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My Left Hand is a Rocking Chair

I was planning on drinking on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday; however, I only ended up drinking on Saturday and Sunday. Nonetheless, I had a wonderful weekend of trips, tales, and tantalizing titilations.

Friday night, after a hearty meal with the Kanji-bushi at an innovative corner of food titled Ichi Ban Kan where they serve both sushi and hamburgers (and have a television to watch the game with), I got to check out Rocco's pad. At everybody's favorite white trasher's place, we enjoyed a feisty fray of foozeball and followed it up with Nintendo playing to the sound of Alice Cooper and Boston. Oh man, I could feel the testosterone just oozing from my pores.

Saturday, I took the great pilgrimage to the Asian Art Museum where I was able to get the mad hook-ups from Kristine (thanks! you rawk!). The most incredible gallery was the jade room. Yes, the stones are amazing, but I spent quite a bit of time just staring at how they set the place up: how in the hell do they light them up like that? It was as if light was coming out from nowhere. If you get a chance, go there and check that out! Also, there's a magnificent piece on the side of the Japanese section of half of a rock with just-about-to-spill water. I can't describe exactly how it is, so you'll just have to be all Daoist and Just Do It yourself. Go check it out!

Saturday night, I met up with that drunkard Jon in Berkeley. Oh boy, did I have a drinkfest that night. First there was a curious apple drink, followed up by a bottle of Heini, then a few rounds of some mystery keg beer. By then, I'd already lost half consciousness. Then someone slapped out the smoke inhalation device, and an hour later I'm sitting on the floor blinking incessantly while believeing that my left hand had turned into a rocking chair--I could not stop rocking it back and forth! All that, and my stomach was still intact, and I woke up without a hitch.

Sunday night, it's Carol's birthday! I get my first visit to the Pyramid Ale House in Berkeley: wow, the place is gorgeous. It's a big grandiose colorful piece of art. Anyhow, I got to delve into she who is Carol and meet some of those whom she knows. Some of them were old (real real real old! ;P). There was the wine master, then the airplane master, and then the Shakespeare master. Oh, the great wonders that beer can do to bring people together!

Oh, yes, and I treated myself to some new CD's. I got the Best Of Dire Straits, the Best Of Scorpions, and the Baddest of George Thorogood.

And, word about my Japanese studies? I have been kicking Japanese ass!

Four Twenty

Thursday was my bud Miral's around-the-sun-another-year day. We were working Wednesday night, so when we got off work at 1:30am, we whizzed off to the nearest Safeway. Five minutes before 2am, we made our purchase of a giant box of MGD to head back to his shack for mini-festivities. We ended up shootin' darts and then later I got my first games of Japanese-style mahjong. When we finally looked at the clock, it was 5am. Crap, I had school and work the next day too!

Saturday, the weather was absolutely gorgeous, and I had a blast going down to Japantown's annual Sakura Matsuri. Last year, I remember going and getting quite drunk. This year, I stayed relatively sober (they were giving out free sake!), I had some tako-yaki, and I bumped into my Kanji sensei with her daughter! I think it's funny that the booth vendors were greeting me in Japanese.

Today, I was planning on going to the newly rennovated Asian Art Museum; it turns out, however, that some problems arose and I'll be going next weekend instead. Everything always works out, though. I re-watched American Beauty (love that movie!), and I've got time to study my Kanji now. :)

My Japanese has only been progressing moderately lately. I know I'm always saying this, but I'll say it again: I wish I could progress at a faster pace. I feel like I'm back in my old math nerd days when the information just wasn't working with my brain. Japanese has always been like this for me, though: these boughts of ups and downs. Welp, today I'll rise from the dead!

"They call me the seeker. I been searchin' low and high!"

Sketcharoo, Part 2

OK, I've got a set of sketches scanned up. These were done around a year or two ago. If you're knowledgeable of geeky things, you may recognize one or two of them. The rest are just some silly little sketches I did.

Baseball season's started up again, and the A's and Giants are out and ready to roll. Unfortnately, since I have work, I can't catch as many games as I'd like. Nonetheless, I'm sure I'll have my fair share of games to see. Since I'm both a cheap bastard and not a rich bastard, I've started getting cozy with AM radio again to listen to A's games. In fact, I was just listening to Anaheim getting swept up like the fools that they be! Ha!

Also, the other day, I got a chance to twiddle my thumbs to the newest Zelda: The Wind Waker for the GameCube. The graphics are absolutely breathtaking; it reminds me of a Disney movie! Also, I love watching that cute little Link hop around on screen. Aww, so cute!