i went into the dark side, but now i'm back.

work work work.

not sure if i'd mentioned this or not, but deidra and i purchased an x-box and a bbq together. halvies on both. but if anything bad were to happen (knock on wood), i get the bbq and she gets the x-box. only fair since she's been on that thing more than on me. :)

she's obsessed about this game, morrowind. the theme music drives me nuts.

tonight, we went to the laugh factory because one of deidra's friend, stefana, knew the promoter of the midnight show. it was pretty fun. traffic sucked of course, but i expected that. the only bad thing was my tummy didn't feel like cooperating, so i had to run over to the restroom near virgin megastore to relieve myself. i'm guessing it's from lunch at noodle planet, cuz i had the same malady the last time i ate there.

whilst in line, we saw some crazy, fucked up chick, throw a cat out of a moving car. luckily for the cat, it landed on it's feet. but deidra, who is an animal lover and has two cats of her own, was so worried about the kitty, she was pretty much preoccupied through the show. speaking of the show, it had on this comedian named, ralphie, who i saw on the jimmy kimmel show. he was really good, and i thoroughly enjoyed his set. anyway, to make a long story short, ralphie and his g/f took the kitty with them. deidra was so relieved, which made me happy.

on monday, dedira and i went to the renaissance faire with char, jenny and carlin. the last time i went was back in junior high, so i had barely no recollection of what happened then. but i did remember that i shot an arrow with a crossbow, which unfortunately, wasn't there this year. we did, however, throw axes at a bullseye made of hay.

we watched a variety of shows. the best one by far was by this group. the one we watched was this, the new version of romeo and juiliet. gotta love guys in drag.

sorry for the stream of consciousness, but it's 4 in the morning and i need to get some rest. but if i don't do this now, i'll never do it. ugh!

my friends, mark, tony, chris and shawn went to japan the last two weeks. to see the sights of tokyo and a lovely peach toilet go here. but visit this at a later time, because i'm sure mark will update it when he comes back.

another friend of mine, jason, went scuba diving in belize (central america? or maybe it's south america. all i know it's somewhere down south). he'll be updating this soon as well.

i'm looking forward to my mini vacation in july up to frisco. even though i don't like it too much up north, at least it's somewhere. but i get to spend the time up north with deidra, so it'll be fun. yet, i would still like to drop by london this year when british airways start having that cheap fair again. but i highly doubt that will happen.

okay, time for bed. it's a crazy world out there, so take your meds.

ps: saw a cute saint bernard at pet's delight the other day. only $900. honey, no dogs!

bend it like beckham.

i've mentioned it before, and so i'll mention it again.

go see it.







"go england!"

good lord!

i've found my happy place.

With its beautiful fireplace,
the Beefeater Room is one
of the most requested rooms.

Mouth watering prime
rib carved tableside is
the renowned specialty
of the elegant
House of Prime Rib.

the beefeater room. hahaha, excellent.

it's been a while since my last entry (good thing for ya!).

i find myself to be tired a lot lately. i think it's the combination of having a semi-live-in girlfriend and the dreaded allergy season. eyes and inner-ear itch, runny nose, constant sneezing. i can't take it anymore! arrgh. but it helps having someone to snuggle up to at night.

i had a shitload of work to do the previous week. it was enjoyable for the most part. but still, i could live without some of the tedious work. i also enjoy when my supervisor gives me work to do without fully explaining how she wants me to do it. it makes me want to sit in my office and just stare at it without touching it. so that's what i did (except, i surfed the net also).

i'm suppose to be making an oversized poster today on powerpoint, but i haven't gotten the materials for it yet. i hope i don't have to stay past 6pm tonight. the ducks are playing again tonight, after that awesome game on saturday, where they defeated the minnesota wilds, 1-nil. brilliant goaltending by jean-sebastien giguere.

deidra and i went to a birthday dinner for three of my friends, carlin, tony, and chris, last friday at this art gallery/japanese restaurant place called restaurant shin. the food was okay, wasn't particularly special, even though the price would have you believe otherwise. but all in all, everyone had fun. the funny thing, depending on who you are and how long it took you to get your food, was that for some strange, fucked up reason, there was only ONE sushi chef working that night. that's ONE sushi chef for a restaurant that had a maximum capacity of 48 people.

since there were 18 or so of us, and some people went to town on ordering the sushi, a number of us didn't get our food until others of us were finished with our dinners. examples of how sad and pathetic it was: patrick was reduced to having to eat two slices of tomatoes and some weird green "salad" off of our (deidra, mark, and my) plates because he was starving; jenny, the last person to arrive, got her food before renee, the first person to arrive; and poor renee, she was the last person to get her food, and all it took was about 40 minutes after she ordered it.

so afterwards, we hung out at the M.J.R.'s place. drinks were had, even carlin got into the act and had an apple martini. since dinner took forever, it wasn't too long before i wanted to go home and go to sleep. of course the long island ice-tea that mark made, didn't help either (mark is notorious for making drinks that are deceptively strong). so after singing a few songs (horribly, i should add), deidra and i left and went back home to bed.

we went to watch x-men: united the following day. i have to say that it's a decent movie, but didn't live up to my expectations, generated by all the hype. it was pretty much a nice, relaxing saturday. that night, deidra and i went to return some videos we rented the sunday before, and it turned into a nice walk around town. very relaxing. watched the ducks game after we got home but couldn't finish it because the game lasted too long (finished watching it the next morning. what a great backhander by petr sykora in the 2nd OT period, along with a great assist by mike leclerc. also nice play by adam oates.)

sunday, we vegged until it was time to go up to mark's parent's house for mother's day dinner. deidra and i were late, only because i was feeling like shit from my allergies and we were running around playing silly games. we brought a bottle of wine and a potted plant. all in all, it was a nice time. deidra got to meet mark's siblings, kurt and cassie, kurt's girlfriend, brenda, and their little baby girl, celeste. dinner was delicious, especially the chessy potatoes (i'll have to get the recipe), and we finished it off with some cheesecake. i'm not sure how this transpired, but the "kids" ended up playing soccer in the backyard and now i have a nice big bruise on my left thigh. ah, sports!

deidra and i left several hours later, and did some grocery shopping, went back home, and within an hour, we went to bed. geriatrics, i tell ya. but not too bad of a weekend.

go ducks!

it's so late at night...

the ducks are going to the western conference finals, baby! oh yeah.

too much excitement for one day. must go to bed now.