here's my four day weekend, summed up.

FRIDAY NIGHT

went to howl at the moon at powerplant in baltimore. it's a piano bar. we went out for niki's birthday. i got very drunk. the piano players are very awesome there. we requested "stayin' alive" by the beegees, and they played it, and it was righteous. niki's sister also requested that they drag niki up on stage, and she danced while they played "can't buy me love" and "i saw her standing there."

SATUDAY

i went to bed at about 9 in the morning. i was exhausted, and totally wasted. i was mostly up that late because i was sick four or five times. i woke up at 12. coop's dad had a 50th birthday bash at their place, so we went there for that. the food was delicious. there were bbq chicken legs, wings, meatballs, deviled eggs, and the topper was shrimp wrapped in bacon with bbq sauce. yum.

their toy poodle escaped the yard when it was pitch black outside. oh, and the poodle is black. 8 or so of us ran outside to go look for the dog. i saw the dog on the sidewalk, and i tried calling her name to get her to come to me, but that didn't work, so i started yelling incoherently, like all of the coopers do to get the dogs to come to them, and she came a-runnin'. "good dog! *smack* bad! bad dog!"

SUNDAY

went to church with niki in the morning. we studied some proof of god / god and science type stuff, followed by a semi-sexist sermon, but i'll leave that to your imagination. was going to watch the ravens game, but i instead decided that i am not a big enough fan to want to do that. so i played games with kit instead. i think. i don't remember it very well.

MONDAY

niki and i ran a few errands, and by errands, i mean going to best buy to purchase halo 3 ODST. boo-yah. after that, we met up with b-fer and "sexy rexy" at b-fer's house to play some rock band. we went to some random bar for dinner, and lucky for us, it was karaoke night. lucky, in the sense that our table was right next to the singer, and by singer, i mean that there was like one guy singing karaoke mostly.

TUESDAY

i woke up reasonably early for a day off, and i watched seven pounds. that movie was very "meh" in my eyes... probably will smith's worst movie. not the worst movie i've ever seen though. after that i played some halo 3 ODST. i was never very good at halo, so i was pretty proud of myself for how well i was doing, i guess. yep. later that day i went to see kit and meggyo, and kit and i played ssbm melee, and some ODST firefight once nick came over. that was fun.

i also went running. however, my stomach started hurting after about one mile, and i imagine it was from the sweet and spicy pork that i made for lunch. oh well. we then watched jeopardy, america's funniest home videos, NCIS, and the office, and then i went to bed.

and so ends my extended weekend. now i'm back at work, and it's never been sadder! cheers, though, as the week is almost over.

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so yesterday was lori's birthday. you don't know who that is, but that's okay.

we ended up going to the melting pot. if you don't know what that is, it's a fondue restaurant. oh, and it's out of this world.

my dad was there, physically, but mentally, well... he was very confused by the menu. when the waiter came over, he said "i have no idea what any of this means." that made the rest of us immediately slap our foreheads. that's okay though, he'd never been there before. however, neither had i.

so there were seven of us at the table, and the table had two burners built in. the dinner consisted of four courses i will lay them out for you now. because we had two burners, we were able to get two different types of dippy junk each course.

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course 1: cheese fondue course.
- one pot of swiss cheese with white wine, garlic, and sherry.
- one pot of mixed mexican cheeses with fresh jalepenos and salsa.
- apples, bread, carrots, celery, tortilla chips for dippins.

course 2: salad course.
- ceasar salad. (not as exciting.)

course 3: dinner course.
- one pot of coq au vin (broth with red wine, green onions, garlic, mushrooms).
- one pot of mojo (broth with carribean spices).
- filet mignon, marinated steak, shrimp, lobster, rosemary chicken, sun-dried tomato and cheese ravioli, bratwurst, mushrooms, broccoli, potatoes for dippins.

course 4: chocolate fondue (desert) course.
- one pot of milk chocolate and crunch peanut butter.
- one pot of yin yang (dark and white chocolate swirled).
- marshmallows, brownies, poundcake, cheesecake, rice krispies treats for dippins.

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i think that it may have been one of the most satisfying meals of my life. also one of the most expensive. worth it.

after i took a bite of chocolate peanut butter on a rice krispies treat.
chris: "dude you look like you just jizzed yourself."
me: "...comparable."

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these are some of my favorite music lyrics.

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"i'm ripe with things to say... the words rot and fall away."
-blink 182, "stay together for the kids"

"sometimes it just feels better to give in."
-taking back sunday, "my blue heaven"

"wear me like a locket around your throat. i'll weigh you down. i'll watch you choke."
-fall out boy, "nobody puts baby in the corner"

"at least we know that if we die, we lived with passion."
-cartel, "burn this city"

"don't you ever dream of some place better, or a life that's greater? don't you ever feel like you were destined for something bigger than your skin?"
-forgive durden, "the exit"

"we have tested the buoyancy of loyalty. you left our lungs for canteens. you left our ankles for anchors."
-the receiving end of sirens, "dead men tell no tales"

"through playful lips made of yarn, that fragile capricorn unraveled words like moths upon old scarves."
-panic! at the disco, "northern downpour"

"she's the symbol of resistance, and she's holding on my heart like a hand grenade."
-green day, "she's a rebel"

"we laughed our way down the beaches as we danced around the issues."
-mayday parade, "jamie all over"

"you'll wish you never met me. butterfly, float on by me."
-cauterize, "closer"

"i don't like these tiny portions with your artful abortions of sound, sealed with a kiss, slathered in the sauce sarcastic, so go choke on your irony."
-say anything, "futile"

"is that what you call tact? you're as subtle as a brick in the small of my back."
-brand new, "seventy times 7"

"now it's two a.m. and i'm picturing the way things used to be, but all i see is you looking at him like you used to look at me."
-madina lake, "true love"

"i'm just a guy that never tried. i'm just a stupid fuck with brilliant luck, and sometimes i a bright idea, so shower me in a chorus of compliments and verse i don't deserve. i might run, but i'll never hide."
-motion city soundtrack, "hangman"

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all of these songs are a few years old now. it makes me wants to break out some of these CDs. if you don't know these songs, check 'em out; your'e guaranteed satisfaction, or i'll give you PPS, because i don't have much real money.

any suggestions to what i should be listening to?

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so we got audited at our bank today. all i can say is: trifles.

there are certain things that the system allows me to do, and that is why i do them. if they want me to do it a different way, then the system shouldn't allow me to do it the wrong way. it's probably like one line of code to correct what they want me to do. granted, i will start making changes so i am doing it correctly, but the fact is that it's not my fault that programming doesn't do their job right.

whatever. at least our auditor is a nice woman. i'd be pissed if someone was yelling at me for shit i shouldn't be responsible for. oh well.

overall, it went well. i think it's over. it might not be. if it's not, i'll let y'all know.

i left my lunch at home today. turkey sandwich, courtesy of my sis. damn shame i forgot it. i thought about it from the moment i woke up and then walked out the door without it.

so... now what do i do?

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i didn't get off work till 5 yesterday. it doesn't seem like a big deal, but it is when you make plans, and you are scheduled until 4:15.

the good news is, i got sushi for dinner last night. it was my only meal of the day yesterday. oh, didn't i mention? i worked a 9 hour day and didn't get a lunch break.

well, today will be the same. no lunch break. i did, however, get breakfast today, so that's good. my goal to speed up my metabolism by eating each meal every day is failing, though. i just don't have time every day. if i lose another hour of sleep i'm gonna be dead by the time i get to work.

i guess i'm just frustrated. i'm always tired, always getting headaches, and i can't fix it. ugh.

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today, i have already had more customers at the bank than i had monday through saturday of last week.

of course, it happens on a day when the other customer service rep is on vacation, the assistant manager is out at another office training, and the manager is out at meetings.

so i'm *sings* alllllllll byyyyyyyyy myyyyyyyyyy seeee-eee-eeeelf. and my work is stacking up at a rate that could be considered exponential. ugh.

i'm also hungry. i don't get a lunch break today, because no one can cover for me.

i also don't get to see niki today.

i'm currently in hate mode.

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on the plus side, me and b-fer are going to get sushi tonight, so we can eat dinner and watch how i met your mother and the big bang theory with kit y meggyo. woohoo!

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