we have an understanding yeah?

The past Sunday Bi moved into the Berkeley dorms real super easy and smooth. I'm so glad he only had several garbage bags of stuff - everyone else looked like they were moving to Europe forever. I mean they had so much luggage. Everyone looked so college-y. Scholarly? No. Almost everyone looked like tourists. Good luck to them.

We were friendly with Chris in the facing dorm and he seems pretty nice, has an easy laugh - he's from San Diego, a Padres fan but I make it clear we're As fans. We all agree the Giants are dooky. We walked a ways and ate at the dining commons together; pesto pizza (after having escaped the "Asian" cuisine line). The "DC" smells like a mysterious gravy, and Chung called it the "buffet smell." Augh. They tell me the food is laced with laxative so there's no chance kids can get food poisoning. A day later, I felt that there was no difference between the laxative strategy and food poisoning. Bi attests to that. And cousin Fung (haven't seen him in YEARS but he's still as funny as snot and basically the same but calmer) said about Chris at the restaurant earlier, "Everyone wants to be friends with the handicapped kid. Just watch." And I was like what WHAT?

Anyway, Fung is graduating this year or semester I don't know, whatever it is it's his last, and he had recently taken his MCATS. MCATS! My gawd. I must say Fung is pretty level. I think he finds me funny. We told him we know how big the MCATS are, we watch ER! When I told him I'm not in school anymore, he assumed I graduated, and when I said no, I don't go to school anymore, he goes, sure you did. He's funny. Basically he's been in school his whole life, and will continue to go to medical school. Molecular biology. I'm proud of him, and proud of Bi too. Maybe they're going to save us and in exchange we no-schoolniks will keep house for them. 

Later Chung went to visit with a bunch of his friend girls who've taken up an apartment right across the street from Unit 1. They found out they have cable when they hooked up their TV. I saw the commercial for My Cousin Vinny, and I told them to watch it later tonight at 8, Channel 41 I believe. Marisa Tomei is hilarious and adorable in it. And while I watched White Oleander (Michelle Pfeiffer has really maintained hasn't she?) I listened to those girls talking and they are gawdamn hilarious. Did you know girls are so funny? Guys talking is funny too. I always thought Chung's social sensibilities would make him an able girl. Haha! These year of the rat kids. 

Then we went back across the street and while Bi visited with Chris in his dorm we just sat in Bi's until a couple of girls knocked on our door. I opened it and and said Hi. For some reason the girls were struck dumb for a moment. Then I said How's it going? To which they replied something like they were meeting people on the floor, they think they're the only girls. "I'm Phyllis" and "I'm something" (I didn't catch it, because I was thinking of the other girl, Phyllis for an Asian girl's name? Maybe she is Christian.) Then Chung and I went Oh we're not - our brother's in this room. And I go We might as well tell Bi bye so I knocked on Chris's door and zoom it opened quick (Chris has a remote for the door) and again I think Phyllis and what's her name were taken aback. I introduced them: "This is Chris and this is my brother Samson." The girls introduced themselves again and again I missed that other girls name. "Well Bi we're gonna go pick up Mom now." And then we left, and once outside Chung goes something like, "Man. It's started. People meeting people." I go What are you talking about? He says, "The filtration process! People deciding who they're gonna be friends with, what guys there are to get with." What what? Really? Chung assures me, "Yeah!" Geez. What Fung said about handicapped kids better be true, or Chris and Bi are gonna be really lonely.