Tonight we were at a pow-wow in Wheaton. The Spotted Pony people were celebrated by Chief Walks-With-The-Wind.

Yumi and I have breakfast at Cowell; B.J. spots us and comes inside; he needs help with some translation and tells us about an international job fair he attended; he says I have the right "look" for Japan and says JET is a waste of my time; work in the office a bit; Virginia and Cheyenne drop by and Virginia is pleased that her daughter and Yumi can finally meet; Mose Allison show at Kuumbwa; tell Nina and Shinya of my plans to move into the garage.

Gorgeous day!; pick up hotel brochures for Mom; ride up to campus; before riding down, stop to take in the beauty; Meggin calls; tell her that I'm tempted by the women at school; she has similar feelings about the men around her; she tells me to just be careful, if something DOES happen; what!?; talk about my issues with sex and guilt.

August 2: Iraq invades Kuwait; I'm following the news constantly on KCRW; Case is put on alert and sent to Norfolk, where he spends his time digging ditches; while there, he meets a stripper.

Grant back from Pennsylvania; blood pressure still a little high; Grant goes out with Ann to movie; she's mad at Amy, too, and says I'm acting childish; head over to Pauls' after work; Grant and I go to Wag's but he's in a weird mood so I just drop him off and go to bed.

Today we had a feast. We had foods from other countries. Tonight we went to a pow-wow.

Spend day with Ted, watching movies; see American Beauty first at Cinema 9, then Totoro at his place; Ted has redecorated his apartment; he tells me of his idea to hawk desktop shrines; raining all day; WWII propaganda film; Ted relates his fated meeting of Masako in Tokyo.

Run into Michael at library; he must think I'm following him; watch Angel Island and bell hooks videos; bike parts come; finally clean room; Case goes out with both Maureen and Amy; he's worried about becoming an alcoholic like his dad.

While you were away... (pt. 3)

Change out of Calculus to Government; so many awesome girls at the Field House; cleaning "party" at Stu's; John and I are assigned to the inside the ice-maker; grades come — they're not good; measure blood pressure in class and mine is 150/50!