motherfuckers. MOTHERFUCKERS. while D, I, and i were having lunch at yoshinoya, some asshole tried to break into my car. when i got to my car, i noticed that my driver's side front window was halfway down. i was like, "hm, i *KNOW* i didn't roll down my window. i only roll down my window when i smoke." when got into my car, turned on the ignition and tried to roll it back up, there was nothing. no sound, no movement, nothing. someone must have tried to jimmy my window, and then set of the alarm or something and ran.
i called larry hopkins honda, and i have a 9am appointment to get it looked at. and then, i called my insurance (AAA), and first i was placed on hold for HALF AN HOUR (in silence, i might add), so after that, i got steamed, and i called them back on my cell phone and got someone. they'll take care of everything, including a rental car if larry hopkins can't fix it within a day. sigh. fuckers.
i'm supposed to have dinner with jennie tonight, too. i won't drive my car anywhere, but i'm going to risk leaving it at the office (i've parked it right out front), and she's going to pick me up. what a hassle. i can't believe someone tried to break into my car in broad daylight, during lunch hour, right outside of yoshinoya, with all the drive-thru traffic and everything. (fyi, i didn't park in the yoshinoya parking lot. i parked on the street right next to it.)
other than that, i've had a productive day at the office. i'm in high demand. i've helped debug the yet another 1200 panel issue, this time with the menu graphics. the dude didn't split the graphics CSC counter, and then he programmed a register twice in the display list, which caused the hardware to hang. yay for my debugging prowess!
so there's a lot of family drama going on. that's as much as i can say right now, but i will say that the church is partly to blame, at least from my point of view. *RAAR* i've always fought with the church on their policies, and this is no exception.
so this past friday, i took FIVE dumps. once in the morning, once at work, during dinner, before _hellboy 2_, and after i got home. man, my ass was rubbed raw by the end of the day. i mean, i wipe twice, and i wipe hard, so that was ten abrasive contacts with my sphincter. ouchie! i don't know what the hell happened to me to make me shit so much, but i hope it doesn't happen to me again. i did have some spicy mongolian bbq that day, so maybe it didn't agree with me. *ponder*
alan and ting's dog rylie is one destructive little booger. i bought her a "lil buddy" plush toy back when i got my tires installed, and on saturday, we presented her with it. and as of 2:30 this afternoon, lil buddy was destroyed. i mean, rylie is a small cute border terrier, but i guess she must have gnawed the toy open and pulled out all the stuffing or something. poor lil buddy. the last time, i bought her the exact same toy, except it was called the "mailman." it was kaput in 5 minutes. well, i guess i'm not buying her any of those toys anymore; gotta find something more durable.
i can't get enough of that girl-in-baby-oil video. i've watched it multiple times now, and it's pretty damn hot. luckily, the video works on my iMac, because of course i can't watch it at work. shiny shiny naked girl! *yum* however, i don't get a full-blown stiffy while watching it, though. it's not that sexual for me. i'm just more visually fascinated with it, like the way a deer gets caught looking at headlights.
ok, i just saw that jennie signed off on IM. she's probably coming to pick me up soon. gotta tie up some loose ends here at work and go have a smoke. ciao!
friday night, edric planned a group outing to see _hellboy 2_. a group of us meet up at sitara (indian buffet). the food was ok, and there was a lot of variety but there were a lot of chinese-y dishes that i didn't try. i would say that only half of the dishes were indian. and jessica said that the place where you got soft drinks smelled like tiger balm. hm.
the movie didn't start until 8:40, so we went back to edric and char's place to play some rock band. jessica wanted to drink, so i didn't want her to drink alone and joined her. we each had two (well, she had 1.5) shots of... goldschlager! that was the only shootable drink that edric had. now, i HATE cinnamon, but i just took it like a man and did it. it actually wasn't that bad.
i actually really liked _hellboy 2_. it was visually very impressive, and i enjoyed it the entire way through. not once did i look at my watch or wonder when the movie was going to end. and i really dug selma blair's hair, which was this asymmetrical do, and short of course. i like selma blair. after the movie, i tried froyo? for the first time (it was ok, but they ran out of mochi), and we went back to edric's place and played rock band. i left at 12:30.
saturday, paul, leeya, mikeC, nelson and i went to hobee's for brunch. i am really digging their mountain view special omelette. they messed up our orders, so we wound up with a ton of coffee cake. after brunch we went back to paul's place, and leeya introduced us to her new favorite movie, _penelope_. (she's on a james mcavoy kick.) i thought it was a cute movie, and i've a semi-christina ricci fan.
after that, i drove up to redwood city to alan and ting's housewarming/bbq. man, they have a sweet house, nestled in the hills. funny, there was a decent amount of parking in front of their house, but i didn't see it when i first got there, so i wound up parking way up the hill and walked down, with my bottle of whiskey (jameson) in hand. this was the first time (probably in years) that alan, jeremy, jack, jay and i were all in one place, so it was nice to have all the stanford crew together.
i ate five egg rolls (king egg roll!), some chicken, a double shot of whiskey, and some chips. those egg rolls really filled me up. jack's daughter mandy was traumatized when alan's dog rylie jumped on her chair and started to eat the egg roll in her hand. poor girl. i hung out until 9:30 and left with jay and margaret. i was gonna to go aimee's birthday celebration in SJ, but no one wanted to go, so i just hung out at home and went to bed.
sunday, i woke up at 10:30, and i hit the obon at 11:30. the taiko didn't start until 12:30, so i went to jack in the box across the street and got some food first. the group played "hiryu sandan gaeshi" in honor of the late daihachi oguchi, who died a few weeks ago in a car accident. he is the father of kumidaiko, or ensemble taiko, the way most taiko is played today. then, the kids played, the adult group played, and then jun daiko (the group my friends play in) played. i was pretty impressed.
then, jay called, and they were going to see _the dark knight_ at amc cupertino, so i left in a hurry. to be honest, i didn't like it all that much. i missed out on some of the complexity of the plot, and i just didn't see what all the hype was about. i did think that heath ledger did an amazing job as the joker, but other than that, i didn't feel any compassion for any of the other characters, not bruce wayne, harvey dent, any of them. oh well. i recommend it, but i don't *highly* recommend it. and plus, it felt really long, clocking in at 2.5 hours.
after that, i went home and watched the entire espy's. (i couldn't find anyone to eat with.) i enjoyed seeing all the sports stars in one place. then, i got some taco bell, ate it, and chilled out at home. and that was the end of my weekend.