I've even raped and killed a mountain panda in the hills of Shaanxi.

I'm feeling annoyed that the holiday weekend is before rather than after Payday this go-round. Reg and I are road-tripping to Vancouver 'cos I've never been there, and Spiritualized is skipping Seattle for some reason. But we have a single in a hostel, a parking garage that's underground and locked at night, and the USD is finally beating the CAD.

The problem at the moment is that Reg's car had a lot of issues, so his parents paid for replacing his brakes and tires rather than getting him a new computer, which I took care of. I benefit from all this too of course, but it's a bit annoying when you're taking a road trip and have to budget really carefully instead of just having a good time.

As I mentioned before, I lost some weight. I'm now hovering around my actual driver's license listed weight, hahahahah. Last time I was this size was when I was still working out right when I met Reg. I quit the gym b/c I got a job nowhere near the gym, but Reg and I were um, working out, and stuff, and I didn't start gaining weight for a while, but a committed relationship eventually does that. But we moved to Bellevue and in January and February ate almost nothing but smoothies and walked at least a mile every day, and so I actually had to buy new jeans and underwear. I fortunately had one pair that I optimistically got off eBay ($30 for Diesel? Hell yes) and bought another pair of jeans from Express. And then I had an underwear coupon, $40 for $80 worth. Granted I coulda gotten similar shit from Target, but come on. Reg got me a Nordstrom gift card for my birthday - along with some other cute clothes - and I spent that on underwear too.

I know, I know, useless without pics. Maybe if you're nice to me I'll send you some.

Finally I got shirts on sale at the Gap. The current trend apparently is for 80s oversized so it almost doesn't cover the shoulder, talk about loving a battlefield man. Size small is almost too big. $21 for two tees was ok. I walked to Bellevue Square with the new Spiritualized album in my ears. It's better than the last one, well, less depressing shall we say? Jason Pierce doesn't seem to be tinkering quite as much with his product as he did in his 20s, but he's still a damn good songwriter. Ladies and Gentlemen is, I feel, still his masterpiece. (Peaked at 30, like so many others, but his peak is like, Mt. Everest ok.) (and now I feel like I made a dick joke, ogod.)

So in summary, kind of broke but have enough money to enjoy Saturday night seeing Spiritualized and Sunday in Vancouver.