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Friday was work work work, but as I had said, there was a nice little festival going on across the street. I had myself some really tasty bratwurst, and I bought a nice little ring. Bryan bought his girlfriend a pot with bamboo in it. How sweet! They also had 'fried Milky Way bars'. I guess its breaded Milky Way bars that are friend. Looked like little pieces of poop. Just kidding. Looked like chocolate Twinkies. Which, when you think about it, would look like little pieces of poop. Anyway, after work, I headed back out to the festival to watch the Mighty Blue Kings play. I'm a big fan of theirs, but not as much lately. I kinda feel bad, because they're basically a blues/swing band, and swing's not as big anymore. But they did a great job. I was surprised to see that my friend Jerry isn't drumming for them anymore. He was a fellow band feek with me in high school, but he was different - he was a COOL band geek. After that, I headed to a party my co-worker had at 'Howl at the Moon' a piano bar by my office. It was fun, and Dave met me there. It's nice when Dave comes into the city to go to these things. I know how much he hates looking for parking! After leaving, we went for a little walk around downtown. It was really nice, we haven't gone for a walk like that for a long time.
Saturday, I was going to clean, but Dave came over after work, and he basically just slept on the couch. I used that as an excuse to play some playstation with Fatima. We tried out the 'Winter Olympics 2002' PS2 game that Claudine bought for me. It was OK. But what, no short track? And no figure skating? No curling? Heh heh. Then we played some Bust a Move and Chef's Love Shack. Fun stuff.
Later on, me and Dave went to watch My Big Fat Greek Wedding. I really liked that movie. I'd give it 3 1/2 stars out of four. I don't want to hype it up too much, but it's a movie I would definitely recommend to other people. Essentially, the story is about this Greek woman living in Chicago, who gets engaged to a non-Greek man, and all the funny things that happen with the planning of the wedding. Seriously, I never knew that so many things in the Greek community parallelled the Filipino community! But I guess that's why this movie is such a hit. No matter what your ethnic background is, there's something you can relate to in this movie. From all the food that is eaten, to the strange grandmothers, to the home-made remedies, to the relationships between the generations, there's something there for everyone. I know that my wedding is going to be just as crazy with the meddling (and I say that with affection, with a tinge of apprehension) of all my relatives. But I guess you just gotta go with the flow and not fret over it.
Today I dedicate to the sloth, one of my favorite animals, and I will sit around, eat, and do nothing. OK...I'll do something - watch football. Right now I'm watching a KICK ASS game between Minnesota and Buffalo. They're in overtime right now. Good game.
Also today, my mom mentioned to us that she's starting to lose her hair, due to her chemo treatments. 
It's a day that we knew would come. Luckily, Fatima was home, so we were both trying to cheer her up. She's still got her wig from the last time she went through this, but she's got a different hairstyle now. We tried to convince her to just forget the wig, and just do the 'Bald is Beautiful' deal, but she won't go for it. So we were looking through the wig catalog to find her a new one. Meanwhile, we were playing around with her present wig. Don't I look fetching? Don't I look like a Beatle? And we tried having her try on my blonde wig that I have, and she looked REALLY good, but she said it wasn't an option. She's going to get a new one. That's ok. More wigs for me to play with. It could have been a pretty depressing day, but fortunately we were abe to lift her spirits with our antics. I should be a clown.
