my trip to the cities
11/21/04 ~ 10:20 p.m.
so, it's after 10pm, and if it wasn't for the sleeping in and the nap i took today, i'd be too tired to post this. but i'm here! aren't you lucky?
friday night i left work at 5 pm and made it to justine's* door at 6pm! there was practically NO traffic the whole way, even on the golden gate. awesome. i picked her up at work, and we got dinner at a cool vegetarian chinese food place. i was expecting all vegetable dishes, but it was all imitation dishes, which was so fun! we got fake pot stickers, fake tereyaki chicken, and fake pineapple salmon. they were decent fakes, and quite yummy of their own accord. i'm totally not a vegetarian, but i love thier cool creative foods.
then we drove around the city a bit, looked at the pretty golden gate at night, and got lost and ended up going down lombard street to find our way back. we caught up on each others lives and the lives of mutual friends, which is always good. we ended up back at her apartment, where i met three of her four roomates: bob (a girl who prefers to be naked all the time), pat (a boy who ended up having sex with bob because they share a room), and katherine-summer (a girl who will not go by a shortened version of her name, knits and sews fantastic clothing, and is obsessed with her own hotness). we stayed up chatting for a few hours.
after a night's sleep in justine's tiny sunroom (you have to walk through bob and pat's room to get to it), we got breakfast at bob's place of employment: howard's diner. good conversation was had. mostly about relationships and sex. the usual. justine then accompanied me to a running store where i bought some awesome new running shoes. i am so totally happy about them.
we walked around town, were sad that the conservatory of flowers is currently uprooted, and ended up back at the golden gate. we walked about halfway across before deciding that we were hungry. here we are:
we took a few buses and ended up at a trendy vegetarian restaurant called herbavore. we split some spring rolls and gnocci and then headed back to her place for a cup of tea before i hit the road.
i headed off to berkeley at about 5pm, and the traffic going to and over the bay bridge was insane. i arrived at heather's place right around 6 though, so i wasn't late. it felt like we already knew each other, after years of reading each others journals. jennifer and christine, my high school friends, met up with us and we all ate at an ethiopian restaurant. the food was excellent, and the conversation was fun. we had YEARS of catching up to do. we're all different people nowadays, but our personalities still compliment each other. i was happy to find that out.
and just to prove we met each other, here's a terrible, blurry picture of heather and i:
luckily, my shirt cooperated at least a little in this photo, as it appeared to be wrestling with a wardrobe malfunction all night. after yesterday, i'm wondering if that shirt will get worn again. we'll see.
i got home near midnight and snuggled with my sweetie, who apparantly missed me and was really bored while i was gone. such a nice feeling.
today was a lazy, lazy day, which i needed. there was brunch, a movie, a nap, a (2 mile) run in my new shoes, a shower, dinner, and bridget jones 2 with mariah*. soon i will head off to bed so as not to ruin my state of restfulness. goodnight all.
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one year ago: 20th - we had good conversation about online drama and how age has nothing to do with maturity.
21st - 2. List five people you've lost contact with that you'd like to hear from again.
tiffany*, bree, mike k in livermore, luke, jeffy*.
two years ago: 21st - hmmm. wonder what they were doing? i later confirmed there was some bj action. ha ha. scandalous!
three years ago: 20th - i know, i'm a little wordy. 21st - i'm pretty nervous. scared about the plane and soooo excited about seeing ned. my stomach is all in knots right now.
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forth
* check the cast page for details about this person!
