so, I made the second-biggest mistake of my life today. Specifically, I convinced my family that we should have Thai on the one day this month that we get to eat out. Sounded good in theory. The flaws: We ordered a family meal, so we got a bunch of food that none of us necessarily liked. Flaw #2 was when Brother #1 told the waitress that we wanted our food "medium" spicy, a level which can be murder on the inexperienced taste bud. Despite my warnings ("you won't like it!"), all our food came to us at this spicyness. Consequentially, Sister and Brother #2 (who usually eats anything put in front of him and then some) refused to eat. The latter of the two commenced whining about how many pizzas we could have bought with the money we spent, and made sarcastic comments about the spiciness. Blamed it on Brother #1. Said he'd rather go to Emperor's Palace.
Oh well, more Thai food for me. I enjoyed it. My family did not. All of us had cleared sinuses.
Needless to say, my family will never again trust me when it comes to taste in food. We'll probably have to follow the whims of Brother #2, who chose a cheap Chinese buffet in Tacoma for his birthday dinner. Definitely a quantity over quality type of guy, which bugs me a little. I've labelled him as such to his face but I don't think he really gets it.
Now I understand why I eat out with my friends. More culture. But going with the family means I don't have to pay.

The following excerpt from Dave Barry's blog made me laugh. Hard.

STAY THE HELL OUT OF THE OCEAN

This thing probably has relatives.
posted by Dave 11:15 AM

If you want more, you can get it here. Fun links to things such as Mullet Haiku, which I have quoted in my AIM profile.
Aren't you guys proud of how I finally figured out how to insert hyperlinks? Everybody clap.
The variables which complicate equations are indeed what makes math fubar. Fucking variables.
I'm dreading telling RF that Jihad took RENT with him to school. He'll probably read this before I get a chance to tell him anyway. Oh well, I could always buy the music, or maybe we'll sing something from "Into the Woods" as originally planned. I was practicing the other song though - about ten times on the way to symphony rehearsal this evening. such fantastic harmony.
CougFest would have been lots better had it been advertised. There were plenty of products, which surprised me, but unfortunately not a lot of people came.
Am feeling fat and unhealthy. Must go to the Valley more and eat less junk food.
Had a weird talk with Jihad about relationships tonight. We each talked about the things we are going through at the moment with current love interests... it's hard to describe. Pulling away from him has got to be one of the hardest things I've ever had to do, but it seems to be working, because there were no crazy pangs of jealously or strange alienating remarks tonight... we were oddly straightforward with each other about each other's lives.
Why am I up so late? I know not. Mostly because of some CDs that this damn computer is taking forever to burn.
Trying to extend the weekend and failing miserably. Spring break in a week, yo. Totally looking forward. Gotta get through this week first, though. And then it's a week without school, but also without Manzanita and Batman. It will be a bit sad.

take a shower, shine your shoes
you've got no time to lose
you're a young man, you must be livin'
go now, you are forgiven

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