Gemma came over Tuesday, and we watched Attack of the Clones at my place. Afterwards we went to the Spectrum. We ate a restaurant called Maki Maki. She had chilean sea bass, I had tempura, and we split a platter of sashimi. Very, very tasty. Then walked around a bit, tried the love sacks (big bean bags), and went on the ferris wheel. She had never been on one! It was a lot of fun 🙂
Today my dad was gonna come over. He called me in the morning to say that he couldn’t today but maybe tomorrow. Around one I got a few calls, but I was still sleeping so I rejected them, not recognizing the number. It turned out that he decided to drive here anyways and was calling from a pay phone. The car overheated on the way back so he won’t be coming tomorrow. I wish he hadn’t have done that today.

Spring break is finally here! So far, Gemma and I watched The Empire Strikes Back (we watched A New Hope before break started), Return of the Jedi, and The Phantom Menace. We’re gonna watch Attack of the Clones today. I’ve been wanting to rewatch all the movies before Revenge of the Sith comes out. I’ve been playing Knights of the Old Republic a lot too. Great game. I know it’s old, but I’ll write more about it later. I spent $40 at Red Lobster with Adam on Sunday. Tasty tasty. I love lobster. Jon Cairns came by yesterday. He locked himself out and threw rocks at Julie’s window to get back in. He had to call Duty Line to unlock his door. I hung out with Julie and Mitch some and then talked to Jon for a while.
Gemma went home on Saturday, but yesterday (Monday), she came back look for an apartment. She stopped by, and we went to Michael’s, Carl’s Jr., and then hung out here. It’s fun to do nothing with her. She’s coming over today (Tuesday) too. We’re gonna watch Attack of the Clones and probably see a movie (Hitch?). I also hope to finish KOTOR, but I don’t know if it’s gonna happen. Wednesday it looks like I’m going to Disneyland with Linh-Nam and Christine. Thursday my dad’s gonna try to visit. Friday I’m hopefully gonna be hanging out with the shindig crew (if I had written that in 1337 it would have been like orgasmic). Okay, time for sleep.

Alex came over last Wednesday and stayed until Saturday. It was good to see him again… it had been a while. Amazing how many people I used to know that I don’t get to anymore. We had fun though. A bunch of us played Cranium one night. It was me, Gem, Jon, and Gabby against Alex, Patrick, Vince, and Kim. We won, and it was a lot of fun. Afterwards we just played around doing cards or improv games. It was cool 🙂 I tried playing LOTR Risk with Alex and Andy but we gave up. One night we did some drinking. Later I was a fairy. Make up. Wings. I don’t know. I’ll post pictures as soon as I get them from Alex. And… yeah! Fun times!

As of the 11th, I’d been with Gem for five months. ^_^ I didn’t post at the time, but she gave me a journal, and she has a matching one. It was sweet of her 🙂 I’m really glad to be with her. Almost half a year!

I finally have email set up on my phone. Now I can check my UCI and gmail accounts. I also installed AIM. I’m signed on with TheUserMobile but don’t chat with me just to chat because each message counts as a text message.

On Friday Gemma had some laundry in my room. We went to see Live Nudes and then eat. I realized I had locked myself out, so we went back to her place. I got my replacement key on Saturday but hadn’t given Gem back her laundry. That night I went out with Will and Patrick to see Ong-Bak. Gem came over and wanted to hang out at Evenstar a little. I left my room open for her. She also told me she wanted to cook me dinner. When I got back, she told me to come straight to the kitchen. She cooked a shrimp stir fry for me that was great =D I found my room full of happy birthday posters and streamers. She and Jackie put them up while I was gone. It was really cool ^_^
When the clock turned midnight and it actually became my birthday, Gem left and returned a few minutes later with a Snickers cake and a bunch of people. They sang, I blew out the candles, and we all hoped the fire alarm wouldn’t go out.
After eating the cake and after everyone left, I closed the door and opened gifts with Gem. She bought me Green Eggs and Ham, Peter Cottontail, a fingerprint art book, and a pair of pajama pants. The pants, unknown to her, were actually for girls. I tried them on anyways and… well… girl pants are made for people without… stuff… in the front. So if you have stuff and you put them on… well, let’s just say the bottom half of my body was pretty clearly defined X_X. So, the pants were a no go. But it’s the thought that counts! Plus it was funny. Everything about the night was so nice. I couldn’t believe that Gem went to so much trouble for me.
On Sunday, my mom brought over a bunch of chocolate cupcakes for me. They were probably the best cupcakes I’d ever eaten. Then, to top it off everything she had already done, Gem paid for me when a bunch of us went to Sumo for dinner. It came to $30 per person, but I paid $8 and Gem paid the rest of mine. She’s so wonderful! I think this was the best birthday I’ve ever had!

I was asking Andy and Vince if they ever go to Chatsworth HS, and they did every year for robotics. I talked about how we made it to the finals because we were picked by one of the winning teams to be on its alliance. I told the story of us spinning on the enemy’s extender in order to fake entanglement, disqualify the opponent, and win. Andy remembers it. He was sitting on the sidelines at the time. How fucking awesome!

Yesterday was Gemma’s birthday! I went over to her place at 11:30 so I could be there when it became midnight and her birthday. We talked and cuddled for a while, and then I gave her a gift. I bought her a Pucca doll and put it in a basket surrounded by tissue paper. I made her a card too. She seemed to like it! I read her a birthday story too and ended up falling asleep there. Then, after class, we went out to the Steelhead Brewery for dinner. Very tasty. She has two midterms tomorrow (Wednesday), but I hope it was a good day for her. I tried to make it a happy day!

On Friday I went to Albertson’s with Will and Patrick. Will bought a lot of tasty food. Afterwards, Gemma and I went to return The Grudge and then went to Albertson’s. She bought a coloring book… Cartoon Cartoons from Cartoon Network. Pretty cool. We were gonna start coloring, but I was tired, so went to bed.
Saturday morning we went to breakfast, and then I went out with Will and Patrick to do some shit (successfully!). Then I went to my mom’s house. I’m not sure if I can go out there for my birthday so I got my birthday gifts that day. I got a cool shirt, Tao Te Ching, and The Tao of Physics. Very cool stuff. My brother gave me a small Tigger plushie. He said that when I’m angry or frustrated, I could punch it and pretend it’s him. I love James, lol. We watched The Incredibles that night, which is a good movie. Made me think of Gem. I also sorted all of my paperwork. It needed to be done.
When I got back, I went to Lee’s and Jack-in-the-Box with Gem. I bought a bobble-head Anteater from Jack-in-the-Box, then came back to Evenstar to eat. I tried to do laundy, then watch a movie while eating. Well, my movies wouldn’t work. But neither would a good original. It was the cable. So I switched cables. It still didn’t work. The common room’s RCA jacks are bad. I left a note on the white board downstairs (it was erased the next day. Maybe I shouldn’t cuss in it) and threw the marker down. My food was getting cold. And I had to wash my clothes three times because, I guess, I added too much soap. So my food got cold, but it was still pretty good. I watched cartoons with Gemma and colored a Dexter’s Laboratory picture. Now I was really tired so I went to bed. Gemma waited for my laundry and took my clothes out for me because I was too tired. Isn’t she great? I love her! Then she woke up, and we went back to Gondolin.
I woke up today around 2:30, came back here, did laundry, took a shower, and then went out to eat. I went with Gem, Toni, Jon, and Gabby. We drove around looking for a place, and Gemma chose Sumo: Sushi & Seafood Buffet. It came to about $140 for the five of us, but wow, it was delicious. I’d love to go back sometime. Toni was even happy with it, although he doesn’t see what we see in a lot of the seafood. He did try some new foods that day, so it was probably pretty cool for him. When we got back, I ended up going with Chris, Vince, and Kevin back to The Shire to play Magic: The Gathering. Yeah, I know. But, whatever, I’m a loser. It was really fun to play. A Shireling, Paul, has a box of cards because he’s a ref. He said he’ll do a draft next Saturday night no charge. Should be fun! Oh, and I got my FAFSA pin today! Yay. Okay bye.

Pete called me today. My computer wasn’t ready. I went back to sleep. I woke up around 12:30 to Toni telling me about the ICS midterm. Russell called and ate with us. It was cool to see him again; it’d been a while. CSE lecture was interesting. Some more information about interfaces clicked in my mind for me. Plus, weird things kept happening to Thornton (see previous WebPageless entry). During class, I also got a lot further in BeBop! Yay for money in the game! Writing was interesting too. I enjoy that class a lot. I was thinking about my story throughout class, and I think I have a pretty good idea for a story now. It’s 10-20 pages and is due a week from Tuesday. I’ll start this weekend I think. I need to start the ICS project too.
After all my classes, I just chilled for a few hours. I went to Taco Bell with Jaysen and ate while watching Family Guy. Then, around 10:30, we watched Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie with Patrick. It ended though, and I got bored. I found Jin and Jackie outside so went to hang out with them. Gemma came over, and it was great to see her as usual. She gives wonderful hugs 🙂 We pushed two couches together and laid together. She left around two o’clock, I think. I talked to a girl from first floor and her bf who lives off campus. I can’t remember either of their names, but they were both cool. Oh, and I got her and Jackie’s laptops to get on the wifi network. I also talked with Allison Tsao for a while. She’s really cool, and I’m glad I’m getting to know her. Around 5, everyone else went to bed. It was raining, and I like the rain, so I went for a walk. I didn’t take a jacket because I wanted to feel the weather a bit, and I took Toni’s umbrella. I didn’t use it the whole time because I wanted to feel some rain, but I didn’t want to get soaked. Plus, I think the sound of the rain hitting the umbrella is really beautiful. Forecasts say it’ll rain for a while. I’m happy.