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azuriteAh... I just woke up. (That SHOULD sound unusual regardless of your timezone; as I write this, it is 4:16pm Pacific Time, to give you an idea of how "late" I'm waking up.) To start from the end and backtrack to the beginning, Eva didn't drop me off until a little after 6am this morning; we got lost, stopped at two gas stations to look at a map, and got stopped by police (the officer who spoke to us was a total prick, too, although he was "helpful" enough to point us in the right direction to the 118-E). Before that, we drove all the way from Knott's to some 24-hour Vietnamese place called Pho-Ha (I think) in Westminster; as per the usual Pho-Ha, the bowls were huge, but it was good eating and not too expensive. Eva had to drop off all her roommates and one of her former roommates before I could even THINK about sleep. I was basically the one keeping her awake by talking all the time.
Eva's roommates and associated friends seem like nice people; I didn't really get the chance to interact with them too much and find out lots, except that they're bio majors, they think Arco gas is "watered down", and 3/4 of them are terrified of roller coasters (boo!). I'm not entirely sure if I made a good impression or what they think of me, but I had a good time. It wasn't until the restaurant that one of Eva's roommate's friend's friends even said something contrary to me; this was in respect to Eva having a demi-blind date (today!), and as is my usual annoying-older-sister mode where Eva's concerned, I gave her the whole lecture.
Be careful, wear heels, remember your kick boxing! Nothing evil, nothing like "whine whine, don't trust boys, don't go!" I'm not a nag. Maybe I've picked up a bit of the motherly tendencies from Rochelle or something, but I feel it's my role as a friend to let people know how I feel if they're walking into a situation that carries some big risks (as blind dating/meeting people from online does). If something happened to a friend that did something, and I didn't say something when I had the chance, I would feel much worse about it later on.
For example: if I have a friend who is tempted to use drugs and I don't try and talk her out of it, I wouldn't be doing my "job" as a friend. At least, I don't feel that I would. Whether or not my friend listens to me and follows my advice is her decision, but at least if I tell her how I feel, then that's a step. The same applies to a multitude of other situations, regardless of the who and the what: should I meet a strange guy that I've only talked to online?; I'm a little bit drunk, but I still think I can drive... blah, blah, blah.
I haven't heard from Eva yet, which kind of worries me, but I have faith in her as a mature person and a good friend of mine. I'm sure she's smart enough to handle whatever's coming her way, and even if she hasn't actually BEEN THROUGH as much shit as I have (and thank god for that), I hope my storytelling, recounts of horrid incidents, and general "mothering" has gotten through to her in some degree so that she doesn't think I'm just trying to be a pest. I know what Eva meant when she said she just tunes out some of the stuff that her own parents say, but I emphasize that all parents only nag you because they worry, because they care, because they love you. Some of the stuff you tune out and forget; some of it stays with you without you even realizing it.
I hope I'm not coming off as making excuses to justify some annoying behavior of mine; Eva is one of my best, closest, and dearest friends in the world, and sad as it is to say, we don't communicate a lot. When we are together or have the chance to talk, I'd like to think we cover a lot of territory; we try and leave no thing unsaid (having an LJ makes this easier...). But given the short amount of time we could actually talk yesterday, I wanted to make sure I did my part, and not just leave Eva with "So long and thanks for the ride!" or something. She as a person means more to me than that.
Well, long story short, we only went on 4 attractions: the haunted maze/asylum, the merry-go-round (euch!), the Jaguar mini-coaster, and the Xcelerator roller coaster (WHEE!!!). In the maze, I don't know what prompted me, but the monsters that kept leering at me (note: knott's has changed SOOOO much since I went there. Unlike Six Flags, though, on Halloween, almost all their costumed employees wear masks or full costumes-- not just makeup. However, at 6F, the "just makeup" is done so well, it almost looks like Hollywood.) made me laugh. One of them kept coming up to me and whispering in my ear, but I was laughing so hard-- so he says "You know, the cute ones die first!" and I think in the middle of laughing, I just turned so red (not that you could tell in the black light)! It was very flattering! ^_^; Am I silly, or what?
I'm still a bit out of it, even with 8 hours of sleep under my belt. I have nothing planned for this weekend or Monday, and I kind of have a headache... I might just lay low for today, anyway. I'll probably try and work on some fics later today, plus the new (annoying) layout of Darkness Rising. BEA and DRFA also need new layouts, but since those are much more time-consuming and require special coding around the PHP, I'll save them for last. Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated!
...Does someone understand DIV layers? Even with the latest Dreamweaver 8, they're still a pain in the ass! :P
Eva's roommates and associated friends seem like nice people; I didn't really get the chance to interact with them too much and find out lots, except that they're bio majors, they think Arco gas is "watered down", and 3/4 of them are terrified of roller coasters (boo!). I'm not entirely sure if I made a good impression or what they think of me, but I had a good time. It wasn't until the restaurant that one of Eva's roommate's friend's friends even said something contrary to me; this was in respect to Eva having a demi-blind date (today!), and as is my usual annoying-older-sister mode where Eva's concerned, I gave her the whole lecture.
Be careful, wear heels, remember your kick boxing! Nothing evil, nothing like "whine whine, don't trust boys, don't go!" I'm not a nag. Maybe I've picked up a bit of the motherly tendencies from Rochelle or something, but I feel it's my role as a friend to let people know how I feel if they're walking into a situation that carries some big risks (as blind dating/meeting people from online does). If something happened to a friend that did something, and I didn't say something when I had the chance, I would feel much worse about it later on.
For example: if I have a friend who is tempted to use drugs and I don't try and talk her out of it, I wouldn't be doing my "job" as a friend. At least, I don't feel that I would. Whether or not my friend listens to me and follows my advice is her decision, but at least if I tell her how I feel, then that's a step. The same applies to a multitude of other situations, regardless of the who and the what: should I meet a strange guy that I've only talked to online?; I'm a little bit drunk, but I still think I can drive... blah, blah, blah.
I haven't heard from Eva yet, which kind of worries me, but I have faith in her as a mature person and a good friend of mine. I'm sure she's smart enough to handle whatever's coming her way, and even if she hasn't actually BEEN THROUGH as much shit as I have (and thank god for that), I hope my storytelling, recounts of horrid incidents, and general "mothering" has gotten through to her in some degree so that she doesn't think I'm just trying to be a pest. I know what Eva meant when she said she just tunes out some of the stuff that her own parents say, but I emphasize that all parents only nag you because they worry, because they care, because they love you. Some of the stuff you tune out and forget; some of it stays with you without you even realizing it.
I hope I'm not coming off as making excuses to justify some annoying behavior of mine; Eva is one of my best, closest, and dearest friends in the world, and sad as it is to say, we don't communicate a lot. When we are together or have the chance to talk, I'd like to think we cover a lot of territory; we try and leave no thing unsaid (having an LJ makes this easier...). But given the short amount of time we could actually talk yesterday, I wanted to make sure I did my part, and not just leave Eva with "So long and thanks for the ride!" or something. She as a person means more to me than that.
Well, long story short, we only went on 4 attractions: the haunted maze/asylum, the merry-go-round (euch!), the Jaguar mini-coaster, and the Xcelerator roller coaster (WHEE!!!). In the maze, I don't know what prompted me, but the monsters that kept leering at me (note: knott's has changed SOOOO much since I went there. Unlike Six Flags, though, on Halloween, almost all their costumed employees wear masks or full costumes-- not just makeup. However, at 6F, the "just makeup" is done so well, it almost looks like Hollywood.) made me laugh. One of them kept coming up to me and whispering in my ear, but I was laughing so hard-- so he says "You know, the cute ones die first!" and I think in the middle of laughing, I just turned so red (not that you could tell in the black light)! It was very flattering! ^_^; Am I silly, or what?
I'm still a bit out of it, even with 8 hours of sleep under my belt. I have nothing planned for this weekend or Monday, and I kind of have a headache... I might just lay low for today, anyway. I'll probably try and work on some fics later today, plus the new (annoying) layout of Darkness Rising. BEA and DRFA also need new layouts, but since those are much more time-consuming and require special coding around the PHP, I'll save them for last. Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated!
...Does someone understand DIV layers? Even with the latest Dreamweaver 8, they're still a pain in the ass! :P
