Random Recap

I think this post will be lacking in any interesting material whatsoever. So if you're not as bored as I am right now, I suggest you direct your eyes away! Go watch Project Runway on youtube or something, but keep in mind BLAYNE IS ANNOYING.

I feel like the past couple of days have been pretty eventful (in my terms) but I think it's just summer's time altering aspects that make fun things feel extra long and boring things extra longer. In reality only about the past 30 hours have been super eventful but I'm very excited to share details!

Kevin and Meher's birthday party was last night at the Commons clubhouse, apparently a retirement community? I don't know if that was a joke or not so I'll just...keep going with the story. It started off a little bit awkward but it gathered steam and turned into one of the greatest dance parties in history. Maybe a tie between this one and the Denver dance! Cause yeah that one was pretty epic. Highlights of the night include dancing on raised platforms like tables/fireplaces, numerous dance battles, getting yelled at by Neil the DJ for trying to find my inner DJ, "raving", and basically dancing till we all dropped. Pretty kickass. Now my neck hurts, I think I tried too hard to get hyphyhyphyhyphyhyphy. Yeah I'm a G. ANNNYWAY...

OH the whole night I was so tempted to saunter on over to the snack table and gorge myself on circus animals, numerous varieties of cake, tortilla chips and cheese dip (basically my all-time favorite snack) and here's the dead-ringer: chocolate covered strawberries! I'm pretty proud of myself cause within that four hour span I only drank water! This proves that I have SOME self-restraint, which is good, because I initially thought that I had none. Seriously, give me a bag of hint of lime Tostitos and a jar of Salsa Con Queso and all you will hear from me is munching noises for an hour!

Backstory on this non-eating weirdness though. Hermes, Liz and I went to Castro Street and had ramen at Maru Ichi (sp?) on Thursday evening, and somehow we got to deciding that I would go on a diet starting August 1st. Basic diet outline:
FOOD: six small meals a day to keep metabolism going. Of course, filled with delicious things like whole grains, protein, the necessary serving of fruits and vegetables, etc. As little processed food as possible, only eat out 2 times per week, and no ice cream or other over-processed deliciousness/obviously unhealthy foods like that.
CHALLENGE: NO ICE CREAM? We all know I'm made of about 50% ice cream, 50% fried things. What did I get myself into?
EXERCISE: 30 minutes of exercise every day.
CHALLENGE: I'm a fat lard. My day-to-day exercise usually consists of running up the stairs once in a while, only when my bladder feels like it's about to explode. I walk to work, sometimes I get up to fetch something I need from upstairs...you get the picture.
SLEEP CYCLE: Nine hours of sleep a night, sleeping before one and getting up before ten.
CHALLENGE: Um, it's like ten minutes to one and I have no intention of getting ready for bed yet. Also, I woke up at 11:30 today, surprised to find that my eyes were open in the AM.

SO, hearty good luck wishes would be appreciated, and motivation will be helpful. Seeing as I am already lagging. But NO, Hermes, you are not getting your $10.

After this fateful decision was made, I fully realized just what I was getting myself into and insisted on getting gelato or ice cream as a last treat to myself before I embark on this diet of death. The gelato place on Castro was wayyy crowded so we went to Carvel. So delicious. Sorry Baskin Robbins, but Carvel is obviously superior. I had cake batter ice cream which seems to be a favorite of mine, good thing we don't have it at BR to tempt me every day. Then I went to Arjun's house to watch Batman Begins/ABDC with Crystal, Meher, and Arjun, and proceeded to consume a slice of deliciously decadent chocolate cake with perhaps the best frosting I have ever come across in my whole life, as well as maybe a third of a pint of Ben & Jerry's Fossil Fuel ice cream. Seriously, Ben & Jerry beat out Baskin Robbins for best ice cream duo ever. Wow, I really have no love for BR! What a surprise. But yeah I basically pigged out that night, like I said, it was a dying woman's last meal! And I'm proud to say I have had no ice cream since then....ok, I lie. I had a sample of jamoca ice cream today at work because it looked so fresh and...textured. I don't know how to explain it but certain textures of ice cream really appeal to me and BOY did it hit the spot. Afterwards I felt bad though so I lugged around three gallon tubs of ice cream with extra vigor.

Totally losing direction of this post, but at this point I'm really just writing to recap everything that has happened lately.

Today I joined the Thai Pepper gang and then some to have lunch. I deemed Kathy and Ryan the Queen and King of Thai cause they're the only couple we eat Thai food with! Haha but my southeast-Asian-ness made me more authentic so I'm the Pad Thai Princess. At one point I was wearing a napkin on my head that made me look like a pope, but whatever. Food was delicious as always! I love how they give you soo much sauce, seriously my beef was drowning in yellow curry sauce. I saved some beef so I could take home all of the sauce without looking like a complete wang, and I had some rice smothered in sauce for dinner. So. Delicious. I need to look up if they have those sauces in jars so I can just cover everything in yellow curry sauce. Soo the diet is not going too well? Yep.
Memorable quote from today: I started singing that song, "I kissed a girl and I liked it!" And Kathy jumps in and goes "I didn't like it THAT much.." haha quite perfect timing.

AND TIFFO AND I JUST BOUGHT TICKETS FOR JASON MRAZ IN LA! He's coming November 1st which is a whole like..two days before he gets to Berkeley/Sacramento/other Norcal venues so we will have complete bragging rights for about two days! We're a little bit too excited about that part but seriously I'm so excited to see him in concert again. Although I don't think it'll be as epic as at the Fillmore, but I LOVE HIM so I don't care. (:

Oh and look at the time, two minutes past one. Screw you, bedtime!