Thursday, November 23, 2006

One Word

You can only type one word. No explanations.

· Yourself: Fabulous
· Your partner: God
· Your hair: OK
· Your Mother: hardworking
· Your Father: ma-chika
· Your Favorite Item: pen
· Your dream last night: forgettable
· Your Favorite Drink: beer
· Your Dream Car: Jaguar
· Your Dream Home: roomy
· The Room You Are In: bedroom
· Your Ex: constrained
· Your fear: men
· Where you Want to be in Ten Years: heaven
· Who you hung out with last night: Larry
· What You're Not: machine
· Muffins: banana
· One of Your Wish List Items: freedom
· Time: prayer
· The Last Thing You Did: puffed
· What You Are Wearing: nighties
· Your favorite weather: cool
· Your Favorite Book: Bible
· Last thing you ate: binagoongan
· Your Life: abundant
· Your mood: sleepy
· Your Best Friends: awesome
· What are you thinking about right now: tomorrow
· Your car: wrecked
· What are you doing at the moment: chilling
· Your summer: crazy
· Relationship status: solo
· What is on your tv: nothing
· What is the weather like: cool
· When is the last time you laughed: today

Monday, November 20, 2006

Key West

Florida, driving down the Keys, May 2007, with my dearest R and co. I'm there! :-)

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Bold the stuff you've done Meme

(Italics are stuff I want to do)

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins

03. Climbed a mountain
(The highest one on the island. Hey, if you're going to climb one anyway, go for the grandmomma of 'em all. *I'll show you!* Killed two toenails in the process)
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid

06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said "I love you" and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
(I love Paris in the springtime...)
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea - from the shore (Awesome!)
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
(Too many times for comfort)
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
(UP v. FEU, UAAP 1987, wahoo!!)
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg

19. Slept under the stars (One time, in a basketball court beside a dog. Don't ask.)
20. Changed a baby's diaper

21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity

25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight

28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger ("Stranger" is a relative term, mwaha)
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment (Lately the moment's been going on for months!)
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk (No comment...)
42. Had amazing friends (See above. And I love them all!)
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country

44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip

48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland

52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan (Does the airport count?)
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero (Sometimes I still pretend)
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving

62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain

65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business

68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites

70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie (Don't ask)
74. Crashed a party

75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an "expert" (Haaay...more than a few times: as a legal expert, among other things, and a jologs expert!!)
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage

85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
(Ooops, sorry. Cannibalism.)
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone (Does Metro Manila count?)
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently well enough to have a decent conversation

95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
(eek - big Mulatto ex-groupie here)
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over (But didn't stay!)
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication

106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback

108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone's heart

111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse

119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents

125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school

131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad (parts of it)
135. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read

136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair

147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident

New York State of Mind

It's autumn in New York, and I think I need a fix.

Some folks like to get away
Take a holiday, from the neighborhood
Hop a flight to Miami Beach, or to Hollywood
But I'm taking a Greyhound, down the Hudson River line
I'm in a New York state of mind

I seen all the movie stars in their fancy cars and their limousines,
Been high in the Rockies under the evergreens,
But I know what I'm needing and I don't want to waste more time-
I'm in a New York state of mind.

It was so easy living day by day
Out of touch with the rhythm and the blues,
But now I need a little give and take,
The New York Times, the Daily News...

It comes down to reality, and its fine with me 'cause I've let it slide,
Don't care if it's Chinatown or on Riverside
I don't have any reasons, I've left them all behind-
I'm in a New York state of mind.


- New York State of Mind, Billy Joel (1976)