last night, i woke up in a fit of coughing. i felt something tickling at the base of my throat. i swear it was a spider. yup, i must have swallowed a spider or something. it kept me up for about 20 minutes, coughing and making me generally uncomfortable. in the end, i got up to drink a glass of water to wash the arachnid down. ick. that's so fucking gross. *shivers* well, at least i heard spiders are a good source of protein.
one of the shows i was watching yesterday was _sport science_. it was about debunking sports myths and stuff. one of them in particular was interesting. it was about the superstition that having sex before playing sports somehow diminishes athletic performance. so what they did was have a boxer do some strength and cardio routines, go have sex with his wife, and come back and perform again. he actually performed better! and to make sure he wasn't sandbagging the first time, they measured his testosterone level. it was 25% higher. wow. so i guess at the beijing olympics, they should have a bunch of prostitutes roaming around the village so the athletes can get some before their big day. :)
last night, i was also watching part of the season one _the bachelor_ marathon on VH1. the reason why i watched it was because i thought one of the girls, shannon oliver, the second runner-up, was really pretty. (here's her personal website.) i actually linked to her site years back on my blog, and her webmaster noticed, and shannon herself wrote me a few times! i was so starstruck, similar to how i am with yul kwon. i mean, i've never been contacted by a tv personality before, especially a hot one. she was nice, and she even wished me season's greetings one year. *bliss*
i had lunch with some old coworkers from V today at the old sneha. it was good seeing adam and rahul, who i last saw back in late 2006. i paid for adam's lunch as a thank you for the stock tip he gave me the last time i saw him (i made $1K on it), and this time, he gave me another tip. i hope it's a good one. adam's investment portfolio is doing very well (over 20% yearly over the past few years), so i trust his advice. rahul told us about his paragliding outing yesterday, and it sounded very cool. i just hope he doesn't get hurt. *crossed fingers*
of course, after lunch, i got ridiculous food coma. indian food does it to me every time. i trudged from the parking lot to my usual ledge for my post-meal cigarette, which made my lethargy even worse. and then, i felt a dump coming on, so i went to the bathroom and nearly passed out on the toilet after letting loose my bowels. and then, i took a 45-minute nap in my cube.
so has anyone seen _sex and the city_ yet? is it good? tim invited me to go see it on saturday, but i couldn't commit because i thought i was going to the city with diana. i don't think i have any other friends who want to see it. the ratings say that there's graphic nudity in it, so that's got my interested piqued. do any of the main four women get naked?
man, there's no basketball to watch for the next three nights. i've been used to having at least a game to tune into for the past month or so. i really want to see kevin garnett win a championship. ah, the lakers and celtics. a classic rivalry. i was a kid back in the larry bird vs. magic johnson days, and my dad and i used to watch those finals together. it was like father/son bonding. we lived in boston for a while, so naturally i will root for the celtics. but honestly, i think the lakers are a better team, so i won't be surprised if they win it.
a few weeks ago, i went to take a leak in a public bathroom. the problem was, there were only two urinals, they were *very* close to each other, there was no barrier, and one of them was already taken. when i stepped forward, our shoulders were touching. it was very uncomfortable. but it wasn't like i was afraid of having a swordfight or anything (ok, maybe i was a little bit), but i was definitely afraid that my pee was going to go horizontal (as it often does), and i'd wind up pissing on the other guy's shoes, and he'd beat me up. so what i did was strain extra hard and force the stream out as fast as i could, and luckily, the piss came out straight. *phew*
i resolve to get some frozen yogurt today. this i say!
had a pretty simple, uneventful weekend.
friday night, i had dinner at southland with paul and leeya. paul was anticipating a fun weekend; he was off to a bachelor party in vegas, flying in at 2pm on saturday and back at 8am on sunday. that was cool because he was going to stay up all night and didn't need to pack anything. woo-hoo!
saturday, i had lunch with john and grace at wahoo's in santana row. i was a bit hesitant to go there because parking at santana row is a bitch on weekends, but after a little circling around, i found a spot. grace was pushing for me to get something other than my usual spicy chicken quesadilla, so this time, i tried the spicy fish quesadilla. the fish was a little dry, and i almost swallowed a bone in the fish. never again. she pointed out that they have carnitas, though, so i'll get that next time.
afterwards, we walked around santana row a bit, and then, i jetted off to mercado to watch _narnia_ at 3pm with my coworker D. the movie actually wasn't half bad, but then again, i had no expectations. it kept my attention, and the best scene was near the end when lucy stood on the bridge. (i'm not going to spoil it for you.) it was a long movie, though, clocking in at 2:20.
then, i went home, had a smoke, and left again for dinner. leeya, mikeC, nelson and i went to one of my favorite places, pho kim long in milpitas. ah, the wonderful, splendourific #27. i had been craving this for a long time coming. funny thing, nelson got it, too, but his was way smaller but had more meat. oh well. he finished his much faster, but since i love noodles, i was glad that mine had more of that stuff.
afterwards, we hit tap ex next door, and then we went back to leeya's place and watched of _team america_. i hate that movie. the puppets sort of freak me out. the thing was, the movie was playing on comedy central, and they weren't censoring anything! wow! i waited until the sex scene (i wanted to see if they were going to cut it out), and then i left, went home, skype'd my mom, and went to bed.
sunday was utterly boring. i had lunch with D at e-noodle (they no longer have the pork/leek dumplings! or at least on the weekends, they don't). then, i went on an expedition to find red envelopes for my graduation/wedding gifts. luckily, i hit a bookstore in milpitas square that had them for 25 cents each. my chinese helped me get good service, and i bought 6 of them.
i went home, watched some television, and took a nap. i called up jeremy and jack and talked to them for like 20 minutes each. both of them had to go eventually because their kids were bugging them. sigh. man, life really changes when you have kids, i realized.
for dinner, i met up with nelson at the chevy's near winchester and 280. i got there early, so i ordered a whiskey (johnnie walker black, no more maker's mark for me), got some free chips, and watched sportscenter. after nelson arrived, we got a table, and i gorged myself on their steak fajitas. it was good, but i told nelson that it doesn't compare to the stuff you can get in texas. that is where the true tex-mex is.
after that, i went home, watched some tv, and went to bed. i wanted to get some frozen yogurt, but i tried calling some people and couldn't get in touch with anyone. phooey.