3/7/02

Needless to say, things are better now than the last time I wrote. My friend is out of jail now and back home in New York. I'm going to see him in a couple of weeks, flying out on the Friday night redeye and then back again on Sunday afternoon. He said I could write about his story in more detail, but at this point, I really have no desire to revisit it. I probably should, though, for both of our sakes--he doesn't remember much about what happened to him.

Of course, my cousin is still gone.

Things are busy at work. I think being busy has kind of helped me get back on track. I've been working on a lot of projects lately: JournalCon, as well as the final project for the class I'm taking, and planning some sort of celebration for my 30th birthday, which is now just 25 days away. Of the three, that last one is the one I've made the least progress on.

I'm not really too freaked out about turning 30. When my friend Katie turned 30 last year, for some reason, I kept thinking that I was 30, too, so it's almost like I've been through it once already. My friends from high school and college are all older than me, so I've seen them through it already. But most of the people I hang out with on a day to day basis are younger--some are a lot younger, and when I tell them I'm going to be 30 soon, they look at me with pity in their eyes. My friend Jin-Sae keeps asking me when I'm going to get married and have kids. I think he's worried that I'm going to end up an old maid.

It's very hard writing again after a month's absence. I don't really feel like I can talk about the fact that on Tuesday, I went to work with my shirt inside out and didn't even notice until someone asked me if it was supposed to be like that. It would make it seem like that was one of the highlights of my whole month. Or the fact that I had dinner with Jay on Tuesday and that I told him I would pay, but he insisted on chipping in, so he gave me $3, and then I made him watch "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" with me. Or that last month, I went over to his house and made him watch the Ladies' Figure Skating finals in the Olympics with me. He fell asleep.

Actually, that is one real change in my life lately--I've been trying to get out more. I had dinner with Andy last week, I'm going to the symphony with Phil tomorrow. Maybe I'll even go to the movies again one of these days.