07: Read At Your Own Will!

I have an older brother who is a mathematical genius, but has the language skills of a ninth-grader. He works on nuclear submarines for the Navy.

- One of my friends talking about his brother

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A couple of days ago, I had the pleasure of reading a friend’s zodiac chart. I say ‘pleasure’ because I met him online and my first impression of him was good. After a while, I saw that he is a decent guy and I’d love for us to be best friends.

We’ve chatted on the messenger for a while and I loved his personality. After reading his chart on his blog, I realized that I was right about him…he is a good person.

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Now, here is my chart:

Very attractive and popular, your charm helps you to get your own way and prevents others from getting angry with you. "Peace and harmony at all costs" is your battle cry.

You always try to ameliorate or to cosmetically hide any physical ugliness or any angry feelings between people. Flashy, but not gaudy, you prefer to dress elegantly. You generally have good taste in music, art and literature. Beware of the tendency to compromise yourself in your attempt to be agreeable at all times.

A bit of a social butterfly, at times you can be vain and lazy. For the most part, however, you are gracious and affectionate, and your refined and aristocratic demeanor serves as a role model to others.
You are known for being patient, slow moving and careful — you love to prolong and savor enjoyable times. You appreciate and need comfort, ease and warm surroundings.

Be careful of a tendency to become placid and self-satisfied and to overeat (especially sweets). You require strenuous situations in order to grow and mature properly, even though you try to avoid them. Affectionate, even-tempered and slow to anger — when you do become emotionally upset, you are also slow to forgive and time must pass before your calm returns.

You demand real results from any situation — abstractions are very difficult for you to comprehend. Very artistic, your hands love to mold and shape things. You portray an earthy, physical sexiness that others find quite seductive.

Your feelings are very intense, never superficial. You tend to be either very angry or very sad or completely and totally happy. Your moods are deep, extreme and not always completely understood by yourself or by those with whom you have to deal.Emotionally, you tend to prefer to live at the cutting edge of life, pushing your reactions to the ultimate extremes, even if the results are dangerous or upsetting. You require a great deal of emotional reassurance. A good detective, you are very curious about deep and mysterious things, especially human nature and motivations. Be careful not to be ruthless, tactless or too overly frank or you will meet with much resistance from others.
Your mind is active, quick and agile. You are very restless and you get bored easily. You are probably a good student because of your natural inquisitiveness. You also love to travel. Your learning tends to be superficial, though, because you have a relatively short attention span. Try to develop the mental discipline to finish what you start. Also, you tend to talk on at times seemingly just to fill space — make sure that your conversation has some substance to it or others will start avoiding you.

You are friendly, warm, open and tolerant toward others. You love variety in relationships, indeed you may even prefer to maintain more than one relationship at a time! Very witty and humorous, you have the ability to amuse and please others. This makes you quite popular. You love to play the field and thus find it difficult to settle down and make any deep emotional commitments. Your innate charm and vivacity makes you welcome most everywhere you go.
Careful, slow and thorough about all that you do, at times you are also willful and stubborn when others try to alter your course. You are definitely not a quitter — you will work long and hard to get what you want. Your possessions are very important to you. One of your continuing problems is that you tend to regard the significant people in your life much the same way as you do your possessions — you become overly attached and much too jealous. You repress your anger when you get upset and that is not healthy. Try to learn to show your anger immediately in order to avoid painful explosions later.
You are generally good at balancing opinions and judging issues, but you tend to be indecisive when it comes to making up your own mind. You are objective and quite concerned with fair play and justice. But, when it comes to yourself, you are so aware that whatever you do might upset the apple cart that you often choose to compromise rather than do anything that might make you lonely or vulnerable. Relationships are very important to you — you learn about yourself and grow through observing yourself interacting with others. Your aesthetic tastes are refined, but expansive and expensive.

Although you take quite a while to make decisions, you usually consider all sides to a question, all the pros and cons, and the solution you come up with is very often the correct one. You tend to be very reserved and shy, but, once you make a commitment to someone (in either a business or personal relationship), the partnership is forever. You have a strong sense of justice and fair play and greatly respect the laws and institutions by which you are governed. As such, you are outraged when others break laws or show contempt for authority.

You, and your peer group, demand to confront life at its deepest and most meaningful levels. Very compulsive and obsessive in your approach to everything, you will avoid anything that is casual or superficial, especially when it comes to relationships. You will seek out and explore new methods of healing as well as different ways to deal with deep-seated emotional problems.

You, and your entire generation, are heavily involved in investigating and idealizing foreign and exotic intellectual systems and religious philosophies. The most extreme ideals will be pursued with gusto. You will be at the forefront of humanitarian attempts to improve the lot of those who are in need of assistance. You will be comfortable with the concept of the "global village."

For your entire generation, this is a time of radical changes in society's attitude toward marriage and interpersonal relationships. There is a general fear and awe at the power inherent in making emotional or contractual commitments — they will not be entered into lightly.

You prefer to take the leadership role when it comes to dealing with others. You enjoy administering and organizing group activities. Others tend to listen to your suggestions because you aren't usually overly domineering or patronizing in your interactions. You love to entertain in a big way — you're at your best when throwing a large and lavish party. Your popularity and social success are assured as long as you don't take others for granted — resist the temptation to become snobbish and arrogant.

06: Towards Something Good

Trina: Will you just hear me out, please? My boyfriend Dylan spotted me some cash a few months ago and now he's bugging me about it. I can't get him off my back.
Logan: Did you try standing up?- Veronica Mars 

Two people asked me about the link to the “Towards Something Good” blog… Yes, the blog does look like mine but it is not mine.

One of my friends A. owns that blog. It is hers. We both created our blogs at about the same time. I copied her in placing quotes before the posts and in numbering the posts.

When I find a quote that I like, I keep a copy of it on my computer. She has a couple of her own so we’re sharing them.

Funny thing…her nickname happens to be my first name!

She is a good person, extremely fun and she is a wonderful friend and an amazing writer. If you have the time, stop by and have a look at her blog.

She doesn’t have much posted yet, but she says that she doesn’t want to write about her life…she just wants to record her steps towards being a good person…her steps towards having a good life and her steps towards her goal: being remembered for doing something good/being good. Hence the title of her blog “Towards Something Good”.

So if you have the time, have a look at her blog J

05: Dirty Dancing – Havana Nights

"Do you want some Latino heat?"

-Some Latin wrestler…I can't remember his name

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This movie is amazing!!! If you are a girl or gay, you should really see this movie (if you haven't seen it yet). The story is based on true events, but the wonderful thing about this movie is Diego Luna's dancing. I've never fallen for Latin man, but damn, this guy can really dance. Whether he could before this movie, or was trained for it doesn't matter to me. So this makes TWO Latin men I want to dance with…and ahem, do other stuff too:

1- Diego Luna

2- Ricky Martin

God bless whoever made them so sexy!

04: A Not So Funny Experience

 "Life's tragedy is that we grow old too soon and wise too late."

-Ben Franklin

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I recently took a sick leave from work. So, I decided to watch the first season of "Alias" for the first time. Yes, the first time.

Anyway, after a week of "Alias" fun (on DVD), I went to work excited to see the second season, full of wonder and expectations.

Today, I was talking on the phone with Michael (a gay friend of mine), and I was telling him how much I loved the show and that I absolutely can’t wait to see the second season.

Clay: It’s like you’re a freak from another planet!

Ruby: Shut up

Clay: Everyone in Cambodia has seen Alias!

Ruby: No they didn’t

Clay: So, what is your excuse?

Ruby: Well…

Clay: Even the aliens in space saw it!

Ruby: I was working you idiot. My world doesn’t revolve around my TV.

Clay: First of all, don’t say stupid stuff like that, and second, I am a surgeon! A fucking surgeon! I am always on call but I never miss an episode of anything! …Oh, unless it's science fiction. Ew.

Ruby: Well I don’t get ABC or NBC or any of those channels here.

Clay: How are you watching "Lost" then?

Ruby: What?

Clay: (gasping) Oh my God!

Ruby: I’m just kidding, I watch it. Who do you think I am?!

Clay: I’m not the one who has just seen "Alias"!!!!

Ruby: But I’m not an idiot!!!!

[My boss walks right by my office, and has apparently overheard the conversation]: I'm not so sure.

03: Yaaaaaaaay!

Logan: If you could exonerate me sometime soon, that'd be great. I really don't

want a bottom bunk in Fisty McRapesalot's cell.

Veronica: If you want a top, I'm sure it's negotiable.

-Veronica Mars* * * *

I called my mom and confirmed my arrival date.

I’m going home soon!

Yaaaaaaaay

My boss promised to not call me unless it’s an absolute emergency. If he does keep his promise, which I seriously doubt, I’m going to have a BLAST!!!!

02: Awkward Day

Dick: Dude. My stepmom?

Logan: I'm a total piece of crap.

Dick: Better you than the cable guy, I guess…and I'd be lying to say I never perved on your mom while she was prancin' around the pool in that hardly-there bikini of hers.Logan: Great. So, no hard feelings?

Dick: No, she gave me a few.

-Veronica Mars* * * *

Yesterday, I had a friend over to fix an ‘awkward’ problem. I saw awkward because she’s having marital problem, and isn’t thrilled to discuss it with anyone. Even with me…and I am her friend.

My bf, Fruit Loops, was naturally hanging around to savor the moment because I have a weird way in fixing stuff. I come up with many solutions and answers, and though most of them are bizarre, they almost always work.

Her problem is that her husband keeps crushing her self-esteem. Because they have kids, she’d rather work things out between them then have a divorce.
She’s looking for techniques to make him go nuts when he sees her…and more specifically, she wants to seduce him.

Now Fruit Loops is a good guy, but he appreciates seeing someone get embarrassed as much as anyone. He stuck around for the laughs.

First, I decided that we should both head out to the mall where we could buy sexy lingerie for her. I made Fruit Loops drive while we both talked about how men were born assholes.

Back home, we practiced different scenarios that D. could use to seduce her husband…or ways that would make her look sexually appealing. You see, she wants him to make up with her. She says that her pride can’t take another blow.

Fruit Loops was sitting on the living room couch saying that the only way our plan would work is if she and I put on the lingerie (I bought some) and practiced in front of him…and if we happen to make out, that’d be great.

D. called her husband a couple of hours later and asked him to pick her up. He didn’t know she had the speaker on, and we heard what he had to say about that. She was embarrassed and in tears. This isn’t the kind of embarrassment one enjoys seeing.

Fruit Loops was mad. He drove D. back home and tried to make her laugh.

When we were in bed, we had this talk:

Unusual: Do you think we’ll ever fight like that?

Fruit Loops: Hm?

Unusual: Do you think you and I will get to the point where we fight and bitch

a lot?

Fruit Loops: Never.

Ruby: (happily) really?

Fruit Loops: You’ll be yelling at me and make my life miserable. You’ll always

win, and you’ll make me pay for every mistake.

Ruby: (Frowning)

Fruit Loops: To be honest, I don’t think we’ll ever fight like that. I love you too

much to fight with you. And you…well, you’re too lazy to pick a fight

with me. So we’re pretty much going to be ok.

I didn’t know whether to be happy or insulted!

I decided that he didn’t mean to say I’m lazy (even though I know I am )

and proceeded to kiss him.

We went to sleep 3 hours later.

01: I Want To…

Everyday you get told something that isn’t true

-Donald Rumsfeld

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1- Work in the UN

2- Work in a UN refugee camp

3- Adopt four children – 2 girls & 2 boys

4- See the Seven wonders of the world all in one year

5- Write a bestseller

6- Live in every country in the world for no less than 2 months

7- Buy a house for my mom

8- Design a home and build it

9- Climb one of the highest mountains in the world

10- Go to the North pole

11- Make love under the rain

12- Go sailing again

13- Come to terms with my brothers death

14- Be self-confident

15- Act in a movie or in a TV (even if the scene lasts 5 minutes)

16- Have the people I love realize how much I love them

17- Have a religion

18- Read people’s minds

19- Go to the Oscars

20- Meet Bono

21- Tell President Bush what I think of him

22- Knit something

23- Meet Johnny Depp

24- Meet Kevin Bacon

25- Create a website dedicated to Mitch Hedberg

26- Create a video documentary on my twin brother Ben (1981-1999)

27- Meet Hideo Kojima, the creator of Metal Gear

28- Write a must read column in a newspaper or magazine.

29- Meet Vladimir Putin.

30- Meet James Frey.

31- Take war photographs.

32- Learn not to bottle up my feelings.

33- Not eat pizza all the time (my bf is now sick of pizza)

34- Do something wonderful for my boyfriend.

35- Buy my baby brother something that’ll blow his mind.

36- Tell my mom that I love her everyday.

37- Keep posting in the blog

38- Be more funnier.

39- Have at least one friend in every country

40- Help end poverty

41- Fight for what I believe in

42- Keep loving my bf forever

43- Do something nice for my bf

44- Live in Scotland or Ireland and die there

45- Publish my poems

46- Be immortal

47- Be famous

48- Be loved

49- Be rich

50- Live my life to the fullest

51- Not care what people think of me

00: The Beginning

My friend said to me, "You know what I like? Mashed potatoes." I was like, "Dude, you have to give me time to guess. If you're going to quiz me, you have to put a pause in there."

-Mitch Hedberg

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This is my first post here.

I want to thank my friend David from Belfast. He chose the name of the blog.

So thank you very much.

This isn’t my first blog. I have a bad habit of not writing regularly on my blog. But hopefully this will change soon.I promise.