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September 25, 2006
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So I'm 23 now. I went out for my birthday on Saturday night... and wow what a night. I could have/should have been way drunker, but all in all it was a good time. After a few unsuccessful attempts at dinner reservations... first at A Rebours, then at Bar Lurcat, I "settled" on JP American Bistro.
The seared hangar steak that I was was amazing. Everything about the dish was perfect. My sisters gnochi, however, left a bit to be desired. There was too much going on with the flavors and it left my palatte confused. It's like they just dumped a ton of spices in there, albeit with though, although the result was a "messed up" flavor. Everything else was amaing. The service, the decor. There was just one thing that detracted from the experience and that was out of their control. Let's just say the next time I go there (I'd totally go back) my family won't be around.
After dinner we stopped by Virat and Bryan's new house. My sisters got to meet a few of my friends in a quiet environment... they seemed to like them. I thought it might be nice to get to know a few of my friends in a quiet setting before the bar.
Then we headed to Boom! (it has since closed) to check out a Minneapolis gay bar. It was packed (as expected) but we managed to get Doug to buy us drinks. Thanks Doug! Jet Set was next, as we had no chance at getting a second drink, and I was far from inebriated. One drink at Jet Set was nice before heading to, yes, I know, where else? The Saloon.
The Saloon has always ranged from good to okay to boring for me, but never have I felt nervous there. Saloon with my sister? Yikes! Enough said. I'm just thankful my sister didn't get totally freaked out. According to her, she's seen a lot worse: hotter men, bigger showers, gayer gays.
Well at least I'm back to my regular schedule. That's the best thing in the world.
I got a egg mcmuffin sandwich maker for my birthday! It was awesome! Also, Alan put together an awesome video of "Happy Birthdays" from various people that I know. Those were the best. I loved them both, Thank you Brad and Alan.
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September 21, 2006
Current State of Mind
So lately it seems there's one thing on my mind. And this one thing is so incredibly lame. But at the same time, I can't seem to think about anything else: finding someone decent to date.
I'm becoming quite bad about it all, and I am unsure about what my problem is. Is it even my problem? I'd like to think it just has to do with an unsatisfactory dating pool. However, I must concede that the problem could very well be me: Even if someone great to date came along I wouldn't know it.
Why? Because I am either afraid to commit to a relationship or I will find some fault (or make up a fault) in anyone I go on a date with. Or maybe I am looking for something that doesn't exist, that is, I am looking for a specific type of guy or whatever and I'm having unrealistic expectations.
I'm not going to outline what I look for here, I think I've already done that before in a previous post. However, I will admit here that what I look for in specific has no specific guidelines. It's all about finding the right person to click with. And, it's quite sad to say, no one has really peaked my interest.
And that's something that facebook, myspace, whatever can't cure.
Posted by piep0058 at 05:58 PM | Comments (6)
September 20, 2006
After a Mocha...
Hey check it out I got some new glasses!
I know, so gay right? Naw I think they're pretty decent... not too queeny, but just enough to give me an edge, without YELLING to the world that I'm out to critique your taste in fashion or interior decorating. I also got my head shaved tonight, thank you Alan.
So, in case you were too lazy to google the word OLED or look it up on wikipedia... I have a picture for you. It's actually quite neat what I do. The big problem that we hope to solve is how to improve performance (that is, standardizing the turn-on voltage of these devices and increasing lifetime). And so hopefully the process I develop will ameliorate these setbacks to launching a marketable OLED device.
It would be nice to have an electronic display that was extremely flexible and durable. I think everyone would agree with that. There are so many products to launch with this technology I don't even know what would be useful. The only ones I can think of right now are computer monitor and television screens. However, since these will be so cheap and easy to make, they could, theoretically replace many of the typical paper products out there: maps, calendars, and address books just to name a few.
Now that's an idea, an address book that's flexible enough to wrap around a pen. What else would be good? There's so many things that we could do. It's gonna take a lot of consumer input to actually develop a useful product that goes beyond the ones I've already stated.
I think I've had my fill of gay coffee for the night. Yeah that's right, I'm at Wilde Roast; it is just a few blocks away from my house.
By the way, I had the pleasure of receiving a drink from Tim the other night. It was odd to have someone recognize me from my blog. Who knew. Thanks man I owe you a vodka tonic. Good luck with that one girl... ha!
Posted by piep0058 at 10:36 PM | Comments (3)
September 18, 2006
Iceland ho!
This is my next vacation!
Life is good right now. Not gonna lie.
I go to work at 8 like everyone else. I get to leave around 4 or 5. I work out until like 6 or 7. I come home and cook or go out to eat. Then I watch tv, talk online, and learn some icelandic.
Did I tell you? I am trying to teach myself icelandic. I know, I'm super cool. There's approximately 300,000 people in the world total that speak icelandic. But hey, Iceland is cool!
I also have a new laptop. I bought a black macbook not unlike the one below.
So yeah, while I'm typing this, I'm learning useful phrases like "Hæ! Hvað heitir þú?
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