Sam's Blog

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Oi. I was tired all day today. I wasn’t myself. And I found out from my dentist that I have to get all of my wisdom teeth out. Uggh surgery! I hate going to the dentist. At least this one is actually cool and is right next door to work. But yeah…surgery and “restoring” my old fillings and cleaning my teeth, eek, I have to go back 4 more times at least, plus separate visits to the oral surgeon. The good thing is that I don’t have any cavities!

Nothing too exciting going on these past few days. Everything is normal and nice and relaxing. The weather is starting to cool down a bit and it was actually cloudy most of the day today. It puts people in weird moods and I suppose it affects me too in many ways. On Tuesday night, I had my usual “Tuesday’s with M” dinner. Our waiter was gorgeous and M kept on staring at him. He would come to our table at the most inopportune times, which was usually when we were talking about sex and stuff of that nature. We didn’t realize that there was a family sitting in the next booth until the end of our meal and though we weren’t speaking too loudly, I hope that they didn’t get offended or hear anything that was said. But I wonder what kind of family would eat dinner at Barney’s Beanery? Apparently a lot of families do because I noticed tons of them on our way out. I hope the parents know that there's pictures of half naked men and women all over the walls of the bathrooms there. I guess that place is not really made for families after all. I am glad that M is done with her thesis because she is finally sane again and less stressed out.

Yesterday, Josh and I decided that we needed to start going on our walks again. The weather’s not too bad and there’s more daylight in the evenings, so it was a perfect time to start up again. The neighborhood that I live in now is very different from my old place where we used to walk and I kinda miss it, but it’s not too shabby. We were actually very resourceful because we ended up at Trader Joe’s and bought some groceries for dinner before heading back home. I do hope that we can keep this up regularly.

It was James’ birthday yesterday and I hadn’t seen him in years. We went to high school and college together and we talk pretty regularly, but we never manage to hang out. M and I went to hang out with him and his friends at Sonny McLean’s, a small little pub in Santa Monica and it was nice to see him. Rachelle, who I also went to high school with, was there too. They hadn’t changed too much and it was great to catch up with them. I really do need to arrange a SoCal high school reunion brunch. There’s quite a few of us floating around here. I also hit up the Ill Again show at Temple Bar as well. I caught the butt end of the show, but it was great to see Amy and Angela. But I stayed out late last night and didn’t get much sleep and am really tired now. You would think that I would learn by now…but I say that it’s always worth it.

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It's 12:36am and I just got home. So much for trying to go to sleep early. I don't know why I do this to myself. But I was able to see my mom for a while, but unfortunately, she sleeps early, so I wasn't able to stay for a long time. I then hopped over to the Hollywood Barney's Beanery where Nate and his coworkers always hang out on Thursday nights. I met a few new people and am becoming better friends with those that I met at previous functions. They're cool and I also ran into some old SAA friends...Verna, Rocio, Molly and a few of their friends were hanging out there. Jon was there too and is always unintentionally putting on his charm. This time he was sitting with a table full of girls (6) and totally talking up a storm. He's so funny. Steve recommended the band Alexisonfire to me (Alexis introduced me to them because she was bummed that it wasn't Alexis on Fire) and I plan on listening to their stuff soon. Kevin was drunk, as usual, but he wasn't beligerent this time. They are always a fun bunch. But now my eyelids are heavy and I will be so tired in the morning. Yay!

S&TC quote of the day:
“Say it a little louder, I don't think the old lady in the last row heard you.” – Carrie (Season 2 – The Fuck Buddy)