This could be it, my last post before China. Farewell and hoa!

They brought in pizza for lunch today. Not regular, white people pizza, but weird pizza like clams and garlic. Nope, I'm not kidding, I'm just from Ohio, where vegetarian pizza means cheese. I'm standing in the kitchen, talking to a few folks while eating when this new guy walks in. I was refilling the coke supply in the fridge and while my back was turned, the guy took my pizza and left his behind! Sheesh.

Twice is more than enough
Being gay, as you might imagine, I do not have a lot of opportunity to see men's anatomy (aka THINGS, or PARTS). This of course is part of the whole lesbian deal and something that I'm totally fine with. However, not once, but now twice in the last few months, I've seen live cocks! The first, well, that was a long night involving a 52 ounce football full of beer, a lot of sangria and an expensive bar in Vegas. I'm still traumatized by that one.

Last night, I subbed in for the Bandits, which was tons of fun. After the game, I'm in the locker room, stripping down to my hockey underwear (which is still more clothing than some people wear to the Ohio State fair) when I look up at the wrong moment. A guy was getting ready to go into the (communal, gay bathouse-esque) showers and stripped all of his clothes off. There it was, his THING, waving at me from across the room. I looked away then looked back, horrifed.

Yup, I like girls. They are free from parts like those.

I think I broke the office microwave. I was making my oatmeal, just like every day I'm in the office. The little cup was spinning happily, about to boil over as I took it out. I closed the door and blamo! The microwave went NUTS! All the lights came on, the little tray spun satanically and there was a lot of beeping. I screamed like a girl, unplugged the thing and took off.

My new friend in China.

I am tired of being tired. I am tired of spending 4 hours of my day, every day, getting to and from work. It is time to find another job closer to home. I'd said that this would be my last tech job but it looks like I'll need at least one more while I get through Park Ranger training. I so long to not be exhausted all the time.

We took my parents to the Korea House, home of 2 pounds of food per person and the owner's personal attention along with hints for making sushi. Sushi! she shouts as she puts rice then bean cake then meat on a piece of seaweed for you. My dad walks in the door, stands in a sea of Korean people waiting to get their Bul Go Kee and says "HAH SO!". Oh dad.

I hate drama
Remember how my hockey team all bailed on me last season, leaving me with 5 loyalists? I rebuilt, luckily inheriting a 3 on 3 team of 9 folks largely intact. Today I got an anonymous email from one of them with some valid concerns about me favoring the loyalists (which is true, they talk more so I hear them more) and certain folks playing different positions. What smarts about this is that they didn't tell me who they are. That's silly, I'm a grown up, you are too. Let's work it out, eh?

I work very hard at balancing the team's individual abilities, often putting myself on D when I'd rather play forward and moving folks around depending on who is there. I guess I haven't displayed how hard I work at that. I asked the team for their input on where they'd like to play, hopefully we'll get some pleasant surprises out of that request. Otherwise I don't know what to do, if people don't talk, I can't hear them....

Woo hooo! Amy has secured a seat with Andrea and I for the important flights, the long ass ones from Seattle - Tokyo, then Tokyo-Shanghai. There will be no passing of things across the plane. We're all in the same row, A,B,C, not unlike 1,2,3. Woo!

Haiku Tuesday, a tribute to our upcoming trip
re: China. Let's go
Get on that big plane maybe
sitting together

If we do not sit
together on the plane, I
will pass things along

excuse me nice man
please give this towlette to my
friend Amy, up there.

In just a few days
We will be jetsetting, off
to see THINGS in CHINA!

Today was the first time a visit to the chiropractor made me shout. I guess my mid-back was a mess because when she cracked it, I involuntarily shouted! I played pretty hard this weekend and my body was a bit unhappy about it. Now that I'm adjusted I'm ready for more. Since we're off to China on Sunday, I'm trying to get in as much hockey as I can until then.

What a weekend! We had a great visit w/ my parents. They saw my big holiday concert and 2 hockey games. I'm utterly exhausted but had a wonderful visit. Andrea shocked me by getting me the Game Boy Advance, I'm so stoked! Woo!