Coldplay
DTR (Or when is it appropriate to Define The Relationship)
Thursday: Our wonderful Knot2Us small group facilitators unveiled a strategy to tip the unbalanced "singles" scale at GrX by having an all important orange color-coded bonfire night at Pacifica State beach. The location was chosen in order to minimize flirting as it's very difficult to figure out who's who in complete darkness...except for the randomn flickering fire...which in a way could be romantic — but I digress.
We discussed among many important topics such as: Do girls prefer an expensive diamond ring or a down payment for a condo/townhouse/house. The girls offered their insights: Why not an AND. Why does it have to be OR? They were joking, of course. Other important topics were: "How should women say 'No' when they're not interested." That is "How does a guy know his chance with a girl is one in a hundred or one in a million?" Progress was slow but we'll have an update on the "singles" scale with perhaps another round of discussion, where we'll try to answer more than three of the twenty prepared questions...in two hours.
Coldplay and Bonfire of the v(AN)i(DY)
Friday: Coldplay's X&Y concert at the Shoreline. What stood out was the sheer size of it. Three years ago I saw them at the Greek Amphitheater (for A Rush of Blood To The Head) and I remembered the intimacies of that venue, partly because of the smaller crowds and "B" budget props...the hanging drapes with flooding lights. It reminded me of the magic of a three ring circus...the lighting and Chris Martin's atmospheric voice and dramatic piano performance. The "A" budget setup is nice if only in a random sort of way. Overall the concert was awesome because of all the usual Coldplay favorite songs. They even covered Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire".
"Maybe you'll get what you wanted
Maybe you'll stumble upon it" &mdash (White Shadows)
Anyways I did stumble upon this concert and many thanks to Kat (on this nite her alias was "Bubble Girl"). Afterward Kat Drew Pongster and myself headed over to the same beach (I know I know we tend to recycle locations...be it places to eat or places to hang out) to meet up with Wuboy, Dai, Will, and their TAS friends for Andy's birthday bonfire.
Weddings and Funerals
Saturday: Woke up early to attend a funeral (of a distant aunt) and it got me thinking: why is it that certain relatives you only get to see during weddings or funerals? There's my great aunt, another uncle, and more relatives who only show up for these events. I guess we're busy with our lives now. And how do these two very disparate happenings end up with a similar type of question: "When are you getting marry?" To which I always mumble to myself: "I don't know. I only come for the food."
Open Gym
Sunday: How can I not cap off a long and great weekend without playing some hoops. This time Pastor Andy showed up and I immediately jumped at the chance to play with him. That and also the TAS guys had five guys...their own team in fact. I did get to scout a few players but man there are still too many people to know who's who. Afterward we went for food at Cupertino Village and more TAS people showed up. Talk about a small world.
* NOTE TO TAS FOLKS: You guys should have your own TAS website...or forum...or wiki — but I digress.
I think they ask "when will you get married" because it's 1) at a wedding - it's something to continue the great times!... 2) at a funeral - it's something to offset the sadness of the event... a happy moment they will be able to look forward to in seeing you again... in any case - it think it's their way of saying _ dude when am i going to see you again?
but then really. to us americanized asian folk... it makes us feel inadequate since we aren't meeting their marital thoughts of where we should be, or career thoughts, or societal, or financial status where we "should" be in life at OuR age... ah.... the wonderful.... tough love of asian thought. :)
BYE MIKE!
I WANNA know the prepared questions! :)
oh the people that showed up weren't all TAS.
Steve/Irene/Doris are actually just normal people. haha...
Can you post some of what was agreed on your blog one day?
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Frank Hsueh