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ok time to catch up once again.
before i forget everything...


last weekend in london ended up being full of ups n downs.
ended up at Torture Garden even though I wasn't working.
It was very quiet which is really nice especially after 2-3 months of giant fetish parties every weekend.
I actually didn't want to go out at all since it was going to be a pricey cab ride to/from and I was right about that -
but i did end up going because i wanted to see someone. :-)
and i got to wear my new Atsuko Kudo latex piece.



Woke up much too early and went for breaky.
Then headed over to Atsuko's shop again before heading home completely exhausted.
Didn't end up getting a nap in at all, and then had to get my bags sorted for my flight home.

The next night, my last night in London, went completely to shit.

Alarm went off at 8am. I know I didn't pass out the am before until sometime after 4h30.
Ended up having to have my cab turn around because I forgot my stupid purse with passport and housekeys at the house.
Had to jump the fence and my driver was kind of impressed. lol. necessity n all.
So then off to Heathrow and of course, the weather in London would have to be gorgeous n all.
And I missed out on flatmate's bday BBQ.



Never flew out of Terminal 3 before.
Had to keep reminding myself I was flying Virgin and not British Airways like I usually do.





I like terminal 5 much better. Terminal 3 annoyed me. what with having to wait for a door to open to allow others to pass by
(someone designed the building kind of oddly).

i also didn't get my upgrade or my meal request but it was ok. Good entertainment system and food was decent too.
Even fell asleep for a little bit.



San Francisco was also gorgeous.

The next night I went by my local bar.



All the rest of the photos are up at the MoBlog

lazy week revisited

still being a lazy bum in general.
of course, being too sedentary does not help with trying to avoid being depressed n stuff.

at least I'm getting plenty of family time which is nice.
and my niece is starting to remember me again.
we all went out for father's day at our favorite chinese resto.







i think she's actually going to become addicted to it. she's already constantly asking for it and my parents never tell her no.
it's just as bad as putting her in front of the TV to watch spongebob.
at least she's learning stuff with it though, and the applications teach her things in japanese as well as english.

San Francisco with Samar

Wednesday night (June 24) I drove up to San Francisco and picked up Samar so we could hit Bondage A GoGo.
it's been quite a long time since i've been.
We danced a bit but I think I failed at being all gothy because I was told i'm not supposed to dance n smile at the same time.
oh well.
We left before it got too late.



So the next day Samar had to do her beauty appointments while I stayed in and played the SF car parking game
(trying to move my car every 2 hours and avoid getting a ticket)
luckily the nice men at the autoshop were able to tell me if they'd see the ticket cop as they have to keep their customers' cars parked on the street as well.




we ended up at Brothers Korean BBQ and ate - a lot.




(samar's phone takes better photos)




At least playing the car parking game got me out to see how great the weather was. I almost wanted to take a nap on the sidewalk.
But I ended up distracting myself with a videogame inside, so I didn't even get to take a nap before the big show!

Pink Martini & the San Francisco Symphony

The tickets for Pink Martini and the San Francisco Symphony were announced some time ago and I don't know why I put off getting tickets.
There were much cheaper ones than the $110 seats we ended up getting but by the time we got around to getting them both shows were just about sold out. Friday nite was sold out, but Thursday only had the 2 seats and we ended up getting those.

I was disappointed to see so many empty seats for a sold out show. I suppose some of them probably belonged to the scalpers on craigslist charging too much money. buttheads!

In the end, they were wonderful seats in the Loge and happened to be right above the box I was in the last time I was at Davies Symphony Hall.
I think we probably couldn't have chosen better seats although I know at the end of the show I wished I was down in the general audience when Brazil came on and Thomas Lauderdale left the piano and jumped into the audience to grab people for a conga line. I think Samar wanted to jump in too.

I don't recall the line up of songs. I don't have the program (samar has 'em) but I do remember that the show was super great overall.
I was elated to be there and some of the pieces were just amazing to watch and hear, especially those that featured individual musicians including Pansy Chang on cello and Nicholas Crosa on violin (his playing made me think about how sore my arm would be).
Watching the pianist was always fun, even if he wasn't actually playing.
I'm actually starting to recognize some of the regular symphony players. A few of them were featured during the evening and they were wonderful.
Oh and I liked the trombone dude Robert Taylor singing Veronique too :-) Me n Samar kept watching him play with his knees all bent.

 

This is Crosa playing at the Crystal Ballroom dec 08. (lol, last time i was there, i jumped off the stage to chase a pig's head)
Praeludium & Allegro
It was quite thrilling live and the sound at Davies is awesome - the video doesn't quite do it justice.

I wish I could find a video of Pansy playing her cello piece.
Well, I hope it's on the symphony album they're working on

I wasn't too thrilled with the version of "Ebben..." from La Wally but then I'm used to hearing Callas or Tebaldi sing it.
There was also another piece I could have done without. i wished I could have heard La Soledad or Mar Descondido instead.

In the end, I wish we could have gotten tickets for both nights and with other people too because I kept thinking how great the show was and how I wished other people could see it too. Hell, I think my parents would have totally loved it!
They're playing again in October in Santa Rosa,  but it will be without the symphony.

Some photos:
(again, better shots are from Samar's phone)

mr stocking....

for mrstocking 

hehe