April 25, 2008

  • ebb and flow

    i started coming out of my mild funk yesterday afternoon, and last night proved it fo' sho. wow, i just wrote out "fo' sho"... anyway, my thursday rocked even though all i did was run errands, see deluxe for a bit, and work. it felt great to finally knock off those errands from my long ignored list of things-to-do. then although i was a bit bothered by running late to see dallas, all those &#*@!% feelings disappeared once i saw him turn and smile at me. work was great too... i worked with my faves and spent some time coloring happy birthday posters for our sous chef and gm. i loved that when "mama loves mambo" started playing in the restaurant, we all started singing it and dancing at the same time... haha.

    all that above was kind of nonsense, but i needed to write it down to mark the end of the ebb and the beginning of the flow. i finally emailed people i needed to write and *gasp* went to the gym this morning. i haven't gone in a little over a week... that's really awful, but i made up for it today. though step class was cancelled due to cardio room renovations, at least i got a workout done. i drank half a 5 hour energy shot and am feeling the buzz of it now... bzzzzzzzz. know what's interesting? well, to me at least... in the past few weeks when i was in my "meh" mindset, the 5 hour energy drinks did nothing for me except keep my body moving; my mental malaise stayed put, almost like the 5 hour energy skipped over certain parts of my brain.

    in other news, i was mentioned in the paper today, haha... http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008804240337
    the blurb reads:
    Over at Romano's Macaroni Grill, g.m. Darren Yasui has two Masudas on
    his payroll — Shawna, the musical theater trouper ("Aida," "Miss
    Saigon," "Kismet," "Cats," "Beauty and the Beast") and her cousin
    Catherine (a University of Southern California graduate and a
    performer, too). Diner faves, they often do duets between table
    service. ...
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    my favorite parts of that are my misspelled name and the duet fabrication - shawna just started working last weekend, and we haven't sang together in the one week, hehe. but we should learn some duets to keep the customers happy. speaking of happy customers... last night an older guy stepped out of his booth and belted out "O Sole Mio" in a powerful tenor voice. floored me! what a treat, hearing a guest sing. i wish more stuff like that happened at mac grill, but there's lots of other stuff to keep us entertained and occupied :)
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    one of the birthday posters we colored... from malia's camera~