no quake

i didn't feel the earthquake last night,
but dreamt about one. it woke me up. i did know know whether it was an aftershock or just a dream. weird.

and what's the deal with california? earthquakes, fires. Ahnold. what's next?

whistleblower weekend

• Drinks at the Public in SOMA on Friday night with coworkers Elena and newly published Nation writer Amanda


• Shopping! Me and Dort went to Macy's, getting hooked up with Lab Series freebies, then Target, to find a somewhat belated but still legitimate wedding present for James and Tina. I searched for Bumble and Bumble hair paste and ended up at a salon where Dort knows the purveyor. She loves a man who uses Bumble and Bumble, the owner Leticia said, and promised freebies in the future.


• Skipped between the World Series and Scary Movie on TV, after watching Without a Trace. Nice love story there.


• Practiced violin, currently playing Vivaldi's Concerto in A Minor and a Chinese song translated as "Happy New Year."
  
• Menlo Park on Sunday. Wine -- two buck Chuck -- and trains!!

workin' for the weekend

• workin' late on Friday, planning a comp day to make up for it
  
• MPTC played a party at the Ninja Cottage, where Brian Crotty lives, along with former NU student Chris Olsen. it rawked dude.
  
• deep dish pizza at Little Star with James, Tina and Carol
  
• CSI: Miami
  
• apartment hunting on Craigslist
  
• Armenian church festival with Dort and Brian on Sunday. much buttery, old world good food - lamb shishkabob, pilaf, sou boereg (crispy filo dough between layers of spinach/cheese), greek type salad, Armenian beer (Kotayk) and flaky, syrupy pastries for dessert. talked about the Genocide Resolution with a guy from the Arm. Nat'l Comte. of America (ANCA). yay.
  
• food coma
  

radio somewhere

weekend in review

• Friday night swimming, then saw The Civil War at the Red Devil Lounge. They were good with a good crowd too, if I do say so. My friends Tom and Matt B. are in the down home alt-country rock band.


• Saturday breakfast on Clement with Matt B. and friends from The Civil War, then to the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival all day.


• Nighttime went with Agnes to hang out with a Mexican friend of hers. Had beers at La Peña near Ashby Bart station in Oakland then went to a co-op in Berkeley, where people were playing SMB2 projected on a wall. Then watched some movie with zombies and John Leguizamo pirated from a Japanese site.


• Sunday watched Blue Angels with Dort then had a family dinner in Menlo Park.

life digest

weekend update:

• In the Valley of Elah (movie)
  
• Talladega Nights (movie)
  
• blowing balloons for kids at Sunset Community Festival
  
• walking around Laurel Heights
  
• reading Never Eat Alone
  
• setting up guitar effects pedal board
  
• eating lunch at Starbucks, alone