Monday, May 20, 2002

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This weekend was busy, fun and a tiny bit exciting. Okay, my new favorite restaurant is Michaelangelo's and baked goat cheese salad is the salad of the millenium. Last night I tried to eat a salad at Jack's, but I could only think of Michaelangelo's bakey goat cheese. All other salads just cower in comparison. So, on Friday we ate there and Kelley had the free wine flowing all night. Needless to say, we had a hard time leaving. We walked over to Townhouse anyway, but we could have totally went without it and probably should have.

On Saturday, I did my secret shop at Ross. It was a little more labor intensive than I thought it would be and I'm not sure if I'd do it again. I was supposed to buy two things, then return them both. The problem was, once I started browsing, I found so many things that I liked and didn't want to return. It was a shopping dillema of near massive proportions. I ended up doing the shop just as I was supposed to, but I couldn't help but feel defeated by this clearance retailer. Ross, you may have won this time but next time I'm going to buy all of the smoked, blue glass plates for $1.50 each, those camel colored Chinese Laundry shoes, that little red Kenneth Cole bag and you can do nothing about it. After that I spent 30 bucks on cat stuff to show off my consumer confidence. Around half past three, we met with Dan and later, Heather at the Streets of London for game watching. Lost to LA again. Around 8 we left for karaoke in Japantown. It was pretty fun, Amy came in after her shift at work and sang a little with us. She and Leon snuck out to find tiny bottles of wine and foaties. The tiny wines they brought back were the same size and shape of the small Kikkoman's bottle. I felt like I was drinking a tiny bottle of soy sauce, not wine. We were tired, so Amy let us sleep at her new digs in Bayview. It's the most awesome house ever. It's got gorgeous molding, huge rooms two stair cases, a huge garage, and easy roof access through the bathroom window. From up there you could see the bay and candlestick point.
Early Sunday morning we fell asleep on the teddy bear couch, sleep ing head to foot. I woke up a little hung over, craving tofu scramble. Luckily, we were able to nurse me back to health at Boogaloo's. It was the best tofu scramble I had ever eaten in my life. We had the longest, rainy drive back to Sacramento. We got home around three and I napped until practice. Our show is on Tuesday with Aden, the Bright Ideas and Currituck County. I still don't know what time.
Later.

Thursday, May 16, 2002



-----Original Message-----
From: Ortiz, Niki
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 10:26 AM
To: 'genisoy_info@mloproducts.com'
Subject: Soy Crisps Praise


Hello,

I just want Genisoy to know that I am in love with the bbq flavored soy crisps. Why do these taste so good?!!
Sincerely,

Niki Ortiz

I'm such a dork.
So unmotivated.



I know what I've got to do. This is the time to do it, too. I need to go back to school this fall and finally finish. It's difficult though, there's so much I'm going to have to give up.
Steady, full time paycheck.
Kings tickets.
Free concerts.
Free CDs.
Free lunches and dinners.
Some of the people, but not all of them.
Would it be worth it? I'm sure it would be, once I have some kind of degree. I've resolved that today I have to call the school and make an appointment with a counselor, so I can talk this over. It's so difficult.

Monday, May 13, 2002

Oh, boys.



The only sports I watch on TV are Kings games, so I've been following their playoff games pretty closely. Tonight they're going to smear Dallas and take series two.

Friday. We went out for karaoke at the Townhouse with a few people, mostly boys. I drank a little too much and had fun. Leon and I did a fine version of our bangin' new joint: Nuthin' but a G Thang. We totally ruled. Stella was there too, but we stole the show.
Saturday. Watched a very tense game 4 and then hit the Whole Earth Festival for some kind veggie corndogs. I was so full of deep-fried food that I just came home tried to take a long nap. But our phone was blowing up and I talked to so many people that I couldn't remember who wanted to hang out where so I just watched bad Fox programming and then went to Dan & Heather's for dice. That's my new favorite game.

Sunday. I visited and dined with some mothers. Then Leon and I watched Mulholland Drive for the first time. WTF?! We tried to figure it out, and I think we understood only a very small part of it.
Leon: What. Was. That. Movie. About?
Niki: I don't think we're smart enough to understand it.
Leon: What?!
Niki: I don't think we are perceptive enough to figure the mystery out!
Leon: Who do you know that would understand this?
Somebody did.
And now I get it!
Later.