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Saturday

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Yesterday after my attempt at shopping I ended up going home and cooking dinner. I didn’t plan on going back out but Luke called and I wasn’t so tired so I meet up with him and Ben for a few drinks. I didn’t get home until around 2AM. It was a fun night. Herbie also ended up showing up while we were out.

Today I went out to get my watch fixed. That will be a post unto itself, but I didn’t expect it to take so long to do. The city was packed. I ended up back home just in time to make plans to meet up with Danny for some dinner at Swift. I didn’t drink that much even though Danny was up for it. Dinner was fun, but I ended up home early.

Overall a good and productive day.

Xmas Recap

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Xmas ended up being a load of fun. Wednesday night I went with Jayson & Gretchen to Outback. We didn’t do anything crazy, just dinner and hung out at their place afterward. On Xmas day they had about 15 people over. It was a mix of family and friends. The food was great, well too good since I stuffed my self on appetizers and never did get around to eating the main corse. I have done that before. What can i say, I like appetizers.

I ended up staying over at Jay’s until Friday morning. I took a morning train back to the city. I ended up trying to do some shopping in the afternoon but that was a disaster. I always forget that the day after Xmas is a huge shopping day. I wanted to get some stuff at Macy’s but when I got there it was packed.

Drinks With Friends

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Tonight I meet up with a bunch of friends at Blaggards to celebrate the holiday. I was able to get out a little early and got there a bit after 5. I was able to see Jose, William, Calvin & Josh. With the exception of Josh I hadn’t seen any of those guys in months. It was good to catch up. I also hung out with Luke, Ben, Herbie, and others. I had a good time. I hadn’t been out with these friends in a while and after being out yesterday reminds me I miss it. After the new year I will endeavour to be out more with them.

Thankfully I wasn’t out too late since I had half a day of work tomorrow. Thankfully I am working remotely tomorrow so I can sleep a little later.

Dinner Monday

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Today was freezing out. I was working from home and all set to stay in and warm. That didn’t end up happening. I meet up with Jayson for lunch near Time Square. I was going to head home to finish the day off but I realized I had dinner plans with people from work and a vendor down by my office. So after lunch I ran down there to finish the rest of the day of work at work. 

Dinner was great. We went to a nice Italian restaurant. I had some Veal. For desert I we all had some Mcallan’s 15. It was good. I have had it before and Mcallan’s is fast becoming one of my favorite Scotches. I am going to look for a bottle for my apartment.

I didn’t get home till after 10, so it was a long day but all in all a good one.

And I Thought Buying Electronics Was Confusing

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Over the past few months I have gotten more and more interested in cooking. I am not sure if it is because I decided I want to eat a bit more healthy. It could also be due to the kick ass grocery store that is now open across the street from me. I am now motivated to eat a bit better and I have a steady supply of fresh food to choose from.

My problem is that my cooking equipment is a bit lacking. I have a small George Forman grill and a cookie sheet. Sad, I know. I already ordered a new bigger easier to clean George Forman grill that shows up sometime this week. I also started looking for pots and pans to cook things I am interested in. The problem I found is they don’t make it easy to pick just 2 or 3 things to get. Most of what I have found are sets of 11 or 12 pieces. I want 3 things. A frying pan, large pot, and a steamer. The loose stock items you can get aren’t what I want. I might end up needing to get a set that I don’t really need. I also can’t identify why the price of this stuff varies so much between sets. I know there is probably some fundamental difference between stuff but I don’t know what it is.

At least with technology I knew what to look for no matter how confusing stuff was. I bought cheap steak knives thinking they seemed fine, and now I know why they cost like $20. They are starting to rust after a few uses. This whole experience is teaching me that I have allot to learn.

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email backlog is almost gone for now. Dinner is done and cleaned up. Maybe it is time to sit down and relax a bit.