HAHAHAHAHAH. VIP Spa next door got busted today by a bunch of HPD sporting black bank robber masks. They came in to ask us a few questions but that was it. I didn't get to see the action because I was working in the back, but I did get to see the cops standing outside.

Sorry guys, they'll be out of business temporarily. :P

Somehow having become an honorary member of Annie's family, I headed over to help host another party at their digs, this time for an older crowd. It was almost funny how for some time, the aunties totally ignored me and my non-brown skin and chattered away in one of the many Indian languages. :) Fun was had, and I got to take home enough leftovers to feed me for a week. Score one for the bachelorette!

Post-party hangout pictures with lots of silly posing going on here. Ooh, and I'm in a lot of the pictures (which means that yes, I let someone else touch my camera)! Woohoo!

Quote of the day: "I want a camera like this for my birthday!" - Stella, referring to my Digital Rebel XT, which is so much fun! :)

I've found that I've grown more and more cynical about the world; as a child, I did not know and could never fathom that the world revolves around money (Chinese link). Upon entering working life, yes, there is stuff I have to do to make money. But what I do is small-fry compared to government and large companies, who don't just do stuff out of the goodness of their hearts. There's always some financial advantage to it, be it direct short-term return on the investment, or a long-term advertising campaign hidden under the guise of public service that will eventually net them a return later.

If you have an hour and twenty minutes, watch Loose Change if you feel like thinking through different possibilities to the motives behind 9/11, the good or evil nature of human beings, the power of the media, and the power of human greed. It made me sad. Yes, I believe it is possible. When human greed is involved, the things that are possible don't surprise me anymore.

Yup, I'm a cynic about the world, but somehow an optimist for the most part about individuals and myself. Can't change the world (oh, how I held those ideals so long ago!), but I can at least try to be happy in my own way in a power-hungry world.

Saw Must Love Dogs for the 2nd time.

And now I can't get "The First Cut is the Deepest" outta my head. @#$%.

And then, by cosmic coincidence, I called sillyvibe up and we ended up chatting about lil' Turbo. Haha.

Walmart bicycle on sale back in 1992: $89
Wimpy wire bike lock: $2
Parking bike on the sidewalk outside of work because there's no place to lock it to: $0
Someone trying to ride off with it but falling down because of the wimpy bike lock: priceless

That's what you get when you try to take something that's not yours. I wish I had seen the thief wannabe in action so I could take a picture of his retarded ass. I'm just glad he didn't break any of the spokes. F***er.

Yeah, I'd known it all along, but I chose to put it in a dark, neglected corner of my mind. Now, brought out into the light, it pierces my senses in a most uncomfortable way, forming an immovable lump in my throat and a writhing pain in my gut.

Now it's time to embrace it and come to grips with it. Or something mature like that. Or not, and just wail and scream and throw my teddy bears against the wall.

Haha, yes, I still sleep with teddy bears. Multiple. And for the record, I'd never abuse my teddy bears, no matter what kind of emotional chaos I experience.

Getting scammed, part 2. Best read after reading how we got scammed the first time to really feel our pain.

Yesterday I was robbed of all my evening energy by the day's events. Basically, we got scammed ... TWICE!!! ARGHHHH!!!

"You are such a talented geek!"

Hahahaha.