian food in north beach. my calzone was pretty bland, even with the extra marinara sauce that i requested. afterwards, we stopped by a cafe for dessert, hung out at geoff's place for some tea, and head back.
all in all, a busy and fun weekend, and i'm looking forward to this 4-day workweek.