instead, i found myself in the office sorting out items and dealing with ridiculousness. it's not exactly the day i had imagined. but well, whatcha gonna do?
in other news, both harry potter lego and fat princess pirates and ninjas came out today. nerds.
but they could drag me to work.
stupid horses. don't they know we should go on an adventure instead?
the weather has gone a little wild this year, and because of that i've been carrying my umbrella in my purse. good thing, as it poured down rain several times today. i wonder what june weather is going to be like this year. anyone for predictions?
i don't recall ever celebrating cinco de mayo when i was a kid, nor do i recall celebrating it when i lived in heavily mexican populated santa cruz. however, over the last several years i have definitely made the effort to drink a margarita and have a tasty meal. i know, it's not really celebrating the holiday, but hell, it's about as much effort as i put into easter, christmas, and the fourth of july, so i think it counts enough.
today, nicole, jamie, and julie (the sales crew) also decided to celebrate. we figured that since margaritas weren't really an option, we would do the next best thing and head to the taco truck. when we got there, the truck windows were closed, and it looked like they were going to open soon. so we waited a few minutes, and then sadly the guy said "sorry we're going to a party" and they drove off. it would've been nice if he told us before we waited around for nothing, but he was busy shoving his face. total bummer. we ended up going to el faro instead. i ordered the nachos chiquitos (which is essentially smaller nachos), but bejesus, they were the size of my face.
speaking of my face, last year's was much better.
back when i was in college, vinyl was my music format of choice. not because it sounds cooler, or better (my turntable was a pretty crappy hand-me down), but because it was cheap. even used, a cd would cost at least 5-12 bucks, but with records, it was all pretty much 99 cents to 5 dollars. and i know for a fact some of these were closer to 25 cents (best of henry mancini anyone?).
sadly, i no longer have a functioning turntable, and so 6 cubbies full of records seemed like a total waste of space (especially since a lot of these were strictly bought for the coverart). so today i decided to do a cull (besides, i've got the stuff i still listen to converted to mp3s already). i've now got the collection (which includes randall's vinyl) down to 4 cubbies. now i have to come up with some ridiculous project, or better yet, haul them down to goodwill (where you know, the majority of these came from anyway). either way they have to go. because, for the record, i'm no hoarder.
speaking of which, i read a great article in mother jones about hoarding, and how we as a society are getting obsessed with them (which i find hysterical, obsessing over people who obsess over things). but it's true you know. i am totally guilty, it's like a car wreck in which i just can't turn away. i'd say it's damaging and awful to watch (the opposite of all the super clean house shows from the last decade), but everytime i get sucked in, i end up throwing out an entire bag of trash and feel the need to clean something. (case in point, these records.) so i guess it can't be all bad.
this evening it was my turn to make dinner, so i went with my favorite standby, potstickers. this time i used ground pork, chives, cilantro, bok choy blossoms, chili peppers, garlic, and ginger. i should've put more bok choy, but had never used it before so i wasn't sure how it would work out. verdict = great.
this morning morm and i got up early (as in hours before i'm normally awake) to go volunteer down at temple. each year, for chinese new year's, they have a huge celebration. unlike other religions, this one (or at least the temple my mom goes to) doesn't have services. you're supposed to go on new year's day, but you go when you want to (well between 8am and 7pm). you say your thanks and prayers, ask for your blessings, offer your fruits, ask your questions and then go home. it's how most of their day-to-day behavior is, but on new years, they ask you to stick around and partake in a feast (and yes, it's fully buddhist and therefore vegetarian, but even randall liked it).
i ended up on serving duty: eggrolls, fried taro, and then sweet and sour crispy soy item. samshrew, randall, and chris showed up later, but didn't have to stick around long (samshrew got roped into eggroll duty for a while, but got out of it when the rush ended). morm and i left after six hours of serving up food, and needless to say, i was pretty exhausted at the end of it.
also, i never really considered myself a religious person (i only go to temple a couple times of year, and mostly because of morm), but you know there's something sort of amazing about a religion that says, hey come say what you feel like and before you go why don't you eat a boatload of food. not to mention it sounds like it was invented just for me.
nope, that's not a typo. i actually did mean to write NERT. it stands for Neighborhood Emergency Response Team, and is a free class offered by the SFFD. tonight randall and i went to the first of six sessions. after six classes we'll be certified, and more importantly "self sufficient in a major disaster situation." so far we've just gone over earthquake safety and preparedness and some other disaster overview stuff, but the rest of the classes sound really informative. plus, the very last class has us actually putting out fires and triaging some faux-wounded volunteers, and that sounds sort of cool.
now i'm just hoping we never have to really use these nerd nert skills.
