weekend update: tofuriffic!

FRIDAY NIGHT


I got up from my nap earlier than usual because K wanted to go see Skeleton Key. I don’t even remember the last time just the two of us did something together, so it was really nice. The movie itself wasn’t phenomenal or anything, but I enjoyed it; it was a nice, creepy little Southern gothic thriller. Afterwards, we went home and I showered and spent the rest of the night watching anime and messing around online.


SATURDAY


After I got up, I had breakfast, messed around online, and read until it was time to head over to G’s. When I got there, we hugged and kissed and then we went to the Tofu Festival, which was being held in Little Tokyo. There were lots of booths set up selling both gifts and food; you had to buy tickets for the food, sort of like Taste of Minnesota, so I got $10 worth and we walked around. I had spam musubi (which substituted tofu for the rice, not the spam, which made NO sense to me at all!), a Coke, rainbow mochi, and a snow cone; G had a Sprite and a plate of fried noodles. I also bought a cute shirt at one of the booths.

“Hey, where’s Tofuzilla?” G asked me, and after scanning the crowd, I noticed someone walking around in a tofu costume.

“I think that’s him,” I said, pointing.

G stared at me. “THAT’S Tofuzilla? That walking heatstroke victim? You made it sound like there’d be some huge Godzilla made out of tofu, breathing fire and flinging copters around and stuff!”

“I said no such thing!” I cried.

He was mollified, fortunately, by TAIKOproject, a taiko drum team made up of cute teenage boys and girls. They were phenomenal; at one point, they mentioned that they were selected to compete in the World Taiko Championships in Japan next month, and they’re the first American team to make the finals, so you know they have to be good! I’ve always loved live drum music---it awakens the primal instinct in me---so I enjoyed it too.

Afterwards, we went to Kinokuniya so I could get my usual magazines, and then we went to Daisuke for dinner. They’ve got great food, but unfortunately every single time they’ve been slow, and Saturday night was no exception. I had teriyaki steak, rice, and miso soup, and G had California rolls. I also ordered a Coke, which never came…grrr. Still, the waitress was by herself and they were crowded, so I forgave her.

Oh, and it sucked because by the time we got back to the mall, the supermarket had closed, so I wasn’t able to get my junk food, AND I wasn’t able to get the parking validated either! It cost a whopping $15 when we left, which I insisted on paying because G drove, and besides he shouldn't have to pay everything just because he was born with a schwanz.

Back at G’s, we watched the latest Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan and Gun x Sword, as well as some really bad softcore porn on Cinemax (Busty Cops), before going to bed.

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SUNDAY


Saturday was strictly for me, so Sunday was strictly for G! Unfortunately, we were forced to stick around for the cable guy, who was supposed to show up at 9 to fix the holes he’d left in G’s walls…and of course, he never came. Fucker.

Anyway, we ate breakfast while watching First Daughter on HBO, and then we watched a documentary on Tim Schafer (video game designer) on G4 and played a game of Scene It. He whipped my ass, and as payment, he insisted that we watch the director’s cut of The Abyss. Man, was that shit long! I started getting really tired about halfway through, so he turned it off and we napped for a couple of hours on the couch. When we woke up, we finished watching the movie. It was actually not bad, although it’s certainly not something I care to sit through again.

Then at 8, we had dinner while watching the Giants play the Browns in a pre-season game. Of course, I’m totally clueless as to the intricacies of the rules, but G is a very patient teacher and explained things as it went along. I love watching him get so worked up over football! After the game (Giants lost), we watched 2 x 2 = Shinobuden and then went to bed around midnight.

And that’s the way it was.