Wednesday, June 2, 2004, 12:33 p.m.

Who will be my Hogwarts buddy?

I just got back from norcal/the bay area/SF/fanime. It was a great weekend, i'm still tired and i'll probably talk about it later. No drama and no sex in case anyone was curious.

I realized something when i was thinking about the new Harry Potter movie that's opening this weekend. Of the friends that i have here, i couldn't think of a single person that would want to, or that i'd want to go see Prizoner of Azkhaban with (f u grammar nazis). I miss that type of female companionship where i can do things a little geeky, a little cute, and a little childish, not because they happen to like it, but we both do equally. I know they're out there, there have been plenty of ppl like that in my life, just not here and not now. Incidentally i'm probably going to Altoona, PA which is in the middle of the state this weekend whom i haven't seen in a couple years. She happens to be a big Harry Potter fan and is in the same boat as me.

I think i'm going to jump the pitas ship and become yet another lj whore, if nothing else its become the perfect 'chat' forum for someone like me who doesn't have the time or attn span any more to engage in multiperson realtime chats like IRC.

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Sunday, May 23, 2004, 05:57 p.m.

I think i just met my future wife...

You can click to see a pic of her

Lovely isn't she? But seriously she was a japanese booth model working for Tein at the SEMA international auto salon in Atlantic City. I organized a group caravan/day trip to head out there from the Philly/S. Jersey area. It was a pretty fun trip and the weather was terrific so close to the beach. The show itself was ok but i was expecting a little more. Any aftermarket auto show can be rated on 2 factors: the cars and the models. Both fell a little short in quality and definitely in quantity. It was a much smaller turnout of display cars and vendor booths than i thought. There were only a few notable JDM companies showing off their wares at this show. Unlike the Vegas SEMA show which is the ultimate display in aftermarket goodies, this production seemed a little hackish and trashy, much like Atlantic City itself. AC is a pretty crappy place, mirroring much of the great garden state of NJ (i've still yet to see these beautiful namesake gardens although friends of mine insist that they do exist). Those japanese booth models are so gorgeous yet sadly tend to me dumb as rocks. Still i enjoying chatting with her in my lousy japanese more than half of those so-so 'import' models that usually populate the show. The attitude they throw around is a pretty big turnoff.

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Saturday, May 8, 2004, 09:28 p.m.

Don't forget tommorow is Mother's Day!

Honestly i'm not sure if anyone is going to read this in time anyway, but since i set this blog as my default IE home page, it'll help me to remind myself so i won't get in trouble this year.

Nothing terribly exciting has happened over the past week or two, but i am glad for the warmer weather. It makes me want to live again and get out of my shell. I am sick of people who keep reminding me of how happy and cheery like a n00b i used to be when i started work and now i look so tired and serious all the time. Hey maybe it is *because* i'm tired and serious, but i realize the need to put on a happy face for other people moreso than for myself. I'm so thoughtful, aren't i?

Parents came to visit last weekend and i cleaned up my place pretty well but just left enough of a mess to give my mom something to do, you know how mothers are, they need to find something to nitpick, i figured i would make it easier for her. They only stayed a night which was kind of dissapointing but i had a good time and took them out to dimsum in chinatown as they left on sunday. Dad was pretty happy with the place which made me glad since i know he's pretty particular about dim sum, almost as much as i am. The weirdest thing i heard was my mom telling me how nice my bleached hair looked. I thought for sure they were going to hassle me about it the minute they saw me again, but they didn't say a word, plus i was not going to cover it up like usual cause i didn't really care what they had to say, but still, that was pretty unexpected. I guess parents can surprise you in little ways. Next thing you know they'll be overjoyed to have a white daughter-in-law. Ok, now thats just crazy talk.

I also had my usual monthly subie meet at the West Chester Bennigans last sunday, tried to pick up one of the waitresses there. What i actually did was ask one of the hot bartenders if she could find out if a certain cute asian waitress was single or not. I figured she was a local college student working part time, i caught her checking me out later on, i'm not sure wether she was interested or not, but i'll be back again, we'll see.

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