days are days, it's true

yup, sitting in air conditioning drinking some coffee and listening to metal. just had some curry and milk with honey and again am tired of being a farang here in the enchaningly smoggy city of chiang mai becasue my food doesn't et cooked spicy. yes, i understand that besides the fact most of us can't handle hte heat that i can add chilies from the table. but it's different when it's cooked in. the other day i got some udon soup and the guy said he make it no spicy for me. i said to please make it normal and spicy. he said sure and laughed. i guess i deserve it. wait, do i?
i really like the guesthouse i am at now. i plan on coming back to it next time i am here. the head lady isn't the most charming of hostesses but her inn is amazing. i talked to the owners brother also the other day who was visiting. it is interesting talking with the wealthier people here versus the working class. they seem so relaxed and untroubled. i still can't relate. i know what my life is going to be when i return and i look forward to it. thailand has deffinitely made an impression not unlike stepping in wet sand on me. it's funny too, while it seems so cheap here really it isn't. a realization i keep watching people go through. especially if you go to bars. you're money will practiacally leap out of your pocket into the lurking farang owners bar. i could rant forever but i am free today and plan on heading out of town for a few hours.
my friends left today. well, some of them. so i am roaming alone again. i did get them to go out and do things they otherwise wouldn't have though. i think i'm pretty good at corraling people up and pointing them in a direction and saying, let's walk. it will be what it is. i am also free tomorrow, friday the 13th. although i don't think that means anything here. but i realize i am missing some amazing party somewhere at home...darn. i could jsut go laugh at tourist with teh ladyboys instead.
grace has done me right. i finish on saturday there. i will have alot of teeth by that point. in fact i think i will only be missing a couple of which wheni come back to thailand next year to complete these crowns also ( i have temps in until then) i will have a full mouth. you can't go wrong there. but i still miss my gap a little. i'm telling you they are so good, get yoru butt over here and start eating again. i went by teh other place i was going to torture myself at. dental4u. it looks kinda crappy. i believe i made the right decision.
i went out for a oil massage with a friend last night. we biked around until we found a place that seemed ok. i went upstairs and took off my clothes (minus underwear) and laid down on teh most uncomfortable pillow i can recall. then people kept lurking bhind hte curtain and by my stuff. it's not uncommon for folks to get robbed while receiving a massage. then we heard (my friend was on tehother side of the room) some guy tlaking to the girls negotiating his price for a happy ending and beyond. after that conversation and about 12 minutes into my hour long massage the lady i have switched with another who applied about 4 pounds of pressure the whole time. i couldn't tell if i was being painted or massaged. then some guy comes up yelling hello for 5 minutes until someone met him. then their kids came up right after and turned on teh television so all you could hear was it blasting. i don't even know what my massuse looked like as i didn't want to look at her and have her see my frustration. my friend said hers was alright. she got an old lady. so now i know, old ladies or the blind for a good massage. remember that.
i go play now