10th August, 2008
This Was Completely Unintentional
I hadn’t plan on not posting for so long. Wow, I didn’t notice it’s been more than a week now since the last post. Let me see if I can do a nice recap.
Saturday, 8/2 We had a nice family get together. I had a dentist appointment, so I couldn’t go with them to the cemetery, but I briefly joined them for lunch. Since I was still numb from the Novocaine, I couldn’t eat much. I took a short nap (damn you warm weather) and met up with them for dinner. My cousin’s went out to go see the 3rd Mummy, but I didn’t want to go, so I went home. A guy that I had met the week before when I went out to the club, EC, was throwing a birthday bash for himself and had invited me, but I couldn’t go. I didn’t have anyone to go with and my parents probably wouldn’t have liked my going anyway since it was supposed to be a family weekend. So I told him that if I couldn’t go, I’d treat him to a belated lunch or dinner.
Sunday, 8/3 I went back home. I met up with MJ since she and I kept missing each other. We had sushi and it was quite yummy. I didn’t eat a whole lot though, but that’s just me. I’ve been eating much less lately and I don’t really know for sure why that is.
Monday, 8/4 I missed class again. I had gone home from my PE class and decided to take a nap, but that was a bad idea. So instead of going to class, I went around and got some errands done. Over the weekend, I had planned a girls’ night in at my apartment for Friday. I invited MJ, XG, and JYL who all said they could come. So I needed groceries and supplies (shot glasses, cranberry juice, etc). Funny thing was that on my way back from Safeway, I ran into MJ. When I dropped off the things and left my apartment again, I ran into her once more.
Tuesday, 8/5 I went to class and left about half an hour early. I wasn’t planning on it, but I noticed that I didn’t bring toothpaste and I wanted it, so I left early to go back to my apartment to pick it up. The reason I needed it was because once upon a time ago in high school, I was a part of an engineering camp, GetSET (Science, Engineering, and Technology). I found it to be a wonderful program, so I wanted to go back and volunteer my services. Today, they had a college panel, so I was going to make a trip down to Santa Clara University to help them out. However, the senior class was also going to be on its Berkeley tour, so I joined up with them after my class. We visited a materials science lab as well as a civil engineering one. Then I hopped on the chartered bus to get to SCU. I briefly met with my mother so she could drop off my copy of Breaking Dawn. The college panel was okay. It was poorly structured. They left it as an open forum style, but in those cases, you know that those who are really talkative are going to take the floor. There were too many panelists, there was one who had been removed from the whole college process a long time ago and it was just bad. Luckily, I didn’t have to take the public transit back. RN was going to head up and was driving, so I asked him to take me with him.
Wednesday, 8/6 I went to class enough though I was pretty tired. I finished up the last of my shopping (martini glasses) and on the way back, I ran into MH. We decided that we needed to plan a movie night, but due to all my plans this week until next week, it wasn’t going to be any time soon.
Thursday, 8/7 I missed class again by sleeping through them both. I hadn’t meant to, but it happened. JYL and I went back to Safeway to get our alcohol (since I didn’t want to chance getting it beforehand). I bought us a bottle of Grey Goose, so that made me pretty happy.
Friday, 8/8 I saw my doctor for the last time, at least for this year anyway. He expressed that he was disappointed in himself for not being able to understand me. Apparently, I’m so fucked up that he’s never really run into anyone like me in all of his years of experience. He says that he normally is able to put himself in his clients’ shoes, except not mine. I don’t know if I’ll go back to him next year, but he did mention that he would want me to see a special psychologist that would give me some tests to better analyze me (like the ink-blot test). Later, MJ called and told us that she couldn’t go. She had double booked herself and her other event was going to be costly if she canceled. It bummed me out, but I wasn’t too surprised since this is the 3rd time that she’s canceled on us. XG showed up first and we sat around watching the Anime Death Note for a while. I finally figured out where my obsession with red started from! In the anime, for the first season anyway, there are two main characters and they’re battling with one another. When they show the “battle” scene, one character is shaded in blue and the other red. I liked the red one, so that’s where it all began! Anyway, so we watched a few episodes until JYL came. Then the party started and man… it was a good night. Now, I’m not going to go into details because really, what happens here stays here, but it was a good night and I’m pretty happy we had that night.
Saturday, 8/9 JYL had gone home instead of staying over, but XG stayed. Poor her though. She’s prone to hangovers so she woke up with a massive one. Not me though. I’ve yet to experience a hangover or the throwing up effect. I do, however, tend to wake up extremely early and be quite alert. (I woke up seven that morning). I was cleaning while she slept. Then I went out to buy some fruit to make a smoothie that she could hopefully keep down. I was quickly researching some ways to help with the upset stomach and nausea, so I wanted to make sure that she felt okay. I know, I’m a good friend sometimes. I just wanted to make sure that she wasn’t going to feel completely shitty all day, you know?
After she left, I sat around taking care of a few errands here and there. Then I started to get ready for my date with EC. Remember how I said I’d make it up to him? Well, we decided to head out for dinner then go clubbing. I had been planning on going to the club with JYL, but halfway through the dinner, I found out that she decided not to go. Since I didn’t feel comfortable just going with EC to the club and not knowing JYL’s friends very well, we changed our plans and watched Batman instead since he hadn’t seen it yet. It was a good date. I was nervous though and felt a little attracted to him, except I think a part of that attraction has to do with his wealth. He’s the only child, his parents have good jobs, he has a good job, he drives a Porsche that I sat in, etc. I know, I know, I’m not a gold digger, but after realizing how much I needed to find someone stable since my job wasn’t going to provide a lot, I’ve set the bar higher. And EC? Definitely surpasses that bar.
I dunno. I would want another date though; I just don’t know where. He’s on the western side of the peninsula and I’m on the eastern. San Francisco was a good meeting point for us. Maybe after I get back from San Diego we can set something up.
Yes, I’m going down to San Diego this week after my finals are over. My sister had given me the offer a few weeks ago and since I haven’t had a vacation in a while and the weather up here in Berkeley has been cold, I decided to take her up on that offer. I’m heading to my parents Thursday night for a dental appointment on Friday and on Saturday, I’m going to take the bus down. Next Wednesday, I’ll fly back. Speaking of which, I need to review the flying guidelines and rules now.
Anyway, until next time (which hopefully will be sooner).
Tags: alcohol, Death Note, doctor, EC, family, GetSET, JYL, MH, MJ, school, XG
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10th July, 2008
This Is When It Got Better
Today, as aggravating as it was, was a bit of a better day compared to the rest. My mood picked up and I think in general, I was holding myself up a little more.
Monday, Tuesday… they were blurs. Oh wait… I remember part of Tuesday. JYL and I did some quick shopping. We wanted to stop by a gothic/dark store to see if they had any riding crops (yes, for the bedroom), and surprisingly, they just happened to be sold out when we went in. We left and decided to stop by Hot Topic for some corset/bustier shopping. I was a little bummed because I picked up what I thought was my size, but the band/waist area was not tight enough for me. I did end up finding another corset in a “smaller” size that fit well, so I bought that, a “matching” pair of undies (they didn’t really match in terms of their patterns, but the colors did; I just didn’t want to wear the itty-bitty butt floss that came with the corset), and stockings. Of course, I have no real immediate need to wear these; I’ve just always wanted to have one, you know? I think they’re hot.
Today, I set up plans to go have dinner with XG and MJ. I also invited JYL to come along too. We went to Pasta Pomodoro to eat. For some reason though, I had lost my appetite, so I didn’t eat much of the pasta. I don’t know if it was my mood or the heat, but I didn’t really feel all that hungry.
It turns out that MJ and I are fine. I overthink things too often. I had forgotten that she had no internet, so she couldn’t get back to my Facebook questions; she also ran out of credits on her pay-as-you-go phone, so she couldn’t call either. I know, she could have borrowed someone’s phone or internet, but I don’t think she’s that kind of person to do so. Actually, it’s a little amusing. See, I thought that she and SS clicked really well because they were spending a lot of time together. It turns out that SS just really wanted to spend time with MJ and not always the other way around. A lot of stuff went down during the weekend in Vegas that opened MJ’s eyes as to why I choose not to actually spend time with SS outside of this apartment very often. The only time I do is for parties.
So it’s all good, all clear. MJ and I griped quite a bit about SS and we’re all done now. Well, kind of. Maybe MJ’s done, but since I still live here, I won’t be for a long time. I know, I could have a worse roommate; I’ve heard of worse stories, but this is pretty bad.
After the dinner, JYL and I headed back to my place. I wanted to set up the router before watching the movie so we could stop leeching off the neighbor, so I tried to do that. First, let me tell you the story of the router:
Thursday morning, I noticed that the router’s acting funky. It doesn’t turn off, but it acts like it’s turned off because the only light that will blink is the DMZ light (or something; I forget). It’s happened before, so no big, unplug then plug it back in. Well, it happened a few times, so I decided to contact Tech Support. They tell me the firmware needs to be upgraded, so off I go to do that. Well, in the process of doing that, the upgrade fails and due to that failure, it breaks the router. I know, go figure, right?
At that point, I’m pretty irritated. I call to fix a problem only to have them break my router. Of course, it’s Thursday afternoon and Friday was a holiday, so they couldn’t process my RMA until Monday. So they shipped late Monday night and I was able to receive two days later (today/Wednesday). Luckily, on my way to class, I saw to UPS trucks and hoped that one of them would carry my package, which he did, so I was pretty happy. Otherwise, no one would have been home to answer the door and we’d have to wait yet another day for the package.
So I get home from dinner and start trying to set it up. First, I realize that they sent me a refurbished router, which I hate receiving. Second, because they no longer produced my router model, they had to send me a different model. They listed one model number on the RMA status page, but sent a different model. At this point, I’m in no mood to send it back or dispute it; I just want it to work. However, I do want them to take note that I was sent a different model. Third, they send me a bare router; no manuals, no instructions, nothing. All I received were the hardware parts and the “RUN THIS FIRST CD.” Because I don’t want to screw anything up, I run the damned set up CD. Well, at some point, it prompts me for a password… which I don’t know. I spend about 15 minutes trying to search for it before I contact Tech Support again. After chatting with a woman who probably knew nothing about routers and what to do, she tells me that I didn’t need to run the CD in the first place. Well, shit. If they didn’t want me to run the CD then 1) why did they stick in a “RUN THIS FIRST” CD and 2) why did they put stickers over the ports that said “RUN THE CD FIRST”?
The logic these people have, I swear. Bugs the shit out of me. Anyway, so I get to work, finally. JYL and I watch our movie, P.S. I Love You, while painting our nails. I needed to paint my fingernails again because I’m headed home this weekend and my previous colors were too dark for the family. It was good spending that time with JYL. I like girl time; I don’t really get too much of it unfortunately.
Then I decide to be relatively nice (and partially to save me the trouble of having to move the router) and help figure out SS’s wireless problem. She couldn’t connect to the router and after looking around for about five minutes, realized that her system can’t handle an AES password encryption, so I had to change the router settings to WPA-TKIP. Then she couldn’t load any pages because her connection was at 1 Mbps, so another 10 minutes to sort that out. I did some Googling and found a solution; her card is a bit defective in that it can only successfully transfer data from a G-only network. Most networks are set to be mixed, in case some people have B cards, but I had to change it once more. Of course, I don’t even get a “thank you” from SS.
Oh yeah, forgot one more piece of news. So before the dinner, I stopped by SB’s apt to pick up my books that I told him to read that he never did read. It was… I don’t know. Sad, confirming, a little liberating. I was sad because MC hadn’t found a new roommate for the room, so looking at it bare was weird and trying to envision (although I shouldn’t have) all the things that had happened in that tiny room was a little depressing. It was confirming and liberating because I finally saw with my own eyes that he had moved out. At this point, whether he had moved to another place in the city, back to his parents, or to Washington, it doesn’t matter. I don’t have to see him again and I have some peace of mind that I can’t find him in that room anymore.
Anyway, tired. Long post, sorry folks. I really have to break this up by writing more often, but in my whole depressed mood, I didn’t feel like it. Good night!
Tags: JYL, Linksys, MC, MJ, SB, shopping, SS, XG
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