Sawaddee my friends! Thank you for your messages. I left in such a big hurry and I couldn’t be more specific with the details. I apologize. First, the Red Cross Society. Here is the website. Please select “To support the Thai Red Cross activities”. The money will be going to the general fund. You can donate in USD. Once you click through the process, it’ll ask who you are donating on behalf of. Go ahead and say that it is in honor of Mrs. Chongdee Phromyothi. My mom is at Wat That Thong (at the foot of the Ekamai BTS...
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My mom passed away around 5:30 p.m. PST or 7:30 a.m. August 21 Bangkok time. I’m taking the 11 p.m. flight out tonight. It’s a non-stop from LAX to BKK so there will be no update until I get there. If you’d like to do anything, please check out Thai Red Cross Society website and make a donation. That’s my mom’s favorite charity. May it be meals for the infirm monks, or disaster relief. Whatever you’d pick. I’d link this for you guys but I don’t have time right now. Those in Thailand, we will be at Wat That Thong,...
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Weekend. Gone. Saturday. Justin & Olaina. Zoo. Fun. Then Urban Mo’s (where she works). Off the fuckin’ hook! Giant burgers. Strong margaritas. Gay cowboys. Oh my! Sunday. Paul & Lupe. Gaffey Street Diner. More good eats. Afternoon wandering the mall for 3 hours. And they didn’t even work on the car at the shop. Feh. Allergy attacks. Naps impossible. Geeked out instead. And fixed the side bar. Hooray!! Much meds. Not much sleep. Today. In Benedryl Haze. With a sore nose. And my pants fits funny. Damn it. DAMN IT!...
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A lot of escaping I’m doing this weekend. :) It’s not just from the mom stuff but work stuff as well. Our friend Eva quit. I am in shock. We took her out to lunch in a big giant group yesterday. After work, I got off early to start drinking with another former coworker. They’re staying to hang out with Eva after official clock out hour of 5:30, but I just had the drink and catch my 5 p.m. bus home. I would’ve loved to stay but I have a more important thing to attend last night. Brandon and I...
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Nothing brings out the giggles like a free lunch at a fancy schmancy downtown sushi joint. And some random poetry from elHeffe: …was a girl named Oakley, She was so hot they called her Smokely, And ever did she try, To sell you pie in the sky, Disguised as a really expensive table at some awards ceremony for this thing that no one knows about, but Oakley would convince you it was the greatest thing since double-stuffed Oreos. And Brandon saying to me first thing when I walked in the door: Baby, can we just order pizza and the potato...
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A surprise gift in the mail. * Olaina sent me Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warrior band that was just a wee little bit too big. A REALLY big plastic bag. * Not as much fun as a really big box though. A cake you successfully baked and prepped the night before and frosted at 5:30 a.m. * Giada rules! And before y’all think I’m crazy, this cake was for my company potluck. I can’t frost it overnight because the hazelnut brittles would’ve melted into the frosting and it won’t be any good. Jason Chambers, my newest “celebrity” crush. * Well, he’s...
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