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testing slideshow

2008-03-02T21:20:00.002-05:00

this is really nice to add this. enjoy.

the end

2007-10-25T22:42:00.000-04:00

thanks, y'all for reading my blog. I guess it's time for me to move on. I'm no long qualify to be a blogger since my hands are filled with so many things to do. If you're eager to know what's up with me online, simply email me or find me in one of those crazy networking onlines. Who knows: i might come back and blog again, but hmm, not any time soon.

Best wishes,
jnell e.

:-/

2007-08-02T00:12:00.000-04:00

dang. i'm waaay behind. too many tales, too little time. time to retire... or revamp. Who knows.

getting caught up!

2007-05-20T21:35:00.000-04:00

Alright, now finally i am able to sit down and chat with you all, readers. My gawd, my last blog was dated in February 25th! I don't think I'll be able to tell ya the whole story - better to have it summarized. Let's see . . . ::looking back down the memory lane::

Oh since we got back from New Orleans, one of my aunt gave me a huge box of boiled crabs & crayfish (aka crawfish) with nawlin's special seasoning. Whoopy spicy! Addition to that, it's also packed with few filipinos food. We had to eat it up! Once in a while (before crabs were gone)- my sweet partner who is an excellent chef made few classic nawlin's recipes with few modifications of her style:

Seafood Gumbo
Crabcakes
Shrimp Etouffee

It was so goOOood! Like Rachel Ray says - "Delish!" Now, thanks to me, I had to pull out those fresh meats outta of those double dozens of crabs. Oh, the agony! After our trip to nawlins, we didn't end our nawlins feelings from there cuz we had those food! Yum.

Foward to the month of May, at last - where everyone wants to know - - where's karl? lol. Here's a rare photo of him:
Anyway, he's a dear ol' friend back in my college days. No, that's not his wife and daughter if that's what you thinking. That's his good friend where they grew up back in his homestate. Sweet kid. Karl was on business trip for a week, but the real purpose was socializing with friends. Hee hee. I had a good time hanging out with him and other friends.

Okay, I think i said enough. I know I can go on and on, but I gotta cut short and do other things than blogging.

trying

2007-05-06T00:20:00.000-04:00

i know, i know, i know... i need to make new post soon. In few days, I'll add some new stuff. TBC!

hmm, beignet.

2007-02-25T16:51:00.000-05:00

yum. Delicious. Mel and I went to New Orleans to visit Mardi Gras & most of my relatives from my dad's side. Click the picture and you'll see some highlights from Mardi Gras / New Orleans. I haven't post up everything yet because my digi-cam died out on the 3rd day of my trip, and I had to buy one of those disposable camera. Yuk. Well, you'll get the idea. I should have bring my battery charger.

Anyway, before Mardi Gras - there was valentine's day -- aka my birthday. yay. - another year older. My gosh, time really flew. My friend, B., celebrated my age over dinner at Buca Di Beppo - the southern italian style. It was fun that we had a grand tour of their restaurant before we get to our seats. Saw the kitchen, the pope table (i'm serious- there's a pope on the lazy susan table), cardinal room, and so forth. The food was great (huge amount of food) with Chanti drink. hmm. It doesn't get any better than that. Thanks, B.!

Ok, back to New Orleans, we had a great time. The weather was warm (high 70s while DC suffered to low 20s). We stayed at my cousin's place, which is not too far from the airport. We met my cousin's kids. I can't believe how they grew. Great kids though. Anyway, we spent the next few days hanging out in French Quarters, riding steamboat, eating new orleans food, drinking frozen drinks (delicious!), and so forth. At nights, we met aunts, uncles, and cousins, and we had meals with them. Overwhelming, but I'm glad it turns out great. I enjoyed catching up news with them and how they're doing since hurricane katrina. We're not done yet meeting all. There's one family in Florida. We met one cousin whose from florida when she visited in DC long ago. Just when we're leaving back to DC, I got meself a stomach virus. Man, it wasn't a pretty ride. Thankfully, I had aunts who helped me, even took me to my uncle's office for little check up. I was embarrassed that I was sick and I made everyone worried about me. 2 days laster, I got better - fully recovered.

I want to mention to all of my family on my blog - "a huge thanks and hugs." I'm really happy that my partner gets to meet most of them.

Lemme tell ya - New Orleans is great place to visit. The Big Easy is growing. Can't wait for February 4, 2008 - the next mardi gras.

007

2007-01-06T15:25:00.000-05:00

make that 2007. Everything's new including blogger site. If any of you blogger signed in, you can see there's no more beta.

You know, when the clock hits midnite, 2007, i was watching TV - seeing various things getting dropped: ball in time square, drag queen in key west, peach ball in atlanta, rose ball in lancaster (actually not on TV, but i know there's one), and other ways for new year celebration. At the same time, it doesn't seem grand to me. It's just another day to go by. Another day, we live for. To be thankful for. And here's to good and bad on the way. Last year 2006 seems pretty unpredictable, but this year, hopefully we get on good term. No resolution by the way. Again, I wasn't "feeling" much into big woot for 2007. I never thought about what should i make for 2007? I'll tell ya, it gets broke or bend everytime. lol.

happy new year, y'all.

cheers

2006-12-22T16:44:00.000-05:00

happy holidays, everyone! I know it's been ages, but here i am. I have plenty to tell, but not now. So much to do for the holiday in so little time. I feel bad for Santa Claus cuz he has to deilver gifts to all kids around the world in one night. I guess i'm better off. lol. hugs to all.

fall's weekend fun

2006-10-18T10:11:00.000-04:00

I had every intention to post a blog entry on each time i had something to write. Unfortunately, I do so not, so instead of yadding away, I leave the pictures (each set of their own) to speak for itself. Here it is:

Dora and Mike's Wedding Mel and I attended to Dora's & Mike's Rehearsal Dinnner, Wedding, and Lunch Reception. So much to do in so little time. Dora had a wonderful time getting married. Woot! Congrats Dora! Her marriage life begins! (Yet, dora is still good ol' dora. lol) Mel and I were greeters in lunch's reception at Clyde's - makin' guests comfy at the entrance. Kelly's MC during presentation. Alice's full time photo-shooter. She just can't resist showin' off her cam. Enjoyable events with great friends and great food. Where's that crabcake?

Camping at PA. We joined Jeremy to out camping. Absolutely the first time - in tent. First night was hell - well, not exactly, but chill and rain got in our way. Other than that nite, we learned much to handle "camplife" and s'more. We went to PA's best golf putt - a huge place- 24 holes to complete.

choo-choo train

2006-09-05T14:14:00.000-04:00

I decided to continue to blogging. For some odd reasons. Sharing is caring. lol.

The train is a-comin' to town! On Labor Day weekend, my friend, Jeremy, showed Mel & I around his hometown. Lancaster is a sweet city in suburb style. He grew up in his version of suburb life while I grew up with my own version. We met his family - his sister's family and his brother's family. They're sweet as he is, but they tease him with so much jokes. That's funny. Then again, we now know where Jeremy gets his sense of humor. There's so much to write, but I'm ending this part.

Last month, we went to Georgia. First we went to kelly's brother's wedding in Athens, Georgia. After that, my friends and I went to Tybee Island Beach, Savannah, Georgia. My goodness, I'll tell ya, to my surprise- it's a GORGEOUS beach. I like this beach- not too crowded; the water's not too cold; the sand is extremely soft! We went to local resturants nearby- one: StingRay's and other's Breakfast Club. Sting Ray's has its own southernly seafood without too much fried. Delicious! I definitely recommend this one to friends & family. The Breakfast Club has great morning meals plus grits. Again, so much to be said, so there's pictures (linked) to be shown. I don't mind going there again sometime soon.

Click on either pictures to go to photo albums.

. . .

2006-09-01T02:02:00.000-04:00

. . . gone forever? The end of artjamac's bloglife is coming.

. . . or not?

geez.. it's been awhile

2006-07-17T10:11:00.000-04:00

sigh... eventually, i come around to my blog.

Over 180 pixes, there are more about Toronto Pride and less about my gang and i. LOL. My group did their pixes too, but you'll have to check theirs out via their own sites. I had a wonderful time! The weather was gorgeous - not one drop of rain; Sunny all day and cool wind all nite. Below is a summary of my vacation. Sorry, I spare details, but perhaps pictures show everything to make u feel you're there. LOL.

Nite before day 1: on road trip from DC, USA to Toronto (Ontario), Canada.

Day 1: Checks out Niagara Falls, Ontario. Eat breakfast at Daybreak (delicious food). Checked in at hotels - Cosmopolitan (for Mason & Lee) & Ryerson U's ILLC (International Living Learning Center). Walked around Church Street (where Pride Toronto located) - lots of shopping & food vendors as well as local stores. Attended our canadian friends' party at their apartment. Wonderful time.

Day 2: Breakfast at ILLC. Continued more "window shopping" around Church Street. Mel and I signed up as volunteers for Dyke Parade. Free food for volunteering. Worked as water bottle carriers. Attend to free events: capella group with ASL interpreter, japanese drum, and hula dance performance.

Day 3: Pride Parade. Danced out with DJ performance on the street.

Day 4: Niagara Falls in USA - boat ride to CLOSE view of NF.

Click HERE to go to photo album. If you're lost and confused with my photo site, let me know.

jeep? no, it's all about pride

2006-06-16T23:46:00.000-04:00

Last Saturday, the weather's warm & juicy. Last year was HAWT. This year was ju-u-ust right. GLBTQQ & non-g flocked around at Washington DC's Pride Festival. Wonderful vendors - food, drinks, products, and whatsnot. Music's running all day - rock 'n roll on one stage, dancing on the other. My partner and I didn't do our usual volunteer work for DC's pride fest. However, we're pumped up our contribution for biggest one: Toronto Pride. Dat shud be gud.

anyway, click at my pic - you'll see a bunch of pals at fest last Saturday. Enjoy!

beautiful!

2006-06-07T09:54:00.000-04:00

Click the pix to my album. Hi y'all. Last month, mel & i went to Vietnamese/Chinese Wedding. Food, Festive, and Fun! I'm not gonna say much, cuz you can see pictures which tells u alot! lol. cheers!

bobby's day!

2006-05-22T13:48:00.000-04:00

click this pic to my album site.

congrats, bobby!!

xoxo, jnell & mel

support DVORAK!

2006-05-22T11:25:00.000-04:00

Heh, you might think it's some kind of a political candidate running for an office. It's not. Actually it's about keyboard. Lately, my hands and forearms barely get a break cuz i had lots to do with it: communication (ASL/PSE), massage therapy, computer typing, playing games (via computer & video games), cooking, and whatsnot. Anyway, I began browsing for more ergonomics, but unexpectedly Dvorak popped up. I dug further. Dvorak seems useful so i decide to try it out.

"The Qwerty keyboard. We've been using it since the 1870s, when typewriter inventor C.L. Sholes moved letters around the keyboard so typewriter keys would stop jamming.

Well, we don't use typewriters anymore. Technology has caught up with human dexterity. Jamming keys are no longer a problem. And the gymnastics our fingers do on the Qwerty keyboard can exacerbate repetitive stress problems."
-Qwerty Query: Why Do We Still Type This Way? by Dory Devlin

Introducing the Dvorak Keyboard by Marcus Brooks
A Low-Tech Obstacle to a Higher-Tech Future: The Keyboard Problem by William Grassie
The Dvorak Keyboard by Jeff Bigler

Yes, some of the articles seem outdated to modern tech's world. However, it's still useful (and it should be for today's). Overall, the reviewers said good cuz all "important" letters are in home rows. So it's time to change?? YES! We all need healthy hands.

Fortunately, your computer or laptop actually have in its system. If ya'll have mac (like i do), go to system preference, click International, then click "Input Menu". You'll see "Dvorak." Also click keyboard viewer so you can see as you try it. OR you can label ur keys with sticker labels. PC has Dvorak too - instructions provided on other sites listed above.

So try it out, ya'll. I am. I'll let u know after 1 month of using this method.

PS- i have new pics to upload related to other events - will post it up soon!!!

save flipper!

2006-05-16T11:17:00.000-04:00

Don't Kill the Dolphin Deadline. Seems more and more environmental laws and mammal protection acts are loosing it up lately. Mother Earth gave us beautiful land to live and animals to help us live. Now every "evil" human wants to wipe out rain forests, kill animals for profit OR pleasure, and throw recyclable items in trash. ::sigh:: If you have a heart, please help save these innocents. Nature don't have a motive to kill us. We do - for greed & power. Like Gordon Gekko in "Wall Street" movie, "Greed is good." That's ugly. Make it - "Compassion is good."

click to save flipper!

petition site

2006-05-11T09:37:00.000-04:00

Last time i check, it's getting close to 4k signatures in petition, "Gallaudet University President Search Process." I'm #3,956. Sign up if you haven't.

deaf mecca?

2006-05-07T03:01:00.000-04:00

Future President of Gallaudet University has been chosen, yet there are many objections from Deaf community (not the entire of D/deaf community, mind you, but "a word spreads around world fast"). I'm not Gally student myself, but glad to be part of the community.

I read different articles/blogs/whatsnot. Check it out:

Sonny James
Why I'm Protesting. by Andy Mowl.
DeafDC
Ridorlive
Elisa

Ok, here's an interesting example (not necessarily good)- In Catholism, who would be "better" Pope after John Paul II? No one can replace John Paul II, but should the bar raises higher? Lately, many people protested about Pope Benedict XVI for what he stands by his words in religious politics. Now this.. JKF and D/deaf community. hmm.

Good thing about USA: democracy. Everyone gotta do something. Eventually - there has to be a middle ground where everyone can be content with a solution. There's just gotta....

SAVE THE INTERNET!

2006-05-03T10:56:00.000-04:00

It's for real. The congress is currently under way to vote for a new law, which supports high corporations to add more ridiculous fees and RESTRICT your internet freedom.

"Congress is pushing a law that would abandon the Internet's First Amendment -- a principle called Network Neutrality that prevents companies like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast from deciding which Web sites work best for you.." - savetheinternet.com

Even in the actress' blog, Alyssa Milano (from Charmed), supports Net Neutrality.

Y'all have right to choose where u want to go on super highway. Y'all don't have to stick into AT&T's road, or Verizon's road. Go to YOUR own road! "We have 250,000 petition signatures now and we want to hand Congress at least 350,000 next week (before May 8)."

Please click the pix and sign in your petition now! Just 5 mins of ur time. Thanks.

to da philly!

2006-05-02T12:07:00.000-04:00

woot! My roommates and I went to Philly to see Dora and her lovely "honeybunny!" It was a nice getaway from DC for the weekend. I been to Philly before, but I haven't see the suburb area.

Friday: we arrived at Dora's place late nite. Dora made lovely chocolate cake. With that, it becomes a "midnite tea time." We caught up some news and shared laughter. Ugh, impeccable timing for my throat to be sore. I got a cold! ::sniff, sniff:: Good thing is I brought Riccola's (cough drops), but not enough. Went to dream's world cuz next day will be lots to do.

Saturday, we went to see dora's friends named Betty and Nancy. We visited their lovely home rite in Philly. Lovely people with 4 cats and a dog. A dog mixed with corgi & golden retriever named Tucker. Adorable! He loves to play. My heart went soft as I continued to play with him. He loved getting all the attention. Then we went out to Steve's Cheesesteak at South Street. Small restaurant, but great cheesesteak. It's all about Philly. After our stomachs stuffed, we walked around South Street. It's Philly version of NYC's Soho. Lots of people there - from punk to preppy. After we drop Betty back to her humble home, we went to metro Philly - where there is Liberty Bell and Old Congress Hall. To my surprise, Liberty Bell has its home renovated. It's all spazzied up. Too fancy. I like the design, but it's distracting the focus of Old Congress Hall. Good, but bit disappointed. Check out my pix album. It's in there. You'll see why. Later that nite, we ate at Top Tomato Pizza Kitchen at Walnut Street. For dessert, Mel ordered Hazelnut gelato and I picked Pecan & Banana (separately ofc) at Capogiro in South 13th Street. YUMMY! There's alot of elegant restaurants and unique stores to look at.

Sunday, Mike took us to Shad Festival at Lambertville, New Jersey. It's all about Shad - the local fish of southern NJ. Shad fish tasted quite delicious. There is a unique drink called Shad Punch, but for real? I'm too chickened out to try one. lol. New Hope, PA and Lambertville, NJ has great stores there. It reminded of some festive town in northern Georgia (without those booths). Dang, can't remmy the name of that town. Anyhoo, nice town-y feeling there, and diversity as well. We also stopped by to get chocolate enclairs at local bakery shop called "C'est La Vie" at 20 South Main St. (New Hope, PA). Great French specialties by French Chef Joel and his staff. Wonderful!

Click my pix to see my photo album.

very addicting game

2006-04-25T18:56:00.000-04:00

<World of Warcraft (aka WOW). online game. live. many players. addicting.

I got this game from my sister on my birthday few months ago, although I tried it before when I visit my sister in NYC. At first, it was awkward, but i'm awed with its game design: awesome background, advanced 3D platform, wide selection of characters, different professions, fights (not bloody fight, mind you), and skills. This game is rated T (Teens). After first 2 hours of game, I'm hooked. My partner pondered this game as well. I let her tried it, and she got baited as well. ouch. lol.

I think when i was 13 yrs old, first DOOM game came out at that time. I played it once. I didn't like it. It gave me headaches. I didn't want to play shooting again with all that crazy 3D maze. ever. Now, WOW is new and much spazzy. My experience in this game is awesome. There are times when i play long . . . too long. Say 8 hrs straight without food. ack. I like WOW better than DOOM.

Click on pix - and it'll lead to more of my pixs of World of Warcraft. You'll see pics with my partner and few others in group.

Yahoo with China gov't?!

2006-04-12T18:53:00.000-04:00

I just saw the ABC news on tv talkin' about Yahoo! involved with China gov't. They're censoring freedom of speech via cyberspace. Internet under surveillance. My gawd. Read on:

"On 7 November 2002, on the eve of the opening of the communist party’s 16th congress, Liu Di, a student aged 22, was arrested on the campus of Beijing university. Her family was not told of her arrest until police came to search her home, confiscating her notes, books and computer. Her father told Reporters Without Borders he did not understand the reason for the jailing of his daughter, who posted messages signed the "stainless mouse" in discussion forums. "She loved to surf the Internet in search of news but she was frustrated by the lack of freedom on the Internet and she may have been critical or sarcastic without ever thinking of the consequences," her father said. Her family has still not been allowed to see her. The authorities accuse her of "jeopardising national security" and say they are not revealing her place of detention in order to put "pressure" on her."

-Reporters Without Borders

Click the title to go to its article.

posted pix of "MY AM ME"

2006-04-10T15:28:00.000-04:00

finally posted 63 pics out of 180 -- all about "my am me." I picked good stuff. Unfortunately, these are WAY out of orders. Fortunately, each pic worths a thousand words. Click the pic to go to album. Enjoy!

my-am-me

2006-03-26T08:16:00.000-05:00

I'll be posting up my pixs from Miami vacation soon.

sorry guys & gals

k9 lovers - bring tissues - lots of 'em

2006-03-04T23:29:00.000-05:00

Disney Picture's Eight Below is truly a tearjerker movie. It brings me tremendous tears in my eyes - my partner lend me a packet of tissue for me to grab some of it for my tears. I thought it's filled with action-adventure - it is, actually - but it brings SO much more. so MUCH. I read other reviews, and I agree some of their reviews: human characters are dramatically okay (bit corny, bit cheesy), while dogs are so much important in the movie - it brings a beautiful, dramatic survival story (similar to The March of the Penguins). They're heroes in the movie . . . . ::whispering:: and in my heart. ::sniff::

click here to go to its website

The movie Eight Below is inspired by true story (loosely though) - and the movie Nankyoku Monogatari. To find more info about true story and other movie - click here to go to other site.

Now, i'm curious to see that movie. Either of these movies, k9 lovers & movie lovers - watch out - it'll cry your heart out. ::sob:: I loved it. It made me care much more towards animals. so MUCH.

hmmm.

2006-03-02T20:35:00.000-05:00

bbm

2006-02-22T08:53:00.000-05:00

Last nite, my partner and I joined Kel to watch movie called Brokeback Mountain. We came, we watched, we "conquer debates." lol. I'm not gonna explain the movie, y'all gonna have to see it for yourself (or check other blogs). ::wink!::

Getting many reviews and becoming a hot controversial movie in the nation, and perhaps, international, it's also a "must-see" movie for D/deaf GLBT community when it's available in open-captions. In the way, it reminded me of Boys Don't Cry (back in 1999, wow can u believe that? long time) -- the way both movies brings out to mainstream and Hollywood. Same goes to Philadelphia. Brokeback Mountain received 4 golden globe awards. Boys don't cry has numerous awards, including winner of best actress in Academy Award- Hilary Swank. Don't get me wrong - I do applaud their work and everything, but there are many great GLBT movies out there that could have been into mainstream movie theatres, instead of "direct to video." Same goes for gay actors/actresses out there - if there's gay actors play these characters in Brokeback Mountain, would they be recognized or receive Golden Globe awards? Plenty of opportunity to make a difference.

Anyhoo, my views for the movie: wonderful performance. I admired the work of Ang Lee. He also directed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which is entirely completely different than Brokeback Mountain. He did good job doing different genres, so I'm amazed how he did this one. Wonderful pictures. The film flows smoothly through the story of 20 yrs. As for actors, interesting. I read one of the reviews for Heath Ledger - "It is a great screen performance, as good as the best of Marlon Brando and Sean Penn." What is it to soft-spoken characters that made the movies successful? ::chuckles:: Anyway, Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal portrayed their characters well - their happiness, their fear, their suffering, and their love. From young men to aged men, I see their eyes - it shows. They feel their love to each other. Oh, their love! So unbearable pain for so long- just for love. The movie shows just enough to keep your mind thinking how these characters feel. I'm told that the book is actually different than the movie version, so i gotta read that book one day.

gone for awhile

2006-02-19T10:17:00.000-05:00

February 19 - I have been long gone from blog world. Plenty to write. I'm just gonna sum it up here. Heh.

Since my birthday is on V-Day, a little celebration of me and a whole lotta love from everyone: my partner, my family, and friends. Sweet of 'em. Lots of goodie.

On that evening, we went out on double date with other couple at gallery restaurant (click here to its website) in Silver Spring, MD. The food is fabulous. They served exquisite dishes with contemporary flavors from Caribbean, Central, and South America. The interior design looked awesome. It's like a restaurant version of Halo bar. Glowing lights of the bar, cool & calm color, and delightful host. It was a wonderful evening for us to have a lovely conversation with another couple. The place is not to crowdy, not too quiet... just mellow. I ordered mixed greens salad w/ pumpkinseed vinaigrette (appetizer) & plantain crusted salmon (main entree) )for me and albondigas (appetizer) & braised lamb shank (main entree) for my partner. Delicious! I applauded the chefs for their effort. On the other hand, waiter delivered their presentation poorly, but he kept apologizing everytime he made a mistake. Aside from that, everything's just fine. Y'all should go there soon... great environment.

ah, i'm gonna cut short here. stay tuned.

commemorative

2006-01-31T08:55:00.000-05:00

Coretta Scott King passed away this morning. She's wonderful lady who continued her husband's dream to the world - "the legacy of human rights and equality." May she rest in peace with him. Thank, Mrs. King, for your love, your strength, and your wisdom.

Continue to be who and how you are...
To astonish a mean world
With your acts of kindness

-Maya Angelou

4703

2006-01-30T20:14:00.000-05:00

dat's the year of dog. HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR! woof woof.

Before I go, i wanted to make this one... definitely a new treats for coffee lovers. I'm no coffee freak, but i love rice crispy treats! yum!

Coffee Marshmallow Crispy Treats

Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Inactive Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 8 minutes
Yield: about 24 bars

3 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus more for greasing pan and hands
1 (10-ounce) package mini marshmallows
2 to 3 tablespoons instant coffee or espresso
6 cups rice cereal (recommended: Rice Krispies)
Lightly butter an 8-inch square pan.
In a large pot, melt the butter over very low heat. Stir in the marshmallows, getting them all coated with the butter. Slowly melt the marshmallows, stirring frequently. When the marshmallows are melted and smooth, remove the pan from the heat. Stir in the instant coffee (2 tablespoons for a rich coffee flavor, 3 tablespoons for a real kick) and mix until it is dissolved into the melted marshmallow. Gently fold in the rice cereal. When it is completely coated, lightly press the mixture into the prepared pan with your buttered hands. When cool, cut the treats into bars and serve.

hilarious

2006-01-16T00:12:00.000-05:00

Backstreet-boys-wanna-be sang "I want it that way." - these boys made a fool out of themselves. It works. They're funny! They make silly facial expression. These boys got their "5 minutes fame" via cyberworld but it seems they're popular in their country. They reminded me of William Hung sang "She bangs," but they want to be funny.

::click here 2 their website:: (to see their first song "I want it that way" - click the first "red sentence.")

inner harbor @ baltimore

2006-01-13T09:23:00.000-05:00

Last nite, we went to Baltimore Inner Harbor to have a look around. I must say it's quite improved its look since we went there last year. We were looking a place to eat. Attention, sushi lovers out there: edo sushi is definitely a place to eat. A friend of mine (well, printfreak!) really loved the thickness of sashimi or bigger size of "meat" in sushi @ California Rollin' (Rochester, NY). I went there before, and I agreed until management changed, so i didn't go there. Well, printfreak, guess what? Edo sushi @ inner harbor has done a great service & yummy food with me and my partner. Great ocean view.

Our waiter offered us a HAWT towels to start and again, after meal. Since it's happy hour at that time, edamamae cost only 1 dollar. CHEAP. I ordered tuna (8 pieces, about $4.50) & philadelphia maki (8 pieces, about $5). Mel ordered chicken teriyaki (go with salad or miso soup). When our orders arrived, I was impressed. The tuna meat is thick, and philadelphia maki is filled with cream cheese, smoked salmon, and avocado (or cucumber? couldn't remmy). Tasted great. One minor problem, soy sauce - it has weak flavor and I assumed too much water, so be sure to ask waiter to change the soy sauce. It didn't get in my way tho. Mel's entree doesn't have one set of chicken teriyaki; it has 2! Wow, huge entree., but she ate one and the rest of leftover in a box-to-go. Like fortune cookie when a check arrive, we had interesting cookie - strawberry cookie. Yummy. A good ending to our meal.

On a cool weather in January (which is bit odd, but good!), We walked around Inner Harbor. The Baltimore Aquarium has new sector of Austrailian features. It's a beautiful glass architecture - similiar to its original, but we can see clearly - amazing well-set nature looks from "down under." No, we didn't go there because we knew we don't have much time. We will go back again sometime soon.

farewell, independence air

2006-01-03T21:33:00.000-05:00

On December 28, I rode Independence Air from Georgia to DC. It's my first flight riding Independence Air..... and MY LAST. It's so unfortunate that they will discontinue on January 5th. On November, they filed bankrupty.. broke, zip, kaput. Since 2004, they're running smallish planes, going only east coast, and few to the west coast. They're have ranked #2 in customer service. And now... gonna go bye bye. I'm rootin' for them to make comeback, but I guess not.

fare thee well.

happy keys

2006-01-03T10:41:00.000-05:00

I read this blog from Yahoo! - 10 keys to happiness

"Physical well being is inseparable from emotional well being. Happy people are healthy people. The wisdom traditions of the world tell us that happiness does not depend on what you have, but on who you are. As we begin the new year, it may be worthwhile to reflect on what really creates happiness in us. The following ten keys, gleaned from the wisdom traditions, may give us some insight....." Click here to read 10 keys

NEAT.

December 25th

2005-12-25T11:19:00.000-05:00

Maligayang Pasko! May tis season filled with joy and happiness. And peace too! This picture was taken at Georgia Aquarium on Friday (Dec 23). FABULOUS!

xoxo always, jnell & mel

turkey stuffed!

2005-11-29T10:57:00.000-05:00

Pop's best drink! Yum. Mel's grandfather made this special drink with cherry. Piña Colada He only do this every Thanksgiving's day. I don't really have much pics to show, but I do have lots to write about.

•We attended to Ellen Degeneres Show on Tuesday (Nov. 22nd). It was FUN & rich experience for Mel and I had. The staff of the show tried their best to accommodate us with our seatings. We also have a wonderful ASL interpreter named Kathy. She also brought her husband to watch the show too. An interesting story on how Ellen Show got a hold of interpreter to provide it for us, but that's a long story. Anyway, we sat in the General Audience seating - say about 20 ft away from Ellen's stage. In the beginning of the show, Ellen came on stage with her hotdog vendor, and she threw hotdog buns to the audience. Matt Lauer and Women of SNL were special guests on the show. Funny. On every commerical break, we had to get up and dance. :::dancing!::: (on nov 29 - oh! oxygen channel will put on that show at 11 pm. I doubt we can be seen, but enjoy!)

•THIS IS A GOOOOD place to eat. We ate Junior's at Grand Central Station. Fabulous pastrami reuben sandwich there. Originally we went to Katz's Deli restaurant, but it was closed for film production. THAT frustrated us, especially my partner... and it was rainy that day. Yuk, so we're thinking of going to Grand Central Station, cuz they're showing xmas laser show. Something to cheer us up. Then 'lo, place called Junior's - it lured us to eat there. And it's FABULOUS. yum. I saw varieties of cheesecakes on display, but we didn't order it. I'm sure it tastes good as it looks! Mel told me she went to Junior's long ago with her sister - ate cheesecake in Brooklyn- Tasted great! I'm betting it taste better than The Cheesecake Factory (their cake's good too, but i'm getting impressed with Junior's best- "voted #1: the best NY cheesecake."

Gee, and this whole summary holds one day. I'm gonna get back to more writing later. Stay tuned!

no news is good news.

2005-11-16T20:34:00.000-05:00

nothing much or there is, but i'm lazy at this point. heh ... will keep u posted, but Thanksgivin' will be up soon.....

collecting bday?

2005-11-09T13:25:00.000-05:00

happy brithday, troy! click on the pix to photo album. Mel and I had a savory italian dinner at Maggiano's Little Italy. We were with few friends to commemorate Troy's Birthday. Lovely celebration. The atmosphere has beautiful setting, but barely good lighting treatment unfortunately. However, that didn't get us down since Troy cheerfully brighten every each of us. ::wink!:: Overall, my dining experience was just simply grand.

click here to see "Georgetown's Halloween" Answer to mel's mystery costume: LINT!

spook!

2005-10-30T12:23:00.000-05:00

::click:: He posed his good side. Meet redneck guy. He's Alex's costume. Naw, it can't be. Yup, it iz Alex! Great costume, Alex, now let's go back to real you. Oh wait, that iz u!

happy boolloween, e'rywon! Heh, last night, dy, mel and I went to alex's spooktacular party. It was successfully spooktacular! His place is about 45 mins drive from my place. Very nice townhouse. Met 2 dogs -woof- and a wide collection of taz, mickey, and goofy. Their finest dinner served: chilli soup - meat version and vegetable version; subs sandwiches; & plenty of side dishes - chopped vegetables with savory vegetable dip, sour cream & cheddar flavor chips, scoopable fritos chips, variety of nuts, and goodies!! Yummy choco chips w/ special flavor. Dang, i can't remmy what's in it, but it's good. Whoever made that choco chip - i want ur recipe! Ah, and candies. Can't go wrong with candies on halloween event.

We chat w/ good people there. I played UNO card games with Dy, Ricardo, and Tom. I lost..twice! Moving on. The redneck guy made a humor where bum just lost her "soul" - a SOLE of her shoe. She wore that shoe for so long, and just last nite, the SOLE just popped out of her shoe! Sigh, poor D. Look at the bright side: u can always buy a new "soul." ::wink!::

Can you guess my partner's costume? Answer will come up very soon. Dy dressed up as an elf. I dressed up as drag king cop. Mel won the first prize for best creative costume. Who's the judge? The one and only redneck guy. Hee hee! Overall, we had a pretty darn good time. My hair was frozen stiff! Ugh, too much gel. I had to wash off before i hit the bed. I would freak out of my hair break apart. LOL. Click here to see the rest of the pics.

r.i.t.

2005-10-26T23:21:00.000-04:00

to my RIT-ers,
recent comic of Doonesbury posted today. can u believe it? RIT rocks! (or not)...

honorary

2005-10-24T22:28:00.000-04:00

Recently, Rosa Parks passed away at age 92. Even tho she's beyond my generation, she's a humble hero. One of the pioneers for Civil Rights movement. Parks made a bravery move - or unmove in that matter - She was unwilling to give up her bus seat. If she moved her seat, life would be different. ::looking up the sky:: Rosa Parks, you rock!

freaks!

2005-10-24T12:10:00.000-04:00

artfreak & printfreak. I had a good some-sort-of-pre-halloween events here and there. I had an on-call duty on friday evening, but after that, the fun starts. I met Kel and Mel at Dupont Circle for MY late dinner (they ate earlier at Baja Fresh). I was in mood for greek food so Zorba's Café was suggested, and we went there. I ate Souvláki: marinated chicken breast, charbroiled and topped w/ lettuce, tomato, onion, feta cheese, and tzatziki (local's yogurt-cucumber dressing). YUM! Pretty simple local cooking, but absolutely yummy, makes me feel I'm in Greece. The enviroment shows lots of photo from Greece, but what's interesting is the word "Zorba" came from 1964's motion picture Zorba the Greek. I ought to watch it. Anyway, after my dinner, we went to Starbucks - there's deaf GLBT gathering - just pure chat & coffee. FUN.

Saturday: another nite, another dinner, plus bar - that evening, mel and I hang out with few friends for dinner at Indian restuarant in.. aha, dupont circle again! Honestly, i was trying to go with the flow to where we eat. Originally, it was ethopian restaurant, then CPK - california pizza kitchen. Somehow, in the middle of metrorail - Indian food was chosen. Then Bucca - italian restaurant, but it was packed! We decided to eat at Indian Restaurant. Mel and I ordered lamb curry, garlic naan, and vegetable samosa. Great food. All spicey touch. I haven't had that taste for a long time, so it was hawt & good. The weather was very chilly at that time, so we ought to go via metro to get to the bar. Unfortunately, we looked at the subway map for clear direction. We concluded the distance made no difference whatsoever. Instead of metrorail, we walked about 6 blocks to reach Titan Bar, which is above Hamburger's Mary. Excellent facade- all the glamor rainbow color in a good artsy way. Once you get in... and UP.. titan's bar is located on the second floor, of course, one bar area, front- stage area w/ tables & high chairs, back area has small dancing area, but it's more space for crowded area to have their own roomy space. Anyway, CMRA hosting annual event called eye party whenever Gallaudet U Homecoming pops up. Pretty much fundraising as well - jello shots & raffles, plus entertainment: costume contest and stories. I'm disappointed when i heard the eye party is located the same bar as last year. However, I must say, last Saturday is actually better than last year. My first eye party (few years ago) was located @ Washington Plaza hotel. Hopefully next year will be different place. I suggest Halo! Hm, I'm gonna check it out in my own time.

AH! before i forget, earlier this week, mel and I went to Ben's Chili Bowl restaurant at U Street. Historical Landmark since 1958. I'm astonished how this little restaurant went thru civil rights movement to current. Their chili has its spicy spice, but it tasted great! Definitely go there during winter cuz chili soup would just warm you up in a minute!

show-off your shirts!

2005-10-16T14:47:00.000-04:00

These two gentlemen celebrated their wonderful birthday with close friends or MANY friends. Either way, Mel and I went to both of their party last nite, and both were successful events! I applaud to Kelly K. and Victor H. for their hardwork of making their party fun!! It's an A plus! ::hands waving:: click here or any photo to go to album.

Birthday mission #1: NHOC

First, 4 pm, mel and I joined with Andy and Kelly to hunt for food and gifts. Get birthday cake @ SFW. Chick-fil-a to get catering food. Finally, Target is a place i need to get gifts for the birthday boys!

6:30 pm: We arrived at Kel's place to start setting up- drinks, and food on the dinner table. Blowing up many blue ballloons. While kel went away on secret mission to get Nhoc without spoiling a surprise party, mel, andy, and I chatted and relax in the living room.

8 pm: I got paged from Kel, that he's on the way, and Nhoc and Ely follow Kel's car to his place. Lights out and eagerly waiting to hunt our prey - NHOC.

8:15 pm: SURPRISE!!

Out of blue (w/ all the blue balloons - LOL), mel, andy & I jumped toward Nhoc! He got spooked! dang, and it's not even halloween yet. Nhoc just simply shooked and decided to use his blue balloons hit Kel.

POW!! lol. Then off to munch dinner, nhoc blew out candles on cake, ate cake, open gifts, and chatted, chatted, chatted. Then mel and I had to go birthday mission #2.

Birthday mission #2: RENE

One thing: too many people under one roof. lol, but we're glad to see our old and new friends. Hugs Tim, hugs Victor, hugs the birthday boy - RENE, hugs imran, hugs lee, hugs aristos, hugs, HUGS, H-U-G-S, HUGS almost everyone! I'm told it's over 50 people attending Rene's bday party. Their house is beautifully made. It was transformed from nasty, poor, unconditioned house to queer's outstanding interior decor! ::mwah:: Back to party, 50 vodka shots for 50 people to honor Rene & other birthday pals. Wowie. Thank goodness, I don't take ALL 50 shots.

Rowr, i'm delicious! Who could resist me? ::giggle:: I caught up many news and chismis from themselves and other friends. I met cute, sweet people. I have many pictures posted on my flickr site. Click here. You know what they say "a picture is worth a thousand words." Or more! It's been a blast evening for me. From my view, I didn't have any problem at the party... not even a bit of heavy, nasty drama there.

I dedicating this picture to Victor's beloved pet: Rocky Han.
I'm proud of Vic for all the things he can to take care of Rocky.

:-*

2005-10-09T11:52:00.000-04:00

Thank you, thank you! You really love me!** Happy Birthday, Dora! Mel and I went to join friends at Dora's b-day party in CA Pizza Kitchen at Tyson Corner mall (VA). Nicey. They expanded a new wing - lotsa new stores. Yum & fun.

**=additional pics on my flckr site.

happy gal!

2005-10-06T13:14:00.000-04:00

yay!... my place has hi-speed net. no more @#%@^ dial up modem. Next step, get video conference... ichat. vp. svp. dvp. i2eye, ... whatever that'll be...

new place

2005-09-27T10:09:00.000-04:00

My cousin, Roland, found a place to live while he's in grad school. It's located near dupont circle. It has everything, including free wireless high-speed internet. Lucky guy. He plans to stay in DC for 3 months, then transfers back to his college in his hometown, New Orleans.

Just for the weekend, his parents came for a visit. I feel I want to spend time with them after the tragedy events in New Orleans. I'm glad they're doing ok. We had lunch together at Dupont Circle. We talked many things related to our families. My uncle & aunt have been busy: moving. My aunt is considering to move to Georgia after she explained some of our relatives are planning to move there. That's a huge change.

On right pic, that's me and my cousin's family. ok, it's small, but click it - you'll see bigger size. We went shopping at Pentagon City Mall. Looking at Gap & few other stores. Mainly for Roland to buy his clothes & hat/baseball cap.

This weekend is something that mel and I are looking forward to: 9th Annual of Human Right Campaign's National Dinner. Tonite, we're attending volunteer meeting to prepare for this event. We need formal attire, so we might go shopping this week - looking for what we need. Definitely something new.

whole foods & mt. vernon

2005-09-20T08:12:00.000-04:00

Ready, aim, fire! ::BOOM::
uploaded by jnell.

last weekend was fun. Friday nite, mel and I met dora at Silver Spring. We're meeting new friends named Generose & Joshua (homestate: Hawaii). They're friends of Karl - my former college friend back in RIT's days. They also intro'd their kid named... named... ::thinking:: dang, i can't remmy his name. It's a hawaiian name that starts with a "K." Kehual, Kehal? hmm. I gotta ask Gen again. Anyhoo, we chatted with them @ Whole Foods for the whole evening - getting to know each other, where we from, talk about Karl and few other friends that we're "link" to...so on.. & so on. Of course, we'll be seeing them again sometime soon.

On Saturday, Mel and I spent most of the day with friends at mt. vernon, historical landmark where consists George Washington's house & everything else on the property. There's a burial site of our first prez and few families.

We're tilted! Nah, not really. We had an amateur photographer take a pic of us. You know, my camera is designed in a weird way. go figure. ::sigh:: Moving on. We had a grand slow-motion-cuz-bunch-of-people-lined-up tour inside George's House. Lovely house, although his design was some kind of tacky teal-ish mode. Each room on the first floor is teal blue, teal green, or teal-whatever. ::shudder:: His choice of colors' a fad. 2nd floor turned out to be better color: pastel yellow and white. 5 bedrooms on second floor. The most impressive interior design is George & Martha's bedroom. White, but it's good use to put white design in simple way. Very relaxing. Out back of his house, there's an awesome view of the river. Superb relaxing!

Then there's the rest of houses - smoker house, salt house, paint house, washer house, ice house, and so forth. I can't believe during that time, every duty goes to its own house. Wanna wash ur clothes? Go to Washer house. Smoke ur beef? Go to smoker house. Thank goodness, today's people have most of appliances under ONE house. Also, George Washington has his own garden for fruits and vegetables. He had everything for his whole 8,000 acres.

Boy, were we exhausted with heat on a bright sunny day! Luckily, we brought our water bottle. And a smart one, too! Hence, smart water. I recommend it. ::wink:: We needed to hydrated our bodies, but it wasn't satisfactory. However, that day was also craft festival, so there was "food & beverage" booth. I got popsicles for me and mel. Yum. Very icy. Definitely helps cool it down. ::whew:: Ahem, Crafts festival consists all different kinds of craft works: wood furnitures, metal tools, ceramics cups, quilts, and so forth. Plus the people who work there - they dressed up in colonial times as well. They even have their campsite to sleep overnite. Fasinating. Mel and I bought homemade soaps - mint cocoa butter, spring rain, and patchouli (for our roomie).

After the day ends, the night begins with Kel's belated birthday celebration. Starts with cooking dinner, mel and I juiced up the grill at kel's patio for korean bulgogi while kelly and jeremy cooks other varieties of food in the kitchen. Where was william? ask him. lol. He was ranting at the poker game show on TV. My roommate, Eli, arrived to join us for dinner. Most foods served were korean food: dried fish, diff. kinds of veggies, & of course kim chee. Jeremy made his specialty - vegetable casserole. Delicious. Before all that dinner was happening, Noel (kel's dog) was so-o-o excited to see people. He gets more attention than everyone else. Later after dinner, an ice cream cake came for kel. More friends - Nhoc, Ely, and Andy arrived. Pretty much ate the cake and chat the nite away. Mel and I got back to our bed by 3 am.

click any photo, & it'll take u to MORE photos on my photosite. ENJOY!

http://www.peta.org/

2005-09-13T21:48:00.000-04:00

People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals

There was a PETA ad to "Blast Government's Betrayal of Katrina's Animal Victims in Saturday's Washington Post." It was also on Monday's Washington Express which I saw it for the first time. I was quite apalled how many beloved pets were left behind after the federal authorities actually forced the owners to leave their pets behind when evacuate is a must. Click here - link to the ad.

Worse, although the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) guidelines on animal handling in a disaster were carefully crafted years ago in cooperation with PETA and other animal organizations, our government has evidently thrown them out the window, even going so far as to order citizens to abandon their animals under threat of arrest—animals who in many cases were considered members of the family and were all that these people had left."

"Telling these exasperated citizens of our country to abandon the animals they care for so deeply is, in fact, illegal. Chapter 14, Section 102.1(A)(1)(d) of Louisiana's Revised Statutes, for example, states that anyone who abandons an animal is guilty of the crime of cruelty to animals

"A Slidell resident offered her evacuators both her own wedding ring and her mother’s wedding ring in an attempt to gain permission to bring her dogs when she and her ill husband were rescued from a New Orleans hospital. The officials would not budge: She and her husband could only bring one item with them, and her husband, a liver transplant recipient, needed medicine to survive. Their dog was left behind to die."

Yes, there were animal protection agents, but they're sitting duck 'cuz our gov't failed to allow them during that time.

Ok, i understand that people comes first, but forcing their pets to leave behind? That's just plain mean. Even the officials were shooting dogs!

Wanna help animals? send complaints via internet: petition to our nation's chief. Have compassion for human beings AND animals.

my cousin & i met for lunch.

2005-09-13T20:09:00.000-04:00

My cousin, roland, transferred from Tulane (Lousiana) to GWU (DC). My partner and I met him for lunch. We enjoyed having conversation w/ him, and he'll be staying at my place for awhile.. until he find his place.

I sent email to my family for follow-ups:

hello...

I saw roland yesterday (tuesday) @ lunchtime. Mel and I met roland at GWU near metro area. He's overwhelmed w/ both home [New Orleans] and DC, but he's adjusting ok. He said he doesn't know DC well except commute from the place he stays to GWU. We went to Bertucci's (italian restaurant). Yum yum. He ordered chicken panini sandwich, mel ordered cheese ravoli, and I ordered sweet italian sausage & penne pasta w/ tomato sauce & green peppers. Tasted great. The seating area was filled with loud noise and a bunch of chatters everywhere. It puts me in very awkward position, and I was bit concerned how would Roland approach in our conversation. Fortunately, he's understanding guy. I barely manage listen to our conversation from here and there, so he writes any question down on paper few times. We chatted about how's things going in LA, GA, FLA with our families. Overall, I'm glad everybody's ok.

At first, he's welcome to stay at my place starting this wednesday, but then he just paged me recently. He plans to come over on Sunday instead.

alrighty then. hope y'all alright too. I think in few days or tomorrow - DC will have tropical storm from hurrican ophelia. yuk yuk yuk.

love always,
-jnell

noel

2005-09-06T20:55:00.000-04:00

Meet Noel. Sweet, tender, lovin' guy! I met him a year ago with my colleague from my college. My first impression was he looks so-o-o-o fragile. He's actually sweet, friendly guy. (i'm talking about Noel.) Anyway, this guy moved in mid-summer. Last weekend, mel & I pet-sat Noel. He behaved really well and got our attention throughout each day. Just simply LOTS of T.L.C. for him.

::cough, cough, COUGH! COUGH! cough!!:: dora, i'm gonna get u for this! heheh. I got a weird cold - a yucky goo coughing! 2 days ago, my friends & I were helping Noel's owner to move all his boxes, furnitures, and whatsnot. 9:30 am: friends arrived. 10 am: start moving stuff from truck to apartment. Dora planned to meet us at 11 am. She arrived at noon - "hi!" ::hugs:: She said something like, "Sorry, guys, I couldn't sleep well last nite. ::COUGH COUGH:: I got a cold." Ay yi yi! I just hugged her! I didn't realized i got this nasty cold from her until yesterday. ::sigh::

by da way, click any pic, leads to my photo site. if ya want pics in bigger & better quality, lemme know.

watch ur back!

Pray for N'awlins

2005-09-01T08:27:00.000-04:00

Hurricane Katrina ultimately crashed & flooded The Big Easy. The atmosphere is very peaceful & easy (completely opposite from the Big Apple). It's famous for their rich heritage, multi-culturalism, and on-going festivals: Jazz Festival, Food Festival, Mardi Gras, and so forth. Imagine that - a party spiritually filled with positive vibe @ the historical landmark area that is over 300 yrs old!

Seeing news updated via 'net & TV, it went from devastated to death to desperate help to fury. First, flood. 2nd, Stranded people who rode thru all the way. 3rd, many deaths or missing, maybe 1,000. 4th, rising looters (even MP had to keep control). 5th, chaos: refugees frustrated with transferring. This is a very difficult tragedy, possibly the worst natural disaster in USA.

I have relatives who lives in New Orleans, Louisiana. Last weekend, my parents from Georgia planned to see our relatives and follow their filipino customary: after 1 yr of mourning, celebrate & honor 1st anniversary of my grandfather's death. Last Saturday, my father contacted me, explaining our relatives joined my father to stay in Georgia. I'm relieved, yet I'm concerned about their homes. I'm glad they're a'right - that's counts the most.

My prayer for people who are in loss, not just in The Big Easy, but all over the world. Hang in there, N'awlins! Few years later, you'll be back on your feet & still rocking more than ever!

NJ: Aug 2005

2005-08-28T20:48:00.000-04:00

:::This golden retriever is named Bo. If you click at Bo, he'll take u to my photo album. FYI, some pics can't be seen unless u'r in my contact list under Flickr. Sorry for any inconvenience.::: Ah, took me almost forever to get my photos load up, and get it organized. It's done. It was quite a interesting trip, certainly not a vacation (unless one day at Sandy Hook Beach counts). I ain't gonna tell the WHOLE trip, but i'll give u a few "here and there". Beside, pictures already gave u 1,000 words. 'nuff said. Let's get started:

Danielle baked french fries for dinner. She's Mel's younger sister. I met her briefly 2 yrs ago, and she was a humble sweet person, but I finally got to know her few weeks ago. She's wonderful person. Of course, Mel and I teased her here and there, but she knew how to get back on us. There's younger brother named Adam. He grew TALL and he's only 14 yrs old from the start! He's Jimi Hendrix's fan, and he's learning to rock hard with his guitar. I also met their cute baby sister named Suzzanna. She had her 9th birthday last sunday. Happy Birthday, Su! Last, but not least, Mel's older sister, Nichole arrived from Morocco (doing Peace Corps) for surprise visit (mostly surprise her grandparents on their Golden Anniversary).

Back to dinner: pretty simple of american cuisine. Hamburgers, hot dogs, deli sandwiches. Breakfast served sometimes with bagel, english muffin, omlette eggs, and highlight of b-fast: pork rolls. The food is not all bad, except one night when their father served an asian cuisine. As the only asian chic under their house, I was NOT impressed. There isn't any soy sauce bottle or rice cooker in their house, but only stir fry cooker. He "stir-fried" chicken with various sauces (remember NO soy sauce), and he added Uncle Ben's teriyaki rice (which obviously Uncle Ben sucks). Chicken was okay, but the rice was too salty. I felt bad for the kids when asian food is served. Other night, Nichole, wants Mel to cook lasagna. Her siblings loves Mel's cooking.

Shoes, shoes, shoes. We spent about 2 or 3 days looking the right pairs of formal shoes to match gowns for Mrs. Christensen, Mel, and Danielle. We looked all over the stores at Paramus Park Mall, Garden State Mall, and Bergen State Mall. Paramus Park & Garden State are good malls. There are good stores in local area near Leonia, NJ. We're all prepping up for mel's grandparents' 50th Wedding Anniversary. I created the program booklet. Mel and I helped crafting little frames for tables in reception and few other things. The girls who were involved in the wedding had their nails done and their hair done beautifully.

Golden Wedding Anniversary of Mr. & Mrs. Reid was wonderful. Most of the family of Reid attended. The service was not long, compare to my previous experience with my grandparent's Golden Anniversary 15 yrs ago or so. The reception was entertaining, and the food was good. Roast beef, steamed vegetables, chickens, and fish are few things along in buffet section. Although frosting has too much sweet, the wedding cake was delicious. I think there were more than 65 people came to the reception. I met lots of people. DANCING is my fav. I danced, but not much because high heel shoes are not my thing to wear. Electric slide is fun choregraphy group dance, and everyone knows that. There's a new dancing pattern under hip-hop. At first, it was confusing, so I gave up and watched the rest of the people accomplish their task. Overall, I had a great time. I applaud Mrs. Christensen who made this event a success! by the way, to some reader, you're not able to see me and my partner in our whole dresses on my online album. Few have access to it while other don't. hee hee!

Post-wedding week was still busy, just without fancy clothes on. Last Wednesday, we went to Sandy Hook Beach, about 1 hr and half from Leonia, NJ. It has unbelievable soft sand, especially the shore cuz Rehoboth Beach in Delaware has small rough shells by the shore. It was hard for me to walk to the ocean. Sandy Hook has put an ease for my feet to walk to the shore. Perfect weather on that day too. ahhh, what a good day!

On the day before Mel and I depart back to DC, Mel and I joined mel's sisters to NYC. Looking at Columbia University and NYU, Danielle enjoyed her tour by her guide, Nichole! hee hee. Of course, who wouldn't leave without the taste of asian food? At lunch, We ate a place called Ollie's: Noodle Shop & Grille. I ordered pan-friend noodle with pork. It was good. For dinner, we joined with my sister, Jennifer in Gam Mee Ok (location: 43 W 32nd St) at Koreantown. She told me it has best soup, and she was right, it was good! Yum. While Danielle helped Nichole to get her shopping done before she go back to Morocco, Mel and I hang out with Jennifer We went to get bubble tea and gelato ice cream. I got me apple bubble tea. Hm, yum burp. Excuse me. giggle! At the pic - L to R: Jen, jNell, Dan, & N.

Will you LOOK at that?! A light up street sign. Only if we have our street sign like this in DC - it would be easy to read for all drivers. And attractive design! Hmm. Anyway, I'm done with this post for today. Whew alot. Be sure to check out my photo album. Everything's in there. Enjoy.

Leonia, NJ part II

2005-08-16T09:04:00.000-04:00

It's been 2 years since Nichole's graduation (NYU). Mel and I are visiting the home of Mel's family - preparing for next event: grandparent's 50th Anniversary. Lots of help needed here: shopping, crafting, printing, and of course, babysitting kind of. We're staying here for 2 wks (been here since last weekend). Mel's mom is stressed out with so many things. She's glad that we're here to save the day ..er.. week (that's more like it). Mel and I were teasing Danielle (mel's sister) and Adam (mel's brother), i.e. I called danielle via cellphone - she answered it w/o realizing it's me across the room. Heh heh. Alas, she got her revenge on me: changing my cellphone display w/ a whole new look, including changing from english to spanish language. ::simle:: A good laugh to have in this kind of crisis. hee hee.

hmm...good morning. we have lots to do. ::yawn:: I just checked my email and few other things online. Gotta chew some bfast!

rent

2005-08-09T13:04:00.000-04:00

gasp!! ::jumping up & down:: giddy! I'm so excited!! It's a MUST SEE on 11.23.05! My partner and I are definitely looking forward to see a movie version of RENT. We're huge fans of broadway version of RENT. For those who live in NYC, LA, or Toronto - you'll see it on 11.11.05. lucky you. Hm, maybe we can go to NYC. hee hee!

click on the image or the title - it goes to RENT's movie site

rehoboth beach

2005-08-08T14:15:00.000-04:00

Click on my "wave" picture - it will lead to my photo album. My friends and I had a quick getaway to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware last weekend. We had a wonderful time. We relaxed on the beach, swam in the ocean, and got drunk @ nightclub (not me, actually, but others were wild!).

We had 3 hours drive from my friend's house in MD to Rehoboth beach, DE. It was exhausting ride, but we were definitely looking forward to see the ocean view. By the time we arrived there in the morning, the weather was a bit dim, but not disappointing. It had a warmth breeze with many clouds, not a sight of sun. In the ocean, water was chilling! Fortunately, the sun came out in the afternoon. It was shining on us. VERY HAWT. Rest of the day made us swam in cooling water, threw frisbee back & forth, and our bodies received a darker shade. At the end of the day, we went to our hotel to refresh ourselves for evening fun at the bar called Double L bar. The atmosphere were mixed bit smoky We met many friends - caught up with plenty of news, and shared laughter of fun stories.

At first, the next day was extremely hot. To stay cool, I hang out inside a local cafe at Rehoboth Beach's Boardwalk. I also had a hot tea while my partner took coffee as her morning drink. We chatted with a friend named Cappy, getting to know her. She's a wonderful person. Suddenly, the sun hid in the clouds. We walked out to boardwalk, and hang out at gazebo with another friend, Lei. The rest of the gang were having a good time at the beach. Lunch came, so we had our growling stomach be filled with pizza and salad at this popular pizza restaurant called Grotto Pizza. Yum. Out of blue, a pouring rain came like a waterfall invaded Rehoboth. Thankfully, after lunch, it faded away. We rushed out of the restaurant and into the car, avoiding little rain. From there, we departed Rehoboth Beach to go back to Washington DC.

sadness

2005-07-29T22:10:00.000-04:00

Too Late
Originally uploaded by aarthyr.

... in honor to all beloved ones ... this is a wonderful photo for this week. A tough week for me. Impacted me the most. Last week, my uncle has terminal cancer, so my mom flew to her country to see him. This week, my father emailed me that my grandma has passed away. Just yesterday, my best friend's father was gone. I never knew how much it can filled my heart with grief. overloaded. There was more than just death: confusion. It made me withdraw a bit further. Harder to define one to accept oneself. Or whatever that means. I don't even know if that makes sense to you. Like my father wrote "2 things unavoidable: death and taxes." Yes, to accept death is a way nature goes, but cheating or forcing death in one's life? that doesn't feel right.

I'm gonna get some sleep early to depart 4 am - a long ride from Georgia to Louisiana - attending funeral this weekend.

reverse day

2005-07-21T21:43:00.000-04:00

nice "reverse day" to go for a ride. This week had been a bit busy week for me. I had friends visiting from NYC. We spent few days together 'round DC. It was been jolly, good fun w/ them. Moreover, RAD's conference started this week. Awfully fasinating. I saw so many friends, colleagues, acquaintances - old and new - from far & close by. Amazing how time flew with their whereabouts. Somehow, my sweetie and i had a brief opportunity to check out inside one of conference rooms at grand hyatt hotel. While I applauded to hard, dedicated workers @ RAD, I had no motivation to access to these places by its cost. Perhaps, I will be pleased to check out in future conference few years from now.

One nite, IDL presented their pride without costing us any fee except drinks at the bar, of course. We were wooed introducing their top-notch Blue Americans of IDL. I learned a few here and there. wonderful time. We didn't stay very long though. It was the last nite before my friends go back to NYC.

One last thing, I took this pic above - set it to negative effect on my digicam. It was late nite 11 pm. I was riding with friends - on the way to an apt of dte. pretty groovy. Then my one of my guests got really nasty aHH-CHoo! due to allergy to cats. yuk. bless u. We had to cut our time with dte. Got back 1 am. Catch up more chat. Hit the zzz. Next morning, I cooked bfast, and off they go back to NYC.

the big C

2005-07-18T01:07:00.000-04:00

below, I wrote an email to my father right after he explained that my mom flew to her country - just to visit her brother. My uncle has a terminal cancer. Few months ago, my father and I happened to chat about my uncle. In some way, my father (since he's a doc) knew somehow his smoking habits would lead to this. Uncle "G" is a good man, and a good father. Retired from the military.

Hi dad,

This morning, I got mom's txt msg in my cell - she's on her way to [her country]. I called her immediately, but it ended up a voice mail. I hope mom's safe with her journey. Mom told me to check up on you and "J". So, I'll do that.

i felt sorry about Uncle "G". I'm glad that mom is able to have an opportunity to see her brother. I hope G's family is okay - tita "r", kuya "j", ate "g", ate "b", kuya "b." I agreed with you based on how life is, unavoidable things, and so forth. Once in a while, I look up in the sky - see how beautiful blue color that God created. It's there, but did anyone really notice it? It is amazing how easily I (or people) can forget to take moment of peace. looking up the sky helps.

If mom call u from [her country], let her know that Uncle G and his family in my prayers.

On a happy note, I'm glad you're getting ahead of tech stuff, and mom haven't lose her computer game skills. I'll be happy to come next month to help few things about power point - and see you all. Anyway, I'm doing good and thanks as always.

love always.

Life is beautiful. We cannot take it for granted.

blugg

2005-07-12T17:32:00.000-04:00

say blog! ::blugg!::
i took this pic with my digicam.
that's right: waterproof digicam.
::wink!::

transgender crab!

2005-07-10T23:37:00.000-04:00

Wrong choice of word "transgender," but got ur attention. Actually, "bilateral gynandromorph" means "split between two genders - with its right side female and its left side male." i'm serious! It was found right in MD!

daruma

2005-07-10T13:32:00.000-04:00

yummy. My friends and I went to Daruma's Japanese grocery store. Daruma also serve lunch @ counter as well.

I looked at a big menu which posted up across the counter. Placed my order to a very nice clerk. She's friendly, and eager to learn sign language. A friend of mine taught her few signs. Another employee follow up as well. Way cool. I thank them, and respectfully bow my head as a japanese way of greeting. I went ahead to sit by the window, where the rest of my friends are. 2 mins later, food arrived. fast service I ordered pork cutlet w/ boiled egg and onion - topped it on bowl of rice. Final topping: seaweed. Yum. On the side is asian pickles. Interesting flavor - it has a bit of tang and kosher pickles at the same time. um hmmm. oh. wow. Overall: Delightful taste!

This place is located in Bethseda, MD. It's well-hidden in some way. If ya'll know where's MacUpgrades store, then Daruma is right next to it! It has tons of good stuff- soy sauce, rice, drinks, fruits, vegetables, meat section, freezer foods, dessert -mochi!- , candies, and many more. The pix on the right: big tuna. Ooh, I forgot an additonal bonus: imported movies from Japan. Amine, drama, action, thriller, comedy and horror. Horror? Yup definitely. Not HUGE place, but it's an awesome store.

Actually, there is another place that's actually a restaurant (not grocery). It's called Temari Cafe. I went there few years ago, and it definitely has a real japanese food. Not "sushi" bar or where chef entertains a hot tricks in front of seated customer. Temari Cafe is located in Rockville, MD. I like to go there again.

"Attention shoppers, we are closing in 10 mins. Please plan accordingly." Ooh, time to go! Buh bye.

blognosy

2005-07-08T23:19:00.000-04:00

it's amazing how this little thing called blog can actually let me hunt on innocent preys. ::evil sneer:: mwahhahahahaaa! ok, it could be wrong to be nosy, but think about it -- if it's on the web, it's out there in public. Like a public library. ANYone can access to anything, even triple x.

few days ago, I checked out the site: happy hour deaf professional hour. Impressive site since i came to DC few years ago. I hang out there once in a while, but other things get in my way. Anyway, I just happen to peek elsewhere on that site. then it comes to a colleague of mine back in RIT, his blog:the great american novel. nosy nosy nosy, then hits me to this one: soaring panda - another dear sweet person. Fascinating how blogs get in our way. What is it? Creating personal website just doesn't cut it, but ah, personal "diary" site aka blog does care to everyone. TRENDY.

Now, for those of u see ur site linked to mine: forgive me, but it's a great way to expand ur network, eh? Nevertheless, I just wanna be proud of youse. If you want me to link ur site on my "attached" section, let me know, I be happy to! Just click "BLOG ME OUT" at the bottom of my post section.

concluding: pray for londoners. for they must have strength & overcome against evil doers.

limitation

2005-07-05T23:12:00.000-04:00

updating / revising this whole looks took me awhile. I had to brush up my html lang skillz here. As u can see, I change my conception of my bloglife; added "personal profile" (not like it's gonna be real personal); change the typeface's size here and there; oh, and i finally add my first image on my blog. Looks like i'll add more photo in the future, but we'll see abt that. Loading up pics from dial-up modem can be a pain in the neck. ::sigh:: i was spoiled with net's speed - back in my college days, but I'm used to dial-up anyway.

limitation sucks the heck out of me. I'm using safari browser on my sweet Alum_PB laptop, which is fine. However, "editing" on blogger prevented me to be bit creative here and there (yet, i keep my eyes peeled to find loopy holes). Few supported browsers offered to my Alum_PB, but I hate downloading, especially i'm using dial-up modem. Eventually, I'll give-in & go ahead with downloading 26 mb of one tiny browser program into my Alum_PB ... or not. Moving on....

Happy 229th Birthday, USA. Our young mom country has been thru so much -- boston tea party, civil war, immigration, womyn's right, industrial era, out-of-USA hefty wars, civil rights, hippies' times, BC, disco era, oil spills, AIDS, DPN, pop culture, slackers, dot com bust, gay marriage rights, and... well... MORE..

Before I end my post here, I leave u a speech from former prez of US in July 4, 1996:
"Today we are living through another period of profound and historic change: change in the way we work, the way we live, the way we relate to one another and to the rest of the world. But the truths set down in our Declaration of Independence are immutable, and they continue to light our path into the challenges and possibilities of the future. Equality, individual rights, life, freedom, opportunity: we still cherish these values, and we must continue to reaffirm them daily."

answer to monday, june 27, 2005

2005-07-05T22:48:00.000-04:00

pool filled with beach balls!

2005-06-30T12:02:00.000-04:00

gasp! what a fun! my sister sent me a link to check out her fun times at "expo"-ish place. I bet she hasn't jump into that pile of beach ball in the pool. dare? hee hee!

look, ma! no hands!

2005-06-27T10:18:00.000-04:00

guess what? no nav bar on the top of my blog! curious??? "comment" me.

just a day late

2005-06-15T22:47:00.000-04:00

dang it! I'm one day late.

Pretty much lotsa news up and down and about. Few weeks ago, I visit my parent in Georgia. Helping my mom around the house while she recovers from surgery. It's not bad. Clean house, do errands, cooking... pretty much basic stuff. Had heart-to-heart from my brother to my mom, and then my dad.

Last weekend was a blast - PRIDE weekend in DC. Friday nite, we went to gay bar called Green Lantern. There was a Deaf event - fundraising for a RAD conference later in July. Great to see old friends as well as new friends. Plus I had jello shots with Alex! Helluva fun challenging with alex. Got back home by 3 am, but NOPE I didn't get drunk. Sorry, u bad asses out there - missed a chance to see me that way. lol.

Saturday afternoon, we hang out with my old friend (Bridget) from my college. Moreover, more deafies around so pretty much we end up a LARGE group at 17th St NW & Q st. (close to Dupont Circle) for our eyes to peel at Pride Parade. Pretty long, but it was nice. Then we bumped to more friends - another college friend of mine (Kel) who just moved from Georgia to DC ... for good!! LOL kidding.

Sunday - hottest day ever - PRIDE FESTIVAL. Once again, my partner and I went to volunteer (with a great sponsor t-shirt!) - for few hours as a greeter. We went from noon to 6 pm and we had a great time meeting so many people. We checked out booths - collected some freebies and etc. It was quite a hot day, and dang- bit of sunburn on my shoulders. Oy, thank goodness for Banta (aloe vera gel) - helps cool my skin. Ahhhh.

This weekend, lotsa to do - my sweetie and I are going to volunteer @ Pride of Pets (fun award show) hosted by Pets-DC on Saturday. Sunday will be Baltimore Pride @ MD.

Oh, i didn't pass my license exam. NOW, i gotta do bettah!

missing

2005-05-10T09:46:00.000-04:00

Past 2 months, I missed my chance to blog. This weekend, my sweetie and i will be out of town, so i ought to grab my chance to blog before it's too late. I need to keep up with my philosophy in blog world.

Past 2 month, barely breathing naturally in pollen invasion ::sneeze!:: yet i used that allergy pill. Unfortunately, that pill makes me drowsy - barely keep my brain up.

This month's busy for me - being out-of-towner last weekend and this coming weekend; study, study, study -> got me exam to pass it!; and work, work, work. Yesterday, I was brushing up my email duty. Gladly, clients & pals gradually (if not immediately) response to my mail.

Speaking of out-of-towner, my sweetie and i went to NYC - watch my sister's MFA thesis reading & meet the rest of my family. First, we stayed one nite at my old colleague's apt in NJ. Nice homey place, but snoopy (partner's pekingese) was a meanie barker. ARF ARF ARF!

Then comes family time. My partner was nervous meeting them, but my mom expressed kindly - it helps ease my partner to greet and talk to the family. My father was down-to-earth, yet he doesn't talk much - laid back, i guess. My brother is a good kind brother to meet. Before we meet my family, we met my sister first at her lovely loft. She greeted us especially she hugs me and show her silly, usual "bump-cheek-to-cheek-long-rockin-hug." Ha-ha, but she's fun.

MFA thesis reading was lo-o-ong. It started at 7 pm and ended late 11 pm. Good thing, there was 2 intermissions. I thanked my sister for requesting ASL interpreters. Although reading & poetry were bit difficult, interpreters pretty much keep up with it.

Now, when it comes to meal time, mostly filipino restaurants were selected. Can't remember the names of food cuz it's in tagalog or i just plainly can't remmy. Great food tho! I got my "once-in-blue-moon" dessert: halo-halo. Yum. Then there's Katz's: "Where Harry met Sally" scene shows full of sexy "OHH-oooHH-OoOoOhhhh."

I'm glad it turns out well with everything. Except for bagels. We wanted to grab NYC bagels before we hit back to DC, but we ran out of time. argh. Next time.

2005-04-14T00:00:00.000-04:00

see May 10, 2005

2005-03-14T00:00:00.000-05:00

see April 14, 2005

brainy

2005-02-28T00:30:00.000-05:00

cool.

Your Brain is 46.67% Female, 53.33% Male

Your brain is a healthy mix of male and female
You are both sensitive and savvy
Rational and reasonable, you tend to keep level headed
But you also tend to wear your heart on your sleeve

What Gender Is Your Brain?

V day 2005

2005-02-14T12:18:00.000-05:00

Happy Valentine's Day! Last Friday, my dear love took me out to Baltimore. Despite the chilly, windy weather, I had a wonderful time. We went to National Aquarium - wonderful sightseeing all various kinds of fish. Also, we watched the dolphin show. It's amazing to see how intellectual they are. Saturday, my college friend, Dora, took me and my hunny to her place, and she made a wonderful dinner. Yummy strawberry cake too! Meanwhile, I met her roomie's pets: 3 cats and a boston terrier - that dog is so adorable and playful! I have yet to own one... maybe daschund, beagle, or any cute terrier. Today, my sweetheart and I will be going out on classic date: eat at a restaurant and watchh a movie. Everyone, have a happy heart day.

x-mas

2005-01-21T09:21:00.000-05:00

Li'l late for the 14th, eh? well, no matter then. At least i'm doing this once a month.

I got back from my hometown in Georgia, and it was an interesting experience. After one year staying in DC, going back to Georgia with my family has been awkward position for me. Don't get me wrong: I do love my family. The way we communicating and expressing our thoughts has been quite not so-normail with average familiy. Then again, no families are the same. So anyway, spending a holiday with them has been nice lately. We're working it out.

Christmas was fun. No trees tho, but nice Christmas spirits. At least we tried. We went out to few great restaurants: brazilian restaurant was pretty too much food for me; thai and chinese place are usual place to go for us; Po' Folks - classic southern food - yum, and many more. I had great gifts from my family. Some clothes, books, massage items, and many more. I flew back to DC to spend a nice quiet new year's eve celebration with my honey. It was great to see her once again. Very comforting.

Next month will be special for me. It's gonna be 2 yrs anniversary of date --- wow. Amazing how time flies. We're getting through alot of things right now and i wanted to start good and fresh with my life with my partner. Our lives together. Alot of long roads ahead, but we're looking up and ready to go through the bad ones.

Lots to do then.

turkey on the move

2004-12-14T11:51:00.000-05:00

I missed november 14. My bad. I had a wonderful thanksgiving holiday with my partner. She was a great cook... and still is. At the same time, we were packing and moving our stuff to new place. What a perfect timing. yuck. Eventually, we moved. It's all good. We painted, we cleaned, we moved BIG stuff. Our crib rocks!

So now it's December, and pretty much everything is almost done in our apartment. Almost settled. My sweetie is almost done with her school, and we'll have quiet, yet fun time together before we go apart temporarily for the holiday. I'm going to Georgia to spend time with family while she goes to NJ to see hers. Well, that's about it... wish y'all a happy holidays and new year! 2005, here we come!

changing blog idea

2004-10-15T13:00:00.000-04:00

if you notice, i change my subtitle "bloglife on 14th day of month." I'm not much of a blogger everyday or something, so why not i keep commited to it every 14th day in each month? good idea. good start tho. Who knows, i might change it again. and again. Then again, i'm keeping committed to it. So on every 14th day, I'll update new and whatsnot. Here goes:

I missed writing blog yesterday, so I guess i'm considering oct 15 is close enough. Next time, new post will be on the 14th. I got my certification as massage therapy from national institute massage therapy. it's been great learning experience for me, and i hope to get a job related to massage therapy soon. right now, i'm currently studying for national certification exam: if i pass it, i'll qualify as licensed massage therapist "nationally." Hopefully i get my license soon in DC.

my partner is back in school, and she's aiming to grab her degree! she's been a wonderful person to me, and still is. every. single. day. I just love her.

It's halloween month, so on the 31st day, my babe and i will have some fun with friends at GT. I'll be dressing up as "drag" king -- but not really royal king, just dressing up to be male gender for a day. I got my suit - it's real good suit. I just can't wait to put it on and dress like one. hee hee. I'll bring my digicam, so you'll see that next month. My hunny will be dressing up as today's detective. NY-er, i bet. So tonite, my friend, my babe, and i will go out for halloween shopping. We need to buy some stuff.

alright, i guess that's short news for now. Until then, see you next 14th.

flexcar

2004-05-06T15:47:00.000-04:00

i'm a member of flexcar since september 2003. Fasinating system: "rent" car by hour whenever i need it without going thru paper "hassle" thing-y. Car locations are pretty much anywhere near metrorail in Washington DC metro. Kind of like "car-sharing" & saves me $$$. it includes maintenance, gas, insurance and 10 free miles. I use it mostly for food shopping or visiting friends. there's another competitor -- zipcar: fancy fun car, but higher price. So, whoever wants to be a flexcar member, be sure to mention me as your referral!

anyway, today's pretty good day.. sunny... :achoo!: forgot to take "special medicine" today. I can't wait to get into a nice cool swimming pool on a hot sunny day... pool will open later this month. "Tends to open around memorial day," said my sweetie. Alright, have patience.

last nite, I went to 24 hrs laundromat to wash my honey's BIG THICK blanket with few other things. after laundry, my sweetie and I went to IHOP: eat some goodie goodie food. Next was food shopping.. not much, but enough to satisfied for awhile.

so... drive on!

spring

2004-05-02T17:56:00.000-04:00

the spring comes and the day is beautiful. unfortunately, pollen are high. ::ah-CHOO!:: sniff. artjamac takes a special medicine that prevents pollen or any other spring allergies invading her territory. ::sluurrp...gulp:: ahhh... nothing like a cup of cold wa-wa glidng down into her body with a "special medicine." artjamac went with her sweetie and her roomie to eastern market. It also appears to be 41st annual market day. it's some kind of festival slash flea market slash food booths -- all at once. Really, the purpose of going there is to get a bunch of cheap meats. high quality, but cheap price. artjamac supports local merchants and artists. It's always wonderful to help with this li'l community. what a wonderful day.

blog is born

2004-05-01T20:37:00.000-04:00

Testing.... I'm just making sure a life of artjamac has just begin right on this blogger spot.