April 14, 2003

• I woke up Sunday morning at 8:30 to my cell phone.  Tiffanie called me to tell me that Caleb would be picking us up at “9-ish,” which wasn’t very clear, but I figured that meant I had like 30 minutes to get ready and then leave for her apartment.  We drove to Tuan’s apartment in Hollywood, and after a moment of just sitting around and talking, Tiff and I laid our heads down on our bags and everyone’s oh-so comfortable weapons and sort of semi-dozed off.  After Jenny and James, arrived (which brings the grand total to Caleb, Tiff, Me, Tuan, Dean, Dean’s dad, Jenny, and James) we left in Caleb’s car to go to the mountain…in Hollywood. 

  
  

   

  
  

  We passed by the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and all of the interesting Hollywood sights, which I have never seen before outside of the movie Rush Hour.  But Tuan said he would take us around and to famous people’s houses (b/c he used to be a professional stalker!) hurrah!  And then Dean’s dad and I noticed a group of cops enter Ripleys Believe It or Not…don’t cops have better things to do?  Things with doughnuts, coffee, and nightsticks involved?  Stupid lazy-ass cops…

  
  

   

  
  

  When we reached the mountain, we started our slow ascent.  Actually, seeing that it IS Hollywood, there were all of these people walking their dogs and stuff, which made for many…interesting…smells.  We climbed around ¼ mile and reached this ex-tennis court area.  There was a guy and this kid practicing, I don’t know what it’s called, hockey but with rollerskates…roller hockey?  Eh, whatever.  So we asked to join them and they agreed (as if we would have left if they didn’t…IT’S A PUBLIC PARK FOR GOODNESS SAKES!  Can’t be selfish with what is meant for all…

  
  

   

  
  

  So the wushu kids separate (which was just about everyone except me) and I go do my Tai Chi thang, and then Tuan helps me (to my great, great, relief) and we go over whatever I know so far of 24 (what our current sequence is called).  And then we work on ONE move across the whole damn court.  CURSE MY ARM AND IT’S UNBENDING WAYS (After about 2 hours of training, my legs were seriously killing me)!!!  The whole point of the thing was for each student to practice separately, whatever they want, and the teachers would be there to help you whenever you needed it.  It was really amusing to see people walk by us and totally stare.  They loved watching Caleb and Tiffanie because they were working the swords (so damn flashy…and you know I love things that are flashy and shiny so that I may line my nest with them…oh wait, that’s crows).  There was this one little girl with her parents who was so cute…she really loved watching the wushu kids and seemed to have fallen in love with Jenny.  It almost made me want kids, but I hate kids, so that is out of the question. 

  
  

   

  
  

  After the 2 hours of training, we went a little farther up the mountain where there was this monster view.  It would have been perfect if there wasn’t this big blob of smoke or smog right in the middle.  James made this funny joke by saying that Saddaam was there (where the smoke was)…hinting that we just bombed it?  Why don’t you understand?  WHY?!!!

  
  

   

  
  

  We took a few pictures in front of the view, and they might be posted on the TCWR website.  Haha.  We even took a picture with all of us doing wushu poses (which Tiffanie had to teach me).  It was fun!

  
  

   

  
  

  We went BBQ after that at Caleb’s house.  When Tiff and I arrived, we just flopped down on Caleb’s couch that is really a mattress with pillows on it, and fully dozed off.  Apparently, we lied down in exactly the same way, because I swear I heard James say, “look, they’re like a mirror image of each other!”  And then I think Tuan says, “I know, they’re the WONDER TWINS!”  Wonder Twins?  WONDER TWINS?  Eh.  Maybe I dreamed it because I fell asleep right after. 

  
  

   

  
  

  I don’t know how much longer later, but Tiff and I wake up to the sound of her cell phone, and I had a beef kabob in front of my face…Apparently they thought they could wake us by waving the sweet scent of food in front of our noses.  But no. 

  
  

   

  
  

  I stuffed my face with Jenny’s AWESOME kabobs, BBQ chicken, noodles, and rice.  MMMMMM.  Oh yeah, I also ate chips, lots and lots of chips.  OISHIIIII!  And we watched a VCD of Jackie Chan, but it was sort of a “behind-the-scenes” sort of thing, where we learn some of his secrets and find out how he works.  It was really interesting. 

  
  

   

  
  

  And then Caleb took us home around 4 pm.  And Tiff and I were dropped off at the UV and I bought coffee for Tiff and myself.  And then we walked home and I immediately started my goddamn ITP Photoshop project…it took me hours….I HATED IT!  AND I’M NOT EVEN DONE!  AHHHH! 

  
  

   

  
  

  Ok, I gotta get ready for school, and I have Tai Chi again tonight…3 DAYS IN A ROW…HARDCORE BABY! 

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