175: ...Sigh

I've the utmost unfortunate displeasure and regret to report and inform that fullofhype has returned from his vacation.

The official mourning period, which has started at 1:10 in the afternoon, on the 29th of May, in the year of our Lord 2006, will last as long as when the world was without Light, 'til it was greeted with the glory of Easter. The first day is reserved for the bereaved. The second and the third days are opened to the public. Please convey to the bereaved your heartfelt condolences.



A little j-pop to lighten the graying sky.

174: See You Laters, Alligators!

I'm off!

I shall be travelin', travelin', travelin' through Spain.

I shall also be celebrating this Sunday in Spain my Big "Three-Oh!" Birthday.

So wish me "Bon Voyage" and "Happy Birthday."

I'm off!

173: "If I Lay Here"

Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol

We'll do it all
Everything
On our own

Ever wonder if you are truly alive?
In times of reflection, I find I've let life pass me by.
Too often. With a shrug. Saying, one day it'll be different.

We don't need
Anything
Or anyone

Living vicariously through movies and TV dramas*,
through books and blogs, always through someone else's life...
I need it to stop. I must stop.

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Do I stay here?
Do I remain the same?
Where's the flash of electricity up my spine?

I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel

Have you ever given up everything?
Pushing on, forward ho! To forget the consequences;
To not look back; to never say sorry.

Those three words
Are said too much
They're not enough

Afraid and alone; complacent and stagnant;
What is there to lose?
What is there to lose?

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Do I stay here?
Do I remain the same?
Where's the sudden hold, the quick gasp of breath?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life

Have you ever felt free,
Like the common cliché we've all heard before?
Are you flying, soaring, lifted up, up, up and above?

Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads

Why is it that a junction with many paths
Feels more enslaving
Than a lone, single path?

I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own

I'm ready to burst out,
To make things happen,
To stake out a place of my own.

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Do I stay here?
Do I remain the same?
Where's the rush, the fast beating of the heart?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life

Have you ever lost yourself,
Forgetting the power that's within you,
Killing the divine within?

All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see

I stand, stand tall and proud,
Ready to fight, ready to fly,
'Cause I need to sacrifice all!

I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all

I may not know where and I may not know how,
But if losing myself is to find myself,
I shall let myself get lost.

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

I won't stay here.
I won't remain the same.
I shall travel far and wide

...for LOVE

* Please note the irony: this post has been inspired by the song and the season finale of Grey's Anatomy.

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172: Meat-Free Monday

I'm participating in VUBOQ's Meat-Free Monday. I took this picture with my cellphone. I'm having pasta for lunch. Doesn't it look yummy? In it, there's onions, mushrooms, zucchini, peppers, basil, olives, and garlic. Mmm... Garlic.

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171: 엄마에

To Mom,

...

Happy Mother's Day.

Love,

Your Son

170: David, David, David...

...You crazy jackass!

So after spending a whole week under water inside a giant sphere, breathing through a regulator, feeding and peeing by tubes (hopefully not the same ones), tonight, David Blaine will... wait for it... hold his breath! For NINE minutes!!! Oh, and he'll be chained up and he has to free himself. Within NINE minutes!!!

Yippee!

I can't wait!

If David can't free himself... I want to see the emergency rescue team jump in to save him. I want to see a hot paramedic do a CPR on him. I want to see the pads of the defibrillator touch his chest: the electricity flowing, his body convulsing.

Now, David's holding his breath.
It's been four minutes.
He's starting to free himself.
It's the six minute mark... He's got his second cuff off. Was it his second one?
Soon after the seven minute mark, divers jump in and take him up (7:08).

He has failed!

But he lives.

And he's crying.

He ain't dead.

...

Too bad.

Sunday, around 5PM

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169: It's a Phase

Okay, okay. It's just a phase. It's an obsession. What can I say? But, this is the last one for tonight. You really have to check this one out, yo!



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168: Equal Opportunity

Last time, it was this.

Now, for those of you who've chosen the heterosexual lifestyle, I bring you this:



I *HEART* YouTube.com.

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167: Heart's A-Pumpin'

My God, I so needed it.

I have my arms swinging, my legs flailing. My skin's oozing salt and water, my heart's squeezing blood and air. Inhale, exhale. Huff, puff. I pant, pant, pant. Now, my body throbs with pain and pleasure.

What a great workout!

Tomorrow I may pay for the long overdue workout, and might I add, a strenuous workout. But for now, I lie in the afterglow.

I shall make it a routine in my life.

166: Parade

I like parades.

Like this one that came down my street:





All they want is a chance for a better life. If they are hard-working, if they can contribute to this society for the better, why, then, deny them the chance? Besides, how can I enjoy myself at a Korean restaurant without the Mexican busboys busing dirty dishes? I don't do dirty, and certainly I don't do slow restaurant service.

165: QueerTube

Confession 1: Initially, I've clicked onto QueerClick for the men. (Not work safe)

Confession 2: Um... I still do.

Confession 3: Now, I click on to watch the video. (Totally work safe)

Like this one: