I thought I would get in the All Hallows Eve Mood.

If I have time this weekend, I\rquote ll add some more fun stuff.

As usualy, this looks best on a 1028 screen setting...

Yes, you. The one driving down the street, looking as if he/she is going to keep on trucking, when in reality you\rquote re planning on turning down the street I am waiting to get out of.

Look down. See that skinny pole sticking out of the left part of your steering wheel? It moves. See, when you move it up or down, pretty flashing lights come on. It\rquote s called a directional \endash they are all the rage on cars these days. See, what they do is tell other people what your immediate plans are as you drive.

Yes, we\rquote re all very interested in you.

Why? See, if I had known that you were going to turn, I would have made the left turn I was waiting to make. See, with you turning, there is little chance you would plow into me. If I had seen the little flashing lights (Dir-rec-tion-al), I would have taken my chance.

Now I have to wait and hope the idiot behind you isn\rquote t driving like it\rquote s 1949.

The Daily Show has a spot on it - pretty funny.

Mike, Me, Will, Clark, and a few other people (8 in all) braved a wonderfully spring-ish day to head down the 101 to Paramount\rquote s Great Adventure Amusement Park. Clark\rquote s work had a picnic and Will had gotten his hand on a few free tickets, so it didn\rquote t cost us a thing, and we got to eat for free. The best part was, the park closed at 6 but Clark\rquote s company (and other people) got to stay until 8pm \endash riding the cool rides with mush fewer people.

The best rides were the top gun, The Vortex (My first Stand-up coaster), and \endash best of all \endash the Invertigo (pictured below) which is the ride where they pull you up and drop you, then you go through the loops and turns, then they send you through it all again backwards. The Invertigo actually left me a little dizzy.

All in all, a fun day.

It\rquote s 8:30 pm, I\rquote m sitting in my Apt in the dark sipping tea. Mike is still in Hanoi, and the birds are asleep so I\rquote m alone. Being alone in the apartment makes me feel reflective. Maybe it\rquote s the tea.

I went to the blockbuster earlier, to rent a movie. They don\rquote t have a horror section anymore. I find it odd. They lump in horror with adventure. So, Friday the 13th is lumped in with Indiana Jones. Why do they do that? It makes looking for horror movies harder. Action movies, I generally have an idea of what I want to rent. Horror movies, for me, are a browse and rent situation. Lumping them in with action makes it MUCH harder to browse. I was really in the mood for horror \endash but couldn\rquote t find anything. I rented Lady Killers with Tom Hanks and T3. I want to see the Tom Hanks, but I rented T3 mostly because I saw the other 2.

My exam went well, though I mistaken used McGhee v. Intl. Life as a case for general jurisdiction, not specific. I knew, as soon as I left, I made the mistake. Hopefully it won\rquote t hurt me too bad.

The tea is good. Darjeeling. Not Lipton.

I almost rented CSI Season 2 tape 2. I was really in the mood for a dark, dramaesque, mystery movie. I couldn\rquote t justify renting what I could see on TV. Well, I probably could of, but didn\rquote t.

Tomorrow I am going biking and to play Frisbee golf with Will. Of Will and Clark. I found out they have a Frisbee golf course in golden gate. I used to play at Lowell. It should be fun.

Good Tea. One of my favorite Worf lines from Star Trek is when Worf is trying to fit in, in a neat, well kept house. I think he was working on his manners. He says, in the abrupt rough manner he has, \ldblquote Good tea. Nice House.\rdblquote

Its 8:34. It\rquote s 10:34 in Hanoi. Tomorrow. Meaning its tomorrow today in Hanoi.

Anyway, I\rquote m going to watch a movie. With my good tea. And Nice House.

Epilogue

Kell and Mom and Wendy called me. Kell has a ritual of calling me when she\rquote s been out \endash partaking of the joy that is life. And wine. Anyway, in the old days, when she called me at 1am, it was 1am my time. So she usually woke me up. Now, with the time difference, they called me at 10pm.

It wasn\rquote t quite the same effect. I told them they could, if they wished, call me at 4am their time, to make it 1am my time. I never heard back...

Greetings from Hanoi to all frequent HL Home Page comers. Its hot and humid here, but aside from that inconvenience, its pretty nice...very cultural.