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I don't mind rain. Rain is fun. I was tempted to play in the rain during lunch, but I realized that I had to go back to work soon, so that wasn't the best thing to do. It's cold and wet and really pouring down out there. I like it when it rains hard because what's the point of it just drizzling? If it's going to rain, I prefer it to all come pouring down. And that's what it's been doing all weekend. It feels like El Nino Dos or something, but I don’t quite remember it ever raining so hard for so long. I am used to it because of growing up in Modesto (though it’s usually plus fog), but I've been gone so long that I'm still in shock from it all. The weather did hamper my weekend plans somewhat, but we were able to go out to some places.

Samantha came into town from Washington DC on Thursday and I posted some pics from the weekend above, but the rest are on the pics page. Nate wanted her to experience Barney’s Beanery Thursday’s that he and his coworkers normally attend. I had yet to experience the craziness that I always hear about, so I was excited to go. I’ve always like Barney’s, it’s a cool place to grab a drink and chat with friends and play pool. By the time we arrived, Nate and his coworkers had been there for a few hours, so they had a jumpstart on the evening. Kevin, one of his coworkers (and who is one of the funniest people I’ve met recently) had been there since 5:30 for happy hour, so yeah, he was amusing. I finally met Jon’s (Nate’s best friend from St. Louis) ex-girlfriend, Florence, who was gorgeous and sweet and very tall (6”1’). We met a lot of Nate’s coworkers that we saw at the New Year’s Eve party and they were cool. Kurt stopped by for a while and played pool with us. We all had a gay ‘ole time.

Friday night was thwarted by some events out of our control. Samantha wanted to go dancing, but we had not chosen a venue. But Nate got called into work because Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston announced that they were getting separated, so they had to change all of the weekend shows around to cover the story. So we planned to all meet up at Kurt and Tripp’s apartment in Hollywood and grab a drink before we went out. By the time Nate got there, it was kinda late, so we all just drank and hung out there. It was fun to just chill and talk amongst ourselves. Tripp spun a few records and it was lovely. I had wanted to introduce Tripp to Jon ever since I met him and I am glad they were able to finally talk shop about music and such. We stayed late, a lot later than planned, about 4am, but it was worth it. They are going to try to have people over more regularly, so I am looking forward to it.

On Saturday, I watched In Good Company with Samantha, Nate, Josh, and Lisa. It was actually a lot better than I thought it would be, but I went in with no expectations. It’s a cute movie, with a great soundtrack…Iron & Wine, The Shins, Peter Gabriel and more.

We went to Saddle Ranch later that night, and though I am not a huge fan of that place because the music selection is all pop and it’s the exact same music every time I go, I still went because Samantha wanted to dance. I had fun. It was predictable, but it was amusing to people watch and see Kurt and James dance. That was another late night out and I was exhausted.

I slept in really late on Sunday and relaxed all day. It was nice to recuperate and hang out with Josh all day while it was raining outside. We caught up with The Simpson’s season 5 and tried to clean up the place. I love lazy days.

Josh and I are watching Days of Being Wild, another collaboration with Wong Kar-Wai and Christopher Doyle, on Wednesday night at the Nuart, if anyone is interested in coming, let me know.