Strip

O glorious weekend! Why must you come to a close? On Friday night after class, I dragged myself to the Japanese movie festival. Why? Well, I had basically flunked a quiz that morning because I studied the wrong material for class (whoops) and I decided to make it up by getting the two points extra credit that comes with attending the Japanese movie festival. I trudged out of the room feeling very dour and anticipating boredom and extreme discomfort as I did with the last Japanese movie I watched, "Hotel Hibiscus." Imagine my surprise when "Twilight Samurai" turned out to be one of the Best movies Ever! I teared up quite a few times while watching it. Thankfully the ending was quite cathartic so I was able to look up when I walked out of McConomy. Yes, just a bit of advertising - if you haven't seen "Twilight Samurai," go watch! Anyhoo, to continue, after the movie, I was supposed to go to the architecture first year party. However, I felt melancholy after the movie so I decided to stay in for the night. Ben came over and we watched "the Cable Guy." It was an okay movie, very odd...
Anyhoo, the next morning, I got up and mooched around the apartment, did the dishes (again). Then I went out with good buddy Mike. First we went to lunch at Panera, and then we went to look for the salsa lessons we were supposed to go to. He mixed up the dates, sadly, but on the other hand, we got to go to the Strip District! We went into practically all the Asian markets and I stocked up on Chinese yummies. And then we went to a lot of specialty stores - pottery, cookware, metal-smithing, etc. I think we took a bit too long overall, Mike didn't get to go to his Greek market for his stuffed grape leaves (sowwy!) After that, Mike dropped me off at home and I lazed around the house a bit. Ben came by around 8 and we went to the Robinson Mall - larger than Danbury Mall, but much more confusingly laid out, and we shopped around. We perused Victoria's Secret just for kicks, and toyed with the idea of getting me a lacy g-string number. Except I'd probably only wear it once in my life, and it cost $30. I was looking at a lovely seamless bra, exactly the kind I've been searching endlessly for, also $30. I thought about buying it and Ben said that sadly he didn't have that much cash on him. I did, but I decided I didn't want it, and I gave Ben a kiss because he wanted to buy me something. He's so sweet... We went back to his place and watched "The Ring." Good god that movie is horrifyingly scary. Ben fell asleep while we watched it so he wasn't mentally there to keep me company. I just clung onto his inert body throughout the whole movie, occasionally using his shirt to hide my face, and I kind of cried on his shirt a bit, I was that scared (apparently Rachel cried a bit from fear too, so I'm not all that wierd - vivid imagination, she said - I think I'll use that excuse as well). By the time the movie was over, Ben was so tired, I just stayed the night with him (he has a Very comfy bed.) Woke up in the morning, very cold morning, and came down to a house full of Ben's family. I saw his mom and dad, as usual, and also one of his grandmas and his brother who is getting hitched this weekend. I do believe I'm going to the wedding with Ben. I think I have to find a dress... O yes, and I heard Mr. Gahring yelling on the phone with his mother - she's got dementia and that upsets him. I don't blame him.
So then I got back to the apartment, which was empty. I kept imagining creepy Samara from "The Ring" waiting for me somewhere, ready to scare me to death, literally. It was a very disturbing day. Then Rachel and Evan came back, and Christi, too, minutes after. And all was happy in my land. O yes, and I took the time to cook today. My repertoire has yet again expanded - this time, to include sesame noodles and "rice wine egg noodles." Yay!