Working backwards through this recap ...

At work this morning after doing lots of house-related chores yesterday ... two trips to Target, a stop at Organized Living, and an hour or two in the back yard collapsing boxes from the move. *yawn*

V and i made it out to the east bay on Saturday afternoon for our second wedding in as many weeks, this time for Clement and Julie, old friends of mine from good ol' Mission San Jose High School. The service was held in a beautiful church up in the Piedmont hills, after which we changed venues to the Hong Kong East Ocean Restaurant along the bay in Emeryville for a ten course meal. More nostalgia for me, reminiscing with Colleen, Joe, Sung, Iqbal, Joanna, and many others. We're keeping up our wedding streak, having been invited to Joe and Cindy's ceremony next month. The popular question for us remains when we're getting married, and we're making the answer more specific all the time.

Earlier Saturday i saw that Chelsea notched another win in this young Premiership season, a 2-1 victory over newly-promoted Leicester City. Again, not an awe-inspiring show of strength, but it's 3 points nonetheless, and moved us even on points with leaders Arsenal and Manchester United. I see dark clouds on the horizon though, as Roman Abramovich's spending spree continued this morning with the signings of Russian midfielder Alexei Smertin and Argentinian striker Hernan Crespo. That makes 8 signings this summer, with the midfield looking particularly congested and even the striker situation dense now as well with Crespo, Mutu, Hasselbaink, Gudjohnsen, and Forssell. Put simply, something's gotta give, someone's gotta sit, and somebody's gonna be pissed. But hopefully we'll have some fine results until that day comes.

Should also mention that the night before, V and i hooked up with Michael, Gary, Victoria, and Kate to see Scottish indie popsters Belle & Sebastian at the Greek Theater in Berkeley. Those guys crack me up ... probably because you don't expect someone to be humorous immediately after singing a morose tune about getting beat up after gym class. They played everything i wanted to hear ... "Like Dylan in the Movies", "The Boy with the Arab Strap", "I Don't Love Anyone", "Expectations", and the fabulous closer "Me and the Major". Veronica and Gary have spent the last few days pondering over the B&S treasure hunt in the SF Weekly, but with debatable degrees of success.