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Kate came into town Tuesday night and it was so much fun. We had a night out on the town and went to Paris and New Jersey and back. Well, not literally, but it was pretty darn close. We had dinner at Café Crepe, a new crepe restaurant on 3rd street promenade. It was excellent! The interior had the ambiance of a tiny French café and it was really cute. Kate and I ordered dinner crepes and then we split a banana nutella crepe for dessert. All I can say is, yum! I highly recommend that you try it as soon as you can. After dinner we saw Garden State because Kate hadn't seen it yet. Moorpark is not as hip to the times when it comes to movies. Besides, it hasn't really gotten wide release yet so I guess it's not that bad. The movie is great the second time around. Much more detail was noticed and the cinematography was more distinct. I've been raving about this movie, so I hope that you all watch it. We then had a slumber party at my place because it was a bit late for Kate to drive home. She's in the proceess of finding an apartment in NY, Manhattan preferably, but anywhere is good. Does anyone have any suggestions? Fun!

On Wednesday, M and I had dinner at New India Grill. We've been there a dozen times together and I think her stalker guy is no longer working there. Maybe he went back to India, who knows. But it's nice to go there without worrying about that anymore. We stopped going there for a long while, but the food is so good that we had to go back. I'm proud of M, not only because she just got an awesome government job, but also because she went against the odds and was able to overcome them. I believe that we were destined to be together since junior high and for that I am grateful.

I saw my mom that night as well. Our relationship is interesting, to say the least. I see her less than a dozen times a year, even though she lives in Monterey Park. But then again, that doesn't mean anything because I haven't seen my dad in a while either. In any case, it was a good visit and I ended up with a dozen eggs, a 5lb bag of granulated sugar, fish, cucumbers and a few articles of clothing. Not too shabby. She will always try to feed me and then tell me later that I’ve gained weight and should go on a diet. My grandma does the same thing, so I guess it runs in the family.

I got home that night with the song, "The Only Living Boy in New York," by Simon & Garfunkel, stuck in my head. That's where the line, "Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile" from the title of this post comes from. It’s on the Garden State soundtrack and though I tried to buy the soundtrack at Best Buy that day, they were sold out. I really need to call them ahead of time from now on. But I was so happy when I saw a copy of it on my living room because Sia had gotten a copy. I was ecstatic. Josh got me a copy of it from Deep Discount CD, but I burnt a copy of one anyway because I wanted to listen to it while the other one was on its way. It is so good. Zach was able to convince Simon & Garfunkel, Coldplay, Frou Frou, and others to sell him the copyrights at a much discounted rate. It only cost $2 million to make the entire movie and I know that it will make a huge profit. Hooray!

Start Rant: So we have new neighbors downstairs from us and they play their music at a reasonable level most of the time (excluding now because it’s really loud) but I can feel the vibrations of the bass from their speakers and it’s annoying, especially now and every night at 1:00am when I am trying to get sleep. It’s unnecessary. End Rant.

On Thursday, I ran into Lisa and we chatted for a while, but she said that it was the first time in a long while that she wasn’t with the Orientation staff (even though I have been drinking with her recently, but that was with staff). So sad and yet I totally understand that dilemma. But those 30 minutes with her was great and satisfying. I love that Lisa and I are on the same level like that, it makes things so much simpler and fun, all at the same time. I miss living with her. I also saw Aussie for a bit after I got off work and we hung out at Farmer’s Market. It’s fun seeing her every week. Though we didn’t hang out for too long, it was fun. I’m excited because Matt should be back from Japan soon. I’m so happy for her because I know she’s missed him so much.

Angela, Josh, Rob and I went to Islands for Happy Hour after that and all I can say is: nothing can beat ½ price appetizers and cheap beer. Hooray for Islands.

Overall, it has been a great, but tiring week. Hooray for good company!!