But like I said, the phone rang and I was hoping it would be for me, since it would mostly mean that Carly would be calling me to go do something. If not her, then Tracy was the next choice, but it was a much better chance of it being Carly since I just did something with Tracy, and Carly had said she might call me yesterday. Well, it was for me, and so I happily came down and it was Nick. Nick huh? Well, it's certainly not what I was expecting, but that's cool, too; maybe even as good as Carly calling. So he wanted to come over, and my mom agreed to let me drive him despite my inexperience. We went to Putters to play DDR, naturally, and after a little of that, this other guy came and easily finished a 9-foot song that was way too hard for me, and maybe Nick. Nick saw him do it and I told Nick that we should leave 'cause this guy's way better than us. I was just kidding, of course, but Nick suggested going to the Gateway Mall where they have DDR Max 2 instead of DDR 4th Mix like at Putters. Nick likes the Max 2 version better. So I drove us to the Gateway Mall exit from the freeway but I got off at the exit right before the one we are supposed to go on. That road took us a long ways until we could get off it and then I didn't know how to get back because I couldn't go back the way we came. I drove all around with Nick trying to help where to go, but neither of us recognized any of the area. It was crazy. I finally stopped at a Safeway and asked a guy named "Ying" for directions. He told us to get on the I-5 and take it all the way and it would take us to the mall. Well, the mall is in Springfield and while on the interstate, Nick saw a sign announcing an exit for the Springfield City Center. He said to go that way and from there it would probably be easy to find signs pointing to the mall. I went there and we ended up in the place we had just come from. Nick then said just to keep going on the interstate and go past that exit. It was pretty interesting, but we eventually got onto the Beltline Highway and it took us to Santa Clara and I knew how to get to the Mall from there. We were back to almost where we started at Putters. This time I took the correct exit to the mall.

At the mall, it was only 6:45 and Nick had to be back by 9. We ate Sbarro's Pizza and then went into Tilt and played DDR and Marvel vs Capcom 2. Then we went and looked in Electronics Boutique and Game Crazy because Nick wanted to see the used games. Neither had Xenogears, but that's expected because it's a well-known game, but it's very rare. It's supposed to be one of the best RPGs, though. I'll just find it on the internet. Then I'll get Xeno Saga which is the sequel, I think, and that's out now, but for the PS2, unlike Xenogears which is for the PS1. Then I had to take him back home. It was pretty cool and since I didn't have any money, he paid for everything, and he said that he's just paying me back for the times I've paid for him when we hung out, and also gas money.

Also, I just downloaded 10 or so System of a Down songs, and now I'm looking for Korn. I really hope this cable internet is really going to be available to us. That'd be so cool!