so for the past few months, i've been carrying around this little packet of vegemite that cheryl brought back from her business trip to australia. and today, D and i went to IHOP, expressly for the purpose of me ordering toast and trying it out. i got the country fried steak and substituted my pancakes for white toast with butter. after i finished my CFS, three scrambled eggs (with cholula) and half of my hash browns, i spread some extra butter i ordered, opened up the packet of vegemite, and put some on. i ate the bread upside down, so the vegemite/butter landed squarely on my tongue.
it was ok!
but then, i realized that i couldn't really *taste* the vegemite with the large gob of butter i had spread on, so i tried it again, this time with no butter, and a bigger patch of vegemite.
it was gross.
yeah, it tasted (really) salty, sour, and altogether nasty. D laughed as i made these faces while the taste filtered through my tongue and registered onto my brain. all in all, i ate half of the packet of the stuff (to reaffirm to myself that i didn't like it), and afterwards, i scarfed down the rest of my hash browns to get rid of the taste. i doubt i'll ever try vegemite again. but now my curiosity is lifted!
so here at work, we have that "giving tree" thing where you take a card that says what a kid wants, and you buy it for him/her. i was too lazy to do that, so i gave cash instead. today, i wrote a check for $100 and turned it in to HR. i felt good about that; the way i figure, a gift is only supposed to be $20-30, so i'm actually getting more than one gift, minus the effort of actually going out there and buying it myself. plus, who knows is what you get for the kid is something he'll like? maybe it's the wrong color, wrong model, etc.
after i got my haircut last night, i was hungry (being a tuesday, when i only eat a small breakfast jack all day long), so i grabbed a charro burrito from bueno bueno. the thing was huge, and i added a lot of hot salsa. so at 5am, i woke up with a massive stomachache. i actually dragged myself out of bed (it was freezing, too) and sat on the toilet for a while. all i could squeeze out was this one fart. ugh. i contemplated putting my clothes on and going out for a smoke to loosen my bowels, but i was too lazy, so i crawled back into bed and just waited for the aching to subside. luckily it did. but boy, today, i had two dumps, and they were spicy. for a while, i had to sit on one ass cheek (the left on) because my sphincter hurt so badly.
i just booked my flights to LA on southwest. i'm going down there on christmas day, and coming back new year's eve. business class was only $130 or so (one way), but i figured that i can keep my tourette's in check for an hour and save money ($50 going down, and $90 coming back up). so it looks like i'm spending the bulk of my 11-day winter holiday in LA. it's ok. on one hand, it'll be good to see my family (after all, they're my FAMILY), but on the other hand, it'll be a little boring to be in LA; i'd much rather be in the bay area. i just hate LA. but the cool thing (hopefully) will be meeting up with some of my friends who live down there. (people like alex, gina, maybe emi/shoji if they're around)
taizo found me on facebook last night. he's a friend i made when i lived in japan. i noticed on his profile that he listed his height, weight, and "15cm." hm. was that his penis length? 15cm is just under 6 inches, right? hehe. i checked his profile again this morning, and the 15cm was gone. haha! that *must* have been it! awesome. i mean, on my friendster and blog profile, i list that i'm uncircumcised, and i am very proud of it. (and thankful, too) it's a wonderful thing to be 100% natural. yay for being uncut!
i notice that i tic a lot more when i'm eating in a restaurant. i'm not quite sure why that is. maybe it's because i'm more relaxed, and i let myself go a little more. or maybe it's because there are more people around, and i get more nervous. either way, it's annoying, and i don't like it. *RAAR*
has anybody seen _lars and the real girl_? it stars ryan gosling as a guy who has a relationship with a doll. it looks very kooky and interesting. i've been wanting to see this movie for a while now, but i haven't been able to find a sidekick to see it with.
_the real world_ tonight! condoms busting! dunbar cheating on his girlfriend! it's gonna be juicy!
ok, i'm outta here.