I went out with gem today! We had brunch at a Hawaiian restaurant before returning a Blockbuster game. Then, we went to Cherry park. I had a great time, and we didn’t really do anything. I love being able to have a great time doing nothing. We just lied around. gem worked on her journals for her yoga class for a few minutes, but after that, there was just lying around. We fooled around, playing a game where she pokes me and I guess how many fingers she was using. Yup, lol. We both napped for a while. It was nice just to sleep near her. I had some weird dreams too.
After waking up, we went to Albertsons just to avoid the heat. I noticed an ATM so I got some money and bought groceries. Then we brought them home and sat in the car eating Pirate’s Booty and blueberries. Right around the time she was planning to leave, Chris drove up. After we all talked for a few minutes, gem left, and I went to hang out with Chris, Alyson, and Melissa. We got Herbert and went to the pool hall. Then we went to the mall where Alyson’s friend Mike, who turned out to also be Herbert’s friend, met us. We watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which was pretty entertaining. And then we went home!

Went over 300 hours total talk time on my phone today. 300:28:43 in 4534 calls. That’s a lot of talking.

Gem and I went back to Shoreline Village to ride bikes again today. It was a lot of fun. We took the bike path that we took first last time. This time, we went to the end. It kind of just… well, it didn’t really end. It just became normal city. We didn’t really want to leave bike paths because gem still has trouble controlling the bike sometimes, and streets might still be too dangerous.
On our way back, we started at some small festival thing where there was live music. A band called Bluesteel, of the Long Beach Police Department, played classic and modern rock. It was really fun.
We went back to Shoreline Village, hung out for a while, and then returned bikes. Outside of the Aquarium of the Pacific, theLong Beach Shakespeare Company was performing The Tempest. It wasn’t starting for a few hours so we decided to have lunch at Bubba Gump Shrimp. Tasty tasty. Lots of shrimp, some fish, some lobster, and for dessert, cookie and ice cream.
After leaving, Gemma realized she forgot her cell phone, and we had to go back for it. Then we hung out at the lighthouse waiting for the play to start. It was a little hard to hear, but the show was very entertaining. Plus, I got to lie in the grass and cuddle with Gem. When it was over, we tried to leave, but at her car, Gem realized she didn’t have her key. We went back to Bubba Gump Shrimp again, got her keys, and left. Kind of funny, and lots of fun!
And now, I don’t know what to play because I beat Republic Commando last night.

I went to Shoreline Village today (actually yesterday) with Gemma. She never learned how to ride a bike so I was going to teach her. We walked around for a bit and then rented a couple bikes. I wasn’t sure how teaching her to ride a bike was going to go. I’m not the best teacher usually. Unless, of course, you the reader is someone who decides who can become LARC tutors or not. If you are, then I’m a great teacher, and you should hire me right now.
Anyways, we rode in circles in a corner of the parking lot for a while. She got the hang of it really quickly! I mean, she was still a little shaky but was good enough to go out. We took a bike path to Belmont Shore, and it was tons of fun! I remember thinking to myself “it’s a beautiful day!” It was a beatiful day, but I’m just mentioning that because right after I thought it, I got the U2 song stuck in my head, and I’m listening to it now.
After hanging out on one of the piers for a while talking, we headed back towards Shoreline Village. We still had some time so we took the other bike path that went past the Queen Mary (sort of). It was a lot shorter, and it didn’t take us long to reach the end. (We didn’t reach the end of that first bike path.) We turned back once again, and near the our starting point, we stopped to talk at a bench overlooking the ocean for a while. After about ten minutes, we returned the bikes.
And then we were hungry! Or rather, we decided to do something about the hunger that already existed. We decided on Islands. We split a burger, some tacos, and fries, and it was tasty! We finished eating but stayed in the restaurant a while just talking. Eventually it felt like we should leave so we sat in her car for a bit. But then the sad thing happened; we had to go home. It was a great day, and I’m so glad I got to spend time with gem =D

Yesterday Gem and I went to Lee’s. She bought some food and had a big hassle trying to count out the change. After eating, she decided to buy one more thing. I helped her count out change so it wouldn’t be a big deal, and when everything was finally counted out, she randomly won the purchase for free. Later that day we go to Lee’s again, and she wins again! But she didn’t buy very much. 🙁

Howdy! On Saturday between a lot of Gemma’s sorority stuff, we went to El Torito for dinner. So tasty. And I went shopping with her at Fashion Island. It was kind of fun to be one of those guys that just follows around his gf like a zombie in all these stores he would never go in alone. The prices are like ZOMG. Was fun =D And today we hung out just about all day. She brought me back food from a sorority thing, and then we rented What Dreams May Come and Welcome to Mooseport. Then we had ice cream before returning to watch What Dreams May Come. Great movie! And then it was time for In-N-Out together… followed by Taco Bell for me and Lee’s for her, lol. And then sleepy time. On the way to get food we sat together at a fountain. I had a nice time. And on the way back we stopped to talk in the rose garden. It was a great day =D

I’ve been with Gemma for eight months today. It’s been wonderful.
I love you, gem

I was watching G4 today with Antonio. They had a list of the top ten PC games with World of Warcraft listed at number two. Toni goes “what, Guild Wars? No, World of Warcraft! Hah!” Then the list says “1. Guild Wars”! Yay! *dances on Toni’s face*

I went to Disneyland for Christine’s birthday a couple weeks ago! It was tons of fun. I went with Christine, Xavier, Christine Kang, Chris Martinez, and Linh-Nam. Things kept breaking down. One ride stopped while we were on it, but we got free fastpasses for later. StarTours was awesome as usual. And tea cups! Man, the tea cups were great. I’ll put photos up eventually. Chris and I shot bad guys on the Buzz Lightyear ride. And Chris was a pussy and didn’t want to eat his turkey leg! Yay!