BLESSIN' YOU~

Bless me in glory! Infinitely lovely...

Brill lyrics & voice by yours truly.



And just in case you want to watch it again, in better quality (you know you want to).

A weekend of par-tays

What did you do last weekend? I went to parties! And I even went on a date! Did I ever tell you about my total sum of 1.5 dates over 2 years of post-breakup rehab?! One was a real date and the remaining "1/2" refers to the evening I *thought* was a date¹ until he started talking about the girl he was interested in over dessert. And yes we split the bill. That sucked.

Anyway Sunday was a real date (and yes the person who does the asking out pays on dates. The invitee can offer to pay for coffee afterwards. In my case, it was taiyaki. Bariuma dattashi.) and though it's not going to go anywhere with the guy I just thought I'd let you know that I'm not the social recluse you think I am. Also, isn't it interesting how people say when you meet the right person "you know"? Well I have a tendency to "know" more often than I care to admit (haha. working on it!) but I also "KNOW" right away when he's *not* the one. You know when you know, right? At least I guess about whether you're into him or you not. So... I knew he wasn't it and so I told him we can only be friends, unless he wants to be an intern. Spoken/written Arabic a plus.

Last weekend I also went to a SATC party and an Azabu Juban Matsuri party. Coming up I also have... a Champagne party (involving Krug. The things Champagne does to my skin borders miraculous), a wedding party, a b-day party (Monica is organizing it), a Hurray For Work party, and finally another wedding party involving a duet of A Whole New World with Peabo. Monica, Jasmine, man! I'm all over the place.

So you see I am actually a social butterfly. Twitter twitter. Bye~



Miss Ai living it up at partay over weekend.

¹ He kept asking me out to dinner, I kept declining (graciously), he kept asking. One time I said yes because he offered to meet me after work. A date--Yes? No? Ladies? Gents?? Oh alllllright here you go....

Back by Popular Demand! The Miss Ai Poll! Was It Or Wasn't It?! A date but he changed his mind over appetizers. Sorry dude. Miss Ai, it's 2008 and it's called going Dutch. Date. A victim of the modern times, a retarded little youthling who knows nothing of gentlemenly suaveness. He was in dire need of your pleasant (not to mention HOTT) company for dinner. Wasn't a date but I can see why you thought it was. You're hott. I think he just wanted to go out to dinner as friends. view results

I Had a Dream...

...that I zoned out during tomorrow's Girls Night Out (it's a Vodka U and we'll learn how to make 5 new cocktails! Squeeeel!) and fell hours behind schedule on getting the par-tay started. We were at the bar, idling--the girls were all waiting for my command to get Vodka U going and before I knew it, it was 2 hours into the evening. By then, Vodka U Prof was unfocused, the girls were hungry and bored and.... HOLY CRAP NIGHTMARE!!!

This GNO has been more intensive in its planning as it's more than just a dinner. I organized the venue to allow us the bar to ourselves for a few hours, the "professor" to help us out of the kindness of his heart, the caterer to bring us gourmet sandwiches at a discount, and--OMG I can't believe it really happened!--I asked all the girls to pay in advance. And they did!!! Their actions make me believe there is good in the world. Hallelujah!

Contrary to my (hopefully non-ominous) dream, things have been going smoothly to this point. I'll let you know how it goes after tomorrow.

Chotto Kowaiyo!!!!

Nina, Sweet 16 + 12

The Pod welcomed her 28th year on Earth.



The day was all about cute dogs...





... and presents...



... and a misunderstanding about the film No Country for Old Men. Apparently the motive behind Javier Bardem's rampage was not that he felt America was a country exclusively for young people.



ウケるニナポッド。

Because I'm too shy to post on Facebook...

On my 30th birthday I was cover girl to an executive women's magazine in Japan, Being A Broad.
Basically I talk about how I'm building a Miss Ai Pyramid in Dubai using only interns (hint: just tell them they have "potential") .

This one's for you CC!!

I found paradise...

And it's called foie gras at Robuchon.




This is my happy face!!



Also, Kung-Fu Panda is great.

"The past is history, the future a mystery, and today a gift. That is why it is called Present."

Single in the City?

HOT

It's so hot that I'm actually contemplating *not* showering before going out. Because I know I will have to shower when I get back. But it's Sunday and the Pod and I will actually spend it as a day off, possibly by going to see "Dark Knight". So for the public's sake, I will do what is expected of a good citizen (being clean).

In other news, I keep seeing all these friends from my international school days (4th and 5th grade). The other day I had lunch with my BBF from 5th grade Yuriko,, and two nights ago HK and I went to see my BBF from 4th grade Mercy who runs a very successful and gorgeous chain of 20's-style Shanghai Chinese restaurant in China Town (Yokohama). (HK and M are friends too.)

And in other other news I did the lyrics and song to Japanese TV show "Koi no karasawagi (恋のから騒ぎ）" DVD that just came out, plus the new FANCL CM songs which will apparently come out soon. I will embed the youtube when I find it!

And I'm finally on a diet. There! I said it! Bye bye!!!!