something's changed

deery-lou.
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oh, the places you'll go…
this was a rather busy week for yours truly. before i get into all of that, lets back up to last saturday, valentine's day. not only was it v-day but it was also ibr [international bear rendezvous weekend. let me tell ya, the bears were out in full force. one even tried to steal my honey pot.

my day was spent hanging with d. on our way to d's apartment to meet up with pevil & mrs. b, d got verbally assaulted by some crazy lady for throwing his cigarette butt out the window. i can't recall all that she said but it had something to do with going down the drain, killing the animals. she followed us for two blocks screaming at the top of her lungs. at one point she called him a dickhead. oh, people…life is too short to act all crazy. my advice to the crazy lady: relax bitch!

after our mini rendezvous with the pevil & mrs. b, we headed down to the mission so d could pick up his new vest. unfortunately, when we got there the vest wasn't. bummer. from there we walked to mission beach cafe to grab a bite to eat. i had a delicious egg sandwich. d ended up treating me to lunch. what a sweetie! i noticed that on sunday they were starting to serve pot pies. i just might have to go back to try one of those. the desserts looked to die for, especially the one that had pudding in it. i love pudding. i was good though i didn't have any. next time for sure.

with full tummies and appearing much more "bearlike", we made our way to the pilsner for a cocktail. we were greeted by some sisters who were out spreading v-day cheer to the lonely hearted. we only stayed for a drink and then headed off to 440 castro to meet up with john. 440 was packed with hot sweaty bears. i definitely felt like goldielocks with my long curly hair. of course the whole time i'm there only the freaks of the freaks talk to me. it's nice to see that some things don't change. we were there for a few hours drinking away the afternoon. around 5ish, i decided to head home to take a nap before going out later that night. needless to say, once i got home i fell asleep only to wake up at 8:30 pm. i opted not to head back out into the forrest.

sunday/monday was spent doing chores and watching tv. i did manage to get my taxes done. yay, for me! and laundry! i also made a very delicious spaghetti pie. yum fest. by monday, i had finished season 4 of oz. only two more seasons to go. what a great show.

this week seemed much more busier than the others. perhaps, it was because i had a lot of running around to do, or it could simply be because i had a lot of papers to grade. grading papers always have a way of making a day seem much longer.

on thursday, i took a group of holiday students from japan on an excursion through chinatown. it was a three hour walking tour. i can usually do chinatown in 30 minutes, so making it last an additional 2 hours 30 minutes was definitely a chore. surprisingly enough, i did it. since there isn't a whole lot to see/do in chinatown, we added the cable car museum & grace cathedral to the tour. the ccm was closed, of course, so we walked up the hill which they hated and went to grace cathedral. i had never been inside grace cathedral and was quite impressed. for those that don't know, grace cathedral is where courtney cox-arquette & david arquette got married. it's magnificiant. the ceiling is so high. i saw one stained glass window that looked like the universe. a man was playing the organ which sounded so beautiful. i was in complete awe of the place. so much so, that i'm thinking about attending a service there. i haven't been to a church service that wasn't part of a wedding/funeral since i was a mere child, so this is a big deal for me. something about that place touched me, and i can't quite explain why.


the cathedral is currently running an exhibit, wounded in america. wia is a series of photographs/stories of gun shot victims. the images are quite powerful and you can't help but be moved by the heartfelt stories. the exhibit will be there until march 27, so if your in the sf bay area be sure to check it out.

the tour ended with the students getting ice cream. order food with them is always a chore. i had to help them count out their change. note to self: do a lesson on money. after i said goodbye to the students, i jumped on the bus heading to japantown to meet up with my co-workers. we were taking matt out to dinner for his birthday. by the time i got home that night, i was exhausted.

after school on friday, i met butterbean & misty for lunch at golden chopstick. i've passed this place a couple times while out walking and have been wanting to try it. the main draw for me was that they had thick ramen soup. yum. we got an order of salt & pepper fried pumpkin to start. hi, deliciousness! i've never tasted anything so good. for lunch, i went with the deep fried spare rib ramen soup. double yum! the portions were huge. i'm looking forward to going there again. i think i might have found my new take out place.

well, i should probably start my day. i love lazy saturdays. just where will i end up next is anyone's guess.

stay gold & be well…