Superfluous Hullabaloo
The world according to Feffie.Friday, February 28, 2003
Friday, February 21, 2003The Friday Five
1. What is your favorite type of literature to read (magazine, newspaper, novels, nonfiction, poetry, etc.)? Novels, definitely
2. What is your favorite novel? Oh wow, I don't know, tough question... I suppose I'd have to say Anne of Green Gables is my all-time favorite.
3. Do you have a favorite poem? (Share it!) No I don't, but if I think of one, I will share it. I can say that I am intrigued by Sylvia Plath.
4. What is one thing you've always wanted to read, or wish you had more time to read? I want to read more of the Bible.
5. What are you currently reading? The Fellowship of the Ring It's been such a long time since I've read Lord of the Rings, I've decided to re-read the trilogy! It's fun after seeing the first two movies to compare the differences.
Scientists in Africa have just discovered the oldest known human ancestor, born 4.4 million years ago. He is already engaged to Anna Nicole Smith.
Norm MacDonald
The Blizzard!
I have never in my life seen so much snow!! OK, I can count on one time how many times I have seen any snow, but that's not the point. 2 feet!! Insanity!! Am I in New York or the North Pole??? The good news is that Chris's flight was cancelled and he got stuck here for two extra days. We went sledding, the first time for both of us, with Nicole, and it was so much fun!! We took pictures with the new digital camera Chris bought me for Valentine's Day (isn't he a sweetie?), but unfortunately, they didn't come out. It was snowing pretty hard, and apparently the camera isn't supposed to get wet. We tried to keep it away from the snow, but evidently we didn't succeed. Luckily, the camera survived, even though the pictures didn't. I got some pictures of Chris digging my car out of the snow. I am so glad he was here, because I would have had an awful time trying to do that myself. I'll post those picures one of these days.
I went to confession... I said, "Father I want to hold men down and whip them, I want to force them to caress my naked body." "Say 10 Hail Marys and meet me behind the Exxon station."
Joanne Dearing
Sunday, February 09, 2003The Friday Five
Oy, it's been a while since I've posted!!!
1. What is your most prized material possession? My oboe
2. What item, that you currently own, have you had the longest? The underwear I am wearing now... and they've never been washed...
3. Are you a packrat? yes
4. Do you prefer a spic-and-span clean house? Or is some clutter necessary to avoid the appearance of a museum? I prefer a spic-and-span house, but yeah, that never happens.
5. Do the rooms in your house have a theme? Or is it a mixture of knick-knacks here and there? A theme? Ha! Well, my bedroom (my half of it) has a Florida theme. I have 12 scenic nature photos of Florida, and illustrated map of Florida, a postcard from Boynton Beach, a "Someone in Florida is missing you" sign, a Florida switchplate, and an almost lifesize palm tree on the wall. There is some other stuff that's out of place (like my NYC calendar), but I suppose the Florida stuff is overwhelming enough to constitue a theme. The rest of the apartment is kind of a hodge-podge since 3 other people live here (unless ghetto, dirty, and falling apart counts as a theme).
And last week's Friday Five: (since I did not spend Valentine's Day in front of the computer!)
1. Explain why you started to journal/blog. I thought it would be fun to put my thoughts on the internet and pretend that people will read them.
2. Do people you interact with day to day or family members know about your journal/blog? Why or why not? Yeah, I let most people know about it. I figure it's a good way for them to get to know me better, and to know what's going on in my life if they haven't seen me in a while, or at the very least provide some amusement. Of course, the tradeoff for this is that sometimes I don't get to vent about things that piss me off if I am afraid the wrong person might read it and get upset.
3. Do you have a theme for your journal/blog? No, not really. It's just, in the words of Kat "public mindspillage."
4. What direction would you like to have your journal/blog go in over the next year? Direction? My blog? LOL! Well, I would like to become more consistent about posting, and I would like to develop as a writer, to be able to express myself more clearly, and make people laugh! I love to make people laugh.
5. Pimp five of your favorite journals/blogs. My all-time favorite, my inspiration (although I really should not blow up her ego any more by saying so), mindspillage; I also enjoy All blogged up and nowhere to go, green gabbro, sonafide, and Sarah Hatter Dot Com.
I'm originally from Cuba. I live in Miami now. What a shocker, huh? Who would have guessed? Outside of Florida, people have no idea what a Cuban is. Most Americans think Cubans are Mexicans with belts.
Al Romero
Saturday, February 08, 2003SNL
Something strange happened last night. Saturday Night Live was funny. Kristin and I were laughing our asses off, and this was before it was late enough for us to start getting punchy. It was really funny! Matthew McConaughey did a great job hosting, but we found the Dixie Chicks to be a lot more amusing muted. We had the captions on, and we sang the lyrics oursleves and made fun of their ridiculous outfits.
How exciting was it to see a new episode of AbFab??? I even taped it. It was absolutely fabulous.
We amused oursleves by watching the "I Love the Eighties" series on VH1. We were inspired and decided top have an eighties night. It's gonna be a blast!
The only difference between Catholics and Jews is that Jews are born with guilt and Catholics have to learn it in school.
Elayne Boosler
Sunday, February 02, 2003The Friday Five
1. What did you have for breakfast this morning? If you didn't have breakfast, why not? a fruit smoothie2. What's your favorite cereal? raisin bran
3. How often do you eat out? Do you want that to change? I rarely eat out. I would love that to change... I love to eat out! If only I could afford to go out more often!
4. What do you plan on having for dinner tonight? Got a recipe for that? I had a homemade pizza for dinner. It was quite tasty! E-mail me if you really want the recipe.
5. What's your favorite restaurant? Why? A tapas place in Asheville, NC called Zambra. Very tasty food, fun & exotic atmosphere.
I saw the movie The Hours last night with Elena. Great movie. Very complex. The music (by Phillip Glass) was very intense and appropriate, really gave the impression of moving time.
It snowed here today. The snow is very pretty to look at, but not fun at all to drive in! It seems to be warmer when it snows, so that is nice.
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Ephesians 4:32
Homesick
I was just watching the Food Network (I know, big surprise) and they did a show on Florida! Specifically, Miami. It was neat to see familiar places... South Beach, the Evergaldes, and foods from back home... Cuban food, gumbo, gator tail (yes I've had it - it's good!), Florida spiny lobster. Kristin left the room to call her boyfriend, and I scolded her for missing her Florida education. I think she was a little grossed out by the prospect of eating gator tail. The show made me a little homesick. I miss Florida! They showed an airboat ride through the Everglades, and it occurred to me that in all the years I lived in Florida, I never took an airboat ride through the swamp. I'll have to put it on my to-do list the next time I go home. I love the natural beauty of Florida. That is one of my favorite things about my home state. Oh sure New York is beautiful too. I just love to look at the leaveless trees and muddy snow. Very scenic. *Sigh* I'm counting down to spring break! In the mean time, I will try to appreciate New York.
Watching the show reminded me that I have some tasty homemade black beans in the fridge. A taste of the tropics right here in the frozen tundra! I'll eat them as I look at my palm tree on the wall. :-)
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
Arthur Clarke
Shuttle Parts on eBay
Jett says just about what I was thinking when I heard that people were selling shuttle parts on eBay. What the hell is wrong with people??? Besides, how can eBay allow that? They know that it's stolen property. The shuttle debris obviously doesn't belong to some redneck in whose backyard it fell. Really.
Only Irish coffee provides all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffiene, sugar, and fat.
Alex Levine
Saturday, February 01, 2003JD's Party
Kat sent me this link to JD's party just to show me what I am missing. I really do miss everyone, and JD's parties were always fun. It's funny to see him in my old apartment. Whenever I think of JD's apartment and his parties, I still envision it upstairs. I haven't even been in the downstairs apartment since he moved in! It's funny to see all of JD's tacky things (well, as many as Jess will allow him to put up) in my old apartment.
Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for stern as death is love, relentless as the nether world is devotion; its flames are a blazing fire.
Song of Songs 8:6
Happy February!
I am so glad it's February!! 1 month closer to the spring, closer to Chris' visit next week, and closer to spring break! The picture on my NYC calendar (my mom gave it to me, trying to help me learn to love New York) this month is the Guggenheim Museum, and I was just there a couple of weeks ago.
If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
Romans 12:18
