your loss. i'm double jointed.

ok, so i'll start off with a casper story. because everyone loves a good casper story, and i don't tell enough on here. as i think i've mentioned previously, casper is quite the bring it on fan. in fact, he think all 4 of them are quite excellent films. as there have not been many good movies out lately, his is having to enjoy his favorite movies again and again. clearly, this is why he has watch bring it on 4 at least 2 times in the last week. one of those times was at work? so when i got there around 10 and he brought his computer into the conference for me to set up my powerpoint, he decided to ask me a question. he asked me to explain the following line said to a jock with a girlfriend by a cheerleader (not his girlfriend) who is walking away from him: your loss. i'm double jointed. 

the double jointed conversation went something like this

me: uhhhh, wellll, double jointed is when your joints bend in ways that most people can't, so you're very flexible

casper: um, ok, so why would she say that?

me: well, some people find that flexible people are more..... attractive.

casper: oh, so it's like saying "i'm sexy" you can say "i'm double jointed"

me: NO. uhh....flexible people can you know, do things with their bodies that other people can't do.....

casper: [blank stare]

me: uhhhh....ok, basically it suggests you're good at sex.

casper: ohokwellthencanyoutellmewhatthey'retalkingaboutinthisscene?? [frantically presses play]

he also asked if me or anyone i know has ever been in a situation where say she likes someone, but that someone doesn't like her, instead he's in love with someone else. and that someone else is married. he wanted my advice on what to tell his friend who e-mailed him with the dilemma. 

in other big news, i got paid on thursday and as i am completely incapable of saving money in pretty much any capacity, i killed time on friday by shopping and, success of all success, I FOUND SHOES. CUTE ONES. ONES THAT FIT. ONES THAT I CAN WEAR ON A DAILY BASIS. 

anyways, so friday night we went back to the beer gardens. i was really hungry when we got there, but for some reason i didn't think the food was so delicious this time around. i kept trying things and they would be delicious, and then a bite would taste like fish and i wouldn't be able to eat that dish anymore. then by the time delicious things were coming out, i didn't feel like eating. don't worry though, there was plenty of beer. it's kind of one of those "i feel like i remember everything but can't quite piece the evening together" type of nights. i do know it ended in coming back to yantian, getting more messed up than we already were, and staying up til around 5 am for no reason.

saturday we just sort of hung out around yantian all day. evan came over around 3 and we started drinking. that was a huge fail though. somehow even though we all started drinking around 3 or 4, at no point was anyone legit drunk. we did go to this restaurant here called champs that has like real american food. i had a hot dog. it was goddamn delicious. i kept singing the hot dog (watch me eat) song in my head, but i decided not to bring it up at the dinner table haha. they also had paper on the tables and oil pastels, so we spent a few hours there drinking and eating and coloring. it was by far the most fun part of the night. good food, coloring, and funny conversation. oh, and beer. after that we went out to this club, but that was pretty lame. there were maybe like 3 people there that weren't there with us and the music was so loud you couldn't hear someone screaming in your ear so we had to sit outside and the weather wasn't super great. and none of us got drunk. and we were all pretty exhausted from the binge fest at champs. we decided to keep drinking and play monopoly back at yantian when we got home at like 3:30 and that didn't really work out cause we were so sober and tired. yet for some reason, gwyn and i stayed up til  5 am again. we need to stop doing that. it was still a really fun night though and made me realize i'm going to be so sad when linda and frank and mike and everyone else leaves me :(

anyways, we have a 3 day weekend this weekend (even though it should be a fucking week long vacation and i should be leaving on thursday to go to indonesia to get scuba certified on gili t, but whatever, i'll take what i can get). no real plans yet, but we were talking about going out and renting bungalows on this beach that's an hour or so away. ALSO we just found out that the beach by us is bioluminescent or whatever. basically, when you swim in it it glows turquoise. FUCKING COOL. and as it was really nice and warm on monday and tuesday last week... it might be getting warm again so it's BEACH TIME AGAIN!!! which is good news for everything but my tummy, however, i have started doing my silly workout tapes again, so maybe by the time beach season is over, i'll be able to wear a bathing suit haha. 

OH. and i've started the ball rolling on the visa thing. casper was pretty useless for round one, but i've been talking and i do have to leave the country and casper didn't mention anything about me working in the hong kong office, so let's just keep those fingers and toes crossed for TEXAS THIS SUMMER. seriously. anything that crosses, fucking cross it. i need to get drunk on the comal at least once this summer. 

finally, i'd like to end this blog with a moment of silence for bea arthur :(