So hey, yesterday I finally got the break from the whole entertain - the - houseguests routine.

Finally got a chance to cavort around Fashion Show Mall. Funny thing about that though... we were suppose to leave 'round noon, but everyone else except for me and sis took so long that we left at 1:45pm instead. Yeesh.

Got to the mall after some horrendous detour traffic dressed like something odd from the Matrix. After the mall sis and I were going to Crystal's "Dark and Mysterious" birthday party. Naturally, wore all black while sis wore black and white (with an effing denim skirt). Shopping wasn't as fun as it normallyis when I'm in one of the downtown malls. I'm used to dressing to the 9's so I can be pretentious and look at all the high-end shops without getting too many dirty looks from the workers. Sis' attire (and dad tailing us) didn't help all too much... and then sis taking an ungodly about of time looking and trying on stuff at Nordstrom was even worse. We only had an hour or so to look 'round before we had to leave... So I left the store to meet up with the other two later.

Walked 'round and tried to take pictures of the surrounding area for reference shots, but it's impossible to do that without looking suspicious. Damn. Went to Waldens to find a copy of Sushi For Beginners, but they were out of stock. Since I had no time left to spare I went down to the appointed meeting place... and ran into Jackie I. She was working at one of those little carts and was looking completely bored. I decided to entertain her for a couple of minutes since sis and dad weren't there yet. She let me use one of those oil-blotter sheets since she had to look like she was working. That was fun. Then the other two came and we left for Crystal's...

... which was a good half hour away. What made it worse was that sis was giving the directions had was screwing up big time. Especially when we got into the apartment complex... she couldn't decide if Crystal's place was 115 or 155. We ended up driving by 115, and I was forced to go out and knock on the door to see if that was the right place. This little girl cracked open the door, I asked her if this was were Crystal lives, she said no then asked me if I was from the Matrix. I should have said yes. But I didn't.

That settled, we went to Crystal's (at #155) and were the first ones to be there. Pretty soon all the party people showed up and I was introduced to two of her friends (who are uber cool). We watched Frida; despite everyone laughing at completely inappropriate moments, it was a great movie. I did many things that I probably wouldn't be ashamed to do if I had a spot of alcohol on me, but alas I was running on sugar only. Yeesh.

Hah. Jyl was there and she forgot that I make sexual threats, never physical ones. She's such a man.

And Crystal should get more male friends because, frankly, it's rather annoying being with just women so often.

'Round 8pm dad came by to collect us, we said bye to Crystal and the party people... and I left my eyeglass case on her DVDs. Oops. Luckily I didn't forget my sunglasses that I had put in there. So, another drive downtown to the Aladdin where we perused the shops at the Desert Passage (couldn't really go in since the other two were eating gelato, and sis was taking her sweet time eating it). Went into the Metropolitan Museum of Art Store to escape the extremely noisy crowd and to alleviate my headache. Sis got bored easily so she went outside. Urgh. On the plus side I got a copy of the Love and Desire photography book for a practical steal ($10 instead of the normal $40).

As grateful as I am for getting out of the usual routine, I still need to do all that again without family members. Even sis. The presence of blood kin kept me from pursuing some of the cuter (and gaydar alerting) shoppers. I need to get a group of friends together to do just that. Yep.

Came home tired, passed out on the sofa, woke up at 3:30am to sis on the computer, and then went up to my bed. Slept.

Woke up. And here I am. Yayness.