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Gone to San Diego
By the time you read this, I will either be on my way down to San Diego, or already there, basking in the Southern 
California sun. I’ll be down there for about four days, living in my brother’s old apartment which he accidentally extended the lease on (long story). I’m not sure if I’ll be able to check my email down there (I’m bringing my MacBook with me), but if you wanted to contact me, that would be your best bet.
The car ride down there is going to be brutal. It’s going to be hot, boring, and unlike most car rides, the scenery isn’t going to be very scenic. The highway you have to take down to San Diego crosses through this type of farming land where all you see is a desert-like area on one side and farms on the other. Not very entertaining. On the bright side, as a cure to my boredom, I’ll bring a portable DVD player and watch Huo Yuan Jia (the Wiki page links to the actual guy, but I’m watching the television series) and some movies that I rented from Blockbuster. Either that, or I’m going to sleep all the way down. If Verizon has reception, I’ll be texting Twitter as well, for lack of anything better to do.
Basically, once we get to SD, the plan is to lounge around on the beach, go to SeaWorld, go to the zoo, and did I mention that I was going to lounge around on the beach?
However, if I can access the internet down there, then I’ll probably post blog entries, so this post will be of no relevance. I’m hoping that I don’t come back looking like a potato that’s been in the oven too long… You never know! 
Happy July 4th to all the Americans!
Early birthday present part 2
As some of you may recall, my friend Juan dropped off his birthday present for me a few days ago, and told me to wait until my birthday (which is today, by the way). I was so curious to find out what was inside, I waited until 12 AM last night to open it and I was surprised by what was inside…
The unwrapping process…
I had trouble taking the tape off since it was wrapped around the box… Tape and I don’t mingle well.
It kind of looked like the wrapping that my MacBook came in…
This was the card that I wrote for Juan back during his birthday. He cut and pasted it onto the front of my birthday card. I was reading it, trying to figure out why it seemed so familiar and then I came to the bottom which said “Recognize this Alex?” For a second there, I thought that he had actually written that all by himself.
I have fangs in the picture… I would say that I’m a vampire, but wouldn’t that go against the whole “vegetarian” thing? Inside the card, there were all these pictures of me, arranged in a sort of “collage” manner with little captions underneath. This was the only one of the pictures in which I didn’t look like an idiot. Cameras don’t seem to like me. 
Here’s an overview of the card. If you were wondering why one of the pictures is blurred out, it’s because it showed me with a very unflattering facial expression. I really like the card… just not the pictures that he chose to include in them. 
Cameras and I just don’t interact very well — unless I’m the one using it.
Well, I originally wanted world peace for my birthday… but this is better! It’s really quite shocking to see how much effort Juan put into my card since he’s normally a lethargic person. It shows that there’s a kind heart… deep… deep… down inside of him. 
It was actually the best birthday present that I received from anyone this year — it beats the Sony Cybershot hands down (it was a close race). This shows that a great present doesn’t have to expensive and fancy.
So, what did you get for your birthday that you really liked?
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Posted in Personal on July 4th, 2008 · Comment