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November 10, 2003
out and about
my weekend was filled with new friends, old friends and quickly becoming best friends. oh and home repairs.
i had dinner with a new friend friday at an italian restaurant that i've been wanting to visit for a long time. but i cannot truly love any italian restaurant that doesn't have beef carpaccio. they had tuna, but it was a sad, bland shadow of my favorite italian appetizer. there's nothing like a glass of merlot [btw note to self: if you haven't eaten all day, avoid contionuously sipping your merlot while wating 30 minutes for your table. you end up making a bit of an ass of yourself as a result] with thinly-sliced beef drizzled with olive oil and showered in capers. i protested, but was greeted with smirking condescension at my request for, GASP, beef. sorry but they were way too chichi for that boring traditional dish. [second note to self: if you've been steadily sipping merlot on an empty stomach, do NOT cap off your meal with sambuca, see previous note to self. *shaking head*]
saturday i met up with my good friend michelle to see Love, Actually. i loved it. LOVED IT! if you want to be heartily entertained i highly recommend seeing it. and don't go alone. i think i'll be in an excellent mood for a month after seeing that film.
then i met up with an old friend from san francisco that i haven't seen in over 2 years. it's always interesting to see old friends after a long stretch. sometimes you find you no longer have much to say, and other times (such as this) you realize that you've grown enough to more deeply appreciate the other person's perspective in life. it was nice to sit and talk about life and love and loss and change and realize how certain events can strengthen the best parts of your nature and soften the flinty edges of the rest. and it was nice to be reminded how things do change, for the better.
speaking of changing for the better:
why couldn't he have shown this kind of conviction when he was running?
feeling guilty for watching the godfather trilogy again instead of writing the next great american novel? here's some fodder to help get your ass in gear. (courtesy of metafilter)
Posted by heidijanet at November 10, 2003 01:31 PM
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(Sorry, just catching up on my commenting ;)
I recently contacted a number of old friends, just wanting to find out what was going on in their lives. As one put it (it had been months since I had last talked with him), the thing about good friends is that you can always pick up where you left off, like a day never passed from the last time you spoke. And in talking with other friends of that caliber, I found it to be a striking truth. Those kinds of friends are what make life great, as they stick around for a long time, one way or another.
Posted by: Ryan at November 15, 2003 06:23 AM
Great post. Missed this last time I looked.
Friends: There are some people who moved from LA years ago that I don't see for years. But, when we finally meet up again, it's like we never parted. Things haven't changed, except theyíve have gotten better.
Gore: He has been looking great these days. Is there any chance that the news coverage is different than it was when he was running?
Posted by: judi at November 18, 2003 01:36 AM
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