Return from (yet another) repose...

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I've been meaning to blog earlier in the week, but everytime I tried to logon, my server was down! Call it bad 'net karma. Well, today the server is up. So here goes!

Ah yes! I survived my 10 day juice fast. Thanks to all those who checked up on me and sent me well wishes. Great stuff! I guess they were right...the first two or three days of the fast are the hardest. And since your body is pyschologically attached with food and the sensation of eating, you constantly crave food even if you're not that hungry. But it's doable. Hey...if I did it, it should mean anyone can do it!

For the past two weeks I've been keeping busy by reading, cooking, surfing the 'net, hanging with friends and watching old movies (I've probably watched more rentals in the past month than I've watched in all 12 of my previous lives combined!). Hah. Side note: Speaking of movies, I went out last night to see Count of Monte Cristo. Decent. Worth a matinee viewing.

Last week, I rented a Microsoft Xbox with Ben and Danny and finished Halo and played a bit of Max Payne. Max Payne was super-duper cool! I especially like the bullet time button and the John Woo style "dive-shoot-and-slide" moves you can do! I ended up renting a Sony PS2 myself and played Grand Turismo 3 for about a week. :) Now I've got the chorus for Grand Theft Audio's feature song "As Good As It Gets" stuck on my brain:

I get the feeling it's a new day, sun is rising!
I get the feeling everything is gonna change!

Ahhh....we had such a beautiful day today! A wee bit nippy, but beautiful nonetheless. It was weird...because it was sunny, but at the same time, it was sprinkling snowflakes! Quite simply? Weird. But beautiful.

I decided to go out and do some clearance winter shopping on Robson Street. Wandered and browsed through Le Chateau, CM, Boysco, ZARA, BR, FCUK, GAP and Mexx. It's not like I go shopping often, but everytime I do it seems like I always browse through all the shops but end up buying only from BR.

*shrug*

I've always eschewed shopping at GAP. I'm not exactly sure why...I guess it's partly because I see too many Koreans who wear GAP. You know what I mean? It's what I call the "GAP look". Ingredients? Token hooded GAP sweatshirt with the huge G-A-P lettering and accompanying khakis. Hair tied in a ponytail and an ever present leather (or plaid) backsack with straps undone so said bag hangs down to the small of the back. And Samsung "handphone" hanging by neck strap. Sounds familiar? Well...I'm quite sure other Koreans will know what I mean.

I know GAP sells decent clothing, but that "GAP look" has turned me off completely from GAP. Besides, they're hawking denim as the "new thing" for their spring 2002 line. Très blah.

Well then again, I always seem to wear the blacks à la typical Asians. Example? Well I headed to Pacific Center and swung by Tristan and America. A sparky and attractive Honger (Hong Konger for those without the Vancouver lingo-to-English dictionary) with brown highlights asked me what I was looking for. A black cardigan that opens halfway or a sweater, I replied.

"Black?" She frowned disapprovingly. She laughed and teased: "No colours?"

"Nope. I like black. I guess I'm a bland guy..." Just then I realized she was wearing a black turtleneck as well. Hey! What the?

She followed my eyes and looked down at herself and laughed. "Oh...well, I guess I shouldn't talk..."

Hah! Dave 1. Attractive store clerks who think they're going to start a colour revolution amongst Asian males? Nil.

LOL.

Oh dear god. I just realized something. Did I really just spend half of this blog talking about fashion and clothing? Ok I better stop right there. Someone SHOOT me.

Aiyee.

Hahaha.

Posted by Dave at March 07, 2002 07:30 PM