Hmm, not really much to report. I washed my car again this weekend, and noticed a few more scratches, which pissed me off quite a bit. I just can’t believe that so many people can be so disrespectful of other people’s property. Even more disturbing is that these people are old enough to be my parents and they are most likely someone I work with. Grrrr.

I did watch two movies this weekend. On Friday I saw Minority Report and on Sunday I saw The Bourne Identity. They were both pretty good, although I liked Minority Report better. Normally I don’t like a lot of futuristic films, but I figured out that is because I don’t like post-apocalyptic stuff, which is what a lot of these films tend to be. I like ones that are pretty much normal reality, just more high-tech. I suppose the utter destruction COULD be a reality, but I don’t like it to be as dark and depressing as that. I also don’t like how it always looks so cliched with tattered leather clothing and crumbled buildings and weird hairstyles. Anyway, Minority Report doesn’t have any of that, so it’s cool. Bourne Identity is another assassin action movie. It’s not bad, but normally I’m not into these sort of plots. However, it got higher ratings with me because it stars Franka Potente of Run, Lola, Run fame, and also because some German was spoken in it. I love movies that have German in them—especially if they don’t have subtitles and I am the only one in my group watching the movie that has any idea what is going on. :) Ok those are all my gratuitous movie insights for this week.

On another note, I’ve been watching a lot of Blind Date and Match Game lately. I’ve been watching so much Match Game, and loving some of the fun, predictable aspects of it, that I think I shall create a drinking game for it. I looked online and could only find one such game for this show. While it had some funny and true moments listed, mine will be better (I hope). Anyway, look for that soon, when I have time and remember all the things I love about the show that are drink-worthy. Until that time…..

Well, today I mailed a sympathy card to my neighbor. Her husband died on Monday from a brain tumor. The sad thing is how random and sudden it was. A month ago he collapsed at work and it was then that they discovered the tumor. They operated a few days later but were unable to remove it all, and learned that it was already Stage 4 cancer. Within the month, the tumor came back, and bigger than ever. A little over a week ago he collapsed again and spent the remainder of his life in the hospital, as he had lost use of his left side. While he may not have been the world’s greatest father, he was a nice guy, and one of the few friends my dad had, so that’s pretty sad too. I’m not sure how long they’ve lived in that house, but they’ve been there longer than my family, so I grew up with them. Random…

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I didn’t wind up doing too much this weekend, but I had a few interesting things happen. It sucked being kinda stranded since I didn’t want to drive my car around, but luckily I was able to manage with getting rides, and being loaned a car by Vince.

Anyway, Thursday night, Josh went on a date, which was basically the first he went on since some internet chick in November. So I was kinda bummed about that, but since he didn’t sound sure of what she thought, I didn’t worry too much. But she showed up today for the viewing of 6 Feet Under. Her name is also Jennifer, and it turns out that I met her at Josh’s birthday party last month. She also had an English class with me 2 years ago. I definitely don’t think she’s cuter than me, but he thinks she’s cute, so whatever. Though it’s one of those things that makes you re-evaluate how cute you might be, since he thought I was cute too. At least she’s not super ugly or anything—I just don’t think she’s that cute. Anyway, this came as a surprise to me that all of a sudden they are “dating”, when their first date was 3 days ago. All I can say is, I don’t know how i’ll react if he starts calling her his girlfriend or making out with her in public, since those are things he had a problem with while dating me (and other girls I think). So if she were the exception, I guess I’ll feel sorta offended. I know it’s been over a year since we’ve dated, but I’m still not ok with the thought of him dating someone else, and now definitely not being able to hang out more often, since she’ll be around.

Oh and by the way, this totally supports my theory that everyone who dates me either has dated a Jennifer right before me, or right after me. It’s happened three times now, so it definitely can’t be a coincidence. I worry that it might last awhile, since she lives around here, and they’ve known each other for years. I guess I can only wonder why they never hooked up before this. I guess i’ll eventually find out why when I talk to him. I tried tonight, but he cut the conversation short because “Jenn” was coming over. Heh, I already see how it is. Sometimes I wonder if I have the right to still be upset, but Martin assures me I do, since, although the relationship ended last May, the benefits didn’t end until much later. Staying with him briefly while I moved up here in September definitely didn’t help things. Hehe, it’s a good thing I didn’t have this blog then, because that would’ve been a really long entry. Needless to say, there was some major tension back then because of unresolved issues surrounding the breakup. I think they are still partly unresolved, and who knows when, or even it, things will ever be completely normal. I guess I should just be lucky he even speaks to me. Anyway, I guess despite the fact that I’m not happy about this very sudden turn of events, I hope that things turn out a lot better than they did with me (and even a few other girls he’s had in the past). I know I must sound a bit selfish, wanting him to stay single when i’m not—and to some extent I can be pretty selfish and self-centered. However, I also don’t ever want him to be as hurt as he was this time last year.

So that about sums up my weekend….overall it really wasn’t that bad—I got to sleep and relax—but there were some aspects that I could’ve lived without (ie. the ones I just described in detail above.) Let’s see what happens next….

Ok so it totally sucks….I was supposed to drive down to Whittier, visit the folks for the weekend, and pick up the license plates for my car, which came in last week. I was all set to go, but the “Malfunction” light on my car came on, and the VW Service departments in both SB and Ventura are closed on the weekends. I felt it best not to drive 280 miles round trip when I don’t know if it’s anything serious, so here I am, still in SB. It’s a pain in the ass too, because I’m going to have to get up early to drop it off at the dealership downtown and then take the bus to work, where i’ll be like an hour late. I hope this isn’t a sign that my car will cause me a bunch of problems. Hopefully it’s just some new car “breaking in” quirk or something. Ugh….