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| 16 jun 2001 just came back from baccalaureate.� that's me in the superman t-shirt with taiko alums barden and kara.� even though it's hella early (i have to get up at around 9am or so), i've made this event a yearly thing... it's usually the last performance for stanford taiko during the school year.� (although later on today, they are going to perform at emi and shoji's wedding.) those are my prescription oakley's... x-metal juliets.� i love them.� they cost me $450 to get, though ($250 for the frame, $200 for the lenses), but they're rad sunglasses... you might be able to tell that these are the same frames that cyclops wore in the movie _x-men_.� that's what inspired me to get them in the first place.� i was toying around with getting the x-men-inspired ruby red lenses, but they didn't come with prescriptions, so i opted for the ice blue ones.� neat-o. oh.� i can't smile when i'm wearing those sunglasses.� the glasses don't rest on my nose; instead, they are anchored by the top of my ears, so when i smile, my ears move, and my classes just shift up, and look all stupid and stuff.� jo-ann knew that today, and she got me to smile, and then she just cracked up when she saw my sunglasses slide up.� silly! it's hard to feel nothing but happy and confident when i'm wearing my superman t-shirt.� and i think that goes for anyone.� which is why i bought all four graduating senior girls in the group the same shirts.� it's a great part of anyone's wardrobe. so i'm ripping this journal entry out of my ass in a hurry because i have to get dressed and pick up nicole and sonya before heading over to macarthur park for the wedding ceremony.� i just took a shower, and i'm sitting here at my desk, in boxers and a tank top...� must dash, must dash! last night, nicole came to visit from boston, so jay, alan, jeremy etc. all went to my fave japanese place to eat.� gombei!� yay!� anyways, i was riding in alan's rental jeep cherokee, sitting in the back, watching him and jay talk.� they're such a good pair... i can't really put my finger on it, but they just seem to know each other really well and get along amazingly; it's really fun watching them joke around.� there's something tantamount to guy-bonding chemistry in the air when they're together. now i say that alan is my best friend, because i feel like he's the one who has seen me through most of my college life... i've lived with him for just over four years.� but, that doesn't mean that _i_ am alan's best friend.� get it?� in some ways, i think jay is able to tap into a side of alan that the rest of us can't get to. dinner was really good.� for the first time on the gombei special menu, they had... japanese MEATBALLS.� shit.� when it comes to meatballs or meatloaf, you just can't pass it up.� it was not what i expected though... it came as one smashed slice oval of meat, and there was STUFF in it like corn or asparagus or peas or something.� i guess it's like ground beef with all this shit thrown in, and deep-fried.� with curry.� yum.� it was a good meal. the apartment is getting nicely furnished, thanks all to jay.� i haven't done shit, and i do feel bad about it.� jay has a lot of free time because his residency doesn't start yet, so he's made a couple of trips all the way over to the IKEA in oakland.� they have some cool shit... i _would_ like to see that store one day.� it's cheap, too!� not like crate and barrel, which sells very pricey yuppie shit. so the tv stand is set up.� (i have NOT idea how jay was able to lift the tv and set it on the stand by himself).� there is a coffee table missing its top panel.� and jay's room is very nicely furnished, like one of those demo rooms from IKEA catalog.� very very nice.� i have the feeling that jay really likes his space to be very homey and livable.� he's not lazy like me, because i am very slow at organizing my stuff... as long as i have a place to lounge around, sleep, and watch tv, i don't feel the burning need to do anything else around my domestic surroundings. honestly, though, i'm not as excited about the wedding as i should be.� i mean, i've been hyping it for like over a week now.� but i'm just all tired and sleepy right now.� i think it may be because i didn't get enough sleep (i need a good solid 10 hours), or because i just ate a big meal.� or more likely, it's because it's hot out there, and the heat just makes me want to lounge around indoors and be lazy. ugh.� all right.� not much time to say anything more.� except the fact that my computer's acting funny, and i can't look at any of the pictures i've taken.� when i load up a picture, IE just loads up a blank screen.� very odd.� my pc doesn't even show that little thumbnail preview thing.� i'll try powercycling my computer.� what the hell could have happened? |