so very square

jeana came to visit this weekend and on friday night, and we went to the old spaghetti factory for dinner. towards the end of the meal, pam said she saw movement from under the table across from us. jeana and i were looking and i saw nothing while jeana spied a piece of lettuce. we thought pam was on crack. but, as we kept looking, a small mouse suddenly appeared and scurried across the floor. we all lightly screamed. we told our waiter who then told the manager, who came over to make sure everything was ok. i think he would've comped portions of our dinner, but we didn't have him do that since we were done eating and the food was great. he seemed awfully nervous about the situation and it wasn't until later, after kristie mentioned that they could potentially be shut down, that i realized why he was so concerned. sometimes, i am not so quick. jeana actually saw the mouse again as we were getting ready to leave. she does not have love for mice. neither does che, and she has a totally crazy story about her encounter. y'all should ask her about it.

i saw fantastic four on saturday. after the movie, some peoples went to ohana, a hawaiian-type place in belltown. previously to saturday, i had never been to belltown on a weekend evening; it was usually sometime during the work week. on a weekend, there are crazy people out. when i say crazy, i mean people who are cruising 1st ave. with their windows open and their lyrically inappropriate music blasting out of the car, with girls who are dressed almost not at all, and skeezy looking guys calling for the girls' attention. this is what i imagine hell to be like. [it is also how i imagine LA to be. i have no idea if that's actually true, but it's the mental picture i associate with LA. sorry people who love LA. i'm sure i'll change my opinion after i move.]

ok, it probably wasn't that bad. but i think i was shocked and confused by all the noise and busyness. to me, it seemed obnoxious - people trying to see and be seen. i think that i'm missing the genetic component that lets me think that any of all of the above described would be fun and enjoyable. it was definitely interesting to see. i have no idea how i'm going to survive LA. i think this is officially when i stopped being in denial about how square i really am. one particular pointy-eared friend would say i'm boring and blame it on me being from oregon. but i think he's recently discovered that in fact, oregon has nothing to do with it. oh well. :)

i finally got to play whirlyball this weekend. it was fun! i'm have a little soreness and a few bruises, but it was totally worth it. it's basically like lacrosse/basketball in bumper cars. great friendly/competitive fun. pictures will follow soon, along with camping pictures too.

i came home from dinner and as always, i do a spider check of my room. good thing too, since i found a big one near my door, a slightly smaller one in the corner of my room, and 5 teeny, tiny little baby spiders on my wall and ceiling. should i be alarmed at finding that many spiders? and where did they come from? i seriously hate spiders.