On the menu...

Lunch:

Turkey sandwich with baby heirloom tomatoes (from my garden) on a brioche bun with pita chips and hummus and a Dr Pepper.

One more class to go before my "weekend".


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Birthday Update!

I am off to take a shower in a bit but I wanted to recap on Birthday '08:

-Paul got me Little Big Planet for the PS3... It was soooo fun! Sack Boy is so cute!
-Had birthday lunch at work w/ Dr D and Sara @ Lucca's... Got $500 bonus from Dr including a cute leather cat coin purse and a bronze leaf necklace and cat butt magnets.

-Paul took me to see "Slumdog Millionaire" at the Tower Theater. It is now one of my favorite movies of the year. I hope it wins
-We went to Rick's Dessert Diner off K Street for some early birthday cake and coffee.

-Paul took me out to Lucca's again for diner.
-Went to an art gallery since it was 2nd Saturday.
-Went to Safeway to get some munchies and a birthday bottle of Skyy vodka!

No I don't want to read your thoughts anymore///

Things I hate:

-Saturday Night Live is not funny at all to me anymore. I don't know why I subject myself to watching it. I keep thinking that there might be some nugget of hope left on the show. I like seeing the bands that they have. Some are pretty good. Tonight it was My Morning Jacket, a few weeks ago Gnarls Barkley was on. And I remember others like Arcade Fire. The skits are just so pathetic. I swear they stole at least 3 jokes from 'The Office' and used them. I feel so embarrassed for them sometimes. The only good skit last nigh was one for MacGruber.


-The stupid Komen Sacramento Race for the Cure was today. Last year, the race was inside the Cal Expo fairgrounds. This year, things changed. As you can see from the wonderful map, they raced right by my fucking apartment!!! I was awoken at 7am to people running and being loud outside. I tried to put my mp3 player on and get back to sleep so I could go to my Photography final (which all I had to do was turn in my portfolio, which all I did was upload the photos online to photo bucket... I just wrote the web address on a piece of paper, put it into a box and walked out). I ended up only getting about 10 more minutes of sleep when Paul woke up all grumpy about the noise outside. By 8am, there was a shitty DJ out on the corner of Heritage and Response (which is the intersection that we live directly off of) and about 50 feet away from that, was some drummers... Taiko Drumming actually. I think there were about 6 guys in a row just beating the crap out of those drums. I couldn't park on the street, Paul and I had to park across the street in some parking lot that belong to these office buildings and also run the risk of getting a ticket. Traffic also sucked after the event. We couldn't leave out apartment till about 10am when all the runners were starting to die down a bit.

-When we left home, I took Paul with me to my class so I could turn in my final. Paul waited in the car since I was only gonna be gone for about 5 minutes. We then decided to head over to a park and have a picnic and read some of our books since it was a nice day outside. We got some sandwiches from this restaurant/ catering company called Selland's in East Sacramento off 54th and H St (I think). I got a tuna sandwich on chibata and Paul got a tri tip sandwich and a half pound of mac and cheese to share. We went to McKinley Park and ate and read some of our books. it was real peaceful out there... Then across the street, I got a parking ticket!!! Totally lame. [Edit-We also saw Mayoral Candidate Kevin Johnson canvasing the area while we were at the park reading our books.]

-We looked at apartment today in the Midtown/ Downtown area. One was on 14th and P St. called the Fremont Mews. There was a one bedroom that looked so nice and roomy but the bedroom was kinda small. We looked at some lofts off 22nd and S St. near the Sacramento Bee HQ called Whiskey Hill Lofts but they weren't that nice looking and kinda pricey. Then we looked at some town homes off 17th & D St. called Washington Park Village. They were nice. I only liked one of the 3 floor plans called "The Maybeck" but I am not ready go be buying a house... Plus, I want a yard to garden and for a dog someday.

I am trying to get my Poly Sci final done. I don't think it is gonna turn out very well but I just want to get it done and over with. I just have to make sure that it is at least 6 pages long. I am so far at 4 pages. I think if I keep making my sentences longer, it will make me sound like I know what I am talking about.

I am gonna stay up a little bit to see if I can catch The Soup at 2am... I am watching some music videos on the digital cable... There are 2 Interpol videos on there. One for 'Heinrich Maneuver' and 'No I in Threesome. I can't resist Carlos D. *sigh* What a dream boat... I need to make a list of guys who I think are attractive; like guys from bands, athletes, celebrities etc.

Ugh. Time for sleep. Mothers day is today! :) What a long ass post!


Oh, and I sold some more things on half.com!!!

& then she said "These things will kill ya..."

Blah. I have totally forgotten how much I liked watching Hells Kitchen. The cooks aren't as good as last years group (well, from what I am seeing right now). But none the less, it is entertaining. I told Paul that this would be the perfect show to watch and attempt to play a drinking game too. But when am I ever gonna get a weekday off!? Answer: Never.

I, with Paul's permission, took a straight iron to his hair and tried to flatten it out. It actually turned out pretty good and he looks good too. He started to make fun of how he looked and said that he looked like a guy from AFI. I wonder if there is a way to semi-permanently get his hair to stay nice and flat.

We made chocolate covered strawberries also. We had a basket of them and we needed to use the fruit before it went bad and I hate wasting food, especially ones from Whole Foods since they cost like 2 times more then the regular grocery store. We also attempted to make some chocolate coverd bananas too.

I really need to start on that damn paper. I think I am gonna do it now. No time like the present.

If I could be a real heartbreaker, I'd watch you crash into my arms... We're the stars under the barrel of a gun///

Hooray for Sunday! One of my favorite days of the week because I have officially dubbed it to be "Cinni-roll Sunday." I make Paul and myself cinnamon rolls for breakfast and I usually have a big cup of coffee (its like the only day that I actually have one all week besides on Saturdays, which I usually take with me to my photography class since it's a 5 hour class) and we eat in bed while the cats watch us...

Today, since baseball season started last week, we have been watching different games on TV. San Francisco vs Milwaukee, Toronto vs Boston, Philadelphia vs Cincinnati. I am actually excited for baseball this year. I think it has everything to do with being with Paul. the only sport i liked before i met him was basketball; now we watch everything together... minus golf and Lady's sports (no offence but the guys teams are amazing and real fun to watch IMHO). We watched the Final 4 games last night, and was a little sad to see that UCLA got knocked off by Memphis, but as Paul said last night, "Memphis was the better team and they deserve to go to the National Championship game." We also watched the game with Kansas vs North Carolina (which, I really and honestly can say that i hate that team with a passion) and was so happy when Kansas mopped the floor with UNC's snobby asses! I think at one point, Kansas had a 25 point lead in the first half. I think know that one game made my entire year a little better. So Monday is gonna be Kansas vs Memphis... & I want Kansas to win because if it weren't for Memphis, the Bruins would be there.

Time for a shower... : )

burp.

Dear Jesus,

I have found a new favorite place to eat... I have been here 3 times in the last week. Who would have guessed it would be so sweet and tasty!


-Amanda

Second Saturday, oh how you disapoint me...

So, Lisa Lampanelli is on Comedy Centeral right now. I think she is my new favorite comedian in the world. I remember seeing her on the Roast of William Statner a few years back & also for the Roast of Flavor Flav last year too. ::sigh:: I simply love the fact that she is rude & offensive all at the same time. She is one of the many things in the world that makes my heart smile. I think I am gonna have to watch the rest of her stand up. ::end happy moment::

Ugh, we (Paul & myself) went to Second Saturday today in Midtown. I have lived in Sacramento for over 14 years, I have always wanted to go to see what all the hub-bub was about. We started at this photography shop near Sac State. It was actually pretty awesome. There were actual photos taken with Lomograhpy Cameras. I told Paul that seeing those photos on display made my whole day. We then decided to head back towards Midtown to see the other galleries in the area (mostly off of J & K Streets and between 19th & 22nd Streets). We made our trek by foot, there were so many people walking out & about that I felt like I was in San Francisco... But then I remembered that San Francisco is a much cooler & wonderful place then Sacramento will ever be.

All the galleries were packed with too many people, I almost wanted to pull a fire alarm so I could see how much of a danger these people were putting themselvs in. I was disappointed by the kinds of art being displayed... I almost wish that I had pictures on display because I know my art is so much better & I am an amateur too! Maybe one day I will get the balls to do it. I kept having moments of claustrophobia, there were a lot of people bumping in to me & making me fell real uncomfortable and scared. I did see some awesome paintings of skulls & I also saw this cool photo of John Kerry back in the 1980's (I so wish that he was our current president ::boo::).

Anways, I bought something at this Mexican gallery that was on 22nd & K street, it's this bingo game in Spanish. I remember playing this game at my Grandparents house when I was a kid (I think it was the first way I got to learn Spanish), & Paul remembers playing it with his Grandmother too. It was the best $3 that I spent all day.

We went to a new sushi place near out apartment. Its called Arigato Sushi... Not only was it yummy but the rolls were 50% off. We spent $31 (plus tip) when we would have spent $50+ at Mikuni's or Taro's. I think we are gonna go there again for lunch tomorrow for Round 2!

Time for bed. A day of cleaning a waits me in the morning. (joy)

-m!