Zhou Dynasty

I picked her up from the airport today! I'm still in disbelief that she's here with me now. It's like I'm awake and dreaming at the same time.

I looked in a mirror yesterday during my restroom break and I didn't look or feel like I did a couple years ago. I felt like something is missing, I think it's college, I'm starting to miss it. - I miss the fact that I can't just skip lectures and sleep. - I miss the amount of free time I had to socialize and recover from hangovers. - I miss the centralization and easy access of friends. - I miss the lack of responsibilities. - I miss being in a college bubble and pretending to be in the real world.

Amanda and I went to see Tsotsi last night, great movie. Tsotsi is a South African film based on a novel by Athol Fugard. It is a film of deep emotional power, considers a young killer whose cold eyes show no emotion, who kills unthinkingly, and who is transformed by the helplessness of a baby. This film also won Best Foreign Film at the Oscars.

I haven't really written much lately because my life is so stable now. I know what you're thinking you single people out there... I feel pretty comfortable and satisfying going to work Monday through Friday, come home to have dinner, play Counter-Strike and spend some time with Amanda. When the the weekends come I try to get away from the computer and usually go hang out with friends. But this has been happening for almost a month now and I know I won't be able to stand it forever. That's why I need to do something new. Speaking of something new, I think it's time I do a BBQ party in Edina again. Grass and leaves are turning green and we're seeing more sunlight now, it's a clear indication that grilling season has arrived!

I'm going to a LAN party tonight that lasts until Sunday. Yes go ahead and call me a geek, but I'm not alone because Alan and Steve are coming as well. The last time I went to one of these was about 3 years ago at the Radisson Metrodome where we lost in the CS tournament. After that loss, quite a few of us uninstalled CS and headed straight to Perry's to drink away the pain. Geez that was 3 years ago, that was when my cousin Stephen aka Keeler still had the high squeeky voice. That was when Perry's was still around and not ghetto. Okay, enough flashbacks, I'm ready to be a geek tonight, see you all next weekend.

I've been so tired this week. I think I'm still recovering from that LAN party I went to over the weekend. We started the LAN at 6pm Friday night and didn't get home till 8am Saturday. Then Alan and I went back at 2pm and I eventually got home after 4am. It was a lot of fun, playing games in a dark and empty office space with other computer nerds. But I paid for it. I've been tired every single day of the the week at work, tired when I get home and tired when I wake up in the morning. My body just isn't built to do crazy LAN parties like that, I'm not as young anymore. I'm at Danny's new restaurant called Jun Bo. They're having their grand opening party tomorrow night and Amanda is here training.

Wow I think I saw all the Asians in the Twin Cities tonight. It was Jun Bo's grand opening party tonight. They had free food and free wine, but no menu. I was actually at the restaurant at two different times, once to eat there and once to pick Amanda up. The people that were there at dinner time were mainly the older Asians but the people that arrived later around 9 were all the young Asians. It was weird to see all these Asians again, especially all those I met in the bars and clubs over the years. For some reason going to Jun Bo and seeing all these people and picking up Amanda to go home, introducing her to friends and carrying her bag made me feel so old. But it was good because I got to see friends I haven't seen in a while.