A few colorful pictures from this weekend...

Although only one day of my weekend was spent actually doing something, I was worn out. Friday night, I met with some of my coworkers because we're doing a movie the new folks who are coming this year. Saturday I got up super early (9 AM....hehehe) to head to the city. First my friend and I went to the Fukuoka museum of art to see the special exhibit: The Edimitsu Collection. On the walk there, we had to pass through a really nice park that surrounds a lake. I spotted some other foxy ladies so I just had to take a picture with them. Despite my love and respect for art, we managed to focus more on clowning and giggling. For example, this great big ol pumpkin/squash...who wouldn't have taken this opportunity to capture a conversation on film. Then there's the bronze sumo wrestler...teehee. After the museum, we met a friend at Starbucks. She brought a guidebook and some info for our trip to China since she had just gone a few weeks ago. So, we sat and chatted over lunch...I had a Jerk Chicken sandwich. Yes, from Starbucks! No, I don't recommend it. The green tea frappuccino was good as always though. After lunch, we headed over to the travel agency to pick up our visas and plane tickets. Guess what! The hotel that we had previously been shown and the one that was booked weren't the same. Luckily, they are the same number of stars and the new one is located near other familiar big name hotels. I’m so excited. Kisha plans to come out and spend some time with me in Beijing. On our way to walk around downtown, I spotted a certain piece of "workout" equipment. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but this thing is a big waste of money! There's no workout! However, they are very popular among Japanese women...weird. Another favorite is that machine that Pee Wee Herman used to have on his show. You know the one that has a strap that you rest your butt in and it I guess is supposed to shake the fat and calories away...HA! Yeah right. HELLO, THEY DON'T WORK! Next, we went to Tower Records. I bought a really good bossa nova record...as some of you may know, I really want to learn Portuguese!!! So I’ll call all Portuguese music purchases “ear training.” That evening, we all went to a BBQ. Everyone brought something to go on the grill. I brought jerk chicken drumettes. I was starving so I made sure that I [wo]manned the grill so that I could slip the goodies of my choice into my plate...GENIUS! Greed under the guise of helpfulness...MUAAHAHAAHAAHAA! The girl I met at the community thing last weekend came and she brought her husband and some friends. I found out that she went to a few boarding schools in the states...and she claims that her best friend in Arizona and I look alike...we'll see. lol

As for today…I sat in the office of my close school contemplating the meaning of life and the existence of man…aka DID NOTHING! Luckily, I had left disc 4 of season two of In Living Color in my DVD drive. So, I minimized the movie screen so that it was a little smaller than a credit card, sat back, and enjoyed the show! It really is too bad that this show was canceled. Now that I’m older and I understand the jokes it’s more and more obvious that Keenan and the crew were way ahead of their time. I guess the content was a bit much for the time. It’s certainly mild compared to a lot of the things on TV these days.

This evening I whipped up some salmon croquettes and cheese grits and had the ladies over for dinner. I could say that I'm cooking dirt and they would still get excited. It makes me feel good though, plus I don't like to eat alone all the time at home. I would rather eat alone at a restaurant...weird right?