august 27th, 2004

7:17pm

japanese vs. russian synchronized olympic swimming mixed with smoking loon merlot= tres bon joli.

synchronized swimming is almost the new gymnaastics.
it has that "it" factor the gymnastics was missing this year.

7:01pm

the philippines the philippines the philippines...

ok besides that...here is this. this guy i was talking to in my building during the sushi thing said his rent is $200 cheaper than mine. he has a slightly smaller apt. and lives one floor below me, and doesn't have dogs, but still, let's say $150 cheaper. or even $100.
do i make a fuss about this or do i just pay my $100-$200 more in rent a month? daaaaaaaaamn.

how does one go about this?

my poor jason is still not home from work...

 

6:05pm

today was another day that was like trying to walk through and breathe through sludge.
but i did everything i could to get the daily activities done with the discipline of an olympian (ok, i stretch the truth).

but i did wash the dishes, the clothes, take out the garbage and make it to the p.o. box. renew the p.o. box for another year. then go an get thai take out for jason and i, but he still has not made it home yet, poor creature :(

as i waited for the thai food at the place we always go, i finally heard part of the life story of the man who always waits on us. i mean, this guy is in there no matter what day or what time. he tells me he works 70 to 80 hours a week but already has had a new house built for him in the phillipines for only $15,000! you can get a 3 course meal there for a BUCK. he just wants to work here , in the usa, for 10 more years and then he will retire like a king. i said, but you could die tomorrow! and then for what? and he says he friends tell him this, too. well, now i am totally fascinated by the phillipines and i know so much more about this man who always waits on me, but at the same time, i know nothing. because who ARE you if you work 70 hours a week? you do your job and you sleep. i said what are you going to do when you retire and he seemed mystified by this question. i finally got out of him that he will play cards with neighbours and he will just "wander around" shopping and looking at stuff and going to festivals.

anyway, acoording to this man, the philippines is the place to be, and i am totally sold on the idea.
he had his house built NEW, 3 bedrooms for $15,000? unreal.

it sounds like this guy is obsessed with saving money , tho. but he sees each dollar he makes here as so much more than an american sees it. he only pays 600 in rent with phone and electric included. he is still just living so far down the scale but in the phillipines this is SO much money. really fascinating and i'll be thinking about it for days, i just know. i haven't even told you the half of it.

and then our apt building plus this sushi place is having a little taste thing downstairs so i went down there for free sushi. and i swear our building now is full of the types of people i was trying to get away from when i lived uptown.

gack.

pierced "dudes" and their cable access "hip hop" tv show. man.
wheeling and dealing and being cool. and just...
i dunno, i was ok with it at first and totally amuzed by it and then it just kind of made me feel ishy all over so i had to come back up to my apt.

everyone living in their little bubble world, including me, and sometimes we cross over into the other bounderies and then back into the bubble i/we go. dunno. too much or maybe too little for me to comprehend right now. sometimes when i reach out into other worlds it just makes me feel more alone.

i really wish i had the body of a 20 year old back, but i certainly, mentally, do not ever wish to be back there.

but i have curried fried rice now. and so all is well.



12:25pm

 

i think today will be a better day :)

for one thing, it's a bit sunny.