ions of the day

positives and negatives about my day...

+ coworker tom went on a gay cruise and debbie gibson was the surprise guest (oh, how sad for her). this inspired tom to buy debbie gibson's greatest hits, and he lent it to me. it's a fun cd... how i've missed electric youth... zappin it to ya!

- i saw these oatmeal creme pastries on sale at target, so i bought them on a whim. how gross.

+ i watched the premiere of the cbs sitcom, "how i met your mother." it's actually very cute and charming. neal patrick harris (doogie!) and alyson hanningan (willow!) have some very funny moments. the lead guy is cute in a bland kind of way... and i love bland.

+ for the third work day in a row, i had "wendy's favorite" at boba bar. this is a combination of taro, milk, vanilla and green tea. it's cum-in-your pants good.

- after the tea and casa vega for lunch, i'm fat now. add in strawberry fruit snacks, the BEST cupcake i ever had and those god-awful oatmeal creme pastries, and i can barely get myself out of a chair.

+ i'm reading some short stories collected by david sedaris. they're pretty good. i knew he would have good taste.

- for the first time, i totally f*cked up a sudoku puzzle.

- i realized i think i sold my college astronomy book. i'm so sad.

+ there's thunder and lightning and occasionally rain going on outside. love the fall.

- at work, both of my first look photo selections were rejected. ugh.

++++ excoworker sharon sent me a link to the artwork for madonna's new cd, confessions on a dancefloor... it's SO WONDERFUL. I CAN'T WAIT. it's all disco-y. weep. here's the link:
http://www.madonnalicious.com/images/extra/2005/
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sort of like heaven

saw "just like heaven" tonight with teddy, birju and his wife, nilam. the movie was cute, although as a romantic comedy it's much more romantic than comedy. very few real laughs. reese witherspoon and mark ruffallo are really good... he's becoming one of my favorite actors. we unfortunately sat near some guy who was having serious breathing problems and kept snorting and clearing his overactive muscus glands. it was gross and distracting.

Birthday

in reference to the song "seasons of love" from rent (can't wait for the movie), the following happened in my last year:

1 job change
1 car accident
1 visit to Disneyland
2 bottles of Calvin Klein cologne
2 weddings attended
2 game nights
5 trips (Cancun, San Francisco, Las Vegas (x2), Monterey Bay) 18 haircuts (aprx)
31 movies (Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Wimbledon, Napoleon Dynamite, The Grudge, The Incredibles, Bridget Jones II: The Edge of Reason, Finding Neverland, Closer, The Phantom of the Opera, Meet the Fockers, House of Flying Daggers, Aviator, In Good Company, Hostage, Bride & Prejudice, Miss Congeniality 2, Robots, Sin City, The Interpreter, Kung Fu Hustle, Crash, Star Wars Episode III, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Batman Returns, War of the Worlds, Fantastic Four, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Dark Water, Wedding Crashers, March of the Penguins, The 40 Year-Old Virgin)
1206 text messages

vacation, part 1

DAY 1
i drove up to monterey bay with haeran, ellen and james. it was freezing up there! james told us about an outlet mall in monterey called the american tin cannery outlet. our dreams of fabulous deals were dashed upon arriving at what has got to be the most depressing, sad little outlet mall in the world.

later we went to cannery row and had dinner at the fish hopper. the best thing there was the free samples of clam chowder. i love clam chowder... it's my favorite soup.

DAY 2
paigie and eric drove down. paigie and ellen separately had run-ins with a local mcdonald's worker with an unfortunate face. then we all went to the aquarium, where we saw all sorts of fun sea creatures. there's a lot of scary stuff that live in the water... i'm glad i live on land.

we also drove the 17 mile drive. it was scenic, i guess. i was kinda hoping for pirates or a haunted mansion or at the very least a chorus of international children singing about how small the world is.

we ran around carmel looking for a good restaurant. the locals were useless. we ended up at a bad italian place. i had misgivings simply based on the generic decor. ex-mayor clint eastwood obviously didn't care about attracting good restaurants for the city.

afterwards, we hung out in the jacuzzi which was at first too cold, then too hot. then we all got dressed to go clubbing... and fell asleep. most everyone was drunk, so techinically, they passed out. it was 10pm. james and i were woken up later that night to the sounds of sex coming from the next room.

DAY 3
we went to breakfast at first awakenings. the pancakes were awesome. then we drove home.

on the drive home, we played name that tune with my ipod and i learned james is freakishly good at identifying songs. we stopped for dinner at casa vega in studio city where we saw brian austin green (david from 90210!) and peter krause from six feet under. the b-level celebrity spottings continued when i'm pretty sure i saw marc blucas from buffy driving in hollywood.

we met billie, christine and kavita later that night for club 80s. it was tons o' fun although the music was a little too new wave for my taste.

DAY 4
(did you think this blog would end at this point? sucker!)
billie, ellen, james, christine, kavita and i reconvened at haeran's for a labor day bbq. the food was great (thanks, haeran!) and it was cool just sitting around chatting and laughing. we came up with the term sexy/ugly and had a good time applying it to celebrities.

DAY 5
ran unsexy errands most of the day and also solved more sudoku puzzles. thanks jack for introducing me to yet another way to waste my day. at night i hung out at derek (of babylon)'s place in los feliz.

DAY 6
ran more unsexy errands and also went shopping at south coast. went to dinner at musha's for billie's birthday with ellen, james, and of course billie. had interesting conversations about first crushes, first cocks, urinal infections and being "unfulfilled."

more to come...