Roswell @ MindSay

Yesterday was wonderful. I got to spend pretty much the whole day with Laura, and while I love Natalie to pieces, Laura handles things and interprets things more similarly to the way I do. So Laura and I went to North Beach and hit La Boulange and got cafe--or in my case, chai (first picture). We ended up sitting outside La Boulange for at least an hour, just talking (pictures 2, 3, 4, and 5). We got talking about school (as we always do; school preoccupies the majority of our conversations) and what we wanted to do. I've already told her of my decision to pursue my degree in psychology, but I wasn't really sure where I wanted to go to school with that. But as we got to talking, I kept saying maybe I'll check out Boston U. She's considering going to the east coast in a few years, and we remarked how fun it would be if we were both on the east coast and could still get together rather frequently.

Anyway, the day continued, and we walked up to Coit Tower, which has a BEAUTIFUL view...I should have taken pictures there. I may have to go back. But we took a different route through the beautiful neighborhoods between Coit Tower and the waterfront. Their gardens are just...rich and flora-smelling and lush...and everything a good garden should be. Again...where was my camera?!

We got down to the waterfront and just...walked along, having more great conversation. I can't remember when the last time I had such...wide-ranging and deep conversation with anyone. This is partly why I love Laura so much. I know we think about the same things a lot, both have some of the same insecurities, and see life in a very similar way. It's so easy for me to explore my own thoughts, listening to hers.

We walked down the biggest tourist trap in the city (Pier 39) and watched the biggest attraction (the sea lions and the last picture) for a while. I love the sea lions. They're like a huge family. They squabble, they annoy one another, but they ultimately end up cuddling together and basking in the sun.

We pressed on, going to catch the cable car a few stops up from the waterfront stop, and rode the cable car back to Union Square. I love the cable cars. I've never ridden one before, but they're so much fun. It's so fun to hang off the side of these things and see the city whizzing by, but not so fast that you lose the city. Got back to Union Square, hopped the muni back to Sunset (where their apartment is), and rested our aching bones for a few minutes before walking down to the pizza place where Natalie works. Chatted for a few minutes, bought a slice for dinner, and headed back to the apartment.

I looked into Boston U, and it looks like a very plausible (if not expensive) place for me to transfer after Sierra. I want to get as much general ed done as humanly possible over the next two semesters, and maybe by the end of spring semester, I'll be ready to transfer in the fall of 2010. I've got two full semesters, plus a summer semester, and if it comes down to it, I could take classes the summer of 2010. I suppose I need to sit down with my counselor.

Anyway, whilst waiting for Natalie to get off work, we watched History Channel documentaries like the true geeks we are. We watched one on Roswell, which wasn't all that convincing but was still interesting, one on Area 51, which was much more convincing and even more interesting (note to self: look into the Bob Lazar story), and one on cannibalistic serial killers, notably Albert Fish, Andrei Chikatilo, and Jeffrey Dahmer. I got my geek fix for the week, although I imagine I'll be back for more very shortly. I love History Channel and Netflix's Watch Instantly. It's pretty much awesome.

Once Natalie got home, we watched 40 Days and 40 Nights, which was pretty funny, but still a mindless comedy involving a lot of sex jokes. But still fun.

And that, dear friends, was my favorite day, so far, in San Francisco. I miss home, but I'm still having fun. :)

I said I was gonna put some pics on here of my hair.. I actually haven't taken any yet .. so sorry.. I'm sure I didn't disapoint anyone! Yeah but my date went good this weekend.. just to let everyone know! I really had fun, we watched serenity, and well, what happened after that is my business! Yeah and then on wednesday we are gonna go see Doom, seems like a good movie, I know I like the game so why not try the movie?

Yeah, oh I totally forgot about thursday! Yeah I went to roswell with this girl I met from here, she just barely joined the air force too so we are gonna start going up there together now, it was really fun! We got to know eachother really well, it would be so cool if we went into Basic together, I'm already excited about that! I know it sounds weird, but hey, I need some really intense excitement in my life! Yeah but our meeting with the Sgt. lasted till about 7:25 and there was a movie showing that we had planned on seeing.. so we were all ancy in our chairs.. that's right.. I said ancy katie!! yeah but I think the guys were ready to leave to, so after we got out we sprinted to the restrooms there in the mall, and we were running out of them and like all of those military guys were right there, haha, I almost ran into them, they just like looked at us and started like laughing, yeah but comon, orlando bloom was calling us in the theater!

Well there is alot more but I'm not gonna type anymore.. I hate it when people type too much... so catch ya later!!