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3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 09,May,2004 | All Nonessential Email Must (not) Leave Iraq Chris McGinn tells me to link to this urlLink blog to read about how Halliburton employees in Iraq are on 90-day nonessential email suspension per the pentagon. Note: I do not know Kathryn Cramer, nor do I read her blog, but if McGinn says it, I obey. Give Hetch-Hetchy One More Chance If you enter Yosemite National Park on Highway 120, you drive right by the entry to the Hetch-Hetchy Valley entrance to Yosemite. Have you ever gone there? Although it purportedly broke John Muir's heart when Hetch-Hetchy was made into a reservoir to quench San Francisco's thirst, the valley is still breath-takingly beautiful, especially this time of year. Today we hiked from the dam to Wapama Falls, about 5 miles roundtrip. Amazing wildflowers, butterflies, great path all along the 'lake' and a spectacular waterfall payoff at the end. Do it in April or May to survive the exposure and see a lot of water. Sign *MY* Petition to Oust Rumsfeld I returned from 3 days out of town to emails from MoveOn.org, the Kerry campaign, the DNC and TrueMajority.org, and a couple of friends to sign 'their' petition to demand Rumsfeld's firing. Setting aside for a minute the question of why President Bobblehead is going to care what I and my *liberal* friends think of his cabinet choices, or how it's going to help us to sacrifice one pawn in the Cheney/Rove game only to replace him with another, just *whose* petition is this? I signed the Kerry one. Click on urlLink this and do it if you haven't. |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 06,May,2004 | Don't Ralph, Don't! I field a lot of questions these days from people who want to know, am I supporting Ralph again this time? If not, why not? If I strongly feel Bush should be defeated by any means necessary, why didn't I last time, etc.? None of these questions have particularly easy answers, but they do have answers. To wit, no, because I like Kerry, because I didn't like Gore. Am I furious at Ralph for running again this time (the way so many people I know are)? No. He has a right to run and I don't think he's doing it out of ego, if anything it hurts him. Do I wish he weren't running? Yes. I really do. At first I really wished it for him, because I thought it was worse for him. But right now, with polls showing Bush and Kerry neck and neck with Ralph with 4-9% (depending on the poll). That troubles me. Read urlLink this article on Nader taking aim at Kerry on war. Of course, everything Ralph is saying is fair game and true (it almost always is) and it is very hard to justify Kerry's tap-dancing on Iraq. Maybe Ralph's numbers and visibility will force Kerry to take a firmer stance on the war--and maybe, just maybe that'll still be able to swing the right voters in the right states. Right now, all we can hope is that most of the Ralph support is coming in states that will go for Kerry anyway--after all, that's where I campaigned for Ralph last time. More to come on this subject. |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 05,May,2004 | (:)(:)(:)(:)--Four snouts up for 'Japanese Story' Saw and loved brilliantly-acted Australian film 'Japanese Story' directed by Sue Brooks and starring Toni Collette (Muriel's Wedding, About a Boy). Collette and Gutaru Tsunashima, the Japanese man she leads around the deserts of Australia have the same build and a marvelous subtle androgyny to their relationship. Gotta love the camera directed by a woman slowly caressing Tsunashima's lithe form on the beach while matter-of-factly announcing Collette's ass in her khakis. Oh but there's much more to this romantic, strange and unpredictable Australian woman/Japanese man outback road movie... Reader Mail 'Kill Bills' 92 Personalities' and related entries provoked some strong responses-- Mark Worthington of L.A., himself a creator of Hollywood film environments, currently teaching in Hong Kong, felt that my response to 'Kill Bill' might be akin to what an 'an uninitiated viewer might think of the 'emoticon'.' It all comes down to context... Jane Macauley of Sacramento on the other hand seemed to agree with me wholeheartedly yet went further to suggest that Ted Koppel's recitation of the names of the dead U.S. soldiers in Iraq was equally emotionally numbing and unnecessary as 'Kill Bill' or the story of the woman with 92 personalities. Mateo Burtch of San Francisco likes the blog in general, but thinks there should be more porn and recipes. Mark Stivers of Sacramento reacted to an earlier posting, '[w]hen you wrote in your blog, 'If this is the first you are hearing about this, you'll now notice it everywhere you go,' you indirectly referred to a phenomenon known scientifically as an acausal synchroneous event and informally as 'the shrimp thing.' This describes the situation where you see something for the first time in your life and then immediately see it three more times in the ensuing days. While I haven't seen the movie myself, 'the shrimp thing' is a reference to the movie 'Repo Man.' Writers beware Be careful, if you write to me, I might publish it. Also, if you're a subscriber--watch out, when you reply to the group, it goes to the group (some readers found out the hard way!). |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 03,May,2004 | I thought my new emoticon ate my 92 personalities but I turned out to be wrong Maybe it just wasn't meant to be, but by inadvertantly clicking on my own installed emoticon link above, I just negated 20 minutes spent composing a lenthy emotionally stirring piece regarding my evolving opinions on fictional vs. factual horror and abuse. I am way too tired to recreate it now, but here were the highlights: My mind turned to real and imagined abused after being forced this evening to watch a decade-old Oprah interview with Truddi, a woman who copes with her horrific child sexual abuse through the use of her 92 personalities (actually, in a sad addendum to the piece, we learned that two of the personalities were former navy seals turned mercenaries who died in Iraq this week, so she's down to 90. Ted Koppel has not decided whether to read their names on the air.). [all right, I'm tired and cranky--in the original piece, I did not make fun of the 92 personalities. But what am I gonna do, that fucking emoticon ate some of my best work!] I revealed my ancient rules for avoiding hideous depictions: leave during the second anal rape. never read any of the well-written books sent to me by my well-meaning and wonderful mother-in-law. I bare my deep and abiding contradictions by waxing semi-eloquent about the brilliant contrasts in the movies Pulp Fiction and Blue Velvet. I confess that I had to create an entire personality just to cope with the basement scene in Pulp Fiction. I close by dissing Kill Bill and its sequels, suggesting that if whatever we put our attention to grows and comes to fruition, we better not put our attention to Lucy (not to be confused with Carol) Liu and her severed heads. Not to mention I would rather not have started my evening hearing how a tiny girl was raped by her stepfather and covered with snakes. |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 02,May,2004 | My very own emoticon! I am so excited. My insanely brilliant friend Mateo Burtch created it to celebrate and represent a certain period of my life that he was, frankly, never really part of, but may wish he was. Click urlLink here to see it. The Merits of Kill Bill's 92 Personalities Tonight, as part of a writers' group, I was subjected to a decade-old Oprah interview with a woman named Truddi who claimed (quite credibly, I'm afraid to say) to have 92 personalities as a coping mechanism for the horrific abuse she suffered as a child. Naturally, in order to better understand Truddi and the made-for-tv movie about her life that was airing that evening on other ABC affiliates, Oprah needed to probe deeply into the twisted and psychotic torture Truddi's stepfather dealt her from the age of 2 on. I knew I would hate watching this and I did. I have always hated any depiction or talk of child abuse. I simply cannot abide its existence. And isn't that the way it should be? Shouldn't *everyone* loathe, abhor, reject and condemn any such instance? Obviously the answer is yes. But the more complex question is what form that condemnation takes? Does a dramatization and books about and subsequent interviews with survivors of such horrors make it any less likely that they will occur again? And on a related question, for years I drew a distinction between 'real' and 'fake' terrible stories. Oh, don't get me wrong. I have never had a high tolerance for hellish scenes or stories of any kind. For years I've been served well by a basic rule of thumb: I walk out of any film during the second anal rape. I also don't see horror films (exception: The Shining ). And, truth be told, I don't really enjoy the experience of reading the many well-written novels depicting childhood evils given to me my wonderfully literate and completely sunny and optimistic mother-in-law. Yet two of my favoritist favorist films are Blue Velvet and Pulp Fiction . Now what is up wit dat? Blue Velvet contains at least two rapes (albeit only one anal) and I have created at least one additional personality whose only job is to remember the basement scene in Pulp Fiction. I have often waxed on, completely unoriginally, regarding the brilliance of the contrast between the happy sunny 50's society and its seamy underbelly in Blue Velvet and the sheer audacity of violence and over-the-top cartoon characterizations of Pulp Fiction. (Sadly?) I find that tolerance and appreciation of incongruous over-the-top violence coming to an end with the 60 seconds I saw of Kill Bill the other night (my Bill was watching Kill Bill to prepare for Kill Bill II ). In it that asian actress from Allie McBeale and Charlie's Angels was lecturing an audience while holding up a severed head--it was out of context, but I was given to understand that she had a hand in why head was now bodiless. As I understand more and more that what we visualize and put our attention to in this world comes to fruition, I fret increasingly about visualizing creative new, untold horrors. Maybe what I'm saying is the same as people who dislike violent movies because they believe violence begets violence, but it feels different to me. It's more about where we focus energy, money, attention, time than it is about the ultimate product itself somehow. So I'm relatively clear on this: I won't see Kill Bill or Kill Bill II and I don't really want anyone else to see it--although I'm sure many of you have. But what of Sybill, 92 Personalities and the like? Does it do harm to focus on what's (I presume) true and most vile in our socieity? Or is it better to focus on what we want to bring about, a world where children are treated with love and respect? Can we we create the latter without acknowledging the former? I invite your comment... |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 02,May,2004 | Today's Outrage Technically, this may be yesterday's outrage, but I was too tired and blissed out by community yesterday to be outraged. Today, I've recovered enough to rally. It's this: Sinclair Broadcasting Company, a huge Republican-leaning media conglomerate, refuses to run a segment of Nightline on all 13 of its ABC affiliates because Ted Koppel was reading the names of the war dead in Iraq and this goes completely uncovered by my local paper, The Sacramento Bee . Nor, as far as I can tell, was this outrageous censorship covered as such by any of the major dailies in the country (please someone, tell me I'm wrong). I see it was on the AP wires, mostly as 'Ted Koppel reads names of war dead on 'unusual' show,' with some coverage of the controversy. But who picked it up? That this administration has things so clamped down that solemnly reading the names of dead soldiers has become a 'slanted news story' staggers the imagination. Surely this story of censorship should not itself be censored. Sacramento Restaurant: Taste of Thai On an entirely different note (with apologies to out-of-town readers), but have you tried the Taste of Thai restaurant on Broadway? If not, do. I think it may be the best Thai restaurant in town--with the possible exception of Thai Basil on J. |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 01,May,2004 | The toxic mimic of community I spent my May Day in seven hours weeding, mulching, scrubbing, drying, stretching and k'vetching with around 40 other neighbors in my cohousing community. We ranged in age from four to 78 and in ability from limited use of hands to whole body. We ate, we laughed, we argued, we sprayed each other with water (a high of 90) and at the end we had a May Pole and a drumming circle that lasted into the night. I recently heard a story on NPR's Talk of the Nation or something regarding these 'sim' games on computers where people spend hours under a fabricated identity living in a fantasy world (although it's not clear that it's really their fantasy, more likely the creators or 'gods' of the simulated world. Plus, it has to be said that these places are no longer the shangri-las they once touted themselves as, they have crime, prostitution, drugs, nasty backstabbing everything I would think one might want to escape given a choice.). Caller after caller described themselves buying and selling real estate, running for office, organizing controversies. They touted the ability to change their name, their body, their gender, their income and live out this simulated existence. What was palpable for me was the degree to which a yearning for community was driving the need for these people to log in dozens of times a day. I was aghast as they described how the sims filled the void created by the emptiness and loneliness of their own lives. As a listener who is deeply involved in real world politics, and genuine in-person community, I frantically dialed the 800 number over and over (to no avail) to tell my story, to offer my existence as a solution, a different choice. If these people put half the energy they put into running for President in a fake world into organizing their own real neighborhoods, that would create real power, real change, real community. I was reminded of something Caroline Casey (a wonderful inside-the-beltway astrologer for cynics) once said as she was trying to explain the inexplicable popularity of Princess Di and other celebrities: to wit, our culture lacks, and therefore craves mythology. We no longer have gods and goddesses to worship; therefore, just as fast food sucks toxic faux nutrients out of its stryofoam containers, we seek the toxic mimic of a goddess: goddess Diana. And we feed on her image. So it is with the Sims. Human beings simply must have community. It is essential to our survival in every possible way. So, some of us who keenly feel the lack of community seek its toxic mimic in simulated on-line community. Given a choice, would anyone really trade genuine tired muscles (at least one of them from smiling), full bellies and three-dimensional love of one's fellow man for the illusion of thin thighs, a faux castle and a thriving real estate business? I, for one, like to think not. |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 30,June,2004 | Campaign Against Bush: EPIC Style? This part of the conversation is run-of-the-mill cocktail party chatter across America right now : 'It's completely unprecedented!' says I. 'I mean, think about it, when has it ever happened that millions of people have paid money to see an in-depth anti-incumbent 2-hour movie? I mean, it hasn't! And in red states too!' This part is new: 'Actually, it's not completely unprecedented. This is basically what the right wing did against the EPIC campaign,' says CLCV So Cal Political Czar, David Allgood. ' EPIC ?' screech I. 'What's EPIC ?' Okay, so then he reminds me: EPIC: Upton Sinclair's radical comprehensive plan to End Poverty in California, upon which he built his race for Governor in 1933. A modicum of insufficient internet research (found some USC grad's Ph.D. fascinating thesis called urlLink Going Negative: the Smear Campaign Against Upton Sinclair ) reveals both more and fewer parallels between the campaigns than even Allgood, no doubt paralyzed by temporary alcohol and nicotine withdrawal, contemplated: True, cinematic genius and studio controller Louis B. Mayer played a key role in defeating Sinclair and electing conservative Republican Frank Merriam by creating and widely distributing several fake newsreels purporting to show the disastrous results if Upton Sinclair were elected Governor. But a closer look at that 1933 election reveals even more similarity to this Presidential race. The real reason Sinclair seems to have lost was an unravelling of his own base, his own party. He was, it seems, successfully portrayed at least, as so far out of step with the mainstream FDR Democratic party that large factions defected every day on the campaign trail. Throughout the campaign, Merriam seems to have laid relatively low and allowed Sinclair's many detractors to bring him down. The apparently wild success of Fahrenheit 9/11 , especially among middle American possibly previously apolitical types, coupled with ever-amazing outcries from the Republican oldguard elite (former ambassadors and admirals come to mind), show that Bush is in deep deep doo doo. And, frankly, ala Merriam, who can blame Kerry for standing steady while his opponent sinks ever lower into the Michael Moore raked muck? Let's just hope the result is the same: the radical (Bush) defeated. |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 29,June,2004 | No, Simply Music isn't giving me a kick-back for this promotion If you've ever wanted you or a child to play the piano with fluency, but haven't succeeded, consider taking a course in the urlLink Simply Music method. urlLink Simply Music believes that everyone is musical and teaches you to play blues, classical and popular songs in your first few weeks without forcing you to learn to read music first or practice scales (like I had to for years). In December of 2003, at the age of nine, never having had a piano lesson, or, indeed, any formal music instruction before, our son began taking urlLink Simply Music lessons in Sacramento. The results were astounding. Our son has always been interested in music, but he is really just a normal 9-year-old boy. He likes to play and watch basketball and other sports, read Captain Underpants books and run around giggling and being silly with his friends. At the end of his first lesson, he was playing a real piece of music nicely. At the end of three weeks, he had memorized three pieces and was playing them with expression and feeling. He couldn’t wait to go to his lessons or to practice, or watch the video or listen to the CD or, indeed, anything associated with the program. None of the homework was overly time-consuming or difficult to fit into a busy family week. And the lessons are only ½ hour long—perfect for a child’s attention span. He learned to play over 12 pieces in as many weeks, everything from Beethoven to Blues to Amazing Grace. When I contrast this to the many years as a child that I put in doing scales, learning to read music and slaving away doing piano exercises—I have so much less to show for it today (and even then) than my boy does after just those few weeks. I am learning more about playing the piano from watching his lessons and practice than I did in over seven years of lessons! Both he and I are completely hooked on this affordable and stunningly aptly-named program, urlLink Simply Music . |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 26,June,2004 | 911 Centigrade I didn't think I would do it this weekend. I had friends visiting. I had things to do. There would be other weekends. And I uncharacteristically scorned MoveOn.Org's suggestion of a week or two ago to take a pledge to do it. A pledge to watch a movie ? I don't think so. I'll pledge to call my congressman, give money, or hold a house party. But I won't pledge to see a movie . Much as I adore Michael Moore, and much as I planned to see the movie, I drew the line at that. And I didn't even blog about it (or much of anything--hey, I was camping, cut me some slack!) And then, the weekend approached and people began to ask me which showing I was seeing and could I watch their kids while they went to this showing and did I have tickets and what would I be wearing and who would I be going with and would we be renting a hotel room and did we hire a limo and...well, you get the idea, it was no longer an option not to attend this weekend. It was no longer a question of whether, it was all the other details that mattered. To not see this movie on the first weekend it opens is like not voting. It's not an option. And so, like everyone else in my corner of the demographic political woods, I saw Fahrenheit 9/11 this weekend. To be precise, I paid $5 to see it at 12:15pm on Friday, the first showing in Sacramento at the Tower Theater urlLink Save the Tower . The 7:45 showing was sold out before we got there. Our showing sold out, and the one after it did too. Rumors of Bush-supporting hecklers spread through the crowd like wildfire (okay, fueled largely be me, but...). We glared suspiciously at each other, looking for the telltale signs: hair that doesn't move on women, lack of hair on men, flag lapel pins or crassly displayed crosses. Surely that man with a beard and birkenstocks couldn't be one of them? Nah, the notebook means nothing. Due to a misguided last minute attempt to cop soup and bread at the Tower Cafe, we're stuck in the front row with Susan Barnhill and Ed, necks craned to take in even 50% of Michael's girth. We are thrilled. We are atwitter. At the last minute, I cause everyone around me to gasp by asking loudly sotto voce, 'this is the Passion of Christ , right?' It's not the Passion of Christ . But it does have an audience of true believers and plenty of gore (both upper and lower case). And it's moving and educational and provocative and everything else it should be. And now, a day later, I'm babysitting for my niece so my brother and sister-in-love can fulfill their civic duty. Yes, (:)(:)(:)(:) Four Snouts up for Fahrenheit 9/11 and for the hype and for Michael Moore's projected $30 million dollar weekend. Meanwhile, my son is eager to take the pledge to see Spiderman 2 at midnight this Wednesday. He can't wait to see Doc Oc. |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 23,June,2004 | Protesting a Referendum on Public Funds for a Sacramento Arena Last night I participated in a good sized rally outside the City Council meeting to protest Mayor Heather Fargo's concerted effort to use hundreds of millions of dollars worth of public funds to subsidize building a new sports arena for the Sacramento Kings--thwarted by her council representing its constituents well, she is now trying to get City Councilmember, soon to be Assemblymember, Dave Jones led the troops as we packed the hearing room, standing room only, with a crowd outside pushing to get in. After 3 hours of pro stadium drek, culminating in a stupid LA-like statement by some (Sacramento King-owning) Maloof or another, flanked by the usual bimbos and bodyguards, Mayor Fargo let the public speak. You can read about it in today's urlLink Sacramento Bee article , in which I, or someone remarkably similar to me named 'Sara Nicohols', am/is quoted. What I said when I testified in the hearing was different from what is quoted. I said that although the residents of Southside Park would love to have a new sports and entertainment complex walking distance downtown, we are currently trying hard to get the city to build us a new playground, put more lights in the park, dredge the polluted lake and keep our youth club fully funded. We, like virtually every citizen of Sacramento, are vehemently opposed to public funding of a sports arena. We find it impossible to believe that the Mayor and the Council aren't well aware of the public's strong opposition to public financing. And the revelation of some tortured polling can lead us only to believe that it will be used (like most polling) to sell the public something we don't want or need. I didn't say this, but I, for one, will really resent having to fight this referendum on the November ballot. Doesn't the predominantly Democratic City Council understand that we've got a U.S. Senator to re-elect and a President to defeat? |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 20,June,2004 | The Way to Clean up Cah-lee-for-nee-a According to urlLink Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Right's urlLink ArnoldWatch and everyone else, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is raking in campaign contributions at a record rate, faster than Gray Davis even. Here are his top 25 contributors, as reported by ArnoldWatch: 1 A. G. SPANOS COMPANIES $614,700 2 EMULEX/ CEO PAUL FOLINO $488,764 3 THE NEW MAJORITY COMMITTEE/ The New Majority PAC $473,500 4 WILLIAM LYONS HOMES, INC. $466,200 5 WILLIAM A. ROBINSON $450,000 6 AMERICAN STERLING CORPORATION $436,200 7 AMERIQUEST CAPITAL CORPORATION $407,400 8 CASTLE & COOKE, INC./ DOLE FOOD CO. $352,000 9 JERRY PERENCHIO/ CHARTWELL PARTNERS $322,500 10 KLEINER, PERKINS, CAUFIELD & BYERS $277,836 11 HEWLETT PACKARD $271,200 12 TOYOTA USA/ TOYOTA DEALERS $258,133 13 ANHEUSER BUSCH COMPANIES $250,000 14 DRAPER, FISHER, JURVETSON/ TIMOTHY DRAPER $232,400 15 TARGET CORPORATION $220,000 16 P G & E CORPORATION - PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC $200,000 17 THE IRVINE COMPANY $188,200 18 MERCURY GENERAL CORP. $160,000 19 TRUST COMPANY OF THE WEST/ CHAIRMAN ROBERT A. DAY $151,200 20 KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC. $150,000 21 CLEAR CHANNEL $145,000 22 CAPITAL PACIFIC HOLDINGS, INC./ CEO HADI MAKARECHIAN $145,000 23 H & S VENTURES, LLC $142,400 24 CALIFORNIA DENTAL ASSOCIATION $125,000 25 CHEVRONTEXACO CORPORATION $122,200 |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 15,June,2004 | How to get fired today Take an inappropriate unscheduled musical interlude at your office and listen to Eric Idle's hilarious urlLink Fuck you, FCC song at full volume. Or, for those of you, like me, who are essentially housewives, it could just be another opportunity to say to the kids, 'just because I'm laughing my head off doesn't mean you should ever say these words!!.' |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 14,June,2004 | Run, Dennis, Run! Okay, so I was phonebanked by the Dennis Kucinich for President campaign last night. Apparently, the campaign is really picking up steam. Dennis just won a primary last week and has picked up 2 more delegates. Maybe my friends are right, maybe I've just become too mainstream, because I could barely keep from laughing at the well-intentioned phonebanker with a surprisingly good rap--at the end of the call, I complemented her on her pointless message and she said, 'yeah, I give good phone.' (maybe once the campaign raps up, she can make a little more money with that skill on a 900 number...) Anyway, Dennis wants you to sign all these excellent urlLink petitions to pressure Kerry and the Democratic party at the convention. I signed all of them except the one to create a 'Department of Peace'--it's probably a great idea but it just read a little too loony-tunes for me. |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 13,June,2004 | And I think to myself, what a wonderful world... Bill was in mourning for Ray Charles, not that other guy Friday. And so was I. I took the kids up into the Sierra foothills for the day and floated and played in a glorious mountain lake...er...reservoir. Completely peaceful except for the motor boats and constant walkie talkies of families talking to their kids in the woods to make sure they are safe. 'Bobby! do you read me? over' 'Yes, mommy, I read you. over' 'What are you doing, bobby? over' 'I'm being torn limb from limb by a mountain lion aaaaaargggh over' 'well. at least I know where you are. over' |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 11,June,2004 | Mandatory Reading on Kerry Take the time to read this exceptionally well-written, in-depth piece on Kerry: urlLink The Misunderestimation of John Kerry Beware of this man. He's won every race that he was supposed to lose. by Charles P. Pierce | Esquire | Jun 01 '04 |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 10,June,2004 | Mid-Mourning Break First you get down on your knees, fiddle with your rosaries bow your head with great respect and, genuflect, genuflect, genuflect Oh, sorry, you're catching me in the middle of my mid-mourning song break (thank you, Tom Lehrer--check out the rest of the lyrics to the urlLink Vatican Rag !) If you too, need a break from your national week of mourning, check out this urlLink Remembering Reagan Cartoon by Kirk Anderson . |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 09,June,2004 | Exhausted blogger To return from one's college reunion tired and hungover to a national week of mourning for (as my mother used to put it) 'that man' is too much to be borne. One close friend quips, 'Haven't we been to enough Reagan funerals over the years?' As Arianna Huffington observes in her most recent urlLink column , comparisons between Bush and Reagan are in-apt. Reagan was loved because he painted a bold, optimistic big vision of the future. Bush's only strategy is to prey upon our fears, not hopes. Kerry, on the other hand, is capable of playing to our hopes. Arianna is pushing Kerry to play big to win big--this a winning strategy. But it takes more than just big talk, it takes the right words and images to win the American public on the right terms. Maybe Berkeley framing expert George Lakoff's recent tutorial on urlLink 'Simple Framing' could be used by Kerry to change the lens through which the media see the important issues of today. |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 07,June,2004 | SacBee Columnist Dan Weintraub Scorches Me After reading my extremely weak latest urlLink Eye on the Pie column, the ever Arnold-phantic urlLink Dan Weintraub comes back with this (which is, incidentally, a more succinct compilation of similar thoughts expressed by urlLink Vince Marchand ): Nice column, even with the gratuitous slap at your favorite SacBee columnist. Your trust in Kerry is touching, but it does seem a bit out of character for you. I don't picture you as the 'save me!' type, but more as the engaged citizen who knows what she wants and demands it from her government, even if it is a government she trusts. Actually, while you were reading the Economist, Kerry was starting to answer the question himself. And it is starting to sound as if he and the Hated One almost agree on the future of Iraq at this point. Provide security. Get the UN and other nations involved. Get out as soon as possible (stay as long as needed and not one day more). As badly as Bush has screwed up on the details to date, I really don't think there is much difference between them about how they would proceed going forward. I think the real questions for them to debate are 1) was it right or wrong to invade in the first place, 2) knowing what you know now, would you do it all over again, and 3) would you ever do something similar in another country. I think Bush's answers are yes, yes and yes. Best I can tell, Kerry's are no, no and no. And that difference, not who should be the minister of finance in Baghdad, is where the real debate should be engaged. I would pay big money to see it. My response: while I agree in large part that it is somewhat out-of-character and distasteful for me to rely on the politician to provide the answer, in my defense I want to steer my readers to the end of the column where I clearly stated that we had to force Kerry to articulate this clear position. I disagree vehemently with the assertion that there's no difference as to how Bush and Kerry would proceed going forward. I think there's a decent chance that they might issue disturbingly similar sounding statements about what they'll do in the future, but their actions in interpretation of those statements and their likelihood of success will be radically different. And here's where trust is a big issue again: He who is 'missing his Herbert' has demonstrably lied to the American people more than once on this war; he has destroyed decades of credibility and diplomacy; he has blown apart important world alliances and burned bridges. JFK will not do this. His record in Congress unequivocally shows that he can and will do this right. Karl Rove and his merry men are working double-time to convince Americans that John Kerry is a wishy-washy flip-flopper. I can tell you from working in Washington as a public-interest lobbyist that this is far from true. Like Horton (when he hatches the egg), Kerry has a record of saying what he means and meaning what he says. He has a record of doing the right thing, or, when he's wrong, admitting it and taking responsibility for correcting his course. As someone who has worked with a multitude of politicians at all levels of government, I can tell you that this quality matters, ultimately, more than any other. Perhaps, it is why, when the nation finishes mourning the loss of our greatest B actor, you will hear attack after attack on exactly that fundamental and extraordinary truth about John Kerry. |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 03,June,2004 | Rudolf's Diner Read my Eye on the Pie column, in this, the 2-year anniverary issue of urlLink Rudolf's Diner and read urlLink Rudolf's Diner . I'm so proud of my the editor, my baby brother Evan Nichols. This 'zine gets better every issue. And, if you're urlLink Dan Weintraub , read the answer to your unanswered question. One Less Tenet I know you're all wondering what my reaction is to Tenet's resignation. It's this: about darn time. For years Tenet has mislead and taken advantage of the American public. We deserve better. That's why I go to UC Davis Medical Center... Oh. Apparently not that Tenet. It was that other guy, the one that Al Gore, Bob Graham, Bill Clinton and Mario Cuomo laud as a decent, honest, public servant. Nah, he's a crook. He's gotta go. But keep Tenet Health, so we have one Tenet left to hate. If you don't know what's despicable about our remaining Tenet, read urlLink California Nurse's Association's Tenet (Heathcare Systems) Watch . |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 03,June,2004 | Burn, Baby, Burn My pal Doug Heller at Arnold Watch (Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights) gives us this insight into the latest outrage from Enron: urlLink http://ArnoldWatch.org weblog - June 2, 2004 - 12:45 pm 'Burn, baby, burn,' is what one Enron electricity trader gleefully said about a California wildfire during the energy deregulation crisis. The fires, which knocked down power lines, helped push electricity prices higher. But that was one of the tamer comments found by CBS news among tapes in which Enron employees talk about shutting down power plants to steal 'money from California to the tune of about a million [dollars a day],' and selling electricity to 'grandma Millie... for f-----g $250 a megawatt hour.' The tapes also show that Enron's head honchos, Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling were in the loop on the schemes to rob California blind. (Even with these revelations, the feds have not ordered the billions of dollars in refunds that Californians are due.) The tapes can be heard urlLink here . |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 30,July,2004 | 4 Snouts Up for NYC I can attest that New York has still got it. While everyone else in the world was in Boston this week, Bill and I were in Manhattan. Among many other diversions, we saw two plays: Bug and Caroline, or Change . (:)(:)(:)(:) 4 Snouts up for Bug Very dark twisted minds created this stunningly well-acted and well-written play set entirely in a rundown residential hotel on the outskirts of Oklahoma City. urlLink Bug 'off-Broadway' at the Barrow Street Theater in the west village is for you if you love a good paranoid schizophrenic naked violent comedy. If you're tired of that genre, go see Cats for the 3rd time, see if I care. (:)(:)(:)(; 3 and a half Snouts up for Caroline, or Change Still far from the Cats set but squarely on Broadway (well, the Eugene O'Neal on 49th, but who's counting) is the new Tony Kushner play urlLink Caroline, or Change . This one is a musical set in 1963 Louisiana centered around a black maid working for a white Jewish family. Tony Kushner's story and Jeanine Tesori's music are fabulous, compelling, perfectly and unpretentiously staged and acted. I absolutely love Tony Kushner's writing in the two-part critically acclaimed Angels in America (which, if you haven't seen the made for HBO movie of, you must). The only weakness, and for me, it is a biggy, is that so far I sense no particular talent in Kushner as a lyricist, and he wrote all the lyrics. The lyrics tell the story well and vaguely go with the music, but that's the end of it. Now I'm not lookin' for Cole Porter here; I know that era is sadly long gone. No. I'd settle for Webber or Rice (whichever one does the lyrics)--despite the great story, bouncy enjoyable early 60's rock 'n' roll and R&B score, there is not a single memorable song in the show. I hummed nothin'. And that says to me, why bother? Stick to the straight show, Tony. |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 29,July,2004 | President Kerry! Hey, I'm trying to say this before every blogger and pundit in the nation does: Kerry's nomination acceptance speech tonight at the Democratic Convention was masterful in content and delivery (and he only used the word values 375 times!) How did he do it? I am blown away by what he accomplished. Somehow he was simultaneously presidential, measured, serious, bold and inspiring. Some pundits are already trying to define this speech as centrist. I disagree. True. It has phenomenal centrist appeal. But it is far from typical tweedle dum/tweedle dee DLC fodder. The typical Clinton era 'new Democrat' speech takes Republican policies and softens them for Democrats and the mushy middle. This speech did the opposite. It took hardcore liberal Democratic policies and goals--FDR and LBJ's Democratic party--and cloaked them in the rhetoric and value-laden language that the Republicans have previously owned. This speech was a George Lakoff wet dream--Kerry took all the advice this Berkeley professor and his team have been turning out for the past two years and put it to good use. Example: 'instead of talking about family values, let's talk about what we're going to do to value families.' This simple turn-of-phrase (which would be dubbed a 'charlie the tuna' in the advertising world--Starkist doesn't want tunas with good taste , Starkist wants tunas that taste good ) plants a seed of doubt in the minds of every idiot swing voter (hey, I'm not promoting Slimfast , I can be as hatefest as I want) who has salivated over Bush's family values-- what do they really mean? it asks. Do they value families? Are they telling the truth? What if they're not? And that's not all! Bill Magavern of the Sierra Club thinks that this is probably the earliest that the environment has ever appeared in a Democratic nominee's acceptance speech (within the first 5 minutes, in case you weren't timing it at home). Kerry hit all the key issues: the economy, Iraq, health care, dependence on foreign oil, fair trade and good jobs, ending racism, education--plenty of red meat for the party faithful. But instead of pandering to the crowd or giving a traditional partisan speech, he did something brilliant, he took our issues and spoke about them in a new way, so that they were everybody's issues. And he did it with passion, sincerity, and conviction as if he were already President. And so it is. |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 25,July,2004 | New Progressive Action Group formed in Sacramento I am pleased to announce the formation of People United for a Better Sacramento (no website yet), a grassroots membership-based issue advocacy and political action group working to enact progressive policies in the Sacramento area. Brought together in the wake of a successful push to elect City Councilmember Dave Jones as the Democratic candidate for Sacramento's state Assembly seat, the group is the first explicitly progressive cross-cutting issue-advocacy organization working to bring real change to the Sacramento region. The board (of which Dave Jones is President and I am Vice-President) reflects a diverse cross-section of activists coming out of various communities: environmental, civil rights, labor, youth and student, senior, neighborhoods, disability rights, housing and other grassroots groups. Our first action is to oppose taxpayer funding for a new sports arena in Sacramento. But, last week's City Council meeting brought a referendum on that matter that much closer. The Sacramento Bee urlLink reports that the (Sacramento Kings-owning) Maloofs are seeking a referendum in a special election (even more expensive!) in March. That article also contains the first (as far as I know) news clipping reference to the new group we've founded--shorthand, 'People United,' please, not 'PUBS.' |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 23,July,2004 | Meanwhile, back in Sacramento... Well, I'm not back in Sacramento, but other people seem to be and the Democratic Party is hard at work capitalizing (sic) on Scharzenegger's most recent gaff. Go to urlLink sacramentogirliemen.com to buy the actually really cute eponymous t-shirts--all proceeds go to the Democratic Party. (Get this straight: this is a t-shirt making fun of a governor who was making fun of the Democrats by making fun of an ancient Saturday Night Live skit that was making fun of him before he was governor.) |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 21,July,2004 | Dateline Buffalo Just got in from seeing the Psychedelic Furs play at the Continental Club on Franklin near Chippewa in downtown Buffalo, NY. The highlight of the opening act was a band called Kristofferson Airplane playing a cover of 'Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch Cherry Bomb' a tiny hit from the early 80's, which gives you an idea of what caliber acts typically play the Continental. The mix was bad and the acoustics terrible, but the Furs show was great--high energy, lots of fun. Chippewa street was hopping on a warm Wednesday night in Buffalo. Some 20 years ago when I lived in Buffalo, Chippewa never hopped . Chippewa might have sold you drugs at 4am when the bars closed. It might have put its highheeled foot on your car and straightened its fishnets. But it never hopped . Buffalo is kind of dichotomous these days. On the one hand certain strips in the urban core are alive with independent restaurants, bookstores, coffee shops and throngs of customers. Property values have risen steeply in the gorgeous huge old homes on quiet tree-shaded residential streets spoking out from these hubs. Yet the City of Buffalo is financially unviable. Soon voters will consider a referendum, supported by the mayor and the county executive, to merge the city into the county government, because the city can't run itself on its tax base anymore. Despite repeatedly grilling my father-in-law, probably the foremost expert in the region on state and local government and fiscal issues, I still don't fully understand how both these things are true at the same time. But I take it as instructive for Sacramento now that we're fighting a big push for a taxpayer-funded sports arena in the city. Even the most exciting, thriving retail environment can't take the place of real jobs, it just gives the rich people somewhere to spend their money while the city dies. |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 20,July,2004 | Nip/Tuck on F/X is Fun/Vile 3 Snouts Up (:)(:)(:) Have you seen this tv show? It combines soft porn with graphic surgery--what could be more enticing? Brought to you on basic cable: two men in a plastic surgery partnership in Miami--one cute, sweet and ethical, the other gorgeous, slutty and unprincipled. The scenes cut abruptly (sometimes literally) between slightly more than Sex-in-the-City level 'love' scenes and vacuuming out 'cottage cheese' during a lipo-suction (dieting tip: just try and eat your late night cereal in front of this show). Somehow it's hard to resist--it's reasonably cleverly written and conceived and so disturbingly edgy that you're drawn to it without wanting to be. It doesn't hurt that Vanessa Redgrave's daughter plays the good doctor's wife and Vanessa Redgrave plays her witchy know-it-all psychotherapist mother obsessed with her own looks. At one point Redgrave senior gets it on with the unscrupulous 40 year old son-in-law's partner and then gloats about it to her daughter--nasty, vile and irresistible. But resist if you can, this is one show which signals the end of civilization is at hand (and do we need reminding?). urlLink Tuesdays at 10pm. |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 19,July,2004 | Mandatory Reading urlLink Bill Moyer's recent amazingly important speech. |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 18,July,2004 | There is no blog Thus far, I've proven an unreliable summer blogger. One week in Yosemite, no computer, no phone, no blog. But then one week back, computer, phone, only one entry. In my defense, I was readying the entire house for repainting and recarpeting--a job only slightly short of what's required for moving. And only slightly less irritating to the people around me, it turns out. Everyone's heard the stories of marriages gone bad from remodelling a kitchen. Months without end of washing dishes in a bathtub take their toll on even the serenest souls. But who has ever heard of 1 month's worth of prepping for painting and carpeting driving a family insane? Well, actually, just driving me insane, I think. My husband and children never complained. But after about the 5th dinner conversation where Bill introduced some interesting topic from his day, worthy of say, an entire blog, like the inside scoop on Schwarzenegger's shenanigans on the budget in the California legislature and I responded with something as fascinating as 'yes, but have you looked at the sample Sedona Sunrise streaks I painted on the wall?,' I was boring myself , yet I couldn't stop . I had to have him see the Sedona Sunrise , I had to. Okay, it's behind us. It's in the painter's hands. So, now we're here in Buffalo, New York for two weeks. It's cool and rainy and everything is fabulous. After months of unrelenting Sacramento sunshine, it is delightful to sit on a porch swing and read while the afternoon thunderstorm pours down around us. I'm hopeful that I'll write something more interesting tomorrow, but at the instance of the Rev. Julie Interrante, I'm reading No death, no fear by Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh. As such, I've learned that there is no death and no birth. By extension, I think I can easily surmise, there is no blog. |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 10,July,2004 | Don't Blog About urlLink Nader urlLink Bill Magavern tells me not to blog about Nader any more, but then we watch Ralph interviewed on urlLink The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (hosted by urlLink Stephen Colbert , not urlLink Jon Stewart !) and Bill raises some interesting questions: [full disclosure: both participants in the interview are former employees and current devotees of urlLink Public Citizen , an organization founded by Ralph Nader, and Magavern is a former employee and current fan of urlLink U.S. Public Interest Research Group , which is an idea Ralph had in the shower that now is a huge national network with branches in several states. Magavern has, in the past, travelled with Ralph several times and Ralph asks about our children when he sees us. Magavern currently works as senior legislative advocate for urlLink Sierra Club California .] Nichols: You seem outraged at the lack of thoroughness of this Daily Show interview, Bill. Why? Magavern: Well, if the substitute host for a fake news show won't ask the tough questions, who will? Nichols: Yes. But what exactly are the tough questions? I mean, he asked him about the spoiler thing... Magavern: Look, with Edwards added to the ticket just that day, the question to ask was, obviously, isn't it true that Kerry and Edwards have been consistent allies of yours in fighting corporate power? And isn't true that you in fact advised Kerry to have Edwards as his running mate? And given this fact shouldn't you support this ticket and stop hiding behind the canard... Nichols: Hold it. Can you hide behind a canard ? Magavern: Well now you're applying a standard to the quality of writing in your blog which frankly... Nichols: Okay. Okay. Stop hiding behind the canard... Magavern: ...that there is a unified Democratic position that's soft on corporate power, when in fact Kerry and Edwards, if elected, will lead the Democratic party and it will be what they want to be which is not soft on corporate power. Nichols: Well, you make some good points, but what about the free trade thing? Isn't one of Nader's strongest anti-corporate positions against trade uber alles and aren't Kerry and Edwards free traders? Magavern: No. Kerry is. Edwards isn't and hasn't been and Kerry's reconsidering his position on trade... Nichols: Since he's been running for President? Magavern: Well, yes. Nichols: What about the Iraq issue? Ralph is out there raising important questions about the war and Kerry voted for the war powers. Isn't that a legitimate difference between the candidates? Magavern: Ralph can raise the issues without being a candidate for President. Can I check my email now? Nichols: Sure, honey. Magavern: Don't forget to tell them that Ralph scooped everyone when he announced that Jon Stewart was absent because his wife just had a baby. That was the best part... Nichols: I won't, honey. |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 09,July,2004 | Back from Paradise So, yes, I've been on vacation for nearly a week. Out of cell phone and email range for the most part in Yosemite--truly awesome, in more of a 19th than 20th century way. I spent more time contemplating subjects such as the pursuit of excellence, and how all people are essentially good, than I did politics per se, or other favorite topics (gee, are there any?). Midweek, when turned back from a hike to Dog Lake at Tuolomne Meadows due to a not yet recovered son (waaah!), I stopped in at the Tuolomne General Store for a soda and some cashews. When asked if they had the newspaper, the young man behind the counter said, 'yeah, maybe, we have some newspapers, but I don't know if they're today's.' I walked over to it and chose between the Fresno Bee and USA Today --a tough one: I chose USA Today , first time buying it in years without knowing that I was quoted in a story (okay, gratuitous reminder that I once was quoted with frequency--now, if you Google me, you get some 19 year old soccer playing Sara Nichols and a question I asked of a cohousing list serve 8 years ago). And then I read the headline as I walk back to the counter to pay for it--'Oh my God!' I scream. 'Have you even looked at these? We have a Vice-President--it's Edwards !' 'Whaaaa...?' said the rocket surgeon behind the cash register. 'Lemme see that,' he glances at the headline. 'Whatever,' he pronounces. 'Whatever indeed,' I cleverly admonish, paying him a dollar for the paper. Fortunately our son is more excited than the cashier about the selection. 'Joe [his best friend] loves Edwards even more than Kerry. He shook his hand when he came to Sacramento.' Sure he shook Edwards hand. Who didn't? But did he talk his way into the $1,000 donor circle room upstairs along with 40 other people and shake his hand under false pretenses like me? I didn't think so. I like Edwards for VP. As the Republicans will remind us daily: we've got the first most liberal and the 4th most liberal vote in the US Senate (by one credible study, truth be told, although Bill and I both think first place should've gone to Boxer--whose nightshirt I'm wearing as I compose)--woo hoo, what a team! |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 01,July,2004 | Today's Ruminations on Kerry Everytime I think I'm too slavishly defensive of Kerry, I get a boost from an Arianna Huffington column; this latest column looks at Kerry vs. Clinton as candidates( urlLink Political Real Estate: John Kerry's Room with a View )--read it and tell me what you think. I tend to agree with her on this (and many things). While Kerry isn't half the candidate Clinton is, he'll be twice the President (and hey, that's saying a lot, Clinton is looking pretty damn good right now--well, he always looked good, it was just--slap!--down girl, I've always had a little thing for Clinton, but it's purely physical not political, back on task...) and isn't that the main thing? Fortunately, this is the best election year for a not-so-great candidate in decades: with only a pulse, a different last name than Bush and a (D) after his name, most of his voters would work their rear ends off for anyone to beat the chimp. The secret, and I wish it weren't one, is that this year we've got someone as our standard bearer who has the makings of a great President. I think he's going to win and I think it's going to be a different experience than any of us in my generation have ever had. |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 05,August,2004 | Bill and his children in the news today It's a busy day in the Magavern household--trying to handle all the press calls. Here's what the fuss is about: Both kids made all local evening news and urlLink online sources today by appearing at a press conference protesting diverting money from youth programs, like parks and pools, to a new taxpayer funded downtown sports arena. The announcement was (clearly purposely) overshadowed by a sudden breakoff in negotiations between the (Sacramento Kings-owning) Maloofs and the city of Sacramento, causing local news to speculate that children were forcing the Kings to leave. Bill was rockin' and rollin' in the New York Times, in urlLink Plan Would Consolidate California Agencies where he unveils shocking news that regulation of air pollution actually works and would be harmful to roll back--who knew? (apparently, not Arnold!) In the meantime, I forced my kids to make picket signs, drove them to press conferences, and cheered them all on dressed impeccably in white (actually, I was wearing a purple t-shirt and capris with unidentifiable stains and hadn't brushed my hair in days, but who's counting?). |
3,163,405 | female | 43 | indUnk | Gemini | 03,August,2004 | Why Kerry will Win Okay, this'll be one of those little headlines I stand a decent chance of wincing about next year, but here's what comes to me like a flash when I watch these candidates on the trail: Kerry wants to win and Bush doesn't. Really. Yesterday, while I watched clips from Bush on the stump, I thought: this man hates his job. He doesn't want to win. Oh, he likes airforce one and all the good golfing trips, but the campaign is seriously cutting into his vacation schedule and it's become a pain. And then when you look at Kerry you see utter utter determination, focus, force of will. This man is in the fight of his life and he refuses to lose. And then today Randi Rhodes reads this clip on Air America Radio from Capitol Hill Blue --a mudslinging websheet of some sort--which reports urlLink Bush's Erratic Behavior Worries White House Aides --read this! If anything in here is to believed (actually, upon closer inspection, this little piece is 2 months old--why was RR only just reading it today? and why hasn't this blog been updated lately? and some of it contradicts my initial thesis, but heck read it anyway, it's awfully fun). Bottom line: Bush is losin' it, people. He needs to be sedated and taken to a quiet place, not re-elected. For God's sake, if you love the President, get him help! |
1,395,900 | male | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 02,July,2004 | urlLink Nina Simone, Jazz Singer, Dies NEW YORK (AP) -- Nina Simone, whose deep, raspy, forceful voice made her a unique figure in jazz and later helped define the civil rights movement, died Monday at her home in France, according to her personal manager. She was 70. Clifton Henderson, who was at Simone's bedside at her death, said she died of ``natural causes'' in her sleep after a long illness. He refused to provide the name of the town where she lived. ``She inspired other singers to do what they believed in,'' Henderson said, saying the musician would also be remembered for her activism. ``She'll definitely be looked at as a civil rights movement leader.'' Nina Reminded me of a fierce 'take no shit from nobody' grandmother type. She had a voice that was brash and abrasive yet, she could elevate your mind, soothe your soul, and warm your heart with her melodies. May the legend rest peacefully and live on in our hearts. She will truly be missed. |
1,395,900 | male | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 02,July,2004 | File This Under - What the...? urlLink The Ultimate Diet |
1,395,900 | male | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 02,July,2004 | Adjustment Periods and Other Random S@$! As I sit here clearing out my e-mail inbox and listening to MP3s...I can't help but miss my peeps back in NYC. It doesn't help that Janet Jackson's Together Again is playing in my ear right now. It's funny how you think you'll be okay and make a quick adjustment to a new situation and it's not the case at all. I am having a real hard time with everything. Sure, people say I will get over it and things will fall into place, but when?? In other news, today was a really productive day for me. Most of it was spent housekeeping...much needed housekeeping. I almost decided to clean up leaves in the yard. I haven't lost my mind just yet, maybe tomorrow... :-) For those of you wondering, this site is still under construciton. I'm in the process of finding an image host so I can post pictures, projects, and whatever else floats my boat. I'm also redesigning the template for this blog to be a reflection of my style and vision. This current look is cute and generic...two things I know I'm not. Beautiful and unique would be more appropiate adjectives, I think. Question of the Day : If someone you know gives you a project with a deadline and no discussion of compensation, nevermind the fact you didn't exactly agree to it, should you feel obligated to complete it anyway? Find out the answer tomorrow.... |
1,395,900 | male | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 02,July,2004 | Warning Labels Don't you wish you would have read this before downing that 5th Cuervo with Corona chaser. I wish I had. urlLink From a post on uk.gay-lesbian-bi newsgroup Small print: WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may: leave you wondering what the hell happened to your bra; make you think you are whispering when you are not; is a major factor in dancing like a retard: cause you to tell your friends over and over again that you love them; cause you to think you can sing; lead you to believe that ex-lovers are really dying for you to telephone them at four in the morning; make you think you can logically converse with other members of the opposite sex without spitting; make you think you have mystical Kung Fu powers, resulting in you getting your ass kicked: cause you to roll over in the morning and see something really scary; is the leading cause of inexplicable rug burns on the forehead; create the illusion that you are tougher, smarter, faster and better looking than most people; lead you to believe you are invisible; lead you to think people are laughing WITH you; cause a disturbance in the time-space continuum, whereby gaps of time may seem to literally disappear; cause pregnancy. |
1,395,900 | male | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 02,July,2004 | Greetings and Salutations I have officially entered the world of blogging. I'm not going to write much because hopefully no one will read this yet. I'll give you the skinny on all that's going down later. Off to have my Sista Girl Movie Night . Here's a couple of clues about me....ENJOY! Congratulations, you're New York City, the Big Apple. What US city are you? urlLink Take the quiz by urlLink Girlwithagun . I love that city to no end!! I hope to return soon! Your magical style is Witch. urlLink What type of Magic do you work? . Take the Magical Style Quiz by urlLink Paradox That's with a 'W' not a 'B'...so watch it! :-) |
1,395,900 | male | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 02,July,2004 | If this isn't proof...I don't know what is... urlLink This is just too funny!!! This only proves that guys with 'questionable' sexual orientation can get away with something like that. Read the comment's too they're hilarious. |
1,395,900 | male | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 02,July,2004 | Hopefully, all of the creative types I know will relate to urlLink Bradford's post. |
1,395,900 | male | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 02,July,2004 | What the hell do I want? Today, has been very confusing for me. For some reason, I'm feeling very introspective and wonder about the direction my life is taking and where I want it to go. I wouldn't say that I'm depressed or sad, just confused. The realization of the reality of my life is just unsettling. It's funny how true the saying 'You don't know what you've got, 'till it's gone' is. My early 20's I had a lot going for me. I was moving up the ladder in NYC professionally, socially, and personally. I really miss all of that the money, the popularity, the freedom. Unfortunately, my past bad habits caught up with me causing me to burn some bridges I wish I hadn't. Then again, I wouldn't change my experiences for anything. (See what I mean about confusion.) Now, I'm back in my hometown of Richmond. The duration of time I was supposed to spend here has been extended. Access has been limited (due to lack of transport). Thus my career options are limited. Socially I've been very limited...Mostly because of the lack of a big 'mixed' and/or gay social scene. Going to the same two or three bars every other weekend, seeing the same people isn't my idea of a glamorous social life. Plus, the scene is very cliquish here...Everyone keeps to themselves or their selected group. I miss going to parties and the host introducing me to all the people I haven't (sometimes I have) met before. It was just gracious...And made me feel like I belonged unlike I do here. This reminds me of when I was chatting with my friend Mark on our way to watch Kill Bill Vol. 1 at my best friend Charles'. He said, 'If you want to know other people outside of your normal circle, you usually have to date someone from another circle'. That statement is very true...And just a little sad. So, the point of all this is..... I don't know what's next, what to do, how to do it, or what I want to do... Part of me, just wants to accept the status quo and deal. The other part, wants to shake things up. Lord if I know.... I would continue this on further, but writing this and listening to Tori Amos- Boys for Pelee is staring to depress me. Plus I'm starting to ramble and that's never a good thing. |
1,395,900 | male | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 02,July,2004 | What's on My Mental 'To Do' List Figure out ways to be productive on my day off. Then again fuck productivity! :-) Watch Janet Jackson urlLink 'All Nite(Don't Stop)' video 4 more times. It's the cleaned up version, but oh well... It's still HOT!!!! Relinquish the gigs of porn I deleted last night. Stay away from urlLink Gay.com chat rooms. It's like bad television...You know it's a waste of time, but you don't want to miss a moment of it. Clean out my e-mail box. Watch urlLink Janet video 3 more times. Catch up on The Sopranos . Catch up on my blog reading. Finish the scarf I haven't touched in 6 months. |
1,395,900 | male | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 02,July,2004 | Go Charles!!! It's your Birthday... Yes, Ladies and Germs today I turn 27. It's not a big milestone or anything, but it is the only day of the year I can be totally selfish and get away with it. :-) Well, not really. Here's the rundown of my weekend. Friday: Roommates and Co-workers Nothing special went down...Had dinner at Friday's and one to many ultimate martinis. I was invited to go to Lauren's for an after-party of sorts, but I couldn't make it....Passed out on the couch as soon as I returned home. Saturday: Friends Last night I was totally fucked up. Besides having three drinks at Barcode, a co-worker of mine gave me a little gift. Needless to say I was flying and danced more than I ever had before. I'm not hurting now, but I will in about two days. Godfrey's was fun...Charles, Mike and myself worked it on the floor. Dave was also out who I haven't seen in a while. All in all, a good time was had. Sunday: The Big Day Today, was kinda disappointing. It was just my best friend Charles and myself hanging out. I did some minor damage at urlLink Saks on a Khiel's run. Then we finished up with dinner at P.F. Chang's in urlLink Stony Point (my favorite new mall). It was fun, but more people were supposed to join us and didn't show...That's what made it disappointing. Now, I'm home and just hanging out. Better luck on my 28th I guess. So, that's the b-day rundown. Nothing too out of the ordinary, but fun. I also made a b-day mix CD with all my favorite glam pop and lounge tracks. This is the cover. It was distributed to my friends as sort of a 'goodie bag'. Here's the Track Listing: A Very Stylish Girl - Dimitri from Paris The Time is Now - Moloko After Dark - urlLink Kylie Minogue Put Your Hands on - urlLink Janet Jackson A Forest Mighty Black - Theivery Corporation Voyager - Daft Punk Feels so Good - urlLink Jamiroquai Dancefloor - Kylie Minogue Little L (Bob Sinclair Mix) - Jamiroquai All Nite (Don't Stop) - Janet Jackson Milkshake - Kelis Hey Mama - Black Eyed Peas Strawberry Bounce - Janet Jackson Infectious Groove - Miguel Migs Ultimate High - Miguel Migs Sexelevatormuzic - Theivery Corporation President Chimp Toe - Fila Brazillia Sex and the City Theme - Groove Armada I would also like to say Happy Birthday...To My Girl urlLink Janet Jackson . Love YOU!! |
1,395,900 | male | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 02,July,2004 | Good Morning, Sunshine! Sometimes, I wonder if it's worth getting up in the morning? Not that I'm suicidal, depressed or anything like that....I'm NOT a morning person. Looking forward to the drudgery of annoying customers, slack co-workers, and pissy management is not my idea of a good time. I would rather visit an art gallery, spend the day at the park, or read fashion magazines at my favorite coffee bar. Unfortunately, that luxury isn't mine to have this morning. Duty calls and I must 'grin and bear' it. Just had to get that out. In the meantime check out some of the blogs I've been reading. They make the morning a little brighter. (*some links do contain adult content) urlLink Corin urlLink RuPaul urlLink Gawker urlLink Steph & Alek |
1,395,900 | male | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 02,July,2004 | Does SIZE Really Matter? If you have ever wondered about your past relationships, maybe this urlLink link will give you some clues. |
1,395,900 | male | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 02,July,2004 | Ah...The Weekend Well, it's been a year since I've posted...and I'm not going to backtrack. so here we go. A new day...a new beginning. Despite the fact that I worked all weekend. I must say it wasn't all that bad. Friday Night, I was out clubbing at urlLink Catch 22 with my co-worker Dana. It was....how shall I put this....Interesting. Personally, I'm not into 18+ establishment (especially straight ones) simply because I don't like dealing with kids. For the couple of hours I was there, my not so glamorous high school past was flashing before my eyes. So, I did what I do best in uncomfortable situtations...drank. As the vodka poured, my outlook improved. I didn't drop it like Beyonc (which somehow I've become famous for doing) , but I did jiggle it a little. I also wasn't the only 'family' member there. I was asked to dance (via. his gal pal to my gal pal)...I refused. Not because I didn't want to...I just didn't feel comfortable in that environment. It was just to awkward and weird....plus it's Richmond. Things like that just don't fly here. Needless to say, Saturday morning was not very pleasant. Thankfully, the 'perky' I had before I passed out helped kill a potentially nasty headache. Saturday Night, I went to see urlLink Van Helsing . Why? 'Cause I didn't have to pay for it. The visuals were not bad...they were actually excellent. There was just the most clich plot I've ever witnessed. I am not going to rant anymore about that...just save your money. So, that was my weekend and my first post of the new year. It's by b-day this week so I'll keep you posted on the activities. |
1,395,900 | male | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 02,July,2004 | Fashionistas, listen up!! It's time to reevaluate your closets, hit the gym, and pay off the credit cards. Men's fashion week in Milan has begun!! I'm far from being a fashion editor, but over the next few days I'm going to give you the lowdown on what to look out for next summer. Let's begin, shall we... BTW, to view images from the shows go to urlLink ModaOnLine . urlLink Gucci The Theme : Moroccan The Grade : C The Review : This collection included very Middle Eastern elements such as coin embroidered tunics, Nehru collars, muted earthtones, and ornate jacquard jackets. I wasn't impressed. The collection just lacked that certain something that has made Gucci the label to desire for the past decade. It lacked Tom Ford. It lacked the aggressive sexiness that made you want to be a 'Gucci Man' or at least fuck one. To give the new design team credit, they are trying to define their vision for the label. It has some sultry elements like the creamy pinstripe suits, sheer tunics and leather belted swimwear. I'm going to give the new team a couple of seasons to define themselves (much like I did when Tom Ford took over at urlLink YSL ). It will be interesting to see what comes from women's collections this September. Must Haves : urlLink Chocolate on White Pinstripe Suit urlLink Belted Swimsuit in Beige Print (body permitting) urlLink Beige and Black Deep-V Tunic Sweater urlLink Alexander McQueen The Theme : Post-modern military The Grade : B The Review : I believe this is McQueen's first foray into a full blown menswear collection (I could be wrong?). I wouldn't say this collecion was wearable but it was very innovative. With elements such as jumpsuits, high waisted pants, and retro soldier hats, the collection had a WWI feel that was propelled into the now. It also had Middle Eastern elements that seem to be a theme with with upcoming collections. McQueen did his best to avoid the typical military pallet of olive and khaki for a bolder pallet of bright pink and dusty grape. In true McQueen style, his tailoring was very on the mark. Must Haves : urlLink Grey High-waisted Double Belted Pant and Tie Dyed Roll Cuff Shirt urlLink Grey Embroidered Jacket urlLink Blue Transparent Shoe with Cut-outs That's all for now...It's getting late. Much more to come.... |
1,395,900 | male | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 02,July,2004 | This this the most comprehensive set of tips on coming out I've ever seen (that are actually useful). Link via urlLink Fleshbot . urlLink Advice for Recent Arrivals, Dos & Don'ts & More Don'ts for Gay Boy Refugees, by Nate Lippens (06/24/04) |
1,395,900 | male | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 02,July,2004 | Hi, My name is Charles and I'm a single black gay male... ::applause:: As I write this, I've just finished another wonderfully hideous round of chatting on urlLink gay.com . Most of the time was spent answering the standard round of gay chat room questions...That goes a little something like this: Somedude: wassup? Me: Nada just got home from work...Trying to unwind, u? Somedude: just chillin' Me: cool Somedude: Are you lookin? (First of all, I'm not really quite sure what that means, still) Me: Not really Somedude: ok Me: sorry Somedude: it's cool, so what are you into? That is usually the point in time of the conversation that I A) Close the message window or B) Fuck around with the dude some more until he gets the point. I'M NOT LOOKING!!! This is when I ask myself... what am I looking for? In my not too distant past, I used to love chatting online. It was anonymous, safe, and I felt I could let my guard down, say what I want to say, and no one would care. It was also a great place to hang out if you were hard up and looking for fast, meaningless sex (this was before I discovered sex clubs and the party circuit, but that's another story for another day) . It's not so much fun these days. Honestly, it's quite tiresome and a bore, a sign that I am getting too old for that sort of thing. I'm looking for something a little more real. I'm not ready to have a full-blown, long-term relationship. I have baggage I'm still trying to unpack and I don't want anyone else to get mixed up with it. I do know I don't want just one nite stands and fuck buddies either. So where does that put me? I don't know. I want to have fun, enjoy life, and sample what it has to offer. At the same, time I want to know what it feels like to be loved, desired, and committed. They are conflicting thoughts, but in my mind they co-exist in harmony. This dilemma is one of the reasons I'm so frustrated and moody. I can be a real bitch when I'm not getting any. Well, another rant is complete... or incomplete. I should go to bed. I have to work in the morning (which was supposed to be my day off). FUN...FUN...FUN...!!! Oh BTW, I did run into a couple of people I've talked to before and were cool. So, please don't think that everyone I talked to were skanks. :-) |
1,395,900 | male | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 02,July,2004 | Here's the cutest website I've seen lately. It's a side project of designer Paul Frank (maker of super cute graphic tees and other things). So grab some milk and cookies and enjoy... urlLink Julius & Friends. |
1,395,900 | male | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 02,July,2004 | It seems that lately I've been very distracted. For some unforeseen reason, I can't focus on anything (of importance). I wake up, go to work, come home, eat, download porn (BTW, I don't even watch it I just download it), watch TV, toss off, and go to bed. This routine has been going on for a good week or so. Honestly, it's been longer than that. The sad part is I don't know why...Well that's not entirely true. I think I'm frustrated and stuck in a rut so I do these counterproductive things to distract me from facing my issues. I really do need to get it together. I'm tired of hearing myself say that over and over again. I'm tired of living a life that just isn't me...It burns the very core of my being and I only have myself to blame. Well enough ranting for now... I hopefully will have pictures from DC pride up soon. I had a great time. It was good to get out of Richmond. |
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1,395,900 | male | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 02,July,2004 | The following is an exerpt of a converstaion I was having with my best friend Charles about today. I'm too tired to really rant about here. What follows should pretty much explain my mood. charlesg_nyc_77: hey pnut77: hey... what's up? charlesg_nyc_77: nada...just a high drama day pnut77: haha oh yeah? how so? charlesg_nyc_77: well, Steve (store manager) flipped out on me for leaving a till out in the office (I was trying to help a co-worker out really quick). Then he just went on about how I'd better find a car or another job. It pissed me the fuck off charlesg_nyc_77: Actually I'm still fuming pnut77: so what are you gonna do? charlesg_nyc_77: I think he's just pissed because Corporate is cracking down on store managers in our district due to some shady business that has been going on. He was totally cool about 20minutes later. i guess he felt bad charlesg_nyc_77: Anyhow, Mike (my roommate) offered to take me to Charlie Falk on Thursday to took at stuff. Regardless I'm looking for something else. I'm tried of being a fucking puppet pnut77: yeah you really do need to look into something else i think.. find what it is you wanna do and find a way to do it charlesg_nyc_77: That's easier said than done. There's not much I want to do down here. I'm going to get my resume together and get it to Saks ASAP. Even if it's a pay cut the exprience would be worth it. pnut77: yeah, that'd be the first step... you just gotta go for it and see what happens... start scratching things off the list charlesg_nyc_77: Yeah...you're totally right. BTW, my 'detox' period didn't last long. I'm going to try again tomorrow. pnut77: lol well, better luck next try charlesg_nyc_77: Yeah...I know. So how was your day? |
1,395,900 | male | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 02,July,2004 | Hey everyone, I just want to apologize for the delay in posting. Of course, I'm not sure who actually reads this, but I apologize anyway. Due to work and a new living situation I've been online as much as in the past. So my posting will be less frequent ( 0r more infrequent ). Hopefully, I'll will get the Paris Men's and Women's Couture reviews up in the next few days or so. |
1,395,900 | male | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 02,July,2004 | Here's another installment of what's going down in men's fashion for the Spring/Summer '05 Season. News Flash : urlLink Style.com is now reviewing menswear collections on their site. I guess urlLink Conde Nast has gotten hip to the fact that fashion isn't just for the girls. So, if you want even more fashion coverage, please check it out. Otherwise, visit my favorite fashion site urlLink ModaOnLine . urlLink Valentino The Theme : Military The Grade : A The Review : Valentino knows how to make a man look sexy, intelligent, and expensive. His collection for Spring/Summer '05 has the recurring military theme, but luxed to the nth degree. The overall silhouette was slim with sharp narrow shouldered jackets and slim pants. Olive, khaki, chocolate, and white dominated the pallet to coincide with the military theme. He did punctuate collection with touches of berry, mustard, and sky blue. One of the more facinating elements of the collection was a floral print, that from a distance, looked like camouflage. Overall, the collection was solid and worthy of any man's closet (budget permitting). Must Haves urlLink Khaki Trench with White Pant urlLink Mustard Crocodile Bomber Jacket urlLink Olive Surplus Blazer with Quartz Pant urlLink Roberto Cavalli The Theme : Rock Star The Grade : C+ The Review : Mr. Cavalli was up to his usual tricks for this collection. All the classic Cavalli elements were there animal prints, tight leather, beaded denim. The most interesting pieces were the leather trimmed jackets, the raw pieced jacket and the 'scarf' tops. Roberto designs clothing for rock stars (or those unleashing their inner rock star). It's about sex and galm and not much else. Must Haves urlLink Caramel and White tie-Dyed Shirt with Stone Cargo Pant urlLink Raw Strip Pieced Jacket urlLink Taupe Sheer Embroidered Split-Neck Top with Caramel Low-Rise Leather Pant urlLink Costume National The Theme : savage The Grade : B The Review : Ennio Capasa's image of man is reminiscent of Lord of the Flies . Key elements of the collection are; heavily slashed t-shirts, asymmetrical jackets, tight pants, and bone jewelry. The pallet was the same military neutral pallet popping up everywhere. Mr. Capasa's 'pop' colors were chili red and pool blue. Some of the silhouettes did look a little difficult to wear (but anything on a 2% body fat model looks 'difficult' to wear in real life). Overall, another strong showing from Costume National. Must Haves urlLink Olive Suede 'Slashed' Tee urlLink Chili Red Leather Motorcycle Vest and Black Pant urlLink Black Deep-V Cable Sweater |
1,395,900 | male | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 02,July,2004 | I'm back with more news you can use to get your wardrobe in check... For more complete coverage of the Milan shows, go to urlLink ModaOnLine . urlLink Burberry Prorsum The Theme : Preppie The Grade : A- The Review : Keyword: Color, Color, Color. Christopher Bailey is continuing his mission to get men into color. From cobalt blue, deep red, lime green, to hot pink, the pallet is vivid and eye-catching. For the high-end label of the Burberry brand, you won't see much of their famed Nova Check (except for a pant done in white not the traditional beige). Key elements include; cotton pants (in slim and loose silhouettes), short trench coats, striped sweaters and polos. The collection is very wearable and salable. It should do well when it hits the stores. All in all, it's a collection that can't help but put a smile on your face. Word to the Wise : If you're going to pull off that much color, have the confidence and attitude to go with it. Must Haves : urlLink Khaki, Red, and Navy Striped Sweater with White Pinstriped Slim Pant urlLink Red V-neck Sweater with Floral Applique urlLink White Cotton Short Trench Coat with Green and White Rugby Tee urlLink DSquared2 The Theme : Hawaii The Grade : B- The Review : DSquared2 is an unknown label to most, but definitely a label to watch. The collection is (as always) modern, sexy, urban, and denim heavy. Even though the theme of the collection appears to be Hawaii...You won't find any tacky printed camp shirts or board shorts here. Instead, the collection features; super low-rise jeans, cropped denim jackets, and vintage-inspired tees. Nothing about the collection is 'new', but what DSquared2 lacks in innovation, they make up for in styling. These are clothes that can blend in, but get you noticed at the same time. Dean and Dan Caten are fashions 'wonder twins' or at least the urlLink Dolce & Gabbana of now. Keep an eye out for them. Must Haves urlLink Leather Low Rise Jean with Lacing Detail urlLink White Cotton Moto Jacket with Leather Trim urlLink 'Sunset' Striped Swimsuit urlLink Dirk Bikkembergs The Theme : Soccer The Grade : C+ The Review : The general populace might not be familiar with this label, but you'll want to after seeing this collection. Again, vivid colors are the pallet of choice. From racing red to kelly green, the colors are as fast a the people who wear them. Key elements of the collection are; jackets with asymmetrical zippers, track pants, shiny fabrics, and bold graphic numbered tees. The collection also features some tailored pieces great for a night out. I am usually not a fan of athletic inspired clothing. It tends to be either too functional or too 'fashion'. Dirk has found a way to make clothing that you will want to wear to the gym and wear out on the town. Must Haves : urlLink Powder Blue Asymmetrical Zip Jacket urlLink Olive Green Satin Suit urlLink Number 5 Graphic Tee Well, off to bed.... |
3,565,685 | female | 13 | Student | Capricorn | 12,June,2004 | LIYANA KNOWN HER SINCE SHE WAS MY CLASSMATE OF 5/1.SHE WAS A NICE GIRL UNTIL SHE WAS IN P 6 SHE CHANGED TO BE SO BITCHY.BUT SHE IS A GREAT FRIEND TO KNOW.ATIKA.LIYANA.ME.AND.KARTHIG ALWAYS SPENT OUR WEEKENDS PLAYING BADMINTONS AT THE LIBRARY DECK.WE ALWAYS WITH WANNI OUR LONG TIME FRIEND NOW GO SOMEWHERE.LIYANA SHARE THE SAME EX WITH ME WHICH IS MALIK.I NEVER GET TO MEET HIM CAUSE WE BREAK UP.ANYWAY BACK TO LIYANA SHE IS NOW LIKE BACKSTABBERS AND SMOKERS.LAST TIME WAS SO DECENT HER FAMILY ALL VERY THE DECENT TYPE.SHE BECAME THE DEVIL BEHIND THE FIREWALL.ANYWAY THIS GIRL VERY FRIENDLY AND VERY SENSITIVE TOO.I DUNNOE WHAT TO SAY ABT HER..SO BYEZZ |
3,565,685 | female | 13 | Student | Capricorn | 11,June,2004 | I HAVE KNOWN THIS GIRL ABOUT THREE YEARS LIKE THAT.BUT SHE BECAME MY CLASSMATE WHEN I WAS IN P 6 BACK THEN...SHE IS A NICE AND DILLIGENT PREFECT I KNOW.VERY SENSITIVE FEELINGS STORED DEEP INSIDE HER.SE IS A VERY KIND AND WELL-RESPECTED STUDET BY EVERY STUDENT IN AHMAD IBRAHIM WELL SHE WAS THE HEAD PREFECT.AND SHE WAS SO SERIOUS IN HER DUTY THAT SHE GOT NO TIME MUCH TO STUDY UNTIL HER MALAY TEACHER TALK ABOUT HER.BUT HE SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT CAUSE NADIA SEEMS TO BE VERY GOOD IN HER STUDIES.DURING HER CLASMMATES WITH ME SHE WAS SO KIND TO HELP ALL HER CLASSMATES IN THEIR WEAKNESS.SHE NEVER COMPLAINS BUT SHE IS STRICT.SHE IS ESPECIALLY STRICT IN TEACHING US SO WE CAN GET THE RIGHT TACTICS.SHE NEVER FAILS TO DO HER HOMEWORK WHILE SHE WAS HAVING PREFECT DUTY EVERY AFTER SCHOOL HOURS THATS ALL ABOUT NADIA... |
3,565,685 | female | 13 | Student | Capricorn | 11,June,2004 | I KNOWN THIS GIRL NAME ATIKA FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS SINCE WE WERE IN PRIMARY ONE.SHE IS A NICE,WONDERFUL,ADVENTUROUS AND BEAUTIFUL IRL.SHE WAS A SUCH GREAT FRIEND TO HAVE.SHE ALWAYS LENDS ME HER LISTENING EAR EVERYTIME I HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE.EVERY YEAR DURING OUR PRE-SCHOOL TIMES,WE WERE ALWAYS TOGETHER STICKING WITH EACH OTHER LIKE GLUE.ATIKA WAS ALWAYS ADMIRE BY BOY BUT MINE WAS JUST ONE BOY.BUT SHE NOW SEEMS TO HATE BOYS AS THEY ALWAYS BUTED THEIR GIRLS.BUT I KNOW MY FRIEND HAS A GOOD HEART.HER SISTER IS NOW CLASSMATES AND GOOD FRIEND WITH MY SISTER.HEARD ABOUT US FRIENDING TILL NOW THEY ALSO WANT TO BREAK THE WAY.ANYWAY ATIKA HAVE A GOOD ATTITUDE,ALTHOUGH SHE IS NAUGHTY SOMETIMES BUT HER STUDY WAS SO GREAT..SHE PASSESS WITH FLYING COLORS AND GO TO EXPRESS WHILE I PASS WITH TEARS STREAMING DOWN MY EYES CAUSE I GO TECHNICAL.BUT WHEREVER YOU GO ITS STILL THE SAME.STILL GET TO GO TO A SECONDARY SCHOOL.ATIKA IS SUCH A FRIEND OH MY! SHE IS SO WONDERFUL.SHE CAN DO TO THINGS AT A TIME.BUT DURING PRE-SCHOOL SHE ADMIRE THIS BOY NAME ARIF BUT I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHY HE NEVER ACCEPT HER CAUSE SHE IS VERY NICE AND KIND TOO.THOSE WHO DON'T ACCEPT MY FRIEND FOR WHAT SHE IS WILL BE A HUNGER. |
3,565,685 | female | 13 | Student | Capricorn | 13,June,2004 | My HeArT...SaYs Half of my heart there is with you.. Goddess love moment come calling me in doubt Leaving to feel silently.. obliging I have a crush on you? and me only can be kept quiet do not can be expressed [by] that sentence becoming time depth become waiting anxious becoming I do not can get you you is my houri which always become sweetheart.. |
3,565,685 | female | 13 | Student | Capricorn | 12,June,2004 | TODAY I TOLD SI MAMAT NAMER IDZWAN NIE ABOUT MYSELF AND I TOLD HIM ALL INSIDE OUT FEELINGS AKU.APERSALAHNYER KAN LAGI PUN SI SYARIF MANER MENGHILANG...ITS NOT WRONG DOING THAT EITHER.I FEEL BETTER AFTER TELLING HIM MY FEELINGS.HE WAS SO SHOCKED BY THEN..OKAY LATER I CONTINUE PART 2 HEHE...OKAY BYEZZ |
3,565,685 | female | 13 | Student | Capricorn | 11,June,2004 | SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO HOLD ON THAT BRIDGE WITHOUT FALLING.ITS JUST HAVE TO BE THAT WAY CAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN HE WILL LEAVE YOU.SO BE IT NOW AN INDEPENDENT WOMEN.SHOW THE GUYS THAT WE CAN LEAVE WITHOUT THEM.WE SHOW THEM WE WOMEN WAYS OF INDEPENDENT.FORGET ABOUT THEM.BUT REMEMBER ONE DAY YOU JUST HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM.GUYS ARE SUCH SICKOZ SOMETIMES THEY MAKE US REAL ANGRY.THEY THOUGHT THEY ARE ALL VERY RIGHT BUT THEY ACTUALLY WEREN'T THE RIGHT ONES.OKAY LAH NO MORE TO TELL BYEZZ.. |
3,565,685 | female | 13 | Student | Capricorn | 11,June,2004 | SINCE SYARIF LEFT,I FEEL NOTHING CAN HELP ME TO BE HAPPY.I HAD ALOT OF ADVICES BY MY SISTAZ BUT NONE CAN HELP ME.I KEPT BECOMING SO UNHAPPY EVERYDAY.UNTIL ONE DAY I WENT TO THE CHATROOM AND GET TO KNOW A NEIGHBOURHOOD FRIEND FROM SERANGOON SECONDARY.IDZWAN SHARE ALOT OF JOKES AND SPENT TIME TO CHAT WITH ME SEEMS EVERYDAY.HE MAKES ME SMILE EVERYTIME.BUT I STILL CANNOT FORGET ABOUT SYARIF.EVERY NIGHT HIS NAME KEEP COMING OUT OF MY MIND.BUT I KNOW I CAN LIVE WITHOUT HIM IF I TRY HARD TO FORGET HIM.HIS MISTAKES MAKES ME SO HARD TO BELIEVE IN GUYS ANYMORE.BUT ALL THIS WHILE IDZWAN WAS THE ONE WHO MAKES ME SO HAPPY.I WAS SO THANKFUL THAT I CAN'T SAY A WORD OF THANKS INDEED JUST TYPE IT OUT.IDZWAN SUCH NICE HOPE ONE DAY THOSE WHO HATE HIM WILL LIKE HIM AS MUCH.I AM KIND OF HAPPY KNOWING HIM.MY SIS ASK ME IF I GOT ANY ADMIRE AND SO IN A SNAP IN THE THUMB I WROTE HIS NAME.I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHY I STARTED TO ADMIRE HIM SO MUCH.BUT ALL I KNOW I WILL TRY HARDER NEXT TIME.HERE IT ENDS. |
3,565,685 | female | 13 | Student | Capricorn | 13,June,2004 | Oh yeah Sh de da de dup dem de doo All the time I think of you Holding on to someone new Don't make me lose my mind Seems like I been here before Baby I can't take no more Of you trying to play me out baby I feel so strange thinking about you After all the wrong you've done to me I can't go on feeling like I do Cause my heart loves you I'm so confused Chorus Don't waste my time Cause someone like me you'll never find I thought we had a good thing But I was wrong and now I must move on To another love one that I can trust With my heart I know she'll never run away Just can't talk no more So I'm out the door Talk to me Why you wanna play love games Chorus Don't waste my time Cause someone like me you'll never find I thought we had a good thing But I was wrong and now I must move on Bridge Chorus Don't waste my time Cause someone like me you'll never find I thought we had a good thing But I was wrong and now I must move on LyRiCs nAmE ThInK Of yOu.. |
3,565,685 | female | 13 | Student | Capricorn | 11,June,2004 | FIRST SIGH LOVE : PRIMARY 5 LASTS:2 YEARS-KHAIRIL SECOND: PRIMARY 6 LASTS:2 WEEKS-SATEESH THIRD: SECONDARY 1 LASTS:JUST ADMIRE-FADLI FOURTH: SECONDARY 1 LASTS:WAS JUST A CRUSH-FADLI FIFTH: SECONDARY 1 LASTS:10 DAYS-SYARIF SIXTH: SECONDARY 1 LASTS:3 DAYS-MALIK _MY LOVE LIFE HERE_ |
3,565,685 | female | 13 | Student | Capricorn | 07,June,2004 | Sometimes its just have to happen...you can't either stop it or miss it...Because sometimes the person don't understand you so its just a waste of time waiting.Should leave better than stay.Cause life still go on.Although you think you couldn't leave without him its just your opinion.But when you try it you will surely like to prove to him that you can't live in harmony without him or his love.Sometimes 'LOVE' is just so interesting and happening.But when time come and goes you will feel really not in the mood to be with your partner. You just feel after that that you wanting to leave him and you want him to get out of your life.After that happens then you realised what happens.But after the break up you will change to be more positive in life and have a better guy than him a better one who is caring and more understanding for you.Someday when you can't tell a guy that you like him you feel upset.But when you havetold him and he says he love you too and you became so happy to be until one day he left you and then you understand that he was just playing with your feelings like what everybody think it would happen. Sometimes being too sincere is not so right cause he may take advantage of you or even makes your day worser than ever and leave you.A sincere guy would keep the girl happy as she could be and never left her without any good reasons.So girls to find a boy you just have to be patient and find the right one before your day came to a worse end.So beware before it happens.This is just my opinion and my own day that happen before in my life.So its up to you....my friend you have taken my advice have succeed.So you can still tell that person how much you love them but just don't take it their sweet words or else you will be so unhappy at the end...Be not too sincere and be understanding to succeed...Good Luck and All The Best To All |
3,565,685 | female | 13 | Student | Capricorn | 10,June,2004 | ChaT aGaiN tODaE..UsE NiCk gUrL_GiLeR13..ArGhh!!!WaT nOnSeNsE..WaNt To KnOw?ShahriL tOlD HiS FreN ThaT He dON'T WaNt A BreaK Up..FeeL HaPPy LaH BuT sOmE sOrT Of NoNSeNsE SiA..HeHe.. ThaT'S FrOm OutSiDe BuT iNsiDe,sO HaPPy,ReLiEveD..oNe mOre ThiNg JuZ nOw I BuSteD A Guy aND WaS CaLLeD a sLuT..HeHe..DoN'T MiNd bOuT BeInG CaLLeD NaMeS..It MaKe Me FeeL sO gOoD tO BusTeD A Guy..cOz A GuY CaN bUsTeD a giRL WhY NoT A GiRl bUsTeD A GuY?wOrLd MuZ bE fAiR WaT..heHe..K LaH CiaO..waNnA ChaT aT aLaMaK..ByezZz |
3,565,685 | female | 13 | Student | Capricorn | 08,June,2004 | Yesterday,MaK BeDah weNt tO USA..KaK NiNi Pay The TiCKet fOr heR..TheN tODae..Haizz..VerY saD..I BrOKe Off WitH ShahRiL..I ThOuGht He gOnNa Be WiTh me fOr The ReSt Of My LiFe But WaT I ThiNk DoeSn'T cOme True..Is ThiS The ChaLLenGe ThaT gOD SeNt fOr Me?aLL I cOuLd dO Is Pray tO gOd..Its uP tO gOd tO ReuNiTe Us tOgeTheR.aLL i hOpe WaS tO Be WiTh HiM OnCe mOre..FeeL LiKe CryiNg Out LouD..NvM, TherE aRe LotSa Guy OuTta theRe..He DoeSn'T OwN The wOrLd.He iS JuSt AcTiNg aS If He iS sO HeNsEm iN thE uNiverSe..Be gLaD ThaT I aCCepT Him fOr WaT He iS..HaTe iT..He ShOuLd TeLL mE EaRLiEr He WaNna BreaK..i AiN'T ReaDy For ThiS BreaK Up..It REaLLy HurtS..aM i HuRt BcOz Of ThE BreaK uP Or BcOz Of HiM Or BoTh?NvM..HaTe It Sia.. It ReaLLy HuRtS Me..NeVeR HaD ThiS FeeLiNg B4..REaLLy HaTe HiM..I HaTe Him..HaTe HiM sO MuCh..FeeL LiKe KiLLiNg MySeLf!gOSh..Why MuZ iT Be Me?LuCk SeeM tO avOiD Me..HaTe LuCk,HaTe ShahRiL,HaTe The BreaK uP!ReaLLy NeeD SumOne tO Be My SiDe ReGarDLeSs Of AgE,GeNDer..PlSz!!! |
3,565,685 | female | 13 | Student | Capricorn | 08,June,2004 | Errm..Well..wat i think bout guys is simple:they are biased towards gurls,they never give in to gurls,they are so cruel to gurls,they always look down on gurls,they never trust gurls..BUT we gurls cannot live without them..Why?No One knows the answer..maybe bcoz guys are more matured than gurls..who knows..how to get the guy of ur choice?its simple..just follow my steps..when every guy wants to be with u,be with them..within a week,if u can go on with them,then go on.If not,then split up..When the guys doesn't want a break up,then timed them..its simple as that..LoLx..don follow wat i just said or u will never able to find ur dream guy..follow wat ur heart wants.dont follow wat others says..ur choice in is ur hands.no one can decide ur choice unless u decide urself..BUT its up to the parents to restu the relationship..when they dont let u get on with ur guy,cabot rumah lah..LoLx..never do that..parents are more important than ur guy..always remember wat ur parents had sacrificed for u..GuyS are sumtimes needed to cool us down..so watever ur choice is,make it a grant..GOOD LuCK!! |
3,565,685 | female | 13 | Student | Capricorn | 07,June,2004 | Errm..ToDaE,8 June 2004,Do NoThiNg MuCh..ChaT At aLaMaK UsE NiCk MeM_JoYah..YeStErDae SLeep LaTe cOz TaLk On ThE PhOne WiTh ShAHriL..QuiTe Fun..TheN SuMthiNK HappeN..GueSs Wat,I ReaLLy iN LoVe WiTh ShAHriL..NoT LiKe I UsE tO LiKe Him..ThiS FeeLiNgS No OnE NoEs..Errm..NoW cOOL;nOt ThiNKiNG BouT ArSe AnImOrE..LiKe I SaiD:ThErE ArE BeTTeR GuY ThAn HiM..He DOeSN'T OwN ThE wOrLd..WaTeVeR It Is,ShAHrIL Is ThE RiGhT ChOiCe! HeHe..ChiAo |
3,565,685 | female | 13 | Student | Capricorn | 06,June,2004 | Hi.I am Atika lah..Just Did this stupid thing..but quite good..what i did today was not so fun.all i did was chat at urlLink this is a good spot for chat..got a good bf name shahril and very please to have him by my side..keep coming to my site and see wat i'll write..see ya |
3,565,685 | female | 13 | Student | Capricorn | 13,June,2004 | I WaS sO HApPy eVeR SInCe i gEt To knOw iDzWaN eVeRYtIme I WroTe aBoUt Him I DUnNO wHy..ToDaY GO a BiT FIgHT BecOz oF OnE GiRl NaMe ElySsA..dAuGhtEr Of A BiTcH gIrl..AnYwAy i WaS So aNgRy ThAt I CaMe uP wItH nAuGhtY wOrDs AnD hE WaS LiKE BeGgIng me tO fOrgIvE sAy I Was thE BEsTEsT giRl AnD he LoVe Me lAh etC..I PiTy hiM so i FoRgIvE cOz I kNoW hE iS sINcEre tYpE...I MaDE Him dAt WaY oSo CoZ i rEAlLy LovE hIM aNd WANt To SeE iF hE fEelS THe SaMe ToO..I nOw unDeRsTAnDs HiS fEeLiNGs BuT sTiLl CaN'T bElIeVE ThE tRUtH is iT tHaT...i Am juZ DoN't liKe TrUsTiNg SwEeT wOrDs...BuT i DoN'T tInk hE wIlL LykE Me FoReVer coZ hE hAvEn't MeT mE bEfoRe OnLY THaT oUr scHoOLs Are NeAr EaCh OtHErS..AnyWaY I dOn'T mInD HImS LoOKs bUT I hOpe hE iS AN aNgEL iNsIdE hIM : )..jUz waNt To StAy HaPpY AfTer sYaRiF lEft me WiTHoUt WoRdS..tHiS idZWaN wAs THe bLooM oF aLl..hE iS REaLlI cOol..AnD i LoVE u dEArIe : ) |
3,565,685 | female | 13 | Student | Capricorn | 11,June,2004 | I JUST GET TO KNOW THIS GUY FROM ALAMAK CHATROOM.HE WAS FROM SERANGOON SECONDARY.AFTER KNOWING HIM FOR QUITE A LONG TIME.IT SEEMS THAT HE IS A NICE GUY,CARING,UNDERSTANDING AND ALSO VERY MUCH ALIKE OF A JOKER.HE LIKES PICTURE OF CARS A LOT. SO ONDE FINE DAY BEING SO BORED,I SURF THE INTERNET FOR IMAGES OF CARS SO I FOUND ONE WHICH SUITS MY TASTE AND SED IT TO HIM.SUDDENLY HE SAY 'WHERE DID YOU KNOW I LIKE THIS TYPE OF CAR'.AND SO HE ASK AND I SAID I WAS JUST THINKING.HE WAS SO HAPPY THEN.CHATTING WITH THIS GUY WAS FUN.HE WAS SO FRIENDLY. SOMETIMES HE CAN BE SENSITIVE TOO AND ALSO SOMETIMES WE CAN JOKE AROUND.HE IS AN EXPRESS STUDENT,SO CLEVER HUH?WELL HE IS,HE SEEMS TO KNOW ALOT ABOUT THE COMPUTER THAN ME ALTHOUGH I HAVE HAD COMPUTER APPLICATION IN SCHOOL.MY FRIEND ELYSSA FOUND THAT HE WAS SO IRRITATING WHILE THE OTHER CHATTERS FOUND THAT HE WAS GREAT.MAYBE MY FRIEND HAD A CRUSH ON HIM ON SOMETHING. BUT WELL I KNOW MYSELF,I ADMIRE THIS GUY SO MUCH BUT I KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN CAUSE HE WON'T ACCEPT ME.WELL I DON'T SUIT HIS CRITERIA.A PERSON LIKE HIM PROBABLY WISH TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL GIRL LIKE SIS AIN.SIS AIN WAS LAST TIME ADMIRE HIM SO I BELIEVE TILL NOWTHE LIKES WOULD STAY.SHE IS SUCH A NICE AND PRETTY LADY.SUITS TO BE WITH THIS GUY. I JUST ASK HIM WHAT DO I WRITE ABOUT YOU SO HE WROTE 'CARING'....'HONEST'....'LOYAL'....'FUNNY...THIS IS WHAT HE DESCRIBE HIMSEL LIKE...SUCH A JOKER...OKAY HERE IT ENDS ENJOY READING.. |
3,565,685 | female | 13 | Student | Capricorn | 07,August,2004 | You are always on my mind i never keep you away from my mind.You are the bestest friend ever in life.I wonder if it is a friend later or we gonna be together.I wish i wish we gonna be forever friends.You know who you are...HeHe..Thanks for making a smile outta me okiez... |
3,644,423 | male | 24 | Student | Taurus | 18,June,2004 | iam a hindu, according to our holy book The Bhagavat Gita, the Lord says that, one should do our duty and never expect any thing for that, in other offer the results to the lord and no sin will be attached to u. any one disagreeing with this? |
3,644,423 | male | 24 | Student | Taurus | 16,June,2004 | has any ever thought why people have expectation...when they know that if their expectations dont come true there is going to be sorrow, because of sorrow one can get angry and distrubed in life, when one is angry...the person will not be in a position to think properly, may take hastey decisions, which may prove very costly, and even may bring his down fall...!! so why people have lot of expectations...? cant we just do our duty and not worry about the results...coz i believe, what ever has to happen will happen, what we can do is just do our best. i dont know if all will agree with me...?!!! |
3,644,423 | male | 24 | Student | Taurus | 20,June,2004 | u have friends, know each other well, then u fall in love, but hesitate to tell them as u have a fear of losing their friendship....then u decide to tell...then back off again...then u tell how u feel ....but its too late....what to do...u have missed the train...! u have those feelings just tell it out...! u will feel lot better. |
3,644,423 | male | 24 | Student | Taurus | 16,June,2004 | has any one thought about the important of friendship....? i used to take it just as any other thing...but some people really change it all. one should be lucky enough to get a real good friend. if u have a ONE real good friend...then i believe u r the most luckyest person on earth. for me friends are more than any thing. its a treasure...and very few see it that way i believe..?!! but i dont know if every one will agree with me on this matter..!! each one has his her view on this matter. but i like to say that iam very lucky to have a very good friend with me. i dont know what i would be if that friend was not there...?!! |
3,644,423 | male | 24 | Student | Taurus | 16,June,2004 | has any one understood what love is...? what is it any ways..? pain...?, happiness...? sorrow...?, pleasure...? what is it...? why do people fall in love..? is there a reason..? is it a nature's way of teaching new lessons in life...? what is it...? does every one fall in love? or is there any one who says he or she wont fall in love...? is it a decision to be taken to fall in love...or does it just happen..? i feel love is one of the most complicated stuff in life. am i right...? or am i over reacting..? |
3,804,842 | female | 33 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 30,June,2004 | Took Katie to the Dentist a couple of weeks ago and they did the Normal Xrays on her teeth , it was time. I take all my kids to a pediatric Dentist he is a little less stressful for them. Get this he has a WIDE SCREEN TV playing cartoons on Cartoon Network 24\7 and get this they can still watch TV as they are getting their teeth Cleaned. The Dentist has a big screen Tv in the room where they Clean the kids teeth , I think they can fit about 10 kids in that room getting there teeth done and watching scooby doo. I wish I had it that good when I was Growing up!. I did find out though that Katie's adult teeth is growing in Crooked and sideways , showed up on the Panoramic Xrays. the Dentist told me he is hoping that this will straighted out before she looses her baby teeth or she Might need Braces. Like I need another expense! But he said not to worry that the Teeth might straighted out in time. After all the Cleaning katie comes out and says 'my teeth are all Clean'( LOL)she calls the girl that cleans her teeth the Tooth Fairy , strange things is she thinks the tooth fairy cleans her teeth so they will fall out and give her money. Funny how kids think of things! |
3,804,842 | female | 33 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 30,June,2004 | Katie had her 3 t ball game today and it is kinda funny. Nothing like a bunch of 6 year old having no idea what they are doing. I got to coach 3 base line today and I enjoyed that alot. Tomorrow is carpet cleaning day here at the House. I had to call in the 'Da boys' from a place from Fiber tech to Suck every stinky spot out of my carpet. so I have been Moving Furniture for two days. Well This week is a slower week for me so i was able to get things taken care of the house like the carpet cleaning. That is about it maybe I can get on this later. |
3,804,842 | female | 33 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 28,July,2004 | I never really understood the Term 'I can handle anything God can Gives me I just wish he Did not Trust me so Much' Now I think it is Finally Sinking in. He Gave me Two Boys to Love and with Very Unique Medical situations. It has made me a stronger Person and learn to have more Patience. It has Made Me Appreciate a healthy Child. Making any sense? Sometimes Jealousy gets to me when I see Parents 'take For granted' a healthy child. Then I Feel Bad because I have Great Kids. Must Be My Mood Tonight. I see so Many Healthy kids Come through the Clinic and then I see my Boys and makes me sad.Even though they are the sweetest kids Ever. I love all my kids Equally and Unconditionally. so Hug Your child tonight and Lots of Kisses... :-) |
3,804,842 | female | 33 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 27,July,2004 | Hearing aides are now Ordered for David and should be getting them next week sometime. Do even go there on how much they cost us! Talk about stressing . Insurance Pays for half but then We have to come up with the Other half. Thank Goodness for Payment Plans! The Place we got them from is a independent place so They shaved off some of the Cost. But we got them For David Before school so that is all that matters. :-) |
3,804,842 | female | 33 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 26,July,2004 | Well another work week has started. Andy just found Out at work he has to Go to Austin Tx for some Training to help out the Guys in the Boiler room at work.He will be Getting Certified to work on Electrical switchboards so if somthing happens he will be the one who will get called .He will be Leaving the 2nd week in Aug. So I have to work out Babystitters and do some major sweet talking to Andy's mom to give me a hand while I am Working. I am thinking of taking a day or two off so I can be home so I have to work On my calendar this afternoon. Maybe me and the kids will do some day trips so they will not get too Bored. Nothing like getting a little Over a week notice. Kids get registerd for school in a couple of weeks and I have to go pay dues and see who they get they Get for teachers. I always Kind of know with David who he will have the next year since he recieves special services from school because only certain teachers only take the Special Ed kids, by the way I hate that word Special Ed like the kids have a disease or something. Hopefully I will only have to put up with this for another year or so because Middle School is right around the Corner for David and Another set or Rules will apply to him. |
3,804,842 | female | 33 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 23,July,2004 | Who Would of thought Krispy Creme would have Come to think of making a Glazed Donut Drink that tates Like there Glazed Donuts. All I have to say is it sounds Gross. Any thoughts on this? I was Chatting with other Friends and they Thought the same thing. I think Krispy Creme Can come up Better with Other Flavors of Drinks. |
3,804,842 | female | 33 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 20,July,2004 | Well I decided to delete my last post.. mainly Because of the girls at work have access to this Blogspot and I might have some Questions to answer if it got to the Wrong Person Even if it was not my Fault. Much better day today and in a much, much better Mood. The Other issue is How to deal with a 6 year old that thinks she Knows EVERYTHING? Katie is such a smart kid and nothing Gets by her. Anyone know how to deal with a little Girl who thinks Name Calling is OK? and nobody's Feelings is Going to be Hurt? I tried already to talk with her but she is my EYE ROLLER. SHe is though Getting better since I started taking things away from her and etc.. ANy other suggestions would be Helpful. |
3,804,842 | female | 33 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 15,July,2004 | The Kids Finally Twisted My arm enough to Take them to Green Bay In the Morning. (Friday) To a place called Bay Beach, this is a Year Round Family Amuzement Park with Rides and Trains And Etc..The Rides are only a Dime a Piece so it is worth the time to take them . They Have Bumper Cars which David is Obssesed with .Katie and David Both have been asking to go for quite some time now so Since I have Friday off I decided to go ahead and Pencil it in for today and Get away from the house for half a day. ANdy finally got the House painted now the Touch ups Begin and A new front door to be installed. I keep Forgetting how much time this does take , I am the Kind of person who wanted it to be done yesterday. |
3,804,842 | female | 33 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 13,July,2004 | David was talking to me today and said that he Wanted to Go to Mary's Resturant this is a Family resturant in town that serves Really good Hamburgers. Any how I told him he has been there before and he insists he has not and I told him he went there with his Grandparents (Andy's Parents) and tasted these hamburgers and then he suprised me and said that his Short term Memory Must keep him From Remembering. Where does he Get this Vocabulary? I am in aww that he can come up with this stuff. Katie has been eating me out of house and Home and I took Her Snacks away from her,not all but some so she will eat more at Meals. She asked me today for something and I told her to wait she Looked at me and Asked Me straight in the Face and asked me If it was because she was getting FAT and getting a Belly? Gosh can't I do anything Right? David is telling me his Short term memory is shot and Katie is telling Me I will not give her snacks because of her Belly. GEEZ!!! she asks Me every day now for three days if Her belly has gone down so she can Have more snacks.. Kinda scary that she Is Noticing this at age 6. WOW |
3,804,842 | female | 33 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 11,July,2004 | If Those who Do not Know What This is there is a Ton OF Links If you Go to Web MD and Enter this in Or Go to Google. My Youngest Son has this and If want some Reading Or Just Curious Go GOOGLING (HARDY HAR). It Basically is when Your Bowels have No Nerve endings and Basically Dead. In alot of cases That section have to Be Surgically Removed in my Son's case. He is Such a Hudge blessing and a Miracle! Werid thing is, is that this Is a INHERITED DIsease and Most Parents do Not know of this Disease or Do not know they are Carriers until after the Child is Diagnosed. ANdy and I never Knew Of this Until he had the Diagnosis. Kinda strange isn't it? Ultrasound Cannot even detect this or any Blood work that they have can Diagnosis this. You Would think that in this day and Age they would Be able To know ahead of time. |
3,804,842 | female | 33 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 08,July,2004 | I have Noticed I nap more on Sunday than any other Day of the Week. I think it is because I run all week to T-ball and Errands with the Kids I am just COmpletely Wiped Out.I even Really did not want to work Saturday because I wanted to be outside in the sun In a chair asleep. That is what I get for staying up past 1am. The Dog I am Keeping Is Finally going Home today Poor thing Misses her Family . But Went to Church this Morning and When I got Home The Garbage can was Knocked over and she had Went Wild and ate left overs I had in the Garbage including a Chicken Leg. Then When I called for her she Did Not coming running so I paniced that she Did not come, I finally found her with her Head Under My Bed and Her Butt sticking out thinking I would Not noticed she was trying to hide From Me. I scolded her then I took her for a walk, I thought she Might haave choked or something. David's face is Healing from the Road Rash he has maybe next time he wil Learn to use his feet for a brake instead of his Face. At least he has not scared of his Scooter he still has Been Riding even after he Fell. |
3,804,842 | female | 33 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 08,July,2004 | Well David had his 1st accident with his Scooter. He wiped out today and went sprawling Head First in the Sidewalk.. Do not worry He is Ok, No Sitches .. Just his Pride is hurt. Andy Painted the house today and Looks Like a totally Different house Kinda a Light Blue Color and We are Getting a new Door For the Back. So he Got alot Done between the Kids falling Off scooters and What not. I had to Work all Day so Andy had the Kids From 11:30 Until 8 tonight when I finally Got Off work and The Ladt patient Left, Weird Night for work Though Patients Never Stopped coming in. |
3,804,842 | female | 33 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 07,July,2004 | David is Telling Jokes again.. Latest one is 'Knock Knock' Who's there? Door, Door Who? Dora the Explorer Get it? as David is laughing. I just shake My head and Keep Driving.My kids are getting Way to bored and Summer still has about 6 weeks left. Poor Me Because I have 6 more weeks of splitting up fights and putting band aides on.Calgon take me away!! |
3,804,842 | female | 33 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 06,July,2004 | Have to Go back to work today. I am picking up extra shifts at work this summer which I am Glad to get. We Had a extra day off due to the 4th and I enjoyed being home with the Kids. My Neighbor Girl has Been coming over to babysit for me when I need to go in, SO I have Been Very Happy to have her this summer to watch the Kids. Katie and David Love her to come over they seem to enjoy having someone else watch them for a change. Katie went to a Birthday party over the Weekend she Loved it ! It was a swimming party with her Friends from school and then the Parents shot Fireworks off for them at dark so she did not get home until around 9:30. I am glad she is My social Butterfly she needs her friends. |
3,804,842 | female | 33 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 03,July,2004 | Well The other day I was Driving to Oshkosh with Kids in tow and I heard David talking to Katie about His TWIN Cousins that he has that are 2 and a half years old and we just visited them about 2 weeks ago. Well as they Were Talking he told Katie that they Were Called CLONES because they Looked so much Alike, By the Way I almost choked because I was Laughing so hard. I had to try to explain to my 10 year old their is a Difference between a Clone and a Twin and his Cousins were Definatly twins. David has such a knowledge of trying to learn something new and trying to use Big words to impress his Little sister. Bless his heart he is trying! |
3,804,842 | female | 33 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 02,July,2004 | Andy's Dad turns 84 today and Also His Dad's Twin sister turns 84. Not too many Twins LIve That long. But Both are still Kicking. We Did not do too Much but Bum around today David Begged for a Cheeseburger from Macdonalds so I ordered one off the Dollar menu for him He ate that and another Half Of another one. He is a Piggy. I got to see more pics of My adorable Nephew today on my sister's Website.. Thank You Jen..Made my day! He is so Cute! |
3,804,842 | female | 33 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 01,July,2004 | Motovation... HMMM. I have none today. I realized after one pm today that kids had not had lunch, then realized no Bread for sandwichs. ERR. So I went and picked up some bread and milk etc. and Funny thing is , i just went in and picked some of the mess up from them making their OWN Sandwichs, this is a big thing in my house anyway they need to do their own without my help. I have 4 pieces of Lunch meat left from a smaller Brand new container. (Vultures) . Oh well David is a big eater anyway so I cannot complian to much.. but that means grocery store visits more often, and that is where my Motovation is null and void today. I still have to work tonight I hope it finds me before 4pm tonight or I am in some trouble. Andy is taking Katie Fishing tomorrow he has More guts than i do taking a chatting 6 year old Girl with him. Good Luck to him . and God be with him. Katie can talk someone to death and then some.No kidding ! At least he will not be bored. I let her pick her Drinks for the Fishing trip for tomorrow she Picked Gatorade for Her and Her Daddy. AWWWW.. Details tomorrow on if Dad Survives the Trip. (lol) |
3,804,842 | female | 33 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 02,August,2004 | My darling 6 year old came to me today and told me 'Mommie I have a problem' I asked her what looking puzzled at her. She showed her belly and she said Look. laughing I said I know that is your Belly and she told me that it was getting pretty big. I pointed out that she just finished eating and of course she is going to feel full. I also told her that she is getting older and her belly needs to adjust to her growing body. She is so cute though on how she is concerned about little things. It has to be a girl thing. :-) Andy took the kids shopping YES ,I said shopping to a Mall in Illnois right over the border and they had a great time! Andy had a buddy with him they went to check out a great sporting goods store I call it the MAN'S Store it is so big that they sale boats in the store and bait and tackle. I went with a friend of mine to another mall I had the 3 year old and it was great just having to keep up with one child. That made me feel strange just keeping up with one child. |
4,065,332 | female | 24 | indUnk | Cancer | 31,July,2004 | Tomorrow is Lughnassadh, or Lammas, a pagan holiday that celebrates the harvest and the Sun God. Not sure yet how I'll celebrate. Make a feast for myself and my boyfriend, and then perhaps a small ritual for myself. I need to go grocery shopping for this and clean up around the apartment. -Marquette |
4,065,332 | female | 24 | indUnk | Cancer | 30,July,2004 | I'm so glad my summer job of teaching a health and wellness class for high school summer school is almost over. Let me explain the program a little bit first before getting into my rant.... The Upward Bound program is actually a really cool program. They have about 30 high school students who are college bound live in the dorms on campus and have their summer school classes on campus for five weeks. They take science classes, math classes, Spanish, and English during the morning and early afternoon, have recreational activities during the evenings, and the wellness class that I teach three days a week during the evening as well. Since my class is during the evening, the kids don't really consider it a 'real' class, even though the director keeps reminding them they have to pass it in order to go on the trip to Minneapolis at the end of the program. Alright, so there's a little background. The director keeps saying how the wellness class is a 'real' class, but ya know the ole' saying that actions speak louder than words? It applies here as well. Because for everything he says about the wellness class being a real class, he doesn't act like it. For the awards banquet, all the teachers give academic awards, but traditionally the wellness teacher has never given an academic award. A new member to the administration questioned that and so I got to give an academic award - but there was a lunch meeting where all the teachers got together and decided the awards together and I wasn't invited. So come the night of the awards banquet, they all had these plans and spiels they worked on together and I knew nothing about it and kind of ended up winging the whole thing and looking stupid. A member of the administration also made a memory book and a video - and guess who was the only person in the entire program not shown or mentioned in either one of them? Yep, you guessed it - me! And it bothers me as well that people always say 'the academic classes and the wellness class.' Excuse me?! I have a bachelor of science in health - as far as I'm concerned, it is an academic area as well. Whatever. I'm working for the program next summer anyway. Alright, done with my rant. -Marquette |
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