so. i wanted to take a two hour nap before going to the sub tonight. but instead of falling asleep, i've been lying here remembering all kinds of things that i need to take with me and trying to figure out what to do with the whole 'no liquids' thing, since i don't plan on checking my bag. i'm thinking i'll just have to buy stuff once i get there. feh.
the other night i got to see the genders perform one last time before they head out on their 2007 US tour. it's funny... this is the third tour i've known them for as a band. i guess time really does fly when you're having fun. i'm quite nostalgic for the time i got to hang out with them on NYE 2006. no, i don't miss new york. i just miss certain events.
anyway, i wish them luck and the best two-month party they have had yet! =)
other than that, although i was not planning on going out tonight (due to my AM flight to gibraltar), it turns out that i will likely have to make an appearance at the sublime after all. well, not 'have' to, but it's something that i would like to attend. it's a 'back to the kochav' event, which is extremely nostalgic for me. although i think it would have been better at the actual venue. oh well.
either way, instead of taking a nap before my flight, i guess i will be out for a few hours.
at least i'm not going to work when i get there. that starts on monday =D
after having been familiar with the phenomena in new york and thinking that they are just about the oogliest thing ever, i have caved and become weak. while i still don't quite like the standard version, i now actually wish to purchase a pair of these. all black, of course. yes, i know... it's embarassing. heh.
in other (and yet related) news, i have come up with a birthday wishlist. in past years, it was really easy to just get me anything nightmare before christmas. however, since i have given up on all collectables and do not want anything that can collect dust in my apartment, i have come to realize that i am almost impossible to buy anything for. as such (and encouraged by my assistant), i have put together a (very) short and somewhat modest wishlist. i say somewhat because not everything is cheap. however, they are all either things i need or things that will be used - not some random, useless, cutesy crap =P
so without further ado, i give you my 'list': * Crocs – Athens (flipflops size 39) – all black * Converse size 39 (US men’s size 6) – any dark/solid color * Bras size 32C (70C) by Triumph – black * Jewelry for 12mm stretched lobes * Cell phone (flip phone) - nothing fancy. i just need a new phone that reads hebrew.
i really can't come up with anything else that i might want. but if any of you wish to actually get me anything from the above list for my 32nd (yes, i will be 32) birthday - i will be most grateful =)
so i went out to lunch earlier with michal and cat. only to not eat a damn thing. first they served me my lasagna cold. and then they brought it back with a hair. ewwwwwwwwwwwwww!!
instead i had an ice cream bar and some pretzels. woot.
last night i attended a party at a place called the 5th dimention. got to see some friends, have some drinks and generally have a good time. see, i no longer get excited about or expect much from events such as these. this is why i am usually not bored when i go. no expectations = no disappointment, right?
anyway, it was a good time. i didn't get much sleep, though, and ended up sleeping most of the afternoon and evening today. now i'm awake with what seems like no hope of actually going back to sleep anytime soon.
it's already twice in the last week that i meant to go out and do something, but fell asleep early instead. i was even just going to go to a friend's house to watch a movie, but was out like a light at about 9:30pm. yea, i know.
anyway, tonight is shavu'ot holiday eve and i simply must find something to do. there are already a couple of options... i hope at least one of them works out.
edited to add: tomorrow is a bbq at rony and oren's. i do believe that it will be quite amusing. and i'm sure i will have plenty of photos to prove just that ;)
didn't go out last night. daniel had brought me at least part of season five of family guy (we're not sure how many episodes it has), so i watched a couple of episodes before falling asleep.
this evening i put some red nail polish on. it's been almost a year since i've done that. heh.
in other news, pictures from the weekend are here and pictures from adva's birthday are here.
i had a seriously amazing weekend. karen, rony, oren and i grabbed tents, food and a bunch of other stuff and drove up north to the kineret. i will not write down the details, but suffice it to say that it kicked much ass and that none of us have laughed as hard as we did, in a while...
last night i actually got to see benji!! if you knew anything about this person, you'd realize that this is a serious accomplishment. the man does nothing but work. and when he's not working, he's playing WoW (ugh). i actually had the honor of his sitting in my apartment for an entire evening! heh. we talked, drank and ate, watched some tv and generally just enjoyed each otheres' company since we really hadn't seen each other in forever.
so i managed to have a good evening without setting foot outside of the house.
tonight is kinda up for grabs... there is still the pending question about whether or not i will be going up north tomorrow, so i don't know just how much partying is in store. but if i don't hear from anyone regarding that, i will just be proceeding with my usual thursday night activities. which will most likely just be an evening at the sublime or something in that area.
in other news, some 'progress' has been made in a certain gray area of my life. this makes me cautiously happy. i'm not jumping for joy just yet, but i have to admit that if the issue is solved, my heart will be a little lighter. it's a sensitive issue. i hope it works out.
nothing much to update. i just feel like writing something in here. therefore you get a list of my mundane plans and activities.
last night i had the chance to see bareket. we had a mellow night at my apartment - talking and staring at the tv. not sure why i'm tired today. i actually crashed at a decent hour last night. nonetheless, i am looking for ideas of things to do tonight. dilemmas of this sort always land me at the bloom. which is just fine =)
tomorrow i might actually get the chance to see benji (it's been just about forever) or otherwise to chill at natalie's new place. then thursday will include the usual nonsense. one can only hope that it will be as much fun as last week was. however, i am not entirely sure that i wish to drink the way i did last week since the hang over on the following day felt a lot like death. heh. not only that, but i think that i have a trip to the kineret planned for friday. so being hung over will likely not be a good idea.
i've been thinking about deleting my myspace account for a while now. but i have decided that it would be a shame to lose my URL. not that it's so special or anything, but every time i give one up - someone jumps on it and takes it right away. if it were something that i could come back to later on without worrying about whether or not it will be there, i'd have deleted my account a long time ago.
however, today, while browsing through different people's accounts - i came to the conclusion that i really don't want anything up there. so in an effort to compromise between removing the account completely and maintaining it, i have removed all of my friends. all of them. my account is therefore no longer active. i will not be re-adding anyone. and i am seriously considering going through the comments and removing them one-by-one. but that requires a little too much effort.
i am extremely antisocial. online too, it appears. and baby, it get worse all the time.
so it has been decided that twice a week i shall come in late (at about 11-12) in order for me to leave late. in other words, so that i don't have to escape the office when my boss still needs me.
this works out just fine for me.
taking advantage of this can include sleeping late, running errands or doing something a little more productive. like taking my bike out. which is what i did this morning. i managed to get a normal amount of sleep and also go biking for an hour.
also, even though i will be staying later - the day seems to be going by a lot faster.
other than that, it appears that i will be taking a trip to gibraltar sometime next month. i have to train on some program. i will be there for a week. aside from being at work, i hope i don't die of boredom. heh.
music: (i never really listen to anything, do i) mood: okie
after being totally incapacitated all of friday, i wanted to do something yesterday. as i had mentioned. so my activity ended up being going to come wonderful sea-food restaurant with a few people to celebrate adva's birthday. we had to wait a while to get in, but it really wasn't too bad. good times followed and i went home bursting. heh.
i was going to go out later as well, but decided that i could afford to stay in. what with the insane amount of time i've actually been spending out (i've been a good social butterfly since i came back from amsterdam).
this evening should be spend with liad. i think there was talk about the park and some munchies. if the weather continues being this nice, it should be very relaxing. yay!
after having slept most of yesterday and then through the night - i have to say that i feel 100% better.
all i really managed to do yesterday was lay around in bed, get up at some point to puke and eventually eat some sushi. it took me a good long while to eat it, too.
anyway, i'm up early and i'd like to bug someone. or just take my bike out.
i had a blast last night. i actually managed to drag my ass to three different places and kept going till after 5am. this is unusual for me. ask anyone.
but now i'm paying the price. i have a hang over given to me by the devil himself. first i felt fine. then i started feeling sick. when that started going away, i got a headache. and now my head hurts and i have hiccups. and my sick feeling hasn't actually gone away completely.
i am a mess. and apparently i drunk-dial other countries now. hah!
music: nothing mood: waiting for the hang over to hit me
warning: it's story-telling time in dinaland.
waited around at work for michal to finish up her stuff and then headed with her and ron over to the ramada hotel, where he's staying. we visited the executive lounge, which was rather disappointing and then decided on somewhere to eat. kobi came and joined us, too. since ron is here on a rather unlimited expense account, he treated all of us to whatever we wanted. he's also a rather silly/fun/amazing person to hang out with and just kept on ordering wine and filling our glasses before any of us ever managed to actually finish one. once food was done, it was time to find a bar. obviously. because we hadn't had enough to drink. right. we were going to go to one of the trendy places that kobi likes to refquent, but it looked dead so instead we opted to go into another trendy-ass place that only let us in cuz they were sure we were tourists (which ron is). at the bar, ron continued to buy everyone's drinks. i continued with the wine but i was given a shot of feigling (which israelis insist on pronouncing incorrectly). eventually michal wanted to escape cuz she was tired/drunk. so most of us left.
i continued on to the bloom, where i sat with the staff. nik and lior both showed up, too. all the while i was sipping (yes, sipping) my beer and being fed more feigling. nice.
i had a rather good time. i did not get much sleep. i don't quite feel like ass. i am waiting for it to hit me.
after having managed a lot of my catching up in the office, i have decided to tell a little about my trip. however, since it was nine days long i am not entirely sure that i will be able to recal any detail.
what i will say is that this was the best vacation i have had in a really long time. got a chance to see some old friends, make some new ones and all in a city that is absolutely amazing.
some highlights are: getting to see ruthie again visiting the sex museum (saw that one twice) visiting the torture museum visiting the amsterdam dungeon visiting the van gogh museum queensday seeing the blueman group show seeing danny and yisrael meeting new people
i had an incredible time. incredible enough for me to debate taking it further instead of coming back. but we all need money in order to feed our desires (most of them, at least), so coming back was necessary.
pics are not up yet. since i hardly even got 5 hours of sleep. but they should be up in the next day or so. for now, i leave you with this =)