Wednesday, March 16, 2005
It's terribly brutal, I know.
To blog only once in a while.
And even then, today is only a short note to say, among other things, that I am not blogging very often.
Today, is my birthday.
I am 33 years old today.
Last year, I had a girlfriend who bought me a lovely necklace with my birthstone in a heart shape. There were balloons on the foot of the bed when I awoke, and we had a lovely evening that included much nekkid loving.
This year, same girlfriend, threw me a surprise birthday party (last Sat. night to accomodate the schedule)... I was teary when I saw my friends gathered around for my birthday and two of them had even seen me earlier in the day and managed to throw me off the scent so to speak. I got happy drunk, though I mixed my liquors and ended up sick later. Still, it was worth it.
Today, is my birthday.
I am the luckiest and happiest woman in the world.
To blog only once in a while.
And even then, today is only a short note to say, among other things, that I am not blogging very often.
Today, is my birthday.
I am 33 years old today.
Last year, I had a girlfriend who bought me a lovely necklace with my birthstone in a heart shape. There were balloons on the foot of the bed when I awoke, and we had a lovely evening that included much nekkid loving.
This year, same girlfriend, threw me a surprise birthday party (last Sat. night to accomodate the schedule)... I was teary when I saw my friends gathered around for my birthday and two of them had even seen me earlier in the day and managed to throw me off the scent so to speak. I got happy drunk, though I mixed my liquors and ended up sick later. Still, it was worth it.
Today, is my birthday.
I am the luckiest and happiest woman in the world.
Monday, January 10, 2005
1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
I acquired a mortgage on a home .... in orange county, california .... SCARY!!
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didn't make any, and I think that trend will continue
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
An old friend gave birth to a girl, and my real estate agent gave birth to a girl
4. Did anyone close to you die? Personally?
Someone close me, though not personally, the painter of my first two original pieces of art I bought lost his battle with cancer. Fucking cancer.
5. What countries did you visit?
Down Under, aka OZ, aka ... Australia. And I don't count the 1 hour stop in the New Zealand airport, that's not a proper visit.
6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004? I hate to say it, but more cash would be good, not that I lacked it or anything. Otherwise, all is well in the materials department.
7. What date(s) from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
26, December - and I was in Australia when it happened.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Finishing the 3rd year of law school and the 1st semester of 4th year -- only one semester to go!!!
9. What was your biggest failure? Not passing the MPRE ... twice. Oh well, 3rd time's the charm right??
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I had a frightful thrashing of my left leg sliding into 3rd base. It's left an even more frightful scar that I'm trying to rid myself of. No major illnesses in 2004 ... whooo hooo!!!
11. What was the best thing you bought? The trip to Australia
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My mother went back and forth, but I'll leave her on the celebratory side. She got some sense sort of knocked into her, though it was probably more of a slow infestation. When more of it arrives, she'll be able to meet the love of my life - VanillaBean.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Between Karl Rove and my dad, I think it's a tie. The former is a public figure whose behavior.. well... lets forget about him. My dad, on the other hand, revealed himself to be the saddest, most pathetic shell of a human being I've encountered in my entire 32 year life. Shell doesn't even describe it because at least a shell has some sort of fortitude and structure... some backbone and resilience to withstand varying forces. Dad? I've seen papier mache make better decisions during a windstorm.
14. Where did most of your money go?
I ask myself that every day.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
My Australia trip ... and VanillaBean finally moving in
16. What song will always remind you of 2004?
Clocks - by Apple's dad ... erm.. I mean, Coldplay
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Happier
ii. thinner or fatter? thinner
iii. richer or poorer? poorer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Creative writing
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Worrying about the future
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Spent it alone, on the beach in Australia.
22. Did you fall in love in 2004?
1 year anniversary of falling in love
23. How many one-night stands?
It was more than one night -- See #22
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Absolutely nothing captured me this year because I just didn't have the TV on enough
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Nope
26. What was the best book you read?
The Lovely Bones
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
My own interest in playing the piano again
28. What did you want and get?
My third year successfully completed
29. What did you want and not get?
Passing the MPRE
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Too many to name really, that's why no TV
"Maria Full of Grace"
"Motorcycle Diaries"
"Bad Education" ... yeah, there's a spanish language theme here...
"Osama"
Ok, I admit, I liked "13 going on 30", was that in 2004? and I liked "Mean Girls"
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
32 years old - VanillaBean and I had a quiet time together because it wasn't a convenient date for either of us.
32.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Passing the MPRE would've made this year a little less pressured, thus more satisfying.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
the "i'll keep things baggy until I lose the weight and get into my skinny clothes again"
34. What kept you sane?
Friends, Vanilla Bean, and the occasional chocolate turtle.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? The movie was terrible, but I really enjoyed Eric Bana in TROY ... I guess I fancied a noble heroic fictional character this year, seeing as how our real life leaders are less than noble and hardly heroic.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
The Presidential election
37. Who did you miss?
Candyboy - but I saw him for one glorious NYC walking day.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Two coworkers, I've nicknamed them Queen of All that She Surveys (aka, QASS) and the Pinko Liberal Oaf (PLO).
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004.
Taking a bit of the plunge with new things means there will be successes and failures - neither of which are permanent
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
"And everywhere we go, the sun will always shine, And tomorrow we might wake on the other side. " That skanky girl, whom I love anyway because she is so damned talented -- Christina Aguilera, 'beautiful'
I acquired a mortgage on a home .... in orange county, california .... SCARY!!
2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didn't make any, and I think that trend will continue
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
An old friend gave birth to a girl, and my real estate agent gave birth to a girl
4. Did anyone close to you die? Personally?
Someone close me, though not personally, the painter of my first two original pieces of art I bought lost his battle with cancer. Fucking cancer.
5. What countries did you visit?
Down Under, aka OZ, aka ... Australia. And I don't count the 1 hour stop in the New Zealand airport, that's not a proper visit.
6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004? I hate to say it, but more cash would be good, not that I lacked it or anything. Otherwise, all is well in the materials department.
7. What date(s) from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
26, December - and I was in Australia when it happened.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Finishing the 3rd year of law school and the 1st semester of 4th year -- only one semester to go!!!
9. What was your biggest failure? Not passing the MPRE ... twice. Oh well, 3rd time's the charm right??
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I had a frightful thrashing of my left leg sliding into 3rd base. It's left an even more frightful scar that I'm trying to rid myself of. No major illnesses in 2004 ... whooo hooo!!!
11. What was the best thing you bought? The trip to Australia
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My mother went back and forth, but I'll leave her on the celebratory side. She got some sense sort of knocked into her, though it was probably more of a slow infestation. When more of it arrives, she'll be able to meet the love of my life - VanillaBean.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Between Karl Rove and my dad, I think it's a tie. The former is a public figure whose behavior.. well... lets forget about him. My dad, on the other hand, revealed himself to be the saddest, most pathetic shell of a human being I've encountered in my entire 32 year life. Shell doesn't even describe it because at least a shell has some sort of fortitude and structure... some backbone and resilience to withstand varying forces. Dad? I've seen papier mache make better decisions during a windstorm.
14. Where did most of your money go?
I ask myself that every day.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
My Australia trip ... and VanillaBean finally moving in
16. What song will always remind you of 2004?
Clocks - by Apple's dad ... erm.. I mean, Coldplay
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Happier
ii. thinner or fatter? thinner
iii. richer or poorer? poorer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Creative writing
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Worrying about the future
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Spent it alone, on the beach in Australia.
22. Did you fall in love in 2004?
1 year anniversary of falling in love
23. How many one-night stands?
It was more than one night -- See #22
24. What was your favorite TV program?
Absolutely nothing captured me this year because I just didn't have the TV on enough
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Nope
26. What was the best book you read?
The Lovely Bones
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
My own interest in playing the piano again
28. What did you want and get?
My third year successfully completed
29. What did you want and not get?
Passing the MPRE
30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Too many to name really, that's why no TV
"Maria Full of Grace"
"Motorcycle Diaries"
"Bad Education" ... yeah, there's a spanish language theme here...
"Osama"
Ok, I admit, I liked "13 going on 30", was that in 2004? and I liked "Mean Girls"
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
32 years old - VanillaBean and I had a quiet time together because it wasn't a convenient date for either of us.
32.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Passing the MPRE would've made this year a little less pressured, thus more satisfying.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
the "i'll keep things baggy until I lose the weight and get into my skinny clothes again"
34. What kept you sane?
Friends, Vanilla Bean, and the occasional chocolate turtle.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? The movie was terrible, but I really enjoyed Eric Bana in TROY ... I guess I fancied a noble heroic fictional character this year, seeing as how our real life leaders are less than noble and hardly heroic.
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
The Presidential election
37. Who did you miss?
Candyboy - but I saw him for one glorious NYC walking day.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Two coworkers, I've nicknamed them Queen of All that She Surveys (aka, QASS) and the Pinko Liberal Oaf (PLO).
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004.
Taking a bit of the plunge with new things means there will be successes and failures - neither of which are permanent
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
"And everywhere we go, the sun will always shine, And tomorrow we might wake on the other side. " That skanky girl, whom I love anyway because she is so damned talented -- Christina Aguilera, 'beautiful'
Monday, November 22, 2004
Which America Hating Minority Are You?
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Friday, November 19, 2004
This comes directly from today's New York Post - the Gossip section's Ms. Cindy Adams ....
FROM a blue-state New Yorker who still feels blue: "We should've let the South go when they wanted to secede from the Union. Fighting for the right to keep slaves? Those are the states we wanted to keep? Now we're the arrogant Northeast liberal elite and they're the real America?
"We founded this country. Who do they think those wig-wearing, lacy-shirt revolutionaries were who gave them the Second Amendment allowing them the right to keep their assault weapons in the glove compartment? Blue-staters from Boston, Philly, New York. That's why all the monuments are up here! We won't let them visit the Liberty Bell and Plymouth Rock anymore until they start respecting those other nine amendments. Those stripes on the flag? Nine are for blue states. It'd be 10 if those Vermonters had gotten their Subarus together and broken off from New York a little earlier.
"Northeasterners are arrogant? That's the cornerstone of what it means to be American. And we wouldn't be so arrogant if it wasn't our money paying for you! Those federal taxes you love to hate? Comes from us and goes to you for your bridges, your hurricanes, your Tennessee Valley stuff. Nine of the 10 states that get the most federal money and pay the least? Red states. Eight of the 10 that receive the least and pay the most? Blue. Which state has the lowest divorce rate? Massachusetts. Center of the gay marriage universe. And where's the highest? Ten of the top 10 are red states. But you-all go to church, right? At least that's what we hear about every election day. And who has the highest murder rates in the nation? You-all."
And that's all there is to say about that
FROM a blue-state New Yorker who still feels blue: "We should've let the South go when they wanted to secede from the Union. Fighting for the right to keep slaves? Those are the states we wanted to keep? Now we're the arrogant Northeast liberal elite and they're the real America?
"We founded this country. Who do they think those wig-wearing, lacy-shirt revolutionaries were who gave them the Second Amendment allowing them the right to keep their assault weapons in the glove compartment? Blue-staters from Boston, Philly, New York. That's why all the monuments are up here! We won't let them visit the Liberty Bell and Plymouth Rock anymore until they start respecting those other nine amendments. Those stripes on the flag? Nine are for blue states. It'd be 10 if those Vermonters had gotten their Subarus together and broken off from New York a little earlier.
"Northeasterners are arrogant? That's the cornerstone of what it means to be American. And we wouldn't be so arrogant if it wasn't our money paying for you! Those federal taxes you love to hate? Comes from us and goes to you for your bridges, your hurricanes, your Tennessee Valley stuff. Nine of the 10 states that get the most federal money and pay the least? Red states. Eight of the 10 that receive the least and pay the most? Blue. Which state has the lowest divorce rate? Massachusetts. Center of the gay marriage universe. And where's the highest? Ten of the top 10 are red states. But you-all go to church, right? At least that's what we hear about every election day. And who has the highest murder rates in the nation? You-all."
And that's all there is to say about that
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
And so I need to update at least a little bit. There's nothing to left say when you've spent all day saying it. Instead, I'll shamelessly lift things from my friend Chnacat:
(x) - you've done
(_) - you haven't done
(X) Been drunk
(X) Kissed a member of the opposite sex
(X) Kissed a member of the same sex
(_) Crashed a friend's car
(_) Been to Japan
(X) Ridden in a taxi
(X) Been in love
(X) Been dumped
(X) Shoplifted
(X) Been fired
(X) Been in a fist fight
(X) Snuck out of parent's house
(X) Ever dated someone of the same sex
(X) Had feelings for someone who didnt have them back
(_) Been arrested
(X) Made out with a stranger
(X) Stole something from my job
(X) Celebrated new years in time square
(X) Gone on a blind date
(X) Lied to a friend
(X) Had a crush on a teacher
(_) Celebrated mardi-gras in new orleans
(X) Been to Europe
(_) Been to Asia
(X) Skipped school
(_) Slept with a co-worker
(_) Cut myself on purpose
(_) Been married
(_) Gotten divorced
(_) Had children
(_) Seen someone die.
(_) Been to Africa
(X) Had a crush on one of my Live journal/xanga/diaryland friends
(X) Slapped someone I loved
(_) Driven over 400 miles to attend a show/festival/fetish ball (the grateful dead)
(X) Been to Canada
(X) Been to Mexico
(X) Been on a plane
(X) Seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show
(X) Thrown up in a bar
(_) Purposely set a part of myself on fire
(X) Eaten sushi
(X) Been snowboarding
(X) Met someone in person from the internet
(_) Been moshing at a concert
(_) Had real feelings for someone you knew only online
(_) Been in an abusive relationship
(_) Been pregnant or got someone pregnant
(_) Lost a child
(X) Gone to college
(X) Graduated college
(_) Tried killing yourself
(_) Taken painkillers
(_) Intentionally burned yourself
(X) Love someone or miss someone right now
(x) - you've done
(_) - you haven't done
(X) Been drunk
(X) Kissed a member of the opposite sex
(X) Kissed a member of the same sex
(_) Crashed a friend's car
(_) Been to Japan
(X) Ridden in a taxi
(X) Been in love
(X) Been dumped
(X) Shoplifted
(X) Been fired
(X) Been in a fist fight
(X) Snuck out of parent's house
(X) Ever dated someone of the same sex
(X) Had feelings for someone who didnt have them back
(_) Been arrested
(X) Made out with a stranger
(X) Stole something from my job
(X) Celebrated new years in time square
(X) Gone on a blind date
(X) Lied to a friend
(X) Had a crush on a teacher
(_) Celebrated mardi-gras in new orleans
(X) Been to Europe
(_) Been to Asia
(X) Skipped school
(_) Slept with a co-worker
(_) Cut myself on purpose
(_) Been married
(_) Gotten divorced
(_) Had children
(_) Seen someone die.
(_) Been to Africa
(X) Had a crush on one of my Live journal/xanga/diaryland friends
(X) Slapped someone I loved
(_) Driven over 400 miles to attend a show/festival/fetish ball (the grateful dead)
(X) Been to Canada
(X) Been to Mexico
(X) Been on a plane
(X) Seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show
(X) Thrown up in a bar
(_) Purposely set a part of myself on fire
(X) Eaten sushi
(X) Been snowboarding
(X) Met someone in person from the internet
(_) Been moshing at a concert
(_) Had real feelings for someone you knew only online
(_) Been in an abusive relationship
(_) Been pregnant or got someone pregnant
(_) Lost a child
(X) Gone to college
(X) Graduated college
(_) Tried killing yourself
(_) Taken painkillers
(_) Intentionally burned yourself
(X) Love someone or miss someone right now
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
I have a sweat suit that I wear, when I manage to get my lazy ass out of bed at 5:30, when I do my 30 minute walk in the morning.
It's a real sweat suit, as in, it's basically a plastic long sleeved "shirt" and long "pants" that I wear with another thingie underneath that looks like a foot wide belt which I velcro around my tummy like a girdle.
It maketh me sweat when I walk.
Yes, it makes an inordinate amount of noise when I walk because of the swooshing, and yes eventually the plastic sticks to my limbs and feels icky after about 15 minutes.
But the best part about the walk with my plastic sweatwear is the peel.
I get home, and I can't get this disgusting sweaty mess off of me fast enough, but oh how I love to get upstairs to my room, slowly pull the "shirt" off and leave it to dry inside out and then I peel each "pant leg" off and followed by the belt. I admit it, I also check out the belt and clothes for sweat amount.
The first hint of cool air that comes from my fans hits my sweaty arms, legs and belly is practically orgasmic. I know some people who get off on the running and exercising thing, endorphins and all that jazz. And I know a lot of people who feel that sense of relief afterwards only when they hit the shower. For me, it's the peel, not the shower.
The first 2 minutes of my shower are not fun at all. That's because I have a massive thickness to my hair and the water basically gets soaked up in that slowly before I can feel it on any other part of my body save the middle of my back.
Then the sweat and trickle of water I have from my hair mix together and since it's more sweat than water, I get that nasty taste of dirty salt water. Usually I try to stay under the water for at least a few minutes hoping the water will take over the sweat at some point. And the feeling of being clean does eventually overtake the ickiness of the initial sweat/water combo.
But the shower is not the best part, nope, it's the peel.
It's a real sweat suit, as in, it's basically a plastic long sleeved "shirt" and long "pants" that I wear with another thingie underneath that looks like a foot wide belt which I velcro around my tummy like a girdle.
It maketh me sweat when I walk.
Yes, it makes an inordinate amount of noise when I walk because of the swooshing, and yes eventually the plastic sticks to my limbs and feels icky after about 15 minutes.
But the best part about the walk with my plastic sweatwear is the peel.
I get home, and I can't get this disgusting sweaty mess off of me fast enough, but oh how I love to get upstairs to my room, slowly pull the "shirt" off and leave it to dry inside out and then I peel each "pant leg" off and followed by the belt. I admit it, I also check out the belt and clothes for sweat amount.
The first hint of cool air that comes from my fans hits my sweaty arms, legs and belly is practically orgasmic. I know some people who get off on the running and exercising thing, endorphins and all that jazz. And I know a lot of people who feel that sense of relief afterwards only when they hit the shower. For me, it's the peel, not the shower.
The first 2 minutes of my shower are not fun at all. That's because I have a massive thickness to my hair and the water basically gets soaked up in that slowly before I can feel it on any other part of my body save the middle of my back.
Then the sweat and trickle of water I have from my hair mix together and since it's more sweat than water, I get that nasty taste of dirty salt water. Usually I try to stay under the water for at least a few minutes hoping the water will take over the sweat at some point. And the feeling of being clean does eventually overtake the ickiness of the initial sweat/water combo.
But the shower is not the best part, nope, it's the peel.
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
Last week, I went to the doctor to satisfy a few issues. The most important thing was to make sure my mother got off my back about getting a check-up of my innards to make sure I was not on the road to diabetes since my grandmother is currently suffering terribly from it.
Check.
Also, I have been feeling really crappy since about .... end of the semester. I just can't seem to get out of the lethargic funk. So I figured, a tap into my veins should be revealing enough for me that the answers to my problems will pour out ... so to speak.
I got results and a follow up consultation today. And know what?
For $20 in two co-pays, two visits, and two rounds of hanging out waiting and waiting I found out this.
I should exercise 30 min. a day, 5 times a week.
There's no diabetes, no issues with my thyroid, etc.
I had some other issues with the peepee test, and so they're sending my fresh peepee sample to a lab for microscopic analysis plus a new CBC done to make sure I understand that the veins in both of my arms, according to my Asian phlebotomist, "are beautiful, very beautiful veins."
It's something to aspire to I suppose, though in all honesty, it's quite a kick to know that there is something sooooo beautiful about me and that either you're born with it or not. You can't get surgically enhanced veins - implants, nips, tucks, etc. As George Michael once said,
"It's the one good thing that I've got." Though I think he's referring to FREEDOM, but then again good veins are somewhere near the freedom thing, aren't they??
So, I'm going to the gym today to finally set up some appointments so that the issues my doctor addressed from my last blood test can get properly addressed through 5 day a week fitness that will probably cost me extra in some personal trainer kind of way.
All I know is, I was psyched when I thought my HDL cholesterol levels were "low" in a good way and that meant I could go out and order a side of bacon without issues.
Turns out, the HDL lowness is bad and can be cured by more exercise.
When they do the before and after picture of me at the gym, I want them to take note of my beautiful veins.
Then everyone can have vein envy.
Check.
Also, I have been feeling really crappy since about .... end of the semester. I just can't seem to get out of the lethargic funk. So I figured, a tap into my veins should be revealing enough for me that the answers to my problems will pour out ... so to speak.
I got results and a follow up consultation today. And know what?
For $20 in two co-pays, two visits, and two rounds of hanging out waiting and waiting I found out this.
I should exercise 30 min. a day, 5 times a week.
There's no diabetes, no issues with my thyroid, etc.
I had some other issues with the peepee test, and so they're sending my fresh peepee sample to a lab for microscopic analysis plus a new CBC done to make sure I understand that the veins in both of my arms, according to my Asian phlebotomist, "are beautiful, very beautiful veins."
It's something to aspire to I suppose, though in all honesty, it's quite a kick to know that there is something sooooo beautiful about me and that either you're born with it or not. You can't get surgically enhanced veins - implants, nips, tucks, etc. As George Michael once said,
"It's the one good thing that I've got." Though I think he's referring to FREEDOM, but then again good veins are somewhere near the freedom thing, aren't they??
So, I'm going to the gym today to finally set up some appointments so that the issues my doctor addressed from my last blood test can get properly addressed through 5 day a week fitness that will probably cost me extra in some personal trainer kind of way.
All I know is, I was psyched when I thought my HDL cholesterol levels were "low" in a good way and that meant I could go out and order a side of bacon without issues.
Turns out, the HDL lowness is bad and can be cured by more exercise.
When they do the before and after picture of me at the gym, I want them to take note of my beautiful veins.
Then everyone can have vein envy.
