I called my dad this afternoon and we talked for a bit. He's off helping my sister pack, and I awoke him from one of his famous naps. Father's Day is one of those holidays that I'm never really sure what to do with. Presents? Dinners? Pats on the back? I suppose it's just a day for you to think about your father, and what he means to you. Without launching into a long sappy essay complete with: "'F' is for 'Fun' which I always have with Dad! 'A' is for 'Amazing' and...", I shall say only this: I am my father's daughter. Happy Father's Day!

Yesterday I went on a run at the Dish, which always sucks, but makes me feel like I've actually worked out. Afterwards Buddy came over to watch Hero (the Visual Effects Supervisor works at EA now), then we had lunch at Maru Ichi (mmm...cold noodle plate...) and bummed around Mountain View.

I ran a few errands in the afternoon, where I discovered that grocery shopping while you have literally no food in your apartment is a strange ordeal.

I also read (and finished) Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, which Buddy lent to me. It's a really enjoyable book (I actually laughed out loud at a few parts), but I still stand by my assertion that whatever your intentions, you cannot correct someone's grammar or spelling without sounding like an ass. However, I just spent a couple minutes staring at the words "Fathers' Day", wondering to myself whether that apostrophe belongs there. Damn you, Lynn Truss.

Oh, and I'm at work.

Edit: Changed "Fathers' Day" to "Father's Day" because that seems to be the most common punctuation. Gah. Next year I'm just typing "HAPPYFATHERZDAYOMG!"

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