Oiche Samhain!

Sundown marks the beginning of All Hallow's Eve, or Hallow Evening, Hallow E'en. It seems that this is one of the few "holidays" that celebrates the eve and not the actual day. I like every holiday's eve better that I do the day. It's still exciting on the eve and after that it's just blase. So tomorrow is " all holy person's day" (hallowed be thy name... All Saints Day) but tonight is for those who aren't so holy. Belief says it's the night when ghosts and spirits can roam freely,-when the curtain that separates this world and the underworld is at its thinnest. That's why we dress up like ghoulies, so they can't tell us from what we truly are... flesh covered ghoulies. So enjoy your candies and everything else.

Now listen to this, Filipinos celebrate something similar to Mexicans' "dia del muerte" (araw ng mga patay) or day of the dead, ... oh I gotta edit that, "roman catholic filipinos" celebrate All Soul's Day, and I always believed that the mexicans' celebration as well as filipinos' to be a posthispanic thing, when they brought along their christian beliefs, but it turns out theirs (Mexicans) is prehispanic while Filipino's is posthipanic... although I'm sure someone could argue that. I remember as a kid having a "fiesta" and lighting candles and just having a merry old time. What I fail to remember are trips to the graveyard and prayers and mass. By the way, All Soul's Day lands on Nov. 2, though it should be more like Easter-type holidays that are dictated by the actual day rather than the date. (It's usually on a monday, because all saint's day should land on a sunday). But that's enough fact finding and checking for now. Most things above were found on google. (That's my disclaimer). Gotta run. I might be an astronaut for halloween! yay!!
Have a good night and a good rest of the week. I think my brother's going to be Super Mario. haha.

Me.

What Was That?

Man, what did I eat last night? I had the worst, realistic nightmare of my life. I was at this place that was totally burned to the ground and there were these scary things that kept surrounding me and I'm not sure if they were ghosts or something else and then suddenly the realization of where I finally was. I'm not sure if one of them whispered it to me or I just found out on my own but I think I might have whispered in my sleep, "this is ground zero", and the things around me were the deads' ghosts, which freaked me out so much that I woke up, and in this state, half-awake and half-asleep, I could feel my hair standing on end and it was so cold, and my head spinning. I reached over for Rich and felt a solid mass in front of me and hugged him but it wouldn't stop so I started to pray and I got to the middle of my third "Our Father" when I really woke up and realized that my arm wasn't around anything but hanging in mid-air, hugging nothing, but my head had stopped buzzing and was clearer and I saw Rich a foot away from me and so I really hugged him that time and fell asleep. Freaky huh? Well all's well this morning. I think it was too many sweets before I went to bed. heh. Never again!

It's beautiful today. Hope you have a great weekend everyone! Safe trick-o-treating. I still have to make my costume for Sunday! Make sure you have your parents check your candy before you eat it!

Me.

Anticlimactic

At dinner I mentioned to Rich that the Red Sox's win just seemed so anticlimactic. This morning, driving past the gas station I saw a guy dressed as a panda bear with a box around his waist that said "honk for the Red Sox" and of course there was a trill of horns from all directions. I didn't honk but I did give him a wave and a smile (i like pandas). Even the election outcome appears that it would be anticlimactic, I just regret that I have no guns... Everything that's happened in the past few weeks seemed anticlimactic.

Haven't really got a decent layout yet and tomorrow and the weekend will be busy so don't get your hopes up. I'll try to put a new poll up soon enough. Have a great night!

Me.

Layin' It Out

So tonight Rich shamed me into working on my new layout. Oops, sorry! I know I promised a new one but I've been busy with some stuff and didn't deliver. Hopefully I can hash one out tomorrow and throw it up for html and get one going. Eh, I'm a little slow, so sue me. And I know that on I.E. (internet explorer) the poll gets smushed all the way to the bottom but I haven't had a chance to fix it. It woulda been fixed sooner but no one in this duo uses microsoft products or m.s. internet browsers so as the saying goes, "outta sight, outta mind". Bear with me. Is it "bare" or "bear" with me? Hmm... damn these homonyms. Okay, tomorrow is a lunar eclipse and a full moon. I feel like howling. I think i'm affected by the moon. I feel really moody and distraught, for no apparent reason that I can see. But then I'm usually pretty mental. Mentally sharp... ouch. haha. Ooh snap! Gotta go.

Have a nice night and day (for tomorrow or if you're in the western hem.) I love full moons.

Me

Soul'd Out

Sorry to bore you all with wedding stuff but that's the most recent item on my mind. I just wrote my mom a letter on the wedding being in Disney blah blah blah, note how I can't even defy her on the phone I gotta write her a letter... heehee. That's "issues". But anyway, it's all such a downward spiral because I can't just say "hey I want my wedding like this, this and this" I have to kowtow to my parents' desires. I was brought up with so much filial obedience/obligation that I can't even plan my wedding the way I want. Maybe I'd rather wait til I had a house of my own and maybe I want the wedding in my backyard, beneath the trees and the sky, closer to nature than to what my nurturers want. I imagined a September wedding, with white tents and lanterns hanging low on the trees. Hopefully this will be the last of their real dabbling, and I wont find them naming my children and expecting my firstborn son. Eh, it's all a sell out. I recall when I first met Rich I agreed to marrying him in the woods somewhere just us two. But what are ya gonna do? It seems my soul belongs to the people who conceived me. haha. Gotta run. Have a great rest of the week. Halloween's coming!!! Yay! And go vote in 8 days. See ya later.

Me.

Baseball Revelation

Oh my god, I might be the last one who finally saw this, but if Houston wins their series and goes up against the Red Sox in the World Series that would be Kerry (Massachusetts) against Bush (Texas). Whoever wins will win the presidency. In that case, Go Red Sox! hahaha. Isn't that nutty?

Gotta go.

Me

Headaches!

I can't fuggin' believe the Yankees lost!! They were turning cars over at Fenway Park and just going crazy. Hey man, ya won, good for you. I'll take Artie Lange's point of view, "good for the Red Sox, good for Boston, go nuts!" I just gotta add, the last time you were in the World Series was '86 (when my bro was born) and you lost to the Mets. Also don't say "ooh look at the big pay checks they were handing out to the Yankees, $125 million, but the Red Sox beat you good" because the R. Sox gets $120 million and it took you nearly ten years to get to the World Series. Don't wanna sound like sour grapes... go sox!?

Talked to mom last night, for a good while, and I can't believe she's planning a fuggin' huge wedding for me. She and dad! She fuggin' has a list of all the people she wants to invite, she wants me to pick my bridesmaids or maid of honor (though she named two people), she wants them to wear fuschia!!!!!! fuggin' fuschia!! who's fuggin' wedding is this? I don't want to have it there, I'm not getting married at a Catholic church... but ya know how it is with Filipinos, Fugg!! haha she even said "well in the Phils you're not really married until you're married under the eyes of God" shayt!. Hey man, God's welcome to witness my wedding, just doesn't have to be a Catholic God doin' it. I come to find out dad's been buying my "plates" for years now. ughh! I thought the bride and groom pick out the pattern? Now I have a whole set ready for me. Don't get me wrong, I don't give a fugg about plates... thanks for the ones you're giving me.? Oh my effin' God, it's become a headache and a nightmare. Mom also added she wants it in June. (I want it in September... but she'll probably win out). I told her it seems as if she's more excited over it than I am and she agreed, and a plus for all the aunts who kept telling me to give them time to "lose weight" (Aunty Susie) my mom scheduled it for 2006! Yay...?.

Hey lemme throw something out there, just an idea to place on the table, would you guys be willing to fly down to Florida for a Walt Disney World wedding? For a weekend? Rich and I discussed it somewhat and we'd "have" it at Disney's Pavilion, overlooking the water. I think his parents are willing to pay for a bit of it. Now I just have to crush mom's dream of having a big NY wedding. haha. But this way I wont have to have it at (dad's suggestion) the fuggin' Yonkers Regency. God how tacky would that be? I almost reached through the phone and smacked them all upside the head. Almost! I'm still a good, parent-fearing, Filipina. If we have it at Disney, we might be able to separate the wheat from the chaff, in other words, we'll see who really wants to see me married and who just wants free food and dancing. haha. Now I gotta go sit them down before they do something stupid like put a down payment on something or God forbid some "place" they want their, I mean "my", wedding at.

Wow it's strange, I thought they'd be calm and cool about it but they're running around like chickens with their heads cut off. I guess the word "wedding" gets people crazy. Sorta like the sight of a diamond engagement ring makes me flutter just a tad. ahaha. just kidding... or am i? Tell it walking sweetheart. Oh by the way, someone told Aunty Marlette that our very own Julienne was next in line for the wedding and she exclaimed "not until she's finished with nursing!!" haha. Speaking of Julienne, hey! I mailed your letter yesterday.

Oh just to add another "oy vey", they told me not to get pregnant before the 2006 wedding. Thanks guys... way to watch out for me. UGHHHHHHH!! Haha and Aunty Helen Tip. wants to come down to Florida to visit me, seems she has timeshare there. hahaha Lalalala... not happening.... lalala. Okay I'm going to the kitchen to eat my feelings. haha (SNL reference). Oh just to clarify, we're getting married at a civil blah blah in April but the big wedding is in 2006. joy.

Alrighty, hope the rest of your week is absolutely, fabulously amazing. Or it can just be good. heh. Somebody give me some good news, or just make me laugh!!! Ooh too late, Artie Lange beat ya to it. haha.

Alright, alright, just needed to write it all down and get it out of my system. I'm outta here.

Me.

P.S. My fuggin' cousins aren't come down to see me!! They want me to go see them on Sunday!!! And I am not!!

Are You Yankeen' Me?

I have to write this post or else the Yankees wont win. Yes this is about the only sports I watch and I don't even watch it! I sneak into the kitchen and flip the station to see what the score is. I try to act nonchalant about it in front of Rich, "oh god no! I don't watch that stuff!" meanwhile I tell him "oh i gotta get some water" and go rushing off to the kitchen, believe me I gotta get up like five times a night to take a pee. I cannot f-ing believe they're tied! I read a post of mine from last year and saw that I was on my last drop of hope because it came down to the very last game. Oh man do we need a curse just about now. It's funny that I write "we" when I only tune in for the ACLS, other than that... well I can't go writing that now can I? Red Sux!! I figure they do this all for show. I know the legalities and illegalities of it but they knew that the monetary gain would be huge. They don't tell them which team to win, they just want them to tie it up. It's up to who's the better team and who's got the better curse and anti-curse. Just like on Survivor where they say "portions of this show was taped at a different time. This did not affect the outcome". Stupid Sox knew that it would come down to a tie and couldn't even make a show of it. Yankees were like "listen you're still our bitches and don't get too big in the head, just because we have to let you win the next three" then spanked them soundly with a nice 19 to 8, setting an f-ing record! Oh god, inside I feel like a chimp jumpin' around hooting and hollering. But we've got the better team. Sox had to hope they get a chance to go against the Yankees So don't worry folks Yankees will win... right?

It's too dark to see what kind of day we're having.
Me.

P.S. I said to Linda, (Rich's mom) "who's your daddy?" and Rich almost blew water out of his nose. hahaha

Movies

I saw a few movies over the weekend, on dvd of course. The latest was "The Day After Tomorrow" which lost its appeal after I saw the animatronic, mutant wolves. I'm sure it was much more action intense in the surround-sound, big-screened, darkness of a movie theater but it wasn't fantastic or anything. A bit on the melodramatic side.

The next movie was "Saved!" which was funny. I have never been to an uber "Jesus saves" kinda school, and though I grew up going to Catholic schools they were just the better alternative to the urban public schools that made you walk through their doors only if you've had a scan with the metal detectors. I think "Saved!" though hilarious tried too hard to get a message across, made it too blatant. Of course you have to view it as a comedy and therefore the situation in which the main character finds herself would be seen in a more comedic light. But I compare it to a movie Rich and I saw called "Our Song" which is on my recommended list, heh... hmm... that's not a bad idea... anywho, going back, the girls both face the same "problem" but of course the approaches are dissimmilar. But then how can I even compare the two when they're two different genres? Watch "Saved!", it was funny.

Then the other day, was it yesterday? We saw "Chasing Amy". Anyone ever see it? I come to find out "Gigli" is not the first time Benaffleck finds himself crushing over a lesbian. But then I also come to find out that his masculinity is soo potent that these women who find other women so tempting and delightful can't seem to resist his manliness. Mind you, I don't think I'd fall for a Benaffleck if I were to be a lesbian, but that's just me. (His face is too long, and after that hair plugs scandal I can never look at his hair and not think it.) But getting back to the movie. At first I thought, "hey man this crap sucks a$$", it was melodramatic, overacting, just over the top in general. Rich says it was Kevin Smith's (the writer) (also known as "Silent Bob") way of trying to write a "deep" movie. But then I thought, "oh my god! this is not the real thing but an attempt at parody that's gone awry!" You see, I figured Kevin Smith wanted to mock soap operas and such and have it appear profound but really he wanted to make it funny, tongue-in-cheek type humor, however he went too far. People who watch it will think that the drama is exactly what he meant. He, in this case, pulled a "Jewel". Remember that? Jewel was like, oh in this video "Intuition" I'm really mocking the media and materialism but then the fans didn't understand that her new "sexy" look was a mockery of all the other pop stars out there. She went too far and became the source of her derision. haha How's that for profound? But of course I think she really "wanted" it deep down. But we don't have time for the "raping" of Jewel or other subjects. One last note on "Chasing Amy" if any of you ever watch it (which I don't think you're missing much) watch it with a grain of salt, or just think to yourselves, "this is a comedy and I will laugh at it or be damned!".

P.S. Men, don't go thinking that your sperm and testosterone will change a woman from a lesbian into a hetero. Only such movies can be written by a man. Hey I'm not man-bashing, although there's a certain man out there I'd like to hit-up once in a while. Ewwww. Hehehe. Haha.

Oh my cousins are coming on Friday!! Yay! I hope they can come to the house. Imma make 'em some delicious foods. heh.

Ew, it's cold a rainy out. But it's wonderfully warm inside my heart. I'm passing out some love to everyone! Thanks for the "congrats" from Julie and George. I can always count on you guys to leave me a comment. heh. Have a wonderful day everyone!!

Me.

Pictures from Blue Hills Reservation


This is what you first see when you reach the summit. Climbing into Eliot's Tower you can see a 360 degree view of Boston suburbs.


View of a tree in Fall splendor from the tower.


Eliot's Tower from the ground.


A shot of the surrounding trees, not taken from the tower.


Houghton's Pond


Fall foliage on Houghton's Pond.

Gotta run. Hope you like the pics! Hope you had a wonderful weekend.

Me!!

Rules Of Engagement

Hey all there's a new poll up, so get poll-ing.
Oh so the other day... Was it on Monday? Yeah I think it was because I was wondering why there were so many people and I remembered that it was Columbus Day. Anywho, I had heard from a few friends (category:"artsy") about a place called "Blue Hills Reservation" and I figured it was up somewhere far away, like the Berkshires or something like that. Well the other weekend I was looking through our map book because I'm always looking for a place to "explore". So then I happened to glance at a nearby area and realized that it enclosed a part of the "Blue Hills Reservation" and I said "no way". So I told Rich about it and the next day we went driving right over. It's literally across the street from the mall. ha ha. They keep it pretty secret I think. So we drove on a gorgeous day, through the reservation, surrounded by the beautiful fall foliage. Then we got to one place, which was the base of the Great Blue Hill and we parked. We saw a bunch of people hiking up the hill and said to ourselves, "hmm, let's go on a hike today." We decided to head up to the observatory, thinking it was only a few minutes away we slowly started our ascent into the clouds. After what seemed an hour of twisting around and around to the top we finally reached the tower on the summit. We went into the tower and it was breathtaking. All around us was forest and in the distance we could just make out the ocean and we got a great view of the City of Boston. The way down was only half as long, or even less. Don't worry I took pics which I will post later today. Oh we also stopped by Houghton's Pond and that was pretty too. heh. By then I figured I would never be able to walk again but the next day I wasn't even sore. It mustn't have been that bad. haha

Oh by the way, Rich asked me to marry him. I said yes. We're moving down to Florida in April.
When I called my mom to tell her she got hysterical. Well mom doesn't get hysterical, but her voice did get high and squeaky. Sorry Mom. She kept asking me if it was a joke. haha. What a dear. Then she asked permission to be able to tell all her friends... haha. I said yes, so don't be surprised if you get bombarded with this news. She still doesn't know about the Florida part, so don't open your mouths! Ya hear me??
The truth came out after talking to her a little longer. Mmhmm All this time dad's been the one who keeps asking about a wedding and mom keeps saying "oh she's too young! she can't get married yet!" but then when I talked to her she said, "Oh thank God! I was beginning to wonder! I told my friends I got married at 23 and I didn't know if you were ever going to get married." huh!! Then she said "oh Michelle, the other day I was telling everyone, 'hey take a look at my grandchild' and then I showed everyone a picture of Soot" that was followed by maniacal laughter. haha. Poor lady, she's looking at Helen flashing her two grandkids around and probably got jealous. heh. haha. Everyone thought she was crazy for telling everyone Soot was her granddaughter. Aunty Marlette said she was "loco" or is it "loca" for gender?

So no big ceremony. We don't have the money for it and I forbade my parents for doing it. But okay maybe they'll throw a party. haha. haha. We're getting married in NY at a justice of the peace or whatever they're called and then we're heading down to Florida. Rich's parents did a similar thing, they eloped and then had the ceremony later. The "church wedding". My parents did the same thing. So they celebrate two anniversaries. Funny thing is that we were planning to get married in December, one of my parents' anniversaries is in December, but then it was more convenient to get married in April, which is when my parents had their church wedding.

Yeah so that's all. Got any questions? Write me a comment. heh. I'm gonna be a Mrs. in half a year's time. haha Sick.
It's gorgeous out huh? Love it.

Me

Big News

Ahaha, just a few more days...

One person asked if I were "going to the moon" and I think I will have to say... yes, in a sense. Then someone replied that it was to outer space, and again I'd have to say "yes" to that, in a way. Then Julie asked if I were getting married... hmm, I'd probably say "yes" to that, in the future. Someone asked if I were pregnant... now if you meant like "a new birth" I'd say yes to that too. haha.

Don't ya just love the suspense?
Have a wonderfully, beautiful day!

Me

Yard Sale, Movies, etc.

So the yard sale's on! Wooo! I got the last tag on my books, cd's, beloved puzz 3-d's, and I made a list of baked goods that I will be baking for it. I'm totally excited. heh. I hope I sell at least half of my stuff. I'm also selling a small fish aquarium that we had. It's all good.

By the way, there's a new poll on y'all. I gotta run to the local movie rental place and rent "Saved". We heard it was good. Mike told me yesterday that he saw "Napoleon Dynamite" and thought it was funny. I wanted to see it when it was out but couldn't, so I gotta wait til it's on dvd. Also, our local movie theater never played "Hero" so I gotta wait for that dvd as well. Next week "Day After Tomorrow" is on dvd so I will be renting that as well.

I'm so excited, not just by the garage sale... but you'll have to wait just a little bit more before I spill the beans. heehee. haha.

Ooh, one of my favorite holidays is coming up. Halloween! This year I might be an astronaut or a biohazard-ist? heh. Yay! I love Halloween.

Can't think of anything more to say!

Me

The Boogie That Be and Other Matters

Oh my word... for a long time I've been meaning to find out what that song was for the Apple ipod and hp commercial, with the people country line dancing to a hip hop song, and this morning I finally achieved it! It's the Black Eyed Peas (as if I couldn't have guessed) a song called "The Boogie That Be". haha Everyone probably knows this already, but I'm saying it now. Can you imagine at our Christmas Party? All the Filipinos line-dancing to this song? haha. They have a quick clip of it in this site. The rest of the commercial is people dancing to songs that is really for another kind of dancing. haha.

There are two people who read this site who know about the news. I'll keep the rest of you hanging on for a little bit longer. heh. Your guesses are welcome (not from the two who know!!) just type 'em up in my comments area. Just a hint... the news will move you or it's a leap.

Have a wonderful day all!

Me.

P.S. new poll coming and new layout coming in a few days. Yay!!

me

By the Yard

We're planning on having a yard sale next weekend. I'm so excited. It may not happen though, looks like a rainy weekend. This is the first yard sale I've ever participated in! Yay! I'm selling a bunch of my old books for a buck, an old boombox of mine, and some old cds. I was thinking of selling some bakery goods too, like cookies and pie (homemade, from scratch). Oh man, I hope people buy my junk. heh. I loved going to garage and yard sales back in New York. It used to be either me and Mike, walking the neighborhood, checking out the sales, or me, Mike, Clyde, Abel and Gene. We'd buy the worse junk ever... heh. No one can resist cheap junk... if it were free it would be trash, but since I have to pay a little something for it, then it has to be good. haha.

I'm in charge of making posters with Rich. We're always complaining about the bad signs people literally just scribble on. They put it on neon orange poster boards but then use a tiny light pen to tell you the info. It's hard to read when you're zooming past in your car. We're planning on placing an ad in the paper as well. Linda says that if you put that it starts at 9 A.M. they'll start coming at 8, because those are the antique hunters and they want to make sure they get the good stuff first! haha. I love it.

Rich believes not too many people will be interested in buying old books, but I told him that if there were people like me out in the world, the idea of buying a slightly used book for a dollar thrills me to the bone, they better come running. haha I'm someone who goes to thrift stores looking for old books and I found some good ones for 50 cents! Of course the books I'm selling are all books I'm willing to give away. The ones I prize highly are staying right here! The majority are Agatha Christie books, and most of the rest are mystery books. I might sell my Stephen Kings too, like "From A Buick 8", which was pretty good but I don't think I'll reread it. I wont sell my "Green Mile" though. That was a good book. Ok. I gotta go pee. Just woke up twenty minutes ago, browsed some xangas and blogs, and then went directly to mine to leave a note, albeit a long one. 'kay. Have a wonderfully great day everyone!

Me!!

Aggravatingly Funny

You know what I find aggravatingly funny? No, it's not the state of our politics as we draw closer to election day, that's just aggravating. It's not my life, which I find mostly funny. It's not my relationship with Rich which has its aggravations but is more merrier than not. It's not my family, they're just nuts. It's Regis Philbin. I don't get how he can be such a blatant male chauvinist and still everyone likes him... just to go off on a tangent, did you know that the first definition of chauvinist on m-w.com is "excessive or blind patriotism"? He sits there with his old-fashioned view on life and people think it's funny and "quaint". Let's watch what the little old man will say next. And yet, it amuses me too. I just roll my eyes and say, "oh reeg". Go figure.

I had more to say on another topic... i think it was informercials, but I can't remember it so you'll have to wait for now.

Have a pleasant if not insanely wonderful weekend! This is the second month of the "brr" calendar. It began with Septem"ber".

Me.