Cheesecake, misconduct, and eyeliner.

Today was my eighteenth birthday. I'm pleased to say that I was very happy with the way things turned out.

Around one, I left to pick up Heasu at her house and had quite a time trying to figure out where she lived. We went back home and hung out for a while. She gave me this ridiculously cute birthday card that was rolled up into a scroll and stuffed into a construction paper box. Her present was twenty dollars and a jar of Nutella, which I think is absolutely hilarious. I love that lady.

Around two thirty, we changed into our dresses and left at three to go pick up Joanne, Justin, and Jenny in Cypress. Justin was not in semi-formal wear. I was worried because all of us girls were in dresses, but he made it work, somehow.

Jessica came over around four thirty, at which point I called Lan. As I predicted, she would be fashionably late and would instead arrive at the restaurant, so off we went.

The dinner itself was a bit of a riot. Around the table, the seating arrangement was Heasu, me, Justin, and Lan on one side, then Joanne across from Heasu, Jenny, and Jessica on the end side. I think I was smart to put Justin and Lan together. They had a mini bonding event.

After dinner, we walked around Downtown Disney for a while until Joanne and I dragged everyone else to Sephora. She bought me this gorgeous highlighter compact while Lan pushed Justin around, teaching him the basics of successful Sephora-shopping. ("Justin, what's always a sure-go?" "Expensive brands!" "And what are the two most expensive brands?" "Chanel and Dior!") I put eyeliner on Jenny, and it turned out to be really cute.

My cat became quite a hit when we got back. Justin kept picking her up and holding her, all the while attempting to maintain that he didn't like cats. I took a picture of him kissing her on the head. It was adorable.

Then it got pretty chaotic. Heasu ran out of my room with black eyeliner in her hand, and then all of a sudden, Joanne and Heasu were holding Justin down on the couch while Lan put it on him. And the sad part was that after she was done, he actually looked semi-decent. Lan and Joanne were cooing all over him, telling him that he was pretty and that he needed to come to school like that. All of this I got on video. Honestly, I think he enjoyed the attention. When he has his own son, he's going to tell him, "When I was your age, I was already being invited to senior girl's birthday parties! What are you doing still hanging around with eighth grade girls?" Oh, Justin. You star, you.

Then Jessica and Justin went home, and slowly the number dwindled down. Lan and I uploaded my pictures on Facebook and had fun tagging and writing descriptions. I politely declined to upload any pictures or video of Justin in his eyeliner, so please don't ask. I'm trying to preserve what little dignity he has left. See, I can be a good person.

Essentially, it was a hectic but gratifying day.

I just can't pet Andrew's hair anymore. Oh well.