Chapter 1

12/29/00

11:38 PM - Somewhere in OH

Stuck on Bus 2, 'cause roomies all here. Bored stiff. Watched Sixteen Candles and Happy Gilmore. Latter OK. Just put in Romy + Michelle's High School Reunion. Bet Mike-tachi viewing Monty Python + Holy Grail right now. Miss Mike. All I've seen of him since we left = split-2nd glimpse of him at tiny rest stop. Wah! Already ate 1 thing of muffins + 1 of crackers. Looking for fast-food place. Have been for 1/2 hour. Dios, I want to be w/ Mike! Pulling into gas station mow. Also already done 5 logic puzzles + read 25 pgs. of The Amber Spyglass. Ja ne!

12/30/00

12:21 AM - Outside of aforementioned gas station

Yay! It was open! McD's + convenience store. Got Fruit + Yogurt Parfait at McD's. 260+ people do not fit well in there. Yup, all 6 buses stopped. Chatted w/ Anneke, Jay, Steve, Kraus, and Rapach. Met roomies. Seem nice. Bathroom line near fridges. Mike-sama getting drink. Took pic when he turned. Not sure if it worked, or earlier I got a pic of the inside of my backpack... -_-; Hopefully the former. ^_^ Maiku-sama koishite. Even if he did insult me earlier. Then I tried to hit him w/ my coat. He wrenched it out of my hands and threw it down the hall. Not even 5 min. back together, and we got in a fight! -_-; Oh, well, back to boredom!

3:01 AM - Cincinnati, OH

Can't sleep. Watching Independence Day. (Romy + Michelle not on list of approved videos. Turns out Sixteen Candles wasn't either. Holy Grail is, though. Good.) On highways above city. Looks like Pittsburgh. Coming out of city now. Hope Adam what's-his-name has some more of those Caffeinated Penguins, or whatever they're called. Though it might not be a good idea to take "pep pills" during the Band trip, since Mike is here, just not on this bus. -_-; Bleah, this log is like a very long e-mail from Alex-chan... Semi-random, + kinda rambling... BTW, the movie is good... Maybe I'll type everyone copies of this when I get home... Blech... Need caffeine... Oh, yeah, turns out Holy Grail is on 6...

4:44 AM - Rest stop in KY

Can't find Mike. Maybe they got sick of him and killed him. Or maybe he's just asleep. Dios, I hope so...

8:02 AM (Central time) - Shoney's Restaurant in Nashville, TN

Ate w/ Kerri, Julia, Kristin, Anneke, and Jay. Had fruit + a coffee w/ 3 packets of some Equal knock-off. On caffeine + sugar high. Stole 2 packets real sugar. Mike not there. Buses 1, 3, + 5 ate at Cracker Barrel. Glad I'm not on 5. No buffet, would need to eat actual breakfast food, + would annoy Mike-sama w/ my high. Next rest stop I'm getting Holy Grail from Kerri-tachi. She said they have, like, 4 copies, and knowing the Kendo Club, they've probably got about 5 on Bus 5. ^_^

1:38 PM - McD's in Tuscaloosa, AL

Just got back from lunch (grilled chic. value meal + Oreo McFlurry). Watched Holy Grail before lunch. Morgan Masterman put in Romy + Michelle while Mr. Dills was gone. He just took it out. Got Holy Grail from Bus 6 at a rest stop earlier in AL around noon. Also saw Mike. He's still alive. ^_^ Holy Grail is funny! Monty Mistress 9 to Seihai is pretty much the straight script modified w/ Sailor Moon references, and shorter. Oh, at the rest stop, Dan Dills announced the Cow Wars... basically stealing Jay's (not my friend Jay) plastic cow. Steal = 2 pts., keep overnight = 4 pts. All 6 buses playing. So far Bus 1 = 2 pts., our bus = 4 pts.

3:36 PM - Rest stop in MS

Lovely little place. Free drinks. Saw Mike-sama. Cow missing!? Not sure which bus has it, sneaking feeling it's still 1...

6:55 PM - Outskirts of New Orleans

Looks sorta like airport at night from a plane. Almost there. Finally, some time w/ Mike-sama. Bus 1 does have cow...

10:19 PM - Hotel

Nicest hotel I've been in since Disney World. Dinner was pizza. Didn't get any... OK though. Lots of food in room. Pool = extremely cold. Not much in the arcade. Fun, though, to just join the crowd around Mortal Kombat 3 + listen to commentary. Andy Heyl is actually pretty funny. Mike-sama's room is even-#d (looked at the list with everyone's room #s on it), so it's not one that opens onto the main area. Boo. He must have stayed there all night, didn't see him at all... We're on the same shimatta trip, in the same hotel for Dios's sake, and I haven't seen him in seven hours! Agh! My dream trip is starting to get boring... Oh well, my roomies are nice, and you can play N64 in your room for $7/hr. The world isn't a total loss... New Orleans at night, at least what I saw, looked sorta like Pittsburgh, but more colorful... Ah, tomorrow is a new day... Hard Rock Café (buy pin - collect!) + Aquarium of Americas w/ friends + Mike-sama... *sigh*