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Monday, September 20, 2004
You are a XSIT--Expressive Sentimental Intellectual Taker. This makes you a Hellcat.
Yowza, you are fiery to be with. You're dynamic and volatile and a living roller coaster. You're also very attractive and immaculately groomed, so your target sex gets drawn in like a moth. You love the attention and never get tired of it. At a party you command attention, but you're a lightweight with alcohol and if you drink too much there can be trouble.
Like an XSYT, you tend to over-analyze things, so the slightest comment or action from your significant other can send you into a tailspin. Conflict with you can be either very productive or very dangerous. You are incapable of lying -- you have no guile -- and if your partner can't handle the truth, that's his/her problem, not yours. You are explosive when you're upset, but when the smoke clears you are right back on track with no ill will.
This is a highly effective way to resolve issues and keep them from brewing, but this can stun and hurt a partner with a more laid-back approach. You aren't angry later, but s/he might be. Make sure when you've gotten your satisfaction that your partner is satisfied as well!
You would never cheat. But combine your hot-blooded style with the fact that your partner is *attracted* to that style, and you've got a recipe for being cheated on. If you pair up with an X_YG (and that's not unlikely) you may get caught in his/her cycle of cheating. Make sure your partner feels appreciated and loved to balance out the fire of your approach to conflict.
If you're female, you're kind of like Evita or Teresa Heinz Kerry. I can't think of any famous men like this.
Of the 71543 people who have taken this quiz, 4.9 % are this type.
Teresa Heinz? what were they thinking?!
You are a SEDL--Sober Emotional Destructive Leader. This makes you a Dictator.
You prefer to control situations, and lack of control makes you physically sick. You feel have responsibility for everyone's welfare, and that you will be blamed when things go wrong. Things do go wrong, and you take it harder than you should.
You rely on the validation and support of others, but you have a secret distrust for people and distaste for their habits and weaknesses that make you keep your distance from them. This makes you very difficult to be with romantically. Still, a level-headed peacemaker can keep you balanced.
Despite your fierce temper and general hot-bloodedness, you have a soft spot for animals and a surprising passion for the arts. Sometimes you would almost rather live by your wits in the wilderness somewhere, if you could bring your books and your sketchbook.
You also have a strange, undeniable sexiness to you. You may go insane.
Of the 21678 people who have taken this quiz since tracking began (8/17/2004), 5.3 % are this type.
i'm already insane!
Wednesday, June 30, 2004
Why Women are Crabby:
We start to "bud" in our blouses at 9 or 10 years old only to find anything that comes in contact with those tender, blooming buds hurts so bad it brings us to tears. Enter the almighty, uncomfortable training bra contraption the boys in school will snap until we have calluses on our backs.
Next, we get our periods in our early to mid-teens (or sooner). Along with those budding boobs, we now bloat, we cramp, we get the hormone crankies, have to wear little mattresses between our legs or insert tubular, packed cotton rods in places we didn't even know we had.
Our next little rite of passage (premarital or not) is having sex for the first time which is about as much fun as having a ramrod push your uterus through your nostrils (IF he did it right and didn't end up with his little cart before his horse), leaving us to wonder what all the fuss was about.
Then it's off to Motherhood where we learn to live on dry crackers and water for a few months so we don't spend the entire day leaning over Brother John. Of course, amazing creatures that we are (and we are), we learn to live with the growing little angels inside us steadily kicking our innards night and day making us wonder if we're having Rosemary's Baby.
Our once flat bellies now look like we swallowed a watermelon whole and we pee our pants every time we sneeze. When the big moment arrives, the dam in our blessed Nether Regions will invariably burst right in the middle of the mall and we'll waddle with our big cartoon feet moaning in pain all the way to the ER.
Then it's huff and puff and beg to die while the OB says, "Please stop screaming, Mrs. Hearmeroar. Calm down and push. Just one more (or 10 ) good push," warranting a strong, well-deserved impulse to punch the ***** (and hubby) square in the nose for making us cram a wiggling, mushroom-headed 10lb bowling ball through a keyhole.
After that, it's time to raise those angels only to find that when all that "cute" wears off, the beautiful little darlings morph into walking, jabbering, wet, gooey, snot-blowing, life-sucking little poop machines.
The teen years. Need I say more?
The kids are almost grown now and we women hit our voracious sexual prime in our early 40's while hubby had his somewhere around his 18th birthday.
Then we hit the grand finale: "The Menopause," the Grandmother of all womanhood. It's either take the HRT and chance cancer in those now seasoned "buds" or the aforementioned Nether Regions, or, sweat like a hog in July, wash your sheets and pillowcases daily and bite the head off anything that moves.
Now, you ask WHY women seem to be more spiteful than men...when men get off so easy, INCLUDING the icing on life's cake: Being able to pee in the woods without soaking their socks...
Now I love being a woman but "Womanhood" would make the Great Ghandi a tad crabby. Women are the "weaker sex"? Yeah right... Bite me!!
Saturday, February 14, 2004
This thing called love
A new survey has just been released out of England — maybe you've heard of it. They followed several hundred couples for four years, and found at the end of it all that 59 percent had split up — despite the fact that they still felt love for each other. The most common complaint? That the love didn't grow. GROW!? What were they thinking? Love is a mole? A wart? A hyacinth bulb? So what is this thing called "love"? The definition I like best comes from a wise contemporary philosopher who said, "When I am in the presence of this person, I really like who I am." Sounds like love to me. There may be more poetic interpretations of romantic feelings for another, but this one covers the core concept. If you are indeed "in love," then angst and low self-esteem shouldn't be a principal part of the equation. If your partner helps you believe you are a worthy, intelligent human, you may be on the right track. More indicators — he laughs at your jokes and you feel witty, attractive, and sexy. You do NOT feel dense, overweight or in need of an IQ transfusion.
A fresh romance provides the opportunity for a lot of tumbling and boinking and kissing and snuggling and nuzzling. Meanwhile the phone rings unanswered and the electric bills lie abandoned on the table. At some point, one or both conspirators come up for air and spy the ever-growing pile of forgotten responsibilities. They realize the rent must be paid, and Mom must be called. If not, it will become difficult to continue the horizontal rocking and rolling, since either a search party will be dispatched to locate them, or a burly guy named Phil will appear to repossess the furniture. Maybe both. This is the beginning of the second phase of being in love. It is the part just past the constantly damp thongs, the flaring nostrils and the ever-present wistful glances. Too many decent human beings get caught here, in a rush-hour press to better themselves for their kissing partners. The message there, of course, is that the partner has no taste and was actually looking for a totally different human — they are, however, willing to do a quick renovation job so you'll fit the template. Don't fall for this. It is the prologue of a very long and tedious novel that ends with the hopeless protagonist in despair, confused about who she really is. Love is not about remaking the other person. It is about appreciating the differences and celebrating the shared places — with a bunch of chemistry mixed in.
So why do we even bother falling in love? Most animals bypass the tedious dating ritual and head straight for integrating their genitals — penguins and whales notwithstanding. One thought is that we unconsciously bind to someone whose genetic material is similar to ours — someone who seems familiar, and often looks somewhat like members of our own family. This would explain why Mick Jagger marries women with large heads, most notably first wife Bianca, who could be his twin sister. Take a closer look at that picture of Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt on the newsstand — two people, one jaw. They are like mirror images with a gender change. Other times, the similarities are more subtle — full lips, full dark hair — but they're there if you look for them. Another theory says the presence of certain persons cause endorphins to be released in our brains — including phenylethylamine, the chemical that makes us high with the feeling of love. Since this substance is also found in chocolate, sometimes, when we think we are in love, we're really just craving a Hershey bar.
Finally, there is a famous experiment done by Dr. Lynne Alden. She had a female researcher stand at the end of two pedestrian bridges, handing questionnaires to men as they finished crossing. The men were also given a phone number to call, just in case they thought of anything else. One bridge was solid, sedate and positioned a few feet off the ground; the other was a long, narrow suspension bridge, swaying frightfully, hundreds of feet above a treacherous river. The men who had just exited the scary bridge found reasons to call the interviewer, while the other men did not. Alden's conclusion — the sweaty hands, pounding heart and shakiness brought on by fear is mimicked in the feeling of love. Translation — sometimes what we perceive as love is actually a tingling feeling of danger. This explains many bad relationships that go from crazy-in-love to you-drive-me-nuts. With all these possibilities to check out, it's no wonder we have trouble telling if we are in love. If we want that love to "grow," we must first make sure it's firmly planted and watered. And we must be clear that it is love we are attempting to fatten up — not pure chemistry, thrills or appreciation for a good-looking face that happens to resemble our own. Otherwise, we're destined to become part of the 59 percent who split up without really knowing why. The good news here is the 41 percent who stayed together. They probably had some raving doubts and less-than-celestial moments too, but perhaps they are the people who had different expectations of the relationship. Perhaps they had more experience, more past successes and disappointments, and were more able to spot the real thing in a forest of maybes.
A new survey has just been released out of England — maybe you've heard of it. They followed several hundred couples for four years, and found at the end of it all that 59 percent had split up — despite the fact that they still felt love for each other. The most common complaint? That the love didn't grow. GROW!? What were they thinking? Love is a mole? A wart? A hyacinth bulb? So what is this thing called "love"? The definition I like best comes from a wise contemporary philosopher who said, "When I am in the presence of this person, I really like who I am." Sounds like love to me. There may be more poetic interpretations of romantic feelings for another, but this one covers the core concept. If you are indeed "in love," then angst and low self-esteem shouldn't be a principal part of the equation. If your partner helps you believe you are a worthy, intelligent human, you may be on the right track. More indicators — he laughs at your jokes and you feel witty, attractive, and sexy. You do NOT feel dense, overweight or in need of an IQ transfusion.
A fresh romance provides the opportunity for a lot of tumbling and boinking and kissing and snuggling and nuzzling. Meanwhile the phone rings unanswered and the electric bills lie abandoned on the table. At some point, one or both conspirators come up for air and spy the ever-growing pile of forgotten responsibilities. They realize the rent must be paid, and Mom must be called. If not, it will become difficult to continue the horizontal rocking and rolling, since either a search party will be dispatched to locate them, or a burly guy named Phil will appear to repossess the furniture. Maybe both. This is the beginning of the second phase of being in love. It is the part just past the constantly damp thongs, the flaring nostrils and the ever-present wistful glances. Too many decent human beings get caught here, in a rush-hour press to better themselves for their kissing partners. The message there, of course, is that the partner has no taste and was actually looking for a totally different human — they are, however, willing to do a quick renovation job so you'll fit the template. Don't fall for this. It is the prologue of a very long and tedious novel that ends with the hopeless protagonist in despair, confused about who she really is. Love is not about remaking the other person. It is about appreciating the differences and celebrating the shared places — with a bunch of chemistry mixed in.
So why do we even bother falling in love? Most animals bypass the tedious dating ritual and head straight for integrating their genitals — penguins and whales notwithstanding. One thought is that we unconsciously bind to someone whose genetic material is similar to ours — someone who seems familiar, and often looks somewhat like members of our own family. This would explain why Mick Jagger marries women with large heads, most notably first wife Bianca, who could be his twin sister. Take a closer look at that picture of Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt on the newsstand — two people, one jaw. They are like mirror images with a gender change. Other times, the similarities are more subtle — full lips, full dark hair — but they're there if you look for them. Another theory says the presence of certain persons cause endorphins to be released in our brains — including phenylethylamine, the chemical that makes us high with the feeling of love. Since this substance is also found in chocolate, sometimes, when we think we are in love, we're really just craving a Hershey bar.
Finally, there is a famous experiment done by Dr. Lynne Alden. She had a female researcher stand at the end of two pedestrian bridges, handing questionnaires to men as they finished crossing. The men were also given a phone number to call, just in case they thought of anything else. One bridge was solid, sedate and positioned a few feet off the ground; the other was a long, narrow suspension bridge, swaying frightfully, hundreds of feet above a treacherous river. The men who had just exited the scary bridge found reasons to call the interviewer, while the other men did not. Alden's conclusion — the sweaty hands, pounding heart and shakiness brought on by fear is mimicked in the feeling of love. Translation — sometimes what we perceive as love is actually a tingling feeling of danger. This explains many bad relationships that go from crazy-in-love to you-drive-me-nuts. With all these possibilities to check out, it's no wonder we have trouble telling if we are in love. If we want that love to "grow," we must first make sure it's firmly planted and watered. And we must be clear that it is love we are attempting to fatten up — not pure chemistry, thrills or appreciation for a good-looking face that happens to resemble our own. Otherwise, we're destined to become part of the 59 percent who split up without really knowing why. The good news here is the 41 percent who stayed together. They probably had some raving doubts and less-than-celestial moments too, but perhaps they are the people who had different expectations of the relationship. Perhaps they had more experience, more past successes and disappointments, and were more able to spot the real thing in a forest of maybes.
> SOMEONE SPECIAL...>> It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return,
> but what is more painful is to love someone and never
> find the courage to let that person know how you feel.
> Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before
> meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the
> right person, we will know how to be grateful for that> gift.>
> Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion,
> and the romance in a relationship and find out you
> still care for that person.>
> A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means
> a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was
> never meant to be and you just have to let go.>
> When the door of happiness closes, another opens but
> often times we look so long at the closed door that we
> don't see the one which has been opened for us.>
> The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a
> porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk
> away feeling like it was the best conversation you've> ever had.>
> It's true that we don't know what we've got until we
> lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what
> we've been missing until it arrives.>
> Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that
> they'll love you back! Don't expect love in return;
> just wait for it to grow in their heart but if it
> doesn't, be content it grew in yours.>
> There are things you'd love to hear that you would
> never hear from the person whom you would like to hear
> them from, but don't be so deaf as not to hear it from
> the one who says it from his heart.>
> Never say good-bye if you still want to try-never
> give up if you still feel you can go on-never say
> you don't love a person anymore if you can't let go.
> Love comes to those who still hope although they've
> been disappointed- to those who still believe, although
> they've been betrayed, to those who still need to love,
> although they've been hurt before, and to those who
> have the courage and faith to build trust again.>
> It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone,
> an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone -
> but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.>
> Don't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for
> wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes
> you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark
> day seem bright. Hope you find the one that makes> you smile.>
> There are moments in life when you miss someone so much
> that you just want to pick them from your dreams and
> hug them for real! Hope you dream of that special> someone.>
> Dream what you want to dream; go where you want
> to go; be what you want to be , because you have only
> one life and one chance to do all the things you want> to do.>
> May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough
> trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you
> human, enough hope to make you happy and enough money
> to buy me gifts (??!!).>
> Always put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that
> it hurts you, it probably hurts the person too.>
> A careless word may kindle strife; a cruel word may
> wreck a life; a timely word may level stress; a loving
> word may heal and bless.>
> The beginning of love is to let those we love be just
> themselves, and not twist them with our own image -
> otherwise, we love only the reflection of ourselves we> find in them.>
> The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best
> of everything; they just make the most of everything
> that comes along their way.>
> Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those
> who have searched, and those who have tried, for only
> they can appreciate the importance of people> who have touched their lives.>
> Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends> with a tear.>
> The brightest future will always be based on a
> forgotten past, you can't go on well in life until you
> let go of your past failures and heartaches.>
> When you were born, you were crying and everyone around
> you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die,
> you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you> is crying.
> but what is more painful is to love someone and never
> find the courage to let that person know how you feel.
> Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before
> meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the
> right person, we will know how to be grateful for that> gift.>
> Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion,
> and the romance in a relationship and find out you
> still care for that person.>
> A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means
> a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was
> never meant to be and you just have to let go.>
> When the door of happiness closes, another opens but
> often times we look so long at the closed door that we
> don't see the one which has been opened for us.>
> The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a
> porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk
> away feeling like it was the best conversation you've> ever had.>
> It's true that we don't know what we've got until we
> lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what
> we've been missing until it arrives.>
> Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that
> they'll love you back! Don't expect love in return;
> just wait for it to grow in their heart but if it
> doesn't, be content it grew in yours.>
> There are things you'd love to hear that you would
> never hear from the person whom you would like to hear
> them from, but don't be so deaf as not to hear it from
> the one who says it from his heart.>
> Never say good-bye if you still want to try-never
> give up if you still feel you can go on-never say
> you don't love a person anymore if you can't let go.
> Love comes to those who still hope although they've
> been disappointed- to those who still believe, although
> they've been betrayed, to those who still need to love,
> although they've been hurt before, and to those who
> have the courage and faith to build trust again.>
> It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone,
> an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone -
> but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.>
> Don't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for
> wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes
> you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark
> day seem bright. Hope you find the one that makes> you smile.>
> There are moments in life when you miss someone so much
> that you just want to pick them from your dreams and
> hug them for real! Hope you dream of that special> someone.>
> Dream what you want to dream; go where you want
> to go; be what you want to be , because you have only
> one life and one chance to do all the things you want> to do.>
> May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough
> trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you
> human, enough hope to make you happy and enough money
> to buy me gifts (??!!).>
> Always put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that
> it hurts you, it probably hurts the person too.>
> A careless word may kindle strife; a cruel word may
> wreck a life; a timely word may level stress; a loving
> word may heal and bless.>
> The beginning of love is to let those we love be just
> themselves, and not twist them with our own image -
> otherwise, we love only the reflection of ourselves we> find in them.>
> The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best
> of everything; they just make the most of everything
> that comes along their way.>
> Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those
> who have searched, and those who have tried, for only
> they can appreciate the importance of people> who have touched their lives.>
> Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends> with a tear.>
> The brightest future will always be based on a
> forgotten past, you can't go on well in life until you
> let go of your past failures and heartaches.>
> When you were born, you were crying and everyone around
> you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die,
> you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you> is crying.
Smiling is infectious,
> you catch it like the flu,
> When someone smiled at me today,
> I started smiling too.
>
> I passed around the corner
> and someone saw my grin
> When he smiled I realized
> I'd passed it on to him .
>
>
> I thought about that smile
> then I realized its worth,
> A single smile, just like mine
> could travel round the earth.
>
>
> So, if you feel a smile begin,
> don't leave it undetected
> Let's start an epidemic quick,
> and get the world infected!
> you catch it like the flu,
> When someone smiled at me today,
> I started smiling too.
>
> I passed around the corner
> and someone saw my grin
> When he smiled I realized
> I'd passed it on to him .
>
>
> I thought about that smile
> then I realized its worth,
> A single smile, just like mine
> could travel round the earth.
>
>
> So, if you feel a smile begin,
> don't leave it undetected
> Let's start an epidemic quick,
> and get the world infected!
Act naturally
46. Found missing
45. Resident alien
44. Advanced BASIC
43. Genuine imitation
42. Airline Food
41. Good grief
40. Same difference
39. Almost exactly
38. Government organization
37. Sanitary landfill
36. Alone together
35. Legally drunk
34. Silent scream
33. American history
32. Living dead
31. Small crowd
30. Business ethics
29. Soft rock
28. Butt Head
27. Military Intelligence
26. Software documentation
25. New York culture
24. New classic
23. Sweet sorrow
22. Childproof
21. "Now, then ..."
20. Synthetic natural gas
19. Passive aggression
18. Taped live
17. Clearly misunderstood
16. Peace force
15. Extinct Life
14. Temporary tax increase
13. Computer jock
12. Plastic glasses
11. Terribly pleased
10. Computer security
09. Political science
08. Tight slacks
07. Definite maybe
06. Pretty ugly
05. Twelve-ounce pound cake
04. Diet ice cream
03. Working vacation
02. Exact estimate
And the Number one top OXY-Moron01.
Microsoft Works
Here is a list of the English language's top 35 oxymorons, according to Marker.
35. Legally drunk
34. Silent scream
33. American history
32. Living dead
31. Small crowd
30. Business ethics
29. Soft rock
28. Butt Head
27. Military Intelligence
26. Software documentation
25. New York culture
24. New classic
23. Sweet sorrow
22. Childproof
21. "Now, then ..."
20. Synthetic natural gas
19. Passive aggression
18. Taped live
17. Clearly misunderstood
16. Peace force
15. Extinct Life
14. Temporary tax increase
13. Computer jock
12. Plastic glasses
11. Terribly pleased
10. Computer security
09. Political science
08. Tight slacks
07. Definite maybe
06. Pretty ugly
05. Twelve-ounce pound cake
04. Diet ice cream
03. Working vacation
02. Exact estimate
01. Microsoft Works
46. Found missing
45. Resident alien
44. Advanced BASIC
43. Genuine imitation
42. Airline Food
41. Good grief
40. Same difference
39. Almost exactly
38. Government organization
37. Sanitary landfill
36. Alone together
35. Legally drunk
34. Silent scream
33. American history
32. Living dead
31. Small crowd
30. Business ethics
29. Soft rock
28. Butt Head
27. Military Intelligence
26. Software documentation
25. New York culture
24. New classic
23. Sweet sorrow
22. Childproof
21. "Now, then ..."
20. Synthetic natural gas
19. Passive aggression
18. Taped live
17. Clearly misunderstood
16. Peace force
15. Extinct Life
14. Temporary tax increase
13. Computer jock
12. Plastic glasses
11. Terribly pleased
10. Computer security
09. Political science
08. Tight slacks
07. Definite maybe
06. Pretty ugly
05. Twelve-ounce pound cake
04. Diet ice cream
03. Working vacation
02. Exact estimate
And the Number one top OXY-Moron01.
Microsoft Works
Here is a list of the English language's top 35 oxymorons, according to Marker.
35. Legally drunk
34. Silent scream
33. American history
32. Living dead
31. Small crowd
30. Business ethics
29. Soft rock
28. Butt Head
27. Military Intelligence
26. Software documentation
25. New York culture
24. New classic
23. Sweet sorrow
22. Childproof
21. "Now, then ..."
20. Synthetic natural gas
19. Passive aggression
18. Taped live
17. Clearly misunderstood
16. Peace force
15. Extinct Life
14. Temporary tax increase
13. Computer jock
12. Plastic glasses
11. Terribly pleased
10. Computer security
09. Political science
08. Tight slacks
07. Definite maybe
06. Pretty ugly
05. Twelve-ounce pound cake
04. Diet ice cream
03. Working vacation
02. Exact estimate
01. Microsoft Works
NATURAL HIGHS
* Remembering friends fondly... and smiling
* Falling in love.
* Laughing so hard your face hurts.
* A hot shower.
* No lines at the Super Walmart.
* A special glance.
* Getting mail.
* Taking a drive on a pretty road.
* Hearing your favorite song on the radio.
* Lying in bed listening to the rain outside.
* Hot towels out of the dryer.
* Walking out of your last final.
* Finding the sweater you want is on sale for half price.
* Chocolate milkshake.
* Having your mother-in-law say "it's lovely"
* A bubble bath.
* Giggling.
* A good conversation.
* A care package.
* The beach.
* Finding a $20 bill in your coat from last winter.
* Laughing at yourself.
* Running through sprinklers.
* Laughing for absolutely no reason at all.
* Laughing at an inside joke.
* Friends.
* Falling in love for the first time.
* Accidentally overhearing someone say something nice about you.
* Waking up and realizing you still have a few hours left to sleep.
* Being part of a team.
* Playing with a puppy.
* Sweet dreams.
* Hot chocolate.
* Road trips with friends.
* Swinging on swings.
* Watching a good movie cuddled up on a couch with someone you love.
* Wrapping presents under the Christmas tree while eating cookies and
drinking eggnog.
* Song lyrics printed inside your new CD so you can sing along without
feeling stupid.
* Going to a really good concert.
* Getting butterflies in your stomach every time you see that one person.
* Making eye contact with a cute stranger.
* Winning a really competitive game.
* Making chocolate chip cookies!
* Spending time with close friends!
* Running through the fountains with your friends.
* Riding a bike downhill.
* The feeling after running a few miles-an accomplishment!
* The feeling you get the first time you step on stage.
* Seeing smiles and hearing laughter from your friends...
* Holding hands with someone you care about.
* Wearing your loved one's shirt that still smells like them.
* Running into an old friend and realizing that some things (good or bad)
never change.
* Discovering that love is unconditional and stronger than time.
* Riding the best roller coasters over and over.
* Hugging the person you love.
* Watching the expression someone's face as they open a much-desired
present from you.
* Kisses on your forehead from the first and only boy you have ever
loved.
* Watching the sunrise.
* Dog kisses
* Warm chocolate brownies
* Smell of popcorn at the movie theater
* Mom telling you she loves you......no matter how
old you are !
* Listening to an approaching thunderstorm.
* Waking up to smell fresh coffee that someone else made for you!
* Smell of fresh mown grass.
* Getting out of bed every morning and thanking God
for another beautiful day.
* Remembering friends fondly... and smiling
* Falling in love.
* Laughing so hard your face hurts.
* A hot shower.
* No lines at the Super Walmart.
* A special glance.
* Getting mail.
* Taking a drive on a pretty road.
* Hearing your favorite song on the radio.
* Lying in bed listening to the rain outside.
* Hot towels out of the dryer.
* Walking out of your last final.
* Finding the sweater you want is on sale for half price.
* Chocolate milkshake.
* Having your mother-in-law say "it's lovely"
* A bubble bath.
* Giggling.
* A good conversation.
* A care package.
* The beach.
* Finding a $20 bill in your coat from last winter.
* Laughing at yourself.
* Running through sprinklers.
* Laughing for absolutely no reason at all.
* Laughing at an inside joke.
* Friends.
* Falling in love for the first time.
* Accidentally overhearing someone say something nice about you.
* Waking up and realizing you still have a few hours left to sleep.
* Being part of a team.
* Playing with a puppy.
* Sweet dreams.
* Hot chocolate.
* Road trips with friends.
* Swinging on swings.
* Watching a good movie cuddled up on a couch with someone you love.
* Wrapping presents under the Christmas tree while eating cookies and
drinking eggnog.
* Song lyrics printed inside your new CD so you can sing along without
feeling stupid.
* Going to a really good concert.
* Getting butterflies in your stomach every time you see that one person.
* Making eye contact with a cute stranger.
* Winning a really competitive game.
* Making chocolate chip cookies!
* Spending time with close friends!
* Running through the fountains with your friends.
* Riding a bike downhill.
* The feeling after running a few miles-an accomplishment!
* The feeling you get the first time you step on stage.
* Seeing smiles and hearing laughter from your friends...
* Holding hands with someone you care about.
* Wearing your loved one's shirt that still smells like them.
* Running into an old friend and realizing that some things (good or bad)
never change.
* Discovering that love is unconditional and stronger than time.
* Riding the best roller coasters over and over.
* Hugging the person you love.
* Watching the expression someone's face as they open a much-desired
present from you.
* Kisses on your forehead from the first and only boy you have ever
loved.
* Watching the sunrise.
* Dog kisses
* Warm chocolate brownies
* Smell of popcorn at the movie theater
* Mom telling you she loves you......no matter how
old you are !
* Listening to an approaching thunderstorm.
* Waking up to smell fresh coffee that someone else made for you!
* Smell of fresh mown grass.
* Getting out of bed every morning and thanking God
for another beautiful day.
1. SO MANY MEN, SO FEW WHO CAN AFFORD ME.
2. GOD MADE US SISTERS; PROZAC MADE US FRIENDS.
3. IF THEY DON'T HAVE CHOCOLATE IN HEAVEN, I AIN'T GOING.
4. MY MOTHER IS A TRAVEL AGENT FOR GUILT TRIPS.
5. PRINCESS, HAVING HAD SUFFICIENT EXPERIENCE WITH PRINCES,SEEKS
FROG.
6. COFFEE, CHOCOLATE, MEN. . . SOME THINGS ARE JUST BETTER RICH.
7. DON'T TREAT ME ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU WOULD THE QUEEN.
8. IF YOU WANT BREAKFAST IN BED, SLEEP IN THE KITCHEN.
9. DINNER IS READY WHEN THE SMOKE ALARM GOES OFF.
10. I'M OUT OF ESTROGEN-AND I HAVE A GUN.
11. GUYS HAVE FEELINGS TOO. BUT LIKE...WHO CARES?
12. NEXT MOOD SWING: 6 MINUTES.
13. AND YOUR POINT IS...?
14. WARNING: I HAVE AN ATTITUDE AND I KNOW HOW TO USE IT.
15. OF COURSE I DON'T LOOK BUSY...I DID IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.
16. DO NOT START WITH ME. YOU WILL NOT WIN.
17. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT, SO PLEASE SHUT UP.
18. ALL STRESSED OUT AND NO ONE TO CHOKE.
19. I'M ONE OF THOSE BAD THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE.
20. HOW CAN I MISS YOU IF YOU WON'T GO AWAY?
21. SORRY IF I LOOKED INTERESTED. I'M NOT.
23. IF WE ARE WHAT WE EAT, I'M FAST, CHEAP AND EASY.
24. DON'T UPSET ME! I'M RUNNING OUT OF PLACES TO HIDE THE BODIES.
2. GOD MADE US SISTERS; PROZAC MADE US FRIENDS.
3. IF THEY DON'T HAVE CHOCOLATE IN HEAVEN, I AIN'T GOING.
4. MY MOTHER IS A TRAVEL AGENT FOR GUILT TRIPS.
5. PRINCESS, HAVING HAD SUFFICIENT EXPERIENCE WITH PRINCES,SEEKS
FROG.
6. COFFEE, CHOCOLATE, MEN. . . SOME THINGS ARE JUST BETTER RICH.
7. DON'T TREAT ME ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU WOULD THE QUEEN.
8. IF YOU WANT BREAKFAST IN BED, SLEEP IN THE KITCHEN.
9. DINNER IS READY WHEN THE SMOKE ALARM GOES OFF.
10. I'M OUT OF ESTROGEN-AND I HAVE A GUN.
11. GUYS HAVE FEELINGS TOO. BUT LIKE...WHO CARES?
12. NEXT MOOD SWING: 6 MINUTES.
13. AND YOUR POINT IS...?
14. WARNING: I HAVE AN ATTITUDE AND I KNOW HOW TO USE IT.
15. OF COURSE I DON'T LOOK BUSY...I DID IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.
16. DO NOT START WITH ME. YOU WILL NOT WIN.
17. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT, SO PLEASE SHUT UP.
18. ALL STRESSED OUT AND NO ONE TO CHOKE.
19. I'M ONE OF THOSE BAD THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE.
20. HOW CAN I MISS YOU IF YOU WON'T GO AWAY?
21. SORRY IF I LOOKED INTERESTED. I'M NOT.
23. IF WE ARE WHAT WE EAT, I'M FAST, CHEAP AND EASY.
24. DON'T UPSET ME! I'M RUNNING OUT OF PLACES TO HIDE THE BODIES.
Tuesday, August 05, 2003
lmaker says:
i'm just an ordinary girl in an extraordinary world.. the only difference is i realized quickly how i can milk the world to my benefit.. and have shitloads of fun
foolmaker says:
how are your parents doing?
foolmaker says:
and has your wife adjusted well with them?
nadella says:
thats what is so good about u
nadella says:
my parents are fine
nadella says:
looking for a guy for my sis
foolmaker says:
how old is your sis?
nadella says:
thankfully she has nt fallen for any mouzy
nadella says:
22
nadella says:
my wife loves my parents
foolmaker says:
that's too young.. dont you think?
nadella says:
and they reciprocate too
nadella says:
if its an arranged marraige u need to start looking from now
foolmaker says:
oh
nadella says:
and also in my caste the dowry problem still persists
foolmaker says:
what?!
foolmaker says:
what bullshit.
foolmaker says:
i'd break his balls ..
foolmaker says:
why cant you guys get out of it?
foolmaker says:
i mean you could be the pioneers
nadella says:
please do that.
nadella says:
that wont help the cause
nadella says:
she still needs to get married
nadella says:
and she is not the kinds to look for someone herself
foolmaker says:
well does it have to be in your caste? there are a lot of good guys out there.. and it could still be an arranged marriage
i'm just an ordinary girl in an extraordinary world.. the only difference is i realized quickly how i can milk the world to my benefit.. and have shitloads of fun
foolmaker says:
how are your parents doing?
foolmaker says:
and has your wife adjusted well with them?
nadella says:
thats what is so good about u
nadella says:
my parents are fine
nadella says:
looking for a guy for my sis
foolmaker says:
how old is your sis?
nadella says:
thankfully she has nt fallen for any mouzy
nadella says:
22
nadella says:
my wife loves my parents
foolmaker says:
that's too young.. dont you think?
nadella says:
and they reciprocate too
nadella says:
if its an arranged marraige u need to start looking from now
foolmaker says:
oh
nadella says:
and also in my caste the dowry problem still persists
foolmaker says:
what?!
foolmaker says:
what bullshit.
foolmaker says:
i'd break his balls ..
foolmaker says:
why cant you guys get out of it?
foolmaker says:
i mean you could be the pioneers
nadella says:
please do that.
nadella says:
that wont help the cause
nadella says:
she still needs to get married
nadella says:
and she is not the kinds to look for someone herself
foolmaker says:
well does it have to be in your caste? there are a lot of good guys out there.. and it could still be an arranged marriage
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Many people have tried, over the years, to measure love but, of course, they never can. It may, just conceivably, be possible to assess the quality of a particular emotion. There is though, no way you can ever evaluate the quantity of it. Why? Because if a love is true, it will never run out. The more it is expressed, the more of it there will be. Faith is also famously self-replenishing. If you need more of something in your life now, stop worrying about the possibility of getting less of it. Focus, with sincerity, on what you’ve got and you will yet turn a little into a lot.
“We all create our own reality.” That’s what the far-out, right-on, new-age, spiritual-channellers tell us. But is it true? Well, one thing’s for sure, we all create our own unreality! There are six billion people on this Earth and you could argue, therefore, that there are six billion fantasy worlds! We see things as we want to see them. We make them what we want them to be. That’s fine when our visions are optimistic but we are, of course, equally capable of creating dismal dreams. If your view of the world fails to inspire you now, try changing it for a different one
Stand facing towards the front. Now turn your head so that you are looking directly behind you. Now start walking forward. Tricky, isn’t it? The analogy, I trust, is self-evident. You can’t possibly make the right kind of progress if you are looking behind you all the time. You are thinking far too much about how things used to be, how they have changed and how they might have been under different circumstances. All this is sapping your strength and robbing you of the ability to seize a brand-new opportunity. Forget yesterday. Embrace tomorrow.
Do you feel a little hemmed in? Are you conscious of restrictions and limitations? Are you forever running out of time or money or energy or enthusiasm? That’s understandable, given the current cosmic climate. You should not, though, consider any of this to be indicative of future circumstance. Think of a way in which the elastic, on a catapult, gets stretched a long way back before it goes flying forward. Any moment now, you are going to start hurtling towards success. Your rapid progress will be a direct result of the process that you are bravely going through now
VIRGO (Aug 24 - Sep 23)
There could be fairies in your garden. There could be Native North American spirit guides on your shoulder. There could be leprechauns in your kitchen drawer. There really could be. Who am I - or you - to say that they don’t exist? We live in a world of infinite possibilities. When we narrow our minds, we rob ourselves of our most precious possession; the ability to dream. It is important to remain open-minded now. But whilst making plenty of allowance for what may be, you must also show respect for what undoubtedly is. One crucial fact needs facing and dealing with now.
Long before we have learned to count, read or even speak, we have learned to make comparisons. “This is bigger than that.” “That is brighter than this.” The ability to detect a difference is crucial to the development of your intellect. Vital to the development of your heart though, is an ability to appreciate that differences are not always as important as they seem. We can easily measure size or intensity but a judgement of ‘value’ is always dubious. Today’s big question is ‘what are you worth’. The answer is far, far more than you may be thinking
If you don’t know what you’re missing, how can you be sure you’re missing anything at all? It’s easy to make an assumption. Other people’s lives and situations often appear, from a distance, to be full of all the things that your own lacks. That doesn’t mean though, that if you had a chance to trade places, you would enjoy the experience. If you could stand in another set of shoes, someone else would have to stand in yours. Given the wonderful future that this person would find themselves walking into, you really would be missing something then
There are plenty of movies about long journeys. You can watch as many of these as you like. They won’t actually cause you to move anywhere. If anything, they will have the opposite effect. They will briefly satisfy the part of you that feels an urge to travel - whilst holding you static long enough to watch the film. As with movies, so with discussions. The planets are now stimulating your imagination. You can either disappear into a sweet, engrossing fantasy or you can take the inspiration that you are starting to feel, and put it to real use.
We live in a world full of clichés. We often take pleasure in doing or saying ‘whatever we feel is expected of us’. We like ‘the obvious’. It makes us feel comfortable. Until, that is, we get bored. Then, what we really want is not ‘something completely different’ but something just sufficiently different to be interesting. We want the same old recipe but with a special little twist. The current cosmic climate is bringing back a familiar theme with a subtle variation. Don’t assume you know all there is to know about your situation. Explore it. It’s potentially the start of something great.
“We all create our own reality.” That’s what the far-out, right-on, new-age, spiritual-channellers tell us. But is it true? Well, one thing’s for sure, we all create our own unreality! There are six billion people on this Earth and you could argue, therefore, that there are six billion fantasy worlds! We see things as we want to see them. We make them what we want them to be. That’s fine when our visions are optimistic but we are, of course, equally capable of creating dismal dreams. If your view of the world fails to inspire you now, try changing it for a different one
Stand facing towards the front. Now turn your head so that you are looking directly behind you. Now start walking forward. Tricky, isn’t it? The analogy, I trust, is self-evident. You can’t possibly make the right kind of progress if you are looking behind you all the time. You are thinking far too much about how things used to be, how they have changed and how they might have been under different circumstances. All this is sapping your strength and robbing you of the ability to seize a brand-new opportunity. Forget yesterday. Embrace tomorrow.
Do you feel a little hemmed in? Are you conscious of restrictions and limitations? Are you forever running out of time or money or energy or enthusiasm? That’s understandable, given the current cosmic climate. You should not, though, consider any of this to be indicative of future circumstance. Think of a way in which the elastic, on a catapult, gets stretched a long way back before it goes flying forward. Any moment now, you are going to start hurtling towards success. Your rapid progress will be a direct result of the process that you are bravely going through now
VIRGO (Aug 24 - Sep 23)
There could be fairies in your garden. There could be Native North American spirit guides on your shoulder. There could be leprechauns in your kitchen drawer. There really could be. Who am I - or you - to say that they don’t exist? We live in a world of infinite possibilities. When we narrow our minds, we rob ourselves of our most precious possession; the ability to dream. It is important to remain open-minded now. But whilst making plenty of allowance for what may be, you must also show respect for what undoubtedly is. One crucial fact needs facing and dealing with now.
Long before we have learned to count, read or even speak, we have learned to make comparisons. “This is bigger than that.” “That is brighter than this.” The ability to detect a difference is crucial to the development of your intellect. Vital to the development of your heart though, is an ability to appreciate that differences are not always as important as they seem. We can easily measure size or intensity but a judgement of ‘value’ is always dubious. Today’s big question is ‘what are you worth’. The answer is far, far more than you may be thinking
If you don’t know what you’re missing, how can you be sure you’re missing anything at all? It’s easy to make an assumption. Other people’s lives and situations often appear, from a distance, to be full of all the things that your own lacks. That doesn’t mean though, that if you had a chance to trade places, you would enjoy the experience. If you could stand in another set of shoes, someone else would have to stand in yours. Given the wonderful future that this person would find themselves walking into, you really would be missing something then
There are plenty of movies about long journeys. You can watch as many of these as you like. They won’t actually cause you to move anywhere. If anything, they will have the opposite effect. They will briefly satisfy the part of you that feels an urge to travel - whilst holding you static long enough to watch the film. As with movies, so with discussions. The planets are now stimulating your imagination. You can either disappear into a sweet, engrossing fantasy or you can take the inspiration that you are starting to feel, and put it to real use.
We live in a world full of clichés. We often take pleasure in doing or saying ‘whatever we feel is expected of us’. We like ‘the obvious’. It makes us feel comfortable. Until, that is, we get bored. Then, what we really want is not ‘something completely different’ but something just sufficiently different to be interesting. We want the same old recipe but with a special little twist. The current cosmic climate is bringing back a familiar theme with a subtle variation. Don’t assume you know all there is to know about your situation. Explore it. It’s potentially the start of something great.
Saturday, July 19, 2003
Laziness and stupidity are very different qualities. They share, though, a few superficial features. When either are in evidence, mistakes are made and essential arrangements are neglected. It is now hard to know quite why a certain situation has become so silly. Is a certain person being deliberately awkward or just accidentally unhelpful? Is someone refusing to see the obvious or are they just too dumb to recognise what’s right before their eyes? You need to know which it is because you are now being asked to help sort out someone else’s mess. First, make quite sure that they cannot do it for themselves
We all love to give advice. It makes us feel powerful, wise and important. The trouble is, we gain the same amount of satisfaction from the process, regardless of whether the advice we are giving is good or bad. We don’t much care whether our words end up leading people further towards the light or deeper into the darkness, as long as they provide us with a rosy glow of righteousness whilst we are uttering them. Now, about the information you are currently seeking. The planets strongly suggest that you may profit from deciding to ignore, or even defy, the suggestions that are currently being made.
Eventually, we can get used to most things. If continually assailed by an unpleasant noise, we will find some way to “filter it out.” If confronted with a lingering, noxious odour, we will eventually shut down the receptors in the part of our brain that recognises such smells. We can even handle pain in this way if subjected to it often enough. Sometimes, though, we end up protecting ourselves unnecessarily. You now feel inclined to toughen yourself to what, you expect, is due to be an imminent factor that is very hard to take. Actually though, a joyous experience awaits you. Don’t desensitise yourself.
Why do movies cost so much to make? Even simple parts of a film, involving just a couple of people holding a conversation, require camera operators, lighting engineers, make-up artists, wardrobe assistants, sound recordists, continuity monitors, writers, directors, producers, researchers, plus caterers to keep all these busy people fed. You must be careful now, not to look at your life and feel that it is inadequate in some way because it fails to match the standards set by some Hollywood drama you once watched. You can’t create an artificial impression, but you can, if you relax, bring forth a very real kind of natural magic.
We all love to give advice. It makes us feel powerful, wise and important. The trouble is, we gain the same amount of satisfaction from the process, regardless of whether the advice we are giving is good or bad. We don’t much care whether our words end up leading people further towards the light or deeper into the darkness, as long as they provide us with a rosy glow of righteousness whilst we are uttering them. Now, about the information you are currently seeking. The planets strongly suggest that you may profit from deciding to ignore, or even defy, the suggestions that are currently being made.
Eventually, we can get used to most things. If continually assailed by an unpleasant noise, we will find some way to “filter it out.” If confronted with a lingering, noxious odour, we will eventually shut down the receptors in the part of our brain that recognises such smells. We can even handle pain in this way if subjected to it often enough. Sometimes, though, we end up protecting ourselves unnecessarily. You now feel inclined to toughen yourself to what, you expect, is due to be an imminent factor that is very hard to take. Actually though, a joyous experience awaits you. Don’t desensitise yourself.
Why do movies cost so much to make? Even simple parts of a film, involving just a couple of people holding a conversation, require camera operators, lighting engineers, make-up artists, wardrobe assistants, sound recordists, continuity monitors, writers, directors, producers, researchers, plus caterers to keep all these busy people fed. You must be careful now, not to look at your life and feel that it is inadequate in some way because it fails to match the standards set by some Hollywood drama you once watched. You can’t create an artificial impression, but you can, if you relax, bring forth a very real kind of natural magic.
Wednesday, December 11, 2002
a drop
then a broken barrage
first on my nose
and onto my lips
water tastes funny
pollution?
or a burnt toungue?
hm
a trickle down my cheek
then onto my neck
its minus 7
the drops are warm!
my hair isn't wet
but i did walk
under the open sky
they cover my face
like a veil
i look beautiful
a flowing veil
of water
i must be blind
no color seen
by my eye
my veil is red
not white
