a friend’s wedding is coming up and i was going to give the couple a red envelope. i asked my roommate if she had any and she said that she did.

she gave me a red envelope and i looked at it and blinked at her.

me: “uhhh, this isn’t the right envelope.”
her: “sure it is.”
me: “what does it say on this envelope?”
her: “joy, happiness, and prosperity.”
me: “yeah, this isn’t the right envelope.”
her: “what do you mean?”
me: “there’s a special one for weddings. double happiness or something equally chinese.”
her: “oh, i suppose there is.”
me: “yeah, i want that one. give me that one.”
her: “i don’t have any of those. this is good enough.”
me: “no, i want to be a real chinese person. get me one of those special envelopes!”
her: “fine, fine, i’ll go get some later.”
me: “sheesh, and you call yourself chinese!”

i’m not chinese, but i’ve ALWAYS used the same kind of envelope for weddings. it just wouldn’t feel right any other way.

i asked mia today if she would help me out with some clothes shopping tomorrow. i’m not completely convinced that i have all the clothes that i need to wear at a wedding tomorrow, so i’m going to go and buy a few necessities. i think all i really need is a nice dress shirt that goes well with a tie.

i’m going to try very hard not to buy a blue dress shirt. the last wedding i went to had a zillion guys wearing them, including me. it’s time for a new color. but what? i’m not so sure…

i think i may need slacks too. *sigh* too much shopping for too many things!

last night, as i was headed to meet up with abe for dinner, i realized that i had forgotten to take home the LCD that came two days ago. this was the second night in a row that i had forgotten it!

this time i wrote a big note on my whiteboard to remember to take the LCD home. let’s see if i can somehow forget it now!

but yeah, i have some great ideas on how i’m going to be using that LCD. we’ll see if it pans out. i guess this means that i need to clean my room a little bit tonight. it’s a good thing the weekend is coming soon, i think i’m going to need the break to relax just a little bit.

last night i met up with abe and dounya after far too much time has passed. i met their beautiful daughter, melina. she was supposedly very cranky yesterday but i thought she was pretty delightful for most of the time. parenthood has really changed them, but in such a good way. i played with melina for a little bit, she is just adorable.

it really made me think about what is important in life. spending time with abe brings back to me this kind of exuberance that only he can really muster out of life. i remembered what it was like to work with him and how much fun it was. i remembered what it was like to be so passionate about what you did that you looked forward to going to work everyday…even weekends.

spending time with him and dounya does really warm the heart and i wish that i would spend time with them more often. they are truly blessed people.

i also saw their wedding album. i can’t believe it’s been nearly five years since they’ve been married. the album was beautiful and it gave me several ideas about what kind of pictures to take at a wedding. i haven’t really spent a lot of time taking pictures in that kind of setting so it was really nice to see. looks like i’ll be getting a little practice this weekend at warren’s wedding.

right now mcdonalds is offering a free big mac after 10pm at their drive thrus. well, this is great, so i decided to get one last night. i go and order 2 apple pies (for a dollar!) and a big mac. when i get to the window the guy says, “oh, sorry. we don’t have any apple pies.”

i ask for a caramel sundae. “sorry, we don’t have any of those, either. how about some cookies?”

i didn’t want cookies. finally, i settled for a chocolate sundae.

it shouldn’t be this hard to get a free big mac. it really shouldn’t!

yesterday i was all excited about getting my LCD. imagine my disappointment when i realized about halfway to volleyball that i forgot to bring it with me home!

then when i got to volleyball, already bummed out that i forgot my LCD, i realized that i forgot to bring volleyball clothes with me! so instead, i was warming up in jeans and a shirt. very stylish, i tell you, but not the best attire for volleyball.

then this random guy came up to me and asked me if i wanted to borrow his shorts because he wasn’t going to be playing that night. i took him up on his kind offer and borrowed the shorts and played in them. what a nice guy. weird, but nice. i guess i can say that i got into a stranger’s shorts today…

someone you should know
-lisa loeb

Who do you think you are?
You’re talking so loud
You bury the sound
Of your heart that’s singing out

And where do you want to be?
On the top of your world
But you’re just a girl
Who forgot what it’s like to dream

You leave everything behind
But you’re so tired
One day you might open up your eyes and find

What you’ve got isn’t what you wanted
What you need just happens to be
What you’ve got what you always wanted
What you need just happens to be
Someone you should know

You try to hide between the lines
Of a story never told
But I’ve seen you run away
You’re afraid of the fall
The weight of it all is too much

But you might change your mind
If you’d stand up one day
You might open up your eyes and find

What you’ve got isn’t what you wanted
What you need just happens to be
What you’ve got what you always wanted
What you need just happens to be
Someone you should know

La da da da…
La da da da…
La da da da…
La da da da…
La da da da…

How do you keep it up?
It’s all just a front
A dangerous stunt
You’re gonna come down soon enough

Open up your eyes
Don’t be scared
You might find you had it all the time

What you’ve got is what you wanted
What you need just happens to be
What you tried so hard to hide
It was there between the lines
Of the story never told
Of someone you should know

What you’ve got is what you wanted
What you need just happens to be
Someone you should know

What you’ve got is what you wanted
What you need just happens to be
Someone you should know