Mean people keeping me from horse racing

[Merlinsky]

Okay I need sympathy. I'm with a group of folks travelling to Vietnam and Hong Kong for business meetings and tours and stuff. My roommate is a friend of mine who frankly is being a bum but nevermind that. I can understand jet lag, just get off your duff for the few nights we're here cuz we paid a lot.

Anyway, we're in Hong Kong now, I saw the bloody racetrack from afar, and of course the roommate's barely interested in the track but the real kicker is this other woman who is just PETA enough to get mad about using animals for entertainment. She got upset and refused to ride a cart behind some donkeys in Vietnam too. Didn't lecture anyone, just didn't ride the cart and walked instead. Now I can't get her to come to the track and if she doesn't go, my roommate doesn't want to go, ergo I don't go. Foreign country I just got into a few hours ago and only just now am free to go where I want to--I can't justify going out by myself. I also don't like missing out on the stuff they have planned otherwise.

I am listening to the race audio on my computer now while I wait for them to change. I need a hug. This blows.