- making new pitas layout... TAKKI *drools* It'll be my layout all fall quarter if not till the end of the year (but knowing how i change trends....)
- i saw Steph, Carl, Takahashi, Shimoguchi, Meimi, etc. at work! XD makes me happy to work at Mitsu.. and Meimi, sorry I wasn't around afterwards T_T i got off on lunch an hour early and you weren't in the bookstore at the time =/
- i had a dream about Gackt being crack happy taping this ripped up photo album together saying "i like to put stickers on brisket" (brisket being uhh... photo album pages in my dream =_=)
- got my housing info for UCI!!! email me for the addressss! i might mail it out when i go too... going to miss N. Cali
- good luck to Michelley who left a few days ago!!! will miss yoU~ must visit during college XD thanks for the manga~ will read when i stop packing hehehehe
- i got a new chair, drawer set, and uhh *thinks* trading card set holder today....
- i MISSED OUT on fukada kyoko trading cards T_____T all sold out! oh well.. no money anyhow :P
- i got my cell phone bill.. chikusho! must use half my paycheck for it LOL
- next week going to lunch with tom-boss and working *gasp* WET? URESHIIIII!!!
- packed all my artbooks and manga/cds for college :D
- working on AKG too OMG!
- the fanfic archives have updated! YESH, finally something to read :D
- voted for kelly clarkson for my daddy and family LOL also spent all night watching E! wild on finalists and the DAILY show :D
- TAIYOU no KISETSU is an AWESOME drama and i can't wait to get volume 4 on thursday O_O AAAAWESOME
- must go shopping and use all these coupons ^^;;; gyahhh!!
- Animagic O_O GYAHHH!! Too soon!
- bought Myojo 10 XD TAKKI!!!! lub lub lubbb *drools*

(01:20 a.m. - Friday, August 30, 2002)
np: "Everywhere" - Michelle Branch

Woot! One of the most awesome days today!! SF day with my darling Mirae!! I guess I'll go bit by bit because SO much happened today ^_^

First, woke up groggily sometime between 9 and 10 so I could take a shower before leaving. Took said shower, blow dried hair for the first time in almost a year *L* and waited for Darling. Darling came around 11:20? and after dropping by her house for $$$ we went off to Frisco on 280!! *hearts* No directional mistakes this time YESH! Took about 35 minutes to get there *laugh* (... there was traffic ^_~) and couldn't hear any music playing because the wind was blowing so loudly XD Get to Frisco and park in Minna Parking Lot which happens to be RIGHT across the street from the Metreon entrance ^^;;; NIIIICEEE~ Walk around Metreon until I realize we didnt' go to the ATM to deposit my mom's check! GYAH! My CD money!! So we ask the security guy where the nearest B of A ATM is and umm.. he says one block down near the "rose" (aka ROSS) So woot to money and checking accounts!! Get back and I buy my new CD player and headphones at the Sony Store XD WAII so pretty *pets* Service is really nice too... bunch of guys who want to help :D Maybe it's a Thu thing? Anyhow, so we go to relax upstairs on the 6th floor (i think?) and watch adorable pigeons/seagulls, doodle, chat, and listen to BA BUM BUM reggae music coming from Yerba Buena Gardens ^^;;; "Seagulllll!~" XD People keep passing us with food and we feel starved so we go down to *squeal* Firewood for Tortellini and Pasta~ *hearts* Ate the whole thing basically and yeh.. stomach was happy :D Then it's off to look around Union Square because we need to walk off those pounds ^_~ On the way to FAO Schwartz (which we never went to btw...) we saw a chocolat store across the street... eh? They sell handbags or chocolate? ^^;; We go and *SCREAMMMM* the hottest/cutest guy pops up and goes "may I help you?" XD yes yes yes!! We end up getting a strawberry choco crepe FRENCH style *drools and remembers said hot french speaking guy* and umm... yeah. Didn't get a photo.. or business card... or his number *L* but hopefully we go again, yes? on a thursday, yes? around 2:30, yes? Mirae... you know what I'm asking *snicker* Either way happiness :D Then after our day is quite wonderful and we babble for a while, it's off to SF mall beccause Mirae's never been there ^_~ Wander around all the floors till we get to Nordstrom =_= and Bath and Body Works is where I get 3 on sale soaps ^_^ Perfect for college! Phi! Don't worry, I bathe LOL Then to Sam Goody where I beep... (I seem to beep a lot going through stores..) and the guy there fixes my SONY bag and I go buy Michelle Branch CD yay! More money spent *cries* We head back to Metreon and hey.. our legs are starting to hurt.. strange ^^;;

On the second part of SF trip, it's time to drive off to Japan Town where we park in TA DA Miyako Hotel parking :D We're not in the mood for crepes after eating said heavenly *sparkle* crepe at chocolat store. Go to CD store to find out they don't have Mirae's CD *cry* (only she special ordered it so... ish okay? :D) and then to Kino's. See lots of artbooks I want... see CDs I want... see DVDs I want, but can't play... and of course magazines I want (TAKKI!!!). I end up only buying the TOKIO - Green single and getting YAY my card stamped ^^; Off to stationery store where I cry because they don't have my stickers.... but I buy 2 notebooks and 3 pen/pencils. This is after I take the PINK CUTE SMALL Tissue-san trashcan out because I forgot I spent money on that Michelle Branch CD... *cries* So I wait till the day Mirae must pick up her AnC CD because I WANT IT for the dorm and all ^^;; *breathes* Anyhow, it was disgustingly hot (aka japan humidity , aka sauna) and we decide to leave before we REALLY have no money. By now I have $3.00 and $10.00 in my bank account... So head back to parking and *thinks* go off to Ghiradelli Square *happy sigh*

NOW it's Ghiradelli Square time. Can't find parking on the street so go to the parking structure which is $1.50 every 30 minutes. Not too bad? Go into said Square and it's like... CHOCOLATE *drools* Workers giving out free "caramel filling chocolate" everywhere! So me and Mirae get a bunch and walk around fantasizing about .... chocolate *laugh* Saw cute pigeons and seagulls and umm.. naked mermaids XD Mirae ended up buying some chocolate for her mom (aka "if she doesn't like it I'll have it choco") and we took piccies :D Will have to develope them after I use up the roll ^^;; By now we decide to relax for a bit at the Warf :D Walk down towards the sea lions Mirae promised to show me (GAH! They're too cute!!!!) and umm.. yeah :D We see lots of stands of jewelry, etc on the way and on one stand are cute "matching the necklace Kenji gave me for Bday type" only $3.00!! They didn't have pink *cry* but the lady was nice enough to make a pink of right there and then for the same price YAY! *claps* So I got a NIIICE pretty bracelet that Mirae paid for *glomples* Arigatou!! Kireiii da yooo~~~ Continuing towards the Warf we see those spray painter guys ("oh glasses make people hot *cough-Crawford-cough*") Walk all the way to sea lions and squeal over them ^_^ Some were fighting ... well lots were fighting and pushing each other off the platforms XD It was cool! Took piccies and decided to eat dinner :D Ate, of course, Sourdough bread bowls ("bring clam chower back!!" "no!!") and I wasted 50 cents on a broken machine.. maa ikka, I'm a tourist after all ^_~ I have to get jipped sometime. Walked all the way back seeing cute dalmations and a weird owner.... and well... a lady dressed like a mermaid :D Still had 15 minutes till we got fees added to parking so we did a bathroom run and.. wow, "sewage" ^^;

Now we're going to go to CASTRO after spending 2.5 hours at the Warf only... we're not sure where it is. Luckily, Ghiradelli Square had free SF maps :D We found it only Market St. didn't have right turns!! So we went around Mission and aroudn in circles.. GRR! It's already 7:55 around and I had to leave for home at 8:00... whoops! *L* But finally we get to Castro and take piccies of that HUGE rainbow flag *cheers* only we can't find parking worth... anything. Drive around lots of places looking for parking but it's all filled T_T At one stop sign I also saw my very first *cough* "all gay porn bookstore" XDDD Heh heh heh, couldn't stop inside but interesting display yesh? Will check out later. Finally, we just decided to go home and save Castro for another day because it was getting late and umm.. yeh, no parking ^^; Finally, we also start to get lost :D Not really, but we missed a right turn so it took a while to get onto 101S. We did though and Mirae drove hella fast on the way home *woot* I could also hear the music *smiles* Got home safe and spent the rest of the night watching the VMAs (opinion? i like the beginning... ending ish so-so, and Jimmy's cute :D:D:D:D)

Umm... yeah, but YAY! I promised to post and I am! I should sleep though because there's work tommorow... Must rent Taiyou no Kisetsu Vol.3 (I haven't forgotten my japanese TV! i have JUST enough money ^^;;; Takkiiii *drools*) Heh, also need to rest my legs.. they're almost numb in pain.... outta shape, yes?