Are You The S.W.A.T Team We Called?
Friday – After preparing a spyware destroyer CD chalk full of anti-virus, spyware cleaners, and a few albums for Clarissa, I made my way through the long-weekend traffic and made it home around 9PM. Ronald, Ted, Claire, and I went to Cheesecake Factory for dinner. We all got appetizers and split. The strawberry lemondade was horrible. Lately, I’ve been having bad luck with drinks.
Saturday – I went to lunch at the same Korean BBQ place that my parents took me to last time. It was only Ronald and we had a good conversation. Ronald didn’t like the place for two reasons, I felt. First, it was not all you can eat and therefore didn’t hold a candle to Ed’s K-Town joint. Second, they included gratuity with our check which he was turned off by. I was more confused than anything. It felt weird leaving the exact change. *shrug*
That night, Ted and I went with Claire to this block party in the artists’ district of downtown LA, called Connected. It had multiple live stages, DJ’s, a small art installation (on the support columns of a bridge no less, and vendors. It was nice to see at least one vendor with American Apparel t-shirts. AA is the best and it’s great to see them supported. I really liked the seal themed t-shirts but most were girl’s tees. Too bad. We didn’t stay long enough to justify the $20 per person admission fee though it was for a good cause, Sudan.
After, we went to Mr. Ramen. We each got a bowl of Miso Ramen and I got a half side of fried rice and some gyoza. I thought the gyoza sucked, the rice was decent, and the ramen good, but nothing to write home about. The ramen we had in Hawaii definitely trumps this place. At least the service was good.
Then we headed to West Hollywood to a house party at Ted’s co-workers house. I must say, it is a very nice apartment. Lots of living space and room for stuff. Hardwood floors, even a back patio area. The kitchen was way too small though. It was almost like it was an afterthought. A good time was had by all. I received a drunken phone call from Steph. She, Ronald, and Ed went to the Korean BBQ place and I guess they got liquored up. Awesome. I drove Ted’s car back to Monterey Park, where we made a quick pitstop at home so they could go to the restroom. Then off to Sav-On’s for some Dramamine.
Sunday – The Big Day. Woke up, got ready, and headed over to Ronald’s. After everyone arrived, we headed to Long Beach to embark on our special trip. At the sea-port, everyone was hungry so we ate at the cafe. Surprisingly they interesting burger choices such as Kobe Beef, Ostrich, and Buffalo. I got the Kobe Beef. A little dry, but yummy overall.
The ship was late but we eventually boarded. We stay on the top deck, in the front area of the ship. I did not throw up. Thank God! I think it was the medicine, or it could be that I am getting used to it? I hope the latter. On the boat, we met two funny girls named Marilee and … Oh boy, I forgot her name. Melissa? They were a nice, drunken, couple. They definitely were the highlight that morning.
We had lunch at the Busy Bee. It probably is the worst restaurant I have ever eaten at. It is akin to the movie whose title we cannot speak of. Yes, it’s that bad. Horrible service, soggy and greasy food (even for me), long waits, unattentive staff, just bad. We were outside on the patio and I had to try really hard not to warn people standing in line not to run and save themselves while they could. It hurt me to eat there. And it still hurts thinking about it. I forgot to mention, when we first arrived, Ted and I found a geocache!
After lunch, we rode bikes around the island. We really didn’t venture too far outside of Avalon. There is alot more to the island, I suspect, that we didn’t see. We passed the time after bike riding and before the ship departure, by drinking and eating appetizers at Luau Larry’s. The service was much better and they had cool drinks. I didn’t drink because I was afraid it might have a negative interaction with the motion-sickness medicine.
We lined up promptly at 9:15 PM. Little did we know, we’d be there until close midnight. Delay after delay turned a quick line-up to a 2.5 hour party filled with angry people, hot drinks, and the uninvited cold. At one point, the 5-0 were called. The three 50 year old, short, cops looked really menacing with their batons. Of course the ride back sucked too. We had one broken engine, just like the ride there so it took about 15-30 minutes longer. After we got back home, Ted and I went to IHOP for a really late meal.
Monday – I hung out with Ed all day. First we had lunch at The Wood Ranch Grill. We both had BBQ tri-tip with ranch fries. It was delicious, as was the hostess. After, we went to Laemmle’s to meet Claire. We watched an indie-film called “Saving Face” by first time director Alice Wu. The original plan was for Claire and I to see it, then various parties were added and removed. And after Ted and Steph couldn’t make it, it became just the three of us – a triad of fun! Oh, we got student priced tickets without having to show ID! We also were able to bring our coffee from next door inside. That theatre rocks for those two points alone. Oh yeah, back to the movie. Two thumbs up. Superb! You gotta go watch it. Thanks to Mido for telling me about it.
Steph and I had sushi at the Old Pasadena standby, Ari-Ya. Good as usual. We made our way back and then met everyone to go watch Madagascar at the Renaissance Theaters in Alhambra. Save yourself people. DO NOT watch this atrocious attempt at a film. I think I made better animation in my kindergarten flipbook projects. They should change their name to Nightmareworks Studios.
Today I had lunch with Dave B at this Mongolian BBQ place in the K-Mart plaza. 10 minutes into our meal he finds a green worm in his food! It was about an inch long and a quarter inch thick. The meal was comped and we were invited to eat anything we’d like. We lost our appetite. Unfortunately, I was still hungry so we went across the street to get some Blender’s. Red banana with honey and bee pollen. That hit the spot.
Interesting News:
Deepthroat Revealed – It doesn’t seem like anyone even cares now.
Andersen Conviction Overturned – Thank goodness the damage, to the company, is already done.
Threadless sale until June 6th!
Murderball – An intersting documentary about parapalegics playing Mad-Max style rugby in wheelchairs.
Nike iD Blog Contest – Nike invited a bunch of fashion website blog owners to design their own shoes. Vote for your favorite. I am impartial to the Fat Lace one.
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