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08/18/2003 Entry: "Engagement Party"

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Well, the engagement party is done and over, registration comes in two days, my new computer comes in this week, and I have new manga :) so it's a good and bad week.

I'm guessing my house is actually bigger than it looks, because forty people fit surprisingly well through the house and into the backyard. Actually, it didn't feel like it was really crowded at all :O It also looked really nice. It helped that the tables were all nicely decorated, especially with the flowers my cousin bought from the flower mart in LA. (The chinese lanterns we strung up also looked good, even if that's not my usual taste in decorating.) I have some pictures of how it looked in my yard..

here ==> backyard1

and here ==> backyard2
Yes, those are tiki torches burning. No, they are normally not there. They were not my idea.

Considering that this is maybe a fifth or sixth of the walkable area of my backyard, I think that's pretty good :) In another part of the yard, we put up a REALLY big green tent for the food to be in.. it worked out really well. Later, we realized that can more or less fit (might be a bit crowded, but not much) about 160 people into the yard. Uncomfortably, probably 200. Problem? Uh, they'd be parked all the way down to Victor's house, and there are only two bathrooms on the first floor. :P So my dad says if we ever want to throw another big party, we'll keep it to 60-70.

Yeah, "another big party". Once people found out that the house owners had three daughters, they'd go, "Oh, how nice! You can use this tent for THEIR engagement parties!" I heard this all night long. Aren't we planning a wee bit too early?

Speaking of planning a wee bit too early... My aunt was at the party as well, and she looked around the backyard, and evidently she liked it so much (previous family parties at my house have always taken place indoors) that she called up my mother bright and early this morning (I'm guessing this was burning in her mind all night long) and informed her that her son's wedding reception to the girl he's dating will be here.

By the way, my cousin is on his third date with the girl in question, and I do not believe location of wedding receptions has been a topic of conversation.

If anyone would like to see my family, I posted a picture here ==> Family Picture :O

It will undoubtedly be the only time I post a picture of myself here, as I hate pictures. But hey :P

Yes, these pics were taken with a digital (mine). :O Aunt #2 is the one that likes future planning. We all look very shiny because it was a very warm evening. MY cousin Daniel there is slouching - jeez, the guy wears a shoe size of FIFTEEN AND A HALF. I can never keep track of how tall he actually is (he's definitely the tallest of my family, being asian and all :P). Haha, this is the guy who introduced me to Nintendo 64 when I was nine :)

I have a lot more aunts, uncles, and cousins than this, but some of them couldn't make it.. partially because one of my cousins just had a baby! *squeals* Yesterday morning. They named him Ryan :) YAY! It's not a traditional Asian name! No David or Daniel or Paul or Peter or Eugene or Michael or Brian or ... you get the point.

Later during the party, my sister Joan and I went inside with Daniel and we played Nintendo 64 & Gamecube :P I set these consoles up earlier because I heard there were little children coming, but they didn't, so we decided to play.

Daniel is the BIGGEST CHEATER I've ever seen play :P for those of you who've played Mario Kart 64... think to yourself of Wario Stadium. -.-; I can't believe he did this.. we thought he was just trying pathetically, but after about three minutes of trying, he took his cart and he *bounced* on the first bump from the starting line, and he jumped right over the dividing wall and skipped half the course. He did this for all three laps and came out as first place, hahaha ^^ he cheated on Royal Raceway, too (he was actually trying courses based on what cheats he could remember).

My cousin is a great deal more polite than my guy friends. Rather than telling me that I got "ripped off" on my computer, he said that "whoa, that's expensive". :P Apparently he paid $600 for his. He and I debated the pros and cons of buying and putting together yourself.. yes, he won. :P Kiss my ass.

Btw, N64 looks really bad now compared to Gamecube.. we alternated between Mario Kart and SSB Melee, and the difference is a LOT. ^_^;

I bought some new manga today - I.N.V.U. volume 3 and "Wild Act". There's a ton of stuff out :O Chobits 7, Flame of Recca 1, MARS 13... I got a sampler manga, too. It's great :) it had an excerpt from Petshop of Horrors there (unrelated to the movie or TV or whatever of a similar name). I really wanted Basara v1, but I couldn't find it, unfortunately, nor could I find Hana Yori Dango [Boys Before Flowers] v1 either. Bah. But Wild Act was very cute, hahaha ^^

I finished Grogan's summer english project and turned it in around 1:30 on the fifteenth. What an absolutely aggravating essay that was -.-; SO BORING. I was up to around 5 a.m. trying to do everything but the essay (Andrew would know, he was working on it too :P). Bleck. I can already feel the clammy hands of school wrapping around my neck.

You know, Chris, is that how you write in English class? Do you get just one big F, or a whole string of 'em?

Let's do a little MST here. Comments in italics are me.

"wat the hell i could have made a better computer for less that a 1000"

See, I had this urge to NOT entrust $600 of equipment to a boy who can't spell "what" correctly.

"do u even read my comments ne more"

No.

"my god aish"

Aish? Ailish is a name, but I don't think it's God's.

" a computer isnt worth over a 1000 dollors"

Pardon the hell out of me, but what IS worth that much money, then? SAT classes? YOU?

":sigh:"

Forgive me for disturbing you, O wise one, that you have to sigh in frustration over silly me.

"well its your new computer congradulations ^_^;"

Why thank you, I can tell you mean that so heartily.

"well now all u need is dsa"

Excuse me?

" so u can dl anime faster "

If my pace of acquiring anime isn't fast enough for you, dear, then please, let me not bother you with the products.

" and i wish u can go online more often not using your other sn but a different one"

So I can have this type of pleasant conversation with you?

" b4 i start resorting to the phone new sn "watashiwakaze" just incase u didnt know"

I dunno if Andrew remembers, but my dad tends to hang up on guys that call too often - not that I can't just slam down the reciever myself. And when did Chris become the wind? And what type of wind, exactly? The kind referred to in "passing wind"?

-End MST-

That comment caught me in a mood of annoyance. Anyway.

Sarah, interesting trading site. :O My sister has hers organized in this one fat table (it's really scary to look at). I am highly amused to see that you are advertising manga I've given you as part of your trade. Btw, people like to know the quality of that sorta thing (listing the scanlator is good, too) so I would reccommend putting that, plus how much memory all of this is.

"DUDE! You're getting a Dell!" What is this? People keep quoting it and I am lost in a dark cave of confusion.

Right, I'm gonna go read a book. :) See a lot of you at registration, joy. (I'm at 7:00, how about you?)