The New Year
New Years was freaking cold, but I am proud to say I watched them blow up the tallest occupied building in the world on NYE. About four days later the Burj Dubai (Kalifa?) opened and overtook Taipei 101 as tallest occupied building. Jerks. A friend of a friend lives right across from 101, so we all went up to his roof to watch the fireworks. I’ll try to get my pictures online within the next few days, I’ve been procrastinating too long.
I am learning guitar now! On New Year’s day I traveled to Taichung to check out a second hand guitar. As soon as I heard its sound, I fell in love. It’s an Epiphone Les Paul Standard with a bluesy sound. I have always wanted to learn guitar, but I could never afford one before. I’m making up for lost time now.
Chinese New Year is coming up in mid February. This means everyone gets one full week + the weekend off from work and school! Traditionally people will travel down south to their hometowns to celebrate with family, but since I have no immediate family here, I’ll be playing and running amuck in a mostly deserted Taipei with my fellow foreign buddies. SWEET!
Truth Hurts
*As can only be revealed late at night(2:32am)
When I was younger, I had several run-ins with teachers who deemed my writing too mature/dark/questionable/close to a suicide note. It made me so self-conscious that I wrote in an entirely different style for school work than I did in personal journals. I feel this is the worst thing I could have ever done for myself. The “safe” style I adopted became my personal style, and I am still trying to reconcile this to this day. My writing has definitely suffered for many years as a result, and I am completely ashamed, even though its not my fault. I’ve endured a lot of things that weren’t appropriate for my age throughout my life, and it’s only natural that those things influenced my writing, my only mode of expression. I forgot where I was going with this, but I just want to say: you can’t pick and choose your reality. And you certainly shouldn’t try to punish/question a child who expresses that reality in the realest way s/he knows how.
Vintage Humor-Inspired by Anne Taintor and the like
“Cocktails saved my marriage!”
“I thought dinner would be ready. What happened?”
“Happy hour, dear.”
Request: A Day In My Life
Short break down:
8:30 AM: Take the bus to work
9:00 AM: At work
12 PM: Read the news on my lunch break
12:30 PM: Walk to 7/11 to get lunch
1:20 PM: Get some fresh air on the roof before I have to get to back to work
6:30 PM: Take the bus back toward home
7:00 PM: Hang out in Gongguan before dinner
9:45 PM: Have dinner at Gordon Biersch with some friends
I present you: one typical day in my uneventful life. The highlight was going to GB for dinner, which is actually unrepresentative of a typical day. I only go there about once a month, it just happened to be the day I was shooting this. Normally I eat dinner alone in Gongguan or someplace close by. Don’t let that last statement depress you too much. I prefer to eat a quick dinner and retire to my room for some internet blogging (j/k). Woo, now that’ll depress ya. Good thing I was only joking…
Ridiculous eBay Tags Part II
It’s helpful to know what type of person the previous owner was when buying a car, a house, or a time travel ring. This reminds me of that episode of Seinfeld where George buys a car because it was owned by John Voight. I think we all remember how that ended. Buyer beware.
I don’t say this enough.
CONGRATULATIONS ON GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE!
This goes to Shalanda, Keith, and Ron (my brother).
Congratulations, you!
Nicolas Cage Fun Facts #2
And viola! A comment turned into a formal post regarding the man we all know and love: Nick Cage.
Fact: Nicolas Cage <3’s Elvis.
Nicolas Cage loves Elvis Presley. A disturbing amount of love. So much love that he found the next best thing to the King, and married Lisa Marie Presley in order to pretend he was married to Elvis. Three months of excessive Elvis impersonations, complete with costumes and karaoke, Lisa Marie determined Nicolas Cage is bat-shit crazy, and filed for divorce. But of course, we all knew he was crazy to begin with.
PS. That picture clearly indicates the distaste Lisa Marie has toward Nick Cage.
New Game!: Ridiculous eBay Tags
Selling on eBay is all about pinpointing your target demographic. Share some of the ridiculous eBay tags you’ve come across!
Christmas for Bloggers
Consider this the start of a wishlist:
eve
Shalanda
oceandolle