man, i am totally beat today. i got up at 8:30am to take my car into the dealership. according to their findings, there was no evidence of forced entry, so their theory is that the window just broke by itself, and the weight of the glass all by itself caused it to drop. i'm not sure if i buy it 100%, but what the hell. i didn't think insurance would pay for it, so i dropped my claim and paid $470 or so out of my own pocket. drat. at least i got the job done today, and i just picked up my car, and it's all over with.
but back to my first statement, i am so fucking tired. i played basketball for a good hour and a half, at least. we started off with 3-on-3, FULL COURT. that was nuts. even before we played, i just collapsed on the floor and lay there. i don't know what's wrong with me. maybe i have mono? but yeah, getting up at 8:30 probably did the trick. plus, i didn't turn off my tv until 2:30am, so that means i didn't get any REM cycles until then.
last night's dinner with jennie was good; it was nice to catch up with her. she dyed her hair black; all this time i've known her, she has had colored hair. i must say, she looks really good with black, natural hair. i had the same opinion of mia when i saw her last. she was the same deal, too; bleached hair all this time, and then she dyed it black. black hair on asian girls is so hot; i never really understood why girls wanted to change it to any other color. of course, in college, i bleached my own hair and dyed it blue, but that was just a crazy, semi-rebellious experimental phase, and i wouldn't do it again.
after dinner, jennie and i went to costco. they were closing, so we didn't spend much time there, but we did briefly check out their engagement ring section. i asked her if how she felt about accepting a ring from costco, and she didn't seem to keen on the prospect. i mean, this place had some nice stuff, including some rings over $20K! that's pretty decent, isn't it? but i guess there is a stigma to owning a piece of jewelry that's associated with costco, so just to let you know, while i feel there shouldn't be a stigma, i personally wouldn't shop there; i wouldn't want my woman to be embarrassed to tell her friends where her ring is from.
during the shuttle ride from the dealership to work today, there was a really rude indian guy. we had 5 people in our van, and he was the last one to be dropped off. midway, he made a loud comment that his car was probably ready by now, and when it was just him and me, he said it again. then, he expressed loud displeasure that i was next to be dropped off, and when the driver (who's this kind old man) turned on my street, he told the driver that he should have gone straight to his company instead of mine. and before that, he made a really loud rustling noise in his backpack, pulled out his invoice, and called the dealership and asked if his car was ready. anyways, he was an asshole.
i was talking to my dad on the phone the other day, and he told me that he got a great massage in shanghai, and he wanted to introduce the massage girl to me. (as in a potential wife prospect.) !! he was like, "this girl has no higher education, but that's no problem. look at my own mother (who had no higher education, either) and father. why do you have to date stanford women?" ha! i think my parents are trying to send me a message, what do you think? maybe they're getting a little exasperated.
man, i am in a weird funk right now, physically speaking. i haven't done much today, and i've spent a lot of time just sitting in my cube, listless. i should go home and take a nap after i finish writing this. today is grace's birthday, and i might go have dinner with her and her volleyball friends around 10:30. luckily, i had a late lunch (around 4pm) to tie me over. ah, southern chicken sandwich.
ah, i'm IMing amyM right now. she just got up from bed. (it's 10am in hong kong right now.) it's nice to hear from her. she says that HK right now is the worst weather she's ever lived in: blistering heat and ridiculous humidity. (worse than houston, she said.) i asked if they sell deodorant there, and she laughed and said yes. hey, you never know.
ok. 7:20. time to get out of here. i want to crash.