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I had a lovely weekend. My Friday started off fabulously because I saw Jessie Spano (Elizabeth Berkeley) in the lobby of the building that I work in. She was really tall! But she was still beautiful and thin and didn’t look like a crack whore. Score for her. After work, Josh and I hung out and made dinner and watched Shaolin Soccer. It was an excellent and funny movie. I really want to see Kung Fu Hustle, which was also directed by Stephen Chow.

I have been watching The Office throughout the weekend and I have fallen in love with Tim (Martin Freeman). He is pictured below with Dawn. He’s adorable and nerdy and charming in an unusual way. He’s a good guy in the show and I don’t think that the guy playing his role in the American version is as good. He will be in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, which should be coming out soon, so I will definitely watch it for him. Well, not just for him, I love the story as well, but he just makes it more pleasant to watch. The movie has been getting lukewarm reviews, but I hope that it is good.

Dawn and Tim - The Office

Saturday was a gorgeous day full of spontaneous fun and great people. I had a dentist appointment to get my teeth cleaned. I bonded with the hygienist. She seemed really sweet and we talked and talked, even though she had my mouth opened throughout the whole conversation. She is making me come back to see her in 6 months even though she knew that I hated going to the dentist. I have to go though, twice a year technically, so I made an appointment to see her in October. I figured as long as she was going to clean me, it wouldn’t be so bad. I liked her and she does good work.

I randomly talked to M after my appointment and we decided to hang out and go for a walk. I wanted to see her before she left to Berkeley for a long work conference. I am saddened that we won’t be able to have our usual “Tuesdays with M” but we rescheduled it to Wednesday night this week. We walked all over Brentwood and ended up at Q’s for a late lunch. She is not as stressed as she used to be, though I did try to help her deal with some drama from last week that I was involved in as well, but she seems to be over it, which is good to hear. She has all of these job interviews lined up, so I wish her good luck.

Amy called while I was with M and she had a few hours to kill before she had to go back to work and we went to watch Millions, the new Danny Boyle film. It was so good and entertaining and visually stunning in many parts of the film. The little boy is absolutely adorable. Please go see it if you can! On a sidenote, we watched the movie at The Grove and I keep telling myself that I will never go back there to watch a movie ever again, but in this case, it was the only showtime that fit into Amy’s schedule, so I went. They changed the parking fees ($2 for 4 hours) and there are no student discounts or any matinee prices of any sort really. So the ticket price is $10.75 now. I still can’t believe that it’s gone up so much since I was in high school. It’s so crazy.

After the movie, I had dinner with Michelle and Lindsay at Barney’s Beanery on 3rd Street. It was really nice to see both of them again. I hadn’t seen Lindsay in a while and I was glad that we were able to catch up. They are such fun girls and I don’t see them as often as I should. We all realized that we have to be better at this, or else we won’t see each other for months, so we made plans for next week. It’s nice to start something regular again. I have learned recently that it’s way too much energy to try to make new friends and I think that I should work on my friendships that already exist and make them more solid. That makes me happy just thinking about it.

Today was great because it was a lazy day with Josh. It was relaxing. I cleaned, did laundry, etc. I also shaved Josh’s head for him, which was very nerve-wracking in the beginning. I didn’t want to mess it up and I was scared that I would mess up horribly. I guess I didn’t do that bad of a job. Josh now has a mohawk and it’s pretty even. He looks like Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver or Heroin Bob from SLC Punk. He looks hot with it and hopefully I will take some pictures of it and post it soon. I was sad today because the last episode of Arrested Development aired and I am not sure if they will ever come back for a full season. It says that they will be back in the summer, but I am not sure for how long. Please sign the petition on the site! I have nothing to watch on TV anymore except for Scrubs and that makes me kinda sad. And I think that Scrubs will be done with their season soon too. I guess that it was wise of us to not get cable because nothing good is on anymore, not even my HBO shows because they will be on hiatus for a long time.

I miss Angela. She will be gone for two weeks and though we talk on the phone a lot, I still want to hang out, but we can't. But it's only two weeks, so I will live!

S&TC quote of the day:
Miranda: Steve is completely predictable but that's one of the things I love about him. He's just so comfortable and safe.
Carrie: Are you dating a man or a minivan? (Season 4 – Drama Queens)