emily haines of metric

venue: café du nord (sold out)
artist: emily haines & the soft skeleton
who: betty, cousin lam & nina (again!)
when: 22 september 2006 (friday)
show starts at 9p, dinner reservations at 8:45p

yeah yeah, i'm back-dating but who cares...

i went to this show with my cousins lam & nina (future cousin) and betty. the great thing about café du nord is being able to get dinner reservations (with a $15 minimum) to get great seats. betty and i did this for trashcans back in 2004. the food is actually really good too. i had the steak entree we always end up spending more than $15/person but it's nice that we don't have to. and this time, it was lam's treat. thanks cousin! xoxo!

we got there a little late, they said to be there at least 30 minutes before your reservation but we didn't get there until close to 9p. which was fine because they hadn't even set up the tables yet. we had the same waitress as last time. i remember her because she was cool. we parked at the mortuary again, $10. it's just a block away. not bad considering parking in the castro is horrendous most of the time.

after getting settled with our dinner (we ordered at the bar), emily haines started the show soon after. the show was sold out and they added a late show at midnight so they got right to the point. she chatted us up more this time than she did at the metric show. her music is a lot more mellow than metric. it was like having her in my living room and just hanging out. she's got a great voice. it's really sultry and sexy. there was a picture show coordinating with the music. it was a nice artsy touch.

rating: ♥ ♥ ♥

the little things in life

...are what seem to matter most these days.

what i've learned this past week with the passing of our beloved brother dochi is that life is really too short. especially to have life end at 32. and that he should be a prime example of life and how people should be.

always happy.
always positive.

despite the hell he'd been through. he was always smiling and friendly.

we miss you dochi. ♥

in memory

dochi pham
1974-2006

i've decided...

on the subject of dating, that i'm taking the rest of the year off. no more dating. 2006 has been a horrendous year for me and i think it best if i just go solo for a while. after the break-up, the 22 y/o liar, two of my "so-called" friends hitting on me and others, i've had enough.

it's not that i won't stop "hanging" out with guys. it just won't be anything romantic. there's something i have that's also helpful. i like to call it the osoms, short for out-of-sight-out-of-mind syndrome. even when i was dating ted and since he was down south, i couldn't help but forget about him when i was out and about. i never cheated on him, i was just a little friendly is all.

with osoms, it feels like ted never happened. which is nice because he sucks.

omg, he lied!

back in april, i met this stanford grad student at popscene. he was really cute and pretty assertive. i remember asking him how old he was, as i always do. he said he was 26 and i remember thinking, good, that's one year older than ted. but the other day, i was on the stanford system (because i have access) and looked him up.

it turns out that he lied about his age. and is actually 22 y/o, not 26. that's 3 years younger than ted. 1983. i'm 9 years older than he is.

oh. my. god. i'm such a cradle robber!

congrats to new proud parents

welcome...

charlyse
lilia
celeste

born 31 august 2006 @ 4:31 am to proud parents, cousins debbie & roger
6.13 lbs, 19 inches, healthy & perfect!

congrats!! can't wait to see you guys!

dcfc

as mentioned below, here is a picture from the death cab show. a pretty good image considering i took it with my dinky camera phone!