i'm back!!!!!!!!

hey bloggin' buddies!

so, i'm back from san jose and i am a changed man! :) first off, i know more about PF Changs food, culture and history than i ever thought i'd ever know! :) secondly, i got to see a little corner of california that i probably wouldn't have seen otherwise so i feel travelled! :) thirdly, i made some really good friends there that i think i will have around for a while :) fourthly, i discovered some things about the friends that i had that made me realize that maybe they are NOT the best friends for me.

actually i didn't get to see too much of the actual city of san jose... we were always working, and when we weren't working, we were sleeping :) our ONE day off was father's day and all we did was hang around the hotel and have a barbecue! everyone contributed something to the barbecue so i made jello shots! they were so good! i made black cherry jello with black cherry vodka & strawberry/banana jello with apple vodka! YUM! everyone else contributed meat or chips... i can't believe i was the only one to think of jello shots! :)

one night we were there we went karaoke-ing and i sang lady marmalade with my friends enrique and hayden (our boy band version was something to be rivaled, let me tell you!) and then i sang smooth, and then everyone from PF Changs got up and did a group version of bohemian rhapsody! it was fun! :)

i made a new friend in lindsi with whom i was able to wear rubber bands on my face and not feel like an idiot! i made a friend lacey who bonded with me over our dumb friend hayden :) and i think i may have lost a friend, hayden... we may be able to dave the friendship, but i REALLY don't trust him or care for him as much as i did before the trip.

i ate a CRAPload of candy and drank a BUNCH of alcohol but counterbalanced it by taking vitamin c everyday and going to jamba juice and taking a 2oz wheatgrass shot every morning! :) i dunno if it really works, but it can't hurt... on the upside, if i ever get stranded on a deserted island with nothing but grass to survive on, i've now gotten acclamated to the taste of it :)

i had fondue for the first time! FUN! there was something very primal about cooking your food yourself yet also something very ritzy about knowing that you were paying $88 a person! ;)

overall, i had an amazing time. i would LOVE to go do another opening, hopefully there will be some spots for thousand oaks, ca or portland, or that i can hop onto! regardless,... i made some really good friends and have some great memories :)