whoo hoo!! 26 more minutes. the day passes by pretty quickly. maybe because i have more to do, or the job is still new so i'm stil excited about it. the upside to getting off later is that i'm not stuck in gazillions of traffic with all the people who get off at 5.

so the other day i had lunch with my high school buddies at grand lux cafe. apparently it is a sister restaurant of cheesecake factory. i am in the dark because i had never been there, let alone heard of it, but everyone else knew about it and really liked it. it's pretty nifty, and huge... i can't believe i've never noticed it the few times i've been at the beverly center before (twice?) but it's pretty cool.. i am glad that ann picked me up and drove, becaue i probably would have gotten so lost! the food was pretty yummy, although i didn't get "the best pasta ever" as suggested to me (some twirly pasta with garlic sauce i think? that's definitely my choice next time i go though!) it was a lot of fun to see old friends, talk about this and that, and i even got a christmas present! :) now i'm really intrigued by this grand lux place. i want to go all the time.. heheh and i hear their desserts are super fab. who wants to go again?!

hmm.. what else. i'm think i'm going ice skating tonight! i'm not sure if it's free or if i get a discount (because i work there)... hopefully.. but if not i don't think it's that expensive. i want to go before i have to work on tuesday nights again because they only have public skating tues & saturdays. i'm kind of excited.. i hope i don't suck.. or fall. i haven't been ice skating in a long long time.. i think not since that one key club dcm at the pvmall. i mean. i've been on ice playing broomball and junk for cki or whatever.. but skating is different. i'll just have to not go so fast.

apparently this area where my work is isn't the best, well more like between a not so nice, and nicer aread.. but i came across this homeless lady as i was walking home from lunch. i wouldn't say i have a "fear" of homeless people.. but i don't know.. there is just something that i feel bad for not giving them money or i don't really know.. but today she asked if i had spare change, and i said no.. because that's what your "supposed" to do right? i mean.. everyone knows it's a lie (except for the times i have no cash.. which is often).. and i feel a little mean.. like "why don't you help someone out" but at the same time i also feel like i work hard for the money, i can't just give it out. but then i feel selfish. then she asked if i had leftovers, which of course i had the box in my hand. i couldn't just lie and say "no" but i am always okay with giving homeless people food, because that's beneficial and you know it's not going to drugs or alcohol. that is the golden rule as far as i've been told. so i don't know why i'm typing this... maybe just because i'm bored and wanted a story to tell. it's not like it made me feel super warm and fuzzy or anything, in fact i felt a little bad just because a)it was leftovers and b) i was almost glad giving it away because it wasn't the best.. (i had already eaten most of the parts i enjoyed.. leaving mostly veggies :P) so i dunno. last time we went to olive garden we had leftover pasta from the neverending pasta and jeff gave it to a guy standing outside. i dunno... this story has no point really.. just rambling. nine more minutes!! :)