okay so i need patience, patience and patience.
this beautiful morning started off well. i've gotten as much of sleep as i possibly could (7 hours) - given my late night last night - and everything was going smoothly. i was listening to my radio (only because my roomie was up & about) and i had gone into my room for about 20 seconds to get something. next thing i know, radio is silent and my roomie's room is blaring out horribly loud rock music.
those of you who know me...i love ROCK, rock rock. but what is this all about? didn't say anything about "oh your radio is too loud" - but just TURNED IT OFF??
so since my last post, more things have been going on re: roomie: she stopped taking mail out of the mailbox - that is, she only takes out her portion. she of course never did any dishes of mine, including maybe ONE cup or ONE spoon that's in the sink. no, she washes all her stuff and sees one item of mine, and then voila, leaves IT there. i used to shrug it off, but now, i return the favor to her.
ARGH!
i need LOTS AND LOTS of patience.
Note: i ask her "why did you turn off my radio?" because she was obviously blasting the music to ignore me.
4.5 more months...counting...
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Wednesday, September 27th The 270th day of 2006. There are 95 days left in the year.Go to a previous date.
On this date in:
1779
John Adams was named to negotiate the Revolutionary War's peace terms with Britain.
1825
The first locomotive to haul a passenger train was operated by George Stephenson in England.
1928
The United States said it was recognizing the Nationalist Chinese government.
1939
Warsaw, Poland, surrendered after weeks of resistance to invading forces from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II.
1942
Glenn Miller and his Orchestra performed together for the last time, at the Central Theater in Passaic, N.J., prior to Miller's entry into the Army.
1954
''Tonight!'' hosted by Steve Allen, made its debut on NBC-TV.
1959
A typhoon battered the main Japanese island of Honshu, killing nearly 5,000 people.
1990
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Supreme Court nomination of David H. Souter.
1991
The Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked, 7-7, on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.
1994
More than 350 Republican congressional candidates signed the ''Contract with America,'' a 10-point platform they pledged to enact if voters sent a GOP majority to the U.S. House.
1995
The government unveiled its redesigned $100 bill.
1996
The Taliban, a band of former seminary students, drove the government of Afghani President Burhanuddin Rabbani out of Kabul, captured the capital and executed former leader Najibullah.
1998
Social Democrat Gerhard Schroeder was elected chancellor of Germany, ending 16 years of conservative rule.
1998
Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hit his record-setting 69th and 70th home runs during the last game of the season.
1999
Tiger Stadium closed after 87 years as home of baseball's Detroit Tigers.
2001
An armed man went on a shooting rampage in the local parliament in Zug, Switzerland, killing 14 people before taking his own life.
2001
President George W. Bush announced plans to bolster airline security in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks.
2004
NBC announced that ''Tonight Show'' host Jay Leno would be succeeded by ''Late Night'' host Conan O'Brien in 2009.
2005
Army reservist Lynndie England was sentenced to three years behind bars for her role in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.
Current Birthdays
Gwyneth Paltrow turns 34 years old today.
87
Charles Percy Former U.S. senator, R-Ill.
86
Jayne Meadows Actress
84
Arthur Penn Movie director
77
Sada Thompson Actress
73
Kathleen Nolan Actress
72
Wilford Brimley Actor
72
Claude Jarman Jr. Actor
70
Don Cornelius Producer (''Soul Train'')
63
Randy Bachman Rock singer, musician (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
59
Liz Torres Actress (''Gilmore Girls'')
58
A Martinez Actor
57
Mike Schmidt Baseball hall-of-famer
56
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagaw Actor
59
Meat Loaf Rock singer
53
Greg HamR ock musician (Men at Work)
48
Shaun Cassidy Singer
42
Stephan Jenkins Rock singer (Third Eye Blind)
38
Patrick Muldoon Actor
36
Mark Calderon Singer (Color Me Badd)
35
Amanda Detmer Actress
33
Clara Park SeaPea
29
Patrick Bourque Country musician (Emerson Drive)
28
Brad Arnold Rock singer (3 Doors Down)
22
Avril Lavigne Rock singer
Samuel Adams 9/27/1722 - 10/2/1803 American revolutionary leader
On this date in:
1779
John Adams was named to negotiate the Revolutionary War's peace terms with Britain.
1825
The first locomotive to haul a passenger train was operated by George Stephenson in England.
1928
The United States said it was recognizing the Nationalist Chinese government.
1939
Warsaw, Poland, surrendered after weeks of resistance to invading forces from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II.
1942
Glenn Miller and his Orchestra performed together for the last time, at the Central Theater in Passaic, N.J., prior to Miller's entry into the Army.
1954
''Tonight!'' hosted by Steve Allen, made its debut on NBC-TV.
1959
A typhoon battered the main Japanese island of Honshu, killing nearly 5,000 people.
1990
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Supreme Court nomination of David H. Souter.
1991
The Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked, 7-7, on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.
1994
More than 350 Republican congressional candidates signed the ''Contract with America,'' a 10-point platform they pledged to enact if voters sent a GOP majority to the U.S. House.
1995
The government unveiled its redesigned $100 bill.
1996
The Taliban, a band of former seminary students, drove the government of Afghani President Burhanuddin Rabbani out of Kabul, captured the capital and executed former leader Najibullah.
1998
Social Democrat Gerhard Schroeder was elected chancellor of Germany, ending 16 years of conservative rule.
1998
Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hit his record-setting 69th and 70th home runs during the last game of the season.
1999
Tiger Stadium closed after 87 years as home of baseball's Detroit Tigers.
2001
An armed man went on a shooting rampage in the local parliament in Zug, Switzerland, killing 14 people before taking his own life.
2001
President George W. Bush announced plans to bolster airline security in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks.
2004
NBC announced that ''Tonight Show'' host Jay Leno would be succeeded by ''Late Night'' host Conan O'Brien in 2009.
2005
Army reservist Lynndie England was sentenced to three years behind bars for her role in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.
Current Birthdays
Gwyneth Paltrow turns 34 years old today.
87
Charles Percy Former U.S. senator, R-Ill.
86
Jayne Meadows Actress
84
Arthur Penn Movie director
77
Sada Thompson Actress
73
Kathleen Nolan Actress
72
Wilford Brimley Actor
72
Claude Jarman Jr. Actor
70
Don Cornelius Producer (''Soul Train'')
63
Randy Bachman Rock singer, musician (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
59
Liz Torres Actress (''Gilmore Girls'')
58
A Martinez Actor
57
Mike Schmidt Baseball hall-of-famer
56
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagaw Actor
59
Meat Loaf Rock singer
53
Greg HamR ock musician (Men at Work)
48
Shaun Cassidy Singer
42
Stephan Jenkins Rock singer (Third Eye Blind)
38
Patrick Muldoon Actor
36
Mark Calderon Singer (Color Me Badd)
35
Amanda Detmer Actress
33
Clara Park SeaPea
29
Patrick Bourque Country musician (Emerson Drive)
28
Brad Arnold Rock singer (3 Doors Down)
22
Avril Lavigne Rock singer
Samuel Adams 9/27/1722 - 10/2/1803 American revolutionary leader
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
so, in response (not that it's required) to EE CUMMINGS, here's my fav poem by the grisly Mr. Poe:
We only part to meet again
Tho mighty boundless waves may sever
Remembrance oft shall bring thee near
And I will with thee go forever
And oft at mignight's silent hour
When brilliant planets shall guide the ocean
Thy name shall rise to heaven's highest star
And mingle with my soul's devotion
We only part to meet again
Tho mighty boundless waves may sever
Remembrance oft shall bring thee near
And I will with thee go forever
And oft at mignight's silent hour
When brilliant planets shall guide the ocean
Thy name shall rise to heaven's highest star
And mingle with my soul's devotion
Monday, September 25, 2006
From DaySpring cards...
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever. ISAIAH 40:8 NIV
How important is it to write out our thoughts and feelings? I'm so glad God decided to put His thoughts and feelings into the written word! I love to know that He thinks about us constantly and carries us in the palm of His hand. I'm thrilled to learn about His character and read about the experiences others have had in His presence. Words have power--and we have the privilege of preserving them in our journals every day.
When we take time to record memories, journal our prayers, and write down our thoughts, we truly give ourselves a gift to be opened over and over again. We can recall times of laughter, be encouraged by God's faithfulness in difficult situations, and feel a sense of comfort by expressing and managing the emotions He's given to us. It feels good to revisit the joys and even the struggles in our lives, because God is working in us and building our trust through every circumstance. We never outgrow His gentle and wise instruction. We never graduate from the learning process.
As another school year begins, we might all use it as a little nudge to begin an "essay" on the days God gives us on earth. No due dates, no grading scales, simply an opportunity to appreciate the gift of the written word--and a chance to allow God to encourage our hearts and remind us of His unconditional love and continued faithfulness. Our journals can become one of our favorite reads...and perhaps one of our greatest teachers.
Bonnie Jensen
Senior Writer - DaySpring Cards
so that's what i'm doing here! well! ha haaaaaaa
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever. ISAIAH 40:8 NIV
How important is it to write out our thoughts and feelings? I'm so glad God decided to put His thoughts and feelings into the written word! I love to know that He thinks about us constantly and carries us in the palm of His hand. I'm thrilled to learn about His character and read about the experiences others have had in His presence. Words have power--and we have the privilege of preserving them in our journals every day.
When we take time to record memories, journal our prayers, and write down our thoughts, we truly give ourselves a gift to be opened over and over again. We can recall times of laughter, be encouraged by God's faithfulness in difficult situations, and feel a sense of comfort by expressing and managing the emotions He's given to us. It feels good to revisit the joys and even the struggles in our lives, because God is working in us and building our trust through every circumstance. We never outgrow His gentle and wise instruction. We never graduate from the learning process.
As another school year begins, we might all use it as a little nudge to begin an "essay" on the days God gives us on earth. No due dates, no grading scales, simply an opportunity to appreciate the gift of the written word--and a chance to allow God to encourage our hearts and remind us of His unconditional love and continued faithfulness. Our journals can become one of our favorite reads...and perhaps one of our greatest teachers.
Bonnie Jensen
Senior Writer - DaySpring Cards
so that's what i'm doing here! well! ha haaaaaaa
Friday, September 22, 2006
this is REALLY frightening. while i understand the need to educate the little ones, i think this is too much. this is why the word "evangelical christians" scare people!!!! when you tell people that you're christian, this is what they think of. ugh.
September 22, 2006
MOVIE REVIEW | 'JESUS CAMP'
Children’s Boot Camp for the Culture Wars
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
“Extreme liberals who look at this should be quaking in their boots,” declares Pastor Becky Fischer with jovial satisfaction in the riveting documentary “Jesus Camp.” Ms. Fischer, an evangelical Christian, helps run Kids on Fire, a summer camp in Devils Lake, N.D., that grooms children to be soldiers in “God’s army.”
A mountainous woman of indefatigable good cheer, Ms. Fischer makes no bones about her expectation that the growing evangelical movement in the United States will one day end the constitutional ban separating church and state. And as the movie explores her highly effective methods of mobilizing God’s army, that expectation seems reasonable.
Ms. Fischer understands full well that the indoctrination of children when they are most impressionable (under 13 and preferably between 7 and 9) with evangelical dogma is the key to the movement’s future growth, and she compares Kids on Fire to militant Palestinian training camps in the Middle East that instill an aggressive Islamist fundamentalism. The term war, as in culture war, is repeatedly invoked to describe the fighting spirit of a movement already embraced by 30 million Americans, mostly in the heartland.
At Kids on Fire we see children in camouflage and face paint practicing war dances with wooden swords and making straight-armed salutes to a soundtrack of Christian heavy metal. We see them weeping and speaking in tongues as they are seized by the Holy Spirit. And we see them in Washington at an anti-abortion demonstration.
Filmed during the Senate confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., the movie visits a church at which the congregation prays in front of a life-size cardboard cutout of President Bush. Justice Alito’s eventual approval is hailed as another step forward in the movement’s eventual goal of outlawing abortion, the No. 1 issue on its agenda.
“Jesus Camp” is the second film by the documentary team of Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady to explore the molding of young minds. The first, “The Boys of Baraka,” followed a group of “at-risk” African-American boys from a decaying Baltimore middle school to an austere wilderness school in rural Kenya. Removed from a toxic urban environment, they flourish, until tribal conflict in the region forces the school to suspend operation.
The majority of the children in “Jesus Camp” are home-schooled by evangelical parents who teach them creationism and dismiss science. Handsome 12-year-old Levi, who wears his hair in a mullet, is being groomed as a future evangelical preacher. Already exuding star quality, he strides through a group of children, waving his arms and mouthing dogma about how his generation is so important.
Pretty 10-year-old Tory speaks earnestly of dancing “for God” and not “for the flesh.” Nine-year-old Rachael is already an evangelical recruiter who fearlessly approaches adult strangers.
Ms. Fischer speaks of “dead churches” (traditional Protestant churches in which the congregations sit passively and listen to a sermon) and declares these are places that Jesus doesn’t visit. In evangelical churches where people jump, shout, weep and speak in tongues, she contends, the spirit is present.
The great unanswered question is what will happen to these poised, attractive children when their hormones kick in and they venture beyond their sheltered home and church environments.
“Jesus Camp” includes one articulate and alarmed dissenting voice: Mike Papantonio, a talk show personality for Air America. A self-professed Christian of the dead church variety, he engages in a pointed but friendly debate with Ms. Fischer when she calls in to his show. But the only moment of real tension occurs during a side trip to a megachurch in Colorado Springs where the preacher Ted Haggard, president of the National Association of Evangelicals (and a Bush friend), turns to address the camera in a tone of suspicion and hostility. It is the movie’s only glimpse of the evangelical movement’s ugly, vindictive side.
“Jesus Camp” doesn’t pretend to be a comprehensive survey of the charismatic-evangelical phenomenon. It offers no history or sociology and only scattered statistics about its growth. It analyzes the political agenda only glancingly, centering on abortion but not on homosexuality or other items. Because it focuses on the education of children, Ms. Fischer speaks of the evils of Harry Potter. But there is no analysis of Biblical teaching nor mention of “end times” or the rapture.
Who would deny that the movement’s surging vitality is partly a response to the steady coarsening of mass culture, in which the dominant values are commercial and the worldview is Darwinian in its amorality? Spread globally by television, the least-common-denominator brand of “secular humanism” — the evangelicals’ perceived enemy — is indeed repugnant.
It wasn’t so long ago that another puritanical youth army, Mao Zedong’s Red Guards, turned the world’s most populous country inside out. Nowadays the possibility of a right-wing Christian American version of what happened in China no longer seems entirely far-fetched.
“Jesus Camp” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). Its frank discussion of politics and religion could upset.
September 22, 2006
MOVIE REVIEW | 'JESUS CAMP'
Children’s Boot Camp for the Culture Wars
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
“Extreme liberals who look at this should be quaking in their boots,” declares Pastor Becky Fischer with jovial satisfaction in the riveting documentary “Jesus Camp.” Ms. Fischer, an evangelical Christian, helps run Kids on Fire, a summer camp in Devils Lake, N.D., that grooms children to be soldiers in “God’s army.”
A mountainous woman of indefatigable good cheer, Ms. Fischer makes no bones about her expectation that the growing evangelical movement in the United States will one day end the constitutional ban separating church and state. And as the movie explores her highly effective methods of mobilizing God’s army, that expectation seems reasonable.
Ms. Fischer understands full well that the indoctrination of children when they are most impressionable (under 13 and preferably between 7 and 9) with evangelical dogma is the key to the movement’s future growth, and she compares Kids on Fire to militant Palestinian training camps in the Middle East that instill an aggressive Islamist fundamentalism. The term war, as in culture war, is repeatedly invoked to describe the fighting spirit of a movement already embraced by 30 million Americans, mostly in the heartland.
At Kids on Fire we see children in camouflage and face paint practicing war dances with wooden swords and making straight-armed salutes to a soundtrack of Christian heavy metal. We see them weeping and speaking in tongues as they are seized by the Holy Spirit. And we see them in Washington at an anti-abortion demonstration.
Filmed during the Senate confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., the movie visits a church at which the congregation prays in front of a life-size cardboard cutout of President Bush. Justice Alito’s eventual approval is hailed as another step forward in the movement’s eventual goal of outlawing abortion, the No. 1 issue on its agenda.
“Jesus Camp” is the second film by the documentary team of Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady to explore the molding of young minds. The first, “The Boys of Baraka,” followed a group of “at-risk” African-American boys from a decaying Baltimore middle school to an austere wilderness school in rural Kenya. Removed from a toxic urban environment, they flourish, until tribal conflict in the region forces the school to suspend operation.
The majority of the children in “Jesus Camp” are home-schooled by evangelical parents who teach them creationism and dismiss science. Handsome 12-year-old Levi, who wears his hair in a mullet, is being groomed as a future evangelical preacher. Already exuding star quality, he strides through a group of children, waving his arms and mouthing dogma about how his generation is so important.
Pretty 10-year-old Tory speaks earnestly of dancing “for God” and not “for the flesh.” Nine-year-old Rachael is already an evangelical recruiter who fearlessly approaches adult strangers.
Ms. Fischer speaks of “dead churches” (traditional Protestant churches in which the congregations sit passively and listen to a sermon) and declares these are places that Jesus doesn’t visit. In evangelical churches where people jump, shout, weep and speak in tongues, she contends, the spirit is present.
The great unanswered question is what will happen to these poised, attractive children when their hormones kick in and they venture beyond their sheltered home and church environments.
“Jesus Camp” includes one articulate and alarmed dissenting voice: Mike Papantonio, a talk show personality for Air America. A self-professed Christian of the dead church variety, he engages in a pointed but friendly debate with Ms. Fischer when she calls in to his show. But the only moment of real tension occurs during a side trip to a megachurch in Colorado Springs where the preacher Ted Haggard, president of the National Association of Evangelicals (and a Bush friend), turns to address the camera in a tone of suspicion and hostility. It is the movie’s only glimpse of the evangelical movement’s ugly, vindictive side.
“Jesus Camp” doesn’t pretend to be a comprehensive survey of the charismatic-evangelical phenomenon. It offers no history or sociology and only scattered statistics about its growth. It analyzes the political agenda only glancingly, centering on abortion but not on homosexuality or other items. Because it focuses on the education of children, Ms. Fischer speaks of the evils of Harry Potter. But there is no analysis of Biblical teaching nor mention of “end times” or the rapture.
Who would deny that the movement’s surging vitality is partly a response to the steady coarsening of mass culture, in which the dominant values are commercial and the worldview is Darwinian in its amorality? Spread globally by television, the least-common-denominator brand of “secular humanism” — the evangelicals’ perceived enemy — is indeed repugnant.
It wasn’t so long ago that another puritanical youth army, Mao Zedong’s Red Guards, turned the world’s most populous country inside out. Nowadays the possibility of a right-wing Christian American version of what happened in China no longer seems entirely far-fetched.
“Jesus Camp” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). Its frank discussion of politics and religion could upset.
Thursday, September 21, 2006
went to bed late, reading this catalogue. i handled it with extra care too so that i wouldn't smudge a page. i can't wait to go see it in person. some lucky person will accompany me to the viewing! (since i got 2 tix for getting the complete set of the catalogues.)
that was actually a good ending to a pretty weird/bad night. once i came home, i wanted to discuss cleaning schedule with my now-been-here-for-one-month roommate. she is particularly OCD, so i wanted to sort it out.
well, turns out she's very proprietary, if i may say so. she doesn't want to clean - even though it's still part of the living room - anywhere near the TV, because "i only watch TV and have nothing to do with the console itself." i was truly dumbfounded. she doesn't want to dust the areas that surrounds the tv, because the tv stand has MY PERSONAL stuff, like LOTR dvd sets, etc. she said "why should i clean that part because i have nothing to do with it?"
is this logical? or just plain CRAZY? (i think latter.)
if it was a completely different section that was near my own room and indeed she didn't go near it, then i would accept this. but the tv console itself? and we're not talking about scrubbing it - just dusting!
speaking of dusting, she then went on to say that in order to maintain dust-free household, one must REMOVE every single book from the bookcase area and then clean the shelves and then dust the each book. and since i did NOT have a bookcase for these books in the living room (they're piled on top of each other on open shelves), she suggested that i buy a bookcase.
after digesting this strange demand/info, i told her that a) nobody in manhattan does that, unless they have a maid and b) i am not about to do that. so if she feels the dire need for her dust-free living, she is welcome to do that, because i won't.
then she went on to the same argument about: "but why should i touch it when i don't go near the shelves?" (again, located above the tv)
i told her: i think you should live by yourself.
in the end, i TOLD her not to do ANYTHING for that areas she doesn't grace with her presence (no i didn't say this to her), but that she has to compromise by a) cleaning just the section she wants to clean and b) then she has no saying in whether i dust each book or not, since she has "nothing" to do with that area.
she reluctantly agreed. i think she's going to move out after 5 more months (i have a contract with her saying she has to live here at least 6 months - for my cash-flow purpose).
i was seriously speechless after that last night. and i'm almost never speechless!
that was actually a good ending to a pretty weird/bad night. once i came home, i wanted to discuss cleaning schedule with my now-been-here-for-one-month roommate. she is particularly OCD, so i wanted to sort it out.
well, turns out she's very proprietary, if i may say so. she doesn't want to clean - even though it's still part of the living room - anywhere near the TV, because "i only watch TV and have nothing to do with the console itself." i was truly dumbfounded. she doesn't want to dust the areas that surrounds the tv, because the tv stand has MY PERSONAL stuff, like LOTR dvd sets, etc. she said "why should i clean that part because i have nothing to do with it?"
is this logical? or just plain CRAZY? (i think latter.)
if it was a completely different section that was near my own room and indeed she didn't go near it, then i would accept this. but the tv console itself? and we're not talking about scrubbing it - just dusting!
speaking of dusting, she then went on to say that in order to maintain dust-free household, one must REMOVE every single book from the bookcase area and then clean the shelves and then dust the each book. and since i did NOT have a bookcase for these books in the living room (they're piled on top of each other on open shelves), she suggested that i buy a bookcase.
after digesting this strange demand/info, i told her that a) nobody in manhattan does that, unless they have a maid and b) i am not about to do that. so if she feels the dire need for her dust-free living, she is welcome to do that, because i won't.
then she went on to the same argument about: "but why should i touch it when i don't go near the shelves?" (again, located above the tv)
i told her: i think you should live by yourself.
in the end, i TOLD her not to do ANYTHING for that areas she doesn't grace with her presence (no i didn't say this to her), but that she has to compromise by a) cleaning just the section she wants to clean and b) then she has no saying in whether i dust each book or not, since she has "nothing" to do with that area.
she reluctantly agreed. i think she's going to move out after 5 more months (i have a contract with her saying she has to live here at least 6 months - for my cash-flow purpose).
i was seriously speechless after that last night. and i'm almost never speechless!
Monday, September 18, 2006
does one right to judge an on-line person/personality? my dilemma is that lots of these eharmony people...they have so many spelling mistakes in their profiles. to me, that's just a big faux pas. i mean, c'mon, you're paying for this service, you're trying to meet people. it's like going on a date with your wrinkled shirt. does that make sense?
or am i super picky and supppppppppppper difficult?!?!
sigh this is such a tedious process.
or am i super picky and supppppppppppper difficult?!?!
sigh this is such a tedious process.
Sunday, September 17, 2006
saw the super returns at the imax (3D!) tonight. it was very good! and it was full of...everything: numerology, mysticism, but overall, a very "christian" kinda movie - which really surprised me. all that father-son, sacrifice-death-rebirth, etc...wow, how crazy. superman...CHRIST?? i don't know whether to be happy that they're making hollywood movies into...some kinda religious marketing tool or to be mad that a SUPER-pretty-friggin-american-MAN is suppose to be our Christ. hmmmmm...
Friday, September 15, 2006
i love how everything's like a big tent in the fashion now. i love all the tunic stuff, long & covering everything except your legs. yayyy someone is looking kindly at me!
that brings me to the SKINNY PANTS of the moment: just to see what i'd look like, i tried one @ the gap. WOW, i never felt so bad about my body. i was like, wow, i could possibly crack the mirror in the dressing room. that was about a week ago.
last night, on my way to teach, i stopped by H & M and i saw more skinnies (i mean, both shoppers & merchandizes). then i saw these tuxedo-looking coolio pants. granted it was a bit expensive ($39.90), but i decided what the heck, let's see. well, VOILA! it fit like glove - like MAGIC! and i look...SKINNY! (therefore...the name, i gather) wow, that was really cool.
i know that was random - but i thought i'd share that with y'all. HAHAAAAAAAA
Thursday, September 14, 2006
okay, so i've really delayed it...but i really need to do ebaying again. i've found so many little knicknacks, it's time that they GO and earn me some pretty cents or two! some of you know that i've become a Thousander (meaning, i've actually earned past 1K with selling my old crap on ebay). it's time to go back & sell off... you know what this means...that means i keep accumulating. TERRIBLE I KNOW! argh...
Monday, September 11, 2006
today is the 5 year anniversary of 9/11. my waking up in the morning, getting ready for work, taking the train in to work, walking to work, sitting here at work...all quite ordinary...just like that morning before all the chaos started.
i really thought we'd go to war or something: yes, we're in the middle of the war OUT THERE, but i meant war back here, in the american soils. i thought it'd never be the same again. i thought i'd have to go back to canada.
but it is the same again.
people stopped being helpful, being nice, and just back to basics. and i am too - back to where i was, on September 10th, 2001 and before: greedy, jealous, full of sin. you'd think this would be a wake-up call but most of us are back to "normal."
god, i feel so sad.
i really thought we'd go to war or something: yes, we're in the middle of the war OUT THERE, but i meant war back here, in the american soils. i thought it'd never be the same again. i thought i'd have to go back to canada.
but it is the same again.
people stopped being helpful, being nice, and just back to basics. and i am too - back to where i was, on September 10th, 2001 and before: greedy, jealous, full of sin. you'd think this would be a wake-up call but most of us are back to "normal."
god, i feel so sad.
Saturday, September 09, 2006
today was my friend g's b-day. it was fun to go up to the New York Botanical Garden. i've never been there and it was just stunning, not because how vast & gorgeous it was but specifically because of the Chihuly exhibition. it was really really special. if you live in ny, please go & see it before oct.29!!!!
Thursday, September 07, 2006
so get this. i dreamt something funny last night.
last night, i was for some reason a pianist for the Miro Quartet and the request was really out of blue. while i don't know them personally, i know of them of course. i was all nervous and they were quite demanding that i play this and that with them for their upcoming tour. what the heck!
anyway, i was skipping work to find practicing time and for some reason i could only find available pianos @ columbia. so i was taking the 6 train up from work during lunch, then cabbing to columbia. in one of the cabs, the dude was so nice, talking to me about life, and etc and i was SO ANXIOUS, like "please just SHUT UP and get me there!!!"
i get to the practice rooms @ columbia (which i honestly don't know if they have those or not), and all the pianos are occupied. i'm freaking out about missing work, and not being able to practice on top of that. then i find a piano w/o the top. the entire piano top is missing (the lid, etc.) and you can see it wide open and can see some strings are missing. i can't complain so i just start practicing scales, really worried about time being wasted. then i play some keys which produced a funny clunky sound, like i had my hand on the string itself (muted). i looked into the piano and OMG, there was this dirty beigy cat inside the piano! i was like, WHAT THE. then, i tried to get the cat out, because obviously it was making itself a home inside. so i kept playing those strings/keys, to get the cat out and finally it did, meowing. it was such a dirty but a cute cat. not a cat i've ever seen in real life. anyway, it was jumping around whenever i played the piano, instead of just coming out of the piano shell. so i kept playing keys that'd be under the cat's paws (NOTE: in real life, i have NO IDEA if this would even be realistic). anyway, finally the cat jumps up to the edge of the keyboard top (so the cat's at the eye level with me) and i notice again how dirty it is, yet so cute. and the cat meows for me to pet her, so which i do. cat is in heaven when i'm petting! and in the back of my mind, i kept worrying "oh jeez. this cat is so pretty but i have to practice!"
what is this dream about? worrying?? piano?? cat? what the heck!
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
dreams are funny things. you get all wrapped up in it until your alarm clock goes off. sometimes i wish i could live in my dreams. sometimes i wish i never have to sleep because i'm scared to dream.
i just remembered that when i was in the lovely city (NOT!) of houston, i dreamt that i encountered the Evil One. it was eating snakes & worms, all bloody and wanted me to eat them too. i woke up so scared but i didn't want to say anything to my atheistic brother's household.
but then last night in my lofty bed (it really is lofty - it's a loft bed), i dreamt that i was traveling and the feeling was so filled with fun & adventure. i wish i could've slept on!
i just remembered that when i was in the lovely city (NOT!) of houston, i dreamt that i encountered the Evil One. it was eating snakes & worms, all bloody and wanted me to eat them too. i woke up so scared but i didn't want to say anything to my atheistic brother's household.
but then last night in my lofty bed (it really is lofty - it's a loft bed), i dreamt that i was traveling and the feeling was so filled with fun & adventure. i wish i could've slept on!
Saturday, September 02, 2006
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