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....