This post made me late for work.

I got a fried sushi roll while she got California rolls.

This place it adjacent to a huge movie theater and is currently the best Chinese/Japanese buffet in the city. The girl and I used to have a place that we'd go to that was absolutely excellent, but then they went under new ownership – got shitty – and then ultimately closed down. It took a while for us to give this great joint a chance, but once we did, there was no turning back.

So late last night, we went there after I got off of work. I had called her on my way home to see how she was doing and she did something extremely uncharacteristic of her – she asked me out. Granted it was conditional – she wanted to see me because she was tired of being alone – but she could have seen anyone. Anyone. I picked her up, we drove to the place and ate tons of good food (which woke me up at three in the morning and prompted a trip to the bathroom). On the car ride back home, she leaned against me and we talked about things and she revealed that she's knows the last day that we had sex. She had been counting and defended her past time with “I really miss having sex with you, okay?”

It was a total ego boost.

We kissed a couple of times and then I made her go inside and I headed home, muttering “I really love that girl.” Silly me.

Earlier in the day, after I had quit work once and then changed my mind, I talked to this guy that really broke down his work history for me and the trial he had endured. And let me be the first to tell you, I don't want to be like this guy. He's worked in all of these awesome restaurants and he is currently involved in construction. But his life, his balance, is all work. There are no days off for him, no time to relax and enjoy life. Just work, drink and sleep, so you can do it all again. I don't care what people say, there are individuals in this world that make millions and don't work half as hard as the average man.

Now I'm not saying these positions were just given to them, I understand it takes skill to attain a work status like that – but that's what I want for myself and I need to figure out how to get it. I know it isn't in the culinary field, or at least not in restaurant level. And management is twice as hard and all consuming – I suppose the real money is in owning and maximizing time by hiring trustworthy people to foot the effort. Just like the owner of the restaurant I am at. He's never there and has a sturdy, overworked GM to take care of all the problems. She can be trusted, heck, I trust her. That's what I want, that's the dream for me. Make money, work easy. So it's either that or get paid for like...writing and gaming, or something. I just can't take being locked down in a kitchen for ten hours a day, that shit has got to stop.

Anyway, I need to get to work. I'll blog about something, anything, later tonight. Until then, keep up with me on twitter. I update regularly, when my shitty job isn't devouring all of my time.