strategic venue: sitting comfortably in black, reclining chair with feet propped up by the deck.

listening to: the dryer and my conscience saying brownies are evil....and oh so good.

preferred poison: milk -- expires june 5/05 -- considered safe.

the view of trees and sunset: priceless.

so here i am again. why i suddenly started blogging this much is a mystery but i figured it keeps my mind in check sometimes. or it just encourages my crazy thoughts which will someday make me a gazillionaire or laughed, ridiculed and ostracized by my peers. :) anyhow, i didn't update you all on the past two days which were pretty fun-filled!

friday i went to see star wars. not bad -- talked about this in another blog entry :)

saturday i went to a volunteer day event where my particular group was assigned to a old elementary school restoration project. it was interesting because i'm not quite used to volunteer work that doesn't involve directly working with the people you're helping. i.e. i've volunteered with several camps, the COM, a convalescent hospital, etc and so working on a physical building never really came to mind. it was cool though because the pta was really involved in getting this school so many new and cool features -- it was good to see that kind of enthusiasm from volunteers, especially in a 'no weapons'-signed school (guess it wasn't the best of areas). from planting, painting, raking park chips, pulling weeds, cleaning, it was a good day. got to meet a lot of people :) (note to self: best to keep head away from newly-painted walls) after volunteering, there was this event for all the volunteers (talk about getting stuff in return, eh?) :) it was nice though -- unlimited bbq, beer, and live music for all the volunteers (yes, many have said that the money for the event should just go directly to the people in need but i guess this is how they planned it).

After the event, had coffee and dinner with two of J's friends who -- i must say -- were really cool.
Cherry Street Coffee House: really nice decor and atmosphere in b-town, a place where artists used to live until it got a bit too pricey for artists. it's a small joint but a unique coffee place (not like a tully's or starbucks) and a persian twist to it (they sell persian food too).
Wasabi Bistro: easily one of my favourite japanese restaurants for rolls. low lighting and happening place with nice decor. a very good 'date' place if you find that special someone in the area who loves japanese food. the caterpillar roll (a classic in my book) was my favourite roll. deep fried ice cream (green tea ice cream fried with tempura batter on the outside) was also a hit (though i would say x-nay on the cherry syrup because it really takes away from the green tea flavour).