ah, the break is finally upon me. 11 straight days off! i'm a little bummed i didn't get to hang out with my parents these past three days, but it turned out ok in the end. i'm gonna pound out this blog entry and go home. and no more work until the new year! WOO-FUCKING-HOO!
man, 2007 went by so quickly. it was blur, really. i will remember it as the year of the weddings. 6 of them, and there were another 5 that i either wasn't invited to or didn't attend. i spent a lot of money on airfare, hotels, gifts, and bachelor parties, but it was worth it; i had a lot of fun, and it was good times with friends. i have one more left on 12/30, but this one i'm not sure of; it's a family wedding, and i don't know of anybody my age who's attending, so i'm thinking it won't be as fun as the other 5 i attended this year. plus, since i'll be with family, i don't think i'll be able to drink and stuff. maybe i'll drink with my dad? *shrug*
this was a rare year where i made new year's resolutions, and i followed through on both of them. and i'm proud of myself for doing that. i feel like i accomplished something, and that's a very good thing.
jay and margaret are back! and this time, it's for a while. jay's heading up a facial plastics division in some san jose hospital, and i organized a group dinner at korea house tomorrow night. i can't wait to see them. and after that, i'm attending greg and cheryl's holiday/gift exchange party. i went to fry's on monday and bought a $20 (that was the limit) gift. and on sunday, nelson invited me to go see the 49ers/bucs game. ah, jeff garcia comes back to his old stomping grounds. i just hope i don't freeze into a popsicle.
2007 was also the year of facebook. i have 99 friends on it now. one more until my goal of 100! haha. i found some old high school friends that i haven't heard from in well over a decade. so that's pretty damn cool. one of them, i had a crush on. unfortunately, her profile picture is a photo of some dogs, so i have no idea what she looks like now. i'm curious. funny thing is, she's up in SF now, so i wonder if i should drop her a line and see if she wants to meet up. (oh, btw, she's married now.)
i think i'm completely dependent on my morning cigarette now. i can't seem to take my morning dump without it. when i had my first smoke today, my mom came out to see what the hell i was doing. i immediately hid my left hand, and i hope she didn't see my cigarette. i started walking away from her and acted all nonchalantly, and then she went inside. she knows i smoke, but i just don't like to do it in front of her.
my mom burps a lot. i know it's part of her ailment (having gas), but it sort of bugs me. i should let it go. poor mom. menopause hit her really hard, and there was a month a few years ago when she couldn't get out of bed. she had to breathe using an oxygen mask, and she couldn't even talk. she had to write stuff to communicate. man. i am so glad that she is better now. of course, when she tells me about her illness, she credits her faith in god as the reason why she's all better now.
my parents bicker a lot. my dad calls her "wife" in chinese, in a sort of grating manner. i know they love each other, but still, they don't seem to get along sometimes. it bothers me. my mom sometimes tells me that she and my dad are very different people, and she repeatedly reminds me to find a girl who is "compatible" with me. i think my dad sometimes feels left out because my mom's faith is so strong, and she is so devoted to the church and her religious life. maybe that's why my dad throws himself into his work? *ponder*
i am curious what aimee thinks of the book i lent her. as a reminder, i lent her _vox_ by nicholson baker, and the entire novel is a phone sex conversation. it's awesome. aimee's a girl who won't get offended by it, and i hope she likes it. i've given this book to many girls before, but i've yet to hear any of their thoughts on it. i hope she has time to read it on her winter break from school.
my heating bill is going to be astronomical this month. since my parents are here, i've kept the heat on 24 hours of a day.
the other night, i was in the shower, and the moisture in the air must have loosened up the wax in my left ear. i heard a crunch and felt a jostling noise. and the next thing i knew, this half-dime-sized chunk of yellow/brown gunk fell out. it was awesome. i played with it for about a minute in the shower, as it was very malleable. no, i didn't eat it. and my hearing got a lot better, too. i must have overactive sebaceous glands or something; ever since i was little, i've always had a ton of earwax. i used to go to my doctor every few months to clean my ears out. that was back when they used that metal loop device to scrape it out; nowadays, they use a loosening fluid and a water squeegee.
i wonder what new year's resolutions i'm going to make for 2008. i have an idea, but it's not something i can control.
yeah, i'm still sleeping naked even though parents are under my roof. i trust them not to come in my bedroom without knocking. i've actually slept in the same room as a naked guy before. back when i was in japan, i shared a room with my finnish buddy, ilkka. one time, i woke up and rolled over to face the side of the room where he was sleeping, and i opened my eyes and got a faceful of his bare ass standing there. it was quite a sight to behold. ah, ilkka. he was a cool dude.
some girls have a very misleading face. when i went to get my vietnamese sandwich after basketball today, there was this girl sitting at a table having lunch. from the side, she had a very cute face/profile. but then, when i caught a glimpse of her face from the front, she turned out to be not so cute. (her eyes were too close together; it was very weird.) deceptive! just goes to show you that you need a full 180 degrees before making a judgment on a girl's looks.
ok, that is it for me today. no more work for 2007! i'll try to blog at least once more before the end of the year. but until then, have a STUPENDOUS holiday season everyone! *muah*