Ikea binging

So I went with L to Ikea last week, cos i had a $50 dollar voucher to use up and I hate shopping for furniture alone. And seeing as there was nothing that particularly appealed to me, we decided to use it at the cafe. The only problem was that you wouldn't get any change back. So we decided to see if we could spend all $50 dollars of it.

The final bill? $53.30 something cents. We had 3 main courses, soup, drinks, and more desserts than you can count. Somehow, the two of us bottomless pits managed to finish it. Even though I'm not sure I want to see a swedish meatball anytime in the future.

Hanging out with L was fun. I told H that what I value about a lot of my closer friends is that I get to be goofy and silly, which is my natural state. That's how you know how comfortable I am with you, really -- it's how silly i dare to act around you. A lot of people always think I'm really stern and unyielding on first impression (and there is that side to me), but then realise i'm just mostly a soft teddy bear.

But yeah, L is one of the few guys I can be completely goofy around. Which is neat. Probably the only other local guy is J from JC. But he's married and has a 4 year old kid now (!) so I hardly ever get to see him. So L will be the EGMYB for now ;)

L also passed me Final Fantasy 7 : Advent Children. It's a CG movie sequel to the FF7 video game. Awesome awesome graphics. And can i say that they got the fighting sequences perfectly. Gotta love them super-heroic fighs. All of this just whets my appetite for FFX. What can i say? I'm a super nerdy video game geek.... although I am going to get some UFO pants (see post about 10 things that make you a geek)


On other fronts :

The ankle still isn't fully recovered, and I keep having to postpone the appointment with the sports doctor. It's alright, i will keep running someday.

Going to Wisconsin for work in a few days. Should be an interesting trip, especially since I don't have to be the main person staffing. The good news is that I might be able to take a side trip to Michigan to see H :) Talk about pleasant surprises.

Things you will NEVER EVER catch me eating :
1) Omelette
2) Raw worms
3) Broccoli
4) Liver
5) Congealed pig's blood

Ajantis has nightmares of monstrous swedish meatballs....

Of Male Cheerleaders and Wacky Otakus

Was surfing through one of my favorite video game website and saw this game today.

http://www.gamespot.com/ds/puzzle/ouendan/preview_6132078-2.html

Yes, the Japanese truly have a wacky sense of humour. Only they could come up with a game where you play a trio of male cheerleaders who must make their way around Japan helping people who need cheering. Yes, you heard me. Japanese. Male. Cheerleaders. And it's a rhythm based game.

Ossu! Tatakae! Ouendan! :)

Decided not to go for the Army Half Marathon today. Pulled my ankle 2 weeks ago. It was recovering, but I pulled it by running 10km again on Tues as part of my warm-up. Since I was planning to originally go for the half-marathon in December anyway, it's not that big a deal. Although the ornery part of me was still deliberating about it up until the last moment. Oh well.

Played a funny game with J last week. We were rating potential one-night stands and partners (different!) in the lindy community . Our tastes weren't too far apart, apparently.

Which got me thinking... what do i find attractive in a person? Some thoughts for tonight :
1) Someone who I can talk with (and not just talk to)
2) A good voice
3) Liberal
4) Sense of humour
5) Good-natured
6) Calls me out on stuff when i'm being silly
7) Good cook
8) Huggable
9) Non-ugly (I just need to not be scared to death when I see this person in the morning)
and many more, but those are the few that came to mind. And what's funny is that I already have a person in mind who has most, if not all of those qualities, and that i'm chuckling even as I write this. H might not dance, but that might still change :)

Time to sign off.
Ajantis is smiling....