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It was great to see Sean again. EL (via phone) and I greeted him at IAH yesterday afternoon after an on-time arrival. He and I snacked on some left-overs at my place before heading to Downing Street for some red apple 'tinis. Sean is an apple martini connoisseur. I prefer the real thing personally... clean, dry, and beautiful... oh yeah, with some of those sexy little bitches in a toothpick swimming happily in my glass. Kim's best friend (Lara) was in town from Dallas and since my best friend (Sean) was in town from Los Angeles, we thought we'd exchange introductions. I'd never met Laura and neither of them had met Sean, so we met up at Taco Milagro for a quick margarita before I had to go for my hair appointment with Jazmin. EL called and got to talk to drunk Kim on the phone... who was eager to take it upon herself to explain how useless I am to be around without her here. An unsolicited exaggeration that was meant to be a joke, but you know the old cliché about how most true things are said in jest... honestly, not a moment goes by in my day that I don't wish EL was next to me. I guess I never realized how transparent I was around my friends here in Houston when it comes to that... I don't really talk about it with them. I guess I'm not such good company these days when my mind and heart are always 850 miles away from what's going on here. Anyhoo, I wasn't too specific about what I wanted done to my hair... I just let her do it. Jazmin has always been great with it and I trust her. As you can see, it's a little more blonde that I initially anticipated, but it is very well blended. I was on the fence about chucky or not chucky... she did chunky last time, so I guess she decided that this time it would be oh-so-not chunky. Oh well. I just hope EL doesn't hate it. That's really all I care about. Fotki finally temporarily unfucked my account, so you can see the horrid photos of my hair extravaganza over there. Later last night, Irfan, Sean, and I went over to Kim's apartment where she and Gil were playing with her new cat. She just adopted yesterday. I was completely exhausted and ready for bed, so I called it an early night and Sean and I went home for some sleep. I called EL because I missed her so, but I woke her up and feel terrible about that... but her voice being the last thing I hear before falling asleep is almost as good as her voice being the first thing I hear when I wake up. Tomorrow... just one more day. Please hurry.