Sam's Blog

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I’m losing track of days and activities that I do on particular days. I totally forgot what I did on Thursday. So I will start off on Friday. I went to my lovely optometrist and I usually dread going because it takes so long for him to examine me every time. I am used to it because I have been doing it yearly for the past 20 years. My vision is horrible. But this time, it wasn’t too bad at all. I had been seeing him for about 4 years now, so he is familiar with me and my history. I found out that my sight hadn’t changed too much since last year, which is always a plus because I want it to plateau out for the next few years so I can get laser eye surgery eventually. It took me a really long time, but I found the perfect pair of glasses. My glasses are important to me because I wear them to work everyday. Contacts are a pain if I wear them daily and they dry out way too easily, so I can’t wear them the entire day anyway. But I am stoked about the glasses and I will be receiving them in 7-10 business days. Oh and Friday was the last day for my director at work. It was pretty anticlimactic and it seemed like no one really cared all too much, but I am just worried because we haven’t replaced my boss that left two weeks ago and we haven’t replaced the director as of yet. So we are in a bit of a situation at work. I try not to get too involved since I’m leaving in a few days, but it’s hard not to. After work, I went to Donna’s graduation and saw a lot of animation folks there. The food was great. I forgot how good UCLA catering services were. Yum!

I was still tired from the entire week. I had a few ideas for activities for the night. I was debating whether to go to Ivar, but I don’t think that I had the strength to get all “Hollywood” and dress up and dance. I instead was lucky to be able to hang out with Lisa all night. I chilled with Lisa and Sia for dinner and we chatted about everything that was going on in our lives. I hadn’t seen both of them in a long time. Lisa is working two jobs at the moment and has not been seen by many people. Sia has been hiding out at Clementine and working a lot as well. I miss them as roommates. We had so much fun together. It’s not that Josh isn’t fun either, but it’s different because he’s my boyfriend. We did so many stupid/fun/embarrassing/nerdy things in our apartment and I miss it. If I was living there, I wouldn’t have mistaken a peanut butter elephant cookie for a coaster. But it wouldn’t have been as funny if I knew that it was actually a cookie and not a coaster. They still crack me up and apparently I crack them up as well. We dropped Sia off at the Viceroy and we went to grab a milkshake and hot chocolate. I am glad that Lisa and I have remained really good friends despite our busy schedules. She is great and irreplaceable. We bonded over stories of how hard it is to train the people that were going to replace us at our old jobs. It is quite challenging, especially since mine keeps on calling me at 8am on the weekends wanting to ask me questions about work. Grr. It’s just hard to deal with sometimes, especially since the last thing that I want to think about is work on the weekends. But I only have a few days left, so it doesn’t really matter I guess. But anyway, it is always a pleasure to hang with Lisa and since summer sessions for Orientation will be starting soon, I would like to see her as often as possible because I will hardly ever see her this summer.

Saturday was fun because I hung out with Matt and Mike most of the day. We started off at an all-you-can-eat vegetarian buffet at Annapurna Indian restaurant. I was bummed because they didn’t have any naan. I found it rather odd that they didn’t have it, but the rest of the food was yummy. We then toured Santa Monica and the entire promenade searching for new bowls for the boys because they had recently broken a few. We put in much effort, but we didn’t find anything. It was such a beautiful day though. Actually, this entire weekend was warm and sunny and fabulous. Perfect even. After I got back, I had dinner with Angela. We haven’t seen much of each other with our differing schedules. But I look forward to our spontaneous plans and having great conversations. I am sad to hear that she will be also attending morning classes as well as her night classes. I guess it doesn’t matter time wise because I never hung out with her in the mornings because I would be at work, but I know that she will have less time for her to do homework, family stuff, etc. and I know that she will be even tighter with her free time than she has been lately. Eek. I don’t even want to think about it. I have faith that we will find some time for each other, but I worry that she will be running on empty a lot this summer.

After dinner, I got ready for M’s party. Well, it was actually a party for Tina’s graduation, but since they live together now, it’s their party. I am glad that M is happy with her living situation. She seems so much less stressed and happy that she could finally be able to throw a party at her apartment. It was a pretty good turnout for graduation weekend. The beverages were plenty and the music was loud. I was glad to see Meropi there. I hadn't seen her since she moved out last summer. She subletted out apartment last summer and she was fun to hang out with. I met a lot of really cool new people and I hope to see them again sometime soon. I liked the party because it was tame and decent and there were no overly drunken people that we had to worry about. Everyone was drinking and having a good time and dancing or chatting or whatever. It was really nice and very grown up. Frank and I were thinking about going to Avalon after the party because they were going to stay open ‘til 9am. A lot of his friends were planning on staying there all night, but Tripp, who was the only person that I knew that was going to be there, had already left and no one really wanted to drive all the way over there and still potentially have to pay a cover. So we just slept and it felt good.

I slept in today and was woken up by the lovely Kate, whom I haven’t actually talked to in a while. We were supposed to hang out when she was in LA last weekend, but the timing was off and she was incredibly jetlagged coming from Israel, then New York, and then Los Angeles. She came mainly to surprise her mother for her birthday, which was so sweet. But she had no idea what day or time it was and she only stayed for a few days. So we didn’t get to see her, but I know that we will see each other soon. Hopefully for New Years. We wanted to get together and go to Paris or London for New Years, but I don’t know how possible it is given my new job. I am not too familiar with the vacation hours and holiday schedules as of yet. But anyway, she filled me in on her trip and her life. I miss her a lot. She’s the type of person that I can “pick up where we left off” easily and have no problems with not talking to her in a long time. We are always solid and there’s great comfort for me in that. But it’s rough when we can only see each other a few times a year.

I was greeted by James when I got home. He had crashed at my place because Josh was having a small party with his friends from school. James cracks me up and I am glad that we see each other as often as we do. If only he can actually finish his films because I really want to see them badly. Anyway, I spent the rest of my day with Nate and Lisa. We cruised with the top down on Nate’s car. It was such a lovely day for that. It felt like we were in the movie Clueless and that we had no cares in the world. We were just driving around and listening to awesome 80’s music and singing along. The sun was shining down on us and it was such a blissful feeling. We had a lovely lunch and then picked up Jon and watched Batman Begins. It was a lot better than I expected. Christian Bale was hot, but I still think that his best performance was in Empire of the Sun. Anyway, it was very dark and though I was annoyed by Katie Holmes, it was overall a good and entertaining movie. Plus, cutie Cillian Murphy is in it and though he is a villain, he is still hot too. Jon took us to the Library Ale House in Venice and it was a very nice place. I wasn’t too hungry, but the ambiance was great and the company was even greater. I am exhausted and will regret staying up this late tomorrow morning. But for some reason, I don’t care. Well, I am sure that it has something to do with the fact that I will be done with my job on Wednesday and starting my new one on Thursday. Yay! I can’t wait.

S&TC quote of the day:
“Well, it's not that simple anymore. The real question is, is he a straight gay man or is he a gay straight man?” – Carrie (Season 2 – Evolution)