so after dinner at pasta pomodoro last night, i walked by myself to the parking lot. i couldn't remember where i parked, so i started pressing my car alarm button, listening intently to my car's honking sound. i heard it somewhere among all the cars, and next to it, there were a bunch of white hoodlum-like thugs cursing and stuff. when i pressed my alarm's button for the last time, one of the guys was like, "stop fucking honking, bitch!" i got really scared. when i walked up, they stared at me, and i said meekly, "sorry, i didn't know where i parked." i was expecting them to beat me up or something, but one of the other guys apologized, "sorry, my friend is being an asshole." i felt better, and they didn't give me any trouble. *phew* something terrible could have gone down.
so my evil thought of the day: i walked by a female coworker (who's not in my division), and i thought, "you look like a man." remember, i think these things to see if there are any telepathic people around me. ugh. one of these days, i'm going to come across a telepath, and i'm going to get my ass kicked. i swear, it's a tourettic thing, this evil-thought-thinking thing i do. it's like mental copralia.
so the bad news i got over the weekend is that my friend amyM isn't going to stop by the bay area before she goes to hong kong for a year. i was really bummed out about it when she told me yesterday. i haven't seen her since 2003. i'm making a last ditch effort to see if i can fly her out this coming weekend. (she leaves for HK mid-july, so this is the last weekend possible.) i checked for tickets on travelocity, and they're not super-expensive yet. we'll see if i can make this happen.
i'm not looking forward to tomorrow morning. i have to get up at 7:30am to take my car into the tire shop. and then, i have to face a 2-3 hour wait. i was planning to walk all the way to best buy (maybe a 1-2 mile walk) to look for a bluetooth headset, but i don't think they'll be open that early. i'll definitely walk to mcdonald's to have breakfast, and we'll see where i go from there. there's a krispy kreme across the way, so maybe i'll grab my first donut in a long while. let's hope they're fresh.
lately, i've been having a really easy time falling asleep. (*knocks on wood*) it's a good thing. i mean, it takes less than 20 minutes to fall asleep, and i don't even remember turning off the tv at night. it's great. i used to have horrible insomnia, and it got so bad that i used to have to knock myself out with some xanax. but now, sleep has been great. yay! the only problem is that since slumber comes so easily, i haven't been keeping up with sportscenter, and my knowledge of the sporting life has been diminished.
so today, i went with ben to a thai restaurant on murphy street that nelson recommended. it's called siam taste, and they have jun pad poo. it was horrible. it didn't taste like jun pad poo, and it was just really gross. they even threw in bean sprouts, which i abhor. i was so upset with my meal that i promised myself i would never go back there again. thai basil is the way to go if you want thai food on murphy street. *pukes*
here's a little OCD thing that you might find amusing: every time i smoke on the office steps, i have to see an insect. meaning, i have to sit there and find an insect on the concrete around me in order to feel "satisfied." sometimes, it takes a while, because ants aren't always out, so when i finally find one, i *thank* the ant or whatever it is. weird, huh?
amyM saw thievery corporation in concert the other day. i am SO jealous. TC are one of the pioneers of lounge music, this phase that i was big into a few years ago. i would absolutely love to see them in concert, although since their music is electronic, i'm not quite sure what there is to see. would they just be sitting behind keyboards or computers? *ponder* but yeah, their stuff is awesome, although i'm more enamoured with their older stuff. if you want to check out their stuff, i would recommend their album _sounds from the thievery hi-fi_. it's brilliant shit.
why do people get grouchy when they're hungry? my friend jeremy gets that way. and last night, i was talking to grace, and she said she also gets very irritable when she's hungry. and adam, too. i remember that one time we saw the cocoa and cadaver exhibits, and afterwards, we went to this mediterranean place, and he was starving, so he just sat there, not talking to anyone because he was a bit snappy. rae kept patting his head telling him to calm down because food was coming soon. it was a curious sight. :)
when i went to take a leak today, there was a guy already at one of the urinals. interestingly, the moment i walked into the bathroom, he flushed. and then, he kept on going, and when he finished, he flushed again. so... why flush the first time? because he was embarrassed of the tinkling sound? because there was odor? i'm baffled.
one of my friends want to install a urinal in his home's bathroom. that would be cool. but if i had one, i still probably wouldn't use it because of the splashing. like i said, sometimes my pee stream goes haywire, like 90 degrees off line, onto my shoes and hands and the floor and stuff. it's nuts. sometimes i pee in two streams, too, or the two streams coil around each other like a caduceus. ah, the wonderful world of having a schlong.
oh! i bought fruit for the first time in my life the other day! yup, i walked into safeway, and i bought a few peaches, pears, kiwis, and bananas. now the trick will be to see if i eat them before they spoil. so far, i've only eaten a peach. i was going to eat a banana yesterday, but i got home too late, and i wasn't hungry for fruit by the time i got back from _wall-e_. the most difficult fruit to eat will be the kiwis because i have to cut them and wash the knife and spoon and stuff. we shall see.
i've talked to some people on the east coast, and i definitely take for granted the quality of the produce we have out here in california. i've heard that places like new york have really shitty fruits and vegetables. so i will try to be thankful that we have what we have, and i will savor the fruits that i'm able to buy here on the west coast.
i am out of cigarettes. yup. on my drive home, i will not be able to have my usual leaving-the-office smoke. what a difficult break in my routine for such an OCD-charged person. so you know the first place i'm going to go is the gas station to buy my cancer sticks. i tried going last night to my usual valero gas station, but i have no idea that it wasn't a 24-hour place, so it was closed. boo. let's hope i don't go through withdrawal and get all jittery and stuff. instead of my cigarette, i'm going to have an altoid on the way home; that usually works to calm me down when i get a nicotine craving.
ok, time to wrap things up at the office. ciao!
ah, so i saw all three of my targeted movies this weekend.
friday night, i had dinner at barn thai with paul, leeya, mikeC and nelson. barn thai's not the best thai place, but the meal was surprisingly satisfying. i got my jun pad poo fix, but the dish was actually the least impressive of the bunch that we ordered; there was little crab, not enough garlic, and it was overall very bland.
afterwards, i rushed to the office to write out a check to ricky and jo-ann (that's where i keep my checkbook), and i met D at AMC mercado to watch _get smart_. the movie was silly and dumb, but i soaked in my first anne hathaway experience. her makeup was very thick (lots of eyeliner), but i still think she's very pretty. i will try to watch more of her movies. which ones do you recommend?
saturday, i got up at 9:40 or so on my own volition. crazy. i watched some tv, and then i started calling around for lunch when the time came. a lot of people were occupied, but luckily, peter gave me a ring, and i joined him and some of his med school friends for lunch at queen house. i got the pork and leek dumplings, and they were great. afterwards, they all went to costco (mass trip!), and i went back to prepare for the wedding reception.
i wore that beautiful $100 club monaco shirt (blue stripes, white collar, white cuffs), and i paired it with a pair of black dkny pants. we had a van of 7 people, and here's the crazy pick up schedule: barden came to my place at 2:30, and we drove to lacona and cisco's place. will caltrained it down, and lacona picked him up before. then, we drove to SF to pick up vidya, and then we drove a few blocks to pick up dishi. and after that, we finally headed to sacramento. we played a movie game, and that passed the time very quickly.
the reception was at new canton restaurant on broadway, located right next to an adult video stores. classy. the food was decent (they had peking duck!), but the highlight was definitely seeing jo-ann and ricky again. it had been four years since i last saw them, and it was a wonderful sight to catch them walking through the door. i'll post pictures when i process my photos (yes, i was lazy this weekend).
we got back past midnight, and i crashed pretty hard. but i woke up just past 10am on sunday. i had brunch with paul and leeya at hobee's (surprisingly good omelette), and then i went home to take a nap. i saw _wanted_ with alan and ting at 5:20pm at mercado. the movie was mildly entertaining, but i didn't think that much of it. curve the bullet! whatever.
right after i got out of the movie and turned on my cell phone, i got a voice mail from john about dinner at santana row's pasta pomodoro at 7:30. so i jetted over there and had a nice meal there with john, grace, nelson and mikeC. ah, the gemelli dish. *yum* after that, grace expressed interest in seeing _wall-e_, so we went to AMC cupertino village for a 9:50pm showing.
i really wanted to fall in love with the movie, but in the end, i have to say that my expectations were let down. i really loved the main character, but the ending was a bit chaotic for me. but overall, i did think it was a pretty decent pixar film, and it held my interest. i don't think i'd see it again, though.
overall, a good weekend. my brain is a bit friend from seeing three movies, though; i don't think i'll do that again in the near future. :)