MUAHAHAHA

They say what goes around comes around... and I like to make Karma happen when I can. Today driving into work, I am signaling to move into the right so I can make a right turn. This Old A$$ Fart in a Corvette won't let me in. I'm like, OK, fine, be that way you turd. I drop back and manage to get in behind him. (This right lane flows in from the freeway so is usually busy.) I make the right turn and move directly into the left lane as I can see a truck is in the right and it's going to be slow. OAF is in the right lane behind the truck. He tries to rev his engine and cut me off, but I slam on the gas and close the gap so he can't. Mind you, he didn't try to change lanes and get behind me... he tried to cut me off instead. So, yes, he gets stuck behind the truck and gosh, I must have used up all of my car's energy so that I couldn't go faster than the truck and he was stuck behind us for most of the way. =D BTW, he truly was an a$$. Give some white trash a few bucks and he buys a Corvette thinking he's hot $h!t. As I had moved into a left turn lane, he couldn't be bothered to drive like everyone else and had to drive over the center of the two lanes to pass through the people ahead of him.

SAVE ME

Hi there! Back from Virginia and will have more... but right now, just way too tired. However, thought I'd share my new favorite chillin song with you... my cousin from Hawaii actually had a you tube clip that kind of featured this song... it's called Save Me by Josh Verdes. He's got a my space you can hear it on or you can take a listen on itunes. It makes me feel like I should be swinging under a palm tree by the beach in Hawaii... never mind that this guy is actually from Richmond, Virginia according to his my space.

BACK IN THE SWING OF THINGS...

... pun totally inteded! Just got home from watching the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines and I am beat! My dad and I just had to walk around the whole place and I am pretty sure my butt was close to cramping at some point. We did get grandstand seats at the third hole, where we watched everyone from Ernie Els and on, which included Sergio Garcia, Mike Weir, and of course, tomorrow's play off finalists, Rocco Mediate and Tiger! We got to see Tiger the 3rd and 5th. Had we stayed at the first hole, he might have hit us on the head with his ball, because he had shanked it left where we had been standing and watching before we moved on to the 3rd. The 3rd is that pictureseque 3 par that over looks the canyon and beach, so my dad definitely wanted to check it out, and as it was father's day, who was I to argue? We arrived at around 9 and there were already TONS of people there! (Tiger didn't tee off til 1:30) It was pretty cool though because we got to see a lot of the players we always see on t.v.

Anyhow, that pretty much occupied most of the weekend. After we played tennis on Saturday, we drove down to S.D. and spent the night so we could get an early start without having to make too early of a start. Friday night I saw SATC with the salad queens and we all really liked it. I'm so bummed we won't know if there will be another.

Last week I was in actually in NYC and luckily got out before the heat wave. It was the same last year when we went in June. However, I did not miss the heat in Boston. I got a bit roasted actually, as I wasn't expecting heat and sunshine (and I'm pretty sure most Bostonians weren't either) and didn't bring a hat to wear. Since I was in Boston, I was tempted to wear a Lakers shirt that weekend, but as my parents pointed out, I'd probably get my ass kicked, and God knows I don't have any muscles for fighting. My cousin has also mentioned how very over zealous the Bostonians are about their teams - she knows as she moved from NYC and occasionally wears her Yankees hat around. Unlike in other major cities where you just accept that a lot of people will be there from different places and supporting different teams, Boston appears to expect a homogenous sports society - Celtics, Red Sox, and Patriots - nothing else. But then again... I was surprised to find that Boston was not as diverse as one would expect from a big city, so that is probably why. Boston was a nice town, I enjoyed walking around the city and the suburbs, but I think I pretty much saw everything there was to see in two days... and that's with a lot of snack and beverage (and by beverage I mean beer) stops due to the heat. Best thing: no sales tax on the clothes shopping! Woohoo.

EAST COAST SWING

Greetings from NYC! Arrived here yesterday from Boston via Acela Express. I enjoyed the train ride, although it was weird not having the salad queens on board with me. Anyhow, in Boston, Margie and I walked all around. Saturday we walked around Harvard and Davis Squares. When it was about to rain, we ducked into the theater and caught Indiana Jones. I liked it, but Margie couldn't get into it.

On Sunday, we started in Boston's North End with some good Italian food and a tour of Paul Revere's house. All 3 rooms of it. That's a dollar per room folks. Afterwards, we walked down toward Faneuil Hall, Beacon Hill, and did some shopping on Newbury. No sales tax! Woohoo. We would intermittently stop for drinks and snacks as it was really hot, so we were stuffed by the time we went home, and skipped dinner. Of course, at 2 am absolutely starving, I got up to eat crackers we had left over from wine and cheese night.

Monday I was super tired from not being able to sleep, and ended up catching the 11:15 train instead of 9:15. That got me into NYC at around 2:45 and I went straight to work. After we finished setting up, we checked in and grabbed dinner at Benjamin's Steakhouse. Supposedly, Benjamin's was opened by a guy was the chef at Peter Lugar's, so it was pretty good steak. (Madison & 41st) Tonight we had dinner at China Grill with one of our clients. That was pretty good too! I'm always wary of fusion Asian places, but we had some yummy stuff.

After I get back, I decide I want to buy a couple bottles of water. I walk out to Madison and hang a right to go to Duane Reade's, but they're closed. I figure, 10 more blocks, I should come across CVS. 10 blocks and 2 avenues later, still no CVS. I decide I'll go one more block past my own before heading towards Madison.... still nothing... but once I'm nearly back to the hotel....there it is, a little grocery, 2 doors down, if I had only tuned left instead of right on Madisonn. Oh well, I needed the exercise anyway. Speaking of... I actually got up to run this morning... just did a mile around the neighborhood at 6:30... and the streets were already busy. Ended up sucking in a bunch of second hand and car fumes. Probably did more harm than good. No wonder they run in the park.