The Daily Sabs

i bought this dress almost two years ago, and i have only worn it once. it's not that i don't like it (i love it), it's that it's white. and more so, it's that i'm messy. real messy. i don't think there's a single day where i don't spill something. and because of that, i never wear this dress. in fact, there have been countless number of times where i've put the dress on, and then taken it off because i've been too terrified to wear it.

and yet, for some reason i mustered up the courage and wore it today. it must've been this whole first day of summer mostly nice weather thing.

and, for the record, i didn't spill a single drop on it.

ps. speaking of summer, randall's making mint chip ice cream right now so i must be going.

this evening bridget, karen, april, and i got together for a bit of dinner mayhem. if you don't count my wedding, it had been ages and ages since the four of us hung out together (we're college crew). we kept meaning to, but you know, just never got around to it. this time, we had to make it happen, you see bridget (aka little b, the one in the middle) is packing up and moving to turkey. that's right turkey. 17 hours away on the other side of the world. her beau is there already securing the apartment, and in two weeks she's off. i'm going to miss this gal, but i can't wait until she gets settled. it's time to see that part of the world!

ps. we met up for dosa dinner at 7:45pm, we left at 11. we probably could've talked for hours more. great to see you ladies!

this evening, i ventured across seas (okay really just a bay) to hang out with miss marie (author of the curvy fashionista. the weather was so gorgeous we ended up hanging out at the lake chalet, right on the water -- bonus for us it was taco tuesday (although i only had one taco and a bunch of overly sweet happy hour priced margaritas). it was great hanging out with her, she's got to be one of the busiest gals in the bay. but sadly i forgot to take a picture with us lounging, drinking, lakes, sunglasses, and tacos. we'll have to settle for in the car (named peaches!) as we said goodbye.

as a side note, today anneh also convinced me to appear in a bella tv video. we stood in front of a green screen and she sprayed my hair with dry shampoo (she obviously needed someone who had dirty hair and so naturally thought of me). while filming we convinced victor to take some green screen shots. they're still in the pipeline, but here's a quick camera phone sneak peek.

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.

technically it's not really falling apart if you're using a seam ripper, now is it?

after a surprisingly long day at work, i headed to shoppingtown to take pictures for the next actually nevermind definition. it was mostly a fail (you'll see tomorrow), but while downtown i decided to pop into some stores to buy some random crap. i ended up getting these huge ol' tank tops for $4 and now i'm going to turn them into something else. i'm leaning towards a scarf, but i'm not totally sure. for now i'll just rip it all apart and see what it says to me once i get all the pieces.

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.

it's hard to believe that just one week ago, the weather was a nasty pit of wet disgustingness. especially considering how extremely gorgeous it was today. in fact, i'd go as far as to say that today was hot. at least it was in dolores park, in the sun, where we were gathered for julie's birthday. snagging a picnic table at the park is always an interesting feat. if you didn't reserve one ahead of time (the way burger always does), then the only tables left are in the sun. but if you get there early enough to get one, you can get one. so you have to decide, table in the sun, or blankets in the shade. we opted to take advantage of the awesome weather and went tables in the sun.

one of the main reasons julie wanted to have her party in the park was so that she could have a pinata party. while she and i were hanging the pinata, i accidentally smacked her in the head. it was like a bad three stooges sketch. two bumbling fools and a pinata. to make up for it, i let her get one good smack in.

happy birthday julie!

ps. after all that sun and champagne, i am in desparate need of a nap. once done with the nap, samshrew and chris are treating randall to a sizzler dinner. i'm not 100% sure why, but apparently they owe him two sizzler dinners from a couple of years ago and are finally making good on one of them.