over the rainbow

Hello, fellow readers. I know I have been really inconsistent with updating recently. The main reason being that I do not currently have a computer of my own at the moment since I gave it away. Once I get a new one, hopefully my updates will become regular again!

Summer has not been like summer at all. The weather here has been rainy for about three straight weeks. WTF?!?! Last time I checked, I didn't live in Washington.

Despite the gloomy skies, I still found some sources of brightness. My glossy magazines never fail me at this. This one particular editorial from Numero Tokyo made me smile when I saw model Vlada Roslyakova wearing a pair of metallic rainbow Nike dunks.

I usually don't wear sneakers (I try to avoid socks at all costs), but these, I would.

I also need to get a life. Then there'll be more to blog about!

Shirls

one year & counting

Jeff and I celebrated our one year anniversary yesterday, even though officially it was June 12. I can't believe it's been a year already. Sometimes it feels like we've been together for years though!!

We had brunch at Victor's, a small diner place at the edge of town I've never been to. I'm not a big fan of breakfast food, so I can't eat too much. For some reason they always give you huge portions at diners... I got a tomato omelet that came with toast and potatoes. Jeff got a more lunch-type meal, gyro sandwich, fries, and that hash stuff we love.

After, we decided to go mini-golfing! Jeff wanted to take me all last summer but we never went. We went to a place in Middleton where they had the best ice cream too, Richardson's. Jeff beat me on both courses. Yeah, I'm not very good at mini-golf. The place kind of smelled funny though, because of the water. It's probably because of the cows they use for their ice cream or something. We both got cones after, I with black raspberry and Jeff with Crunch-a-saurus. Or however you spell it.

Using the handy GPS, we found the nearest movie theater at some mall called the Liberty Tree. I think it was in Peabody or somewhere near there. We went to see The Hangover, which I thought was pretty funny. The mall itself was very strange. I don't know how to describe it.

The car ride home was supposed to be a half hour...yet for some reason every highway we went on decided to have construction 10 'o clock at night. So I didn't get home until 11ish.

Today was a lazy, relaxing day. It's what the rain does to me! The rain is nonstop, like we're in Washington or something. I thought it was June. COME ON.

Shirls

talk of the town

Finally, I have some time to sit down and blog properly. But there has been so many things going on at once, I can't remember every detail.

What I do remember is that yesterday evening Jeff and I had dinner at the new restaurant in town, "The Talk". We were supposed to eat there on our anniversary (which was June 12) because that was the grand opening night. But that got rescheduled because of my grandmother's death, etc. So we decided to go there yesterday.

It still had that newly constructed smell, but I like how it was decorated inside. Our waitress kept asking us if we wanted to try their "talktails" or some wine, which I found really funny. I think Jeff probably looks over 21, but not me!! We ordered fried calamari, a rib-eye steak for me, some scallop pasta thing for Jeff, and cannolis. They were all pretty good, minus the cannoli. I've never had one before, but Jeff said that was not the best one he's ever had.





Today I had dim sum with my family and Jeff. My aunt & uncle from Oregon are leaving today. They're so adorable; I love them. I really want to visit them since the last time I was there I was like 10 years old. One day?

I miss my laptop. Not the actual computer itself, but its accesibility. I gave it to my cousin in Seattle, since my parents were gonna buy me a new one anyways. Hopefully that'll be soon...

Shirls

absent without leave

I haven't been very good at updating these past couple weeks.

I didn't update about my graduation or orientation, and then the tragedy hit.

But I'll be back, and better than ever.

Soon there will be a proper post. Just you wait!

|Shirls|

photo - cobra snake

rest in peace

I feel like I've been MIA for a while, when in reality it's only been a couple days.

My paternal grandmother passed away today. I've never had someone close to me pass away in my lifetime until now. It's kind of hard to write this entry, but she deserves some remembrance.


[My grandma & me]

August 26, 1922 - June 9, 2009

I miss you.

|Shirls|