Soundbite from Sedaris - Oct 27, 2008

"NO PHOTOS PLEASE", David Sedaris

David Sedaris @ the Opera House, SF 27 Oct 2008

I wondered when I arrived at the Opera House if David Sedaris knew just how many people had come to see him read out loud. The line for Will Call was long and growing to the end of the block. The two lines to get in were not much better. I had a feeling David knew. This wasn't his first book tour and certainly not his first sold out show. I especially wondered though if he ever wondered that all these people, who obviously adore and love him, would be here, just for him - all while he was still a struggling writer - when no one else had yet called him a writer and to him, he was just a 'typist', as he thought of himself years ago. I wondered if he knew he would draw crowds on his own when he was an elf at Macy's Herald Square manning crowds who came, not for him per say, but for Santa and Santaland.

Last night was amazing. It was my first running, book signing, whatever you want to call it. And I had splurg for front row seats in the orchestra pit. We were so close to the stage I could have felt David Sedaris's spit, had he showered upon us. I haven't laughed consistently for so long at such honesty and wit in a long time. Although my husband does do a good job at it on a regular basis.

remember: don't get too close

Don't trust too much and don't ever get too close. Especially in San Francisco...

once a month, i wish i were a man...

I had the best night last night but when I woke up, I knew it would be one of 'those' days. First of all, it's a Monday. It's also going to be the last week for my boss before he takes off for a whole month on sabbatical = hectic and crazy week for us both.

I was grumpy, moody and super irritable. I knew I was especialy annoyed, by every little thing and by everyone. And it's only MONDAY!

Then at 5pm, it came. I knew I was freaking PMSing. The next couple of days will really be hell!

Kalt & Stacey's housewarming

We went to Stacey and Kalt's housewarming where half of the couples there were mixed. When I came home, I started googling: "White guys with Asian girls" and found that I am not the only one who is well aware of this wide spread phenomenon here in the Bay Area.

I was chatting with someone at work when I first started in the beginning of the year. She saw a photo of me and Hak on my wall and asked, 'Is this your husband?' When I replied yes, she commented that I had married traditional. I thought, 'WTF?' What is that supposed to mean really? Obviously at that point, I suspected she married someone other than her own asian heritage and I was right.

Which reminded me of a conversation I had with the HR director from my last job. She was a nut job and turned out to be a royal evil bitch. She asked what nationality my boyfriend (at the time) was. I said asian. And she said, 'Really? I'm surprised. I thought you'd be with a white guy. You seem the type to be with a white guy. Again, WTF is that supposed to mean? Needless to say, she is a flip and her husband is white.

I've always been one to say that you cannot control your heart or who you fall in love with. I also believe that you fall in love with the person's soul and not the color of his/her skin. I've dated other of my own asian race but find myself annoyed at people who only date one particular race or seeks out only one particular race other than their own. I know I shouldn't care and it really isn't any of my business but yeah, it bugs me more than it should.

During my google search, I came upon this site:
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/20/11-asian-girls/

And there was this comment thread which depressed the hell out of me:

somethingelse on July 26, 2008 at 3:44 pm
asian girls do look like they are 20 … but only until they are 45… then they look 72 the next day. strange phenomenon.
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Not a white girl on July 27, 2008 at 12:23 pm
that’s true… somethingelse. asian women don’t crack til about 45, then all the sudden go downhill. i’ve seen it in my aunts, and other asian women. wierd….
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The thing is, I think this is really true! I see the slightest signs of aging as I leave my 30's. It's as if I've looked younger than my years for the longest time and all of a sudden, I am begining to finally look my age. (Although people at work still think I am years younger than I am.)

I will feel forever young and I don't think I will ever lose the childest enthusium that I have, but slowly I'll need to get used to looking old(er)!

what irks me most

1. Not having close friends in the same time zone so that when I come home from work late, which is often and I want to catch up, bitch, laugh, cry, whatever - I can't call anyone. They are all sleeping.
2. not capitalizing the first letter of the first word of a sentence in everything you type is fine in a casual setting: text, emails to friends, memos to self. etc. however, it is NOT acceptable and is down right annoying when people do this at work. just plain unprofessional.
3. People who stand on the left side of the escalator who don't don't move to the right hand side if they don't plan to move their arses, walk up or down - especially during rush hour.
4. Drivers who still are still using their cell phones in the car while driving.
5. Drivers who don't signal.
6. The company trying to be green at work by buying less bottled water and installing a water system for employees to use. What this has created is people hording all the bottled water in the morning since there is limited supply so that if you have an afternoon meeting with clients or partners, good luck carrying more than 2 big cheap plastic red glasses of H2o to the conference room without spilling.
7. People who are obviously not friends but really acquaintences when they ask you how you are doing at your new job and say the wrong company name. Obviously, they weren't listening or cared at your going away happy hour or the number of times you saw them afterwards.
8. Don't complain to me about people giving you unwanted advice now that you've learned you are pregnant and then turn around and dish out unsolicited annoying advice to me that my doctor has not even mentioned to me.
9. Know it alls.
10. Snotty elitists.
11. More often than and I don't want this to irk me but it does: minus one couples.
12. 50-60 degree weather in freakin July. Burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

To be continued...

Fritz in Hayes Valley

Grabbed a bite to eat after the wedding on Hayes Street. They recently moved next door to where they were and renovated. I miss the coziness of the old place. It's more modern now and they lost the outdoor garden space in the back!

The 'fritz' is still great. My favorite dipping sauce with the fries is the wasabi mayo! YUM.