Daily Update

This weekend was very adventurous. The majority of the time was spent at a movie theater.

On friday night a group of us went to see 'the Bourne Ultimatum'. Because it was opening night we went early to make sure we were in the front of the line. When we got there, there was no line, which was a surprise. So we (the girls) decided that food was in order. After a few people got normal food, we then went to the true
destination that they (the girls) had in mind... the Chocolate Shop. Chocolate and fudge mixtures of every sort. After 10 minutes of waiting for them inside the store, I went in to make sure that everything was in order. Four of the girls with us were jumping at the counter of the Chocolatier like a bunch of girls in the 60's at a Beatles concert. It was fascinating. Then I made the mistake of investigating the contents of the glass cases. Then I started to be fascinated with the contents of the cases. Anyway, with almost everyone having some sort of food in pocket or in hand, we wandered over to the theater. (We were at the Century City Mall mind you).


On Saturday, after sleeping in a little bit I went downtown to shop for rolls of fabric in the fashion district. Its like Canal street in New York, or kind of like
Tijuana in Mexico. Everyone is willing to barter/make deals. It was fun, i didn't know it but I am many peoples 'Good friend' downtown; "Hello my good friend, what
can I sell you?" is what I heard in every shop I went into (said with a mexican or indian accent. It was hot, and took most of my morning. I had a bacon wrapped hot
dog for lunch smothered in onions and grease.

In the afternoon I went over to The Fox Lot to watch The Simpsons and then Ratatouille. They were both really good. The Simpsons was a bit racier than the tv
show. Surprising, yet still pretty funny. And Rata2E was better than I thought; animation story, and characters. It was a lot of movie watching, especially for one
day. After that we ended up back at Jeff's talking about our Europe trip. Jeff and I have had to take control of all the planning cause the third party seems to be indifferent. Thats fine by us though. After a few hours of chatting I left, and went to the store to get stuff for dinner tomorrow. I mistakenly went to the Ralph's by ucla. Everyone in the store had some sort of alcohol in their cart, which made the lines really long. After making it home I started cleaning my room. Then I started listening to Harry Potter at home; all while cleaning, emailing, and doing laundry. Multitasking at its finest. Amidst all this productivity Josh rang at my apartment. It was about midnight at that point, so I figured I would be in for a long night. We hung out for a bit. I had to fill him in on much of the latest gossip that I knew of. We also sipped down our ice cold Raspberry Cream soda's as we watched 'un-fulfilling late night television'.

On Sunday morning I started to make an attempt to go exercise, but those thoughts were quickly extinguished from my head by sharp shooting pains in my hip joint as I walked down the stairs to go to my car. When walking around on the street, I imagined that the pains would only grow, so I slowly changed my mind about going running. (ok, so the pain wasn't that horrible, I have been feeling better, I just
didn't want to have to deal with the pain.)

The food after church was wonderful. Maybe it was just timing, but it hit the spot. They made Lasagna for us. They had a few things for desert, but Lindsay had brought some 'homemade Sprinkles style cupcakes'. They were 'Red Velvet'. (what a sexy name for a cupcake.) I greatfully acquired one and enjoyed it for the next 3 and a half minutes. Throughout the rest of the evening I got crap from many different people who saw that our table had these exquisite treats, while they weren't available from the regular desert table.

We later had our church after party at Jeff's place. Well, one of them. We were going to make Peach Souffle'. I brought the ingredients and, and the others made
it. I tried to help. Some of the people who also helped didn't want to be associated with it, after seeing the end product. At first it tasted like Macaroni and Cheese, but then it eventually tasted like some sort of peach concoction. I'm
not sure, but the two cooks in the kitchen were battling with who's recipe to use, which cook book to reference, and what sort of pan it should be cooked in. Cook one, wouldn't do anything unless its written in a huge novel type cook book, and the other just wanted to be able to follow their written recipe, which had worked so many times before. But there was confusion, mayhem, and secret competition all hidden with in that kitchen. Notwithstanding the late start, it finally turned out and was presented at the table. So while at the table, Jeff had to announce three times that there was food there, getting louder each time. Apparently he didn't want to separate it into bowls or plates, so he just laid out a bunch of spoons and forks and yelled "OK, i'm digging in now, if you want any you better hurry, its going fast." Then all of a sudden it was like at the horse races, the starting gun had gone off, and it was now a race to see who could eat the most, in the least amount of time. Now, I think this is acceptable for a bunch of guys, but it turns out that we had invited a bunch of girls; none of which wanted to have to fight their way through the circle of guys (3-4 of em), and then shovel this semi-messy food into their mouths. I personally didn't want any due to me thinking it would taste like Macaroni and Cheese, but before I knew it, it was half gone, and there were still a bunch of people who were waiting for a gentle opening in the defensive 'eating ring'. I had to show one person how to crowd into the Huddle, before the Huddle finished all of the Souffle. At the same time we were watching the Incredibles. Before the end of the movie I went over to Allana's for a minute. They were playing games over there, and I went to socialize. Lucky for me Danny was there and I somehow talked him into playing/singing one if 'his' versions of the church hymns. He plays them in a minor key so they sound like evil songs. It fits with his personality. I took pictures.

There's a new guy at work. Ta is leaving on Friday, moving to New York.

Lunch was sponsored by Marvin's Diner, and co-hosted by Josh and Baby Spice.

I'm listening to Harry Potter right now. I finished book 3 last night.