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Lots of Stuff
MOG an update!
OK, so a lot of things have happened, and I've mostly been too busy and/or lazy to write them down, but in 10 years, I'm going to forget everything that happened on my Hawaii trip, and wonder "what the hell is this picture of?" so I figure I should write something down.
Before I can do that, though, I feel I should devote at least a little attention to what has happened since my last entry. In roughly chronological order:
- my contract job got turned into a permanent one
- I went back to Vegas in the first week in November and ate at Michael Mina's in Vegas. Suzy and I split two of the tasting menus, which meant I got about 75% of the food which is a good deal for me. The tasting menus were seasonal and traditional. I felt a little guilty eating the Chilean sea bass, but not enough to not get it.
We also went to Ka. It was decent... I felt it was an exploration of the limits of visual art on stage, and in that respect it did very well. If you were looking for a more Mystere show which emphasizes strength and agility elements, you're going to be slightly disappointed. Though there were still many of those acts, I felt the focus of the show was the emphasize on visual effects.
- I went to a concert with Suzy in SF to see Andy Bell (lead singer from Erasure). We should have seen the red flag when the ticket was only $15. (Or maybe we did and didn't care because it was only $15.) There were two pretty bad opening bands, and by the time Andy Bell got on stage it was already around 11:30. He announced that he was going to DJ for about an hour and then sing 4 songs.
For $15, I would have thought that a good deal. Unfortunately, we had no idea that an 8:00 starting time would go so late, and we took BART in. BART's last train leaves around 12:30, so we danced to some of the DJ'd music for a while before going home. Stupid Bay Area public transportation. Oh well, we still had fun... and what can you expect for $15?
- I bought a new car, a 2006 BMW 325i Sedan with the sports package in Monaco Blue Metallic. It's a great car and I have no regrets at all getting it.
- I celebrated my birthday whee!
- Suzy and I started seeing each other again (whee!)
- Suzy and I started house shopping. Wow does this take up a lot of time, as we're pretty picky and the housing market where we are looking is still pretty insane.
- Suzy and I got engaged (whee!). My friends all tell me that I got the better end of that deal, and pretty much they're right.
- Suzy and I made an offer on a house. Unfortunately so did 5 other people. Our offer was decent but still just in the middle of the pack, despite bidding a fair amount above the offer and with great terms.
- Suzy and I went to Hawaii.
More on Hawaii later, but at least I'm caught up now.
MOG an update!
OK, so a lot of things have happened, and I've mostly been too busy and/or lazy to write them down, but in 10 years, I'm going to forget everything that happened on my Hawaii trip, and wonder "what the hell is this picture of?" so I figure I should write something down.
Before I can do that, though, I feel I should devote at least a little attention to what has happened since my last entry. In roughly chronological order:
- my contract job got turned into a permanent one
- I went back to Vegas in the first week in November and ate at Michael Mina's in Vegas. Suzy and I split two of the tasting menus, which meant I got about 75% of the food which is a good deal for me. The tasting menus were seasonal and traditional. I felt a little guilty eating the Chilean sea bass, but not enough to not get it.
We also went to Ka. It was decent... I felt it was an exploration of the limits of visual art on stage, and in that respect it did very well. If you were looking for a more Mystere show which emphasizes strength and agility elements, you're going to be slightly disappointed. Though there were still many of those acts, I felt the focus of the show was the emphasize on visual effects.
- I went to a concert with Suzy in SF to see Andy Bell (lead singer from Erasure). We should have seen the red flag when the ticket was only $15. (Or maybe we did and didn't care because it was only $15.) There were two pretty bad opening bands, and by the time Andy Bell got on stage it was already around 11:30. He announced that he was going to DJ for about an hour and then sing 4 songs.
For $15, I would have thought that a good deal. Unfortunately, we had no idea that an 8:00 starting time would go so late, and we took BART in. BART's last train leaves around 12:30, so we danced to some of the DJ'd music for a while before going home. Stupid Bay Area public transportation. Oh well, we still had fun... and what can you expect for $15?
- I bought a new car, a 2006 BMW 325i Sedan with the sports package in Monaco Blue Metallic. It's a great car and I have no regrets at all getting it.
- I celebrated my birthday whee!
- Suzy and I started seeing each other again (whee!)
- Suzy and I started house shopping. Wow does this take up a lot of time, as we're pretty picky and the housing market where we are looking is still pretty insane.
- Suzy and I got engaged (whee!). My friends all tell me that I got the better end of that deal, and pretty much they're right.
- Suzy and I made an offer on a house. Unfortunately so did 5 other people. Our offer was decent but still just in the middle of the pack, despite bidding a fair amount above the offer and with great terms.
- Suzy and I went to Hawaii.
More on Hawaii later, but at least I'm caught up now.
