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-Sunday night was Jess' birthday party at Kroaky's, a Japanese-style karaoke joint in town (meaning separate rooms with friends rather than one big bar with strangers). What a blast! I just did one song as I feel like I need to expand my selection, not that anyone freaking cares. After a slow start the song queue filled up until the very end, when Jess demanded that we all go out singing Don't Stop Believing, which our traditional ending karaoke song. Bryan gave her a special birthday performance, serenading her with Tiptoe Through the Tulips in full Tiny Tim soprano. Then drinks at her and Adam's apartment, where the hummus that my mom made was a huge hit and utterly demolished by the time I left. Would def go to Kroaky's again with a smaller group, and use the opportunity to try new songs. A party with some people I don't know isn't where I feel comfortable trying new material.
-Saw District 9 with my dad on Friday morning. I fucking loved that movie and am so happy to see that it had such a tremendous opening weekend. I won't go into it too much for the sake of those who haven't yet seen it, but it's good stuff.
-Went to Pho Cali, a local Vietnamese restaurant, with Andrew, Jess and Adam after work today. I got the lemongrass tofu and it was fucking delicious. It was cooked with lemongrass and chilies and onions and was wonderfully spicy and flavorful. Yum!
-It being a cloudy rainy evening and me on my own, I'm watching Jeeves & Wooster, because it makes great lonesome evening viewing. However, I rarely watch the episodes where they're in New York, mostly because I spend all my time anticipating and cringing at the terrible American accents. There are a few genuine Americans in there but really, they couldn't dig up more real American actors in England, people who didn't ride their Rs so hard? I'm sure it's equally terrible listening to Americans to piss poor English accents, but yeesh, no thanks. It's very strange to listen to because while someone's pronunciation may be right on, there's usually something in the inflection that gives it away and makes me feel a bit unbalanced to listen.
-Also great rainy weather viewing: Spongebob Squarepants. I found a cache of SbSp DVDs in our collection and have been obsessively running them in the background while I fiddle around in the apartment. It's very hard to feel blue with that on, and I'm trying to be more Spongebob when I go to work in the morning, but end up more like Squidward.
-Saw District 9 with my dad on Friday morning. I fucking loved that movie and am so happy to see that it had such a tremendous opening weekend. I won't go into it too much for the sake of those who haven't yet seen it, but it's good stuff.
-Went to Pho Cali, a local Vietnamese restaurant, with Andrew, Jess and Adam after work today. I got the lemongrass tofu and it was fucking delicious. It was cooked with lemongrass and chilies and onions and was wonderfully spicy and flavorful. Yum!
-It being a cloudy rainy evening and me on my own, I'm watching Jeeves & Wooster, because it makes great lonesome evening viewing. However, I rarely watch the episodes where they're in New York, mostly because I spend all my time anticipating and cringing at the terrible American accents. There are a few genuine Americans in there but really, they couldn't dig up more real American actors in England, people who didn't ride their Rs so hard? I'm sure it's equally terrible listening to Americans to piss poor English accents, but yeesh, no thanks. It's very strange to listen to because while someone's pronunciation may be right on, there's usually something in the inflection that gives it away and makes me feel a bit unbalanced to listen.
-Also great rainy weather viewing: Spongebob Squarepants. I found a cache of SbSp DVDs in our collection and have been obsessively running them in the background while I fiddle around in the apartment. It's very hard to feel blue with that on, and I'm trying to be more Spongebob when I go to work in the morning, but end up more like Squidward.