Mukmuk Recap

Another crazy Thursday - Zuppa, Yan's, and then Holy Cow. Again. At Zuppa I had 24 oysters, for $12. See - this is another instance exemplifying my struggle with the concept of moderation. At Yan's we planned a bbq at Pat's for tomorrow! And then Holy Cow was hot, and full of familiar drunks as always.

Friday I stayed in and watched the second half of 30 Rock, season 1. I'm enjoying it so much that I'd rather watch than go out, LOL. One of my favorite moments thus far:


Saturday, after work, Julian and I had dinner at Kabuto (Joe's rec) and it was actually really savory, fresh, fish. We were talking about how we always go to sunset for sushi because it's convenient, even though the sushi isn't that "good" per se. Creatures of habit we once were, explorers we are!

Afterward, I hung out with Bryant for a little before Charles picked me up. And then we were off! To Bo's friend's place for pre-game before heading to the Marina. There happened to be a doll there, of the Vancouver Olympic mascot Mukmuk. Somehow by the end of the night that became my new nickname.


Then, today, I woke up for the WSBK at Philip Island, until I realized the gold medal US/CAN hockey game was on!! 1st period was boring but 2nd picked up and 3rd was INTENSE!! We lost, but meh 'twas a good game.

Bryant and Dom came upstairs with beers during OT and then after we finished the game we went to see Shutter Island. I nodded off many times, and eventually just slept 15-20 minutes near the end. That movie was a waste of time, and I would not recommend anyone see it in theaters. We picked up pizza afterward and then headed home to watch 24. I've been watching a lot of stuff lately.. I should probably reset my goals. In time though, in time.

Gym Tour & Travel Plans

One of my unofficial new years resolutions was to tour the 24 hour fitness locations, and I've made progress recently! Yesterday, after a guilty dinner at San Mateo Prime, Julian and I went to the 24 on El Camino. It was okay. I'd give it the same rating that I would give to... the Ocean location in SF. Then today, after work, we went to the Montgomery 24, and it was SO F'ING NICE! Like ridiculously nice! Like the women's locker room had back-lit vanity mirrors and super fancy SHOWERS! They even had pay-use lockers in addition to the regular lockers.

There was a lounge area with leather couches and a TV. And the women's locker room had it's own tv. The lockers were wood-grain and not the cheap plywood lockers the other locations have. The water fountains had ICE-COLD water, and there were just SO FREAKIN' MANY MACHINES!! Most of all, the gym felt CLEAN!! This gym is fucking classy, and it's going to be my new default location. Like a kid in a candy shop.

I'm doing pretty well with my gym routine, and I feel great. I can tell that my endurance is improving because I can run 5 minutes without wheezing now. I just have to cut back on binge-eating. Today after we worked out, we ate at Naan 'N Curry LOL.

So last night, as I was getting ready to book a trip to Egypt, I stumbled upon a flurry of horror stories about how dirty, polluted, and dangerous Egypt can be. From food-poisoning, to irresponsible guides and broken toilets/AC at hotels and tourist spots, EVERYTHING has gone wrong for someone. I'm having second and third thoughts about Egypt, and am considering somewhere safer like Europe...

I Eated the Crawfishes

Spectacular weather today!! I headed to the gym when I woke up, but decided to drive around because it was so sunny =) I went to Serramonte and did some shopping, and then went to Hillsdale for more shopping! I bought my mama some See's candies and she was SO delighted when she got them, I felt fantastic.

I only bought a few things from today but when I was at Hillsdale I hung out with Joe on his lunch break and we got to catch up.

Then I headed back to SF to workout. After my usual cardio fix I picked up Julian and we ate THE CRAWFISH!!!! I've never had crawfish, and it was a lot of work for a spicy reward. We were talking about how much of a waste eating crawfish is, because there's so little meat. IT WAS GOOD THOUGH, and quite the experience! I likes me some crawdaddies ;]

Blood Obsessions

After quite the HH on Thursday, I ended up staying home Friday and Saturday and having a nice quiet weekend to myself. I got a lot of Dexter-watching done, in fact I finished Season 1. There was a ton of character development in Season 1, and I really should have watched this series in order. At least I understand the backstories now, and if Netflix would let me watch Season 3 I probably would continue. Dexter is such a morbid and twisted series, I love it.

During lunch today, I was flipping through channels and the only movie that had JUST started was TWILIGHT. I knew nothing about it aside from the parodies and jokes I've seen and I have to admit, I can see what all the fuss was about. That movie is THE modern day princess fairytale, and no one can deny the novelty of falling in love with a VAMPIRE!!! A good-hearted vampire at that - and one who just wants to save your life and watch you sleep. I have yet to see New Moon, but I don't think anything can change the fact that I am in love with Edward and everything he stands for.

Motion City Soundtrack Concert!!!

After work today I went straight to Regency for the MCS concert! There wasn't much of a line, and we didn't care for the opening acts so we ate at Village Pizzeria across the street. The pizza took FOREVER, but it was some good eatin'.

By the time we got into the concert, the first band was finishing. They were o-k. Then ANOTHER cover band came on and played for a good 30 minutes. When they finally finished we were so psyched about MCS coming on stage! BUT THEN ANOTHER COVER BAND CAME ON!!! WTF!!!! So frustrating. The concert started at 6:30 and MCS didn't show until 9...


When MCS finally took the stage, they were amazing. Great band to see live, and the moshpit was swelling. There's something invigorating about moshing, even though I realize it's barbaric and elicits violence. Lots of tall people there but we kept pushing around so I had a pretty good view. For the last few songs I moved to the back to get air, and water. Definitely wasn't as good as The Offspring, or Shiny Toy Guns, but I had a good time.


And then, since I was all sweaty anyway, I went to the gym. It is Tuesday and all, and I'm committed to my workout schedule!

Modern Family

Somebody had a case of the Mondays! But it wasn't me. =)

I started my day off working out. I met Julian at the gym and then we wanted to go to Little Lucca's but they ran out of bread. >=[ I bought SNACKS at Target! Since we were at Serramonte we did HH at Barracuda. MMm they serve their oysters on a half-shell with TOBIKO! Their sushi HH is sooo cheap, it's ridics.

The rest of my day consisted of Modern Family, and, Modern Family. I watched all of Season 1 today, with the exception of the first episode which I watched late last night (technically still today). I really love the characters in that show, especially the balances and imbalances between the members of the family. Gloria, the passionate Columbian gold-digger is SO tantalizingly entertaining. And the gay couple - don't get me started.