Category: thisnthat

So we’re back from our trip to vegas (“vegas, baby, vegas!!”) and a good time was had by all. jerimy and i stayed at the mirage, which is a pretty sweet establishment if you ask me. for one thing, their pool area is amazing. they designed it to look like island lagoons, complete with waterfalls and waterslides. i wish i had a picture to share, but stupid me forgot to take one. it’s an especially dumb mistake considering that we had gotten a free upgrade and had a sweet ass view of the pool, as well as the whole southern end of the strip. [snaps fingers]

The restaurants at the mirage are also quite amazing. we had dinner at our favorite place in vegas, Kokomo’s, which also happens to be in the Mirage. make no mistake: if you ever are in vegas and happen to be in the mood for the best damn prime rib you’ve ever had, you need to stop at Kokomo’s. You seriously get something like a side of cow wheeled over to your table, but it’s the most tender, most succulent, most flavorful prime rib you can imagine. And if Jer, who is a filet mignon fan (and who ordered the 16 oz filet!!), can attest to the quality of Kokomo’s prime rib, well… i think you need to at least consider this place. :) The Mirage also has really tasty ice blended drinks too!! The margarita we had at Kokomo’s was soooooo yummy, and my strawberry daquiri was also a complete and utter delight. The Mirage also has a drink called the “White Tiger,” which is something like a pina colada with amaretto and kahlua, that will deliciously send you to a very happy place. :) I highly recommend it.

So here are a couple of pictures from the trip that almost didn’t materialize. Jer and i have been deathly ill for about the past two weeks, and even the day before leaving for vegas, we were pretty much walking infections (naaaasty). We actually missed a friend’s wedding since the process of sleeping off the illness inadvertently led to sleeping through the wedding. (ouch.) We still need to send over our gifts and our congratulations cards >_

jerimy in front of the luxor sphinx.

pearl in front of the paris hotel fountain.

Robert McCloskey passed away this week. :( Make Way For Ducklings was one of my favorite books as I was growing up.

Katherine Hepburn also passed on this week. I think she is the cooler of the two Hepburns (the other being Audrey), but that’s just me.

so tired! so so so tired!! and sick!! aaaah!!

updates will be forthcoming. honest. i promise.

finals are done and done, thankfully, and most of my grades have come in. i did okay this quarter, which is suprising considering i was slacking a little more than i really should have. >_

just wanted to say i am done with finals. let the graduation celebrations BEGIN! WOOHOO~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:)

it’s good to be done.

pearl: jen, you’re just such a deep, emotional person.
jen: look, my pants fell down!

gosh, i’m such a happy person… why do all these blog entries sound so sad??

so here’s a happy story.

wait. i don’t have any right now.

I think it’s just Finals. Yes. It’s finals. wrarghgh.

good luck to everyone on finals. one more week, quarter folks. one more week.

I’ve fallen off the face of the earth!! have i disappeared??

i feel like i have… :(

soooo out of the loop.

graduations are coming up this week, and it’s a busy time for everyone. at this point, i’m walking in three ceremonies: the huge L&S one, History, and Anthropology. I’m having a hard time deciding how big a deal i want to make this, since i’m not *really* done with classes yet and it doesn’t really feel like a *real* graduation to me. so right now, i’ve only told my family to come down… no one else. i’m not even sure if i should tell anyone. Part of me wants to see my friends there, part of me also doesn’t feel like it’s a *real* graduation and it’s not really worth it. Or maybe part of me is just afraid of inviting people and telling them to come and them not showing up for it. I know people are really busy these days — working, school, other graduations, etc — and chances are not good that they can make it down for my graduation… my not-really-real graduation.

I guess it sort of has a bad flavor in my mouth. once again, a graduation with a bad flavor in my mouth. it’s a long story, too long to detail here, but graduations and me haven’t ever had a happy coexistence.

— “we were like oil and vinegar.. we just didn’t mix.” — harry caray on mother teresa, SNL

i’m sort of excited though, although i don’t really feel like it’s really going to be my thing. i’m there for jen’s grad, or other people’s graduations… i don’t really feel like i have anything to celebrate for myself just yet.

eventually i’ll graduate. i know jer’s counting the days. =P

I haven’t said very much about Friendster as of yet since i haven’t had much time to play on it, but having spent a little time this weekend having my email inbox inundated (and by inundated, i mean getting like, 2 emails!! woohoo!!) with “approve me as your friend!” messages, i got to kind of surf through a few people’s friend networks. it’s weirdly interesting seeing how you’re connected to folks.

i think it’d be neat if someone met someone through something like Friendster. it’s possible. hey, the best dating pool a person could have is a good friend’s friends, right? 0_o

one down, two to go!! woohoo~!!

now i can play on friendster! hehe.