RJK 5000

i went over to my mom’s house for dinner even though it wasn’t even a wednesday.  i needed to drop off some things and pick up a few things.  the funny part was that when i got there my brother informed us that he wouldn’t be able to join us for wednesday night dinner because he has to work.  so we enjoyed a family dinner tonight instead.  i’m glad it worked out because i would have hated to skip a week.  i’ll be sad when our lives change and wednesday night dinners become a thing of the past like thursday nights at mcmurphy’s, or coolout sundays or whatever in chicago.  i’m trying to keep this alive here.

been trying to take steps towards modifying things in my life.  trying to balance instant gratification with long-term rewards.  i mean i guess things are currently pretty balanced in that they both appear to be equally low.  haha.  now we set things in motion and just hope for the best.

i am really tired and not relaxed.  i’m thinking about things that nobody likes.

i had dinner with eric from xs tonight.  he’s still the coolest and still ultrachill.  i met him at his pad where he and his family (wife and child) live in fancy resort conditions.  we ate delicious japanese food and drank beer and unfiltered sake.  we talked a lot about life, the growing up part of it.  marriage, kids, boys, girls, handbags, cars, tweak, you name it.  we grabbed another drink at a local dive bar that his friend owns.  i didn’t know torrance was such a white community, i was not expecting to be surrounded by such a brophy crowd.  it was all good though, i kind of like torrance.

he let me drive the lancer.  the highly evolved x.  it was really fun to drive, i like that car.

there’s a word for people who are so unique you’ll never meet anyone like them ever again.  i don’t know what the word is, but if you get called that i think it’s a pretty good thing.

i woke up sort of early and went to home depot for some paint and other home improvement supplies.  then my brother came over to help paint and make other home improvements.  it was pretty cool.  he showed up with a pan of brownies that my mom baked.  they were so delicious, i ate half the pan!  we did housework all day and then we drank beer and ate mochi ballz.  he helped me a lot.  even threw a bunch of really heavy items into the dumpster for me.  i have the best brother in the world, and all i did was buy him a lousy burger and some fries.

i had fun activities planned for tomorrow, but i may have to cancel them and continue cleaning things up around here.  i’m still down for dinner in the south bay though.

i’m pretty exhausted.  and i have a belly ache from the sweets, like a white kid.

time to watch something awful on television and doze off.

i went to little tokyo after work because i was craving a teriyaki chicken bowl, and also because i’m addicted to the green tea red bean mochi ballz from mikawaya.  i hardly ever have “takeout” for dinner because if i want to eat something at home, i just make it myself.  but tonight i wanted this particular chicken bowl (with the red ginger) and authentic mochi ballz (i wasn’t about to mash the rice like in hawaii) so i went and got what i wanted.

i pulled into the parking garage and asked about validation.  it really irritated the attendant and he answered me with a little bit of blue-collared black guy attitude.  i responded with super niceness and then i went and picked up my dinner and box of mochi ballz (yes, i got a box).  when i was leaving the garage the attendant smiled as he handled my ticket and then told me to have a great weekend.  so angry yet so impressionable…

i talked on the phone.  and then took a candlit bubble bath (with way too many bubbles for once).  i drank some wine too.  chinese takeout, a telephone call, bubble bath, and wine.  the bachelorette life is quite all right.

i decided to wake up early tomorrow, as i have a lot of errands and housework that can no longer be put off.

so now i will study spanish and hopefully fall asleep earlier than i do during the work week.

tonight the wing chun tong held its annual chinese new year dinner.  it was cool to chill and share an abundance of chinese food with the group.  they are all wonderful folks, which is weird to me because aren’t kung fu guys sometimes pretty strange or annoying.  i guess i got lucky and found a neat bunch.  after dinner we were tired and stuffed, but still made it back to the studio to bust chops.  it was fun even though i don’t like rolling with long sleeves.

supertong tried to convince us all to go to some kind of local club or bar.  nobody really wanted to go.  i ended up going because having a beer and talking and catching up sounded nice.  we didn’t get to talk much though because the place was bumping “techno” music and the fog and lasers were a bit distracting.  haha.  i wanted to go home, but i realized things could have been worse, so i just enjoyed the scene.  everyone was really nice.

now i’m ready for bed.  i’m ready for the weekend.  i’m ready to take care of business.

i’m finally home.  i took my family out for sushi.  i told my brother to choose xlbs or sushi, and he chose sushi because he knew that’s what i wanted.  i have the best brother.

then they ate ice cream while i ate some oreo cookies dipped in lactose-free milk.  i was eating a memory, it was good though i have tasted more exquisite ones.  i tried the peanut butter ones which were new to me.  i think you would like those.

i wore a shirt today that i have owned for nearly ten years and have never worn before today.  my mom bought it for me, but i never liked the color.  it had been on a hanger forever, and still had the price tag on it.  but now, finally, after ten years, that color seems kind of “in.”  and short-sleeved button-downs never go out of style.

keep on holdin’ on to your orange insanely baggy jnco jeans, it’s about time they make their comeback…

my right eyeball, which got lasik’d twice is acting funny right now.  maybe i ought to rest it.

i wanted to tell you something else, but i forgot.

today wasn’t so bad afterall even though i wasn’t feeling that good.

i ditched kung fu class even though i could have used the social interaction and stress relief.  i worked on building my triceps and read some of my favorite poems online instead.

i am looking forward to seeing my family tomorrow.  i’m taking dessert.  ice cream.  and cookies!  ew.  i offered to treat them to dinner, but my favorite is eating homecooked food with them.  but i could always go for some xlbs or sushi.

i don’t have much to report again.  lately, i have been living in a straight line.

i feel pretty tired so i just want to lie in my bed and read.

tonight i did some housework and took a really soothing bath.

i feel like i have indigestion or something.  i drank a little bit of diet 7up, but it was so old it was barely carbonated.  i don’t really like diet soda anymore, though i can tolerate it when there’s booze in it.

anyway, i don’t really have anything to report.  tomorrow may be overwhelming.  as tuesdays often are.

i’ve been working on my triceps.  watch out.

i generally like the month of march.  it’s a very neutral month.  and believe it or not, i generally like mondays.  they’re forgiving.

having said that (those two things), i’ll sleep better now.

i slept in today in original rjk fashion.  i felt so tired and cold so i made the conscious decision to stay in bed.  the okay book says i’m more likely to hold myself accountable when i make conscious, mindful decisions.  but now i only have eight hours instead of twelve hours left to do nothing.

last night i watched a version of jane austen’s persuasion on masterpiece classic.  it was outstanding.  even better than the book.  the most handsome captain wentworth… he was so weak and resentful, but never inconstant.

erm.

i brewed the most delicious pot of coffee today.

it’s sunday, and it’s very nice.