i gots nothing

i'm bored. but i'm not. it's a sunday afternoon and i'm not doing anything. this morning, i did some laundry and vacuuming. i watched the rest of a movie i started last night. i played some video games. i read a little. i wrote a couple of e-mails. i entertained the idea of walking to the library to drop off books that are due today but instead, i renewed them online so i wouldn't have to. talk about a lazy sunday. i don't even feel like walking to my mom's to pick up a cheque for money she owes me. (that's funny - money SHE owes ME. i shouldn't even ask for it back).

i feel guilty about not doing anything. i feel like i should be doing something and that feeling takes away from the sheer happiness i feel by just sitting around. total north american guilt trip. busy culture.

last night, my mom invited me to go with her and her sisters, my uncles and my little cousin (ok, not so little - she's almost 19) to dinner at a new "upscale, filipino restaurant." uh, huh. i said, "what's upscale about it? better karaoke system?" my aunt made reservations and they informed her, "we will only hold your reservation for 10 minutes. we don't want to encourage 'filipino time'." upscale indeed.

with some skepticism, i went. it actually was quite nice. it was situated in a mini-mall at main street and 25th, beside a coin-laundry and an insurance broker. not the best area but it's along a strip of main street that has a lot of little, independent eateries so i think it might be ok.

the food was decent. i avoided eating anything that my dad has made, simply because i already know my dad's version is better and i didn't want to be comparing it. the number of dishes on the table at any one point was a bit ridiculous but it was fun. i tried the pork skewers, the pineapple curried chicken (could've been much spicier but oh well), sweet potato fries, and the calamari. yes, i had squid, don't get excited about it. for those that are shocked, i do eat some seafood now, although i still draw the line at shellfish. ugh. and, i don't make a point of ordering seafood as a main dish, but i will eat it if it's at a buffet or as an appetizer.

the rest of the table was obsessed with this one non-alcoholic slushy drink called the calamansi and honey slushy. my cousin tried to convince my aunt to let her have the version with vodka in it and her mom refused. she retorted with, "it's only two more months, what's the difference?" i offered to get her one but she refused.

as for my favorite part of any meal - dessert - i had the dark chocolate sampler. it was a cake, a ganache and an espresso-sized hot chocolate. the ganache was out of this world. screw the sampler, just give me a huge scoop of the ganache!

my cousin and i had a good laugh or two just talking about CSI: Miami and horatio-isms. when i got home, i was almost desperate to see CSI. it was on TV but it was one of the old ones with speedle. i can't watch him.

i could tidy my apartment. god knows it needs it.

i went to my friend's wedding shower yesterday afternoon. man, she almost has as many cousins as i do. it was fun. i feel bad that i'm not going to her stagette next weekend but there are several reasons. she got a lot of gifts. now i remember why i wanted to get married in the first place. :)