I've had a fairly interesting weekend here at home. On Thursday, Caitlyn and Tasha (much later) came to USC and we went and had dinner at this amazing hole in the wall Mexican restaurant on Figueroa. I had an egg and potato burrito and ate the entire thing! My appetite, Ive noticed, has gotten a lot bigger since coming to college and actually allowing myself to eat more than a bowl of rice, but luckily I dont think Ive gained any weight luckily. I was going to go out to a party, but decided to come home instead a day early.

I'm working on plans to redecorate my room over the summertime...a massive overall. The theme, except to those who I told about it already, will remain a mystery, but on Friday my mom and I drove around the valley looking at paint swatches and furniture at pier one. I want to shop mostly at thrift stores for furniture because it'll make me feel like I had more to do with the room if I cant get cheap furniture that I can strip the paint off of and fix up on my own. Anyway, I now have the paint swatches taped to my wall to see which one I like the best.

Later on Friday night, I went with pat connor caitlyn and brigitte to The Largo in Hollywood to see JOn Brion perform. Brigitte introduced me to it earlier in the semester and I think it's amazing so of course I was super excited to go and see him. We waited in line for about an hour when this guy from the club came out and told us that they were instating the 21 and over rule, even though brig had gotten in the prior weekend just fine. So we left, and I was really sad that I didn't get to see him, but we decided instead to not let it be a totally wasted night and went to see Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. In the movie, Kate Winslet has brilliantly colored hair ranging from bright red, to blue, to green and orange. I thought it was so cool and made me really want to do it...if I had long hair. RIght now, it would look like a big colored puff, but before I graduate from art school, I want to give it a try. And I actually did really enjoy the movie, i thought it was tied together well at the end, though I wont give anything away.

It's such a nice thing that after almost a year of college, I'm still so close to many of my high school friends and they have proved to be extremely important to me. It's sad to think that some who I valued so much in high school think differently of me now, but I figured before the year begun that it was impossible to keep all the friends who went away in search of a new life or a new identity that didn't include me. This was the first weekend i realized i need to stop trying to force it. To those who I still hang out with and who make the effort, you guys are amazing and to the others, I miss you and wish it was different.

Today I spent the entirety of the day gutting my room in terms of all the junk thats been cluttering it from childhood. I cleared my shelves of stuffed animals and trophies and cleaned my whole closet out. I have about 7 trash bags to throw away of stuff. I think it was definitely needed, and will help a lot when I start on the decoration soon. Ok, its 1:40 am so Im heading to bed.