Let's start with pool. We played today, the roommate and I, a real game, for the first time in, let's see, three, four, nine and half, carry the one, integrate with respect to y -- 2 months, maybe? First to 11, 8-ball, alternating breaks, random rack for the opening break (we get the tray of balls and just scatter them over the table, replacing balls that go in). I was up 8 to 5 when Sam went to get a sandwich, and I went to try and get an Arnold Palmer. I came back with a Peach Orange Nantucket Nectar, and from that point on, I went on a 1-6 hot streak. Sooo good. On our way back, we tried to corner a rabbit, but even though he looked pretty obese, somehow he managed to elude us. We've completely fucked evolution, as a species.
Rewind a little, and we were having dinner at the best Applebee's in the state of New Jersey/anywhere. We got there around 6-ish, the place was almost full, and by 8:30 when we left, it was bloody packed. The 12 oz New York Strip steak obviously wouldn't measure up at an actual restaurant, but for Applebee's, it was pretty bleedin' good. I asked for medium, and the chef kept it just a shade under, something like medium-medium-medium-rare, which was perfect. Everyone raved about the grub, the buffalo wings we had for appetizers hit the spot perfectly, and the Steak Quesadilla Towers were apparently just divine. Drool. The $26 I ended up paying didn't even hurt too much at the time, since our server was so cool.
Rewind a little more, and we played something like 4-5 hour session of 拖拉机／捉汉奸／升级. I guess they must think I play pretty good, but the scores didn't reflect anything to that effect. I was stuck on 3 forever... but I managed a respectable 4th place finish out of the 7 of us, getting to 10 before we called it a night. Good times, good times. Sigh. Laundry did get wrinkled. Sigh.
Oh my god, but if you keep rewinding, you'd find us at the Szechuan Maiden, or 川妹子. Probably the greatest Chinese dinner I've had since leaving Beijing. Spicy as fuck too. I forget the name of the Szechuan place in Beijing we loved, but this was as worthy a second place as you could expect to find in the Garden State. $28, also another good server (man, we were lucky this weekend), and also a stomach so full it was spherical.
Fast forward to right now. Monday will be the suck, while right now is the pre-suck before the main event suck. Sucks.
Sigh.
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If someone would buy me some 2-cent stamps, I'd be eternally grateful. A little late already, but for the future...
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