Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Lake Merritt

Yesterday I went on a walk and took some pictures. This is significant mainly because ever since I came back from Honduras, I have been completely uninspired in regard to photography. I figured it was a nice day, so I might as well take my camera to see what would happen. Some of the pictures actually turned out pretty good.

I honestly didn't realize how close I now live to Lake Merritt, which is cool, because it's actually pretty. My pictures make Oakland not look so bad after all (to those who only know Oakland by its stereotype, of course - those who live here know that there are some parts that are beautiful). I used my film camera and had the pictures put onto a cd (like I do with the majority of my pictures).

Here are a few for your eyegasmic pleasure:






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Sunday, June 26, 2005

hey, look at my sandy feet!

That's sand from the Caribbean on those toes!



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color quiz

Did you know color psychologists (yeah, really, what the fuck is a color psychologist?) can determine your personality based on the order of colored boxes you choose out of some stupid options they give you?


Here are my results:

Your Existing Situation
Hopes to obtain an improved position and greater prestige, so that she can procure for herself more of the things she has had to do without.

Your Stress Sources
Resists any form of pressure from others and insists on her independence as an individual. Wants to make up her own mind without interference, to draw her own conclusions and arrive at her own decisions. Detests uniformity and mediocrity. As she wants to be regarded as one who gives authoritative opinions, she find it difficult to admit to being wrong, while at times she is reluctant to accept or understand another's point of view.

Your Desired Objective
Preoccupied with things of an intensely exciting nature, whether erotically stimulating or otherwise. Wants to be regarded as an exciting and interesting personality with an altogether charming and impressive influence on others. Uses tactics skillfully so as to avoid endangering her chances of success or undermining others' confidence in herself.

Your Actual Problem
Takes a delight in action and wants to be respected and esteemed for her personal accomplishments.

Your Actual Problem #2
Fights against restriction or limitation, and insists on developing freely as a result of her own efforts.

Tell me if your results are any different, or if you think they're all just generic descriptions. Here's the site.

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Friday, June 24, 2005

check it out

Fisting Champ's comment (or story, whatever you want to call it) on my previous post was remarkably simliar to an experience I had in Honduras with this boy and that very same monkey, featured here!


(hint: click on the picture to make it larger, then notice the cigarette in hand and the disco on his lap!)

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I love monkeys!

Here, my friends, is my first of many pictures from Honduras to be posted:



I know I've been slacking lately...ever since I got back fron Honduras, I haven't really been in the mood to blog. I knew I had to blog about my trip eventually, and it made me sad to think about - I had so much fun, and I totally can't wait to go back. It was definitely a wonderful experience.

I figure I'll post some pics, one or a few at a time, every so often. Maybe more, depending on my mood. Until then, enjoy the monkey!

P.S. I love this new upload image option, it's so much easier than using Hello. Not that it was hard, but this is so easy!

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I'm so high

Did you know you can make opium from the dried poppies at flower shops? Who knew!

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Wednesday, June 22, 2005

a funny thing just happened

At the same time I (actually) moved in to my boyfriend's apartment, which I guess was around June 1, a couple moved in to the empty apartment next door. Our location in the building is pretty cool, because we only share a border with one other apartment (on our level) since we're on the corner. I don't think we're loud people, but I guess we do tend to play our music a bit loud. The wife, Tracy, has come over a couple of times to ask us to turn down our music; while it sucks, I'd rather that she do that instead of calling the manager or something. Apparently she gets up at 4am or something, so she goes to bed pretty early; playing our music past 9pm was too much for her to handle. We talked about soundproofing the wall between the apartments, but as of now we've opted to not do it. We just try to be more quiet than normal between 9-10pm, and then past 10pm we try to be extra quiet in whatever we're doing. We haven't had any problems all week, or so I thought.

Until tonight.

When I got home from work, I noticed that a folded up wad of yellow legal pad paper had been shoved under our doormat, our names scribbled on the top (mine spelled incorrectly, as it usually is; while I don't have a particularly difficult name, the spelling usually catches people, as it's not "the norm"). I unfolded this wad and proceeded to read the following message (I'm going to type this word for word, and keep in mind the stupid shorthand is not my own doing, as I would never write "you" as "u" or anything of the like):

u guys are so nice...

I hope u know This comes from a good place, and from the perspective of saying something in case you would want to know -

If I am assuming you would want to know and you did not, I totally apologize and hope Either way there are no awkward feelings!

anyways, I hesitated b4 writing this - but...

I was up between 2-3AM - hard to sleep... These walls are Thin...

Really, I just want to let u know That I, and others heard your fun-lovin'...

and this comes to u only because I would want someone to tell me....OR, next time, just invite us over!!
J/Kidding! Anyways, maybe we should talk about sound-proofing again - you guys let me know, k! Take care! T.


I stood on my doorstep and read this note; then I burst out laughing. Our fun-lovin'? Unfortunately, I happened to be asleep at 2am and didn't hear anyone fucking, but I'm kind of sorry I missed it. Ah, who am I kidding, I'm really sorry I missed it, it would have been entertaining. Needless to say, we weren't the ones making the noise, and for some reason I was compelled to explain this fact to my neighbors immediately.

I knocked on the door and Tracy answered. "Are you, like, totally embarassed, or what?" she asked me.

"Well, I would be if it had been us, but I honestly don't even know what you're talking about, I was passed out at 2am."

"Really?? It totally sounded like it was coming from your apartment, it was like a porn movie or something. I felt like I was listening to a porn movie or something!"

"Haha, well, nope, it wasn't us..."

"Damn, it was so loud, too! I think there were, like, three orgasms in all! It was totally keeping me up, but that isn't the kind of thing I wanted to bang on the wall about - besides, I was thinking of you, and it sounded really good for you, I thought you were having a great time! I was mad you guys just didn't invite us over or something!"

"Heh heh, yeah...I'm sorry I missed it, I wonder who it was."

"Yeah, well, we totally thought it was you! I was jealous, I wanted to come over!"

The conversation continued for a few more minutes along those lines, and then I went home. I had thought, when I originally read the note, that she was just making light of the situation (i.e. joking) when she said we should have invited her over. When she mentioned it three times in the five minute span of our conversation, it hit me that maybe she wasn't joking. Who knows.

I'm scared to have sex in the bedroom now -- she'll probably be listening as she touches herself. Part of me, though, wants to do it really loud and if I get another note.

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Saturday, June 18, 2005

breakfast!

waffles and berries...yum



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Monday, June 06, 2005

i want this

it's another shirt! click here to see how cool it is.

Isn't it awesome all the random sites you can find through Blogshares?

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Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Christian Slater the groper

hahahaha...I always knew he had that weird creepy look.

Christian Slater, drunken ass-grabber

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actor Christian Slater was arrested on Tuesday and charged with sexual abuse and forcible touching after a woman accused him of groping her buttocks, authorities said.

Slater, 35, was accused of groping the woman, a stranger, at a small store after he was seen arguing with his girlfriend, prosecutors said. The victim called police and identified the actor, who was arrested shortly after 2 a.m. in Manhattan's Upper East Side, they said.

"The victim, a stranger, was at a bodega buying a soda when he grabbed and squeezed her buttocks. His girlfriend yelled 'Stop. What are you doing?' The defendant walked away," said assistant district attorney Vanessa Puzio at Slater's bail hearing.

Local media reported that Slater, who is appearing on Broadway in "The Glass Menagerie," appeared intoxicated.

He was released on no bail.

The misdemeanor sexual abuse charge carries a possible three-month jail sentence, while the charge of "forcible touching" carries a potential jail term of one year.

At the bail hearing before Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Patricia Nunez, Slater shouted: "This is bullshit. I didn't do anything.

"I'm going to sue everybody," he said.

The actor who appeared in "Heathers," "True Romance," and "Untamed Heart" has had previous brushes with the law. He was arrested in 1997 for assaulting his girlfriend and a police officer while intoxicated on cocaine at a Los Angeles party. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail after pleading no contest.

In 1994, the New York native was arrested for bringing a gun on an airplane.

While Slater hid his face during much of the court proceedings, he waved to the crowd of media and onlookers and gave a thumbs-up sign as he left the courthouse.

The judge set July 14 for a hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court.

Slater also appeared in the movies "Broken Arrow" and "Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles."

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