I've been in a weird work schedule for the past month, with Mondays and Tuesdays off, this has allowed me the luxury of cruising around Denver, CO when most people are at work.
Typically, in these situations different people do different things, women would like to go to the spa, get a mani-pedi (neither thankfully with the grace of God, I've never experienced nor have the desire to), or shopping, which I don't get because that sounds stressful. Others, perhaps head to the mountains for snow or other mountainous recreational activities, which unfortunately I haven't gotten a chance to yet.
Me, I intentionally left the cell phone home today, and in all honesty-it felt liberating, and just treat myself. Have you ever went to a Dim Sum restaurant on a weekday? It is incredible, there is no aggravating 45 min wait, there is no ridiculous amount of noise from the crowd, and the carts are stocked ready to go. Now have you ever had Dim Sum by yourself? It is incredible because sometimes you're like damn, "I really like this shrimp/lobster dumpling and probably want some more but I feel like I should save some for others". I didn't have to fight that moral battle today, I consumed $25 worth of Dim Sum, that's a LOT of food, and I was happy. I thought to myself, no sharing etiquette (I doubled dipped), no food divide and conquer strategies, all me.
I then headed over to Stranahan's inhouse Pub and had myself a glass of Colorado's finest microdistilled whiskey, on the rocks. I was feeling real nice on 47% alc whiskey. I sat there and took in the atmosphere, it is a nice place. So many times, we've been conditioned into thinking being alone is unacceptable, and if at the worst, you are, look like you're busy fumbling around your phone checking Facebook to look at people's irrelevant posts so no one thinks you're lonely. I was conditioned into this socialization shame and have always had strong aversion to eating or drinking alone, which is stupid. It is fantastic! No pointless small talk, no hearing about drama that has nothing to do with your life, no worrying about anything other than should I get another drink? At one point I was just praying these two dudes wouldn't talk to me because I'm really not feelin' any of that mumbo jumbo. I feel like if you don't have to talk about things, you can enjoy things more, for the first time I could enjoy whiskey neat and taste the niceness of it.
I've been wanting to see the movie 21 & Over because I appreciated the perceived Asian representation, and without any drawn out voting, compromise nor judgement, that's what I saw. No compromise is sweet, but I did miss the matinee showing which wasn't...
Not going to do a review of the movie, thought it had its funny parts. Only takeaway, when I watched the movie I feel like they are taking the dialogue from my daily life and put it on screen. I need to evolve and change my colloquial speech from a 21 yrs old bro to an adult, ebrolution is still a bad look, but oh well, only God can judge me.
All in all, fantastic day, nothing crazy, nothing a movie is going to be made about, but whatever, I even squeezed in a sweetass run after the movie. I felt like I just took myself out on a day date, and you know what? I had a great time and I'd love to see me again soon.
We're all social beings, but sometimes we all need a day where it's just all me, all day. Treat yo' self.
Or maybe it's just me because...the only thing Phu loves more is maybe a little more of Phu.
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