In which Teh BF and I have been together for a whole entire year already. And it’s a good thing, too, because I’m entirely too pudgy to be on the market.
Saturday morning I did laundry and rearranged my bedroom in such a way that I can now watch movies while lying in my bed.
Saturday afternoon I ate a delicious burrito, and then I went and got my nails done. They look like this:
From the Laotian guy who did my nails came a nugget of wisdom just way too awesome not to share. The exchange went like this:
Him: When you get your nails done last? Long time?
Me: Oh, it’s been a few years. Maybe five.
Him: I can tell you got nails done before.
Me: Yeah.
Him: Many times before. Long time.
Me: Yes. The first time I got my nails done, they were still doing them round-tipped instead of square!
Him: No! You not that old!
Me: But now they’re always square.
Him: Yes. Square much stronger. One time, I do nails for a lady, she said she want round. I say, No! Not strong! Lady say, It not look natural, square not look natural. I say, You can look natural in the cemetary!
Me: In the cemetary? …Oh, you mean, when you’re dead?
Him: Yes! You can look natural when you’re dead!
And then we giggled companionably together for the next three minutes while he sanded my new acrylic French nails.
Meanwhile, I was having three rolls of 35mm film developed. Here’s a shot from the Yashica Electro 35 GSN:
And a shot from The Brick, aka the Argus C3:
Saturday night I had Singapore noodles at the P’n’E. I didn’t take a picture of them at the time because what kind of asshole takes pictures of every goddamned thing she eats? (Don’t answer that!) But this morning the leftovers looked like this:
Sunday I had an veggie omelet containing nearly an entire day’s calories for brunch:
Sunday happened to by my one year anniversary with Teh BF! He brought me coffee and flowers in bed that morning.
In the evening, he took me out on a nice dinner date for which he’d made reservations and to which he even wore a proper shirt! I put on proper shoes and had T. Mac’s veggie lasagna (along with an amazing English pea bruchetta appetizer and a couple of lemon drop martinis) for dinner:
In return for the coffee, flowers, and lovely dinner, I bought brunch, wore mascara, and tried not to be a bitch for the whole entire day.
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You captured the Laotian accent perfectly in text. That takes skills. Also, I seriously dig that photo of the cosmo… It totally looks ripped straight from the pages of a 1967 Esquire Magazine, probably the issue with Ursula Andress on the cover. Your picture could’ve been the Stolichnaya Vodka advertisement on page 18 of that magazine.
And happy anniversary to you guys.
Thank you! I’m having tons of fun with my new old cameras… of course I’m also wasting a lot of film, but it’s fun when a shot turns out. And thank you for the anniversary wishes too! -m
“wore mascara”
Oh my.
“tried not to be a bitch for the whole entire day”
Well, isn’t that sweet of you for a change. 🙂
One tries. -m