a smattering of scattered thoughts

My dad got a job. Yay! My sister is having trouble selling her house. Boo.

I’ve just cancelled my netflix membership, because we haven’t been watching enough movies to warrant keeping it.

Dangerous Hacker! I giggled uncontrollably in my cube, reading about this “hacker” who keeps crashing his own computer, then eventually wipes all his own drives. I hadn’t realized that having a firewall is considered “girly” by “hackers”. Hahaha!

The Firefly trailer is out, and I’m trying to avoid it but am severly tempted. It looks like people are excited about it, which is a good sign.

I had dinner at an ox tail place on Telegraph Ave (northwest corner) last night with Seppo and Sang. Man, that place was fantastic! It’s very small and homey, and the menu is quite limited, but what they had was great. The kimchee was spectacular. It really tasted home-made.

I bought a pair of everyday jeans and a pretty little skirt this past weekend. Old Navy is like Starbucks — I don’t want to go there, but because it’s so convenient, I end up there anyway instead of small local stores. It’s not like their selection is that great, but they have a lot of fairly cheap stuff and a few nice things mixed in. Most importantly, they have sizes that fit me correctly. There are many many places where I’m just in between their stock sizes, so either something is way too small or way too big, but Old Navy and Gap have sizes that work for me. I feel like I’m so over on the darkside. Bleh. Hrm, I just tried to find a pic of the skirt, but I can’t find it. I will be wearing it to two summer weddings in June, along with my new shoes. Now I just need a top that is appropriate.

I am so getting new glasses this weekend! My current ones are getting on my nerves.

Seppo and I have been working on tearing out the grass from our front lawn(s). We put some dark plastic sheeting over one patch that we are done with. We’ll likely take upwards of one month to get everything pulled out and covered up, but hopefully, we’ll be able to plant some good, low-maintenance perennials a few weeks after that.

A few weeks ago, Lindsi pointed me to this wesbite for temporary apartment rentals in Paris. I think this will help us save $$ on our honeymoon.

Speaking of Lindsi, I saw her two times this past weekend! It was really cool. She & Dara came over for dinner on Saturday, along with Osamu & Mariko, and Klay, joining Colin, Seppo, and me. It was like some sort of weird Sega reunion. I think we had salmon and tritip with lots of veggies. Uyen & Charles dropped by for a little bit too. Afterwards, the bunch of us (minus L & D who had to go) and Joe watched “Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring Again” which was about some monks, the cycles of life, passions & violence, redemption, and some other stuff. It was a disqueting film thematically, and a quietly stunning one visually. Sunday, we went into the city to have dinner at Lindsi’s (an excellent and moist pot roast) then go to MJ’s, but we were so tired from the lawn activities earlier in the day that we opted to turn in and go back home to rest up. We are so lame, but it was a good idea.