too cold outside, too warm inside. where's my happy medium?

back to stanford for only one more week of regular class...then comes dead week and finals. thanksgiving break shouldn't be called a "break" at all...it doesn't qualify for that or the term "vacation". four days does not cut it! ah well...i had much fun at home. it was so wonderful seeing all my relatives again and just being home with my mom, brandon, and amanda =) missed those buggers. i got to hold lucas for a while too...what a cute little baby! and then he drooled all over my sleeve (actually amanda's sleeve since i was wearing her sweater), but he was still cute. i ate way too much of course, but that's the whole point of thanksgiving dinner. yuuum...then there was our odd trip to edgie's for pool at 1 am. the whole place was filled with asians...rather odd since it was more than usual...and a little bit frightening =P playing with craig and chester was fun...chester's like the epitome of the cynical, jaded gen x-er. it was amusing trying to trade cynicisms and sarcastic quips with him.

cut to the next day, friday, and you see me with all my high school girls (jenmarchidebcherjojac) during our day trip to san francisco. chrissandi couldn't make it (well i did see di later at least). it's odd how my demeanor can change with the change of environment or company. i felt so bright and carefree and optimistic with my gals. we had a lot of fun watching harry potter, shopping, and eating at the cheesecake factory =) i missed the feel of being with them...each person i'm with strikes me a different way and i instinctively act a certain way to interact and get to know him or her better. with my girls, it's so unselfconscious about image, lighthearted, comfortable, and fun =) and yay for cheesecake factory! i've been cheesecake factory deflowered at last. oh goodness that lemon raspberry cream cheesecake was *heavenly*. harry potter was enjoyable too...scenes were necessarily cut of course, but they did a great job overall...and watching quidditch and such come alive was amazing =) yes, i'm a harry potter geek, and i'm not afraid to admit it! i'm ridiculously excited about the fifth book. hurry up and come out already!

saturday i did a lot of laundry. and when i say "a lot of laundry," i mean the whole laundromat deal since i washed virtually every comforter in the house. i dislike the laundromat. too many quarters = too much trouble. wasted a good three hours there. whee fun. but then i went ice skating that night with deb, jo, mike, david, steven, and anthony...fun stuff. haven't done that for a while...and good job, deb, you didn't fall! =D we hit up tam's place afterward, saw people, chilled, all that good stuff. no drinking for me that night though. did a lot of talking, watching of streetfighter on playstation, attempting to play streetfighter on playstation, and being amused by three guys playing with sexual dice (haha!). oh! tony yang dropped by that day too to give me an umbrella. i felt bad because i didn't have his umbrella on me so i couldn't return it =( i hope things go well for him...he's such a quality guy.

woke up this morning (er, okay, afternoon) at home with the funkiest hair ever since i had slept on it wet...hehehe. i should take a picture of my weird hair mornings someday. oh well, got back to school, unpacked most of my stuff, chilled with michelle, the usual. went to our aa issues meeting with the core tonight, not many showed up, alas. hope the meeting turns out okay on wednesday...topic sounds intriguing: the foreignness of asian americans. i'll write more about that after the meeting if i remember.

so...back at school with no prospects. ah well. still allows you _something to talk about_. it's been a long time, man. *sigh*