This weekend was one of the most productive "do nothing" weekends I've had in a while that wasn't while I was on vacation.

Friday 7/4 - After working I headed over to Oakland Chinatown to attend the wedding reception of my old friend Brian. I've known him since 6th grade, and up until my sophomore year we pretty much hung out all the time. Then we drifted apart but I still kept in touch. He decided to hold his wedding on July 4th in Golden Gate Park [which was a private ceremony] but since his new wife is Chinese they held the reception at Legendary Palace on Franklin Street. It was one of those 9 course Chinese functions, complete with dragon dance and a change of clothing from western bridal gown and tuxedo to Chinese style dress in the middle of dinner. In all we had a great time. I was telling a friend that I'm not ready to get married, but seeing a childhood friend take the step let's me know there's still a whole lot more life out there waiting for me. Afterward, the fireworks from Jack London Square lit up the night sky. Pretty good exclamation point for a wedding if you ask me.

Sat 7/5 - I attended Atreyu797's birthday bbq in Fremont. She's one of my friends who I can call after not talking for three months and vent about some girl this or some girl that and she won't trip. Probably because she does the same to me too. I set up a future baseball game with a friend from Pittsburg, which of course I'll tell you all about.
Then later that night was the annual Park Street Crawl which takes place in Alameda every saturday after the 4th of July. This is the night that all the bars in Alameda make enough money to stay open until the next year. For those of you who don't know, Alameda, though with a population of close to 60,000, has a very 'small town' feel. Basically, if you went to school or played sports you knew everyone within about 3 years more or less than your age. So it's pretty much high school reunion time. In fact, there's a lot of Alameda heads who come home during 4th of July so they can attend the crawl. Since my house is within walking distance most of us can walk off our stupor.

Sun 7/6 - Had dim sum in the morning then worked the PM shift. Afterwards, went to the 16-inch Stallion's house to learn a new kulintang song, Binalig.

For real, that was a pretty cool "do nothing" weekend if there ever was one.