Eating through my birthday

The rest of my birthday weekend went pretty splendidly. I received a lot of wonderful gifts including some awesome picks from my Amazon wish list, as well as some brilliant thoughtful surprises. And I pretty much ate my way through my birthday. Starting with breakfast with Linda:

Lunch with Nana and Velina:

Take-out with Velina, while catching up with some DVRed shows, like the Tina Fey SNL:

Featuring my new favorite wheat beer from a friend at work:

On Sunday the foodfest continued with lunch with Nana and Velina at Ajisen Ramen:

Enjoyed the new sea salt coffee at 85 degrees C:

And was even treated to a delicious lunch of salad, soup, and watermelon agua fresca (the best!) at Native Foods today:

Needless to say it was an awesome and delicious birthday weekend.

Birthday kick-off

My good friends at work surprised me with a renovated office to kick off my birthday weekend:





I was drinking it all in--which part was my favorite? the blacked out windows with stars? the disco ball? the hanging records? the wall COVERED in awesome 70s albums? Then I saw this note:

And followed instructions:




Yes, I even wore the wig and boots when I went to pick up the company's catered lunch from KogiBBQ. This is me with Big E (he's one of the managers of the KogiBBQ trucks) with the Naranja truck:

And for the rest of the day, rickets be darned, I worked by the soft glow of my disco ball (which by the way, is also a pinata which I will break on my next sweets emergency--my friends thought of EVERYTHING!):


After work, Nana and I had the pleasure of watching the girl pass her TKD test, including this board break:

The evening was capped off with karaoke (sorry didn't nab any pictures...yet) and my new fave--StickiPicki!

Since I didn't get any one's permission at the time of writing this post, identities have been blocked to protect the innocent!
Pretty awesome way to kick off the weekend, right? I'm grateful to everyone for their gifts (of time, talent, spirit, and generosity)--they made this one of the most special and memorable birthdays!

I have got to get my mojo

I am seriously lacking focus and mojo right now. My To Do is a soul-crushing monster. Help me, Tom Cruise. Help Me Shiloh.

Yet I managed to find time reading this:

And though I didn't finish the book, I went to see the movie. Holy crap. Apparently the original title of the book in its original Swedish language was "Men Who Hate Women". That title is much more accurate given how much violence was depicted against women in the movie. I can't say, however, that it was a bad movie. I'd like to give a more in-depth review but my reflexive grade is a B.

I also got hooked playing "Words with Friends" on my iPhone regularly. Very regularly. It's like playing Scrabble at your pace--love, love, love it.

The bonus distraction was catching West Side Story on AMC:

Rita Moreno is gorgeous perfection in this. And BTW, she is one of the few people who can claim EGOT honors: she has won the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards. Love her and pretty much want to be her:

I love the choreography and music. And yes, I cry at the end. And pretty much cry whenever I hear "Somewhere".

Okay the weekend is upon me. Hopefully there are no awesome movies playing on cable. Wish me luck on tackling my monster.

Well I showed her

My sweet friend loves this oatmeal from Starbucks.

I got her two days of it.

Ha! Gotcha, lady.

Sweet surprise

Earlier this week I received this from my RAKY friend here at work:

It's delicious Haribo bears and chocolate from Germany. Look close--it's really from Germany!

Achtung Deliciousness!

Done.

E-filed with a day to spare!

Taxes!

Holy crap! Does anyone else still have to do their taxes!

GAAAAAAAHHHHHH!