Ricardo called this morning after work - apparently he hadn't just been calling to say thanks last night, but he'd wanted to run an idea by me: he thought maybe that he could get a ride home with me and then stay the night at my house before going home to Pasadena the next day. That way he'd get to hang out with me and he wouldn't have to take the bus. I thought that this was a great idea, but unfortunately, I've already planned my trip home - my dad is coming on Friday of finals week and we're giving Silvia a ride home. I said, if he wanted to go on Friday we could probably fit another person, but he wanted to leave earlier, I guess, so it probably won't happen. Nevertheless, I was talking to him about winter break, and I said, perhaps I could take a day trip to Pasadena and visit you over break - I could bring my best friends and they could meet you and we could hang out. He seemed to very much like this idea, so it seems likely that it will happen. I will do what I can to make it happen. For one thing, Ricardo doesn't really have any friends at home anymore, and for another thing, Mary would probably want to meet him, and I have a feeling that Mary and Ricardo would like one another. And, you know, the more friends the better. So if I was excited to go home before, now I'm extra excited. Mary suggested that we go to the Huntington library and a museum... I don't know where any of these places are, but I figure that if she's recommending them, then they must be good.

Ricardo is so cute and romantic: "You don't have to be cold when I'm warm." How adorable. I swear, Ricardo is like my alternate self - if I was a guy, I would be him. Actually, it was kind of like listening to myself, if I had been more talkative when I liked Kevin. It makes me smile. Ricardo was telling me about how the guy he likes is always cold because he only has one thin jacket, and how Ricardo always wants to lend him his own jacket, since he's usually hot. The exact words he used were: "You don't have to be cold when I'm warm." I thought that was a really cute line, and I told him so. It's funny to watch him gush all romantically - he's not very subtle about it and just kind of overflows with emotion. Kind of like, yes, listening to a female friend talking about a guy she likes. But as I said, very, very similar to how I was before. Only, I think Ricardo is much more likely to actually get somewhere with it and say something to the guy. He is getting antsy about wanting to make a move but not knowing how, so I'm pretty sure he'll act soon.

Me and Patrick prepared our turkey tonight - it was a rather disgusting procedure, and I was laughing the whole time while Patrick stuck his arm up strange places and then went crazy with the antibacterial soap, saying that he's germophobic. He was on the phone with his mom trying to figure out how to gut the thing and which parts to take off and which parts to tie up and what to do with the leftover parts. Overall, a very disgustingly comical situation. And then we propped it up and spread its wings to make it look like it was flapping, and poked its fatty parts lovingly. But eventually we got it all done and put it in the fridge - tomorrow, it's going in the oven. We also managed to recruit more people for our thanksgiving dinner, so now our number is 4 - me, Patrick, my friend Edith, and Patrick's roommate. A nice little family.

Also nice is the fact that the building is now empty, so I can play as much DDR as I want without worrying about bothering the downstairs people. Also, I can dance around my apartment... and walk through the hallway naked... not that I go around naked all the time, but if I think I can get away with it, I will walk the hallways sans clothes. Kim herself admitted as much - there's just something about no one watching that tempts one to strip down to underwear and dance about the living room.

It is already very dead on campus - everyone is gone. It's so quiet that's it's eerie.

Perfect for an early bedtime... night!