the wedding present... again

venue: slim's
artist: the wedding present
who: betty
when: 24 february 2006 (friday)
doors open at 8p

tom f-something was the opening band. and they were these brothers who were random country- rapping-i-don't-know- what-but-they-sucked- so-bad kind of band from new york. they sort of reminded me of this really small and bad version of the bare naked ladies. it was sort of a performance and might have been entertaining had i been drunk. there was this annoying guy in the corner who kept rooting them on... noooooo, don't encourage them, you jackass!

finally, the wedding present came on. david gedge was so cute and sexy. i love his voice. and the way he sings... with all his gestures, it's like he's just talking to you in a very melodic tone. i don't remember the show being so good the last time we saw them with alex and the gross glory guy. and maybe it was because i was too distracted by glory but this time, i was really impressed, i think more so than the first time we saw them at bimbo's when i met him. i would SO see them a fourth time.

random chick on marguerite shuttle

so i know i just got this haircut but i'm still getting used to it. since i wasn't in the office on friday (and i got my hair cut on thursday after work), my work colleagues had yet to see my new do. i noticed that one faculty didn't recognize me right away. funny. so, the top is a lot shorter than i'm used to. i was just getting used to having bangs (cut last december but i sported the no bangs-look for years)... needless to say, i'm feeling a tiny bit self-conscious about my hair. i know i'll get used to it...

this evening, after running to the shuttle to catch my 5:49p train, i got on the shuttle and sat next to this woman i've been taking the same shuttle with for at least the past 2 years if not longer. we've never really spoke to one another. she turns to me and says... what a cute haircut on you!

thank you random chick on the marguerite shuttle!!

my new do

the conversation i had with my hairdresser last thursday...

gina: your long hair is hot! what do you want to do with it?

me: i want it short.

gina: short? but it's hot long.

me: my boyfriend and i broke up so i need it short now.

gina: ohhh, i understand... it's going to look so hot.

15 minutes later, she created my new do below. she's a genius... i love her.

last day of lunar year celebration

tonight i went to dinner with my great friend betty and her mom, along with her mom's friends to celebrate the last day of the lunar new year. we had lots of delicious chinese dishes and humorous conversations in mandarin and broken english. right now, i am soooo full.

earlier today, i had a nice chat with a friend in germany. it was really nice chatting and hearing his voice. he's hoping to come out for a visit next month. and we've decided to meet up for dinner and take a drive. it's something i'm really looking forward to. matthias, thanks for being such a sweetheart...

adrien brody

tonight i think i made myself a revelation. i think that adrien brody is totally sexy. yeah yeah, he's got a slightly large nose but still, he's hot. i saw king kong tonight and he was just so dreamy. not to mention, a great actor (hence the academy award win). especially in the jacket, even though that was with keira knightley. i don't know what it is exactly, but wow.

citizen cake & popscene

last night, i went to a birthday dinner with betty and her tgw friends. we went to citizen cake. which actually took me back to summer of 2003. betty and i were at a popscene event and there were these guys from spain. one of whom was very sweet on betty. so we were dancing and his frumpy friend was apparently, sweet on me. but i didn't want to dance with him. i'd noticed matt (matty as he liked to be called) standing around. he was cute and seem to be by himself. so when he walked by, i grabbed him and asked him to dance with me. and he did! afterwards, the cute young guy from spain wanted to hang out, so we invited matty and his friend steve along. i think we went to sparky's, our usual after popscene hang out. and matty spoke a little spanish, so he was chatting with the spanish guys. we found out that matty was from boston and worked at citizen cake and very gay. which brings me back to last night. as we walked in, i saw someone who looked like him at the bar. i asked our waitress if his name was matt and if he went by matty, she said yes! but rather than try and see if he remembered us from nearly 3 years ago, we just had a blast eating and drinking. citizen cake is known for their desserts, i had a passionfruit mousse cake. it was very fresh and very tasty.

after dinner, 3 out of us 6 headed over to popscene to continue the birthday celebra- tion. we've been missing will since before new year's. nothing was going quite right, many usual characters were MIA ... franco, jessica, josh, even mr. jessica, and of course will. the band sucked. our tom collins were too strong and chris gave us tequila shots, blegh. so we went outside to get some air and a smoke. when we got back in, josh was there (maybe he was there before we went outside), our drinks were a little more watered down, the band was over and done with, and to top it off, will suddenly appeared! out of nowhere! actually, he was on the other side but still, he finally appeared. then everything was much better and we had a happy ending. happy birthday georgia peach!

so much to do, so little time

i've been so busy lately with social events and plans in general. and next month, i have a trip to chicago to look forward to. i almost moved there in the summer of 1999 with an ex who got into northwestern for med school. he was on the waitlist for uc san diego and then got in, so he asked me where i wanted to go. of course, i choose to stay in san diego. he then blamed me for med school being so hard for him, that he might have been better off in chicago. but then, would he have cheated on me with that undergrad? hmmm, um yeah, i'm glad i didn't move to chicago back then.

anyway, i am finally heading back to do some sight seeing and be a tourist. chicago is always a stop over for me when travelling east (boston, dc, london, etc) so it's funny that i never actually saw the city. i am staying with a friend from ucsd who coincidentally has problems with her younger musician boyfriend too. so, we are going to paint the town red. i absolutely cannot wait!

as for the rest of february, i have birthdays to celebrate, dancing to do, bands to see and a restaurant opening to look forward to enjoying. life is wonderful.

coming home to a ted-less apartment

today, ted moved out. he's moved to the city. and it was a bit bittersweet to come home to what i'd recognized and been used to for the last 4 months. but 4 months isn't even that long. it's a chance for a new beginning and i've got plans for the new space. i can't wait to make great use of it.

cheers

last night, betty and i went to our favorite restaurant & bar at santana row, the village café. where almost everyone knows our names, well our faces anyway. we had our usual vodka infusion shaker (red raspberry, yummm) and jorge made me this delightful creation he calls splendor. splendid it was indeed. it had pineapple infusion with some bubbly and midori. it was delish! we also had our usual steamed clams (which were so big this time!), linguica on the side. i looooove my sausage! hehe

anyway, i had a nice chat with anthony about life and relationships. he usually just sticks his tongue at me or calls me a vixen but it was a little refreshing to be serious once in a while. we chatted until well past closing and when i looked up, the restaurant had closed, only jorge and betty were left aside from us and it was midnight! anthony walked us out to our cars and we went home, happy and intoxicated with life.