Book of Sand

 Leo (Yiming Li) is leaving town this week finally for NYC, and his new job at Circle(?).  As a farewell, he invited us to dinner at Mandarin Wok, and ordered several entrees (crunchy skin duck, chicken kaarage, fried sweet tofu and some vegetable dish, steamed spinach leaves or something, with pork. He frisnd from NY was there visiting too, and weirdly it ended up being him and I talking and the other two kind of silent, which Yang remarked on.  he said he is usually pretty quiet and has a hard time maintaining conversation in English. He doesn't have a hard time with me, although he can be a bit quiet at dinners.  After dinner we came home and had some cuddle time.  I haven't seen him in a while, he says he is busy with work and flying, although he has been grounded due to weather lately.  Also, his stomach is still bothering him, and he is avoiding spicy foods. Leo is a sweet and lovely guy, I will miss him, and hope maye see him again in spring when his...

 It is Restaurant Week in CU and Sun Singer was having a prix fixe 3 course menu for $42, so Ben and I went for dinner.  I had the lobster nachos and he had the scallops avocado tostadas for starters.   I had the beef medallions with mushroom risotto and he had the lamb chops with pilaf.  Both had braised asparagus. For dessert, I had the pineapple upside down cake and he had the creme brulee. We really enjoyed the meal and discussed each dish. We also talked about the movie The Menu and many Wes Anderson films as well. Mentioned Triangle of Sadness, part of the eat the rich trilogy. We are both hooked on the Netflix show Physical 100, a new episode drops Tuesday and he is coming over with some bbq wings for a watch party. We need to talk about travel for spring break.  (Travel was a big topic with Leo and his friend, they travel constantly apparently. His friend is originally from Singapore, possibly. Yang thinks they must be very rich.) Its only two days ...

3 hours, 1 hr break, 3 more hours. I can maintain some energy for the first three, but by the third I am starting to ebb. (Had my usual breakfast, pButter Engmuff. Maybe try some time on the E-bike?  Get the blood flowing, or do some yoga? Maybe pre-workout for lunch?) I have one cup of half caff and a Ginsana/Ginko to start, then a protein shake for lunch.   Needed a second cup of real coffee to get through the last half.  View this as an endurance marathon challenge. Just sitting all day lulls me into a stupor but also makes me frazzled, trying to juggle so many tracks. By the last one, my eyes were glazed over and I could barely stay awake.  10 more weeks.

 Ben brought some chicken teriyaki from Trader Joe's and a bag of frozen gyoza for us to make at home.  He said he wanted to do more healthy, instead of BWW. It is always fun making food together, he is a really great guy to hang out with, easy to talk to, interesting, fun. We mostly talked about cooking, restaurants, recipes, etc. Making omurice, going to Sanmaru, watching movies, doing stuff this weekend. The food was delicious, really tasty for a two bag meal. The we watched the first two episodes of Physical 100, a Korean reality show about fit men and women competing in strength and endurance contests.  We loved it.  Cuddled on the couch for a bit, Duncan got involved as usual. He is very needy.  Ben called him a cockblocker. LOL Ben is hands down the most fun guy I have hung out with in ages.  We can go out for a fancy or a casual meal, go out to see a movie in the theater or stay home and watch Netflix, make food at home, and always have a really nic...

  'Entities should not be multiplied without necessity.'  (In Latin, Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem .)