Guiseppe's

Dinner with friends this evening at Guiseppe's.

Best Sakai Conference Ever!

Best Sakai conference so far.

Lindor Truffles

Picked up a birthday present from the apartment package cache today. Lindor Truffles are delicious! So cool.

I'd like to sell a vowel

Finally made my ItsYourTurn.com move. Too late to stay in my Jamble games with dad, unfortunately.

Why do I keep doing this to myself?

That really hurt.

2 miles

Ran 2 miles with Doug after work.

Phone call

A phone call from a friend just made my day.

Honesty

Honesty and Honest Tea with a local friend. Stuffed crust pizza from Pizza Hut and coupon clipping fun to go with.

Phone Call

A phone call from an old friend today made my week.

Edgefest 2007

I went to Edgefest 2007 today with Dan.

Good times.

I went to see the Plain White T's, who dutifully played Hey There Delilah, which was okay but not quite as awesome as I had unrealistically expected.

Dan wanted to see Mute Math but with the parking and traffic we weren't quite in time to hear them.

However, we were in time to catch the second half of the Eisley act, which was awesome.

Then we caught Hot Hot Heat, a band I hadn't previously been familiar with. The Bravery was kind of cool, but Fly Leaf was definitely not my kind of music. Reminded one of the angst of Ruby developers.

The last act we caught was Louis XIV. The mannequin they brought with them onto the stage more or less summed them up. Talented, though.

Furniture and Oregano's

After work today I helped Drew Wills move in some furniture he'd purchased off of Craig's List. Then we went out to Oregano's for dinner.

But, I really liked Hitch

But, but, I really liked Hitch.

Elephant Bar

Lyndon was in town again this evening on his way back from his San Diego vacation. We met up for dinner, first trying to go to Cyclo which it turns out is closed on Sundays and Mondays, and so instead going to Elephant Bar at the Chandler mall. Dining there with Lyndon is an altogether different experience from dining there with Mike Zackrison. Fun in a different way. It was good to see Lyndon looking well and he's convinced me San Diego is a place I'm going to have to visit again sometime.

A Saturday Well Spent

Today I had a brie and turkey sandwich lunch at the Desert Botanical Gardens and again took some time to walk through the Childhood Dreams sculptures, explored the Hall of Flame fire museum, called relatives, bought too many books at Changing Hands, visited my favorite canine Brady and took him for a long run, borrowed a friend's cable television to catch the end of a Psych episode and all of a Burn Notice, and met up with friends to see Stardust.

A truly excellent day.

However, no day is perfect. Today I confirmed that grabbing onto a cactus, while the natural and reflexive thing to do, is not a good way to break one's fall. (No, this didn't happen at the DBG, so you need send no garden police after me.)

Hall of Flame reminded me of home, it having so many Wisconsin artifacts and roots.



Stardust Trailer

Buffalo Wild Wings with Lyndon

Lyndon hosted an after-work gathering at Buffalo Wild Wings featuring a parade of ex-Uniconers. It was a good time and it was good to hear everyone's doing well.

Michael during layover

My college friend Michael had a longish layover this evening at PHX, so I picked him up at the airport and we went to dinner and hung out on the ASU Tempe Mill Ave scene before I deposited him back just-in-time to the airport. Made me feel old -- I don't quite pass for college age kid anymore, though neglecting to have my ID on me still kept me out of the Big Bang piano bar.

Maybe it's just me, but maybe the signage around getting to the airport could be improved a whole lot.

Phone with an old friend

Spent quite a while on the phone with an old friend this evening. It was fun to catch up.

Airport

This morning I got to deliver a friend to the airport in the wee early hours of the morning, which was a lot more fun than it might sound.

Saturday

Today I bought a plane ticket to my sister's wedding, filed the associated PTO request, paid bills, visited a friend and her dog (and enjoyed excellent fresh Snickerdoodle cookies!), watched a Poirot episode, and ate take-out General Tso chicken for dinner. The latter wasn't all that good and just as soon as I find them on Yelp I'll probably feel the need to ding them.

I turn in with especial resolve to hit the day early to make it to at least one church service.

Independence Day

A friend's generously included me in her family's Independence Day gathering. Several lovable canines, oodles of delicious food, interesting people to meet and a particular grandmother's stories to hear. It was a good time. Awesome swimming pool, too.