[01-31-2024] bye bye january
woke up so late today. literally woke up the time i leave my apt when i am super late. oh well. no one ever really watches me.. i think
finally had stuff to do today. actually had so many calls with ppl today. quick call with other engineers, client meetings, call with specific client ppl. lead a meeting for a project with a client. like dam. i am talking a lot!
christina and siona were in the elevator with me on the way out and i talked to them about tunnel girl. bc they are both civil engineers.
met both janna and amani at block 37. and as i was sitting there kevin from my skool came up and we were talking a bit. he was telling me he worked for another engineering consulting company and now works for an renewable energy company... very interesting
amani and janna and i climbed amani/janna wall. and were doing a couple v3's. very fun. it was so extremely busy today. honestly i have no idea why. grayson was walking by at some point and was like "hey amani and carl"... and janna was like dam he really knows you guys
also i bumped into henil, cc's friend and we talked about convincing cc to climb more. like dam. u know climbing is getting serious when i bump into more and more ppl i know.
after climbing, amani, janna and alina and i went to nando's. it's becoming an every-other weekly thing. so good as usual. kinda getting expensive tho. and i finally tell janna about BIT BOOTH. she was so gagged. like wow. amani and alina and i have revitalized the BIT BOOTH spirit and need to start working on it more. like whoa.
also asked the group if i should ask out my coworker... now i cant stop thinking about it since marilyn and meghan egged me on yesterday. like dam.... i guess i should... im scared tho..
did some laundry when i got home... and now i am getting sleepy. realizing yeah i definitely need to get stuff done for BIT BOOTH now that my birthday has passed. and ... may or may not be super behind on my journal entries... last entry was ... january 19th. oops.
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[01-21-2024] the start of bday season
did one round of toner when i woke up. helped mom and dad out with a couple things as they pack for their trip to the philippines.
isabel and i watched anyone but you. and apparently it is based off a shakespeare play... and the first half was definitely pretty cringe. but the second half got me sooo good. i was crying bad.... the movie was like soo good.
after the movie isabel dropped me off at the train. and i went back to the city. by the time i got back to my apt it was time for both me and malcolm to head to luca and iris' for iris' bday party arty. we went to the liquor store really quick to buy a bottle. then we got a lyft to luca n iris'.
the party was good! there was baby sensory videos and me sam and sarah were watching it baddd. i talked to sam and sarah a lot la la la . and i talked to sage and luca some more. la la la. the party in general was kinda ... boring. not much happening. ppl from iris lab and other friends came but they were not super interesting to me .. and i did not meet anyone new.
it was getting a bit late and i needed to head back bc i have work the next day but i stayed for the cake and bday singing time. the cake was made by... iris' mom i believe. it was not the best cake in the world but it was cake. afterwards i got my stuff and headed home. i had to shower bc of the apt cat... and me being allergic bad.
[01-20-2024] trying to construct something
think i stayed in after yesterday's fingy x kirk. uhmmm much discussion about danny's behavior amonst isabel malcolm and i. isabel and geron took a while to wake up. malcolm and i have been up and have been hungry.
isabel drove geron and i to trader joes with her car and we grocery shopped. we stopped by home depot to get some stuff to try to build a shelf above my couch. neither of them were helping and i was kinda getting anoyed of geron's general man behavior.
we finally got back to my apt and geron and isabel were cooking and i was constructing my shelf. i was getting annoyed how geron had to keep asking about every single thing. like just do it. but i get it bc he doesnt stay at my apt alot. but idk if i'd let him stay more... he really is just a man.
the shelf did not end up working that swag and was crazy crooked but i didnt wanna drill walls into the brick.. bc i dont have a drill like that...
isabel drove me home all da way to the suburbs. hanging out with my parents before they head to the philippines for a couple weeks. also i wanted my mom to bleach my roots one last time. also was gonna try to go to the bins with justinne. but she decided to get dinner with her family than thrift with her beloved friends.
both the sun and pluto are finally in aquarius. #myseason. so excited. astrologically, i heard many good things are on the way.
mom did my roots pretty late at night but we left one round of toner for tomorrow. this might be the last time i bleach my hair fr... but i might bleach it for one round in february to prep for dying my hair.
[01-19-2024] fingy and kirk sitting in a tree
worked. was running a lil late in the morning that i came into donut club kinda late. but i stayed for a while to make up for my lost time. was talking with nico and marilyn a lot and how nico is going to some girls birthday event out of pity or something.
had lunch with greg and cc. for a whole hour. oops. then later, greg finally moved his desk to be next to me. finally desk neighbors. and i love how allie thinks greg is the one who moved his own name tag to the desk. looks like everyone things greg did it. hehe.
leaving work, i was talking with chris and marilyn and marilyn was heading down the street, so i decided to walk down with her... walking around in the deep deep cold for like . 20 extra minutes. literally so cold. but waited for train home.
was so hangry... literally no food in my apt bc yeah i need to go grocery shopping. but since it was so cold this past weekend i did not. i decided to go take a nap as i waited for everyone to arrive at my apt for the festivities. but low and behold, my updtairs neighbor decided to start vacuuming the moment i fell asleep. woke up n was like dam. and she kept vacuuming their apartment the entire time i was trying to nap (only 30 min but goddam)
i decided to take a stand. and order some chinese food from the place acros the street. and by the time it was ready neither malcolm nor isabel was here. so i went and picked it up. i was about to enjoy my lovely lovely food as malcolm came :3 and he went off and got ready for his nap time.
isabel and geron came and we ate. geron told me about palworld.. and after we finished eating, i was playing neopets and geron was still talking about palworld. then isabel and him started napping as malcolm woke up from his nap.
started getting ready a lil.. malcolm started pouring dranks out. then kara and danny were the first to arrive. soon after fabricio appears, then shortly after saba and ben arrive. yay everyone is hvaing a grand time.
i was talking with danny
[01-18-2024] therapy time
was doing some laundry before work and but was running late bc i had to rerun a cycle... then when i was finally heading to work, the train was so packed. there was another train coming right away and it too way way too packed for me to get one. thankfully a third train came and was not too bad but would not take me right in front of my office as usual. but i had to get on it bc i had a meeting right at 9... and i was cutting it close. but made it in time.
worked. kept getting pulled to work on one project when i was trying to do everything else. had a meeting with my project lead and we started making a schedule.... conflicting with what the other project lead was saying.... but oh well. doesnt affect me so much.
after work i had therapy, i did not have a pressing topic to talk about. so we talked about random shit... uhm about how i am burdened with journal guilt. uhmm also how much i love to talk and then about friends and my ranking of my friends... nothing really big and revolutionary.
i headed to to the rock climbing gym and it is finally kinda dying down compared to the beginning of the month. me and jenna were checking out the new problems that they are setting up after the youth competition. there were some good v2's and v3's. and i did a couple of new v3's. kinda feeling really accomplished. jenna was saying i am at a v2.7 level. giggle.
got home, showered, had dinner, and soooo tired. might sleep right away.
[01-17-2024] the return
worked in the office for the first time this week bc of the cold. the train to work was super full. everyone was going back to office today. i was squished all the way to the door the whole ride. chris was on the same train as me apparently and we walked in to our desks together. foreshadowing for the commute home.
worked. nothing super special. sophia the intern is back full time. and mashallah she is not on my team and even sitting next to me. she talked sooooo much. and it never ends. like oh my god. morgan messaged me at one point and was like "zak is in the sophia vortex". i looked over and she was talking him DOWN. i giggled.
was heading home, and the one side of the train station right next to my work was blocked off. when i crossed the street to cross again to the right side, i saw that something was leaking in the station and there was a huge ice stalagmite thingy frozen... blocking on side of the station... also i guess there was a delay in the trains so the train i got on on my way home was crazy packed. literally was elbow to elbow with so many ppl. one guy kepy putting his hands up and almost knocking my phone out of my hand literally 3-4 times. goddam. someone'd breath also was so stank. unbelieveable how i could smell it. ridiculous.
[01-16-2024] climbing worlds collide
worked from home again today. -7 degrees again... had a meeting with some ppl from a different office and they are funny. giggled a lot. but then a grand manager (manager of my manager) showed up in the meeting... i wonder why. he wasn't originally invited.
also had a presentation about our retirement for our company... and goddam. crazy how that thing works. i guess i'm excited to retire.
work was ok... ended up playing lego fortnite for the last 30 minutes of my workday bc i was craving it so bad. got ready and headed to a different location of the rock climbing gym since the other one still doesn't have a lot of problems after the competition.
when i got on the train, jenna! also was in the same exact train car. surprised me bad. we talked the whole way. and when we got to the rock climbing gym, amani and alina were already there. the offical meeting of each other even tho we were all in the boots party. giggle.
the gym was so full bc the other location is still setting rocks. so it was hard to find some probelms all four of us could do. plus this was alina's second time climbing so we got a good mix of vb/0's, v2/3 and v3/4's around the gym. there were a lot of kids and teenagers climbing too which was different from usual. one wall also had new problems and all the crazy white ppl were swarmed around it doing it. at the end we ended up in the middle trying out a problem. but the vibes were crazy.
it was still pretty cold outside so we all uber'd home. jenna and i got in the same uber since i was on the way and jenna insisted i didnt pay for my half. but i did. now im back home, about to play lego fortnite after cranking out a couple journal entries.
[01-15-2024] wfh time
sooo cold once again. was working from home. took a couple naps. only worked for like 5 hours or something like that. but still got work done.
eliana finally convinced me to play lego fortnite. and low and behold. i really liked the game.... addicted a lil. and i looked at the battle pass... and very tempted to buy the battle pass. but the neopets NC UC conversion was being announced soon.. so i must hold off to see how much it will cost.
[01-14-2024] embracing the cold
another -7 degreee day or whatever.
made plans with amani to climb. then also watch mean girls. but amani got off work early so we climbed a bit early then a long gap between climbing and movie. we went to the same location i went to yesterday and there was still not a lot of problems. and amani and i's favorite v3 was removed..... so sad. but we did a good amount of problems. even though amani was sick during the week she was off from climbing on vacation she was still doing good and progressing. there was also a really sexy guy... that both amani and i were.. eyeing. but we did not talk to him. sigh. i've seen him around before.
alina came over after we finished climbing and we decided to get dinner. the only place that was open was like 2 blocks away.. we tried to go to roti but they closed early because of the cold. we finally got to nando's and they were thankfully open. and it was soooo good. we talked a lot about family.. getting married... owning our own home.. surrogacy and such.
we also dicussed more about BIT BOOTH. finally got progress. we are gonna make a collaborative playlist with tracks we want to mix, and are narrowing down who we want in BIT BOOTH.
it was finally time to go back to the movie theater... and we stopped by target to get snacks. i got a huge bag of peanut m&ms.. so good.. but dangerous. then we headed to the movie theater. so fucking cold.
the theater was fully of like millenial gay ppl, probably a lot of theater kids. and some of them were really annoying. but we were hate watching.
mean girls was ok. if they casted more attractive actors/actresses it would have been sooo good. the only good looking character was karen and she ate hard. the movie itself was ok. i hate musicals and the songs were not good at all. but the way the movie showed social media and like had different bits of tiktok and instagram was pretty good. it was like those taken movies that take place only on a laptop but way better. but only for the transitions between plot points. glad i hate watched it though. regina was actually not cute was all... renee rap or whatever.. whomp whomp whomp.
[01-13-2024] climbing with the youths
today was the first day that was super cold this winter. i think we were hitting about -7 degrees in the very morning. chris andi made plans to build my shelf today and get hot dogs at home depot. since he has a set of tools. but he texted me at some point that he couldnt come. i think invited fabricio to come too for fun but he also did not come. relaxed and journaled a bit.
made plans to climb with janna and drew right after the youth competition ended at the climbing gym. we got there and the doors were still closed... so we waited a bit. we got to see the competition problems and they were insane. but some youthes were still there and they were clearing the problems so easily. i got to hang out with drew more and he is pretty funny and cool. glad janna introduced him to me. we all did a bunch of problems but the weighlifting area.. since it was the only section open. busy. so many youths and their white parents who got them into competitive rock climbing.
after climbing, janna and drew and i went to target and i got sour gummy worm trolli things. and they were playing sideways by carly rae jepsen when we were checking out. omw home, it was sooo goddam cold. my pants were just barely short enough that the wind and cold were going up my legs. whomp whomp.
[01-12-2024] reaping what i sowed
snow storm this morning... early morning. but i purposely left my laptop in the office so i'd come back and work in office. literally only me, chris and allie in the office. and all three next to each other. neil and one IT guy was in but they left by noon.
i was so bored. that i spent like an hour and a half looking at different offices in different locations and individually looking at who from what department was working where... interesting revelations about why i dont see my department in the office in san diego.... sad. but oh well.
the whole day i was waiting for other ppl to finish up stuff for my submittal but no one ended up finishing anything that i asked. so i started cramming in the last hour to crank out my submittal. chris ended up leaving around 5... and i also was leaving but i talked to allie for a bit before. she told me she also has a submittal and is staying in office for a bit longer.
i went home and right as i got home i worked for another hour... to make up the hour i was doing nothing. i had to work on a couple files just so it was good enough to submit as i promised. whew. was so mentalyl drained.
i was supposed to go to this one party hosted by arieon but they cancelled it bc of the weather today. oh well. then fabricio was texting me to hang out for a bit... but i finished working too late for him to come bc the chinese place he wanted to get food at by my house was closing and he has to work early tmrw. oh well. got to stay in from the cold... foreshadowing.
[01-11-2024] vegan tacos
worked. and no one was availalbe to climb with me... and i am not brave enough to climb by myself. luckily. jose and cc were gonna grab dinner after work so i didn't have a reason to say no. we went to a vegan taco spot and the food was sooo good. we had nachos and it was soooooo good. we got our tacos and they were so saucy that the tortillas were falling apart. still soooo delicious. worth it.
jose was telling us about his "friends" but basically telling us that he does not pick up on the explicitly romantic things he does with these guys and is confused when they act weird with him. i literally told him. this has to be because you have autism. bc no way he could not pick up on all the social cues... he gets picked up from the guy who lives all the way in the suburbs... jose took him on a dinner for his bday.... and jose thought all of that was completely platonic.
after dinner... it was starting to get cold... and now... it was time to climb by myself. i went all the way to a different location to clmib. since the other location is closing for the competition. and this gym is PACKED since everyone is doing the same. there were ppl everywhere... and i could barely get turns on da rocks. there was a kinda sexy guy... his friends left him and i couldve went up to him to talk to him but i didnt know what to say... also i am not brave enough.
i worked on more problems and he disappeared... as i was leaving i saw him in the weight lifting section but he was so sweaty and i hate when ppl talk to me when i am sweating.. so i didnt talk to him... alas.
[01-10-2024] john mulaney?!
came in later to work bc of my BMI meeting. uhm... yeah i think i was leaving early too for something. forgot. idk.
was going to rock climb i believe.. but i kept having to stay late for something and jenna was saying they closed so many sections of the climbing gym for a youth competition happening this weekend.
i stayed and talked with chris a lot i think... maybe i am confusing the days... but i got home and i started watching some teen titans tiktoks and it made me so sad. i love that show so much.
also saw some tiktoks of john mulaney now and he's sooo sexy?! unbelieveable.
[01-09-2024] trying to get lit.
it was raining like hard today... raing snowing mess.. i was wearing my steel toe'd work boots bc i have no other boots...
after work, i met janna up in the lobby and we tried to head to the american writer's museum bc they were having an event for the new year... a public domain themed event with other things.
however. once we got on the train... the trains had other plans. there were switch problems by clark/lake.... so basically all trains in the loop were taking forever to move... it literally took 30 minutes to go from quincy to clark/lake on the orange line. one stop. then right when we got off at our stop, janna and i were so hunger. she started a subway order while we were still stuck on the train.
we walked to the subway n both of us for footlongs. we devoured both of them. the rain was so crazy... that both of us were like... i bet no one would have showed up to the party thing (and both of us were not that psyched to go) so it kinda worked out the the trains were not working.
after devouring out food and talking for a bit, we decided to go home and the trains were still fucked up. but luckily there was a purple line otw as i got to the station and i was able to get a seat right away. i think i also saw some dude who either works at my work or takes the trains i take bc he seemed familiar .... hehe i beat him to the train.
also had a work call at around 9pm. almost forgot bc since i got a new phone i got logged out of all my work apps. i though the meeting was going to be like 15 minutes... ended up being like 30... probably going to sleep in tmrw.
was looking at chicago restaurant week deals for my bday weekend. narrowed down the choices that i wanted... will make a reservation later.
[01-08-2024] and it's monday again
worked... i was watching jacob elordi interviews when i was getting ready. also now it's the time of year where its soooo cold outside but then i get sweaty wearing so many layers and thick coats. never at a good body temperature.
i got home from work and i was watching alex consani and hunter schafer vogue interviews... i think i need to be famous so i can get my own vogue interview. i also saw an article saying that jacob elordi will be the monster in the next frankenstein movie. yaaas.
[01-07-2024] sundaayy
slept in a bit... nice relaxing start to the day. definitely dilly dally'd a bit.
rock climbed with amani in the loop. there was like a dilf and his daughter. i jokingly said to amani... is she wasian or just has bangs. made me giggle a bit. also was thinking about the look i'm gay cat meme... love it so much.
i dilly dally'd a bit when i got home but eventually went grocery shopping right before trader joe's closed. oops. i was in line for the cashier then i had a thought. i think i am really done with being blonde. kinda really excited to dye my hair next month. then i talked to the cashier who had pink hair. he said he really likes my hair... and i told him that a couple seconds ago i decided i am over it. too much maintainance.
[01-06-2023] suddenly, a whole new phone
still feeling a lil sick.. but i have been doing nettipot nose douche thing and got some guaifenesin for the muscous... really hoping its not covid... please.
amani invited me to her cousins saltburn midsummer themed party... but it probably best i did not go to the party.BUT... i still needed to leave my apt to do a couple things...
i made an appointment with the apple genuis bar to replace my iphone's battery. i finally can after waiting like a whole year for the battery health to drop below 80... and i thought a head of time and got a ticket for a movie at the amc right next door to go to while i wait for the repair. also was thinking i could ask them about my camera while i am already replacing something.
before going to the apple store i picked up my dry cleaning i dropped off a couple weeks ago. it was one leather coat that needed a pocket resewn, and the suit i wore to the holiday party that was a lil dirty but i wanted fresh and clean for the next time i use it. the lady who owns the dry cleaner gave me a lil pouch with candy for christmas. so nice. love her.
went to the apple store, and the worker said yeah it looks liek the camera does need to be fully replaced. the battery costed $80 but the camera is $200... didn't realize how expensive it would be. but the worker told me my phone's trade in value was $450.. so it was still worth it to replace. i agree to get both battery and camera replaced and i headed to my movie.
i watched boys in the boat. BIT booth tease. and it was a decent movie. since i didn't have my phone i was really immersed in the movie... i was like whoa the stakes are so high.... omg... and i guess it was set in the year with the olympics were in berlin. and yeah. the leader of germany at the time was in the movie. did not expect that at all. but overally the movie was pretty good. i definitelt watched it for the boys.. very sexy.
got back at the apple store.. and turns out. something happened. when they finished replacing both the battery and the camera, my phone was still not passing their diagnostic tests.. so they ended up just replacing my phone (still the 12 pro max, so not an upgrade) completely at no addtional cost. thankfully i backed up my phone last night so i was ok. i didnt know if my photos got backed up... so i was nervous and tried to transfer my old phone's data to my new phone but that shit was taking forever. literally 30 minuts of just sitting there.... eventually googled around my photos did in fact backed up so i just went home. had to buy a ventra pass bc my new phone wasn't set up.
got home and started restoring my phone form a backup... and it took a full two hours. a whole 7 hour window of not having my phone... wasn't too bad but was scared i would miss important messages... don't think i did. definitely was not expecting to spend that much on my phone but glad i still gained money out of it.. at this current time. hopefully i can have this phone for at least another 2 years. have no clue how much the phone would be worth then.
[01-05-2024] tgif
working today... not much to do... and dan was wfh so... not much pressure to work work hehe.
i got bored eventually and made an excel sheet to see how my pto will acrue and if i have enough for a long trip in 2025 (phillippines for now)... we will see. as for 2024, i have enough pto for my cruise in march and then just barely enough for a spain trip in may. so excited. realized for spain the weekend before is memorial day and i get as a holiday so i can fly out friday night before and have a full week off. plus primaversa sound is only thursday to saturday. so i can fly home hungover as hell on sunday and not use another pto (bc i dont have anymore) and be back for work on monday. also i have about a week of pto i can take in the summer of 2025 for isabel/janna graduation but that would mean i have no pto for the end of 2025. future problem.
stayed at home this lovely friday night. i kept getting house tours in san francisco/north bay area... and i was getting tempted with thoughts of homeownership.
[01-04-2024] therapy time
slept in a lil so i got to work a lil later. i was leaving a little bit early too bc i have my therapy sessions right after work.
during lunch i got lunch with will from when i interned at the cta. he showed me this really cool middle eastern food stop that is within a jewelery store. really good food and interesting place for a restaurant. we talked about work and about how his roommates are blah blah blah. nice chat and it nice to talked to will again. he's chill as hell.
went to therapy, thought i saw arjun on the street but it was not him. but yeah. talked about i have been saying yes to random plans. like going out for drinks with chris yesterday. breaking my routine that i love so much.
talked about the sprituality and religion idea i talked about chris with. and how i think i have been really getting into astrology lately to fill that place religion had when i was growing up. i also talked about how i think alot of ppl who grew up in strict religions go through stages of being religious, leaving the religion and hating all organized religions, then maturing to realize everyone can practice whatever their faith is, the coming back to some form of spirituality/religion. i talked about how astrology was evil and demonic or not real growing up within the religion. but now im into it like completely. mentioned how its kinda full circle that now im that person that talks about relgion a lot.
also talked about how i am now comfortable with making jokes about how much i love myself/others love me. i mentioned how i used to be really annoyed of ppl who really boastful or into themselves but i realized that was probably rooted in my jealous of them or my own insecurity. and i am glad i got over that.
talked about the prodigal son from the bible. talked about how i joked with chris thati am kinda living the prodigal son archetype. and i am doing that i'm doing not to be crawling back in the end. and therapist asked if i still in the religious terms like "pure" and "wordly" etc...
i told her about how in middle school and high school my dad would tell me i would need to buzz my hair because i look worldy and could stumble other ppl's faith. and my therapist agreed that it is weird how that was a form of religious guilt that i had to deal with growing up. i also mentioned how i did notice how my parents were always trying to keep up with the jones in the congregation and compare each other's family's against each other to seem more faithful etc. mentioned how that could be a whole sessions in itself. mentioned how it was a driving factor to why i wanted to excel in school and show off so that my parents can brag about me. put a pin in tha. and then told my coming out story. it was finally time to tell my therapist my coming out story. not gonna type it out all here.
also mentioned how my mom still is weird about my sexuality, sometimes mentions to me how it is still a sin and how she wants me to go back to the truth. we talked about how i struggle with navigating how i could even approach conversations with my family about my sexuality and my therapist was like yeah that is definitely something we can work through together. talked about the ever-lingering fear to find out the true reality of finding out what my mom and extension really think about my sexuality and of me.
as i was leaving the session, i went the opposite side of the building and saw a really sexy tailor in a suit store... but then i ended up walking down the wrong direction of dearborn. turned around and headed the right way to rock climbing gym to climb with jenna.
climbed pretty good. jenna told me a gross story about how she got a gross giant bateria cyst thing and yoon had to pop it for her and it hurt so bad. and she thinks she got the baterial from the gym here.
got home and relaxed. think i even napped for a bit.. then had to get ready for bed... to work the next day.
[01-03-204] albany park jumpcare
worked. ate lunch with chris, jenna, jose, monica and cc. lots and lots of yapping about many things. jose was very cheerful and giddy. n i was like wow this is fun. i got to do some lorde bits with him bc he was so jolly.
after work tho, i got on the brown line with chris. was talking to him a bit and he convinced me to go out for drinks with him. he was heading to iowa for thurs and friday (rest of the week) and so it was his friday.
we yapped all train ride long. talked about my brother i do not like and how we will be right next door to him basically. also, talked about spirituality and learned chris grew up catholic. had no clue! we talked about how there is kinda a hole that is left after growing up on a strong traditional religion. also talked about he extensive biblical knowledge we still have.
we went to bokeh, a cocktail bar on kimball. after we got in and struck up a long convo with them about their new year... they told us about how one year their birthday landed on the weekend before/of st. patricks day when they dyed the chicago river green and how they burst into a bar and yelled it's my bday! and everyone was cheering
chris' roommate came by and learned he is in fact a chef in a restaurant. i think i mentioned how i wanna learn how to shoot a gun and he said he used to be a .... gunshow shooter or something. talked about the importance of soup vs stew in american cuisine... honestly dont remember what else we talked about
after being in bokeh for a while, we went to wabi sabi next door or some sushi and stuff. they were closing soon but we ordered and ate quickly. i got a roll with some eel. my favorite and both chris and his roommate got donburi or something. something over rice. i wish i ordered that too. looked good. after eating they both walked me to the kimball stop and thankfully the train came pretty quickly.
got home and realized my back camera was not working... the 1x and 2x lens were not working but the 0.5x and 2.5x lens were working... weird.... but oh well. for now.
also. started to feel a lil sick... from nye.... finger crossed its not covid...
[01-02-2024] back to work
was talking to marilyn at work about how diego texted me over the weekend saying he say her at at restaurant and she told me her side of the story. she and her sister were picking up food from this "hole in the wall" spot and her sister tells her that some guy is staring at her. staring like he knows you she said. and as she was leaving, she finally looked and realized it was diego. i giggled. marilyn was like how does he know where this spot is?!
was leaving work early to rock climbed and i yapped at chris before leaving for work. he alluded to how he was almost internet famous during vine era.
climbed hard with jenna. the gym was super busy bc of the new year, so it was a bit hard to find free problems to do. afterwards we were looking at the clearance clothes from akira bc why not and a baby tate song was playing. i remembered i saw that baby tate was on tour again... and jenna was like nah im good i saw her open for charli xcx. and then i remembered that yeah i saw her too... shes wasnt amazing but she still was pretty good. oh well.
when i got home i saw that scarlet was doing a charli xcx/hyperpop night this saturday. speak of the devil. i told amani and emiko about it. im kinda half interested but janna and i were planning on climbing that day.
[01-01-2024] happy fucking new year
got home about 5am from nye's. went to boots party then ended up going to willa's bf's apt and playing nintendo sports then making miis for a while. then i saw the time.. it was time to be in my own bed.
slept so gooood. thank god i had today off of work. definitely would not be in good shape to work today. mashallah. i think i woke up right at 1pm... and was just taking the day easy. was thinking about BIT BOOTH... but truly waiting for mercury retrograde to end at 9pm to make any real decisions. i was dangerously looking at by a dj deck.
was looking at the boots party instagram and the (white) guy i thought was cute got reposted... and he fully had a bf. mashallah i did not talk to him. bc that lil asian boy was attached to him by the hip.. that i was confused.