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January 25th, 2010

10:51 pm - Saturday Night (Part III) I drove Alex and Nicki back to campus, where we picked up Joseph from Young Hall. Alex wasn't familiar with Midtown and Nicki never hangs out much, so they weren't sure where to take him. That's probably why I got the invite. Joke might have been on them considering I don't know the area that well either. Thankfully, I did know one worthwhile place: Howl at the Moon. We parked several blocks out and walked over. Nicki took my fedora and donned it for the remainder of the night. There was a line outside to get in, only because of capacity issues. I walked up to the front and reintroduced myself to Gavin (one of the staff), who surprisingly remembered my last name when I said my first. He told me there was about a 15-minute wait, which wasn't even that long considering about half the line got fed up and left midway through the wait. The doorman saw me talking to Gavin, so he let us slip an extra in past capacity so that we could all get in together. Once inside, I bought a bucket. Alex refused to drink, but Nicki and Joseph joined me in downing the hurricane. It was quite pleasant for the most part, as they really enjoyed the combination of punch and rum. I got one swig that ended up being almost all rum; Nicki laughed at my reaction to the unfortunate sip. The rest seemed a lot more "punch" than rum for the rest of the night, so maybe I took out a lot of the alcohol in that one swig. We managed to find spots on the wall until a bar spot opened up, then we almost immediately relocated to an open table. The girls were entertained by everything from that song from the Little Mermaid to the more mainstream stuff. Joseph appreciated the fact that he could recognize the majority of the music since they played a wide variety of hits. I think the contrast between Little Mermaid and Metallica's "Enter Sandman" gives a fair enough range of what they were playing. As expected, the performers turned into tip whores, turning a sign on a board reading "Go Boomer Sooners" into a tip war where whoever made a higher bid got their school's fight song played and the previous school insulted. A three way battle between Texas Tech, Texas A&M, and University of Texas waged until Alabama (the National Champions) won with a $64 tip. The performers didn't know the words to the Alabama fight song, so they opted for "Sweet Home Alabama" instead. Things got a bit raunchy when they played their "at the gang bang" song and invited a bunch of girls onstage to dance to various suggestive songs. Things calmed down a bit when they finished those bits and settled into Journey. At this point, Joseph and Alex stepped outside so Joseph could smoke. I could tell that Nicki was getting tired, so I suggested we could leave when she felt like it. At almost 1:20am (her unofficial fatigue time), she acknowledged her sleepiness and we went to fetch the others. I had my iPod playing on the way back (specifically Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now") when Nicole heard the lyrics "It's a quarter after one" and suddenly asked if it really was a quarter after one. We informed her that it was about a half hour later than that, but as Alex pointed out, it didn't sound nearly as cool... Current Location: Home Current Mood: nostalgic

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January 24th, 2010

10:51 pm - Saturday Night (Part II) The suite was absolutely amazing, and I was glad we had the chance for such an experience. I began pointing out all the distractions to Nicki, who seems to enjoy the distractions a lot more than the main show. Luke's family arrived about 10 minutes before game time and began filling plates with food. My family had already eaten before we arrived, so the girls and I went to join Luke's family in line. We took our seats as the game began. There was a bar-type space over the last row in the club, essentially creating space for an extra three seats. Those seats were more popular than the actual box seats, as they were filled the entire time. Nicki was a bit surprised by the entrances, as we missed that the last time she came with me to a game. We watched in dismay as the Rockets fell behind 10-2 and trailed throughout the first half. At halftime, we got antsy and wandered around. I grabbed my sister's camera and took several photos, but Nicki insisted on avoiding the camera. The end result was a pair of unflattering photos amidst several nice ones. Poor girl doesn't realize how photogenic she can be when she smiles. She ended up stealing the camera so I couldn't take more pictures. Luke and Liz ended up on the couch, then Liz left, so I joined Luke and halfheartedly attempted to prevent Liz from rejoining us. They became more focused on the US Figure Skating Championship on NBC than on the basketball game, and I couldn't blame them-- the Rockets were trailing and not making up much ground. Things got a bit interesting towards the end, as the Rockets rallied to bring the game within 2 points. They never pushed over the top though, as a series of good plays by the Chicago Bulls resulted in a tough loss. On the bright side, it was still a very entertaining game for the most part. Luke never turned into a human trash compactor to finish all the remaining food, but my siblings did bring bags to load up all the leftover sodas into, so everything didn't go to waste. Nicki reported that all the popcorn chicken was gone, and the salad bowl was mostly demolished, so I guess we did a good enough job. After the game ended, we lingered in the suite long enough to give us an easy exit from the parking garage. No sense in wasting too much time getting out there just to sit and not do anything anyway. We saw the post game set up where little kids were allowed to come down on the court and shoot free throws. I remembered the one time I did that back when the Rockets were still in the Compaq Center. I missed the shot, but not as badly as quite a few others were missing them. Alex invited me to join her and Nicole in entertaining Joseph, a French foreign exchange student, so it appeared my night wasn't quite over yet... to be continued... Current Location: Home Current Mood: pleased

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January 23rd, 2010

10:51 pm - Saturday Night (Part I) Spots managed to fill up nicely after all. Nicole had declined the invite, telling me she couldn't attend because she'd be spending the whole day with a friend she hadn't seen in years. So when I got her best friend Alexandra to attend and asked for suggestions, I balked that her first suggestion was "obviously Nicole". I informed her that Nicole didn't really like sports much, to which Alex responded that she thought we went to games together all the time. I told her Nicki had accompanied me a few times, and I wasn't sure why unless I'm better at coaxing people than I thought. Anyway, Alex was in and my dad changed his mind, leaving only one spot available. As I went on my lunch break from work, I got a text message I didn't expect. To explain, despite Nicki's original decline, I shot a text message on a whim to her telling her we had one spot open in case her plans changed. In a surprise turn of events, her plans DID change and she was now available and suddenly interested in attending. That filled up the twelfth spot and made it easier to focus on the moment as I went back to work. I picked up Alex and Nicki from campus and we swung by Griff's for a drink before heading to the game. The owners were drinking up too before heading out themselves. They'd encouraged quite a few people to buy our raffle tickets, so I dropped $20 out of pocket on some raffle they were supporting (STH Rugby). The owners ended up comping our drinks in the process, so that worked out! We arrived at the suite about half an hour before game time. My family (dad, brother, sister, uncle) was already there, but Luke's family (him, Liz, his parents, and his brother) hadn't yet arrived. The food was already set out-- a feast consisting of snacks, popcorn chicken, salad, and barbecue. There was also a couch with a television complete with digital cable, a computer with internet access, and private box seats... to be continued... Current Location: Home Current Mood: cheerful

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January 22nd, 2010

10:51 pm - Is it really this difficult to give such nice things away? I can't believe how hard it is to locate people for something this simple. With the winners of the Catholic Night with the Rockets' suite raffle offering the suite back to Luke and myself (a decent consolation prize considering we barely broke even and didn't raise any money in the effort), we had plenty of options for who to take. Unfortunately, a lot of the people we were thinking about either already had plans, were out of town, or something of the sort. We agreed to make initial offers to our families, considering the long amounts of time we'd put in selling tickets without any help from any of our friends. We elected not to invite any of the brother knights from other councils because it might come across as if we won our own raffle, which definitely won't look good if we try this again next year. That should have solved the problem, but it didn't. My parents declined to attend, as did Luke's sister-in-law, so we had three open tickets. We figured we'd invite the top members of the local Catholic organizations on campus, but Vanessa (Catholic Daughters) and Catherine (Columbiettes) were both out of town at the March for Life, while Alan (Knights of Columbus) didn't even bother to sell a single ticket out of the 20 we issued to him. We opened up the invite wider to other people, finding that a good dozen or so friends were at either the DC or Austin Marches for Life, others were out of town on vacation, and yet others had binding plans. My parents had agreed to take one the seats I originally offered them if necessary, but they really didn't want to go... Current Location: Home Current Mood: confused

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January 21st, 2010

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January 20th, 2010

10:50 pm - The Spring Semester Second day of classes and setting into one of my weirder schedules. Last semester got me into the habit of having long breaks in between my classes. This semester offers me more of the same on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but not so much on Mondays and Wednesdays. Then again, I guess I should be thankful. More than 2 1/2 hours and I might wander off and do crazy things, or have too much free time that I end up wasting. So far, I'm not sure what to think of my classes. I've had Dr. Williamson, Dr. Casarez, and Dr. Godwin before for at least one class each, so I kind of know what to expect in each case. That said, I figure Godwin and Williamson will be much easier than Casarez. On the flip side, I don't know what to expect from McCary, and I'm not too sure if I should be worried about him or not, considering that I want to drop out of that class and get into Counseling & Psychotherapy if I can. Current Location: Home Current Mood: calm

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January 19th, 2010

10:54 pm - So much for days off... The spring semester has begun, and with it's presence goes my free time. Not that I was getting much of that over the summer anyway. Now I'm back to five days a week working at school (a combination of classes, GSA President, and SCA Vice President), with weekends devoted to time at Leibman's, except for the brief occasion where I might take off because of a Knights of Columbus obligation. That said, I don't know what to make of all of this. I've got one less job at the moment since Aramark may not need me until the next football season, but Leibman's is more than happy to fill the gaps, keeping me busy all throughout this semester. They'd probably even be happy to have me come in on Fridays if my schedule stays free enough to make it a possibility. Who knows, it just might. That said, I anticipate my next day off to be sometime in March, probably around Spring Break. After that, I'll probably take Holy Thursday off (my birthday), work Good Friday, and be busy until the end of finals. Who knows, by then I might have landed a more regular job with better pay and benefits. That would be nice, especially the part where I could have my weekends back to myself. Haven't had that in years... Current Location: Home Current Mood: gloomy

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January 18th, 2010

10:42 pm - I make bouncers nervous... Saturday night at Republika, I briefly abandoned my friend to fetch some water for Jasia, who had explained to me that she was supposed to be the designated driver for her friends. Too bad she'd had more to drink than a lot of them. Naturally, I figured I'd do what little I could to help her. Anyway, I was leaning over a rail trying to get her attention when some guy said "whoa whoa". I realized my arm was against his jacket and figured I must have been pulling on it, so I moved my arm and kept trying to get Jasia's attention. He kept glaring at me (did I spill water on him?), but I made a point of ignoring him. I finally got Jasia's attention by tapping her shoulder and calling out her name when she got close enough to me. She turned, I gave her the water, she asked what it was, I explained, she thanked me, and that was it. I turned to the guy, still not sure what I did, and apologized. He said, "it's all good" and shook my hand. It was at that point that I realized he was working for Republika as security, and probably thought I was trying to feel up Jasia or something. Oh well, it wasn't any worse than that time I grabbed Isa by the arm, dragged her out the back gate at Capone's, and gave her a stern talking to. That time I had two bouncers glaring at me, borderline ready to jump me. All I was doing was explaining to her that if she liked a guy and he liked her, but they hadn't made it clear to each other yet, then one of the last things she should be doing is sitting on other guys' laps. That one probably worked out better in the long run, as she eventually got together with the guy... Current Location: Home Current Mood: amused

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January 17th, 2010

10:42 pm - Saturday (Part II) I met up with my friend and we decided to grab dinner before the game. She wasn't very decisive, so I took her to Yao's Restaurant since I knew she'd never been there before. Or at least I tried to... it took us several circles around the Houston Pavilions before we were able to find a parking spot. Turns up she's only eaten Chinese food once before, so that was definitely a good call on my part. I got a scowl when I ordered each of us a carafe of sake, but she seemed to enjoy it anyway. Around 8:00pm, we entered Toyota Center. The Aeros game had already been going on for 30 minutes. I normally hate to show up that late to a game, but I figured this was a special situation given my friend's woes. We took our seats about a minute before the Aeros scored their first goal. They scored a second before the end of the period, and a third to start the second period, bringing the score to 3-0. The Toronto Marlies had seen enough and sent their goalie (MacDonald) to the showers, bringing in the back up (Engelage) to replace him. Engelage didn't fair much better, being scored on twice before the end of the game, but at least he kept pace with the Aeros goalie, who also gave up two in that same period of time. Towards the end of the game, my friend mentioned that she'd rather not go home so soon. I agreed to keep her company, so we relocated to another friend's birthday party which was going on in Midtown. Once again, we had to circle several times to find the place, but this time wasn't my fault-- the place had no signage whatsoever! We spent plenty of time drinking, dancing, and talking. She seemed to have more and more fun as the night wore on, but I'm not sure if it was acclimating to the environment or if the alcohol was taking effect. We departed around 1:30am when she said she was feeling tired. In a recurring theme, we once again had to make several unnecessary turns to get her home because a large portion of downtown was barricaded, probably in anticipation of the Martin Luther King Day parades. On the bright side, she had a great time. On the other hand, she said that if she has a hangover tomorrow, she'll blame me. I gave her plenty of water, so she should be fine. Current Location: Home Current Mood: exhausted

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January 16th, 2010

10:42 pm - Saturday (Part I) I got back to Houston shortly before 11:00am after several hours of being en route to various places. I took the opportunity to relax briefly, but made a point of not lying down since I would fall asleep too easily. I can't afford to completely screw up my sleep schedule days before the new semester. Coming out of the shower, I noticed I had a missed call-- from the same girl I spoke to last night. I called her back; she wanted to know if I was busy. Apparently she needed to get out of the house, and thought I'd be the best person to pass the time with. So much for just relaxing today. I had tickets to the hockey game that evening, but knew she wasn't a hockey fan. I offered her the spare ticket, and she accepted. Guess she really needed to get out of the house? Current Location: Home Current Mood: calm

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January 15th, 2010

10:42 pm - Uh oh... I got a phone call around 11:30pm tonight from someone I didn't expect to be hearing from. I stepped out of the room to take the call, figuring that it wouldn't be that long. Then I heard the person on the other line crying hysterically. Maybe it would be long after all... I'd seen the other girl crying once before, it had to do with a relationship issue. I figured it had to be more of the same, or something a little closer to home. Praying it wasn't family related, I talked her through her situation as best I could. Thankfully, it wasn't to do with her family, but it was pretty serious. About two hours later, she was finally comfortable enough to think that she could get some sleep. I headed back into the room, realizing that it was now almost 2:00am. I headed for a quick shower and straight to bed, knowing that I'd have a very early morning... Current Location: Home Current Mood: thirsty

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January 14th, 2010

10:37 pm - "Are you in the Navy?" Due to work at Leibman's, I was running late to the airport. Not the best idea, but at least I had good fallback plans. I arrived in Terminal E because Terminal C has been blocked off for parking shuttles. There were way too many people at security... probably about 200 between the VIP and standard boarding lines. As I made my way through the metal detector, I was informed that I was going to be "randomly screened". Bullshit... anyone with any profiling experience can tell I have Pakistani heritage, and I'm in the prime age range for recently indoctrinated crazies. There was nothing random about it. Anyway, that meant they patted me down, did the whole thing with the want, and searched through everything I had. As they were going through the last steps of the process, I noticed the only other guy they "randomly selected". Middle eastern heritage, long beard, turban... yeah, random... Anyway, the process meant I was definitely missing my first flight, so I listed for the second and proceeded to the new gate. Thankfully, I got on pretty quickly and was off to DFW. It wasn't a long flight either. It felt like the plane went up, cruised for a few minutes, and immediately descended. No complaints there. When I got out of the airport, Tony (my ride) was stuck in traffic, so I retreated inside to avoid the cold. I found a Wolfgang Puck coffee vending machine and dropped a $5 to get a $2 coffee, receiving dollar coins in change. I was intrigued, and still wanting coffee after the first cup, so I burned a couple more fives and collected more dollar coins. By the time Tony arrived, I was carrying a stack of Wolfgang Puck cups, I had no $5 bills, and I had quite a few dollar coins in my pocket... Current Location: Home Current Mood: cold

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January 13th, 2010

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January 12th, 2010

10:46 pm - GSA: A work in progress... After a series of trips and phone calls, I finally locked down exactly what I was looking for. The Tasting Room was willing to work with us and gave us some great deals on food and drink compared to their regular pricing. Looks like they'll be our location for the kick off social. I also decided we'll be using the standard formula for our welcome table-- Brown Bag Deli sandwiches and drinks. As for week three, we're a bit loaded with homecoming that weekend, so if we can't beat them, we'll join them-- tailgate party before the game! The meeting last night went about as expected. Guillermo was upset that he was left out of the loop. Elizabeth was concerned about everything but doing her job. Ashleigh seemed a bit disappointed that her work for Armadillo Palace was wasted (she got everything in to me too late for advertising, so I went with the Tasting Room instead). Amanda was optimistic and trying to be positive, but seemed somewhat defensive since I was frustrated with her lack of progress in the MLA event. On the bright side, the first three weeks of the semester are set up and we'll hopefully have the next three weeks organized by the end of the month. At this point, I really can't ask for anything more, because I've locked in ideas for March and April is a bit too far away to worry about right now... Current Location: Home Current Mood: satisfied

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January 11th, 2010

10:52 pm - What am I paying them for? Well, more like what is the university paying them for? I contacted my officers over the weekend to see exactly what progress they had made for the new semester. After essentially booking the first five events of last semester by myself, I'd hoped that my officers would take the initiative and set up their own events. I mean, it was their respective ideas I told each of them to run with. It works for Google, so it should work for me, right? Apparently not. The weekend revealed a severe lack of information. Guillermo told me he was still working on plans for the business event, which means he may or may not have actually done much groundwork. Ashleigh said that she hadn't contacted Armadillo Palace, then told me they hadn't gotten back to her. Amanda kept giving me a different person she was trying to get clearance or attendance from for her panel discussion-- I believe her, but it's annoying that she didn't lay the groundwork for all of this earlier considering that she came up with the idea in November. Speaking of November, that's when the Armadillo Palace idea came up, and Guillermo knew about the business events months ago. There's no reason these events shouldn't be locked up by now. Worst thing is that the deadline to advertise in the Graduate/Transfer orientation is today at 5:00pm. I don't want to have to do everything by myself, but unless I do, we won't have anything to advertise, meaning people won't know about our early events. Oh well, guess I'm just going to tell my officers what they're doing for the first three weeks of the semester, and if they don't like it, they'll be welcome to resign. Current Location: Home Current Mood: frustrated

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January 10th, 2010

11:40 pm - KofC Night with the Aeros Today was Knights of Columbus Night with the Aeros, so I rounded up a group and we were off to the game. I met up with Luke and Laura on campus and we relocated to Holy Rosary, where Will Elliott joined us on our way to Pappa's BBQ for lunch. Jay Richardson joined us at Pappa's to pick up his tickets and parking pass, which freed up a bit of our time so we didn't have to rush. We arrived at Toyota Center about 40 minutes before game time. We collected our give-aways (an "old-school" aluminum lunch box), wandered around looking for brother knight and Aeros front office employee Ravi Dubey (no luck), and proceeded to kill time in other ways. Luke almost got roped into some timeshare promotion thing because he wanted to enter for a chance to win a motorcycle. Laura and Luke tried to play some table hockey game that I put 50 cents into, but the money was lost and the game was jammed. A couple of Toyota Center employees tried to help us get it unjammed with no luck. It was worth the money lost just trying watching them trying to fix the problem. Luke stopped by the merchandise booth and bought a Chilly (the mascot dog) cap before we went to our seats. The cheerleaders were sporting the same cap because another promotion that day was "Chilly-palooza", a.k.a. "Chilly's Birthday", presumably commemorating his debut. Other mascots from around the city including Junction Jack (Astros), Clutch (Rockets), Diesel (Dynamo), and Shasta (UH Cougars) were on site for the event. Prior to the game, Diocesan Deputy Cruz Hinojosa came out for the ceremonial puck drop. From there, the game was on pretty quickly. The Aeros scored early on to take a 1-0 lead, then the Rockfort Ice Hogs scored in the second period to tie it up. Neither team scored in the third, sending the game to a sudden-death overtime. The Ice Hogs scored about halfway through OT, ending the game. I was a bit disappointed, because we didn't get nearly enough shots on goal and the two misses by the Aeros goalie were somewhat pathetic. On the bright side, every member of my seven-person group had a great time, and the Aeros raised $240 for Texas State Charities through ticket sales... Current Location: Home Current Mood: rejuvenated

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January 9th, 2010

11:54 pm - Turn of the year and back to work... It's not like I've really had much time off from work. Between Leibman's and Aramark, I've worked almost every day so far this year in some way, shape, or form. Even on the days I've been off from them, I've worked for SCA or GSA in some capacity. Talk about crazy. Unfortunately, I've come to the realization that my fellow GSA officers haven't done anything over the break. To some extent, I can't blame them... after all, Christmas and New Year's is a time to be celebrating and taking time off from work. Unfortunately, with plans that have been on the table since November, I've got no progress. It was okay up till I got some emails this past week. I'm suddenly at a deadline point with nothing to work with. Even worse, I've got to have my paperwork in for graduate/transfer orientation on Monday at 5:00pm. Looks like I'll have to do all of the work myself... again. I just hope that I don't have to deal with them complaining about me making so many sudden changes on the fly. Current Location: Home Current Mood: disappointed

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January 8th, 2010

11:54 pm I saw an advertisement on Facebook that made me do a double take. Apparently Legacy Fights, a smaller-time Mixed Martial Arts promotion company, will be hosting an event later this month at the Houston Arena Theater. The major draw they're advertising is the debut of Jason David Frank in MMA. For those who follow him, they know he's been trying to get into MMA for some time, but his previous fight didn't work out because it got changed to a boxing match and he backed out. For those who don't know, Jason David Frank was "Tommy", the original Green Ranger on Power Rangers. The guy was recruited at a martial arts tournament in Houston, and has residence in Atascosita, TX, just northeast of Houston. He also maintains a dojo called the Rising Sun Karate Academy, where they teach his unique form of martial arts, Toso Kune Do. I'm incredibly interested in going to this event, simply because of the fact that a former Power Ranger will be fighting. Luke's interested as well, and so is my brother. I think Ryan (a co-worker from Leibman's) is interested as well. Perhaps we'll make a guy's night out of it... Current Location: Home Current Mood: surprised

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January 7th, 2010

11:54 pm - Partying like it's 1997 The 1990s could easily be considered a golden era for professional wrestling. WWF Monday Night RAW and WCW Monday Nitro were the top two programs on cable television every week, despite airing on the same night and opposite each other. On nights when one of the two programs didn't air, the other would skyrocket and place then-records in the ratings. WCW was bolstered by the huge pockets of Ted Turner, who was able to lure away big names like Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash (aka "Diesel"), and Scott Hall (aka "Razor Ramon") from the WWF to give his company a fighting chance. WWF was on the ropes before they reinvented themselves as an edgy company, promoting acts like DeGeneration X (including now-big names like Shawn Michaels and Triple H) and Stone Cold Steve Austin as modern anti-heroes. The so-called "Monday Night Wars" finally came to an end when WCW made one too many mistakes. Coupled with the sale of Turner Broadcasting to Time Warner, who went and merged with AOL, the mistakes and the new management eventually shut down the company, which was losing money at the time. WWF owner Vince McMahon bought pieces of the company (trademarks, contracts, etc) for significantly less than what they were potentially worth, ending WCW in the process. After a short dismal "invasion" storyline where WCW midcarders (they couldn't buy the top acts) repeatedly lost to top WWF wrestlers, WCW was reduced to a memory and WWF continued as the only major pro wrestling company. With WWF having an essential monopoly, TNA wrestling was founded by a group of people hoping to recreate WCW. After months of being told they would never succeed, they plodded on. After years of doom predictions, they got television deals and bigger names, and in 2009 signed the biggest name of them all: Hulk Hogan. With that, they got clearance from Spike TV to air a live Monday Night special opposite RAW, and the Monday Night Wars were on again, for just one night. The weirdest thing is, both companies went retro. RAW brought back Bret Hart as "guest host", who proceeded to settle old real-life feuds with Shawn Michaels and Vince McMahon through on-screen story lines. I presume that they'd already worked out their differences backstage. TNA responded by bringing in other guys affiliated with Hogan from the time he was in the "New World Order", including Hall, Nash, Shawn Waltman, and Eric Bischoff. They even had Sting watching on from the rafters, a trademark of WCW in the day (Sting was the only "good guy" who could go toe to toe with the NWO and consistently win). I was at Griff's at the time, watching both shows on side-by-side televisions. It was a bit surreal, but incredibly entertaining at the same time. It kind of brought back the feeling that pro wrestling had in the 90s, when the story lines were worth following. A lot of the other people watching echoed those sentiments. RAW ended with Vince McMahon turning on Bret Hart and kicking him in the crotch (presumably setting up a storyline that will end at WrestleMania), while TNA ended their show with a classic NWO "hit" on Mick Foley which signaled that the group was back together. I'm curious to see where they'll go with these stories in the weeks to come... Current Location: Home Current Mood: curious

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January 6th, 2010

11:54 pm - "Just tell them you're going to buy beer!" My parents' anniversary was tonight. I was stuck at work since I picked up a shift for my brother, so I wasn't able to pick up a card. I texted my siblings to see if they could do it, but my brother had all kinds of excuses for why he shouldn't go and why I should do it on my way home from work. How lazy can one be? We went to dinner at Lupe Tortilla in the evening. I was a bit surprised at the choice, because I figured my parents' would want something a little more unusual, but they ended up going with the place because we'd never been there before. I wasn't particularly impressed, but the food was pretty decent. Then again, after finding decent Tex-Mex at La Tapatia for a fraction of what most other restaurants charge, I don't think I really care for Tex-Mex at most places anymore. Current Location: Home Current Mood: mellow

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