ah, another huge chinese banquet-style dinner. i waste so many hours of my life being a good chinese daughter at those things.

first of all, i totally forgot about dinner and hadn't finished my laundry. this meant wearing a black and blue flowered skirt that neither amanda nor i have worn since maybe sophomore year of high school with a tight pink top amanda grew out of. throw my mom's black cardigan over and you have one HOT CHRISPY. right.

secondly, you're being judged all the freaking time. and probably found wanting. must greet everyone, must serve everyone food in order of seniority, must not become minutely pudgy yet still eat healthily, must show i still have some vague grasp of the cantonese language, etc etc. hint: when in doubt about titles [i.e. between "auntie" or "granny"], go for the younger title. if she was expecting the "granny" and gets the "auntie", she'll just think you're being flattering and cute. aww.

third, small talk at these things is just plain painful. "wow, you're so old now! look at you! remember me?" "uhh...hi, auntie *mumble*!" yes, as if i remember you when i saw you last, with me at age 3. then they insincerely compliment you, saying, "you look so beautiful now!" or "i think you've gotten skinnier! that's good!" uh...thanks. i think they're implying i looked like a fat-assed babboon before. ah, good stuff.

oh, but i had my phone on vibrate in my purse that was sitting behind me during dinner...pleasant surprise when howard and digi called! ;-) sorry i couldn't chill with you, howie, and i seriously thought i heard "chad" instead of "ted"...

then i saw debbelah! we chatted and went over to timmy's to chill with some of the boys. animatrix was pretty depressing...but very creative and interesting. then the boys watched some porn together. and deb joined them. sickos. haha. okay, so at least they were laughing...but once again, i do not understand the whole male group bonding activity of watching porn together. i've mentioned it before, and i'm still baffled as to its purpose. please enlighten me if you can.

and a big THANK YOU to the awesome, sexy, amazing anthony for picking me up from the shop this morning. you rock. ladies, he's a hot, single, nice guy...i can hook it up! =D