is it tuesday already? i am so tired! so it turns out that i’ve been ridiculously busy. how is that possible? i’m not even employed.

i am currently sitting at bar code in san jose enjoying their pearl tea and free wireless internet. let’s start off with the weekend wrap up, shall we?

on friday, i went camping with a ton of people in tahoe. the original plan was to go on the plume trail in tahoe, but my back had been bothering me a little and by the time people went biking, i just wasn’t ready for it. so i had to bail at the last minute and decided to go hiking instead.

saturday was a lot of fun and very relaxing. i think that it was very peaceful to sleep in and just chill out at the camp site. i regret not being able to go biking, but i suppose that i will have to go again some other time.

sunday, we woke up, ate, packed up and spent far too long in traffic. i barely made sunday night volleyball and after that i promptly fell asleep. all in all it was a good weekend.

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.

i ordered a large pizza last night. i inhaled half of the large pizza in less than 10 minutes. i think that i could have eaten much more but i knew that eating half a large was probably enough to satisfy me so i stopped before i would get a stomach ache. i was still hungry, though.

i’m about to leave for day 2 of the volleyball festivities. wish me luck!

as unhappy as i am about how the tournament is being run, i am personally really happy with how i’m playing on my team. i actually want to be a lot more involved in the team’s offense. i’m not sure if it is just my imagintion, but it seems like the other two guys seem to be getting more action than i am. i don’t mind, they are stronger players than me, but i really want to be more involved! =)

i have been particularly happy with my defensive play. i have been picking up a lot of hard hit balls. i also have been really happy with my net play. i’ve won jousts against much taller players, i feel like i’m forcing errors by having a presence at a net and blocking, and i think that i just feel generally good about the play.

what i find kind of funny is that i’ve been playing middle for the team when i’m in the front row. the middle position is usually reserved for the tallest player on the team because they are teall and have the biggest presence. in one of the rotations, in both rotations where i am playing middle, i don’t think that i am the strongest middle person, but i’m still playing it. =P it’s good fun though and i think that i’ve been pretty happy with it so far.

personally speaking, the tournament is a lot of fun and i’m having a ball. i hope my team wins today!

it’s only a few days before the big volleyball tournament that i’ve been organizing for the last month or so. i’ve finally got most of the raffle prizes from the sponsors and i think that the teams are slowly being sorted through. it looks like things are shaping up pretty decently. i need to make a few new designs, but i think that it is all coming together rather nicely.

it’s been a lot of ups and downs this tournament, trying to plan things, trying to get all the information, and trying to get everyone together. i’m writing some documentation for this tournament so that whoever runs the thing next time doesn’t have to go through so much discovery. it has been insane how difficult this tournament has been to organize. the problem is that the information to run the tournament is spread through about half a dozen people so trying to figure out who knows what is the hard part. i think that this will be the last tournament that i organize, it’s been hard work. i’m going to make all the soft copies of all the documents available and hope that whoever does it next, it’ll be easier on them.

you: girl in thin white ribbed wifebeater and a black bra.
me: strangely attracted to that look.

why?

i went to pizza hut again. i actually went yesterday, but by the time i got there the lunch buffet was closed so i walked in and walked right out. today, i went early and had 5 slices of pizza, a couple of cups of lemonade/raspberry ice tea, salad (what?? i know. weird), bread sticks, their non-pasta pasta, and some cinnamon sticks. let me tell you, i’m stuffed.

yesterday i went to taco bell because i couldn’t get my fast food fix and had the new crunch wrap supreme. it was pretty tasty, i must admit. man, all this fast food is bad for me. i think that i may try to make a more healthy dinner tonight. steak? hmmmmm.

i feel like the planning for the JACL volleyball tournament is FINALLY coming along well, just a few days prior to the tournament. man, this is definitely the last one that i am going to organize. =P