Sam's Blog

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Oi. Exhaustion is the word. I'm feeling a bit better this morning, but I've been running on empty these past few days. My cousin's wedding this weekend was great fun, but tiring. Tons of family came out of the woodwork from Utah, Minnesota, and Texas. Some of these people I haven't seen in years…some as much as 20 years! Wow. They were all surprised to see how big I was. I was a lot taller than they expected, but I don't think they really expected much overall. I saw my godmother which was really nice, and a lot of my little cousins (who have gotten a lot taller than me now). It's weird. My parents both attended the wedding reception, but they didn't speak to each other, which I expected. But it's such a strange feeling. The bride is a family member of my mother's side, so all the people that attended were all on my mother's side of the family, but my dad probably keeps in touch with all of them better than my mom does. I never really thought about it until now. It was hard for me to figure out our family tree. I didn't know what to call people…uncle, cousin, great uncle, etc. There's a different term for everything in my language, which is also age-based, so that complicates things so much more. It was hard for me to determine which term to use, but most of my family didn't really care. I uploaded all of the wedding photos on my Flickr account, but I basically used up my 20MB limit for this month, so that will comprise a majority of the pictures on there. I saved it as a set, so you should be able to access them on the left side of the screen. I need to put in captions when I have time. Because I used up all of my allowed space, I was only able to upload a few more photos.

The morning after the wedding, we went to lunch at the same restaurant where the reception was held. They gave the couple and their family a free lunch, which I thought was very cool of them. My brother and I rushed back to LA to pick up Josh and catch a screening of 2046 (thanks Alexis for setting up the website so fast for me) at the LA Film Festival, but we didn't get there in time because of traffic and such. We ended up watching a French film called, The Beat That My Heart Skipped. It wasn't too bad. I liked a majority of the movie, but there was something lacking in it. Maybe it was that I didn't have any sympathy for the main character. They didn't really develop him enough to the point where I cared. But it wasn't too shabby. Josh stuck around and went to the DGA, where the festival was screening his short animated film. He saw Jodie Foster there watching the screenings and he had a very excellent Q and A session with the audience. Oh, we also saw Kirsten Dunst while getting our tickets for the movie at the Virgin Megastore on Sunset. And M and I saw Jon Lovitz (who looked like he had lost some weight) at the Century City mall parking lot. (I bought some new work clothes and 2 new suits!) Lots of random stars this past weekend! Anyway, after Josh's screening, we met up with Kurt and had a late dinner at California Vegan. He seems to be doing fine and I am jealous that he is able to wake up early to go running. I can’t even wake up early to blow dry my hair on most days. I am not a morning person at all, even though I try to be.

Monday was good because I learned a lot at work. I’m slowly but surely picking up the lingo and figuring out the computer systems and such. After work, we went to Kabuki for Amy’s farewell dinner. She’s moving to Colorado for an internship and then to New York for a year to explore the theater world over there and gain more experience in her field. I am happy that she is moving far, far away for her craft. But I will miss her dearly. I am glad so many were able to come out on such short notice. It was awesome.

Last night, two of my favorite coworkers from my previous job took me out to dinner. They felt like Italian food and I suggested Buca di Beppo because they had never been. We ended up staying there for three hours and chatting and catching up on the clinic gossip. I miss them a lot. They were my frequent lunch partners and I called them mom and dad. They treated me so well. It’s nice to joke around and tease each other like that. I know that in the future, I will have these types of relationships with my new coworkers, but I know that it will just take time. The people at my new job are sweet and they keep to themselves a lot because they’re constantly working. But I know that I’ll remember their names and become more acquainted with them soon enough.

I went to lunch with a coworker today. I knew her from UCLA because we worked together freshman year. She filled me in on a lot of the office dynamics. It’s always nice to know since I’m the newbie. We went to pick up my new glasses as well. I’m so excited, I am sure I’ll post a picture of them soon. After work, M and I had dinner at Q’s and caught up with our lives. She is a bit smitten right now, which I think is cute. She’s going to have a few friends visiting, so it will be nice to hang out with them this weekend. I am tired still. Argh.

S&TC quote of the day:
“If you’re tired, you take a nap-a, you don’t move to Napa.” – Carrie (Season 4 – I Heart NY)