Today was a loooong day. The plan was to wake up early to play basketball so we would have time to go to Jamba Juice before we picked up Chrissy and Connie. It turned out that they weren't coming until Sunday so we ended up sleeping in and didn't ball until about two. After that, an unplanned nap occured and by then, everyone had split up and gone off to do their own respective things in the city. I went with Kyle and Fon (?) to Hot Import Nights as we had planned after being inspired by The Fast and the Furious. It took us a while to get there even though on the map it was only 3.9 miles away from my apartment. After a few mishaps and useless directions from the good people of New Jersey, we finally made it to the convention center. Upon arrival, we plopped down our $19 to oggle at really really expensive cars (and maybe the occasional coed). The show was pretty cool, even though at first i was afraid it wouldn't match up to the caliber of the Californian import shows. Actually, it was fun walking through the parking structure looking at the parked fixed up cars because they were more "real".



After a few hours at the show, we met up with everyone at this bar/lounge called Vintage in Hell's Kitchen. I'd never been there before but it turned out to be a really chill spot with a lot of comfy couches and chairs. It was very much like chilling at home with the music on and the lights dimmed down actually. The martinis were apparently very good (they had a very large selection) but i only had sips of a few. One good thing about Vintage was that it was chill enough for everyone to converse and we pulled even pulled up a couch so all 12-16 of us could sit somewhat together. Invariably however, in a large group like that, four or five conversations break out amongst different groups and a "group meld" didn't really happen. The night was filled with good conversation though. I had an especially interesting conversation with Amit centering around the feelings and dynamics of relationships with friends and such. It's hard in a large group setting to get conversation time in with everyone but i guess given time, things happen. I just feel like that this week has been so great that i want to talk to everyone and keep interesting conversations afloat even though i know we'll probably see each other the next day and the next. But as Monday approaches, this brief moment of bliss may fall away.