Friday, April 30, 2004 :::  

present time: 5:17am
location: clicc main lab, powell library (i'm on my night shift)
drink: tea. early gray. hot.
note: please forgive any grammar/spelling mistakes.

ok. it has been too long.

life is super busy. i accepted the job offer from citrix. it's a badass offer: good money (esp since i'll be living at home at first), vacation (4 weeks a year!), and stock options. tho i'm sure i'll be more than earning it, traveling a lot and working hard. i'm really looking forward to it - new adventure, new faces, new experiences... tho it has it's drawbacks as well (ie being far from bella and my ucla friends.)

i don't really want to live at home. ive got no major qualms with living at home; my parents are awesome, and they wouldn't infringe on my indepence (as so far as curfews and telling me how to live my life). it's just i really want to live on my own - make my own food, have my own stuff, being able to be walk around naked if i desire. haha. i don't really have anything to complain about, though. it's a good deal: free rent until i find out if i get the scholarship (ie will only be working for a year, so what's the point of getting a place), and if i do then i'll have to save up for what it won't cover in a master's program (ie the 2nd year - only one year covered), so all that expendable income will be good.

i had dinner with some old dorm friends tonight. it was great! it's funny how relationships change over time - friendships build up, splinter, disperse. it was a big group, but people drifted apart into their own separate 'factions'. it began as "friends by situation". started out with a bang, going to the dinning hall in groups of 20, roadtrip, etc... over time, people filtered themselves out or into different cliques. as for myself, im not in any of the cliques. i took myself out of the one i was in. i do my best to stay in touch with some of the people, but it's a two way street - both people will have to want to stay in touch. and as ucla is on the quarter system, it's really hard to stay in touch - conscious effort has to be made - which isn't how it ought to be, but nontheless is. so my point being: my friend tim made the conscious effort and initiated the dinner idea and i'm glad he did because i wouldn't've seen tim, carolyn, kevin, and tiff tonight. they're good people. we extended the iniviation to all members of the former "panacea" group, but not many came. and honestly, there are only a few others i really would've liked to have seen. thanks, tim. you're quality. friends = good. true friends = the best.

alrite, going to go watch babylon 5 burned from netflix. {:o) hoy hoy

::snap flip peace cross-x::

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