champagne cocktails

falling asleep on the toilet? i've never done that. i did fall asleep in the bathtub a couple of times, but not for more than a few minutes at a time. not like my friend chad who passed out drunk in his parents' bathtub all night (filled with water), resulting in scaring the hell out of his dad the next morning who thought his firstborn had drowned.

today is proof that i can work, go to yoga, and still go out at night. tomorrow will be proof that i cannot.

jen's in town, so we had drinks (and dinner, sort of) with her and jason. jason is getting lots of love from our female friends these days thinking he's cute. since some of us have known him for anywhere from one to three years, this simply indicates to me that sometimes your number is just UP. i saw again the same thai trannies from the other night, sitting outside of starbucks again. again! this time they didn't appear to be fishing, but i got so excited that i jumped up and down and pointed them out to jason rather loudly. oops. they didn't seem offended, and he wasn't fazed.

stephanie mentioned that she would bet that work at DR would be slow enough that i would be updating my blog at work. i am not getting that same indication. my first week - arguably the slowest week of one's tenure - has been pretty damn fast. lots of meetings and already i am sensing shall we say, challenge from certain colleagues (whom i found out this morning will be reporting to me in a couple of months... do not think they will be happy about that given the attitude i sensed today at our touch base). said colleague followed up his laundry list of personal beef with openly admiring my watch (which is think is kinda gay for a straight dude) and asking where i go clubbing. wha? things sho' do run differently in china.

i need to buy some work clothes.

have already decided that i will be pushing the envelope on lunchtime stringency. one cannot go to a venue and order and consume a lunch in 30 minutes, especially in the restaurant wasteland where i work. i am going to be a foreigner and act like one on this subject. gregor is just up the street, and jason works up the street, and i demand the flexibility to meet lunch buddies when the need arises.

well, i'll think about it anyway.

night night. kiss kiss from your favorite, semi-tipsy blogger.