Sam's Blog

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I am feeling so much better. Slight cough, but I can breathe through my nose again. Yay! I finally saw Angela on Thursday night. I swear, it feels like forever if I don’t see her for more than 2 days. It’s funny how that works because we talk on the phone everyday, pretty much. I am getting used to having a best girl friend. Sounds kinda funny when I say it. But ever since high school, I’ve had really good guy friends and though I had many good girlfriends, I never let myself get too close to them. I blame it on my mother in a way, but that’s an entirely different story. I feel blessed to not only have Angela, but also M and Lisa too. I find it funnier because Angela is Asian. I had this thing where I didn’t trust Asian girls for a long time, mostly through high school and a majority of college. Weird, I know, but you all know that I am weird already. But yeah, I guess that’s just ironic. I am glad that I was able to get over that because Angela is fabulous.

Randy, Angela’s boyfriend, is in a play called, A Burning Thing, and it was closing weekend. I went on Thursday night, but the times were messed up and I missed the beginning of it. So I had dinner with Angela instead, at this random corner Mexican restaurant (which was really delicious) near the playhouse. We chatted about life, politics, friendships, and relationships. It was nice. Randy was later on the episode of ER that aired that night. He played a retarded brother of a girl that just had a baby. I am happy that he is getting more work. It must be so hard being an Asian actor. I really admire his plight and career choices and I hope he gets more roles.

I saw Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason on Friday night with Alexis. I don’t know how I feel about it. I definitely know that I paid too much for it (I am never going to The Grove to watch a movie ever again, I would rather go to the Arclight if I want to spend that much, but they don’t have nachos, sigh). It was cute, funny, and Colin and Hugh are still magnificently hot. I think that Rene’s charm wore off after 10 minutes into the movie. But I laughed and was entertained for 1 ½ hours, so it wasn’t that bad. Very cheesy and formulaic chick flick, but I am not opposed to it.

Went to Swingers with Josh after the movie. I had the same waitress that I had last week when I was there with Lisa. I ordered the same thing. I realized that I am very predictable in that sense. But tuna melts are so good there and I can never say no to one. I love their motto, “Ass, cash, or grass, nobody eats here for free.” It was then that I realized that Josh and I haven’t eaten a meal by ourselves in a while. It’s funny how that is. We eat at home together all of the time, but we always go out to eat with others. Such a strange observation on my part but I enjoyed the quality time. There was a loud-mouth jerk sitting in the booth next to us apparently and he was really annoying Josh, but for some reason, I didn’t notice. I then also realized that I have the ability to tune noises and people out without even knowing it. It’s funny, I use to be so sensitive to that kind of stuff. It’s funny how much I don’t care anymore. Maybe I learned it from Charlotte and Dr. Mao, heh, I doubt it, but it reminded me of that episode.

Saturday was awesome. I was finally able to hang with M. We went shopping and she was telling me about her horrible week. Poor girl, totally didn’t deserve anything that happened. She’s a fighter though. We realized that we wouldn’t see each other for a while because of Thanksgiving. So sad. I can’t believe it’s Thanksgiving already. Where did time go? Another year. At least I think that I will be spending it with Lisa again. I miss my old flatmates. Anyway, later that day, I met up with Angela. We went to the MAC cosmetics counter and got makeovers. I love smoky eyes, but I can’t do it on myself. I spent an obscene amount of money on some makeup, but I love it. Their makeup remover wipes are the best things EVER. If you need eye makeup remover, please get it. It’s really pricey, but it works so well. I’ve used so many different kinds and it just miraculously wipes everything off without any effort. Angela concurs. We both got fake eyelashes, which were fun and we went out to Saddle Ranch that night for Lisa Lum’s birthday. Saddle Ranch was nice during dinner, but as the night progressed, it got more crowded and as the bull-riding contest came to an end, it was packed. And then it started to rain, hard. So everyone came inside and it became really crowded. There were conversations throughout the table...the watermelon crawl, prostate glands, hot Carls (not the one in Love Actually), Nascar and so on and so forth. Finding room to dance was a feat, but we finally did. It was fun, but the music was too pop for me. But I danced anyway and it was enjoyable.

Today was fabulous because I didn’t do much. I think that I was supposed to do something, but I don’t quite remember. But it was nice to relax. Josh and I watched Wong Kar-Wai’s As Tears Go By and then later Touching the Void which were both great, but hard to stomach, in very different ways.

Tomorrow is probably going to be crazy-busy at work with the upcoming holiday. But I know that I will only be thinking about JFK. It’s been 41 years. I need to call up Eva and watch our marathon JFK tribute. It’s weird though, for a history major, I hate US history. I only like the Civil War and JFK. That’s about it. I’m just not into anything else in the US really. So it will be a special day for me tomorrow.