"$6 can buy many donuts." "Explain how." "Money can be exchanged for goods and services." "Woohoo!"

Work was okay today but I was mondo tired. At least the problem I had yesterday was just me being idiotic with my Perforce settings. Anyway. After work Mark and I went to bus to IZ. We left Pacmed at 6pm on the shuttle. We got to the bus stop at 6:11. WE WAITED FOREVER FOR A BUS TO SHOW UP. The 214 was due at 6:16, the 554 at 6:25. At 6:35 the 554 finally showed up like "the 214 is right behind me!" So we waited... UNTIL LIKE 6:50pm. Ugh. So we got to IZ around 7:30pm. Dave was already there waiting for us. Tada was there too. (Later on Hyunsuk and his wife were there, and George-the-guy-I-met-with-Keevon-and-people was there too and I talked to him a bit. I think Tim-from-Kenmore was there but I barely recognize him.) Yeah, so we hung out playing Bemani games for a few hours. Dave's friend John from Microsoft was also around and he played some games and then his timecard ran out (He also asked me if I was an intern at MS or Amazon :) ). We did some session, which was only a minor disaster :) At one point we did do sorta-super-session - I took KBM, Mark took drums, and Dave played guitar with Tada (who kept saying "LOOK I AM BETTER THAN THE REST OF YOU" and I almost smacked him). It's good to have KBM back though.

I did get my 5th Heavy SDG (La Copa De La Vida, 7), and my 101st AA (Dam Dariram, 38), and I got Mark's legs all tangled up on Sync Oni. :)

Afterwards, Dave drove us all home. We stopped by Krispy Kreme first (mmmmmm), ate a dozen donuts among four people in the car in about five minutes, quoted a whole bunch of Simpsons and random movies in the car, and saw a really scary car accident outside Dave's complex. It looked like the two cars must have collided head-on and spun out, one of their fenders had been flung across the street. By the time we were heading out to drop off John, there were a ton of cops and stuff around! It was kinda wacky. Anyway, Dave gave me and Mark rides home too. Hopefully his car's okay...

I still need to find someone to go with me to the Mariners game on Sunday afternoon, preferably one who can give me a ride to Kirkland afterwards.

I am listening to Poodle Hat at long last. Don't ask why I put it off so much. ANYWAY. You know what? I think it's okay. Not great but not bad. Some high points so far. I also think that the second half of the album has been a LOT funnier than the first half (and I'm up to "Ebay", track 11). Oh well. Maybe it'll grow on me with a second listen...

friday fives for the last month, hehe

1. Do you remember your first best friend? Who was it?
Barely. I went to this one elementary school for first grade and had a best friend there named Laurie. But then I switched schools in second grade.

2. Are you still in touch with this person?
We ended up at the same highschool. I haven't seen her since.

3. Do you have a current close friend?
I guess if I have a best friend now it's still Carl.

4. How did you become friends with this person?
Well, at the SCS picnic in the spring of 1997, I was talking to a bunch of people and Carl was sitting in the circle of people and I didn't really know who he was. For some reason he said "Oh, so YOU'RE Deanna Rubin," and I replied "Yeah, who the heck are you?" Then we ended up on opposing sides at Capture the Flag in the fall, and in Japanese class together in the spring, and gaming in the lounge... one night we were staying up late doing homework together and talking and something just clicked and the rest is history.

At least that's how I'd tell it. He'd probably be like "Yeah, so there was this freaky girl in my Japanese classes who kept stealing my hair ties and making me watch crap anime like Marmalade Boy. Eventually she stopped."

5. Is there a friend from your past that you wish you were still in contact with? Why?
I always kind of wish I knew what the heck Laura Handel and Mark Zettlemoyer are up to. They were two of my close friends in highschool and I've totally lost track of them. From college I really wish I could hang out with Matty-D and Erich and Mark again. There are a bazillion others but those kinda jump to mind.

Old Friday Fives:
( july 4th - childhood stories )

( june 27 - how I spent my summer vacation )

( june 20 - my hair! )