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August10,2006

"end of summer" music: dashboard confessional - so long sweet summer
mood: melancholy

i know it's not the actual end of summer, but it sure feels like it. as i'm approaching the end to my summer, i noticed a few things: 1) once again i haven't accomplished everything i wanted to accomplish at the beginning of summer; 2) i didn't spend enough time with family and friends; 3) whitney is right: when i list out what i've done this summer, it's a lot more than i expected.

last week was fabulous because i not only got to hang out with susie and dan, but my friends surprised me with a birthday dinner at cafe gratitude. on wednesday, dan and i met up at civic center and went around the piers and wharf. i was so happy that he visited san francisco. that night, evan and i took him and susie out to dinner at okazu-ya on taraval. haven't been to that one since eighth grade, but it definitely looks the same. mmm...sushi. can't get enough of that sashimi. ;D i worked on my birthday, which i know, is blasphemous, but i figured that everyone else would be busy on a thursday night, so i said i'd celebrate on friday night. thing is, i got lazy and didn't feel like planning or doing anything, so evan insisted that he would take me out to dinner. however, to my surprise, josie and my girls had planned a little birthday get-together for me, so that became one fabulous night of vegan food and chocolate cake. the vegan food didn't really kick it with us because our stomachs still felt pretty empty. went to whitney's house after dinner to play catch phrase!, the new gift from josie and co. that was a fun game and a great alternative to taboo. (i think evan and i have played that one too much this summer.)



on saturday, mike and moë planned an early birthday surprise party for patti, so we all met up at hotel nikko in a hotel room that mike hooked us up with. the night ended awkwardly, but it was great seeing everyone again, especially people whom i hadn't talked to since graduation. lots of jenga, taboo, brownies, pizza, and i attempted to swim for a bit, but annoying children and the 4ft deep pool turned me off.

this past week has been fabulous too. on monday night, evan and i kidnapped whitney to wolf's house, where we played Settlers of Catan. it was one ridiculous game that evan owned because he monopolized the bricks.





as you can see, wood was the rare resource in this game and whitney and i just screwd wolf over with his 3:1 port. but darn evan and his monopoly! and his lucky dice rolls.

evan and i also went to sea cliff on monday night in our feeble attempt to catch the sunset. i have yet to see the sunset again...last time was in june. i guess sunsets just aren't our thing. should've gone to see it yesterday, but we went to patti's birthday shin-dig at crepevine. but monday night was still beautiful, despite the hovering clouds.





i love the ocean, i love san francisco, but of course, i also love him too.