Thursday, May 15, 2008
Roller Coaster
I know I seem to be getting back to the "one post a week" thing and that's not my intent. Life is just happening.
Emotions have been up and down the last 10 days or so. And I hate that. Let me be happy and enjoy it or depressed and get over it, but not this "both ways" crap.
I got some great news a couple weeks ago. I haven't shared it online yet because some people need to be told in person. Bear with me...
This week has been rough because a friend has been going through a very tough time. I won't get into the details of someone else's business, but I do want to be here for him. I'm also feeling bad for one of my overseas friends who's going through a rough time.
The weather hasn't helped. In some circumstances a torrential downpour can be fun, but this is not one of those times. Two days of rain earlier this week, and now it's raining heavy again. Boo!
The rain has screwed up the dragon boat race this weekend. The river is not safe so they have to reschedule. And odds are, they're going to reschedule for a weekend while I'm in Asia next month. I've been looking forward to this for a year and now I'm afraid it'll be taken away.
The rain has also kept me from getting out of the gym and back to running on the road.
Somehow, I'm sure this is Bush's fault.
There's been good stuff, though, like going out last night with my friend Kim and discovering a really good Chinese restaurant (I had shrimp cakes and broccoli and some kind of seafood noodles...my friend is from Malaysia and has a Penang sense of taste in restaurants). then we went to a place that serves chocolate chip bread pudding for dessert and I discovered I LOVE CHOCOLATE CHIP BREAD PUDDING!
Tonight I had dinner with another friend and had gway tio and good conversation, so yay that.
And I'm excited by the fact that 4 weeks from RIGHT NOW I'll be in Bangkok.
Somehow, I think Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanomo Bay is somewhat responsible for my roller coaster of emotions this week,
And I don't even like roller coasters!!
Emotions have been up and down the last 10 days or so. And I hate that. Let me be happy and enjoy it or depressed and get over it, but not this "both ways" crap.
I got some great news a couple weeks ago. I haven't shared it online yet because some people need to be told in person. Bear with me...
This week has been rough because a friend has been going through a very tough time. I won't get into the details of someone else's business, but I do want to be here for him. I'm also feeling bad for one of my overseas friends who's going through a rough time.
The weather hasn't helped. In some circumstances a torrential downpour can be fun, but this is not one of those times. Two days of rain earlier this week, and now it's raining heavy again. Boo!
The rain has screwed up the dragon boat race this weekend. The river is not safe so they have to reschedule. And odds are, they're going to reschedule for a weekend while I'm in Asia next month. I've been looking forward to this for a year and now I'm afraid it'll be taken away.
The rain has also kept me from getting out of the gym and back to running on the road.
Somehow, I'm sure this is Bush's fault.
There's been good stuff, though, like going out last night with my friend Kim and discovering a really good Chinese restaurant (I had shrimp cakes and broccoli and some kind of seafood noodles...my friend is from Malaysia and has a Penang sense of taste in restaurants). then we went to a place that serves chocolate chip bread pudding for dessert and I discovered I LOVE CHOCOLATE CHIP BREAD PUDDING!
Tonight I had dinner with another friend and had gway tio and good conversation, so yay that.
And I'm excited by the fact that 4 weeks from RIGHT NOW I'll be in Bangkok.
Somehow, I think Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanomo Bay is somewhat responsible for my roller coaster of emotions this week,
And I don't even like roller coasters!!
Labels: Friends, Life, Running, Travel, Wandering Mind
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Very Nice Weekend
I've been told in the past by Ivan that when i go a few days without posting he gets worried, but I think I'm getting to the point where a week between posts is becoming common so no one's worried about it. Anyway, I find myself up late at night either catching up on e-mails or working on another project and this blog has gotten lost in the dust. Alas.
But even though it's Wednesday, I had such a good weekend that i want to share it.
First, on Friday, i got to celebrate Linh's birthday with him. We went downtown for a nice dinner and he even got to rise in the Bug for the first time, which I'm sure was the highlight of his weekend. He'll be leaving for the summer soon, but we're going to overlap in Bangkok for a couple days when I'm there in June (he's there all summer for an internship...lucky bitch) so that will be fun.
Saturday I drove down to Charlottesville with Stan, who's considering going to the University of Virginia for grad school. It was his first time there and I'm pretty sure he was in awe and probably came three times just looking at the place. He didn't buy a t-shirt but I think I'll get him one for Christmas (Stan went to the University of North Carolina -- BIG rival school -- and would probably be beaten with a large stick for even considering UVA). Oh, and we had Gusburgers for lunch, which is a hamburger with a fried egg on it.
That night after we got home we went our separate ways to get beautiful (well, I needed a few hours to get ready...Stan just took a nap) and then we headed out dancing, the first time I've been clubbing in DC in 2 months. Angelo and Josh joined us and a fun time was had by all. Stan convinced me to flirt and dance with this one really cute guy who was all booty-rubbin' against me and stuff, and then when we were leaving and I said goodnight he asked, "what's your friend's name?" Yeah, he was using me to get to Stan. Ah, such is life.
Sunday I wandered downtown for a photo shoot with a couple dragon boat teammates for a local gay mag. If I make it into the shot (the photographer was shooting at an angle and I, the only white guy, most likely got cut out) I'll post it up. Afterwards the four of us went out for dim sum and ran into a bunch of other friends...good food, good time, bad service, but hey. I wandered down town for coffee and writing and then that night fixed a little dinner for Adrian, Stan and I while we watched Return of the Jedi, thus completing their introduction to the original Star Wars trilogy...it amazed me that educated people like them had never seen these. What are we teaching in our schools???
I realized this week that I'm a tired bitch now.
But even though it's Wednesday, I had such a good weekend that i want to share it.
First, on Friday, i got to celebrate Linh's birthday with him. We went downtown for a nice dinner and he even got to rise in the Bug for the first time, which I'm sure was the highlight of his weekend. He'll be leaving for the summer soon, but we're going to overlap in Bangkok for a couple days when I'm there in June (he's there all summer for an internship...lucky bitch) so that will be fun.
Saturday I drove down to Charlottesville with Stan, who's considering going to the University of Virginia for grad school. It was his first time there and I'm pretty sure he was in awe and probably came three times just looking at the place. He didn't buy a t-shirt but I think I'll get him one for Christmas (Stan went to the University of North Carolina -- BIG rival school -- and would probably be beaten with a large stick for even considering UVA). Oh, and we had Gusburgers for lunch, which is a hamburger with a fried egg on it.
That night after we got home we went our separate ways to get beautiful (well, I needed a few hours to get ready...Stan just took a nap) and then we headed out dancing, the first time I've been clubbing in DC in 2 months. Angelo and Josh joined us and a fun time was had by all. Stan convinced me to flirt and dance with this one really cute guy who was all booty-rubbin' against me and stuff, and then when we were leaving and I said goodnight he asked, "what's your friend's name?" Yeah, he was using me to get to Stan. Ah, such is life.
Sunday I wandered downtown for a photo shoot with a couple dragon boat teammates for a local gay mag. If I make it into the shot (the photographer was shooting at an angle and I, the only white guy, most likely got cut out) I'll post it up. Afterwards the four of us went out for dim sum and ran into a bunch of other friends...good food, good time, bad service, but hey. I wandered down town for coffee and writing and then that night fixed a little dinner for Adrian, Stan and I while we watched Return of the Jedi, thus completing their introduction to the original Star Wars trilogy...it amazed me that educated people like them had never seen these. What are we teaching in our schools???
I realized this week that I'm a tired bitch now.
