i got some red pepper on my fingers as i was cleaning up my lunch (yay yoshinoya!). then i rubbed my eye and now my eye stings.
my co-worker just sent me this link to the los angeles dodgeball society (formerly the lesbians and leprechauns vegetarian lunch club), which is apparently gearing up for the ninth annual karate kid classic dodgeball tournament.
hrm. i am torn between being very afraid and intrigued. i think i may be needing to buy some tube socks to gear up for this weekend.
so yesterday at the grocery store i discovered that you can buy fat-free bologna. i saw this and thought to myself, "fat-free bologna?!?!?!?!" oscar mayer, no less. i bought some to try it out. it tastes just like regular bologna (which, yes, i like). i suppose this is not so surprising, after all, since after they take all the fat out they only have to make it taste like bologna, and not natural meat.
i went to their website to see if i could learn more about this strange, fat-free bologna. i discovered:
1) oscar mayer appears to have bought out louis rich,
2) turkey bologna has as much fat as beef bologna, so i don't actually have any idea as to how they made this fat-free bologna, and
3) you can play "weiner pong on their website, a "weiner classic."
further, "oscar" is not very good at weiner pong. go figure.
from this week's savage love:
In other gay news: Last week, the pope condemned divorce, masturbation, birth control, in vitro fertilization, living together before marriage, and same-sex marriage. According to Bennie, all of the above add up to "anarchic freedom." The headlines the next day? "Pope Condemns Gay Marriage As 'Anarchy.'" The headlines should have read something like this: "Pope Condemns Majority Of American Heterosexuals For Private Sexual Conduct; Also, Gay Marriage."
i am back to obsessing about my trip. nothing that spectacular is going on around me or at work, so i've been consumed with excitement about a week long vacation with gorgeous beaches and lots of massages.
we've hammered out most of it. we're gonna start off with 3 days in tamarindo, sunbathing, beach-going and clubbing, then will stay at a great b&b on our way to arenal, then go to arenal and traipse around the volcano and waterfalls, to be followed by massages, and then we'll head back to san jose for our last night in costa rica.
gosh, it already sounds too short. i can't wait!
i've been talking to people. i am okay with the jackson verdict. it sounds like, though he probably did do something bad with this and maybe other kids, there were enough serious credibility issues that a guilty verdict in the face of the high reasonable doubt standard would have been surprising. so whatever. we'll see what happens now. i am also retracting my prediction about a big civil case, given how expensive that would be for a plaintiffs' attorney. dunno. meh.
wow. i don't know what i feel about this. i was part of the camp that felt that michael jackson was always ostracized and attacked basically for being a freak -- society doesn't like people who stand out, so it paints them as perverts. that said, i didn't follow the trial. at all. so with this complete clearing of michael jackson on all accounts, part of me is like, "eh," and part of me is a little disgusted because i feel like you can get away with anything if you are famous enough (like killing your ex-wife in the driveway of her brentwood home). so.
i have no added value. but he got off. interesting. i'm sure what is now to follow is a civil case in which he will have to pay a big judgment.
i am in a happy mood. my happy day kicked off with my newly-rediscovered love of grits. i like grits. but i always forget this. so i go through years-long stints of not having them at all, and then will all of a sudden remember that i like them and buy a box. this is such a time. mmm... grits.
next, i got a CONFIRMATION for the hotel we wanted to stay at the arenal volcano, costa rica, the tabacon resort and spa. i originally wanted 3 nights, but apparently because it is the IT place to stay, this has to be done months in advance, and consequently, it is now too late. they originally e-mailed yesterday and said they only had 1 night available, and i was really bummed because, since their big thing are the luxurious hot springs there, i didn't want to have to roll in and out after one night without real time to chill. anyway. a number of e-mails and negotiations flew back and forth, and we now have TWO nights confirmed there, so we don't have to worry about bolstering our stay in that area with a crappier hotel.
i'm sure this is fascinating for you. but i actually do feel a great deal better. i'm all excited and just want to go home and plan out our trip. we are going to rent a rav4 or something and drive around. woo hoo costa rica!
i'm also in a good mood because i've done almost no work this morning. speaking of which, i have to go. bye bye.
we've been talking about going to paris since march. unfortunately, our talk- talk- talking without book- book- booking resulted in our being unable to get anything resembling decent airfare. so, we have shifted directions and are headed for costa rica! in the last week of july, we are flying out to stay for a few days at a gorgeous resort at arenal, and then will drive down for a few days in tamarindo. i think we are going to keep the itinerary loose, since apparently you can just kind of drive around and change what you want to do pretty easily. i'm so excited! i can't wait for the jungle hikes, and the volcano tour, and the hot springs... mmm... hot springs...
woo-hoo! vacation!!!
yay! mimi and i went to gladstone's 4 fish last night and shared a clambake -- 1 1/2 lb lobster, 1 1/4 lbs. crab legs, 1 lb steamed clams, 1 lb shrimp, potatoes, and corn on the cob. we also split a bowl of chowder. i was full on the chowder and hot sourdough bread by the time the dinner came, but mmm... you can never have too much crab or lobster. the couple next to us looked aghast as they watched me unhinge the lobster back and suck on the yummy lobster guts. their loss, the ignorant fuckers. :D
i love gladstone's. the food is probably not completely worth the price hike, but there's something about a peanut-shells-on-the-floor kind of place that is right on the beach. i don't care if it's cheesy. that kind of thing can't just be reserved for tourists.