Gorgonzola Tortellini with Pesto Alfredo Sauce

Today I made myself a lunch out of a bunch of frozen crap from Trader Joe's. It turned out really well. After I plated it, I realized it would have looked better (and less like a bad print of a 1970's cum shot) if the pesto was drizzled perpendicular to the beans and carrots.

In fact, it was almost as good as the meals The Squirrel used to make for me.

Except his were all made from scratch.

And they tasted 10 times better.

Another cold FFS

I have been at home enjoying another cold the last two days. RAWR. I have been sick a lot since I moved out here. This seems like your average garden variety cold that only lingers a couple days, so it wasn't that bad. Poor Matt got to see me all sick and whiney. He's still enamored with me anyway.

It's Hard Being Irish

My dad is a red head. Some of my beard grows in red. There are several alcoholics in my family. Green is my favorite color.

So yeah, I'm totally Irish. At least on St Patty's Day.

I met a nice guy named Matt last night. We even have the same birthday. It's kind of freaky. Thank god he is a year older than me so I can be the young Matt if we start dating.

IRS

I got a notice from the IRS that they were not pleased with my 2006 tax return and wanted an extra $300. Luckily, it was just me doing a lazy job with some stock distributions, so I only owed $5.

So of course, I submitted the paperwork in the laziest way possible on the last possible day. They don't say they will accept a fax, but they gave a fax number, so I just faxed it in. I got the notice today that they were satisfied.

YAY LAZINESS!

Random Catcall

I was walking home tonight from the gym. It was dark out. A man was walking toward me. For a minute, I thought it might be Nick.

POSSIBLY NICK: "Hey Handsome"
ME: "Howdy"

I'm now sure it's Nick. That is, until..

DEFINITELY NOT NICK: "God damn you're hot"

Oh, it's some random stranger. He kept talking, but luckily I was almost home and was able to duck into the foyer while he kept trying to hit on me.

Fricking Classy

I just hit on this guy Steve. He's a personal trainer at 24 hour fitness. He cut his hair shorter. So I didn't recognize him at first. Anyway, I've totally struck out twice already trying to hit on him. He must think I'm a yutz.

Comfort Food

Tonight I am in the mood for an old Detroit delicacy - Coors Light and cigarettes.

Alright, Now Who Signed Me Up For This

I love free stuff. I love underwear (MENS UNDERWEAR!). How I got on the Victoria's Secret Free Panty mailing list, I don't know. For the record, my middle initial isn't "P". Maybe they didn't have it, so they just put in "P" for panties.

This is either desperate bad marketing or someone signed me up for this because they knew it would make me chuckle.

I love the Muni

Its like a big drunken party bus on a Friday or Saturday night.

Breaking Up

I dumped the drum and bugle corps yesterday. It was going to cost me an arm and a leg - $700 + travel expenses. The people in it are nice, but mostly middle aged straight people who live in the South Bay - not a great pool of potential new friends.

I also drove the nail in the coffin of dating JJ. I haven't called since he went out of town on business Wednesday. For the record, he didn't call me either. He did text me yesterday, but I ignored it. This is going to be an uncomfortable meetup in the hallway someday soon.

The last couple of months I've felt off. Breaking up with Jason, work, the flu and other things have really distracted me. I haven't felt as self assured as I normally do. I'm finally feeling like my confident self again.

On an unrelated note, I had my first sighting of a Marina Girl in the wild today.