peeps...

went to see the pianist today. it was pretty good; i didn't know chopin wrote such wonderful music. it was however kinda graphic in its depictions of how the nazis ruthlessly slaughtering the jews though. i'm not saying that it didn't happen that way, but basically it was graphic and i wasn't expecting it. i think adrien brody did a bloody marvelous job.

i got a computer desk finally, but it's from target and the screws don't exactly fit in their proper pre-made holes. *sigh* fucking target. i did get two plants from osh though. they look very nice sitting upon my coffee table and my bookcase. oh, i also got some spray to get rid of those damn whiteflies that had set up residence on my hibiscus plant in the porch.

man, there's still so much house work to deal with right now... arrgh! i'm never going to finish this tonight. my schedule is so fucked!
posted by your arse at 10:14 PM

hello people,

gosh, it's been ages since i've last updated my blog. sorry about that. been busy fixing up the house. a fresh coat of paint, moving out some furniture, putting together new ikea furniture, etc. i'm almost done. just need to go get a computer desk, and i should be good.

so i was suppose to talk about how i had this emotional epiphany several weeks ago concerning helsinki*. i finally feel relieved that i'm not pining over her any longer. how did i get here? well, as you know, i've been emailing her about her brother and mother and we were suppose to go have coffee. well she said that she was busy and that maybe we should have lunch instead. i emailed her back saying that i usually work through lunch and she should email me when she had a more laxed schedule. it was at this point that i began to re-read all her emails to me since my last trip to hk several years ago. as i was muddling through them, i slowly came to the realization that she was a FUCKING BITCH. i couldn't believe how i could have missed it. but let's just say, i'm finally over it. praise the lord!

so the last couple of weeks, i've been feeling pretty good. i even said yes to go out on a blind date with one of gordon's (kimmy's husband) co-worker. of course, since i haven't gone out on a date in years, i'm a little nervous. but we'll see how it goes. i'm not really looking to get into a relationship. i think i'm just too drained (read: lazy) to deal with another person. but i think it'll be good for me. so i hope it'll all go well.

tonight (saturday) we went to maggiano's out at the grove for pat's birthday dinner. it was really good! unfortunately, there was a lot of dairy to be had, and i'm feeling the effects of it right now. hahaha. we ended up doing it family style (5-course dinner with appetizers, salads, pastas, main courses, and desserts - two dishes each), which was also all you can eat.

- we started out with three appetizers, stuffed mushrooms (okay, kinda bland), fried zucchini (so-so, too much breading, not enough zucchini), and calamari (my favorite one of the appetizers, not rubbery).
- then we had a salad, it would have been two salads, but we traded one in to get an extra appetizer. it was some sort of spinach salad with bacon bits and an apple dressing, not too bad.
- we had two pastas: one was the old standby, spaghetti with meat balls (decent, you can't really go wrong with that) and the mostaccioli (very good, but VERY creamy).
- next came the main courses, first we had the beef medallions (it was amazing. meat so tender and silky... nearly melted in my mouth) and the salmon (very good too).
- for dessert we had the creme brulee (not very good) and profiteroles (vanilla ice-cream was great, pastry shell bad). susan brought a b-day cake for pat as well, but since i was so incredibly full, i didn't have any.

so check out their menu here, i would definitely recommend this place to anyone. i think my favorites of the night were the beef medallions and the calamari. needless to say, dinner was pretty expensive.

i met several of pat's friend from work, ilan and audie. pretty funny guys, cracked me up throughout the night. it was pat and susan, char, elan, eudie, peter and myself for dinner. afterwards, we went to molly malones, an irish pub, several blocks down from the grove. peter didn't go; he doesn't drink. there we met up with audie's girlfriend, joanna. she's clark's (one of pat's other friend) sister. what a small world, eh? anyway, i thought she was very pretty, not too bad on the eyes. char and i gave pat a chinese-style sword for his b-day. he liked it, and it was actually a pretty cool looking sword. we stayed for an hour or so, and then left early. i think we both weren't feeling too well after dinner (being latose intolerant and all). :) i hope pat had a good time, given that most of the dorkz are in vegas right now and it was just us celebrating his b-day with him.

wow, it's almost 2am (i thought it was more like 12:30am), i should really get to bed and sleep of the pain in my tummy. i wonder how the folks are doing in vegas. it's funny how people ask me why i'm not in vegas with them. i don't think i have a particular reason... maybe to save money. but i don't really gamble and don't care about going to a place that i've been to several times in the last year. i guess maybe later in the year. so tomorrow, char and i will go see the pianist (finally) and i'll finish up on revamping the house. i need to find out how much room i'll have for the computer desk and maybe go over to target or office depot to look for one. then maybe to best buy to get one of those cd shelves. oh, i hope i'll be finished with this whole house redecorating thing by the weekend's end.

hope everyone is doing well.

* names have been changed to protect the FUCKING BITCH
posted by your arse at 1:25 AM