Wow. Woke up at 7am today, took out the bins, drove my bro to school, got home, made eggs for breakfast, then got ready. Left for Monterey at about 9am, dropped off a letter first, then went to Safeway and got some Saltines and cash for shopping later. Took about 2 hours to get to Monterey, and like halfway through a golf-ball sized rock got kicked up into my windshield and cracked it. The crack is growing :/ Oh well. Made it to Monterey at about 11:35, had to go a little ways for parking. Walked all the way down to the aquarium where I saw Hannah waiting, sitting on a concrete slab. I was really really really nervous oh man, I had no idea how to approach. She was reading something, so I sort of just walked in front of her and she looked up and I was like "hey!" and then we made some nervous conversation and decided what to do. We walked about 15 mins to a record shop, "Recycled Records". It had a dogs allowed sign and friendly owners. The selection was not very big, but it's a small little local shop, so variety wasn't expected. I didn't really see anything I wanted that I didn't already have, but Hannah got Modest Mouse (the green one I forget the name of right now that I listened to a lot in high school) and Ween (Quebec!). We didn't talk very much inside the store, we were still very shy. It was a little awkward. But then we left and walked around back to Cannery Row. We talked a little more then we headed to the beach. We trudged along the wet sand for a while until we reached some rocks and small cave-like indents. We climbed around on those for a while, checking it out. I thought it was pretty cool. It felt a little like those romance movies you see. I was preparing myself to catch her in case she slipped, now THAT would've been straight out of a billion movies. We talked and laughed a bit around the rocks, then eventually clambered out and ended up back on Cannery Row. We browsed a little tourist shop and then some odd clothing store, got nothing. Left and headed back up toward my car, not knowing exactly what we were gonna do. I was getting a little nervous because I felt like she might be getting bored and we didn't know what to do. So in my head I was like "we gotta go somewhere". We got to my car after another 10-15 min walk and passed by some adorable seals sun-bathing on a caged-off beach. Seals are so hilariously cute when they move, they basically do the worm dance and bob their heads. I love animals so much ahhh. After we made it to my car we set up the GPS thing to direct us to her dorm. I don't know what it was, but somehow we loosened up a bit after we started driving. We talked until we got to her dorm parking lot. Then we went into her dorm room, which was pretty small and housed 3 different people (including her). It was empty when we came in. I checked out the place, she showed me her bass, we played with her magnets. Then her roommate Tori came in, which was a little awkward. She doesn't really talk to her roommates at all, which is my fear of living in a dorm. I feel like I'd be the same. We left for the student center. They had an air hockey table, an arcade game thing, a DDR-type game, a jukebox, a few pool tables, and a foosball table. We thought we needed money to play air hockey so we went back to her dorm for quarters. We came back and found out you don't need coins, just need to push in the coin-loader and it goes for free. We had to get puck-hitting things (I dunno their names) at the desk. Desk-lady asked for my ID and I just said I didn't have it on me. Fooled her. We played air hockey twice, tied twice. After that I believe we went back to the dorm for a little bit, then went to get lunch. We didn't know where food was, so we just drove around blindly. We ended up at Sand City or something and had Burger King, which wasn't too bad actually. We talked and ate then made the trek back to the car and headed back to her dorm. When we got back her roommate had left. We didn't know what to do so I suggested we watch something. We watched Kids in the Hall for like an hour or more on Youtube, my first time seeing it. It was pretty funny, it's got a lot of bizarre humor like Tim and Eric, but it's got slightly more structured plots and much different acting styles. After that my neck was hurting pretty bad from tilting my head left to see the screen. We leaned back a bit. When we'd watched enough KitH we were again at a loss for what to do. I asked if she had a stereo and she pulled out her CD player. She played her new Ween and Modest Mouse CDs in full, and we just talked a lot while listening, it was nice. Then we started to lay down and listen and talk. Then we started listening to Blur, Radiohead, and Gorillaz. During, I think, Radiohead we turned the lights off to see if her roommate's glow-in-the-dark wall things actually glowed. They did--for like 5 minutes. We ended up keeping the lights off. We just laid on her bed listening to music and talking under a blanket in the dark for hours. Her roommates came in occasionally, which was sort of funny. At like 9 or 10pm we started cuddling/hugging and we were pretty close just laying together and falling asleep. It was kinda cute. Amnesiac stopped playing at about 10:30 but we just laid together in silence for like 30 mins, holding each other. I was surprised how close we got considering it was our first day hanging out. At 11pm I decided I'd better get leaving. I originally planned to leave at like 7pm or something, I really had no idea how the day was gonna unfold, so at 11pm I knew I would get home at 1am and I didn't wanna pass out on the way back or anything. So she walked with me to my car and we had a nice big long hug goodbye. I don't know if she likes me, but I kind of like her. She's got a nice personality, sense of humor, smarts, and I think she's cute. I hope we get to hang out again soon, it just sucks that she's almost 2 hours away. That's 4 hours of driving in a day, which is like 3/4 of a full tank given that I have a GPS device plugged in, music playing, and air conditioning going (lowest setting, but still on, otherwise it gets really stuffy). I'd be willing to go maybe once every week or every other week. I wish she could visit me, we wouldn't have to worry about her roommates because there is zero privacy in her dorm unless no one is there. We could hang out with Dominic and Ina, swim in my pool, go for a walk, (go bowling?), lay in my bed watching movies/shows or playing games, play drums and guitar or bass or piano or whatever, just jam. Maybe one day I'll drive out super early, like leave at 6 or 7 or something crazy, then pick her up and drive back to Livermore. Hell, she could probably get away with sleeping over since my grandma probably wouldn't know. Then I could just drop her off, or we could even hang out again in Monterey for a bit. Oh well, maybe. It was a good day, though.