Sam's Blog

[Kent, Christy, Angela, Sumi, Eva, and I singing Dione Warwick’s “That’s What Friends Are For” on our way back from Cerritos today.]

I had a wonderfully random and spontaneous weekend. I didn’t have too many things planned this weekend and thought that it was going to be low-key. It was relaxing, but it was filled with many adventures.

On Friday night, Josh and I watched Harold & Maude. I have seen it in the past, about 14 years ago, so I didn’t remember a thing. It was a fantastic movie and I can tell that a lot of people were inspired by it. We later went to Jamie’s party with Michelle Chung, whom I haven’t seen in a long time. It was very nice to catch up with her. Gabe made an appearance as well and we all hung out, like old times. Michelle and I realized that though years have gone by since she’s seen Jamie, no one’s really made a significant change in personalities, either for better or for worse. And that was a good thing. I met a few cool people and we just chilled there most of the night.

I really had no plans whatsoever on Saturday. I started the morning off slow, sleeping in and watched a few episodes of The Office for a while. It is so much better than the American version and I am wondering why they are bothering to make an American version when the British one is so much better. I just don’t see why they can’t air the British version and let it be. It did so well on BBC America. Anyway, it was such a beautiful day and I didn’t want it to go to waste. I wore a skirt during the day, for the first time since summer. Lisa and I decided to go to Color Me Mine and paint stuff. I painted a toothbrush holder to match my new polka dotted bathroom towels. She painted a cute mug. It was fun and we stayed there a lot longer than expected. We decided to hang out at The Grove, where we saw Brandon Boyd, of Incubus fame. He really was so cute in person. Yum. We shopped and basically hung out. It was so nice to do that with no time constraints or anything to worry about. We had dinner at Marmalade Café, a place that I have wanted to try for quite some time. The food was excellent and I was able to get to know her better. We actually see each other pretty frequently, but I realized that I still didn’t know about her life and her family, etc. So we chatted about her journey to Africa, a lot of our mutual friends, and her new job. We later met up with Tripp and watched The Ring 2. I was thoroughly disappointed (especially since I paid $14 to see it at the Cinerama dome) and it wasn’t that scary. There were pockets of scary scenes, but the storyline and plot had a lot of holes in it and it made her look like an unfit mom throughout the entire movie. I just didn’t care about them anymore.

This morning, we had another PRO meeting. We changed it to a weekend for the first time and it was very fun and informative. The dynamic of the group is great and we all seem to have similar views on many topics. After the meeting, we went to “Little India” in Cerritos. I had been there before with my sisters, so I was somewhat familiar with that area. It was nice to go with Eva and Sumi because they knew where all of the good shops were. I had my eyebrows threaded (my 3rd time ever) and Kent, Angela, and Christy wanted to watch because they have never seen it done before. The lady that did me was so fast and it didn’t hurt that bad. It is actually better than waxing, in my opinion. On our way back, Kent called Eva and I and made us change our radio station and sing along. “That’s What Friends Are For” was on and knowing that it was rare for us to hear that song on the radio anymore, I seized the opportunity and sang along. I surprisingly knew all of the words. Funny how that happens. I haven’t heard that song in such a long time, but yet I can still sing along. It’s great actually. I am glad that this weekend was spent with people I didn't know very well on a personal level because I was able to hang out with them and get to know them better.

SATC quote of the day:
Carrie: Come on, you wouldn't commit to a nice guy, given the chance?
Stanford: I can't even commit to a long distance carrier. (Season 1 – The Monogamists)