April 18, 2005

it's that time again when i can't think of anything to post, so here's something random.
1. my name is girlie
2. yes, that is my real name. so, lay off it.
3. i enjoy listening to all types of music.
4. my car radio presets include classical, jazz, ‘oldies but goodies’, lite-fm, hip-hop & r&b stations.
5. most of the time i’m listening to the classical station (specially when i'm driving) even though a lot of times i have no clue who/what/when/where.
6. i would love to see the three tenors, andrea bocelli, and frances ginsberg perform live.
7. i know this is random, but i’ll also throw in that i wouldn’t mind seeing barbra streisand in concert. and if ol’ blue eyes were still alive, it’d be cool to see him perform live as well.
8. i know, i’m lame.
9. i can’t sing for the life of me.
10. but i love to sing, in the shower, in the car, or when i want to annoy the hell out of someone (yes, i really cannot sing!).
11. i do love to dance.
12. and i can.
13. for the most part.
14. i recently started attending ballet classes again.
15. when i was younger, i danced ballet for five years, on and off, until i realized that i was the tallest in whatever group i joined so i told my mom i wanted to quit.
16. she let me.
17. she is convinced that i willed myself to not get any taller. and i am the same height as when i was 15, which is when i quit ballet.
18. anyway, if i could, i would have season tickets to the new york city ballet and go as often as possible.
19. i have a love/hate relationship with snowboarding
20. i love it.
21. but i hate the fact that i cannot find THE perfect boots for my feet.
22. i have so far purchased three snowboarding boots and none of them fit me well.
23. i broke my wrist three years ago at mountain creek doing a 360 on a half pipe.
24. ok, i just lied (hah hah! i couldn’t resist)
25. in reality, i broke my wrist three years ago at mountain creek, on the green trail, during my first run of the day, coz i was too preoccupied being pissed that i didn’t notice the patch of ice sticking out that caught the edge of my board.
26. i had to wear a cast for weeks and weeks but my wrist still hurts, specially on plane rides and just before storms, specially when it gets cold.
27. i also enjoy ice skating.
28. when i was going to college in nyc, i used to go to wollman rink in central park in between classes during winter.
29. i own hockey skates because the toepick on the figure skates would have had me landing on my face.
30. because i’m clumsy.
31. my uncles used to call me ‘bukol’ (means bump in tagalog) when i was a kid because i ran into stationary things – tables, chairs, walls, etc... – and end up with bumps on my head.
32. i’ve outgrown the nickname but i still bump into things.
33. i’m getting bored doing this list. the only reason why i’m sitting here going through putting this together for you guys (which i hope is appreciated) is because the network connection on my side of the bldg is down and i can’t do much work.
34. i’m itching to go to the art store though, so if the network is going to be down the rest of the day that’s probably where i’m going to go (since i already went to the gym and spent a good hour and a half there).
35. there’s this easel that i’m looking forward to purchase.
36. not that i enjoy spending money but i think getting me a new easel i can use outdoors is long overdue.
37. i haven’t painted in so long....
38. i do mostly oil painting on canvas but i might explore different mediums, or even mix mediums.
39. i can’t draw for the life of me.
40. i do mostly abstract oil paintings.
41. the kind that would make you look for the longest time trying to figure out what it’s all about, what’s special about it, and then you walk away realizing that you just spent a half hour trying to figure out something that absolutely has no meaning.
42. when in fact it has.
43. it’s the fact that i made you stop and think of something else. which is what a lot of artists aim for – to take your mind elsewhere, and let you explore other ideas that didn’t previously exist.
44. anyway, the last time i painted i was in my black and white mood.
45. i think i’m ready to dip into color again.
46. i’m getting giddy just thinking about it.
47. wow, i’m reading through this list, and realize that it isn’t a list. rather a bunch of random stuff put in a list. huh.
48. anyway, what else am i willing to tell you.
49. i wanted to join the peace corps after college.
50. but instead, i did something else.
51. i still want to join the peace corps, and hopefully i’ll be able to do that during this lifetime.
52. i want to go backpacking in europe. just bring a backpack with essentials in it and spend a year getting acquainted with italy, spain, the uk, turkey france, greece, etc...
53. i also want to go to tibet. india. russia. australia. new zealand. antartica. africa. egypt. thailand. japan. cuba. maldives. and recently i’ve added bolivia to the list.
54. i also want to be able to explore the two countries i consider home: philippines and the united states of america.
55. i want to explore the ‘us of a’ by driving cross country. i’ll stop by all the states where my friends live, just to say hi.
56. i want to eat lobsters in maine and crabs in maryland. i want to have gumbo in new orleans and key lime pie in key west.
57. i want to see the geysers at yellowstone. camp at the redwood forest. hike the grand canyon. and trek part of the appalachian trails (coz, who am i kidding? i know i won’t be able to do the entire trail).
58. i want to see the aurora borealis.
59. explore a rain forest.
60. ride on the back of an elephant.
61. sleep on the beach, under the stars.
62. i want to go sky diving soon.
63. last year i tried scuba diving – one of the things on my ‘to do’ list. i loved it.
64. i can’t wait until i go to australia – soon, i hope – and dive the great barrier reef.
65. i’m pretty intimidated by the fact that there might be sharks out there, but at the same time i’m excited that i could be swimming with the sharks. i just hope that they won’t see me as a meal.
66. i want to bungee jump at victoria falls.
67. i want to live with a family that has a different culture than what i grew up with. to learn from them.
68. hmmm... this list is turning into an ‘i want’ list. but who cares? this is me, and this is what i am and what i want to do with my life. i think these things – these aspirations – is what is going to shape the person that i want to become.
69. i find it hard to believe that i am already on #72. i was expecting to end this at #35 or something.
70. i love massages. specially free ones. only from people i trust.
71. i’ve made some bad decisions in my short life. but who hasn’t?
72. as trusting as i am – and believe me, i am – there’s not one person that i trust with everything. i think it’s human nature for people to throw things at your face when worse comes to worst.
73. however, i do not have a problem making friends with strangers. not strange people.
74. some of my closest friends today i’ve met in very random circumstances.
75. if i were to win the lottery today – say 10+ mil? – my closest friends and fam will be taken care of, in one way or another. i’ll do most of the things on this list, and then proceed to opening a cafe/flower shop/bookstore combo in new york city, and paint whenever i want.
76. i don’t like too much pampering. maybe a bit of it is good but after awhile i think i’ll get tired of it and would want to be left alone for awhile.
77. actually, that might not be the case. i haven’t been pampered to the point where i’ve had enough. for all i know, i might just get used to it.
78. i don’t mind pampering someone else though. again, to an extent.
79. i have two siblings, one bro and one sis.
80. they are pretty level-headed.
81. like me, they both worked to put themselves through school.
82. i’m still amazed that all three of us were able to do that considering that we grew up having someone there to do everything for us. but we learned to tend for ourselves.
83. i love my fam.
84. and that’s all i’m going to say about that.
85. i want to end this on an even number, so this is just some random filler, as most of the entries on this list.
86. anyway, i can’t go on with this list without mentioning my friends. i think i have a wonderful set of friends. they are all beautiful in different ways.
87. i also have three equally beautiful goddaughters.
88. i have a saint bernard dog named tiny who i’m completely in love with.
89. i also have two cats, ash and coal, and i adore them but not as much as i adore tiny.
90. and i want everyone i love and care about to outlive me.

Comments:

You probably wrote that on the fly. I liked it though.

Have you heard of Vanessa-Mae? Not my daughter Vanessa Mae, but the violin artist she was named after...

# posted by  David : April 18, 2005 5:25 PM

 

As random as you said this entry was, I think it's my favorite.

# posted by  Anonymous : April 18, 2005 7:10 PM

 

david - i have heard of her! i actually had her cd somewhere... it didn't hit me though that that's who you named your daughter after! nice choice =).

and yes, what do i write nowadays that's not done in haste (unless it's work documentation, then that's a diff story)?

# posted by  G. : April 18, 2005 10:21 PM

 

phil - thanks! i think it is turning out to be my fave as well...

and don't think i've forgotten - you still owe me coffee!
miss you!

# posted by  G. : April 18, 2005 10:22 PM

 

amazing list from an amazing chica!let's go to aussie!

# posted by  kat : April 19, 2005 9:46 AM

 

thanks kitty kat.

we shall.
and this time, HIT THE FRIGGIN SUBMIT BUTTON!

'try not. do or do not. there is no try.' or something like that...

# posted by  G. : April 19, 2005 2:14 PM

 

hey, you have a saint bernard...i want one, too!

# posted by  admin : April 20, 2005 3:40 PM

 

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