I am halfway to 40. Scary.

I am 20. AAHH!! My birthday was incredible. Went to Cinegear and had the most excellent time. Got a lot of free stuff: t-shirts, magazines, even a English to French translation book of film terms (which includes a sleazy story as to how I got it--will tell later). The drive down to LA was hot and cramped, but I was stuck in a car with the most awesome people: Scooter, LV., B., and AR. (a new cinema friend!). I sat between Scooter and B.--funny guys.

I got to spend a lot of time with Scooter, which makes me happy. God, he's just so fun to be with, and he's hilarious and such a dork. We were talking about the show "Murder, She Wrote", and B. thought Lucille Ball played the detective. Scooter explained that Lucille Ball was in "I Love Lucy", and Angela Lansbury was in "Murder, She Wrote". I said, "Haha, 'Murder, She Loved'!" to Scooter, and he started laughing so hard he couldn't breathe, and then I laughed at his reaction. It was the best feeling, making him laugh. During my birthday BBQ, he and LV. left the party. I didn't know where they went. When they came back, he brought me a gift: two dvds of his favorite director, Uwe Boll. Uwe Boll makes these horrible movies that are fun to watch and make fun of. Scooter loves Boll. We put it on after we cut my cake and had a good laugh watching it.

I took tons of pictures at Cinegear, mostly of other people--I don't like to be in pictures that much. Oh, the sleazy story! We were at the American Cinematographer's magazine booth. They had free magazines and were selling books. I was eyeing this French to English book of film terms. I asked this old man behind the booth how much they were, and he said, "For you, smile for me, and it's free." I smiled at him, trying to hide my discomfort. Scooter and B. were all, "Ooohh!" He gave me the book, and I said, "Thanks." What a sleazeball! Scarf told me later that he's a famous cinematographer. In hindsight, it's a pretty funny situation.

We drove back yesterday in the stuffed car which was even more stuffed with all our free stuff. We stopped to eat and somehow got into talking about kids. Scooter said that he wants to have kids by the time he's 25. He's 20 now. LV. said, "You better start looking [for a girlfriend]!!" We all laughed. I found out too during that conversation that Scooter is adopted. When we stopped again later on the road at a gas station, I confronted him alone.

Me: I didn't know you were adopted.
Him: Yeah, both of my parents are white. [He's Korean.]
Me: Would you consider looking for your real parents?
Him: I dunno...I definitely want to go to Seoul though.

I just thought that that was really interesting. I brought back Dad's super 8 camera, and Scooter and I are planning to make a film together for a super 8 film contest. I'm excited and am thinking about ideas. I wonder what my parents and Kuya think of Scooter...they all met him and the other people in the car because everyone slept at my house. I told Mom that I like Scooter--she didn't say anything, she just smiled at me this smile that she does.