Monday, 23 September 2002
1:00pm

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his past weekend was one full of culinary delights! Saturday night I went to Roscoe's Chicken N' Waffles, the one on Pico at La Brea. What wonderful, tasty chicken, with smooth, rich gravy!! And the waffles are pretty damned good too. I'm getting hungry just thinking about it. Or am I getting hungry because it's after noon and I still haven't eaten anything yet today?
Last night we had a big family gathering at Lawry's The Prime Rib. We were there to celebrate the birthdays of the twins, Sarah, and also my sister, all of whom were born in September. Ya know, I must admit that their quality is not quite up to the same level they were at years ago when they were at their old location down the street (where the Stinking Rose is now), but it's still better than just about any other prime rib I've ever had, and I've had prime rib all over! And the creamed corn... yummy!
The drive back to San Diego last night was another one of those ones that reminded me yet again exactly why I live here. My belly full of prime rib and the windows down with my hair blowing in the cool ocean air, I saw the light of the nearly-full moon glistening on the water of the great Pacific ocean, and I just sat there thinking "what could be better than this?"
When I got back to my apartment I noticed that a couple of Netflix DVD's arrived. One of them was the 9/11 documentary that they showed on CBS (which I still haven't seen yet), and the other was The Legend of Bagger Vance -- wtf? That movie was on my list? Well, as long as it's here, I might as well watch it. I like Matt Damon a lot, so maybe, hopefully, it will be worth it? I guess I'll watch it after I eat lunch.

11:59am
Apparently some people were doing this on their journals some time ago, but since I don't really read very many journals with any regularity, I only found out about it now. But anyway. These are all in no particular order.

10 years ago, I...

1. Infected the school library computer with about 20 viruses.
2. Played strip poker in the middle of my high school quad.
3. Was a damned good guitar player and drummer.
4. Purchased my first Disneyland annual passport.
5. Had already been futzing around online for over a year.

1. Created the Riceboy Page message board in an effort to not have to update it so much.
2. Created the "I Love Trista" page.
3. Pretty much sucked completely at playing drums.
4. Bought a brand new Volkswagen GTI, only to have it get wrecked 4 months later.
5. Had already been running an online journal for over a year.

1. Watched Magnum, P.I. religiously.
2. Went on a date or two with Trista.
3. Took six trips to Las Vegas.
4. Loved Jenny Nicholson instead of hating her.
5. Started freelancing.

1. Enjoyed a hearty and delicious meal at Lawry's in Beverly Hills.
2. Went to church for the second week in a row.
3. Washed my car at one of those pay and spray yourself places.
4. Ate at Islands for lunch.
5. Downloaded a bunch of oldies for my dad.

1. Watched and reviewed The Legend of Bagger Vance and 9|11
2. Ate a carne asada burrito for lunch.
3. Went shopping after midnight.
4. Played with Jeff's Gamecube which he left here.
5. Got a phone call about a lead on a possible video editing gig.

1. Fossil watches.
2. Paradigm speakers.
3. Sapporo Ichiban ramen.
4. Marie Callender's chicken pot pies.
5. Dewar's White Label Scotch Whiskey

1. Just about every Sting or Police song.
2. "Jimmy Olsen's Blues" by the Spin Doctors.
3. "One" by Metallica
4. "Ice, Ice, Baby" by Vanilla Ice.
5. "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson.

1. Buy a new camera to replace the one that broke in Vegas.
2. Take a trip to either New York or Hawaii.
3. Go to Vegas and rent an F355 for a day.
4. Get a bass guitar and amp.
5. Pay the rent and bills.

1. Las Vegas.
2. San Diego. Oh wait, that's where I am right now.
3. Mexico.
4. Spain.
5. Australia.

1. Drinking
2. Being too sedentary.
3. Being Lazy.
4. Biting my finger nails.
5. Staying up too late.

1. Star Trek: The Next Generation.
2. CSI.
3. The Galloping Gourmet (Food Network at 1:30am).
4. Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
5. Magnum, P.I.

1. Buying Disneyland Annual Passports.
2. Sitting in front of the computer all day.
3. Using the same leather wallet.
4. Watching Star Trek: The Next Generation.
5. Playing guitar.