| Waking Life quotation |
[Nov. 17th, 2007|04:27 am] |
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| | "A Song for a Young Queen" by Chris Thile | ] |
Creation seems to come out of imperfection. It seems to come out of a striving and a frustration. And this is where I think language came from. I mean, it came from our desire to transcend our isolation and have some sort of connection with one another. And it had to be easy with it was just sinple survival. Like, you know, "water," we came up with a sound for that. Or, "saber-toothed tiger right behind you," we came up with a sound for that. But when it gets really interesting, I think, is when we use that same system of symbols to communicate all the abstract and intangible things that we're experiencing. What is, like, frustration? Or what is anger or love? When I say "love," the sound comes out of my mouth and it hits the other person's ear, travels through this Byzantine conduit in their brain, you know, through their memories of love or lack of love, and they register what I'm saying and say yes, they understand. But how do I know they understand? Because words are inert. They're just symbols. They're dead, you know? And so much of our experience is intangible. So much of what we perceive cannot be expressed. It's unspeakable. And yet, you know, when we communicate with one another, and we feel that we have connected, and we think that we're understood, I think we have a feeling of almost spiritual communion. And that feeling might be transient, but I think it's what we live for. |
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| THE END. |
[Aug. 4th, 2005|12:05 am] |
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| |  silly | ] |
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| | "Love Song" by 311 | ] |
All right, the party's over. One more pic and that's it
THIS IS THE WINNER OF ALL TIME:
I would like to get this blown up, framed and hung on my wall.
P.S. - From now on, private journal. Don't kid yourself; you're not interested, anyway. |
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[Aug. 3rd, 2005|11:51 pm] |
Here are some funny pictures
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Why are AZNs so silly?
Kids...
First time I saw this I could NOT stop laughing:
Greatest pic ever:
Second greatest pic ever: (LEKT USK GETSK BUSY, COMRADE) kekekekekeke
I don't know why, but this kills me:
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| el saludo igual de siempre |
[Jul. 11th, 2005|10:35 pm] |
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You wanna know something funny? I never confronted my mom. Now, that moment has passed forever and I'll never be able to tell her what I wanted to say on that day ever again. Funny, isn't it? |
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| 12. O Jew, leave counting gold! return to thy oil and wine: |
[Jul. 9th, 2005|08:18 pm] |
| [ | Mood |
| |  calm | ] |
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| | Shinedown - 45 | ] |
Well, I'm feeling better. Things are okay now...for now. Either we're going to get some sort of storage place to keep all the rackets or we're going to have to get a warehouse or something. Either way, things are getting resolved.
I never really brought up anything to my mom about what happened...mostly because I just didn't feel like arguing with her, but also because I didn't know exactly what to say or how to say it. It's kind of just passed. I'll leave it at that. My father and I are going to start doing things differently now anyway.
Thursday was Beatriz's birthday and we went to Las Vacas Gordas for dinner. It's an Argentinian restaurant on 71st street. It's pretty good, but not as good as Siga La Vaca in Argentina. That was superior!@#
There's this hurricane, Dennis, that's been storming things up over on the west coast, but luckily it hasn't hit us. Things are rainy and windy and I think they lost power like a block away from here, but we've been all right. I hope this hurricane season won't be bad. I hate hurricane's; they're such a pain. I'd feel better if we had storm shudders, though. And my mom needs to fix the roof soon. This leaking business has got to stop.
I can hear the wind howling outside right now. Good thing it's only that.
I had to get my tires changed on Thursday, as well. They needed to be changed for a while, but I looked at them in the morning when I was getting into my car and noticed a crack that went almost allllll the way around one of the tires and you could see steel sticking out in several places on the 2 front ones so I was like 'I think today's the day for new tires.' Plus I started getting nervous with all this rain and wind and stuff so it was just the right time. I noly got the 2 front tires changed and the tires themselves didn't cost that much (about $30 per tire), but they really get you with the alignment. Who ever heard of $60 for tire alignment? I don't know how pricing for alignment goes, but I don't feel like it should be that much. Anyway, at least that's done.
Today I kind of spent the day putting more listings on Ebay and taking care of the "books" or whatever you want to call it. Things still seem to be going all right, but the next step is taking the business to the next level, which my dad is sort of in the process of doing. We'll see how it goes. |
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| rib spangled kitchen |
[Jul. 4th, 2005|11:10 pm] |
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| |  tired | ] |
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| | "Bjork - Bachelorette" | ] |
So it's like July 4th and all that hoo hah. God loves America...Oh say can you see by the dawn's early light, etc.
I'm like really tired. A bunch of people came over today for a little barbeque and a little fireworks and other 4th of July activities. My mom's friend got a Badminton set and set it up in the back yard. That friggin' game is so fun LOLZZZZ No, but seriously, it was funny. There wasn't exactly enough room to accomodate the whole thing, but it worked out. But it was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO goddamn fucking hot out that you wanted to go inside after 30 seconds. Get bit by a gazillion mosquitos, as well. Isn't the 4th of July fun?
No, it was fun, but mosquitoes are not fun. My mom cooked enough food for a small village, but only a small bunch of people came over. It's insane how much food we have left over. I don't know what we're going to do with it all. She made 2 different kinds of barbeque ribs...TWO. And while they were both mighty tasty, it was a little overkill.
My dad gets in tomorrow ^________^
It's not as nice anymore going to have lunch with him because really all we talk about nowadays is "The Business"
I miss the old days when we could sit and have lunch and talk about Argentina's economic problems, evolution, or some other scientific subject...my dad loves talking about all that stuff. And I love listening. But now it's all rackets rackets rackets. *sigh*
Anyway, I still really miss him and can't wait to see him!!!!!
S'all for now.
-Al
p.s. - What happened at Wimbledon yesterday is what you call a hat trick, my friends. The word virtuoso comes to mind. And also the words genius and breath-taking.
Good Night. |
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| 12. O citizen of London enlarge thy countenance: |
[Jun. 21st, 2005|11:55 pm] |
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I've just got to vent about this right now.
When I went to Natalia's house this afternoon she wasn't there, but like an hour later she got home from school and it seems like from the moment she walked in the door me and her were butting heads non-stop about everything. Even dumb little things. For a time (meaning in the past months/weeks) I was actually just ignoring her whenever she said something really ridiculous, but tonight I retaliated for everything...and she likes to make little arguments about anything possible. Seriously, even though she would never admitt to it, she likes to argue for the sake of arguing. I don't know why, because it's very tiring, but she does. I guess I'm just as guilty as she is in the matter, but she's the one that always brings up the subject, whatever it may be, to argue about. I don't mean we actually fight about anything, we just disagree about something and defend our side fervently. It's so annoying. I just want to sit in peace! Is that so much to ask??? But she makes a comment or asks a question about whatever comes on TV and I answer what I think and she just has to contradict me for EVERY SINGLE THING I SAY...and we're off and rolling. I say something back then she does then I do until we both just kind of let it go without really getting anywhere. I seriously couldn't wait to get out of there tonight...and she probably couldn't wait for me to leave.
We're not in a fight and we're really not angry at each other at all about anything. I think we just start annoying each other after a while of this back-and-forth banter.
I'm also to blame for not letting it go, but I just can't help it because she says the most ridiculous things sometimes and I can't let it slip by.
Also, for some reason, the 3 of them like watching Real World on MTV and were eagerly anticipating tonight's premiere of the new season. I personally think it's one of the most idiotic shows one could possibly watch on television. And I told them that we are all now that much dumber for watching it. I hope they never watch the show again...or at least I hope I'm never there when they do. It's unbelievable to me how someone can watch that nonsense ... it makes me sad to think about it.
Done. |
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| English Pig-dogs! |
[Jun. 20th, 2005|03:11 pm] |
Wimbledon started today. Can I get a hoody-hoo????
Also, shipping out 8 boxes today. Just felt like sharing.
p.s. - That's a lot. |
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[Jun. 14th, 2005|01:11 am] |
| [ | Tunes |
| | Radiohead - Talk Show Host | ] |
I want to
I want to be someone else or I'll explode |
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| 12. Look up! look up! ... |
[May. 18th, 2005|10:46 am] |
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| | none of the above | ] |
Just to update on a previous entry:
I paid for my ticket (no license suspension)
I got a good grade on my final exam in math and I got an A as my final grade...hello, surprise!
I took my car in to get checked and got new oil, checked brakes, etc.
The guy that didn't pay for his racquet, paid (a while ago)
I'm pretty late with this update, but better late than never. You gotta clear shit up, knowwhatimsayin?
My dad got in town yesterday and today I'm going to meet up with him today to talk business!
Gotta go get ready. Chau |
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| 11. The fire, the fire, is falling! |
[May. 2nd, 2005|11:31 am] |
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| |  awake | ] |
Whoooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, big news hot off the presses! I know I mentioned Jose (the guy that Natalia likes from work) in here a few entries ago. Wellllll, she just found out that he's gay! WTF, man...all the good ones gotta be gay. Her first impression of him was that he was gay, but then he did or said something that made her think he was straight. Now, he finally told her. No wonder he's been acting so uninterested. What a shame...he's a really nice guy, too. You know, you would think that it wouldn't be that hard to tell if a gay man is gay going from how gay men usually act, but Jose really doesn't seem gay. He's not one of those flamboyant types...plus he kind of wants to keep it on the hush-hush. He doesn't want people to refer to him as "Jose...you know...the gay one." And I can understand that. I honestly would have never thought he was gay. Hmph.
I bet he has a bunch of girls who have a crush on him. THOSE DAMN GAYS!!!!!!!!!
Aaaaaanyway, that's about it for this entry. buh byezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz |
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| 10. ...forth went the hand of jealousy ... and hurl'd the new born wonder thro' the starry night. |
[Apr. 30th, 2005|11:59 pm] |
I like Tim Hockenberry's cover of Bob Dylan's "Sara" but I cannot find it for the life of me. No one has it...and it doesn't look like it's even on any CD of any kind. What's up with that, yo!!!!
My dad is going to be so mad at me. I just e-mailed him with all of the racquets we've sold and the prices they were sold at and there's one racquet I shipped that someone said they paid for, but I never received any money. I told him about it a little while I go but I kept assuring him that the money was going to come. Well, it still hasn't and now he's going to find out. I'm in trouble. He'll get over it, though. Even with the loss of that racquet he still made a profit no matter what.
Now some other dude isn't paying for something he agreed to buy. Luckily, I haven't sent the racquet out. I'VE LEARNED FROM MY MISTAKES omg! I don't want to have to deal with these unpaying people, but I guess it comes with the territory. Anyway, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and give them some time to pay. I'm reporting the first guy to ebay on Monday if he doesn't respond to me by then.
...and this is all quite boring so I'll stop now.
I went to this little kids birthday party today because his mom is a friend of my friend. It was cute. Although, I think a big party with a bounce house and everything is a bit much for a baby who's turning 1 year old!!!
After the party we passed by this pet shop and decided to go in. I fell in love with this Corgi...he was so cute!!!! I didn't want to leave him...but oh well, I don't have money right now so I'll just have to cry myself to sleep tonight. I could imagine how pissed my mom would be with me if I showed up at the house with a new puppy. She'd kill me, but eventually fall in love with it just like she did with Lily.
Allllrighty, I'm gone. |
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| 9. Flag'd with grey brow'd snows and thunderous visages the jealous wings wav'd over the deep. >~~~+ |
[Apr. 28th, 2005|03:06 pm] |
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| | "Ahi Llego Yo" by Carlos Vives | ] |
So I kind of ended up going to sleep when it was close to 4 am last night.
Something I forgot to mention: Passover dinner was not all that good, to my surprise. Of course the Brisket was good, but I just didn't really like the sides. They were too sweet. And I never tasted the turkey or the potatoes. How upsetting...I was so looking forward to it :P
But, in better news, no politics were discussed at the table. Maybe that had something to do with my mom not being there. I think my uncle likes to bring it up when she's around because he knows that she differs greatly from him in political opinions and he likes to push her buttons. ...He was still annoying, though. Don't be mistaken.
Some kid, Luke, came to the Seder with his family, too. I think they're friends of Marcia's sister, Ann. Her (Annie's) son, Sam, is really into tennis and all that and I think the kid that came to dinner was a friend of his from like the ITA or something. All I know is that they were making a big deal out of him because he's like 6'3" and he plays in the Juniors. I think he's like 17 or turning 17 soon. Later that evening I asked Sam if he was going to break into the pros soon and he said that he was good, but not good enough to turn pro. I'm sure he'll try, though. I did get to see him play Ping Pong :D And, yes, he was a very good player. You could tell he was a tennis guy.
My grandma asked me how my tennis was going in earshot of Sam and I could tell from where I was standing that he was like scoffing at me. He's like a 15-year-old pompous little brat who thinks he's the god of tennis or something. But he's a really funny kid so I don't mind ^_^ |
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| 8. On those infinite mountains of light..., the new born fire stood before the starry king! |
[Apr. 28th, 2005|01:50 am] |
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| |  thirsty | ] |
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| | Bing Crosby & Danny Kaye - Blue Skies - Mandy | ] |
For some reason I feel like staying up FOREVER tonight. I don't know, I'm kind of tired, I just don't feel like going to sleep.
So yea, this Ebay thing is actually really going well so far. We've sold 6 racquets already and we've only been in "business" for a short while. My dad is getting really excited about it. And I need money deperately so this is good. I would like for this to become a steady job for me. Goin' in to the family bizznisssss. He's coming back to the States in just a couple of weeks. I hope we can play tennis again. He does NOT go easy on me, but I like it anyway...especially if I can get back one of his "signature" shots as he calls them (i.e. backhand slice).
I don't really like my mom that much lately. It seems like every time I talk to her she's pressuring me about something new. Any time I talk to her it's very unenjoyable. There's always something she wants me to do or always something she's making me feel bad about....or just pressured in general. I know things are rough for her right now and money is tight and she's feeling kind of stressed, but it's not easy for me either. I would like a job for me just as much as she would. Sure, I'm picky, and won't go just anywhere, but her constant nagging does not help the matter at all. If anything, it gives me less motivation. I'm in a constant apprehensive state. I'm avoiding her a lot these days...keeping out of the house as much as I can. ...This weekend she wants me to help her do some stuff around the house. To be quite honest, I was planning on making myself scarce around here this weekend, but I guess I'll help her out if she wants.
I had my math final today and, I'm glad to say, I don't think I did all that bad on it. In fact, I think I did pretty all right! Which is a good thing since I missed one test entirely and fucked my shit up badly on another. He replaces your lowest test grade with your Final grade if your final is better than your lowest grade...which it definitely is...because I got a 0 on one test. I think my final grade for this class will be around a C. I know I could've done better, but I didn't apply myself fully so whatever grade I get, I deserve.
I need to get my oil changed in my car and the brakes make funny noises from time to time, but I don't have money for that right now. I don't want my car to start to have problems but, at the same time I don't know what to do...I don't want to keep making payments on my credit cards. The last thing I want right now is to be in debt.
Also, my license is going to be suspended soon if I don't pay for the ticket I got about a month ago. My tag had expired and I was pulled over and given a ticket. That's such bullshit. There are NEVER police cars behind me, but of course at the time when I need to renew my tag there it is...right behind me!!!!!! I guess it wouldn't be so bad if the ticket wasn't almost $90 !!
Things seem to be piling up all at once. What is that? I don't think I like it. |
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| 7. In her trembling hands she took the new born terror howling; |
[Apr. 23rd, 2005|01:16 am] |
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| | *shrug* | ] |
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| | "O Holy Night" by Mariah Carey | ] |
Why am I listening to an Xmas song in April, you ask? No reason, really. More importantly, why am I listening to wacko, Mariah Carey? Good question. No, she has a good voice...had a good voice, she had a good voice. Now she sucks.
Anyway, I hit a few balls w/ Beatriz today. What's up with all of them getting tired so quickly? I could be out there all day, mannnnn.
Tomorrow's Passover. I'm going to my Aunt's house for the Seder. I haven't been there in a while. I bet the kids'll be mad at me when I show up tomorrow. I kind of don't even want to go because there'll be a whole bunch of people there that I don't necessarily want to see. Oh well, at least there'll be good food. That's all that really matters. None of this 40 years in the desert crap....FOOD! All I hope is that Marcia's father doesn't call on me to read something from the Haggadah. That always annoys me. Another thing that annoys me is when my dumbass of an uncle has to bring up politics at the table and he's a republican who loves Bush and all that...but everyone else at the table tends to disagree with him about various subjects and then people get into arguments and he sounds like an idiot...and I hate him a little bit more.
Props to Marcia for putting up with him all these years. And this, my friend, is the meaning of Passover: going to the Seder and being all Jewy, talking about politics and business and stuff. Oh yea, and Matzah ball soup. This is a key part of Passover. You can't have a Passover Seder without Matzah balls, it's the law. And Gefilte fish. Isn't your mouth just watering at the thought? I happen to like Gefilte fish so fuck you.
This is the ending to on of the songs sung on Passover:
Then came the Holy One, blessed be He, and slew the angel of death that killed the Shochet who slaughtered the ox that drank the water that quenched the fire that burned the stick that beat the dog that bit the cat that ate the goat,
that Father bought for two zuzim.
One little goat, one little goat.
WTF, AM I RITE? Okay, fine. I used to like this song as a kid.
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| 6. And weep! (listen to Joseph) |
[Apr. 12th, 2005|11:58 am] |
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck to its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble.
What is the metaphor?
A metaphor is an image that suggests something else. For instance, if I say to a person, "You are a nut," I'm not suggesting that I think the person is literally a nut. "Nut" is a metaphor. The reference of the metaphor in religious traditions is to something transcendent that is not literally any thing. If you think that the metaphor is itself the reference, it would be like going to a restaurant, asking for the menu, seeing beefsteak written there, and starting to eat the menu.
For example, Jesus ascended to heaven. The denotation would seem to be that somebody ascended to the sky. That's literally what is being said. But if that were really the meaning of the message, then we have to throw it away, because there would have been no such place for Jesus literally to go. We know that Jesus could not have ascended to heaven because there is no physical heaven anywhere in the universe. Even ascending at the speed of light, Jesus would still be in the galaxy. Astronomy and physics have simply eliminated that as a literal, physical possibility. But if you read "Jesus ascended to heaven" in terms of its metaphoric connotation, you see that he has gone inward -- not into outer space but into inward space, to the place from which all being comes, into the consciousness that is the source of all things, the kingdom of heaven within. The images should ascend with him by going inward. It is a metaphor of returning to the source, alpha and omega, of leaving the fixation on the body behind and going to the body's dynamic source.
Aren't you undermining one of the great traditional doctrines of the classic Christian faith -- that the burial and the resurrection of Jesus prefigures our own?
That would be a mistake in the reading of the symbol. That is reading the words in terms of prose instead of in terms of poetry, reading the metaphor in terms of the denotation instead of the connotation.
And poetry gets to the unseen reality.
That which is beyond even the concept of reality, that which transcends all thought. The myth puts you there all the time, gives you a line to connect with that mystery which you are.
Shakespeare said that art is a mirror held up to nature. And that's what it is. The nature is your nature, and all of these wonderful poetic images of mythology are referring to something in you. When your mind is simply trapped by the image out there so that you never make the reference to yourself, you have misread the image.
The inner world is the world of your requirements and your energies and your structure and your possibilities that meets the outer world. And the outer world is the field of your incarnation. That's where you are. You've got to keep both going. As Novalis said, "The seat of the soul is there where the innner and outer worlds meet."
So the story of Jesus ascending to heaven is a message in a bottle from a shore someone has visited before.
That's right -- Jesus did. Now, according to the normal way of thinking about the Christian religion, we cannot identify with Jesus, we have to imitate Jesus. To say, "I and the Father are one," as Jesus said, is blasphemy for us. However, in the Thomas gospel that was dug up in Egypt some forty years ago, Jesus says, "He who drinks from my mouth will become as I am, and I shall be he." Now, that is exactly Buddhism. We are all manifestations of Buddha consciousness, or Christ consciousness, only we don't know it. The word "Buddha" means "the one who waked up." We are all to do that -- to wake up to the Christ or Buddha consciousness within us. This is blasphemy in the normal way of Christian thinking, but it is the very essence of Christian Gnosticism and of the Thomas gospel.
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| 5. Cast thy keys O Rome into the deep down falling, even to eternity down falling, |
[Apr. 11th, 2005|12:13 am] |
I went to Chili's for lunch today with Natalia and Beatriz because Natalia wanted us to meet Jose, which is the server there that she has a crush on. He works at Chili's part time and he's also an elementary school teacher. He's a pretty good looking guy, but I don't think he likes Natalia like she likes him and I don't think they would make a good couple. There's another guy there that's pretty cute, but he has "PERTY BOI" tattooed on his arms and he wears those shirts that go down to your freakin ankles so he loses major points for that. He was standing a little ways away from us and I kind of said to Natalia and Beatriz that he was cute in a low voice-- or so I thought! Right after I said it he slowly turned his head and looked right at our table.What the crap!? I wasn't even talking loud! How could he have heard me!? Man, I do shit like that all the time.
We stayed there foreeeeevvvveeeeerrrr even after we finished our lunch to "keep Jose company," but it was really because Natalia wanted to keep flirting with him. After that, we just went home and chiiiiiiiiiilled.
That's pretty much it.
Since Edith has been here, I haven't seen my dad once! I'm saying it has anything to do with her, but I want to see my daddy! We were supposed to meet up yesterday or the day before to get a bite to eat, but he couldn't make it because he had to be somewhere at a certain time. He called me early that day and told me he'd be at my house in about an hour to pick me up so I started watching I Heart Huckabees to pass the time. The movie finished and he still hadn't come so I called him and it turns out that he was still stuck wherever he was and had to go somewhere else pretty soon so we just said we should just see each other another time. It seems like most of the times we plan to see each other, something always happens and we have to cancel. I don't know what that's all about. I just hope to see him soon, that's all.
By the way, I Heart Huckabees wasn't really that good of a movie, but I like the actors in it so I kind of liked it anyway. Mark Wahlberg was fantastic. Ha. There were some very comical moments and I like when characters in movies are very quick with each other. |
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| 4. Golden Spain burst the barriers of old Rome; +~~ |
[Apr. 7th, 2005|12:41 pm] |
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(written while in Math class yesterday)
4/6/05 1:23 p.m.
Math will begin very shortly. I'm already distracting myself with this. The teacher hasn't arrived yet, that's why. I won't force myself to write in here during class, though. The last thing I need right now is to not pay attention during class.
....He just lost me 4 minutes before class is over. That's pretty good considering he almost lost me earlier. He started doing a problem on the board and I completely lost interest at that moment, but I somehow managed to bring myself back.
(that's all I wrote since I only wrote for a couple minutes at the beginning and end of class)
Anyway, yesterday I went with Natalia, Cristina, & Beatriz to the tennis lesson we had scheduled, but I couldn't play. My wrist is still fucked up. I tried hitting a few balls, but it was already starting to irritate me so I stopped and watched them for the remaining time. I really just want this to heal already! I spoke to the instructor and he said it's because of the way I'm hitting the ball on my forehand, I'm turning my wrist in a certain way that's hurting it. I soooooo shouldn't have played with Beatriz that time. That's where it all started. My wrist was just fine up until then. I just to be able to go back to my lessons by like this weekend or the beginning of this week. I guess it feels a little better, but as soon as I start hitting out there it all goes to shit.
Bah!
School is ending sooner than I thought. I better get on my FIU tasks before time runs out!
You know, I just have a feeling I'm not going to Argentina this Summer. We've been planning it for quite some time, but I just don't think it's going to happen. Which is a shame because I really wanted to go. I hope it happens, after all, because it's been a long time coming that I go and do this! |
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| 3. Shadows of Prophecy shiver along by the lakes and the rivers.... |
[Apr. 6th, 2005|12:49 pm] |
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| | Alanis Morissette - Hands Clean | ] |
Going to class in a couple of minutes, but first, a quick update.
So, for her birthday, I ended up giving Natalia a necklace that my grandma had given to me. I hadn't a clue what to get her nor the money to do so. I was never going to wear that necklace anyway so why not? Am I such a terrible friend for not buying her something? I really would have liked to, but the funds just weren't there. And now Cristina's birthday is coming up this month and I'm in the same boat again. I'll have to come up with something. All I know is that the things she wants for her birthday are always expensive. |
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| 2. Albions coast is sick, silent; the American meadows faint! ~~~ |
[Mar. 30th, 2005|12:48 pm] |
Going to school in about 5 minutes. Do I wanna go? No. Am I gonna go? Yes. I'm just feeling so unmotivated in the schooling department these days. I get very distracted/bored in class and start doodling on my paper for the last like half hour of class.
Anyway, my dad got in to town today and I think tomorrow we're gonna have lunch together. Edith gets here on the 1st of April...but, frankly, I don't really want her to come. Because then she'll always be around when I'm with my dad. Not that I don't like her. I just want to be with my dad...only. I'm selfish like that. Maybe she'll spend a lot of time with Noam while she's here and not be around too much. After all, the reason she's coming is basically to see him. I wonder who's looking after Barbi while they're both going to be here. She's probably staying with Mara.
Well, gotta go.
ciao |
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| 1. The Eternal Female groand! it was heard over all the Earth ~*~~ |
[Mar. 29th, 2005|10:50 am] |
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| | Nickel Creek - For All It's Worth | ] |
Something thing that upset me yesterday: Guille Coria lost his match against Taylor Dent in the NASDAQ yesterday! I'm so sad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(((((((((((((((((
Goddamn Taylor Dent...hate him! >:(
This is a picture of Willy (Willy = Guille) practicing while I was standing by watching him...very closely:
And here's Roger holding the red envelope that I gave to him:
^_^
I was just watching this dumb movie called The Big Bounce on TV a second ago and Morgan Freeman is in it and he has a line that goes "God is an imaginary friend for grown-ups." And I thought that was so very clever of them. How ironic that Morgan Freeman played God in Bruce Almighty and now he says this line in this movie.
I played tennis (and I use the term "played" very loosely) with Beatriz on Friday night, but I didn't have my racquet so I used one of her old ones, which is a good deal heavier than mine and after a while my wrist really started hurting. Over the weekend I wrapped it up and iced it a bit and it was feeling pretty good yesterday morning, but still a liiiiiittle bit irritated. I went to my lesson in the morning anyway...and I guess that wasn't the best idea possible because it started really hurting me again. Last night and today it's back to the way it was feeling Friday night, after we played. This sucks. I iced it a lot today and I slept with it wrapped up last night, which I'm hoping will accelerate the healing process. I'm hoping it will be all better by Thursday because that's the day Natalia scheduled for us to have a group lesson with Beatriz. I told my mom about it last night and she was scaring me because she said it would become chronic and that I needed to ice it and stuff. If it's not feeling good by Thursday, I might just not take the lesson because I don't want this to be a continuing thing. >:( Argggh! Goddamn old Wilson racquet. I should've stopped! |
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| Sweet little boy... ROGER!!! |
[Mar. 25th, 2005|10:45 am] |
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Yesterday was one of the happiest days of my life. Here's how it goes:
Gaston Gaudio
Juan Ignacio Chela
Guillermo Cañas
Guillermo Coria (!!!!!)
Carlos Moya
Ivan Ljubicic
Paradorn Srichiphan
Joachim Johansson
Tim Henman
Roger Federer (!!!!!)
Those are all the players I saw practicing yesterday at the NASDAQ. And I was oh-so-very close to them while they were practicing. Just a couple feet.
I was able to deliver the letter to Rogerrrrr that I was stressing over. Phew, I'm so glad that's over with! But I'm even more glad that I got to watch them play so closely. I'm talking I could see the little green fuzz flying off the ball whenever he hit it. I got really really sunburnt, but it was all worth it. After they finished practicing (Roger was practicing with Tim) they came over and signed stuff. I don't really care for autographs, but the envelope passed from my hand to his *sigh* and he was really nice about it and said "thank you."
On top of that I got to see my other fav player, Coria, practice. He's just incredible to me. I could watch them all day long. Coria was practicing with Cañas and they had a little mini match to finish things up. One of the rallies was actually very amusing to see. There was a lot of running involved and some drop shots as usual. They got a big round of applause form the people that were standing by watching.
For both Roger and Guille I was standing right up in front where the players enter and exit the court. There's a little fence that everyone had to stand behind that went up to about my hips so I was basically on the court with them. What a pleasure.
This girl that I went with, Liz, posted a message online that she had an extra ticket that she didn't want to waste so she was inviting someone from Miami to go with her. Since I didn't have tickets at the time I was like "Uhh, me!" and so we got in touch and went. She knows her way around there much better than I do so I'm glad I went with her.
I hope to be going back there very soon!!!!!!!!!!
buh byez |
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| As I was walking among the fires of hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; |
[Mar. 20th, 2005|09:18 pm] |
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| | Bobby Darin - Beyond the Sea | ] |
So here's the thing. I have like this dull headache that won't seem to go away. It's not even really a headache, it's kind of like a dull pressure I feel like on the top and the sides of my head. Now, my question is, am I going to die?? If so, I would like to be noticed in advance.
I saw Alyssa's performance tonight. She was so cute but all in all the show was pretty boring and not that good. There were about a thousand people on stage at certain moments and it was all very cluttered and annoying. I've seen this show the past few years and last year was better than this year. ...but Alyssa was better this year than last year. Man, I can't believe it's been a year.
Today I was feeling very nervous for some reason. I couldn't put my finger on it, but my nerves have been jittery all day...and also the dull pressure in my head. I don't have any reason to be nervous so I don't know what's up.
My fatherrrrrrrr has not responded to my e-mail yet so I'm very mad at him! Where are you, dad?!!?!?
Wait a minute, actually, this week will be a bit stressful for me...but more towards the end of the week and into the weekend. I now have a mission to accomplish at the tournament coming up. People are relying on my to deliver a special something to one of the players...and how the hell am I supposed to find this dude. Ughhhh, I can't just enjoy a leisurely day at the club. Now I've gotta be all preoccupied with this shit. I don't wanna let them down, either. Shit. |
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[Mar. 18th, 2005|02:22 pm] |
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I just got back from tennis lesson #3 it was the first time in my entire life that I served a tennis ball and, to my surprise, I actually made into the service box. Now that's something. Of course, I made it in like 5 times out of say 20, but that's still better than none. My strokes are getting better, too. Don't get excited, I'm still a novice and I need a whole lotta work, but my instructor said I'm way ahead of schedule and I picked it up really quickly. Man, I could stay out there all day. You may think the sport very boring, but I just think it's so much fun to hit balls out there. Next lesson: Monday 9:30 a.m. ...now I won't forget.
Today is Alyssa's birthday and we're going out to eat at Joe's Stone Crab tonight. Did I ever mention I looove stone crabs? Because I loooooove stone crabs. Alrighty, I'm gonna go get changed and then I'm off!!!!!!!
How can I not be happy on a day when I've played tennis!!??! |
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| Yea, that's right! |
[Mar. 15th, 2005|02:27 pm] |
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Guess what yours truly found out today! I have a one-handed backhand. Isn't that just great??? Well, to me it's great because the players I like most in the world play with a one-handed backhand..including my daddy ^_^
So yea, I had my first tennis lesson today and it was so great. I had a lot of fun and I really liked it. I'm meeting with the instructor again on Thursday and I'm sooooo ^_____^
Today, I was all nervous about it for some reason, but now I can't wait for Thrusday!
We worked on forehand and backhand today (which is how I found out I have a one-handed backhand :) ) and on Thrusday he said we're gonna do some more work on that and start working on my serve which I'm totally gonna mess up. hehehe, but I don't care cuz it's still fun. buh byezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz |
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[Mar. 11th, 2005|08:46 am] |
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Mitch found my wallet this morning. -_-
It was in my mom's office the whole time. -_-
I canceled all the cards. -_-
I have my driver's license now. ^_^ |
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[Mar. 11th, 2005|12:04 am] |
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I toooooootally friggin lost my wallet today!! I don't know how it happened but it suddenly was nowhere to be found earlier today. I had used it in the morning to pay for some things online and then I thought I put it in my purse so that I could go to Walgreens to pick up a few things. But when I went to pay at the register at Walgreens my wallet wasn't in my purse. At that time I just thought I had left it at home. So I went home and I still couldn't find it so I started to worry. I kept searching and couldn't find it. I decided to go back to Walgreens to see if maybe it fell out of my purse and, by some chance, it was either still on the floor in one of the aisles or someone had turned it in to the front register. Well, the lady said no one had found a wallet and I didn't see it anywhere on the floor. I came back home and kept searching and searching. I basically cleaned my entire car out looking for it. When I think about it now I don't see how my wallet could have fallen out of my purse in Walgreens because the purse was zipped shut. I remember that because I remember having to unzip it to put my keys in there and then zipping it up again. But, you know, I guess there's still a possibility. And I really don't think anyone like pick-pocketed me...because I was in Wlagreens and there were only very few people there. I had to finally cancel all my accounts (it was all cards in the wallet, and my driver's license), and it's a really big pain in the ass because they all have to send me knew cards and they don't get here quickly. I basically have no form of money right now. Thank goodness there was no cash in that walllet or else I really wouldn't be able to do anything about it. No one charged anything to my accounts so it's quite possible that no one ever had them in the first place, but I had to do it just in case.
If I ever found the little wallet I'd kick myself, but I'd still be happy because my Driver's License is in there and I don't want to have to go through the hassle of getting a new one! I'll have to do that tomorrow. Sux.
Anyway, I think I'll go to sleep now. |
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| This and that... |
[Mar. 10th, 2005|01:27 am] |
I was like supposed to go see Noam today (well, yesterday), but like I kind of didn't call him around the time I said I was gonna maybe go over there. All I know is that we had better get this ebay stuff up soon because my dad is counting on us! It's just that it's such a goddamn pain in the ass. Geeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzz. Cristina didn't have work today so I went out with them instead of going to Noam's. Tomorrow no one works either so I probably won't see him then, either.
I hope it like stops raining tomorrow (well, today) so that I can have my lesson. Should I be taking this as a sign to not go through with it??? Hehe. I think even if it only rains in the morning (which is what the weather says) I won't be able to have a lesson anyway because all the courts will be wet. This is bullshit mannnnnnnnnnnnn, pure bullshit.
I cleaned my desk today (yesterday) and stuff so it's nice and clean and not cluttered. Still haven't gotten around to doing all of my laundry. Maybe I'll do some tomorrow.
I think Cristina and Luis are going to get divorced pretty soon. She just isn't attracted to him anymore and doesn't want to be with him and he....well, no one really knows how he really feels because her never expresses it! Not even to Cristina. That's partly why she doesn't want to be with him anymore, because he's so unemotional. He never like...responds!!! The thing I hate most about what I've heard about their arguments is that every time Cristina brings something up to him about whatever's bothering her, he always victimizes himself and turns it around to make it seem like nothing he ever does is good enough for her. That's the most annoying shittiest thing he could do. The guy just basically really sucks at communicating. I have a feeling it something to do with him living in their house. I mean, their mother feeds him and gives him shelter so maybe he doesn't want to put it all in jeopardy; maybe he just doesn't want to be kicked out. I told that to Cristina and she didn't think that's what it was that was keeping him from showing any emotion, but I still think it might have something to do with it. I really would like to know what's going on in his head about all of this. Is he just sitting there thinking everything is fine while Cristina is thinking about divorce? Or does he know something is up, but just doesn't say anything about it? Or possibly, does he secretly want to break up with her too? That would emphasize my theory of him not wanting to lose his home. They were supposed to both be going to Colombia next month to visit his family and she has been saying right from the start that she reeeeeallly didn't want to go, and now she just recently canceled her ticket. She told him some excuse about them not having enough money for the both of them to go so that she wouldn't have to and all he said was, "Do whatever you want, babe." What the fuck is that? You suddenly don't care if your wife comes with you to meet your family?? I mean, that leads me to believe that he doesn't want to be with her either. On the one hand, she's not going so she's glad about that, but on the other hand, her husband didn't put up a fight! You almost want him to do that just because he's your husband and he should want you to be with him!!! I would never flat out just say this to her but what I really wanna say is "leave his fucking ass, he's shit and who cares where he goes once you kick him out as long as it ain't here." As much as Cristina is annoyed and frustrated by their relationship these days, she's still just not going to give up the time they had together like that. Marriage means something to her.....apparently, unlike Luis!!!! |
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[Mar. 8th, 2005|11:50 pm] |
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WHAT THE SHITBALLS! Tickets for the NASDAQ are already like gone??????? I decided to go to the site to see what's up with the tickets and all that's left are seats in the nose-bleed section! Dude, I'm calling tomorrow and if they don't give me good seats I'm going to cry on the phone until they do! This is bullshit and I won't STAND for it.
I hate it when you're chewing gum and you blow a bubble and the bubble pops and the gum touches your face.
BULLSHIT.
I'm telling you, if my dad doesn't come through with this shit I'm gonna be pissed like a motherfather. |
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[Mar. 8th, 2005|02:10 pm] |
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| | Soon You'll Come Home | ] |
It's all rainy and shit today so no tennis lesson. :((((((
We rescheduled for Thursday but it's supposed to be raining then too.
I'm a little hesitant about it, though, cuz the tennis instructor is like...old. Not that being old means you're not a good teacher or a good player. I just thought it would be someone younger...and more up to date, you know? Anyway, I still have no idea how the lessons will go so I'll just have to wait and see. He seemed like a nice guy...a nice old guy!
So I decided to finally do some laundry today since I have this mountain of clothes that's been sitting here since forever. I always let my room get waaayyyyy too messy and then have to spend like a whole day cleaning it and shit. I should just not let this happen and that way I won't ever have to spend so much time cleaning it.
I got new lipstick, lip liner, and eye liner yesterday with Teeny (Omigosh so girly ^_^). But I'm now noticing that the lipstick I got is basically just like...hot pink. It's supposed to be this kind of redish color, but to me it just looks pink. But oh well, Tine says it looks good on me so I'm gonna wear it and that's that. Aaaaallllllssssssoooooooo...oh yea, nothing. buh bye |
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[Mar. 7th, 2005|10:45 pm] |
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| | John Mayer - Something's Missing | ] |
I never liked John Mayer, but I really like the song Daughters, and this one, and Only Heart. I hear he's an asshole though. A huge asshole.
Teeny's leaving tomorrow :(
But she's also been really annoying this trip for some reason. Especially while I'm driving.
My dad's getting back here on the 30th. And Edith is coming on the 1st of April. I kind of don't want her to be here. I mean, I like her, she's really nice to me and everything, but I'm selfish and I want my daddy all to myself!!!!! She's coming mostly just to see Noam, anyway. I hope I get to be alone with my dad sometime too, though.
Mama needs to take a looooooooong vacation now. |
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[Mar. 6th, 2005|10:37 pm] |
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Well, so it's all over. The festival has come to an end. Today was the last day. Things didn't go as well as my mom had hoped, but the festival was really nice anyway. I brought Lily and she liked it too. Last night this dude drew a caricature of me and my friend that looked nothing like us, but it was funny anyway. Today I went with Natalia, Cristina, Beatriz, Luis, and all the doggies to the festival. My aunt and my cousins were also there with my cousins and their doggy. It was a very doggy day. I mean, it was really fun and I really liked it. I just wish more people would have heard about it and came! I was like people need to come, dammit!!!!!!!! They go to that shitty art festival every year in Coconut Grove, why won't they come to this festival! It's better! But anyway, you can't force people in. She did all she could and now it's over. I don't think my mom's going to do this festival again next year. She just hasn't got the money anymore. She didn't really have the money this year! That's why the festival was much smaller this year than the last 2 years. She couldn't afford all the shit anymore because she knew she wouldn't get the number of people needed for that size of a festival.
All the Escalantes met Mike today. He was down here for the festival supporting my mom and all that. He was really nice and everything, but Natalia thought he even looked older than he actually is!!! It's the salt-and-pepper hair that does it. But whatever, he's good for Teeny and I like him. I went this morning with him and Teeny to the golf course so they could hit some balls and I could watch. Yup, he's pretty good. Teeny's been saying it forever so I wanted to see for myself. He plays in tournaments and all that so yea. And he's a really good teacher, I've noticed. Teeny's gotten into golf since Mike's a big golfer so he teaches her how to do it and I was watching them today and he's really good at noticing exactly what she's doing wrong and telling her what to do to fix it. But anyway.... He's leaving tomorrow and Teeny's leaving Tuesday. Don't know when Teeny's coming back after that. Or when I'm going to NYC. Who knows, maybe the next time I'm in NYC it will be for their wedding!!! :o
Tuesday I have my first tennis lesson. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! It should be funny. All I'm hoping is that I the tennis pro is a nice guy that I will like and want to take more lessons with :)
Had a long day. Wanna go to sleep. |
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| ANTHONY: READ |
[Mar. 3rd, 2005|12:43 am] |
This is for you, Anthony. I really hope you read this so you can finally get it!
This is exactly why I don't like you: You're an immature, nerdy internet weirdo and I just wouldn't ever like someone like you. So I don't know where you got that idea from. Just because I didn't want to be mean to you by saying I just don't like you doesn't mean that I secretly have some huge crush on you. Do you think being curt and evasive is attractive to any girl ..at all????? Let me help you out by saying...it's not. Every time I talk to you the conversation ends with you getting all cranky and then either signing off or blocking me like I'm so desperate to talk to you. Whatever dude, get a friggin life. Hope someday you realize what a little kid you're being...then grow up. |
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| L-O-V-E (all the song lyrics girls wish were written about them) |
[Mar. 3rd, 2005|12:17 am] |
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| | all of the songs with these lyrics | ] |
You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we walk in the fields of gold
While you are away
my heart comes undone.
My empty heart, you fill.
I tend to dream you when I'm not sleeping.
Oh so long for this night I prayed
That a star would guide you my way
Gentle impulsion
shakes me, makes me lighter
fearless on my breath
My greatest fear will be that you will crash and burn
and I won't feel your fire.
I know a girl
She puts the color inside of my world
She's just like a maze
Where all of the walls all continually change
If allowed may I touch your hand
And if pleased may I once again
So that you too will understand
There’s a ribbon in the sky for our love
So she took her love for to gaze awhile
Among the fields of barley
In his arms she fell as her hair came down
Among the fields of gold
Coincidence makes sense only with you.
All that no one sees you see
what's inside of me.
every nerve that hurts, you heal
deep inside of me.
Like the sound of silence calling,
I hear your voice and suddenly
I'm falling, lost in a dream.
Like the echoes of our souls are meeting,
You say those words and my heart stops beating.
I wonder what it means.
What could it be that comes over me?
At times I can't move.
At times I can hardly breathe.
And when you say you love me,
That's all you have to say.
I'll always feel this way.
Call me if you wanna go
We don't have to stay in a world that is slipping away
I give you my empathy.
I'm giving you all of me.
Who knows how long I've loved you
You know I love you still
Will I wait a lonely lifetime
If you want me to I will
When I want to run away
I drive off in my car
But whichever way I go
I come back to the place you are.
( girls like a lot of lyrics ) |
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| here's my hope... |
[Mar. 2nd, 2005|07:50 pm] |
Sobre todo creo que no todo está perdido
tanta lágrima, tanta lágrima
y yo soy un vaso vacío
creo que visto una luz al otro lado del río |
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| Why do I feel like I'm the only one on LJ that posts journal entries of this nature...? |
[Mar. 2nd, 2005|03:30 pm] |
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Okay, so my friend has this book called The 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People, written by David Niven, Ph.D.
and then underneath it says in parentheses, (what scientists have learned and how you can use it.)
Now I was leafing through this book and it has 100 chapters all on different things you should do to make you happy. I should point out that some of them are definitely not tested by scientists (for example: "Root for the home team."). I should also point out that it seems like the author had to make up some bullshit "secrets" just to fill up space (for example: "Surround yourself with pleasant aromas.") ...what the deuce? But the thing I liked least about this book are two chapters in particular, titled "Money does not buy happiness" and "Believe in ultimate justice."
The first chapter (titled "Money does not buy happiness.") is quoted as saying:
We spend so much time chasing dollars, worrying about dollars, and counting dollars. It may surprise you to learn that satisfaction with life is no more likely among the rich. While this may be true from one perspective, I firmly believe that, for others, money is the sole cause of struggle in their life and if they had enough, they would be happy. Money does not make you happy by itself, but it can certainly keep you from ever being happy if you're not in the right financial state. So it's not as simple as just saying "Money doesn't make you happy." If the cost of living is high, which it is, than the cost of your happiness rises with it. I'm sure there are plenty of poor people who are perfectly happy with the way things are, but for every one happy person without money, there are a ton more who couldn't be less happy. I did find this quote to be quite interesting, though:
In this country, more people buy lottery tickets than vote. Sure this can indicate that people are more concerned with money than their leader, but it could also be indicative that the cost of living is so high that a person would rather spend their time trying to raise their quality of life than do something that they feel has no immediate effects on them, like voting. In fact, I'd like to do a study on how many people in the world feel that their vote has made a significant change in their personal and financial life. I'll go first. Nothing has changed in my life. The chances of someone winning the lottery are slim to none, but if they do win, well then the changes in their life would be immense. Money most certainly can do that.
Here is one last quote I've taken from that chapter:
A study of life satisfaction looked at twenty different factors that might contribute to happiness. Nineteen of those factors did matter, and one did not. The one factor that did not matter was financial status. I'm very curious as to who was involved in this study and what the other nineteen factors were. Often times, a person who is in sound financial standing, will say something like their money is not what makes them happy and that is most certainly true. But, take that money away and I can guarantee that this person will be ten times more unhappy than he was previously.
For a rich person who keeps spending money to fill the void in their life, this chapter applies. For a person without as much money, not so much.
Next, I came across the chapter entitled, "Believe in ultimate justice." This chapter starts off with the following:
That there are many problems in the world is obvious to anyone, but take comfort in the notion that eventually good prevails. Whether your focus is on the criminal justice system or a spiritual system, realize that those who have wronged the world will eventually pay some price. It is common knowledge and a well-known fact that the criminal justice system cannot and will not be able to give justice where justice is desrved 100% of the time. Therefore, the author is expecting you to believe in some sort of spiritual justice system (e.g. this person will go to hell for the bad things he has done) and that just doesn't fly. Can the people who have no kind of religious beliefs skip over this chapter and just use the other 99 "secrets" to make them happy or is the author suggesting that you should believe in God? Either way it is very presumptuous of him. I cannot and will not just "believe" that justice is always served in the end. That's naive and wrong.
Which leads me to my next finding:
Focus not on the world's tragedies, but on the world's hope.... Many sad things happen in our world, but rather than focusing on them, have hope for the future. Think of the world's potential. Perhaps the future holds the curing of diseases, the end of violence, the amelioration of poverty and hunger. This is even more naive than the last. Sure, it's great to have hope, but don't be dumb about it. There are certain things that happen in the world that are just facts of life and ignoring them changes nothing. Better to have active hope. If you feel like the world has a lot of potential to become better and more prosperous, then do something to help push it along. Don't be blind to the issues. There are going to be starving children in the world no matter how much hope you have and no matter how much potential the world has.
I, apparently, have no hope. Or at least that's what the online quiz told me. Of all the virtues I could have had, Hope was the one I had the least amount of. I suppose that's partly true, but not entirely. I have my moments.
There were actually a lot of chapters that held truth and that I agreed with, but the one's you disagree with will always beat those that you do agree with. Really, I just felt like putting my thoughts down.
I should note that I haven't read this entire book. I leafed through it and read a few chapters that caught my eye. Mainly, the two aforementioned titles. I started thinking about it and I wanted to write down my thoughts so here they are. Anyway, that's enough for now. |
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[Feb. 28th, 2005|09:37 pm] |
I'm in the middle of watching the movie SAW right now, but my mom called Justine over to talk about stuff for the festival so I thought I'd take up some time writing a little something in here while I'm waiting for them to finish. The movie isn't so much scary as it is...curious. Like you just want to see where everything is going. So far it's pretty interesting, but it all depends on the ending! So far the culprit looks like one of those psychos that just torture these people to teach them a lesson. What a sicko. Still don't know what the doctor and that other dude have anything to do with anything.
Aaaaaanyway, I guess I'll go now.
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[Feb. 27th, 2005|11:03 pm] |
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For some reason Justine's really pushing me to take tennis lessons. I mean, I want to take lessons. I'm the one who brought it up in the first place, but she like keeps pushing me. And I don't really like it 'cause she's kind of treating me like a child. I know she doesn't mean it and it doesn't even really bother me that much, but I wish she'd stop being so forceful.
But I'm excited and I wanna take lessons.
My shoulder is like still sore from the other day. My dad was making me run all over the place. He's quite good, if I do say so myself.
Anyway, just a few more days til the festival!!! *bites nails*
I have a math test tomorrow that I'm not feeling 100% good about, although I think I might be able to pull through with my handy dandy little cheat sheets. You obviously can't really "cheat" in math, but there's a lot of formulas and shit to remember and I just want to be sure I don't go blank.
My dad is leaving on Tuesday :( (which I'm very sad about), but he'll be back by the end of March...so we can go to the NASDAQ together!!!! YAYZ! It would be so goddamn friggin' awesome to be able to go with him. Someone who knows the game so well. Nothing is for certain yet, but we'll work it out. Edith is also coming, but a few days after he gets here.
Wednesday, Mike gets here. My grandma wants Teeny and Mike to stay at her house, but I think Teeny wants to stay here. We'll see what happens. I personally think my grandma will drive Mike absolutely crazy if they stay there. And that's beside the fact that she lives in a small apartment so they'll all be on top of each other. It's not like my house is so huge or anything, but there is one significant difference...my grandmother does not live here....
So it looks like the week is going to be pretty full. People leaving, people arriving, the festival!!! This is a week that needs to run smoothly! All other weeks can go to shit, but this one needs to keep together! AND NO RAIN OR WIND OR CLOUDY SHITTY WEATHER ALLOWED ALL NEXT WEEKEND FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, YA HEAR!!!!!!
The Academy Awards are really boring. I have been watching them, but they're so boring that I actually thought writing in my LJ would be more interesting...and it is! ...Shame.
That is all.
Oh, and one more thing: Roger is my hero >.<
6-1, 6-7(6), 6-3 for Dubai title
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[Feb. 26th, 2005|10:39 pm] |
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I played tennis on center court today at this tennis club (forgot the name). Isn't that just fabulous?? Well, I guess you couldn't really say I actually played "tennis" ...unless you consider hitting the ball all over the place tennis. But it was still fun...and we got to play on center court. Where not just anyone gets to play and where top ATP players will be playing a tournament in a couple of weeks. Haha, I'm special. I went with my dad and Teeny. But me and Justine weren't wearing the proper shoes, even for a hard court, so we messed up the court. It was all scuffed up by the time we were through and these two ladies that worked there came over and were like "Uhhh, you're ruining the court...."
Oh well, no one told us we didn't have the right shoes on. We didn't do it on purpose or anything.
I think I'll start taking lessons soon.
I likes the tennis ^_^ |
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[Feb. 25th, 2005|11:13 am] |
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Teeny's getting here today! Hip hip hoorayyyyyyyyy!!
JUST ONE PROBLEM, THOUGH:
I know she's going to use my grandfather's car and I'll have to use mine again. Thaaaat's gonna suck. I mean it's not like my car leaves me stranded all over the place (except for that one time I ran out of gas at school) but my grandfather's car is just so much better. knowwhatimsayin?
The festival starts next week. The 4th 5th and 6th of May. THIS YEAR NEEDS TO GO WELL!!!!! DAMMIT! I asked my mom how everything was going to other day and all she said was "I don't know" I'm not exactly sure that's such a good thing, but maybe she's just being a pessimist. Really, what I think she means is that it could go either way. It's very possible for the festibal to do good this year but it's also possible that she could come out with a loss. It all depends on how many people she brings in. I always feel like she doesn't spend enough time on bringing people in to the festival. She spends a lot of time on making it look awesome inside the festival, but no one's going to see it if you don't tell them about it! I will continuously be reporting back with new updateson the festival. Thank you and good night.
Is it really weird of me to miss my dog terribly every time I'm away from the house for extended periods of time?? |
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