i send my SOS to the world- this is my message in a bottle. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Berkley, Pixar and Beer Pong Yesterday was awesome. Many cool, new interesting experiences. First I went to Berkley and visited Chris in the lab. I got to see rooms and rooms full of rats, and watched him put a rat down who had a tumor, and then extrecate it's memory glands. Then he opened it up and gave me a biology lesson. Well, all in the name of finding a cure for breast cancer I suppose. Salute! It was actually pretty cool- I got to wear a white lab coat and walk around and help out a little by getting things and Chris taught me the "cool way" to remove gloves. THEN we went to Pixar where Dan gave us a tour. How FUN! It was so cool! I cannot believe he gets to work there every day. I felt all special going in there- in the foyer is this big setup of the Incredibles. The ceilings were high and wide and creativity was bouncing off the walls. It was just soooo cool! Seriously, Chris and I were like giddy kids, it was pretty funny. Dan gave us the full works- we got to have a beer and just walk around seeing everything. They seriously hook their employees UP. We even ate dinner there cause there is just free food...like, out there. THEN I challenged Dan to a match at their air hockey table (very dangerous, as I am very competitive when it comes to air hockey). Needless to say, I won. Haha. Afterwards we met up with Roger and his friends and went bar hopping. Before we left and in the time before we got to the club I felt incredibly depleted. Maybe the adrenaline of being here has worn off somewhat. I'm here for real now. But I just felt so... drained. Also, I haven't had ANY time to myself in over a week. There have been people contantly talking to me, socializing, transitioning. And while that is not great, I need moments alone to recharge my social batteries. Having not had that, I seriously felt totally removed and anti-social. I also got annoyed for the first time at my roomate that day. I started to wish I was somewhere else-somewhere low key, where I was just totally comfortable. Part of me really wished I could transport myself onto Jade's couch watching Trading Spaces on a Friday night. Dan came to the rescue though and gave me his headphones attatched to his mp3 player and said, "Listen to this- it'll make you feel better." And it was so true. The song put me in a better frame of mind in about 3 minutes and thirty seconds. First we went to Bar None, and I was initiated into the world of Beer Pong. It's this game where you bounce a ping pong ball into cups on either side, and if you get it in, someone on the other side has to drink the beer. At first I stood there, totally grossed out and disgusted by the fact that it was THAT unhygenic because the ball bounces all over this dirty ass floor and everyone is touching it and pretty lame and screams "early college debauchery". But, after a couple beers, all of a sudden it became the coolest thing ever. Funny how alcohol makes everything seem like such a good idea. Hahaa. I ended up drinking a LOT of beer. Like more so than I think I have ever drank before, and in such a short amount of time. After two games of beer pong, we ended up at Blue Light another bar across the street where we quickly consumed another beer. THEN we walked through the streets to another bar whose name I cannot remember. Stacey was totally grossed out by the unhygenicness of the Beer Pong game, Chris was inexplicably wearing my favorite scarf and Dan tried to steal my burrito virginity in my buzzed state. Afterwards, we ended up at IHOP, which was deja vu considering Dan and I were there the night before. We closed out the evening around 4-5ish AM and I crashed out on Stacey and Chris's couch, not to awaken until 11ish. I stayed away for an hour, just staring at the ceiling and enjoying the quietness and the solitude of silence. Then I fell asleep for another couple of hours, so the whole day has kinda been non-productive. Getting ready to go out again in a couple hours- haha guess the night owl Angela is back! haha. Was actually supposed to go to Palace of the Fine Arts with Dan but the day just slipped by me before I even woke up fully. I think I'm gonna start resolving to run on Lake Merced to clear my head. So those are my resolutions. Here we go. 8:51 p.m. - Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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