Daily Archives: February 16, 2003

Oh yeah, there was a

Oh yeah, there was a small earthquake in Pacificatonight.
I have some kind of lump on my forehead, I’m actually kind a worried about it.
And I keep forgetting to turn off the Web Cam Off caption when I turn the web cam back on. Duh…
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Sir, just step away from the television…

Simpson’s episodes were good. I’ve read and talked to people who think that the show has gone downhill, but I still get laughs from it. Also watched the Married With Children reunion special. It was nice, except that I wished that they spent a little time with Marcie, Steve , and Jefferson.
Tomorrow is the Joe Millionairefinale. I cannot wait. It had better be good, esp. after the crap that they pulled last week. Still kinda pissed of about that. And then they have a new show called Married By America coming up. And also the Michael Jackson Interview. **sigh** I have been sucked up by T. V. Bad Joe, Bad Joe. O. K. After Joe Millionaire, I am going cold turkey….except for Buffy The Vampire Slayer. O. K. This season is really not that good, but I have to see it through. Other than that, cold turkey.
Just finish talking to Barry; him and Kurt are hooking up online to play Mechwarrior 4. Wish I could get a copy and join them. Maybe I hint to Eric to get it for me for my birthday in a couple of months. Speaking of, I need to call the family this week to see how everybody is doing.
What else? The pictures from the Chinese New Year Parade are up. Has I suspected, most of the pictures came out dark, even though I bumped up the exposure time.
The Golden Dragon
The rest are at my Yahoo! Photo Album.
So Tomorrow I have the day off. I need to clean the kitchen in the morning since I kinda slacked off on it (Spent most of the day reading Anne Rice’s Blackwood Farm and Merrick. I need to get The Witching Hour and Lasherto refresh my memory on the whole witch thing. And also, Aprilis coming into the city and she is taking me out for lunch and Krispy Kreme. **drool** Mmmmmm; Krispy Kreme.
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I got this from a

I got this from a Nikead in Rolling Stone ages ago
Falling In Love In 6 Acts…
A passion play (Or what happens when you fall down that long well of passion over a person, a place, a sport, a game, a belief, and your heart goes boom and your mind leaves town.)

Act 1: Lust (I think I love you. Who are you anyway?)
Here it is, the big “Wow,” the big “Gee,” the big “YesYesYes” you’ve been waiting for. This is where you find something or someone and believe they are better, greater, cuter, wiser, more wonderful than anything you have ever known. Lust isn’t a sin, it’s a necessity, for with lust as our guide we imagine our bodies moving the way our bodies were meant to move: we can do marathons with our feet, lift pounds with our arms, have stars in our eyes and do a nifty tango. And you think:I have no need of food, I have no need of sleep, I have no needs other than occasionally chewing a breath mint. You are the best thing that’s ever happened to me, probably because you haven’t happened to me yet. Now I can pass into the next Act, so poetically called:
Act 2: Euphoria (Or: Oh Yippee, you’re mine.)
You feel funny inside. You feel funny outside. You feel you could do anything and no one would dare laugh at you. This love, you will treasure. You will not put it in the basement next to your rowing machine, treadmill, and thermal body sweat wrap. And you will not take this love for granted, because that is the biggest sin of all. And you say: I feel so good, I feel so strong, I feel actually attractive and I could learn to live with that feeling. Oh let us sing and dance and eat brown mushy foods low in fat! Oh joy! Oh rapture! —– Oh but what if I’m no good at this? Oh I am no good at this. I am a dingy speck on the wall of humanity and look how badly painted that wall is! I am becoming very, very afraid. That must be because I’m passing into the Third Act, called:
Act 3: Fear (Also known as: Uh-oh.)
This is where the doubt begins, where the mind comes back from shopping, yells at the heart, binds and gags it to a nice lounge chair and allows guilt, failure, and remembrances of things past to sit in for a nice game of bridge. This is where you fear what you need most. If it’s a person you love, you fear appearing foolish in front of them. If it’s a sport, you fear being foolish in front of many, many people at the same time. And you begin to think: Oh no. What if I’m wrong? What if this stinks? What if my heart has blinders on, it’s had blinders on before, in fact it had dark heavy patches taped all over it. How can anyone love me if I don’t love myself? I mean, I love myself, there are just parts between the top of my head and the bottom of my feet that could use some improvement. I’m not demeaning myself, I have relatives who do that.
Act 4: Disgust (And the strange desire to eat everything in sight, hide in your room, and watch old Gidget movies with friends from high school.)
Now comes that unavoidable time when you say to anyone who will listen: what the heck am I doing, anyway? If it’s a person you love, first you hate only their foulest inadequacies, then you start hating their good points as well. If it’s running you love, you start to hate hills, sidewalks, and bad weather, and soon anything that slightly resembles a bump, concrete, or a small breeze. I can’t believe I ever said I felt this way, I must have been dreaming! Wait, THIS IS NO DREAM, THIS IS A FILM NOIR MOVIE, and one of those really dark ones, too. I mean, this is love? This is what they tell you about when you’re 11 and naive? Or 32 and more naive?
Act 5: The Truth (Love is hard work. And, sometimes, hard work can really hurt.)
Love is a game. If they didn’t tell you before, we will tell you now. Love is a game and if you play you either win, lose, or get ejected before the game is over. There are no ties. Maybe you’ll lose and learn some great meaningful answer from it all (like if it looks too good to be true, it is). It’s easy to love something when you don’t have to work at it. It’s harder when it asks something of you, you just might be afraid to give. GIVE IT ANYWAY. The heart is the most resilient muscle. It is also the stupidest. So if this love you’ve found is good to you, hold it, keep it, shout about it. If it isn’t, then maybe you should just become very good friends.
Act 6: The Finale (Also known as the big whopperdoodle, or, the most important part of this whole darn thing.)
So this is love, as demanding and nourishing and difficult as it can be, and as strong and wise as it makes you become. There is something to be gained from commitment. There are rewards for staying when you would rather leave. And there is something to be said for running up that hill when you would rather slide down it. And so you let love come perch upon your shoulder. And you do not turn it away. You do the tango.
Just do it.

On a completely side note, the new Nike Shox commercial(the one with the streaker at the soccer game) is even better when you hear it on the Spanish channel.
O. K., need to eat dinner, clean the kitchen, and watch The Simpsons 300th (or 302nd) episode.
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In The Year Of The Goat The Tiger Needs Moderation

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Astrologies for today

The Full Moon puts a spotlight on how you feel about your recent career choices and is a signal on sticking with the choices you have made this past week. A passionate encounter with a partner will be memorable.
You’re pushed to the edge. A fall might not hurt. At least you’ll end up elsewhere.
Rumors may be circulating today, which could cause a certain panic. So some of your friends and colleagues could be calling you at home to discuss the matter. However, dear Taurus, these rumors are probably based on little more than gossip, so don’t take them seriously. Someone whom you may or may not know could have an axe to grind and tend to blow things all out of proportion. Try not to engage in this gossip, stay calm, and let your callers know that for you the best strategy seems to be to wait for the situation to become clearer. That should get you through.
You could have a difficult time making your voice heard above the crowd today, Joseph. The energy of the day could stir up some egos. At home, your children could be competing for attention or voicing some strong opinions. It’s best to keep your own counsel today and to focus on doing your own thing. If you get caught up in other people’s dramas right now, it could drag you down and just drain your energy.
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Nightswimming

Was working on my site and I took a gander outside to see the moon shining down on me. Tried to take some pictures….








**sigh** These photos do due justice. I wish that I had a better camera. Oh well, I think that I’m going to turn off the computer and watch the moon and the clouds float by.
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