this week

23rd:

Evan's party!  I started out the day somewhat humorously, with a text from Allen.  "Hehe, I might have made a goof.  Do you have pierced ears?"  Which is an okay mistake to make. My ears used to be pierced, but they closed up.  They still look pierced...they just aren't.  I sent him that text, along with the fact that I was planning on getting them repierced sometime soon.

So I wrapped the presents and went on my way to Evan's house, stopping by the music store on the way to get the drum sticks.  And...instead of a one hour trip like it should have been, it was a full two and a half hour trip.

I still got there before everyone except for Allen, who looked, by the way, very nice.  We played video games and in general hung out until Jad and Craig also arrived.  Then we did gifts.  I got an awesome sweatshirt from Craig, pretty earrings from Allen, some candy from Bree, and a book from Jad.

Then Evan decided to bring out his present.  Since he had been hinting at it for a long time, we were all curious.  

He ended up getting us a Serenity roll-playing book and getting us all characters and making a minature quest for us to go on.  It was amazing.  Goodlines that came from it:

"You shot her in the ass!"

"You shot my wife in the ass?"

"Jad worked wonders on my ass."

Anyways....

About an hour or two into it, Bree got a phone call.  Apparently Brandon had been causing some trouble at home, and she was needed.  So she and Jad had to leave, and the rest of us watched Young Frankenstein.

And that's where things got kinda weird.

Apparently Jad and Bree went to a starbucks for a little while and someone threw a white powder on their car, then they got followed home and couldn't wash it off.  Bree had texted Craig, and that got all the guys over at Evan's house all riled up.  I called Bree, and found out that Brandon wasn't involved in that and everything is okay.  Jad and Brandon were even having a stake out together for their safety.  

But the guys were riled up and had tons of adrenaline now.  So we took out Evan's sparring knives and snuck up on each other around the house.  And I only had a kleenex box.  And I won.

24th

Went to McDonalds with Allen for Breakfast.  On Christmas eve.  We were such the stereotypical cute poor college couple.  Eating at McDonalds.  Staying and talking at mcDonalds for about an hour before leaving for home.

At home I basically had time to do nothing before having to go to the Comstocks for the christmas party.  Funness.  Talked mostly with Nathan about writing.  I wish I had more opportunities to interact with Nathan in a social setting, cause he's always so bent on being lethargic when I'm over visiting Sarah.  But get him out of the house and he's entertaining!  Oh, and he's going to be going to UCR.  Coolness.

At the midnight service, my mom had them sing happy birthday to me.

25th

Christmas!  My Birthday!  I got some AWESOME headphones and had a fun time.

26th

My birthday party!  Allen came over at around 12:45 and we hung out.  he brought me flowers! Orange roses!

We saw Yes Man, which was funny.  Not my normal type of movie, but nice.  I liked the Harry Potter jokes.

Then we went to the ship.  the ship.  Yes, the ship.  And I ordered Hard Cider.  And a shot of something called ''Brain Hemorrhage."

And I got giggly.

This week has been somewhat eventful

23rd:

Evan's party! I started out the day somewhat humorously, with a text from Allen. "Hehe, I might have made a goof. Do you have pierced ears?" Which is an okay mistake to make. My ears used to be pierced, but they closed up. They still look pierced...they just aren't. I sent him that text, along with the fact that I was planning on getting them repierced sometime soon.

So I wrapped the presents and went on my way to Evan's house, stopping by the music store on the way to get the drum sticks. And...instead of a one hour trip like it should have been, it was a full two and a half hour trip.

I still got there before everyone except for Allen, who looked, by the way, very nice. We played video games and in general hung out until Jad and Craig also arrived. Then we did gifts. I got an awesome sweatshirt from Craig, pretty earrings from Allen, some candy from Bree, and a book from Jad.

Then Evan decided to bring out his present. Since he had been hinting at it for a long time, we were all curious.

He ended up getting us a Serenity roll-playing book and getting us all characters and making a minature quest for us to go on. It was amazing. Goodlines that came from it:

"You shot her in the ass!"

"You shot my wife in the ass?"

"Jad worked wonders on my ass."

Anyways....

About an hour or two into it, Bree got a phone call. Apparently Brandon had been causing some trouble at home, and she was needed. So she and Jad had to leave, and the rest of us watched Young Frankenstein.

And that's where things got kinda weird.

Apparently Jad and Bree went to a starbucks for a little while

Today

I survived?

I'm sick.

I have to be better by tuesday.

I'm not cold anymore

just headachy

and sore

and sore throaty

and coughy.

And sleepy.  

I've slept so much today.

Fluting on no sleep

Well, not no sleep.  I got about...3 hours of sleep.  Ish.

I was too cold all night.  

And now I'm pretty darned sick.

And I am running on 3 hours of sleep.

And I have to play my flute and piccolo.  Professionally.

I feel dead.  Very dead.  

My cold has moved to my nose, throat, and chest.  I can't breath perfectly.  Yet hear I am.  About to play my piccolo.

I want to die.

Or sleep.

Sleep preferably.  

I miss snuggling up to people to fall asleep on couches during movies.

Note to self:

If I buy stockings at a store designed for preteens, I have to buy the M/L size, not the S/M.  I guess i'm not preteen size Small anymore.

That's a good thing.

How touching

I'm sick today.  It's been pretty miserable, not going to lie.

I never realized how little my family touches each other.  Like, in hugs or anything.  Back in Riverside, we're all kinda cuddly.  

And I'm not just talking Allen and I.  Say its me, Bree, Anna, Evan, and Allen all sitting together on a couch, we kinda drape ourselves over each other and watch a movie.  Or talk.  It's okay to be touching.

I miss that physical of contact with people when I'm in Whittier.

I wanted a hug all day.  Not just a brief "hi!" hug or a brief "goodnight!" hug, but a hug that lasts a few seconds, maybe even a minute.  A hug where you grip each other tightly, just for the hell of it.  Just because you can.  Just because you care.

I miss constant hugs.

This makes me so happy.

Lyn

hi!

11:59pmAllen

you trease

tease*

you tease you

11:59pmLyn

hmm?

11:59pmAllen

said hi and logged off

Today

12:00amLyn

oh. it was just my computer spazzing out

but I got the external to work!

12:00amAllen

yay!

12:00amLyn

and I'm burning dvds as we speak!

how do you want me to get them to you before Friday?

12:00amAllen

Andrew's been bugging me for pictures, but the pictures are in Riverside

Well, I'm hitting Riverside that night. I'll hit your place before I head off to the comedy show?

12:01amLyn

I actually figured out that I could possibly put them up and block my mother from seeing them

12:01amAllen

heheheh

how would that happen?

12:02amLyn

but I'm kinda wary about that

what time would you be in whittier? cause I do have that thing in the evening

12:04amAllen

Dunno. LSD is at 8:30 but I could stop by earlier

Whittier is sorta kinda on the way

12:04amLyn

you probably would have to

lemme see if I can find the planner to see what time we're going to Mr. Eds house

12:06amLyn

couldn't find it

but it is usually around 5:30 6ish

12:06amAllen

hmm

Crashing at the Queen Mary for two hours seems like a losing proposition, but I'll call Aaron tomorrow, see if I can hang with him until the show

12:07amLyn

yeah, exactly

12:07amAllen

You have Little angel Now?

12:08amLyn

yes

12:08amAllen

lol

12:08amLyn

in my bag

right where we put it before

yeah, I got that text and I was all "gosh dang it. That sucked

"

12:09amAllen

alright, I'm going to bed. I'll call Aaron and find out if that's doable.

Sleep well

12:09amLyn

you too!

call me tomorrow when you know

12:10amAllen

love ya

12:10amLyn

I'll let you know about the timing

love ya too

Lots and Lots of Driving and rain

So, Saturday I drove up to Riverside.  It was about 47 miles, so about an hour on the road.  It was overcast, with a little bit of spitting here an there for rain.

I went to my apartment, and Jessica was actually still there.  She briefed me on cleanliness stuff, then she eventually left. (note to self: do laundry today).  Then I waited around for Bree to call me once she got out of her final.  It took a while, but I got a text saying I could come over to drop off her stuff.  

So I got back in the car and drove the 8 miles to Bree's house.  It was drizzling a bit.  We stayed and talked for about an hour, then I had to go back and get the cookies out of my fridge so I could make them for Andrew's party.  

When I actually make it the 8 miles back over to Allen's, it's raining pretty fiercely.  And it's cold.

We edit videos and hang out for a while, then we pick up Steven and we drive the 4 miles over to Andrew's house.   

And we have a nerf gun war.  They had a nerf saw, a nerd sniper rifle (with a scope!) and a nerf revolver.  It was awesome.  Aaron would periodically take the saw (with the ammunition belts) and just spray fire all over the place.  It was epic.

About halfway through the night, they ran out of beer for the beer pong.  And because I was one of the only sober people there, I was elected to drive Steven (who is over 21) over to the nearest gas station so he could pick up a 32 pack (which we put in the back of my car, obviously.)  But...we got lost.  So I drove about another 3 or 4 miles all in suburban streets.  It was kinda epic.  I got to know Steven a bit better.

At the end of the night I drove a tipsy and sleepy Allen back over to his place.  So another 4 or so miles.  

Sunday!

We edited videos.  All day long.  Allen, Aaron and I.  Evan joined us for a bit at the end, while we were waiting for videos to finish burning.  I ended up driving to dinner and back.  Mmm mongolian bbq.  That was less than a mile of driving.  It was raining all day.

 

So not too much driving.  

Monday, however,  

I woke up around noonish, took a shower, ect.  We left for San Diego around 2 ish, after a false start once we realized that Allen needed new windshield wipers.  We drove separately, cause I would need my car down there.  There's another 70 miles.  

We stayed and caught up with Allen's family for about an hour, then left for the concert.  There was another 35 miles, in rush hour traffic.  Allen drove, but still.  We talked a lot, which was fun.  We have the magical ability to just talk and talk and talk and talk.  Fun. 

THE CONCERT WAS EPIC!

After the concert it was another 35 miles.  In POURING rain.  Like, panic inducing rain.  I have a phobia of storms, there's a prime example.  It sucked.  

Tuesday....

Well, we red ring'd of death Allen's dad's Xbox.  Yay.  Allen, determined to fix it before his dad came home, decided to drive to Riverside and back with his own Xbox.  So I drove along with him, obviously.  And we just talked.  

So that's another 140 miles.  Yay.  

Then, after eating dinner with the family, watching the first half of casablanca, and talking a LOT with Allen's family, I had to leave and drive the 80 miles back to my house in Whittier.  In pouring rain.

LOTS OF RAIN AND DRIVING!

Christmas Break

I'm probably going to write in this every day.  Cause I get that bored in Whittier.

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I was at Mervyns, shopping with my dad, and a little girl got her hair stuck in the down escalator.  And we had problems getting it shut off.  And she started screaming each time a stair came down, hitting her on the head.  Then her sister started screaming, then her grandmother...

And a huge crowd kinda surged forward, crowding around.

I immediately ran to the shoe department, notified them that someone was hurt, but no one could get through the crowd.  

So I yelled "EVERYONE BACK UP AND GIVE SOME ROOM!"

And, surprisingly, people did.  

Apparently I still have the drum major voice.  And my Mervyns emergency training.

The little girl is alright.  Not wonderful.  Her hair was cut off, and she was bleeding a bit from the head, but she was able to walk upstairs to first aid with no problem.  She was bawling, though.

Nightmare

I was an evil Robot.  And I was programmed to kill this one guy, who was the son of the leader.  For some reason I thought they were a clan of jedi, but that might've been my own misconception.

But, because I was an evil robot, I was programmed to have feelings.  And I kinda fell in love with the guy I was supposed to kill.  He was nice, funny, and one of those all around good guys.  

But I killed him.  By electrocuting him.  Underwater.  He was screwed.

Then the leader found me and shot me in the head.

BUT!

Because I was a robot, I was able to reboot, with only a very minimum amount of memory loss.  Of course, the memory loss was along the lines that I forgot who this guy was an I forgot that I was supposed to kill him.

And because he was a jedi he was able to come back alive.  

and they decided to take me in, cause I couldn't remember needing to kill him.  And I fell in love with him again.  But I still had the programming to kill him.

WEIRD!

Late at night stuff

Sometimes I just get meh.

Like, right now I really want to punch someone.  I'm not sure why.  But I do.

Grandma's in the hospital.

another test

lets try this again

Testing...testing...

This is only a test for something at work.