i had dinner tonight at one of my favorite restaurants in the area... and it was peculiarly not very good. the enchilada was far too dry, both the tortilla and the chicken inside. the accompanying rice was too boring, and the beans too salty. the mousse had chocolate bits in it, as if whoever made the mousse had not bothered to melt it properly. and the service was really rather slow. it was very strange. i do not think i will go back there again at all soon.
Chad went to Legends this morning, to work on the campsite before the event tomorrow. he will probably stay either at Missy and Shane's place, or at the site itself. i do hope that this time he eats more than one meal before Sunday night. sometime, i really want to meet this chick he's supposed to be protecting. i've been to two of their meetings, and somehow she never makes it. hmph. i wonder if i can bribe Jerrod to make sure Chad eats. hmm...
i should learn not to go to Million Year Picnic when i have even a little extra money [yay, tax refunds!], or if i do go, i should force myself to walk away quickly and out of the store if there is nothing in my subscription folder. on the other hand, i did get an excellent graduation present... now i just have two wedding presents to acquire. and perhaps another graduation present if i can think of one. but only if it is sufficiently appropriate. i believe in giving appropriate presents at whatever times. if they happen to coincide with the usual holidays, then great. if not, who cares? i do *not* believe in giving mediocre presents at the supposedly "right" times, just to be giving something. it just seems to defeat the purpose of present, you know? though i do have to admit that cash as a graduation present from relatives really can't be considered mediocre. :)
this reminds me, i need to write some email responding to and discussing spies, for casablanca. oh boy. i hope this scheme i came up with doesn't fail because of my own lameness. thing is, i should've had them put my web account on the list, so that i could respond from anywhere instead of jsut from work. the way work has been totally nuts, i don't feel right taking up lots of time responding using work email.
speaking of nuts at work, i got this voicemail from my boss-once-removed today, noting that if some people strictly work only the 35 hours a week they are paid for, then other people on the team have to work 60 hours a week to make up for it. on one hand, i feel totally chasitized, because i don't think i've been working much more than 35 hours a week. on the other hand, they never give me anything to do that has any chance of lightening someone else's workload. it's not as if anyone is having to pick up my slack, or even that there is any slack to pick up, i think, because i like to think i'm fairly efficient and good at getting stuff done quickly. maybe i'm wrong and totally confused. i dunno. still, i'm not sure what to say about this. maybe i'll tell my boss that if they need me to do some things that lighten other peoples' workloads, i'd be perfectly happy to do so. i don't know. i just can't tell if this comment was actually directed at me or not. argh. kind of irritating to not be able to tell. i hate this should i feel guilty or not feeling.
for some reason, writing this journal always makes me dead sleepy. maybe it's the associated heat, with the blanket covering my lap and the laptop on top of the blanket, oozing heat as it runs. i hate being overheated. i hate summer. and it hasn't even hit real summer yet. but already, i hate it. blech.
i think i should develop more funny anecdotes. i've recently noticed that other peoples' journals are much more amusing than mine. perhaps i'm just too self-centered to tell stories properly so that they are funny.
i am currently not-buying a cd from cdnow. by a band called the Detroit Cobra. oldies-pop-punk. it's pretty cool. the guy at MYP had been playing it, and it's totally infectious. i like it. but i shouldn't really be buying cds. especially directly after having spend so much money. ah, frivolity and materialism.
alright, i have to go now because i really think the little laptop needs to cool down.
oh, one other thing -- Jean-Marie Messier seems pretty cool. and apparently Vivendi-Universal own the company that makes Half-life, Starcraft, and Diablo II. pretty spiffy, eh. can't wait to tell the little little bro. i wonder if we'll get discounts on games. and for that matter, dvds. hmm...