electroplating is a woman's job

K - you're going to be shocked. but guess who's actually really cool and i became friends with? Cyrus. iiiii know. incredible. but he's REALLY sweet and nice and i had a lot of fun with him! it started a couple weeks ago when JD wanted me to go out with him. C came. i was a little apprehensive but i figured it was time for a truce. it was FUN. i mean, really fun. we were all a little...uh...out of it around 2 when the bar closed so we went to ihop to eat. i remember eating a LOT - of course the stuffed french toast. oh man that sounds good right now. with maple syrup, whipped cream, and strawberries. anyway, on saturday night we had JD's going away dinner. my choice, so i picked Ago. yum. C was there again of course. very sweet and gentlemanly, shockingly enough. he wanted to pay for the whole dinner (came out to a grand or so), but i wanted to contribute. i pulled out a 50 that H had given me for Cabo. i put it on the table, and the waiter comes and picks it up. C tells him - oh, that wasn't tip. why don't you give me the 50 and i'll put everything else on the card. waiter comes back and says, "what 50? there was no 50 here." !!!! unbelievable and gutsy. but what can we say? so we let it go. my 50 is gone, but at least i tried to contribute! then we went to Opera, which is a club. very very cool club if i do say so myself. hung out with this persian girl (who i think likes C who likes her too. very cute) and danced my little heart out. oh yea - JD called me a tease. humph. whatevers. anyway, went back to C's house and just hung out. we were waiting outside because they both forgot their keys (long story), and right in front of their place was this cop with his window open giving some poor chap a ticket. at 2:30 in the morning. sucks. so i'm just staring at the cop (what is he really going to do to me?). he's getting a little nervous cause i'm literally just standing there staring at him. he keeps glancing over and just waves because he doesn't know what else to do. i wave back and say, "JD - doesn't it SUCK to have to get a ticket at 2:30 in the morning?" well within ear shot of the cop. i mean, he's right in front of me. he freezes, stops writing the ticket, looks over at me, and winks. so mean. poor guy getting the ticket. unless he was speeding or something who knows. always give the guy getting the ticket the benefit of the doubt. haha. anyway, back to how cool C is. so on tuesday, JD, C, and little girl come over for indian food. C comes over earlier to hang out, and again, find out how cool he is. so now we're friends. i remember clearly why i thought he was an a$$ before, but i'm definitely willing to let it go now.

i'm leaving for Chicago in an hour! yay! visiting Grossie for the weekend. also get to see R&R. haven't seen them in months so i just can't wait to catch up. i miss Robin a LOT. he's been in Chicago since August i think so it'll be great to see him. i wonder how Rami's been coping with the whole moving countries thing. i was supposed to have finished a protocol by the time i leave (in an hour), but i've seriously been wasting the past 3 1/2 hours i've been here. JDoe gave me a ride this morning. i went to dinner with him and his other Sri Lankan buddies last night. talk about comic relief. they are absolutely HILARIOUS. between their stories of taking pictures of a porn star, finding a hooker in vegas, sleeping in a tent in the backyard during the crazy santa ana winds, and losing cousins while riding a bike and sending out a rescue team, i was laughing so hard i had tears streaming down my face.

and now i'm going on vacation. can life really get better than this? i wonder where grossie's taking me to dinner - he definitely owes me...