...saturday night i got together w/ my bro jim & cuzins casey, kris & yonju & yonju's bfriend...teddy was working so he couldn't join us...we ate dinner @ joy yee's in evanston...my brother, the oldest amongst us, was either being very generous or very asian and footed the bill...we were missing the company of the other cuzins ike & inho who chose to stay in their respective states of residence for the holidays this year and yonju's little brother who isn't so little any more and most likely prefers the company of other 21 year olds, as opposed to us old farts...it's kinda strange growing older and watching my cuzins become adults and realizing that i guess i'm an adult too...we sure are a motley crew still...
...my friend david bruce was playing a last minute show @ the raw bar next to the metro, so we migrated the party there for drinks and to hear dave play...we stayed for a couple of hours talking and catching up and debating whether my brother should go and spend a year in korea or not and discussing why some asian guys can be so narrowminded and oldfashioned in their expectations for their girlfriends or wives...i was kinda out of it taking photos and pretty much just listened in......dave had his sequencer and bongos and shakers and other stuff and played a lot of loops in the background...he can play some really mean guitar...my brother was digging it, esp. when he played moon-something by van morrison...unfortunately, i had to leave before the show was over cuz teddy needed a ride from a coworker's bday party, and we left just when dave started playing his new stuff...he did give me a cd on my way out, which was nice of him...photos of the show are right here...
...i finally got around to doing the laundry i was supposed to do yesterday this afternoon...i think i've got a good two weeks worth of clean socks and undies now...after laundry, i got together w/ connolly & olarn @ cafe deluca's for dinner and to exchange presents...connolly got me the action heroine's handbook, which will give me the step-by-step guidelines on doing things vital to an action heroine like myself, such as choking a man with my bare thighs, winning a high-speed chase in high heels, and going undercover as a beauty queen...you know...regular everyday action heroine stuff...and i know this book is gonna work cuz last year connolly got me the survival guide to dating and that book totally worked in landing me with teddy......and now the christmas holiday is over and i have to remember what i'm supposed to do at work tomorrow...that'll probably take me all day...but i'm taking tuesday and friday off, in addition to the short day on wednesday and the holiday on thursday, which means i will be spoiled all over again until the reality of a 5 day week hits me like a ton of bricks next week...but let's not think of such unpleasant things now, eh?
