Tuesday
August 29, 2000

Well, it's been an interesting past few days.

I went out with my sister on Sunday. We ended up having breakfast at Patti's Eggnest, the one with the huge omlettes and it was good. Then we went back to the Metro for "Bring It On," and the girl at the ticket counter remembered me from the day before. I told her I found my ring.

The movie was good. Cuz cheerleaders are psycho like that. I know, cuz I hung around one for all of high school, until we started drifting apart. Afterwards, B wanted to look for MarioKart on The Ave so we just looked around. At the Bookstore she bought me the hardback version of Harry Potter, 2! I figured I might as well get the first one, so I did. Now I have two pretty books. And H2 is moving along very well. :)

I got home and Lar wanted to go out for food, so we went back out! We ran into a fellow Geekbowl member and it was just embarrassing. :P We ended up getting take-out from Pizza Brava, nevermind the guy there didn't understand English very well. So that was Sunday.

Yesterday, two things were happening: First, I was only working a half day because of Two, I was meeting my conversation partner! Needless to say, work was swift. I ended up having to sit at the front desk for the last 2hrs of my shift, but that's okay. No one called. No problem. I was so incredibly tired, though. I rushed home and fell asleep for two hours.

When the alarm went off, I really did not want to go and meet my person. But I obviously did. I was freezing inside, so I put on my long-sleeved black shirt and went out. And of course it was hot outside. Oh well.

Then the red flags were popping up everywhere. As I was nearing the building I noticed a group of older, Asian men smoking. But I was like: that's not everyone. I kept going. But the men were everywhere! I went up the stairs to the 4th floor, looking for room 420. I passed a fancy-looking boardroom but kept walking since I didn't see the room number and plus I wanted to stop off at the restroom.

Turns out that boardroom was the room, so I went in there...to be faced with one table of students like me (okay cool) and then 4 tables of older, Asian men. Ummm...right..

I was set up with two of them, and they were nice and thanked me profusely for helping them but it just didn't feel right. I kicked myself repeatedly for not listening to my first instinct--to keep walking. Inevitably, they wanted to tour around the city as well, which costs money. Ummm...no..But since I was thrust into this situation, I made them promises and then left.

Ran some errands. I bought some pomade, a card, a gift...dropped my film off at Safeway. This is the roll I have left over from when I went to LA...it's THAT old. I tried to check out book prices at Off-campus but they didn't have any books yet. I ordered creampuffs for pick-up the next day.

I still thought I could manage to do this until later that day. I was dragging my feet around, making dinner, doing this-or-that. I said I was going to bed at 8pm! I was in bed reading H2 when my mom called and just yelled at me the whole time. Well, I know that she has that kind of yelling voice but last night it really bugged me. She was going on about my dentist appointment and nothing she said made any sense and I told her that. She finally came out and said that we were going to a new dentist! GEEZUS, that's all I needed to know! Daaaaaaamn. We hung up, both feeling EH towards each other. Blah, why'd she have to yell like that?

Lar and I talked about this conversation partner thing...after 8pm, I decided to email and say I was leaving. I was misinformed about a couple, deciding factors....

That took a while, so I was in bed at 9.30, still cool. But then I just couldn't sleep anymore! I was annoyed that I didn't take that Sleepy-Time tea like I was thinking of doing...I ended up sleeping at midnight or something.

This morning was just shit. I woke up but I was dead-tired. I called in sick today cuz I really didn't feel well. And I knew that the front desk girl would be on a long vacation soon, so this would be the last time I could call in sick.

So I slept a few more hours, called Annie, and we're meeting for lunch. I have to remember to go to Tower Records to get the Caviar CD for $1.07! Then I have to go get my creampuffs I ordered yesterday.

I checked my email and the woman who 'organized' the conversation thing said it was okay for me to leave, cuz if I wasn't entirely comfortable, blahblahblahblah. So good, I just hope the men I was paired up with..don't decide to email me since I don't know what I'd say. I don't think they'd understand. Jen also emailed and was worried since I hadn't written to her in a few days...I guess it has been a while. Usually we fire emails back and forth daily, but I guess one of us tripped up or something. :) She's coming up tomorrow night, so I should make sure I'm up for something.

Tomorrow is also moving day for Annie. I hope it goes well. Moving is so stressful! She told me that Our Little Friend didn't show up at the library yesterday...I guess he's done with us! *LOL*

Jim should be mailing the College Jeopardy! tickets any day now. I'm excited.

Nothing else for today...just lunch with Annie when she lets me know she's ready. Hopefully I can catch some soaps. I wish I could get my 'puffs earlier. I told them I'd come by at 4.30, but now that I have today off...yeah, so.

I am still so tired that I could cry. :P