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Thursday, December 27, 2001
A pretty typical vacation so far: junk food, shopping, movies and some of that real sticky icky icky (woo-wee!). Here is a recap of my much needed time-off so far:
Friday:
Back in Canadia. Hannah surprised me with an absolutely gorgeous Christmas tree, with gift-wrapped boxes under it and everything. I'm pretty sure this is my first Christmas tree.
Saturday:
Apparently, the "gifts" under the tree are just empty boxes for decoration! Bummer...
Sunday:
Hannah almost cried when she found out that roast beef takes *hours* to cook. Apparently, Youngme told her that it would only take 30 minutes. Who serves roast beef at a Christmas party anyways?
Monday:
Christmas (eve) party at Hannah & Christian's. Some high/lowlights through the eyes of the only sober person at the party (a.k.a. moi):
- Youngme somehow managed to get the roast beef ready in under 2 hours, and it actually tasted decent. Not that we needed it -- we had more than enough sushi and other goodies.
- Gemma's boyfriend, Jay, is a rapper. He even knows D.O from Deux.
- Unfortunately, Jay is the epitome of everything I hate about Korean men. Also, he's still stuck in that "I'm cool 'cause I can drink more than you" phase, it seems. Dude, you're 26 -- grow up.
- Yolande was definitely the life of the party. As soon as she passed out, the party just went to hell. Did you know that she was engaged to not one, but two famous Korean rock-stars?
Had to cancel our plan for snowtubing 'cause I was so sick. I think I had food poisoning or something. I had to force myself to throw up and I tell ya, it was no picnic. I'm so glad I'm not bulimic. Anorexia is just less messy and less painful, not to mention less expensive. One good news of the day: as it turned out, the boxes under the tree weren't empty after all -- they were just *really* light.
Wednesday:
Boxing Day 2001 was a major disappointment. It appears BCBG and Aritzia are the only two places worth checking out on Boxing Day these days, and that doesn't work too well for me for obvious reasons. Oh well, at least Hannah managed to score big. Oh, I ran into Jason Ahn -- I think this is only the 2nd or 3rd time I've seen him since we went backpacking to Europe together back in '94. He hasn't changed a bit.
Friday, December 21, 2001
According to my Movie Diary, I have seen 177 movies so far this year. Actually, it's a few more than that since I only kept track of the ones I saw in theaters for Jan and Feb. Yes, I do have too much free time. And please spare me the "you need to get a life" speech -- it *is* my life.
On that note, I'm off to see The Lord of the Rings.
Thursday, December 20, 2001
"You gotta get used to Torian!" says Leonard. Oh yeah? Y Kant Tori just speak normal English?
Wednesday, December 19, 2001
I have a new manager, I think. It's all very confusing. I just love how they never tell me anything until *after* something happens.
I went to the advanced free screening of A Beautiful Mind last night. I liked it a lot, but I hope it doesn't get any Oscar nods 'cause it really doesn't deserve any. It's amazing how dorky Russell Crowe looks in this movie though -- it's almost worth watching just to see that. Read more about it in my Movie Diary.
Monday, December 17, 2001
Some random ramblings as I start my final work-week of 2001:
- Isn't it funny we can say something is "pretty ugly"? Yeah, I'm easily amused. Must be an ESL thing.
- Being a consummate consumer whore and a gum-addict, I just *had to* try this new Orbit gum, and it rocks! I'm definitely switching over from Dentyne Ice.
- Did you know that Warner-Lambert, the company that makes Dentyne Ice, is owned by Pfizer, the pharmaceutical company that manufactures, among others, Zoloft? That's just a conspiracy theory waiting to happen.
- You know the part in To Venus and Back when Tori is talking about the song Cooling? I thought she was talking about a friend when she said stuff like "she was supposed to be on Pele, but then she told me to 'fuck off'..." etc, etc. Until now I thought the song was a cover and I've even tried looking for the original version. Yeah, I'm not very bright.
Saturday, December 15, 2001
My 2nd attempt at candle making went rather well. Sure, it's still pretty ugly, but it actually stays lit without putting itself out in its own melted wax.
Happy birthday to NW. Wherever you are these days, I hope you are still enjoying those CDs...
Friday, December 14, 2001
Stins hit the big 3-0 today. I'm *so* not looking forward to mine.
Thursday, December 13, 2001
Rob's leaving the team. On the brighter side, he won't be using my Linux box to launch DoS attacks on master with his Frank scripts anymore.
Sunday, December 9, 2001
I bought 2 tubs of Häagen-Dazs last night -- that's never a good sign...
Saturday, December 8, 2001
Last night, I found my organizer/agenda from Grade 12 while cleaning out my closet. I was a little surprised to find that I had "life fucking sucks" scribbled on nearly every page. Also on many of the pages were the lyrics for Radiohead’s Creep.
Was I really that miserable in high school? Or was I just trying to be "cool" with all the self-loathing bullshit which was so trendy back then?I wish I was special.
You’re so fucking special.
But I’m a creep.
I’m a weirdo.
What the hell am I doing here?
I don’t belong here.
I’m listening to the Cardigans for the first time in a while. Nina Persson’s voice has that weird ability to make me feel depressed and cheerful at the same time.
Thursday, December 6, 2001
Ok, a couple of clarifications re: the (not-so) sudden demise of my private blog:
- No, I don't do heroin -- that's just a line from Trainspotting.
- And the real reasons? I've come to realize that my private thoughts are just that. Private. For my eyes only. Not to be shared with anyone, anonymously or otherwise.
George: Can't I have something that's just for me? Is that so selfish?
Jerry: Actually, that's the *definition* of selfish.
Tuesday, December 4, 2001
Killed my private blog today. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin? I think I'll just go back to the old way of scribbling stuff in notebooks and burning them periodically.
I'm reading this Korean book called When We Meet in the Name of Love (that's the best translation I can come up with). I got it as a gift some 13 years ago, and I never even bothered to crack it open until this morning. Yeah, I'm a bad, bad person.
Monday, December 3, 2001
This is IT? I was a little disappointed when I first found out what IT is, but now that I have seen it in action, I think it's a very cool toy. I wonder if they'll let us ride them around in the DCs. Hmmm... Maybe I should have signed up for away-teams this year.
Today, for the first time ever, I left Dr. Killian's office without a new prescription. This is definitely a good thing -- you know you have a problem when you are on a first-name basis with your pharmacist.
Saturday, December 1, 2001
Went to Pastor Mark and Mike's 10th anniversary dance party ("dance" being the operative word). I thought it was just gonna be a nice, quiet get-together -- after all, this was taking place at the church. Um, yeah, think again. It was a full-flej dance party, complete with a disco ball, crazy lights and thumping clubbing music. Yikes! There's something quite unsettling about watching your pastor bust a move on the dance floor to Mr. Vain. Yeah, I think I'm traumatized for life.
Copyright © 2001 by Hansol
