Dinner & The Mist

Tonight I met up with Daniel up on the north side for dinner and a movie.

Dinner was at Thai Taste up in Castleton. We both had curry dishes (me the panang; Daniel the red) and loved them, followed by mango ice cream and rum cake. Mmm!

Afterwards, we went to see The Mist at the movie theatre. All I’m going to say is that it’s a very, very well-written movie, but I feel messed up after seeing it. It reminds me of when I saw Se7en back years ago.

Anyway, if you like Stephen King, you’ll love this movie. If you don’t like him, well, you should see it anyway since it’s a good film none-the-less.

Recent Happenings

I don’t have tons to report here, but here are a few important things to document.

• My friends Andy P. and Laura N. got married two weekends ago. It was a beautiful ceremony (especially her dress) at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. The electricity went out a few hours before the wedding, but everything came back on literally one minute before Laura was to walk down the aisle. Couldn’t have been better timing!
• I’ve started playing EVE Online.
• Work still sucks, but not anywhere near as bad as it did a few weeks ago.
• I saw They Might Be Giants a few weeks ago. They were amazing! I especially loved the second finale where Dan Miller (the guitarist) rocked out and acoustic guitar for about five minutes before the rest of the band came out to perform Istanbul.
• Went out Saturday night with some friends: Cara, Daniel, and Cara’s friend Katie. We had a nice dinner at Santorini’s and then danced the night away at Talbot Street.

That’s all for now.

Recent Happenings

Oh, boy! This blog is in serious need of an update.

The funeral for my cousin Chuckie was last week on Monday. It was nice, but very surreal. I drove Mom and Jake to Connersville, while my sister Lisa and her husband Jim came directly from Louisville to meet us at the funeral home.

One thing you never see here in Indianapolis is everyone pulled over on the side of the road while a funeral procession passed. It was like that all the way through town and down the state highway to the cemetery in Everton.

In other news, I went down to Louisville a couple of weekends ago to hang out with Lisa. Her neighbor Claire has a Kentucky Derby party every year. It’s always a lot of fun because it’s full of artists and intellectuals.

Claire’s derby pie is the best!

This past Saturday I spent the early evening attending my cousin Amanda’s wedding reception. It was just north of Connersville out in the country.

On the way back, I got stuck behind a tractor.

That’s about it! I’ll update more later this week.

My Weekend Date

My friend Dan from Columbus, Ohio, visited Indianapolis over this past weekend.

This wasn’t just any kind of friendly visit, but a bit of a date — a multi-day date, if you will.

Dan arrived in Indianapolis in time for the tree lighting in downtown, but we were just a couple of minutes shy of actually seeing it in person. Being that we were right there, I took him to see where I work, especially the deck on the roof of our building, which has a great view of Monument Circle and the skyline. It’s choice.

One of my favorite things about having company is taking them out to my favorite restaurants. We got pizza at Bazbeaux’s, Indian food at Shalimar, burgers at the Red Eye Cafe, and Asian cuisine at Thai Spice. Mmm!

Pictures above is Dan sitting across from me at Thai Spice.

We did manage to participate in a bit of nerdery. On Saturday, we met up with Andy and Laura for lunch. Afterwards, we traveled up to Fry’s to buy some parts for a computer that Dan needed help putting together. Fry’s is such an interesting place. I’m quite fond of the Wall-O-Motherboards; it’s just like the one in California I saw back in 2002.

Anyway, I like Dan and I think he’s a nice and attractive guy. We hit it off well, so I’m going to visit him in the next couple of weeks. Hopefully, he’ll be able to show me around Columbus a bit since I haven’t seen much of it. And, of course, I am looking forward to getting to know Dan a bit more.

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Title: Aug 9 2005 – White Castle

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I’m unsure which is worse: the fact that we call White Castle burgers sliders (and knowing why); or the fact that the company itself embraces the use of the name in their commercials.