Poop
Topic: haha
Reverting back to childhood, but this is funny. Note it's also very gross

I saw this driving the other day, and as it relates, I will share it at this time. You know who you are :-)

Tom Peters
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Hot People
Tom is hot because he has really good ideas about leadership and values the human capital and innovation in companies as what gives them the leading edge.

internet phone - free
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: web stuff
Thanks La, this is great. Skype is a service that provides free telephony through the internet. I recently discovered, thanks to Reed, that the same thing can be done through yahoo messenger. Must get a microphone to save moneys.

Andre Tolme
Topic: Hot People
Andre is hot because he golfed Mongolia. He's also decent looking. I'm also trying to get a date with him. Why not?

Andre is also hot because: he's a great enterpreneur, is doing something to help the world in a very unique way, is a world traveler, and is a very caring person. And he entertained me with his great story. I'd love to meet him. I'm a sucker for men like this.

Felix Baumgartner
Topic: Hot People
Felix is SOOOOO hot. I've been obsessed with him for years. He's hot because 1. he has a really cool job 2. he's the ultimate athlete 3. he's damn good looking 4. daredevils are sexy. they are the real superheroes. Superman doesn't exist, this man does. 5. I need to stop sending him obsessive emails before australia issues a cease and desist. Ok, just kidding, I've only sent him one.

Did I mention that he's one of the hottest men alive? Wonder what his life insurance costs?

10/21/04 Update: I got an email from the dude! I'm getting an autograph! How cool is that!!!!

Date #2 with MD
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: my own bachelorette show
So today I went on my second date with md. brief summary: he's being shady. I like him, but he's being shady. BTW, he's the 2nd guy I've dated with initials MJD. Weird to recycle that much.

Shady thing #1. He won't tell me his age.

shady thing #2, he lied about owning a condo. I believe he rents. I have my sources.

shady thing #3. He tried to come over to my place. Um, I don't know him that well. He said I can't come over to his place because it's a mess. He made no indication of whether we'll go out again. He leaves Sunday to go to florida for work - this has been verified. Now I have to take everything he says and apply the Heisenberg uncertainty principle to it. Everything that is said may or may not be true, may or may not be believed to be true by the speaker, and may or may not appear true at the time it will be observed.

He's affectionate, he has manners, and he is interesting. We have quite a few interests in common, but the depth is to be explored. What I like about him so far: looks - definitely my "type". voice - nice voice. height - yup, it works. clothing/style - very nice (couple of small notes on that - he knows I like numbers, so he prepared himself for the date by wearing this really cool shirt with a number pattern, but the numbers are so small they look like stripes. He was pretty proud of himself for it too when he pointed it out to me. Also, his jacket, was esseintially the same style jacket that I pointed out to La the day before... and essentially the same one La ended up getting the day after). He has a great smile and the eyes, love the eyes. He has a smokin' body. Why I wanna...(insert the karma sutra). Ok, that's the shallow stuff. Here's the deeper stuff: he's random. he doesn't mind that I'm random. Every thought doesn't have to be finished. He's creative and funny. He's a decent listnener. He's got wide-ranging interests. Some people know nothing and care nothing about a whole body of knowledge, such as art, science, technology, or sports. I think that this is shallow. MD doesn't have that problem at all. He can think and express his thoughts. You can't put this guy in a box. He's not totally closed up - he has shared some random personal statements and history. He's not too full of himself. I think he assumes I googled him. Good assumption Mr. but have you googled me?

The bad: games, appears to be slightly manic, possibly down right now. Can't make normal plans like a normal person and keep them. Maybe he just feels like I'm not interested and doesn't want to get hurt? Doubtfull.

Also he's a dork when it comes to new technology that's out of his field. Like cell phones - txt msg, photos... dunno, it's weird. Note, lack of knowledge is not the same as a lack of interest.

How about this for a perfect date though (minus him butchering the ending - at the end of the date he doesn't give me any indication of whether or not he's interested in seeing me again.)

1. mexican fine arts museum. We were both determined to do at least a drive by, even though we were coming kind of late.

2. bakery in pilsen. We got day of the dead, dia de los muertos bread.

3. nuevo leon in pilsen. md noticed a waitress sliding down the handicapped ramp, it was pretty funny.

3. art galleries and murals in pilsen.

4. ping tom park (where balloons fell on us from the sky and we had to fish them out of the river, and no one else was there at 7 PM on a warm night; For some lady's 40th bday 40 ballons were released from berwyn, and we were suppose to mail the card back with where we found it. instead we should mail it to england, per ken's advice and have it be sent back a month later from there, to perplex the receiving party.) Here's us at Ping Tom, with the ballons and card found in the bottom right corner.

5. Chinatown to get md chocolate fortune cookies and bobba tea - he's never had it and we shared one. We also talked about movies. He wants to see this really scarry one. I'll watch it, but ONLY if we can play sleepover afterwards (what, I need an excuse), I don't do well alone after scarry movies at night. I have an overactive imagination.

6. Osaka gardens. btw, he also has a fascination with the colombian exposition like I do. Yes, La, we went there at night (I have no healthy fear of the dark), and no one attacked us. And this time I found it no problem.

Um and he is sooo hot. And we talked about the weirdest shit that I can't even put here. I don't know what his intentions are. Mr. President of the fraternity and captain of the football team that supposedly didn't date a lot when he was younger - I dunno if I'm falling for it. A lot of deception and games and I don't like either. If I'm lucky, he won't call me again and I won't get any deeper into whatever game he's playing. Maybe he's just psycho.

I hate not knowing what's up. WHAT's UP? Patience is a virtue. I don't have that virtue when it comes to: not knowing if a guy is interested, not knowing if I'm going to get the job. #1 source of stress in my life right now is that I do not have enough patience and the lack of knowledge and the need for instant gratification is overwhelming.

WTF??? Catholics for Bush
Mood:  incredulous
Topic: America the Beautiful
So here's how catholics think... for me to poop on!

Jon Stewart
Mood:  bright
Topic: America the Beautiful
Here's the transcript of Jon Stewart (who I think is pretty good looking) on Crossfire when he dug into Carlson Monday. Someone has to be Jon Stewart, I'm just surprised to hear and see Jon speaking up. Very few people on TV actually understand the impact of mass media and all the brainwashing. He made excellent points and he's funny too.

What Sucks?
Mood:  cheeky
Topic: Day to Day
Quite literally. Getting a hickey when you are 26. This is my second hickey since I've been 26. But my 3rd ever.

So, according to romanceclass.com,

"Hickeys aren't a male or female thing. They're an "I was Here!" thing, sort of like a mark of pride.... It's sort of a primitive way of saying "This boy is mine!" or "This girl belongs to me!" and "Hickeys are marks of possession, so most people put them on the neck where they're nice and visible."

Ok, so what posesses a 28-year-old man to do that? Is it pure animal passion, or was he actually marking his territory? What's up? Is 28 the new 15? Gross.

More importantly:

How do I Hide my Hickey?
A hickey is put there to show up! It's a mark of I-Was-Here. Why else did you get a hickey on your neck? But let's assume that some wild hickey attacker got to you and now you have to hide the evidence. Again, it's a bruise. It won't just vanish with warm water or cold water or lukewarm water. You can get make-up concealer and try that, to cover it while it fades away naturally. Wear turtlenecks or scarves. If you tend to be a really slow healer, take vitamins and eat healthy food so your body has half a chance of healing up well. Stand in dark corners :)

It will NOT work to put water, ice, eye drops, or aspirin on your hickey. This is a bruise. Blood vessels are broken, they need to mend.

[for the record, I tried the ice thing, it really doesn't work.]

Yeah, so hanging out with my parents, badminton and dating should be fun for the next week. Thank god for advanced scientific research in consealers!

cryptic messages to self for later
Mood:  energetic
Topic: Day to Day
1. Payday
2. 10
3. ouch
4. nice
5. oh yeah
6. missfiled
7. what da?