Sam's Blog

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I finally got a laptop! I got it for way more than the listed price because I added so much stuff to it. But I am very content and I will be getting it in 1-2 weeks. I feel as though I am finally catching up to technology. It took me forever to get an ipod and now a laptop. My desktop is still working great, which is why I haven't gotten a laptop sooner. I've had it since 1999 and it's pretty much my little baby. I never had it "crash" or lose any information on me and I took good care of it by upgrading it with memory and fun stuff. I think I am going to miss it. It has been performing slower and it can't take a lot of video and musical content and some more advanced features in a timely manner, so I figured now is a great time to get something new. I opted for a PC again (instead of a MAC) because I basically really like PCs. I guess I can take the time out to learn the new operating system on the MAC, which is actually pretty easy, but I am so used to PCs with work and everything that functionally I am a much better PC user (with knowing shortcuts, troubleshooting, etc.) than I will be with a MAC. Though I really like the design of the MACs and a lot of their features, I can still get something similar in a PC. I really only need it for music, some movies, internet and writing, for the most part. Nothing too complicated, so I don't need anything complicated and full of things that I won't use. I really don't need to justify it actually. I really like it! Hooray! I am so excited.

This past week was full of birthday celebrations. Kurt came down to LA to celebrate. I was glad to see him. I don't see him as often as I should. He's probably going to be down here more frequently now, so I am happy. We went to a place called Electric Lotus for dinner and then walked over to The Dresden for drinks. He said something to me that I will never forget - that he was very very very happy. Kurt's never said that to me, ever. Not for the 7 years I've known him. I didn't think that I was going to ever hear that from him and have him actually meaning it. I am happy for his happiness and I hope it continues on for a long long time. He totally deserves it after all that he has been through.

We went to watch Snakes on a Plane on Friday. There was a pretty big group of us - 8 total. Me, Kurt, Keren and her friends, Alexis and Erica all went to the Vista Theater in Los Feliz to watch it and it was so bad it was good. Cheesy and over the top at some points. It was awesome. I freaked out during one part in the movie when someone threw a rubber snake at me during a scary part. That was frightening. But other than that, it was a great time. After the movie, we went to The Well to meet up with Nate & Co. for his birthday festivities. It was crowded and hot, but fun to see everyone again.

I spent the night at Alexis' new loft in downtown LA because we had a whole day of fun ahead of us. It was going to be an "All Alexis All the Time" day. We met up with Erica and went to brunch at The Omlette Parlor (yummy!) and then went bike riding in Santa Monica and Venice. We went shopping for a while and then had dinner at a fabulous tapas restaurant in West Hollywood called The Courtyard. We had tasty blueberry lemonade sangria and yummy tapas all night. We had a delightful cremem brulee for dessert. It was an excellent meal. Many thanks to Erica for choosing the restaurant! We rented Tristram & Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story. It was such a great movie!! I loved it. It was full of British humor and Steve Coogan is wonderful in it. I highly recommend it.

That pretty much sums up all the birthday fun that I've been having. August is full of them!! Happy Birthday to Greg today over there in Texas. And I probably won't post another entry for a while, so Happy Birthday to Marita as well. She will be turning 26 on the 23rd! Whee!! Pictures from last week's crazy birthday celebrations are here.