i went to a pearl tea place today and they told me that they don’t have any pearls yet. they said that they’ll make one in about 20 minutes. 20 minutes?! i can’t believe that i will have to wait 20 minutes for a drink. but i’m sure that it’ll be well worth it.
i’m trying to figure out when my whirlwind pearl tea tour in LA should be. if you are in the LA/san diego area, hit me an email and maybe we can meet up for some pearl tea, eh?
i have had this love affair with steak for as long as i can remember. whenever my mom would make steak, i was so happy. she enjoyed it because it was an easy dinner for her. pop the steak in the oven, let cook for about half an hour and you are done. since then, the steak recipe has improved thanks to my dad and his complete lack of health consciousness. he uses more sugar in his cooking than krispy kreme.
last night i made steak. not just any steak, but costco steak. the glorious too-thick-for-most-people kind of a steak that just melts in your mouth. i loved it. it has been a long time since i made steak and i had almost forgotten how to prepare it. it has been that long.
but once i started to cook, the familiar smells, sights, and sensations started to take over. yes, indeed, i felt like i was right at home again. i can’t believe that i used to eat steak two or three times a week. that just seems crazy.
what’s really odd is that every so often i swear i feel like the smell of steak is oozing out of my pores. it’s kind of gross. =P
but, yes, the steak was lovely. how i missed it so. my stomach was quite happy last night. quite happy, indeed.
i am so excited! i am going to be making a steak dinner tonight. i haven’t had steak in a long, long time. i think that i will make a truly decadent steak dinner. mmmm. i’m happy just thinking about it. go figure, eh?
i wish that i had brought my camera so that i could take a picture of the joy that it will be. =P
the volleyball tournament is over and i think that it went pretty smoothly. i’m pleased that it is all over and i think that i’m also rather pleased at the general turn out. i think everyone had a good time.
i’m going to be going to sleep for a long time now. my body is still aching and i think that i’ve developed a sore back. luckily, i am not playing volleyball this week, so i think it will be a good rest. but i’m going camping this weekend so it looks like no rest for the weary.
it’s ridiculously early in the morning on sunday. the tournament yeserday went mixed. all of the people i talked to seemed to have a good time, but other people seemed to hear some complaints. i’m not really sure how the tournament was really going anymore. i will choose to believe that it went fine.
after the first day of play, the committee went around and seeded the pools of teams for the second day of play. my involvement in this, i thought, was supposed to be pretty large, but what ended up happening was a few people seemed to take over and completely change what i had envisioned what the tournament would look like. in fact, i think that there are more people who would be unhappy at the way the tournament ended up today than what i had planned.
i was pretty unhappy with how today has turned out roster-wise. i didn’t appreciate at all the attitudes that some people were giving me, particularly because i feel that they had been given ample opportunity to provide feedback to me, but never did. i don’t think it is fair to complain about how things were run if you weren’t going to be proactive enough to help.
i made a particular effort yesterday to go around to captains and talk to them about their team placements to see if they liked where they were at, particularly the teams that i felt were borderline teams and may need to be bumped up or down. i wanted to make sure that they players had a good time, and unfortunately, i feel like all of my efforts have gone wasted because things didn’t end up the way that i wanted to.
i’ve decided that running this tournament has really soured my experience and i don’t plan to run another tournament. it’s just too frustrating.
this tournament hasn’t been run for a few years now because they couldn’t get people to run it. i guess part of the reason why that’s the case could be because no one would want to. =P
but it’s all over and i guess i’m thankful that it went without too many problems.