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Feeling like a chump

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Sat. October 6, 2007

I’ve slept most of the afternoon away, just because I’ve been in a bit of a bad mood. I woke up a couple of hours ago wanting to bake to expend some energy doing something productive, but I found no butter in the fridge so those plans went out the window.

Why am I in a bad mood? Well, I originally made plans to meet up with an old friend whom I haven’t seen in 13 years or so. We agreed to meet at a Japanese buffet place about halfway between our places–I’m now in east Toronto, while he’s still in the western suburb where I grew up (at least I think he’s still there). Anyway, I arrived at the restaurant at noon and stood out in front. The skies opened up and it started pouring rain. I stood under the overhang to keep dry. I watched groups of people heading in and out of the place. I kept an eye on the cars entering the lot, in hopes of spotting him. For 20 minutes or so, I stood still, but after the 20 I started wandering around the front. I think some people in the restaurant were looking at me, and I was feeling like a chump just standing out there. Exactly 30 minutes after arriving, I left and headed home kind of miffed. It reminded me of the last time I was left standing outside by a no show.

As I drove home, I realized that there were a few things that lead to this happening. First of all, we hadn’t exchanged phone numbers, which is damn stupid for both of us. I was secretly hoping that he’d forgotten, just because it would give me a reason to legitimately be angry. How human. I was praying that it wasn’t my fault. I didn’t want to be the one to blame.

When I got home, I popped online, and it turns out that he left a message early this morning telling me to call him because he’d forgotten the name of the place. CHE. So…I gave him a call and we talked it out. I was annoyed, but what could you do? I tried to not sound too bad over the phone, but I’m sure it came across. I kind of felt bad. At the same time, I deliberately made a choice to not to say anything along the lines “oh, it’s OK,” simply because it wasn’t. I was looking forward to catching up and getting stuffed on sushi. Well, time will pass and it’ll fade. I don’t want to hold it over his head. Still.

I guess I’ll work out some of this frustration during tomorrow morning’s run.

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Skipping the buffet tables

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Sun. August 5, 2007

The other day, I mentioned eating at a buffet. It was bad. Really bad. I’ve been to a couple of bad sushi places, but this one was just…wow. Seeing as how we had just paid $22, we had intentions of trying to find the good stuff on the menu and getting as much bang for our buck. I ended up regretting it. In the parking lot, I was spitting a great deal in the hopes of getting the taste of the place out of my mouth. Drinking more water or tea there wasn’t an option because the service people were so damn lousy about refilling our glasses and cups. So yeah, I kind of blame the experience for throwing my training off. The day after, I was really cursing and still feeling nasty. I was still feeling the effects this morning. Since then, I’ve really thought about things, and I’m really finally realizing how these places aren’t beneficial to me at all if I’m trying to do better for myself. So, between now and the next race, I’m going to attempt to skip the buffet scene. Heh. We’ll see how that goes.

Today, in the fast food court, I was looking around for a good option. I ended up getting something at Cultures. Yeah…I felt out of place. I bought a Greek salad with a grilled chicken breast. Not bad, I guess. Still, I wonder if continually eating like a rabbit is even possible for me. :neutral:

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Tempura sauce

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Thu. July 19, 2007

Oh crap. Just spilled a container of tempura sauce on the floor. A whole bunch landed on my pants as well. I’m going to go the whole day and ride the streetcar back smelling of tempura. That’s fantastic.

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Whole lot of nonsense

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Sun. July 8, 2007

I was scheduled to meet a friend yesterday for sushi, but she had to pull out at the last minute because she came down with a fever. It was rescheduled to today, but at around midnight last night she called again sounding really clogged up and drippy. She was in no condition to go out, so she cancelled on me.

Now, as much as I’m understanding about her situation, I’m also kind of frustrated right now. I went into this weekend anticipating a bit of socialization, but in the end I got nothing. Don’t you hate that feeling? So, anyway, that left me at home with a whole lot of free time, and nothing to do but think.

Ew. Thinking. Such a dangerous thing! I’m not talking about the intellectual type of considerations, but rather the self-analyzing navel-gazing that can so easily go into the shitter if you’re not careful. Unfortunately, I think that’s what happened today for me. Against all of my rational thinking, I went into some sort of breakdown mode where all I wanted to do was lie in bed and think about how life could be so much better. I was inflicting this mood on my family. I think my mom could sense that no good was coming from this emo-state and she was having none of it. “If you’re planning on be miserable, you’re only bringing it upon yourself.”

True. God bless her.

Still, it wasn’t enough to knock me to my senses. As I lay in bed in the afternoon, I made a mental list of all the reasons why Jason sucks. I wanted to inflict as much hurt as I could. Thing is, in the back of my mind, I knew that this was all plain bullshit. My rational self was poking fun at my insecure self almost like some horrid bully would. It was pretty strange, and really not all that good for the soul. So, I slept. When I woke up a couple of hours later, I was feeling a little bit relieved, and really feeling that I’d just gone through a lot of nonsense.

So here I am, probably not any stronger, and holding self-doubt, but with the knowledge that life is what it is. I’ve got stuff going for me whether I want to acknowledge it or not. All I need to do is play off of those strengths. Still, is it enough?

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Flushing misdeed

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Fri. December 29, 2006

I met with H downtown today. After wandering around, we got hngry and finally settled on a dodgy looking sushi place on Yonge. The meals we got were pretty mediocre: the beef was chewy, the maki rolls were kind of mushy, and some of the sushi was fishy. Shortly before leaving, I found that I had to go to the bathroom. So, I left some money with my friend and ventured down to the basement. When I was done my business, I got up and flushed. Moments later, I mentally screamed “OH, SHIT!”

I’d clogged the toilet.

See, the toilet was kind of weak. Anyway, I scrambled around, and saw no plunger anywhere. So, I put the cover down, washed my hands, and walked back to the table. When I got there, I whispered to H, “C’mon! Let’s get out of here!” I put on my jacket, grabbed my bag and scrambled out. As son as I got outside, I walked at a brisk pace, trying to distance myself away from the restaurant as much as I could. I was kind of laughing at the whole ridiculousness of the situation. I mean, as if the restaurant would come chasing after me to punish me for my misdeed. I was also feeling bad for the next sucker who had to do some business. What would he do?

Oh man.

Well, perhaps the only thing that makes me feel better about it all is that the place served crappy food. Some sort of karmic retribution, perhaps?

Err…no, just bad luck.

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Sushi o tabeta

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Tue. June 6, 2006

The best way to meet with someone that you haven’t seen in a long time is over food. There’s something so basically uniting and entirely human about sharing a meal with someone. It could be an issue though in the case that you’re meeting with different groups of people, which probably means that you’re going to find your frequency of eating out to suddenly spike. It becomes even more interesting if those groups want to eat in the same type of restaurant.

Oh, not that I mind.

I met Laurence on Sunday for dinner, and Yuki and Raien on Monday for lunch. In both cases, it was suggested that we eat in a sushi restaurant. How could I refuse (especially when I hadn’t seen either group in a long while)? The picture above is from my outing with the girls. The two of them love surf clam. I’m not as fanatical about it, but I’m able to eat it. I just thought that the sushi guy arranged it so beautifully that I had to take a picture. Anyway, the two of them are doing great.

Yuki is progressing through so many stages of life so quickly. She’s getting married and getting a house. To be honest, I’m feeling like I’m falling behind. I just graduated, and I’m sitting on my ass while pondering my future, and there she is, eyes forward, running towards the future full-speed ahead. I’m not getting any younger, you know. In any case, I know that Yuki will reach a point where she’ll be fully content, and I’m truly happy for her.

Raien has been through so many ups and downs over the past few months. However, she is a strong woman. I admire her no-nonsense attitude and I respect her points of view. At the same time, I feel like there’s a bit of vulnerability there. I think I’m able to recognize it because I sense the same vulnerability in myself. That being said, if you were to ask me what it is, I’d have no clue how to explain it.

Laurence and his med-school pursuits seem to be going well. His semester just ended meaning that he’s now got the summer months off. He was telling me tales about his experience, and I was greatly fascinated by them. Even stories of him performing probes and palpatating prostates of the living-impaired didn’t phase me. Man, med-school seems to be ridiculously tough. A very long time ago, I had dreams of becoming a pediatrician. Somewhere along the way that dream faded. At this point, I don’t think I would have had the patience to put up with so much education. That just means then, that I’m glad that there are more dedicated and focused people like Laurie that are taking care of the difficult medical roles that are so important in our society. I can’t imagine a shmuck like me doing such things.

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