금요일 오후: a few wks 'go or so (i think 'twas rt after t.giving), i found out that the vacated albertsons stores in our area've been bought by save mart. rats, i was really hoping that they'd be picked up by whole fuds, aka whole pay¢he¢k, purveyors'f quality, overpri¢ed, healthy fuds. whole fuds would've been good, but trader joe's would've been even better. my bro.in.law (sista's husband) steve werks as a city planner 4 the city'f sunnyvale, so he was in the know on this topik. he told me that whole fuds requires more space than these vacated albertsons stores had. oh well... whole fuds's hqed in austin tx; whereas trader joe's (aka tj's)'s hqed in monrovia, ca (socal). neither r truly local companies, but i prefer cali.based companies, altho' i knkow austin, tx's sort'f a cultural oasis in tx. 4 the most part, i don't like the whole concept'f texan culture; but i'm sure it's not as bad as it sounds.
2morrow, i'm goin' to northstar to snowboard w/ a couple'f my cowerkers, phil, n' claerence. this should be fun. most'f us have free lift tix from the bay area snow show. on sun, i've gotta go chew the folks out @ mel cotton's 4 rippin' the beautiful kaela hwang off on our recent snowboard maintenance. they didn't provide the tahoe card deal! kaela sed they must've ripped her off cos she's a woman, the way auto shops do it. i also hate how snow shops prob'ly assume we're the typikal asian yuppie snowboaders, which i insist we're not -- sometimes rather futilely... no, oftentimes very futilely.
[later] it's gonna snow on us n' be really cold 2morrow @ northstar. well, here's a chance 4 me to try out my quiksilver down jacket. i hope it's as rugged as it sez it is. i hope it's not just 4 looks.