tirp into the city was pretty nice. unsurprisingly, tony and frank did not show up for lunch, but that is a-ok w/ me. had some ann/stephanie time. woohoo! then met up tony, frank, and tony's cousin cass (sp?) in soho. did some rambling around, them met up with mel. watched an exhilarating game of checkers at starbucks played with ripped up straw wrapper, went to chinatown, then flushing. had pho, internet cafe-d it up, played pool, went to some asian drink place, then tried to get back to frank's new house. "tried" being the key word here. it consists of a lot of walking around late at night/early morning looking for elusive bus stops of Q14. walked a great distance before finally calling cass's mom who picked us up and took us the rest of the way to frank's house. woke up the next morning, took the bus to the subway to the path to the train. whew! took about 2 hours from when i left frank's house to when i finally got to nj. maybe a bit more. felt like i was going to pass out the whole time. took mini-naps on the subway and train. first time too, i usually dont let myself fall asleep in fear of missing my stop. wasnt really worried on the subway; i took it from the very first stop to the last stop. overall was an enjoyable trip. i had a good time. thanks to frank for being such an understanding host. :)

to boston i go next weekend with ann. also going to watch this hopefully. umM...that's about it for now i think. i'm still sleepy. bye bye.