Dylan's Journal

We watched the rest of BPS, and then Boondock Saints. Good movie! Sometime between the two, Spoony went to sleep. I think Helen did not fancy Boondock Saints very much, but she stayed up for the whole thing. I stayed up a bit longer, playing some dragonball Z game with Josh. PB then started playing Vice City, and I was proceeded to be beaten at Mario Kart DS by Syrra.

At 3:00AM, we all called it quits.

Spoony woke me up with great effort. In my tired stupor, I tried to explain that because of the bag of remotes, I did not need to wake up. I do not remember this very well.

I managed to (finally) take some photos. I always forget such things. I’ll upload them soon.

We got Helen to the airport in good time, said our goodbyes, and came back home. Syrra and co. were still sleeping in our living room, so we went back to bed. I think we all managed to wake up at 11:00 or noon.

Apparently, we did not close chibi chii (our not-quite-adult cat) with us, so Josh had to defend himself with a broom all night long. He said he didn’t remember doing so at all.

After everyone was showered or otherwise clean, we set out in Josh’s car to get lunch and pocky. The first oriental market we went to was closed, so we went to the (much larger) one on 34th street. There was pocky and numerous other … things. Including some unlabled jerky / dehydrated meat. I was going to get it, but I chickened out in the end. It was probably just beef, but I didn’t feel like experimenting. We ate lunch at Marbo, a very good Californian-Chinese-American restuarant.

Of course, there was the incident with the egret and josh’s car, which deserves its own seperate entry.

Morning: There are siners sleeping in my house! We all stayed up until about 3:00AM watching BPS and talking. Everyone but me is still asleep.

We have a schedule of sorts for today. We are going to eat breakfast at IHOP, and then go to the swampy park near my parent’s house. With any luck, helen will get to see an aligator, the quintessential animal of Florida (I think, anyway).

After that, we will stop by my parent’s house to be polite and suchlike.

Continuing south, we shall go over the Skyway (Helen wanted to see it) and to Anna Maria Island, so Syrra can see a beach. She has never seen one before.

PB also wants to stop at a Goodwill (a sort of thrift store) to see if they have any computer parts.

Evening: We did everything on the schedule, even though it was cold, wet, and cloudy. Helen must have brought the weather from England with her. At the park, helen took photos of PB and I comitting a misdemeanor, among lots of other photos. She also took a picture of the IHOP!

I think we all had entirely too much fun at the Goodwill, playing with various hats and things. I think both Spoony and Helen bought some books.

Morning: Helen’s flight arrives tonight at around 11:00 pm, spoony and I are going to pick her up. Also, Syrra and PB are driving down from Georgia. Luckily we have two air mattresses.

Evening: We have Helen now, and we are back home. Syrra and PB were waiting in our driveway. And they brought their friend Josh with them.

Helen brought us chocolates and other candies that boyfriend Joe picked out. They’re good.

I think we are going to watch some Battle Programmer Shirase, since neither Syrra nor Helen