We are a little early this year on the “Weird/Random Things” meme. For the last two years, I’ve completed a version of this meme in January. It was five or six things in the past. This year, it’s seven. Do we get weirder with time, or do we just realize how weird we really are? I will try not to cheat and use any of the old ones if I can help it.
These are things on my mind, things about me…
1. Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog. [Champuru]
2. Share 7 random and/or weird things about yourself. [See below!]
3. Tag 7 random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs. [I'm cheating and not tagging. If you fill this one out, just let me know!]
4. Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog. [See above.]
01. I eat a lot, more than what a lot of others can eat. I don’t eat quickly. In fact, I’m quite slow. So it’s slow and steady eating. I don’t know where it goes. I know that is considered lucky, but sometimes it is annoying. I’d just like to be healthy.
02. I am absolutely guilty of being passive aggressive. I just wish I knew how to step away from that. It’s so much easier to stand back. It’s a Libran quality. How do we stay diplomatic without being passive aggressive? Can we?
03. I can’t seem to sit up straight. I should start wearing a back brace. I really do not want to be the Hunchback of Notre Dame, but at the rate I am going, it can’t be too far off. I stopped going to the chiropractor because I had to pay for braces, and that was already using up all of my Flexible Health Savings account at work.
04. When I am feeling restless, I need to do one of the following things: 1) hop on a plane, 2) get a haircut, 3) dye my hair, 4) rearrange my room. I am feeling restless these days. What am I going to do?
05. I tell myself a lot of things. Why don’t I ever listen?
06. French fries go so well with an ice cold milkshake! Ice cream on a cold day! Hot and cold. Sweet and salty. It all just seems to work.
07. While I am not high maintenance in terms of the physical, materialistic way, I’m a pretty emotionally demanding person. When I care, I need to feel cared for.
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Thanksgiving weekend was good. It wasn’t too crazy.
Thursday, we [along with 17 other Yelpers] volunteered at the food bank for a few hours. We separated large bags of rice and beans into smaller 1-lb. bags. Afterwards, a smaller group of us went out for some food in the Mission. Donna and I ordered these gigantic burritos – the same thing for the both of us. Yikes. We should have shared! At night, Thanksgiving dinner at uncle’s. I ended up losing $40 over Mahjong to my uncles and aunt. No biggie. It was fun, and that’s probably the only time that I am willing to spend longer periods of time with family.
On Friday, dim sum with Mia [whom we hadn't seen in forever!], Perci, and Bella. We didn’t do much else since we ended up prepping for a Thanksgiving dinner party at Kevyn’s house. We made lemon drop Jello shots and chocolate rum mousse. Both turned out quite good, but the mousse was more work than it was worth.
Saturday, after having pho, I went with Leif to see an adaptation of two stories from Murakami’s “After the Quake” at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Even though we sat spitting distance away from the actors, I enjoyed it. The two stories were meshed into one. It was a good show in an intimate setting. In the evening, Donna and I went out to dinner and then a going-away party.
Sunday was spent on an all-day outing up in Marshall, where we chowed down on oysters, oysters, and more oysters. It was so yummy. In the evening, we went over to Kevyn’s for dinner.
Now it’s back to the grind.
