| The Skirt-Wearing Subculture... |
Mimi: Yeah, so, whenever I see girls wearing skirts on
the same days that I wear a skirt, I always feel
like going over to them and saying,
"Hey, I feel your pain."
Caroline: (surprised) Really? Why?
Mimi: Oh, I don't know... I just assume they're at the
end of THEIR laundry cycle, too! >B)
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| It Takes a Lot to be a Dancer in Gabby's Eyes... |
Gabby: He Dances?!?! Whoa! That's soo weird!
Mimi: (giggling) How's that Weird?
Gabby: (giggling back) ...I mean, look at his face!
Mimi: Whoa~ What the heck? (laughs)
What's wrong with his Face??
Gabby: I don't know..I mean, he definitely doesn't have
the dancing Face, you know?? ...You know??
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| Jackie's Dream Job... |
Jackie: Aww, man! Forget the piano!
Now I want to play for the Campanile!
Mimi: (Laughing Hysterically..) WHAT..!
Jackie, you're weird!! >B)
Jackie: No, dude! Wouldn't that be soo cool?? Then I
could say, "I am the person who plays
the Campanile music in the morning!"
Mimi: (sighs..) Oh, Jackie.. You know, if you do,
Gabby and I would Have to get up at 8am
to give you spiritual support?? >B) Ahh!
Jackie: (continues mumbling to herself..)
Oh, that'd be soo cool...! ...I wonder what you
have to do to Qualify to play.. Hmmmm. >B)
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| Regarding the Upcoming TV Season-Premiers.. |
Jackie: Oh, well, Stacy's coming over on Thursday!
...to watch Friends! (grinning really happily..)
Mimi: (sharing Jackie's excitement..) Oh, cool!!
...Is she coming over on Wednesday, too?
Jackie: (tilts head, a bit confused..
then looks up in epiphany.) For STAR TREK?!
(laughs uncontrollably
without attempting to hide it..)
Mimi: (indignantly..) ...Yeah! >B)
**Darn roommates. hehe. ...When Jackie laughs,
she laughs like this: "A-hahahaha," and tilts her head back.
>B) Ahhh..the life of a Trekkie is lonely, alright. hehe
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| My Mom's Logic Shines Through Yet Again... |
Mimi: (on the phone...) Mom! The suitcase you sent me...
it's Locked! I can't get it open! >B)
Mom: (calmly..) Oh, that's easy! Just hammer it open!
Mimi: Wait WHAT?! --HAMMER it open?!
Mom: (sense of logic growing stronger..) Yeah!
That suitcase has been locked for 10 years!
Just Break it, and get the blanket from within!
Mimi: What?!?! MOM! That is.. (choking on words)
soooo Strange!! Ahhh!
Mom: (pleased by the impeccable solution...) Yeah, it's okay.
We don't need that suitcase anymore!
Feel free to trash it when you're done!
Mimi: Ahhhh. Ahhhhhhhhhhh. What is this?!?! MOM!!
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| What's in a Name? |
Mimi: So what? The guy's name is Clarence,
and that's not cool?(amused...)
What's wrong with Clarence??
Jackie: Oh, man! You know, as SOON as he told me
his name was Clarence, I was just like, "Uhhh..."
(rolling eyes..) And I thought to myself,
"Damn, that's UP there with Eugene!"
Mimi: (bursting into laughter...)
What's wrong with Eugene??
Jackie: You know..! They're just like...(waving arms
in exasperation, trying to analyze the situation...)
...BIG NERD NAMES!
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| Unable to Open a New Bottle of Oyster-Sauce... |
Mimi: Just go ask our (apartment) manager!
I mean, That's what he's there for...! hehe
Jackie: Haha. Well, I'll just go ask our neighbor, I guess.
...Come with me!
Mimi: (wide-eyed..) What? No!
Jackie: Why not?!?!
Mimi: (presenting Mimi's impeccable logic..)
No, see... if you go by yourself, then they might
think that you couldn't open it because you're
a girl..But if we ALL go, then they'll KNOW
that there were THREE of us, and that Together
we Still couldn't open it! >B) hehe...
THEN they'll just think we're retarded!
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| Walking Home in the Dark... |
Random Guy: (hollering from balcony across from my
apartment..)
Hey, where are you Ladies going?
Mimi/Calvin/Andy: (turning to look at each other)
hehehe.
Mimi: (giggling evilly while waving the Boys
goodnight..)
...Good night! LADIES~ hehe.
Be careful walking home~ hehehe.
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| Training our Dog to do Spiffy Tricks... |
Mimi: Oh, you know, last night I was trying to teach J
how to Jump through our hula-hoop.
Like they do in the circus.
Flora: Haha. That's funny. Did it work?
Mimi: Nah... He refused to do it! He just sat there and
watched me as I held the hula-hoop.. Ahh. No fun!
Flora: Hehe. You know what? Maybe you should have
tried jumping through it yourself first!
Then J might have done it too!
Mimi: (answering without missing a beat) ...I DID!!
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| My (Super Hysterical) Guitar Teacher... |
Jack: (blurting out during one of his solo pieces,
after messing up for the third time.) ...DAMN!!
Mr. Scivally: What? Is that the Rap version?
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| More of Random Guitar-Class Moments... |
Jack: (adding an Extraordinarily slooooooow retard to
the end of his solo piece, and suddenly exclaiming
Loudly amid the silence of the class...)
...RETARDANDO!!!
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| At the End of a Practice Round of the Blues... |
Mr. Scivally: Alright, guys, are we ready to try that again?
(searches for an Apt word of encouragement..)
...That time sucked.
(pauses to re-assess the statement..)
...That REALLY sucked.
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| On the Last Day of Guitar-Class... |
Mr. Scivally: Well then, as they say, (looks around
the room with an authoritative air..)
Have a "Bitchin'" summer!
**haha. I don't know if you can appreciate this.
He is sooo hysterical/Random!!! (He's like AT LEAST 50!!
Imagine a 50-year-old teacher saying THAT to you!) haha.
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| While Chatting to Calvin on the phone... |
Mimi: Oh wait, let me check.. Maybe I already
have your birthday down in my address book!
Calvin: heh...Maybe. I know I've told you before!
Mimi: (scrolling through my spreadsheet of names and info)
Wait...(gasping)
Are you even IN my address book?!?!
Calvin: AHHH! Mimi!!
**For some reason Calvin thought this was really funny.
I suspect that he is not laughing WITH me though. >B) grr
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| More of my "Best-Friend Out of Convenience"... |
Mimi: ...Wait What?! You already DID?!?!
Whatever happened to "filling Mimi in"?? >B)
Calvin: What! You talk too much! haha
Last time I called you, right after you finished
talking, I had to go...!
Mimi: hehe. Whatever! (futily trying to deny it)
Your mom needed to use the phone!!
**What's so funny about this? haha...It's True:
CALVIN called ME long-distance, from San Jose
(to Los Angeles)..And I got to tell all MY stories
before he had to hang up. haha
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| The (Second) Time I Drove my Mom to Work... |
Mom: You should REALLY signal before you turn.
Mimi: Wait, What?! I turn here?! (making abrupt moves
to turn) ...Thanks Mom! For the GREAT directions!
Mom: (laughs) I thought you knew!
...Oh, what are you doing? LEFT here!
Mimi: (making a second abrupt turn) ...MOM!!!
Mom: (laughs harder) What IS this?
We're HERE and you still don't know the
directions?? Okay, turn right here!
Mimi: Aiya! (turning)
Mom: (laughing out of control) The Only turn you knew,
and it's the only one I tell you beforehand?
hahaha. So sad!
Mimi: ...Nah. I said "Aiya" because I Still didn't know. >B)
**Following this...I got lost in the parkinglot. sigh. And Mom
laughed all the way until she was inside her office. >B) grrr
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| On the ONE Day Flora Ditched Summer School... |
Flora: Mimi, WHY does it take you TWENTY minutes to get
from your class to the Parking Lot?!?! >B)
Mimi: Oh, but it's not my fault!
I took the Scenic route today! ...Two of them!
Because you know, you weren't there to remind
me that That way would be much Longer!
Flora: WHAT?! It's the 5th Week of summer school!! >B)
...and TWO scenic routes?!?! Goodness!
Mimi: (sheepishly...) ...Hehe. Yeah. I forgot after
the first one. So I took the second one too.
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| About Flora's Alarm-Clock vs. Mimi's Sleepability... |
Mimi: I would probably have a hard time waking up to
your clock.
Flora: Oh, but it gets louder. And faster.
Mimi: Yeah I know, but you know?
I guess I don't do well with beeps.
Flora: Gee. Mimi, You don't do well
WITH MARCHING BANDS!!! >B)
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| (Domestic) Blair Witch Project... |
Flora: Ah, Damn it. Look at this!! She left her water-bottle
in my car AGAIN! What the heck, does she think
this is public trashcan?!?! >B)
Mimi: Hehe. You know... it'd be funny if you took all the
water-bottles she left in your car, and piled them in
front of her room. haha. Make a big pile. So that
when she wakes up, she'll be greeted by them.
Like in Blair Witch Project, with the piles of rocks
outside the camp. hahaha
Flora: Whoa. That'd be...vicious. hahaha
**She = a girl who Stayed at our house for 10 days. >B)
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| While Hypothesizing about Flora's Personality... |
Flora: You know, if I were Ever to become a
psychologist, I think I'll be like...a Humanist. Feeling
all Good about people..
Mimi: Haha, NO! You'll be more of a...
(split-second pause as my face grows vicious
and my voice lowers)
"You know what?
...THAT'S TOO FUCKING BAD!" type.
(squinting, and hammering index finger menacingly
towards Flora's face with every word)
Flora: ...No! haha
Hector: Yes! hahaha
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| Cat's Copyrighted Dorkiness.. |
Cat: so I told danna to make a sign that says "Chris!
Welcome to America." since I kept thinking somehow
that she was coming back from Canada, not Boston..
Mimi: haha. So did Danna make the sign?
Cat: Yeah! She was like "ok!" ...but then I realized
much later, when we were walking to the airport..
I was like...danna..wait...welcome to america...?!?!
isn't Boston already IN America?!
Mimi: ahh. Very perceptive. haha.
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| About the (White) Girl Currently Staying with our Family... |
Mimi: Wait, so she probably doesn't know how to use
chopsticks, huh?
Flora: Yeah...I don't think she does. ...Actually, she says
that she has only had Chinese food Twice. And that
she has only seen TWO Asian people in her Entire
lifetime, before yesterday!
Mimi: ...That's pretty crazy.
Not a lot of Asians back in Indiana, eh?
Flora: I guess. And oh, she's Never Seen a STARBUCKS...!
Mimi: ...Dang. I'm...going through...Culture Shock! =O
Flora: YOU! (pauses while she chokes)
...YOU are going through Culture Shock?!?!?!?! >B)
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| While Trash-Talkin Sisters-Style... |
Flora: Yeah, so he Actually transfered to her school, for her.
Mimi: Haha. Well, I certainly hope it's
Unconditional Attraction!
(pauses while thinking)...Like Gravity. >B)
Flora: ..What the?!?!
Mimi: hehe. hehe. That was..cool.
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| While Trying to Hop out of Flora's Car in a Red Zone... |
Flora: Hurry! Get out!
Mimi: Ahh! I'm having Seatbelt Emergency!
Flora: Sigh, Mimi.
You're the emergency. >B)
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| While Watching the Godfather 2... |
Mimi: *gasp* I know! ...He's gonna kill him!!!
Flora: No Shit Mimi!! Sherlock Holmes sitting in the house!
Mimi: (after a few seconds of careful analysis..)
...You're playing with my emotions! >B)
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| More Godfather 2 Moments... |
Mimi: But..err..what about his wife??
Flora: Well, she's a Woman! women are Dime a Dozen.
Hector: (randomly agreeing)
They are like buses. They come every 15 minutes.
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| Even More Godfather 2... |
Flora: Are they still in New York?
Mimi: Duhh. Where Else can they be?
(..5 minutes later..)
Ah! that's the guy that killed his Dad!
so they're in Italy!
Flora: uhh. Very Good...we said that Five minutes ago. >B)
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| While Paying for my Stuff at Albertsons Supermarket.. |
Mimi: (suddenly leans in towards the Male cashier
out of Excitement from sudden epiphany)
Excuse me...but ARE YOUR BUNS ON SALE
(slight pause) ...Because of July Fourth?!
Cashier: (with a new look of Alarm in his eyes)
Uhhh... yeeeaaah....
**Imagine how this could have been Misinterpreted...
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| During a Night Trip to the Beach... |
Mimi: Hey, are those fire hydrants?
(pointing to vertical silhouettes afar)
Danna: Uhh..NO, Mimi..
I think they're couples making out... >B)
Cat: (mumbles to herself...outloud)
...Fire Hydrants?! At the Beach?!?!
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| Random Nerdiness.. |
Mimi: (dancing around the house after a Successful
nerdy joke) ...Fun! Fun!
Flora: ...Nerd! Nerd! >B)
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| While Hugging my Gorilla... |
Hector: Hey, you know what? I'll give you a quarter if you
bring Gooey to see "Planet of the Apes"...
Mimi: (turning to whisper to the stuffed animal)
...Gooey would like you to know that he's
very displeased with you. He says he's a Gorilla,
not an Ape. >B)
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| During a Random Online Chat with my Berkeley Best Friend... |
Mimi: Yeah you know...if I ever go to your wedding,
and I find out that you married another CS nerd,
you can count on me crying my heart out. >B)
and it won't be out of joy either..! Ahh.
I'll be thinking about how geeky your kids'll be..
and how sad the dinner-table conversation is..
and just be weeping for you. >B) haha
Calvin: Hahaha. in that case, Mimi will you marry me?
Mimi: ...nice try! But I'm counting on my husband
being the cool one. >B) so that our kids'll be at Most
Semi-Geeky...haha. Otherwise, we'll be having Star
Trek as a nightly Family event...! or something >B)
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| Being Silly with Cat (Online).. |
Cat: Yeah...I can kick your ass..haha.
Are you Scared yet? ;)
Mimi: Oh Yes. I'm shivering
...from Desire. (haha)
Cat: *howl* baby
Mimi: *howl back*
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| While Watching Star Trek... |
Flora: Ahh! Can we Not watch this show??
Mimi: (instinctively replying with a robotic tone..)
Request Denied.
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| Conversing with Mom... |
Mom: Aiya! If you just let the fan blow right at you like
this, instead of letting it turn from side to side...
then you're missin out on all the Fun!
Mimi: (mumbling under my breath) ...Fun?!?!
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| Regarding my Sister's Driving.. |
Dad: Yeah...you should try not to ride in Flora's car.
Mimi: haha. Why? What do you think's gonna happen?
Dad: Well, nothing. but you know, we wouldn't want to...
(thinking up a euphemism)
...put All the eggs in One basket!
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| About Hector's Nationality... |
Flora: Mom! Hector's not Mexican!
Mom: Yes he is! (turning to ask Hector)
Hector, are you Mexican?
Hector: No...
Flora: Babe, tell her what you are.
Hector: My family's from El Savador.
Mom: (turning back to my Grandma..)
See, he's Mexican.
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| While Visiting Cat and Danna's Irvine Apartment... |
Cat: Mimi..I'm thirsty~
Mimi: (pupils dilating in disbelief..)
What?! Babe, you're half as close to the kitchen as
I am! ..you know, laziness is inversely related to
walkable distance.
as in Laziness * Distance = Constant
So if your Walkable Distance Halves,
that means you have Doubled your laziness!!!
Cat: Whoaaaaa.
**To me, the Funny part was CAT asking ME to get her
the drink, but Apparently to Cat, my unexpected touch of
nerdiness was a lot more amusing...
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| Right Before Mom Leaves the House... |
Mom: ...so you Got it?!
Clean [this], clean [that], do [this], do [that].
I'm gonna check when I come home. >B)
Mimi: (carefully thinking over my options) ...Hey Mom?
Mom: Yeah?
Mimi: If I let you hit me...
Does that mean I won't have to do all that? >B)
(needless to say...attempt failed..)
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