baby, baby, baby oooooh!

 If only I had a beautiful boy to sing to me every morning after my shower and every night before I go to bed.... 

 
A dream come true.  Available at Walgreens.  I want him, er, this.

Another thing that is amusing is the movie, "Still Walking."  That is the English title anyway.  Besides starring Hiroshi Abe, who is crazy good-looking, the dialogue in this movie is amazing.

If you ever thought to yourself, "I wonder what it's like for justgotspaid when she hangs out with all her in-laws?  I wonder why she gets tired out from them so easily?"  This shows the workings of family dynamic in Japan so perfectly; all the fussing, all the sensitivity, all the getting in someone's business while trying to hide your own.  Netflix recommended it to me and now I am recommending it to you.

extended version

 Too awesome.  I'm so glad I discovered this last night.  Kyohei makes fun of me for watching this so much. 

Why do all Rome & Juliet / West Side Story -type things appeal to me so much?  Daddy issues?  ha ha ha

rollercoaster!

 [insert humming the Red Hot Chili Pepper hit here]

"Elaine, don't get too down. Everything will even out. See, I have two friends. You were up, he was down. Now he's up, you're down. You see how it all evens out for me?"

- Jerry Seinfeld, in "The Opposite"

I had a great weekend (starting Thursday night).  I even fell into crush approximately 2 times, give or take 1.  I was invited to gatherings in public.  I managed to go out to 3 bars and a) did not feel annoyed that I was at a bar b) did not come home smelling of smoke c) did not spend a lot of money.  I managed to say only a handful of offensive things, which is excellent considering the breadth of time and volume I had to drink.  These people even became my facebook friends after the fact.  phew. 

Side note:  What is going ON with me lately?  The past week or so seems to have turned into a peacock parade of temptation.  Why do guys, who I find contemptible and disgusting in general, seem so darn attractive lately?  I have literally run into every mini-crush I've had in the area recently.  Why now?  I hate this.  Also, and this might sound a little too 'Jersey Shore,' but sometimes I can't help but want to just make out with someone out of boredom.  I WON'T, jeez, I like being married too much.  I'm just saying.  I miss the making-out.  That's all. 

And real-life xanga friends, don't even ask who these might be.  You don't know them and I'm never telling.  ever.

This was all eclipsed, naturally, when I discovered that one of my dearest friends had been admitted to the hospital under mysterious conditions last night (panic attack, heart attack, seizure???) .  I can't focus and NOTHING that I could possibly have to do at work today is as important to me.  I can't wait to get out of here so I can run over to the hospital. 

not-so-productive behavior

 What have I been up to lately? 

Thursday:  I drank a bunch of mudslides at trivia night so my team could get points.  This almost makes up for me never knowing any trivia.

Friday:  I went to not one, but 2 dance classes (and worked on Turkish homework).  Actually, Friday might have been productive

Saturday:  We went to our first Italian greyhound meet-up.  It amazes me that there are enough people in this town with these weird dogs to form a group.

Most of the time Chitah hung around our legs hiding from her would-be-friends. 

Look at the other Italian Greyhounds playing!  They come in so many colors

Eventually she made one little friend with this dog named, Sealy.  Cute.

Then I went to the mall, met Justin Bieber and we made out.

People are always saying how lucky I am to have married a chef. 
This is one of the things he made-a triple sandwich; one layer of ham, one of egg salad and topped with butter and strawberry jam.  yummmmmm, right?  Luckily, I had gone out to eat with friends that night.

Xanga, I've miss you

 OK!  That was probably the longest hiatus I've ever taken from Xanga.  I have to say, I hated it.  Now, it looks like the site is back up and running like it was in the past.  Let's try and put a photo on here and see if that works again:

Here are two recent photos of my household pets: Mimi, Chitah and husband.
It looks like Xanga is rejecting the size of my photos now.  I'll have to compress them before I add them to this site.  2 extra steps = few photo posts, I'm assuming. 

WTF, xanga!  I hate when stuff changes, especially if it makes things more time-consuming and inconvenient. 

I don't want to start a new blog because
1) I would lose my 6 year history with xanga
2) I would lose the few xanga friends I have left

BUT, I'm really starting to get annoyed with this.