so right before i started typing this blog entry, i was IM'ing an ex-gf of mine for about half an hour. granted, we only went out for like two weeks (after hanging out for several months before we got together), but it's still nice to know that i can be friends with at least one of my ex's. she's the one who married another dardy. small world, huh?
after lunch today, we went to beard papa's again. since my expectations were lowered this time, the cream puffs (i ate two of them) were actually good. i do dig their vanilla filling. for the actual lunch, we went to dynasty for my second straight dim sum outing. the place was pretty empty, a ghost town compared to how busy it is on the weekends. there weren't even any carts; instead, we had to order off of a piece of paper. it wasn't as exciting, but at least i was guaranteed to get my two favorite dishes. yay!
so one of my lunch buddies announced that he's leaving the company on the drive over to dynasty. sad. but after listening to his (new) job opportunities, i think it's a good move for him, career-wise and financially as well. but i'm sad to see yet another friend leave, of course.
so i sent off jimmy and sabrina's wedding RSVP card today. these were from the invitations that smelled funky (that chinese smell). and guess what? the adhesive in the envelope tasted really WEIRD. it was like some sort of odd chinese perfume oil or something. i thought i was being poisoned! normally, i actually sort of enjoy the sweet taste of envelopes, but man, i had to drink something after licking the RSVP envelope.
i'm getting a haircut today. it's about time; i'm getting really shaggy in the back, and my sideburns are completely out of control. i always plan my haircuts in advance in the mornings, so i pick an old t-shirt out of my laundry pile to wear because i know i'm going to get hair all over the collar and shoulder areas. and i'm timing this haircut just under 1.5 months in advance of jimmy's wedding so i'll get my next one a short while before their big day to look good in the pictures. smart, huh?
i got screwed by another facebook quiz. this one was the "guess the movie company by their logo" quiz. i knew i clicked the "dreamworks SKG" option when i saw their logo, but for some insane reason, facebook told me i clicked some other random, no-name, nonsensical answer. and that was the only one i missed. wtf? *RAAR* yes, it means something to me, getting that 100% mark.
i've found that i'm good at recognizing actors and actresses, but not movies. it's because i don't watch many movies. i used to watch a lot more, about 5 years ago. i mean, i used to stand in line for an hour or so on opening night and stuff. but now, i go to the theaters maybe 5 times a year max (if that), and i don't rent movies either. so my movie consumption has gone down drastically. however, i watch E! and sometimes stuff like _entertainment tonight_ and other similar shows, so i at least keep up with hollywood personalities.
i'm going to try playing basketball tomorrow. my toe seems to be ok enough for me to run. i still have a scab on the side and some blood underneath the right edge of the nail, though. but we'll see. i've been out of commission for three whole weeks, so i bet i'll be out of shape, cardiovascularly. but i really miss playing. oh, and devin harris is out for the mavericks for 2-3 weeks with a bone bruise on his ankle. rats. i hope the mavs can survive during that time. i guess injuries are just a part of basketball.
so remember my friends who are coping with a death in the family? i still don't know if it's ok to call them or not. how do i talk to them? do i act like life's normal? do i bring it up? *ponder* the death happened around the new year, so it's been a good 4 weeks or so. i really want to call them and see how they're doing, but i just don't know how to go about doing it.
so i was talking to this girl about online dating, and she found her husband through craigslist. i had never considered doing that. she said that she just put an ad out there, and she got like 50 responses within a short period of time. she whittled it down to 10, and from there on, she found her husband. i thought that was pretty cool. maybe someday, i'll try doing that. of course, i'll have to ask for a picture; there's no way i'll do a blind date. but i had no idea that craigslist had that much traffic. cool!
re: the natalie portman nude pic. yeah, i didn't quite like the fact that she was quite "ribsy." but still, i think she's beautiful. it's her face. it's always the face first, for me. do you guys remember the ad she did for isaac mizrahi? i had tear-out of that ad from W magazine posted up in my cubicle for the longest time. actually, i just checked a box in my cube right now, and i still have it. it's from february 1996!
re: clueless girls. yes, i understand some girls aren't clueless, and they know the guys are interested. but what i hate is when they still lead the guy on. like, they let the guy take them out and stuff. this happened when i took k4 out to masa's on that romantic $350+ dinner. i mean, if you know that the date means something to the guy, and you're not interested, then you should just say no. hrmph. (btw, nowadays, for the life of me, i can't see why i liked her so much.)
ok, time for my haircut. i'm outta here.
friday night, i picked up nelson and then john, and we headed out to pizza chicago and had our usual pick: the great chicago fire pizza, half without cilantro (i HATE cilantro, except when it's in salsa). it was damn good. that's all i did that night.
saturday, i pretty much spent the whole day with nelson. we had lunch with mikeC at la bamba. nelson tried out the carnitas tacos there and compared it with los charros. he like los charros's tacos way better, although i still think la bamba's carnitas is better. la bamba took out a large portion of their counters and tables, so we had to get our food to go and eat at my place.
then, i was craving frozen yogurt, so we went to yogurt fantasy. they had the mochi in! haha. the girl even remembered me and how i asked for the mochi last time. it was good, and as long as they keep having that topping, i'll keep going.
then, nelson and i went to see _no country for old men_. i thought the movie was decent, but failed to understand any "deeper meaning" behind it. i thought the ending was completely strange, and i wasn't even paying attention to the speech because i thought there was no way it could end on it. oh well. afterwards, we went back to nelson's place, and while i watched some tv shows (ebert and roeper's top 10 films of 2007, jeopardy!, wheel of fortune), nelson did some research on the movie. he refuses to tell me what he found. bastard. :)
then, we had dinner at chili's. i got the chicken fried steak and a shot of bushmills, and he got this monster quesadilla salad. then, we met up with paul and leeya at tap-ex and chilled out for a bit. and that was the end of saturday.
sunday was pretty light. i cancelled dim sum with the gang because grace cancelled on me due to family obligations. and plus, aimee didn't answer her phone, john didn't answer, nelson was probably sleeping, mikeC was sleeping, etc. but i was still craving dim sum, so i called up adam and joined his in-laws at pan tao for some tasty stuff. his father in law was kind enough to put in a special order for my two favorite dishes (leek dumplings and turnip cake), so i got them at the end of the meal. the leek dumplings were still very hot, and very delish. the turnip cakes, however were mushy and not very good. even so, it was very nice of them to let me join them, and the father in law even paid. *bows gratiously*
after that, i took my usual post-dim sum food coma nap to the lakers/cavs game, and i watched the end of that game before switching back and forth between the mavs/nuggets game (the mavs won!) and _face off_ on the usa channel. then, i watched part of the warriors/knicks game sandwiched between having vietnamese food with my coworker D (who was working, poor guy) at pho nam.
after dinner, i called up amy, and we talked for like 40 minutes. it's always nice talking to her. she might be visiting the bay area at the end of february. yippee! i can't wait.
and that was the end to my weekend. lots of basketball on sunday.