Eddy was nice enough to have a bunch of us over at his pad for his world-famous green onion pancakes this weekend. I got to show off my hot 'n sour soup. :) Good food, good company, good times!

My camera started getting passed around the room and somehow we started on this "sexy" photo shoot spree. All the silly pictures here. DON'T ask. Hahahahah.

I've decided that if you don't at least have a vague grasp of the facts of life by the age of 50, I'm sorry, but I can't help you.

Boo! I'm alive! :)

Last post, I was gearing up for "IT". "IT" meant my friend Wanda's wedding up in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I survived:
- photo duties
- wedding slideshow duties
- toast duty

I had fun, in a masochistic kind of way. :) By the end of the night, the camera was getting SO heavy, so I put it down (gasp!) and strutted my stuff on the dance floor, in my bare feet. I haven't strutted my stuff in AGES. It felt good. :)

Post-wedding, you could say I got digital burnout. I needed to process the pics, but didn't feel like it. Well, I have to, so I'll be getting around to it sooner or later. I'll post up something real later, but here are a few of my favorite shots that day:

having the maid of honour* and close friends pose with the groom

jumping for joy

groom getting a head start on some butt gropage while dancing

*Hey, the wedding was in Canada, eh?

Wish me luck.

Oops, it's not tomorrow, it's ... later today. In 5 hours, in fact.

I like eating at Sweet Tomatoes. I think Souper Salad is slightly less expensive, but the oodles of variety (lotsa vegetarian variety too!) at ST and the more upscale presentation of the food and the restaurant in general make ST a nicer experience overall.

And so, I was surprised to see this when getting my salad:

... with my ring that I had left at Selena's for like EVER. Thanks Selena for safeguarding it for so long! (Darn the clarity of the digital camera, showing off each and every finger hair ... )

Selena brought me my ring when we met up for Crystal's birthday dinner at The Cheesecake Factory. It turned out to be a girls' night out, though it was never intentionally arranged; 'twas simply coincidental that all boyfriends / fiances / husbands decided not to attend. Which is fine. We usually can manage to have fun without them. :)

Photos here!

Weirdo window washer man showed up again today. And he actually spoke somewhat clearly today.

Weirdo Window Washer Man: Do you need your windows cleaned for five bucks?
Me: No thank you.
WWWM: Are you SURE you don't need your windows cleaned for four bucks?
Me [ noting immediate discrepancy in price ]: Yes.
WWWM: You remember me right? Do you have my business card? Here, here's my business card.
Me: Yes! No. Thanks.
[ WWWM exits, and 2 seconds later I hear VIP Spa's doorbell ring as he solicits their business. Somehow I doubt that a "spa" with all of their windows blacked out would need them cleaned. ]

His business card:

Thanks to Eddy for the tip! Vienna Teng is coming to town again, Sunday, August 6th, 8pm, probably to pimp her newest album. It's $16 a head, with a hefty $5.15 "convenience charge" per ticket. Since there is no advantage to ordering tickets together (doesn't save on the convenience charge, doesn't guarantee sitting together), I won't be doing any organizing (phew!) and just be giving everyone a heads up on the concert via Evite. Yes, my pretties, this means you'll have to buy your own tix. :) You can do it online or in stores. No savings at Ticketmaster outlets - I'd say just get 'em shipped then (I think there's a free shipping option). I've become a big fan of 1) not wasting time driving somewhere, 2) not wasting gas driving somewhere, 3) not wasting breath and sanity dealing with rude customer service people. Ah yes. The joys of internet transactions!

I'll be sending out an Evite to people, just to get an idea of who's going.

Details on Vienna's website here.

Buy tickets now by clicking here.

Some pics from her last visit here.

Hmm. Vienna has spikes of glowing light emanating from her head in this poster.

Update: OK, I just tried to purchase a ticket. In addition to the $5.15 convenience charge per ticket, there's a $4.93 "order processing charge" that is apparently PER order. So maybe there IS some advantage to purchasing in bulk. Well, it'd be worth it if 2 or 3 people purchase together. Anyone wanna piggy back with me on the order?

Love on the internet is never easy to find. But we may have a candidate here, folks!