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this past weekend was my birthday extravaganza. i thought i'd be super excited about 4 days of birthday but it was actually pretty exhausting and narcissistic. it kicked off friday evening when D took me out to jj steakhouse for a romantic but rushed dinner. next it was drinking/dancing at highlands, where they seriously have miss olympia runner-ups as go-go dancers. kind of frightening. saturday i visited the temple in hacienda heights, went last minute shopping for a new top, then went to this other godforsaken club. had a sleepover. sunday started with brunch at what seemed to be a retirement home, then lots of lounging around. i took the day off monday for brunch at jinky's cafe with an old friend. i swear jinky's cannot be beat in brunch quality/price. then it was onto my own birthday shopping spree, where i scored those stupid "luxury" american eagle jeans, once $68, for a mere $17. and a $60 smashing grandpa tee for $25. and this most amazing tee that i've been wanting forever:
any o.c. fan will know why this shirt is the best. shirt. ever! then the evening brought my official birthday dinner at tokyo wako, a benihana type of place. i got to keep my souvenir porcelain geisha cup. it was fun and nice to see old faces again. even if i had to wear a kimono and nasty headpiece. sasha baked me two cakes. everyone ate, went back to play scattegories, and i finally got some time to myself! today anne took me to see feist & broken social scene (except we left after feist ha) as an added birthday treat. and so ends my neverending birthday. it was great but i can't do this again next year.
i know it's silly to think so but i feel like i have accomplished so much this year in part due to it being the year of the rooster (the chinese zodiac year i was born). miraculously, i have lost all of the 25 pounds i gained post-college, and then some. I dug myself out of my spendy wendy hole and paid off my credit cards in full. i figured out what i want to do with my life and am working towards it. i know i'm still a baby but here's hoping that i will actually mature some more this year and progress toward really feeling like an adult!
any o.c. fan will know why this shirt is the best. shirt. ever! then the evening brought my official birthday dinner at tokyo wako, a benihana type of place. i got to keep my souvenir porcelain geisha cup. it was fun and nice to see old faces again. even if i had to wear a kimono and nasty headpiece. sasha baked me two cakes. everyone ate, went back to play scattegories, and i finally got some time to myself! today anne took me to see feist & broken social scene (except we left after feist ha) as an added birthday treat. and so ends my neverending birthday. it was great but i can't do this again next year.
i know it's silly to think so but i feel like i have accomplished so much this year in part due to it being the year of the rooster (the chinese zodiac year i was born). miraculously, i have lost all of the 25 pounds i gained post-college, and then some. I dug myself out of my spendy wendy hole and paid off my credit cards in full. i figured out what i want to do with my life and am working towards it. i know i'm still a baby but here's hoping that i will actually mature some more this year and progress toward really feeling like an adult!