but i do like wasabi

here's a problem i'm having: no money.

well, let's qualify it. i have money in the bank for the following things: rent. bills.

that's it.

see, normally i would have some cash from working for professors like i've never worked before, but the payroll department at the university of akron is just like anything else there. it exists to make your life more difficult than it has to be. therefore, i won't get paid until next week. and therefore, i have no cash in my wallet and three dollars and some cents in my checking account.

if i could get those three dollars out in good conscience, i would.

last night i was persuaded to go to two bars. two in one night! i haven't done that in a long long time. you would think it impossible to have anything to drink, since i have no cash, right? oh no. no no. don't be so silly. four beers, one two three and, just like that. shout-outs go to alex, jamie and justin. holla. i also got to eat some terrible food (by which i mean delicious and bad for me), courtesy of james' check card. i signed the receipt "jamie hale," as instructed by ms hale herself, and the cashier said: "your card says your last name is russell?" i of course answered without missing a beat: "i know. i just got married!" squealing ensued.

speaking of weddings, my friend brent proposed to his longtime girlfriend maki (mako? i can never remember) this past wednesday, and they got married yesterday morning. two days hadn't even elapsed! but i realized that it was just like brent, really. and then i had to spend a couple minutes reassuring him that he did not, in fact, have "ugly hands," which he was lamenting over: "the ring looks so bad on me!" he said. i told him that i usually notice people's hands right away, and i have never thought his hands are ugly. then he told me i was the best and started talking about sushi. i do not notice people's sushi right away.