Lakers: 96, Minnesota Timberwolves: 90... FINALLY, onto the NBA Finals!! Out like the Timberwolves, and out like those stupid commercials on TNT where footage from NBA playoff games are combined with shots from upcoming or just-released movies. So what did the Spurs-Lakers series have to do with Van Helsing? Or what does the NBA conference finals have to do with The Day After Tomorrow? Stupid advertising...


Six 3-pointers?? Good job, Kareem Rush!

Minnesota Timberwolves: 98, Lakers: 96. Um... Uhhh... BAH!

So anyways, yesterday was my graduation party. It was pretty fun. Would've been a lot better if the Lakers won (since almost all of my relatives were gathered around the TV to watch the game when it was on), but oh well. A lot of my closest high school friends showed up...while only one of my Long Beach friends stopped by. The others are bastards. Screw you! Haha, just kidding.

There better not be a Game 7 on Wednesday. Don'g screw up tomorrow, L.A.!

GOOD-BYE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH!!! My graduation was at 9 AM today, and while it almost rained, it was a memorable ceremony: the speeches were funny (especially the one that attacked President Bush), the two announcers who called the graduates' names (why, that would include ME. Heheh) before we stepped onto the stage to shake hands with the President of CSULB were entertaining (the way the announcers spoke reminded me of Lawrence Tanter, the announcer for Laker games at STAPLES Center, haha)...and I took pictures with all of my closest Long Beach friends. And I ate at a good restaurant (called Rock Bottom) in downtown Long Beach afterwards. Even though I didn't finish my food (darn appetizers LOL).

The only disappointment of my graduation was not running into Duyen, who attended the ceremony because of one of her friends (who was an Art major). While Duyen most likely saw me--when I was walking to my seat at the start of the ceremony or when I went up on stage to shake hands with the CSULB President--I didn't see her at all. And I couldn't look for her because I obviously had to meet up with my family after the ceremony ended. When I woke up this morning, I figured that if I didn't see Duyen at school today, I wouldn't see her ever again. And that's pretty much the case. She wants me to e-mail her pics from the graduation, which I will definitely do once I develop the pictures. But other than that, good-bye Yenny-Pooh. Having a picture with you would've been a very memorable moment during my time in Long Beach. It would rank up there with hugging you on the last day of our Geology class almost 4 years ago...and it would rank right above that kiss I planted on Jasmine Mai's cheek at Los Angeles Hot Import Nights two months ago, hahaha.

Sorry to end this entry on such a sad note, but oh well. On a different note, I'm gonna see The Day After Tomorrow sometime this weekend...and Go Lakers in Game 5!!

UPDATE: I like laughing in my journal entries. Heheh! Hahaha! LOL! Anyways... That was lame.

Lakers: 92, Minnesota Timberwolves: 85... Show that killer instinct this Saturday, guys!

Lakers: 100, Minnesota Timberwolves: 89... So much for the sweep, but at least L.A. leads the series, 2 games to 1.

Lakers: 97, Minnesota Timberwolves: 88... Four words: Go for the sweep.

Woohoo! My very last class was at 10:15 AM today...and assuming the teacher for my Tuesday class (Senior Film Theory) doesn't do anything wacky and fail me [when I should at best be getting a 'B' in that class, much as how I got a 'B' in the class (Alternative Media) for which I had a final today]... I'm done with Cal State Long Beach!! Last mandatory trip there is next Friday (commencement ceremony). Can't wait!

Today I watched Shrek 2 at the AMC theater near my house. Good movie... I found it a lot more enjoyable than the first one (even though I didn't watch the first one till it came out on video). Puss in Boots, the cat assassin voiced by Antonio Banderas, is hilarious! Especially when he sings Ricky Martin's Livin' La Vida Loca. What a crack-up. All the other characters were very funny as well (though not a surprise), but Puss stole the show. I also saw Troy this week. Also a good film, though not very original in the wake of Lord of the Rings and Gladiator four years ago. I saw Van Helsing last week.

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So anyways, I enjoyed watching Shrek 2 and Troy. That is all.

Not to bring unwanted attention to her... But I just wanted to provide a link to Jasmine Mai's Yahoo group. She's beginning to post up a couple of, how should I say, sexy photos that she took for her club--and I just couldn't resist talking about it! Dayamn Jas, you're so freakin' beautiful. Haha, anyways... You have to be 18-years old to be a member in her club if you haven't joined already, which oughta tell you just how provocative Jasmine is getting now.



Lady in Red...

Lakers: 88, San Antonio Spurs: 76... Onto Minnesota...if the Timberwolves win the series. Or right back home against Sacramento...if the Kings win the series. Either way, I Love L.A.!!