Monday, December 17, 2001

I'm back... Houston's been a good thing for me. I've missed all of my friends, and it's been nice seeing them. I've done a lot while I've been here, but I have to admit. I miss college. Now, this is strange... I've been looking forward to this trip home for a while. But I can't quite get over the fact that I'm not going to see my college buddies for a long time. True, I'll see a lot of the band bunch on Friday, which will be cool. I can't wait to get back to LA to see the group of them. I'm addicted, I think. Plus, I miss the feel of a flag in my hand. Already, I'm beginning to forget things... so I'd like to refresh and get back into the swing of things.

Random thought: I love Apples. Right now I'm using my Dad's PowerMac G4 with dual 800 mHz processors. It's a beautiful machine, as well as being hella fast. Also, I really like the keyboard. I have an obsession with keyboards. When I was smaller, I always wanted a cash register, one of those old computer models with the squishy, worn-out keys. I would watch the cashiers punch the keyboard with prowess and skill... I thought it looked like so much fun. The challenge of combining speed with accuracy... helping as many customers in the shortest amount of time, always with a friendly smile. Then that fascination turned into a habit; at every computer store my father and I would frequent, I would go and type "Jennifer Noble... The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" on every keyboard in the place. This continued for years...finally, in middle school, I stopped being so obsessive about it. Now and then, though, I find myself at a random computer... and I always test out the keyboard, still searching for that perfect squishy combination. And to tell you the truth, this Apple has the best recreation that I've found. So, naturally, I enjoy typing on it.

Phew, I bet *no one* really wanted to know that about me.

I'm going to watch "Yi Yi" now... I've realized that I havent' seen a lot of foreign movies, so I'm trying to expan my horizons. And this sounded like a good bet. I'll be back later.