I'm sad about all the places that are closing around here. First, the Crocodile Cafe closed. Then, Em found out the Fremont Dock is sayonara-ing. THEN, we all heard the horrible news that Sunset Bowl will be no more in April. And now, the Fremont Sonic Boom is peacing out.

Sigh.

The spaces in Fremont will no doubt soon be Thai restaurants, as Fremont has only six Thai restaurants so far. You can never have too many Thai restaurants in the span of a few blocks.

Was talking to friend Early Worldly today and we decided that anyone can become a Buddhist By Default (BBD) if they suffer enough. BBD people! We're in to it. Also, we came up with the term Cuddle Lurker to describe self-absorbed creepy men who you barely talk to and would never go out with, yet who invite themselves over to your house to "cuddle" on a Saturday night without even the pretense of buying you dinner first, AND who act like you should be grateful for their grand offer when really you are shocked and disturbed by their delusional audacity. Not gonna happen. You politely decline in a nice way. But, as Monice says, in these cases "it's time to stop being nice and to start being real!" That's right, ladies.

The birthday is coming up soon. I have to say that I haven't really been feeling it this year, and I'm not sure why. Normally I'm all about celebrating me, Me, ME! Natch. I'm not bothered by age at this point, but last year was so great, and this year I'm just like, "Eh. 31." However, my darling friends are insisting on doing something, so we're going to have a dinner out with all of my favorite ladies, and I'm SUPER EXCITED about that. My friend L is calling it Megan R. Day! and I love that as well.