I bring to you this journal entry after quite an eventful week in my life. I had initially intended to deliver a super interesting entry on Wednesday detailing several important purchases made by Joy and myself, but then I got stuck at work toward the end of the week. Not exactly my idea of a good time, but definitely something that needed to happen for my project to move forward.
Those of you who have been with us from the beginning (the “beginning” being August 10th 2003) have grown accustomed to our living room full of random chairs that included the likes of Pejman’s “special” chair, my nearly collapsed Ikea chair, the beach chair, and the two broken wooden chairs that matched nicely with our broken kitchen table. Slowly but surely, we’ve implemented Operation No More Random Junk and have added a variety of new furniture to our blossoming living room. Just last week, we received our “comfy chair” and stylish dinner table (see picture of Brian/Josh in all his black-socked glory; other interesting things to note in this picture include: my right leg.). Next, in preparation for Joy’s “Annual” Christmas cocktail party, we searched long and hard for the perfect Christmas tree. After months of treacherous journeys through the Andes, we found our tree (see picture) in the most unlikely of places: down the street next to the Culver City Home Depot. I guess ye olde saying is true: you’ll always find things in the last place you look. Oh rats!
In the end, Joy’s cocktail party was an absolute success (see John and Joy victory high-five). This was not unexpected given our inordinate supply of little sausages covered in bacon, enough Captain Morgan’s to flood the city of Los Angeles, and a guest list rich in diversity. It was great seeing our happy-fun medical school friends (Ashwini, Karen) outside of the Biomed Library; Josh made intermittent appearances in between Brian’s reign over the music selection; Pejman successfully performed his famed “Cardinals Celebration Dance” to every song; Joy, when not changing into a new dress, put a few solid minutes of face-time; Teach for America people were shipped to the party by the truckload; and, we were all honored to meet that one guy who called himself “Daytril”, even though nobody at the party knew who he was or how he was invited.
Tune in next time for exciting edition of my recurring column, “What’s Richard Photographing With His Digital Camera/Cell Phone Now?”…
* Marty O. Quote of the Day: “I’m really getting geared up for the holidays. I’m thinking of bringing the ping pong table over to MG’s house, and I just bought a dartboard too!”
* Movie Quote of the Day: “Willow! You idiot!”
December 14, 2003
holidays