About an hour ago, the fire drill in the dorm went off and about fifteen minutes the bells just stopped. Thank God, because those bells were about to drive me insane. Anyway, nothing serious happened. Someone just burned popcorn in the microwave and filled the first floor with smoke. I was scared though so I left my dorm room without a jacket and I was standing out in the cold with my "lesbianesque" friend who was offering to keep me warm in a kinky sort of way. Very strange girl. Anyway, the firemen and the policemen came but they couldn't get the bells to turn off so they had to call an electrician which took a while. Actually, I really don't know how long those bells have been ringing in my ear drum but it seemed so long because they're so loud.

Me and my roommate are getting along so far. It's kind of annoying how she stays up until about 2 or 3 in the morning and then she doesn't wake up until 1 in the afternoon. Our sleeping patterns really don't match.Anyway, she's still the same old person: one-way conversationist, but she hasn't done anything yet to really tick me off.

Anyway, ever since I watched the Lord of the Rings movie I've been developing (to Xab's dismay) an obsession with Legolas (the elf archer.) To my dismay, everyone else is obsessed with him. Hehe, oh well. Anyway, it's nothing new. I used to make Xab tick by talking about this elven archer named Hayward from Shining Force III. Oh man, archers are so cool.

I've been trying to make a new layout for this site but it's been a while since I've been making webpages and there's so many new little tricks and tools out there. I'm aiming for something simple that I can stick to for a while though. I noticed that some sites have really nice graphical layouts that change monthly or even weekly but there isn't much content there to read. Anyway, take care and later folks!

Well I'm back my miserable dorm room. I'm ridiculously homesick. Xab just left. I kind of feel better now that he left, since that whole parting thing is over with. When my friends heard that Xab was going to drop me off they all wanted to come. I subtly turned them down. Right now, they don't really get along with Xab and I kind of wanted to spend the day with Xab. Also, the more hometown friends that were there the more I'd be homesick when they leave. I'm surprised that I still get homesick. It's already the second quarter and I'm still shedding tears over the thought of having to be in this hellhole. Sometimes I wonder if the reason I'm depressed is because I really miss home or I just really hate it here or maybe a combination of both.

Anyway, Xab and I had quite an adventure today. We left around 5:30 in the morning to beat the traffic, got to my school around 7:30. I brought Xab to my psychology lecture which he fell asleep through. That was kind of embarassing but I'm sure the professor won't remember the girl that was nudging him to wake up. The psychology topics look pretty interesting but the professor tends to babble on. He called himself a D.O.M.: deaf old man. He seems funny but he talks too much.

Later on we went to watch Lord of the Rings. I thought it was pretty good but I've never read the book. I found the movie intense and graphic... sometimes I couldn't take the loud, screeching noises or the dark images. Good movie, a little long but I think I'll read Tolkien now. I like the hobbits now. They make a name for we short people. :)

Well, I'll probably blog later since I feel so insanely lonely. I'll try my best to socialize or study or do something to distract myself so I won't spend the whole night and possibly weekend moping and crying.

I just finished watching Princess Diaries with my mom, my bro and Xab. Funny story when we were renting it at Blockbuster. First off, it's sort of for younger audiences but each time I tried to pick it up for my mom they were always out. But tonight they were last copy of it in VHS and Xab was nearly shrieking "There! In the the corner! In the corner!" so I grabbed and turned quickly for the growing line but as I was walking/dashing away a man about my age who was looking under the Princess Diaries section saw me and then the video covers and then started searching frantically for another copy. It's funny that my mom wanted it and not my brother or even me. I think the movie was worth a possible scuffle though. Nice, clean humor. A good change from the crap that usually comes out on the screen today. Julie Andrews is cool but of course not a huge role for her.

Well, that's pretty much all for today. Tomorrow is my last day in my comfy old house then back to the dorm cell. I convinced my mom to let me go back on Friday morning despite the fact that I have class that morning. I just really don't want to spend all Thursday all alone with my moronic roommate. Xab is going to help settle back into school on Friday and then take off.

1/2/2002 01:18:05 AM

Happy new year! I had a dull new year's eve. But I got to spend it with Xab and my family. The whole night my dad was sending us out to get food for him. Pizza, sushi... but the sushi was good. We really didn't do much. I pulled out my old Lego collection (I'm a Lego maniac) and built battleships and fortresses for a while. Of course my inability to finish anything took over me again. I built half of everything: spaceships, command posts, forts. I think my fort looked pretty cool unfinished though. It looked like an ancient beat-up ruin. Well it did turn into a beat-up ruin after Xab threw his plane into it.

Also on that morning we went to the hospital so I could try and get my flu shot. New Year's Eve isn't the best day to try but we went anyway. We couldn't find the immunization room so Xab went into this building to ask. He came out saying that they could give me the shot there and all I had to do was check in. So I did. The receptionist said "Your ID please? Your baby's insurance card?" I looked dumbfounded. Baby? I looked around realizing it was the pediatric center and then turned to Xab and glared at him. I was really mad. I just played dumb with the receptionist not wanting to explain that I didn't have a baby and thay my boyfriend was an idiot and that I was lost. She said "This is pediatrics." So I said "Okay, do you know where immunizations is?" Of course she really didn't know either. It's some building that doesn't exist. I was mad the whole morning about that baby thing. It's a simple misunderstanding, possibly funny but embarrasing on my part.

Tonight I watched Pearl Harbor with my family, Xab and two of my cousin. That is one long movie. I kinda feel like I wasted three or four hours of my life. Anyway, my little five year old cousin was being funny. When the guy was returning the hankerchief to the girl, my cousin came over to me and asked "Why is he giving her a panty?" And I said "That's not a panty, it's a hankerchief." Well, I said it kinda loud and everyone heard so he was embarassed the whole night. About an hour later he started getting fussy and he wanted to go home. So I drove him back in the middle of the night (they only live a block away) and asked him why he wanted to leave. He said "I miss my mom. I forgot what she looks like," which was really cute and funny. He's a real strange kid.

I didn't think Pearl Harbor was anything to rave about. It was okay, almost kinda stupid. I think if they focused on the whole war/strategy part instead of the wishy-washy love story it would have been much better. But what do I know? Well I'm signing out for now.