Big Ol' Post

[jemz]

Well, first off. I want to say that I've been MIA from LJ for a bit. I was off dealing with some personal crap (i.e. feeling utterly depressed over things out of my control) and then off cheering myself up with some great music, fantastic wine, and beautiful people. But I did read everyone's journal and I wish I could comment more but I'm too sleepy to do so. So apologies to all.

On to the RL crap. Work has been kickin' my butt but it should level out soon so I can spend time procrastinating and spammin' y'all. Life has been a rollercoaster lately and I'm finally off that damn ride. But onto the more fun stuff.


On Friday, I was utterly stressed out at work and was depressed by my own thoughts. Mainly because of certain things and events that was supposed to happen but didn't. It just brought it back to her death and her dad spewing more vitriol at me about things I never had a say in. So, I wasn't in my normal frame of mind until I got home and beautified myself for the Michael Buble concert.

OH MAN. IT ROCKED. I ADORED IT. He was funny and vastly entertaining. His voice was still smooth and he encouraged dancing in the aisles and picture taking (stupid ushers were saying "no flash photography"). The theatre itself was gorgeous and the band....I had so much love for them.

He even did a cover of Maroon 5's This Love. OMG. It was awesome and everyone sang along. He did a bit of Michael Jackson's Billie Jean (grabbing his crotch and doing the MJ moves). prestonsbarr, you would have died loving the entire show. I kept thinking that you have to go see him whenever he comes to Texas!!!!


Oakland's Paramount Theatre in Downtown Oakland.


The stage and curtains....


Michael Buble and the band!!! Oh man...I was a bit far away but it was great anyways.


The Brass section. <333


Closer pics of him because I ran towards the stage to bop and swing with the other crazy kids.


Another great pic of him!

So, I totally enjoyed it. Called up dramaphile and SQUEEED about it afterwards and to continue our nefarious plans when I come down to visit. hee hee!!! Then I hopped online at my friend's house, had a few glasses of EOS Viognier and talked to charlottechaos and cmere1 about phone posts...which they both did and I totally did this drunken squeee when I heard them. *joins Char in Tipshyland which is a very friendly place to be*



So, Saturday. I took the day to laze away and concentrate on me. Waited for bebiteeny and her sis to stop on by before heading out to have dinner with some friends.


My friend's very cool idea for a fish tank. He has four of them and they're all gorgeous.


My favorite of them all.


The only tall one!


This one was on the wine cabinet and very cute as well.


Our simple dinner. Creamed rice (side dish) and Banh Cuon Thit Nuong (appetizer).


Our main dish was a simple pan-seared Halibut with sauteed brocoli and onions, with a sour cream & chives sauce. My friend Sandra went to culinary school and decided on what to make. She showed me this simple dish and now I can't wait to try it at home.

Dinner was absolutely delicious and ended with ice cream and gelato for dessert. Of course, with this group of friends, no dinner is complete without the wine. We cracked open about 7-8 bottles of wine. Pinot Grigio, White Zinfandel, Sparkling Wine, Chardonnay Port, Viognier, and some non-alcoholic Sparkling Peach Cider. All very yummy. We played "Table Topics" and got into some deep discussions as well as the funny and amusing stuff. All in all...a very good time. I'm glad bebiteeny and her sis had fun with us old farts.



So Sunday was spent with bebiteeny and her sis and we wandered around Santana Row, shopping our hearts out and eating more delicious food.

They left to go back to Sacramento and I was off getting ready for the bridal shower. Of course, there was a stripper. And she was really tall. She came out in leather chaps a la Christina Aguilera's Dirrty video. It was pretty hot. Made me want to get myself a pair.







heheh...can't see the bride-to-be's face. *shifty eyes* So no killin' me, Six. But it was fun. The bride was adorably drunk. Dinner at Blowfish was yummy as always; great music with a live DJ and anime playing everywhere, good sushi and great company. Totally awesome.


I had a nice calm Monday evening after a hectic work day. Sat there and watched a good chunk of Initial D, the Chinese Live Action movie. Jay Chou...total cutie and pretty much what I thought Fujiwara Takumi would be if he was a real character (even though Takumi is a lot like Keanu Reeves stiff acting). But the RACING!!! *dies* omg, veilsdegto, you must watch this with me. The Rx7FC, the Skyline, and the Lancer Evo III....*GUUUUUUUUUH*....and the drifting. *watches with huge eyes* love it. If I wasn't scared of the downhill, I would so learn how to drift off the Santa Cruz Mountains. But I'm a scaredy-cat and don't fancy dying in the mountains nor crashing my car.

myrafur, I am sending it later today so that you and _luxa can watch it and squee along with me. Although the music for the movie is different (no Eurobeats but more hip hop tracks), it's still an interesting watch, combining all three stages together. And there's SLASH possibilities between Ryosuke Takahashi and Nakazato!!! ♥

easybeef, I got our tickets to see Interpol!!!!! *cheers madly* We'll be joined by my cousin and friends. I'm totally excited!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope everyone else has a wonderful day!!!

Comments

[shinigamitabris.livejournal.com]

dude. scrolling through that @ work was not a good idea!

*ahem*

*stares at abs* damn. reminds me of my bachelorette party. yummy goth stripper. with piercings ^_~

who is this concert you went to? i've never heard of him before. what kind of music is it?

[swtjemz.livejournal.com]

hahahahhaha....I had to be all sneaky and post them up while at work too!!! The stripper had a nice body....and big ol' fake titties too. ^_~ The outfit was hot too...and the music she brought...*grins* If I ever get married, I would want strippers at my party too...

But Michael Buble is a FABULOUS jazz singer. He does a lot of the older songs by Bobby Darin, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles as a well as a few songs from more pop styles, i.e. BeeGees, George Michael, Van Morrison. He is ♥ and one of the few artists that I fangirl liek WHOA. *fangirls him some more*

[shinigamitabris.livejournal.com]

here, it's more a matter of whether or not i want everyone crowding around my desk going oooooooooooooooo, than getting in trouble. i guess that's a good thing ^_^;

i'll have to check it out. my musical tastes are all over the board, but there's very few artists i like/respect enough to actually buy their stuff.

[swtjemz.livejournal.com]

hee hee!!! I would probably prefer that to getting in trouble too...

I love MB. I use his music constantly in the dance classes that I help teach. One of the few artists whose entire body of work is in my eclectic collection. I love listening to him on a relaxing evening with some wine. My sis listens to him when she studies.

[zahavah.livejournal.com]

1) those are the coolest fish tanks i have ever seen.
2) why was there a... female stripper... at a bridal shower?

[swtjemz.livejournal.com]

1. aren't they!? there's two more but i'm being a lazy bum and didn't put them up.

2. *looks shiftily* Because it was a bridal/bachelorette party for the bride and to spice it up. Allowed us to get the bride drunk and having a lot of fun with it. hee hee

[zahavah.livejournal.com]

1) POST THEMMM.

2) hm. i guess i just expected a male stripper? hmmmm.

[swtjemz.livejournal.com]

hahah....nah...getting a female was more fun. <_< Okay, okay...i'll go back and stick them in this post.

[zahavah.livejournal.com]

i am so in love with those fish tanks.

[swtjemz.livejournal.com]

doh..the other half of my comment didn't appear!!! *rails at el-jay*

but I do love the fish tanks....I like the curvy one the best. It was really pretty during dinner because we lit a floating candle in all but my favorite. The tall one looked best in candlelight and the fish adored it. sooo pretty.

[zahavah.livejournal.com]

omg floating candles! that is so so so cool...

the second half showed up in my email inbox, so no worries. :D

[swtjemz.livejournal.com]

yay....as long as they showed up somewhere and not sucked into a black hole.

it is! it was sooooooo pretty having dinner with dimme lights and candlight flickering all around, some fantastic food, delicious wine, and wonderful friends. Very relaxing and quite cool.

What have you been up to lately?

[zahavah.livejournal.com]

one of my former best friends' family always ate like that.... lights low, candles on the table, music playing. it was really nice. the fact that both her parents were culinary geniuses didn't hurt, either.

i have been up to absolutely nothing, and i love it. playing piano, running on my mom's treadmill every other day (with a pretty steep incline, trying to avoid shin splints at berkeley), totally AVOIDING getting ready for berkeley, etc. it's great. :D

[swtjemz.livejournal.com]

*nods* it helps that four of us at dinner were total wine addicts AND one is a culinary graduate. So yummmmmmmy. We all loved good food and great wine. So much fun.


oooooh. Go get ready for Berzerkly!!! And maybe we can go shopping in SF at Haight-Ashbury. ^_^

[zahavah.livejournal.com]

we are definitely hanging out once i get settled. :DDD

[swtjemz.livejournal.com]

of course!!!! I can't wait! Maybe you'll find to go to Yaoi Con in SF Halloween weekend....lots of slash and stuff.

[zahavah.livejournal.com]

iii dunno about yaoi cons... i don't do anime, y'know, just HP?

[zahavah.livejournal.com]

er. y'know? just HP.**

[swtjemz.livejournal.com]

hahah...no worries. *snuggles*

[(Anonymous)]

Hey Jules,
I'm glad you enjoyed MB! He looks dorkie, but cute nonetheless.
Damn girl! The stripper really took off her top eh?
6 said the bachelorette party was FUN!!!
~7ram

[swtjemz.livejournal.com]

Hey 7rammie!!!!! *snuggles* I wish you went as well so I didn't feel too left out.

But MB was fabulous and dorkie cute. ^_~ I wish you went as well. The show was sold out.

Yes....stripper was totally topless. and somebody *coughs*SIX*coughs* got to feel a lil' sum'in, sum'in.

[prestonsbarr.livejournal.com]

hehehe.. man he is cute.. and He sang Billie Jean?! HELLO!! Look at my name thingy for el-jay! Hahahaha

I just noticed at the bottom of your post that you got tickets for Interpol.. ANOTHER REASON YOU PWN ME WITH CONCERT TICKETS.. NOBODY BLOODY WANTS TO COME TO TEXAS!!!

Stripper.. hot XD Nuthin wrong with that.. <.< >.> I actually want to go to strip bar at some point in my life to to check it out.. Exactly like Madonna in the Music video.. :)

[swtjemz.livejournal.com]

WOMAN, HE IS MYYYYYYYY LOVER!!! *licks you* he was awesome. I love his sense of humor and his voice *melts* and the way he does that dorky dancing and hip swiveling.

He DID! He did the first part of Billie Jean in this high squeaky voice, obviously imitating Michael Jackson and did that little dance thing and grabbed his crotch. He stopped just to say that he sang that because all the fangirls wanted to see him grab his crotch. And I DID think of you. If I had your number, I would have called and made you listen to part of the show!!!! *squeeees some more*

*PWNS* yes! Interpol is LOVE. hahahahhah....I might come to Texas next year. Go visit my cousins and my godparents or something. ^_^

Totally go to a stip joint. But go with a bunch of guys and girls. Makes it more fun. heheheheh. *smoooches*

[thermidor.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you had a fabulous time!

[swtjemz.livejournal.com]

it was WONDERFUL. Although I did miss my pr0ny ladies....*snuggles*

[easybeef.livejournal.com]

OMG SQUEEE!!! That is so awesome! It'll be great to see you in person and meet your cousin and friends too!

It's been so long since I've been to a concert I'm freakin' out here, but in a good way :D.

[swtjemz.livejournal.com]

*SQUEEEE* I know!!! I'm totally excited! I bought them 4 minutes after they went on sale.

[dropsofme.livejournal.com]

That stripper is yummies ;p

[swtjemz.livejournal.com]

oh man...she is! and her tummy! *_*

plus...she was really nice and friendly.

[no8ody.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Hey chica...do you mind making this post "private"...hehe..
She's very paranoid about pictures like those laying around...esp on the Internet. Thanks! ;)

Interpol - a concert I've been wishing for. They're one of my all time favorite bands! It will be a great show!

[swtjemz.livejournal.com]

hmm...i just took out the last picture so that no part of her is seen except for the stripper. ^_^

the show will rock!!! *is muy excited*

[no8ody.livejournal.com]

thanks girlie girl
appreciate it.

[closet-bound.livejournal.com]

i love the fish tanks...uh...vases:) that was such a wonderful idea. i keep going back just to stare at them. yeah...the fish tanks;)

(good to see you again, by the way:))

[swtjemz.livejournal.com]

aren't the fish tanks lovely?!!! I loved the idea and I sort of want to do the same thing at home or work...

*snuggles* It's fabulous to see you again. *missed you greatly*

[closet-bound.livejournal.com]

*hugs* i've missed you too:)

yes, the fishtanks are beautiful:) if i weren't sure i would end up killing the fish, i would try that:)