First one...

Okay! For those of you who missed it... or didn't miss it -

Me, Kevin, Matt and theoretically Holly are all going to go see The Mummy Returns after work. It will be at 5:00 at Pacific Place (the rich people's mall). I will be buying tickets at lunch and expect to be repaiud by those of you I have not said I would pay for.

The question is, "How many tickets am I buying?" Who is coming?

The other entry.

Now for a non-movie related post.

Last night Jamie came over and it was cool to see him. I'd felt that we'd kind of drifted recently from one thing or another and the casual sort of conversation we had was very pleasant. he ripped my cover letter to little bits and that was good. He commented on my losing of weight. I'm still uncertain how to take compliments like that, so I just kind of go on and try not to blush. If anyone feels I don't thank them for compliments it's because I'm flustered and trying to be the least awkward I can manage. Apparently he and Holly harassed Kevin later, but I was at karate.

Karate on Thursdays is sooo coool. I had forgotten what it was like. Hui sempai is so awesome. I missed her. We went through the work out, after which I was tired, but not exhausted. Another student asked about the second kata, Chi-no kata, and I was also curious if I had it right. So we practiced that and then I hung out for awhile with them.

Hui Sempai looked at me and said, "When do you test for your orange belt. You should do that soon." I looked at her and said, "I've been here long enough. I'm just not on the list." She looks to Ken and says, "Get her on the list. She should be there." I giddily follow and get all the paperwork and practice receiving my certificate a few times.

Meanwhile, Hui Sempai has gone looking for boards and starts breaking them. She gets Oxana to try breaking one and says to me in an aside, "You could do this." I look at her, "Really? You think?" She nods, "Yeah. It's not that hard."

So.... A few moments later, I'm trying to break boards.

I'm sorry to say, I didn't break any, but I bent some. They were curved. I felt how I should have hit it for next time, too. My wrist is a little tender and I'm waiting for the bruises.

It was fun, though.

Might not be around...

I'll be out of communication for the next bit of time. We're getting actual PCs and the instalation of stuff and all of that is going to take an unknown amount of time.

Okay...

I'm going to go to lunch. I am currently buying four tickets. Anyone have any comments on that?

Oh yeah... My new monitor is huge!

I have tickets...

Kevin - Holly should be calling you when she gets off of work. I have tickets for you, her, Matt and me. Do you have Matt's cell phone number? Could you e-mail it to me? I want to make sure he gets here on time and stuff.

So...

...

I don't even know how to start this.

I guess I'm kind of upset about how some people drift away. It's been a pattern in my life, one I've tried to stop. I'm not talking the casual drifting away that friends do now and then. That's cool. People get sick of other people from time to time.

I'm talking about when you try to talk to them but all conversation just seems to die. You can't seem to keep anything going between you. It's lame. It hurts. You wonder what happened and you wonder what you can do about it.

I guess sometimes people just change and while you're looking away you change and they change and when you look back... Everything is different. For some friendships, this isn't a problem. For others it's an end.

I'm .... I don't know. Just thinking, I guess.