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| 1. ONE OF YOUR SCARS, HOW DID YOU GET IT?
i cracked my head open while diving in montana. luckily i was with a surgeon who glued my head and weaved my fine asian hair together.
2. WHAT DO YOU WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING RIGHT NOW?
wellness and health for myself and my family.
3. WHAT DO YOU MISS?
nothing really. im pretty present to where im at right now.
4. HOW TALL ARE YOU?
5'9" but on stage im ten feet tall!!!
5. DO YOU GET CLAUSTROPHOBIC?
no, but i just met someone who is and i heard the cutest story about a kayak.
6. DO YOU GET SCARED IN THE DARK?
no, just clumsy.
7. THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
i was saying hello to people i hadnt seen in a year. made me think of drama school and i lost it.
8. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PERFUME FOR A BOY?
im pretty indifferent to perfume and cologne. if you tend to marinate in it, id prefer you leave it. ive been known to have a dog's sense of smell and i like knowing how someone smells, like their fingerprints.
9. WHAT KIND OF HAIR/EYE COLOR DO YOU LIKE ON THE OPPOSITE/SAME SEX?
i like contrasts. black hair? a bright blue or green is striking. hazel and grey with anything tends to be dramatic. i dig how this survey isnt too heterocentric.
10. WHERE CAN YOU SEE YOURSELF PROPOSING/ BEING PROPOSED TO?
no idea. i just want to be surprised. cliches create suspense and i dont do suspense.
11. COFFEE OR ENERGY DRINK?
maybe it's my spanish blood, collegiate nostalgia or my insomnia...but i love the smell and taste of coffee.
12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PIZZA?
i never found a good pie on nyc, but in delaware i loved the fresh mozz at peace-a-pizza and whatever was made at la strada in jersey.
13. HAVE YOU EVER BROKEN A BONE?
i broke my left wrist square dancing. i still blame josh goodman for goofing off during the do-si-do.
14. HAVE YOU EVER EATEN A GOLDFISH?
no and im not too curious about it either.
15. DO YOU LIKE ANYBODY?
surprisingly no, because i crush like nobody's business.
16. ARE YOU DOUBLE JOINTED?
very.
17. FLIP FLOPS OR SNEAKERS?
flip-flops. im a flat-footed coconut tree-climbing filipino with size twelve and a half flippers. buying sneakers suck.
18. DO YOU HAVE A PET RIGHT NOW?
no. i go to my sister and her hubby's house for my pet fix. i really miss my pig.
19. WOULD YOU FALL IN LOVE KNOWING THAT THE PERSON IS GOING TO LEAVE YOU?
yeah. i dont like regrets or missed opportunities. i can deal with heartache.
20. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO TELL SOMEONE HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO YOU?
i tell them. i have also been known to bake.
21. WHAT ANNOYS YOU MOST ON Facebook?
i dont like recruiting people for an application just to see what kind of disney princess i am. if you have to take a quiz to find out what kind of kisser you are, i think you owe yourself some exploration.
22. HAVE YOU BEEN OUT OF THE USA?
mexico, canada, philippines, spain, uk, germany. my parents said i went to a bunch of countries when i was little but i forget which ones.
23. YOUR WEAKNESSES?
ive become a man of appetities: food, sex, impulse, boredom. i kinda dig it, but i get in trouble at times.
24. FIRST JOB?
i was a database manager at what was once called mci. dont like cubicles.
25. EVER DONE A PRANK CALL?
yeah. i get bored. i almost got fired a couple times. once someone got so freaked out by one of my prank calls and completely missed the joke that he rushed over to the artistic director in crisis mode before i had a chance to stop him....silly appalachian folk.
26. WHAT WERE YOU DOING BEFORE YOU FILLED THIS OUT?
i was watching an episode of felicity after she cut her hair.
27. WHAT DO YOU GET COMPLIMENTED ABOUT MOST?
my smile. my eyes. when i was waiting tables a "sex & the city" wannabe group complimented my eyebrows and told me they were jealous. i felt pretty.
28. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
i used to be afraid of asparagus, but i nixed that. i dont have any pressing fears but im sure some will come up.
29. WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY?
i just want to be around people i love. i have been so lucky to have that at every birthday.
30. HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU WANT?
if kids ever enter the equation...at least three.
31. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
no.
32. DO YOU WISH ON STARS?
no.
33. ANY BAD HABITS?
i bounce my leg a lot. i have some funny habits when i sleep.
34. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS?
totally. im a good friend and i think im cool.
35. HAVE YOU BEEN THE "OTHER PERSON" IN A RELATIONSHIP?
wow. i think so.
36. DO LOOKS MATTER?
they do. this opens up so much. the word "looks" begs for further distinction with me. i respond to beauty. when someone is awake to beauty in themselves and others, then it shows externally. some people exude an energy that accentuates their appearance. when someone has a beaming smile, a twinkle in the eye, a dashing, sweeping quality in their hair or a touch of panache about the chin or nose that is from the looks department. those things matter.
37. HOW DO YOU RELEASE ANGER?
you will know it when you see it. i hear its quite comical.
38. WHERE IS YOUR SECOND HOME?
im too nomadic to have an answer.
39. ARE YOU FOR GAY RIGHTS?
yes. it's equality. that's it.
40. MASHED POTATOES OR MACARONI AND CHEESE?
ooh i make both really well. i guess mashed potatoes. one christmas we had prime rib and i made a horseradish mash. wasabi or roasted garlic is good too. last christmas we had roasted lamb and it went perfectly with machego mac n cheese and bacon.
41. WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A GUY/GIRL?
kindness. openness. an attractive smile.
42. WHAT WAS YOUR ACT SAT SCORE?
i honestly dont remember my high school numbers that well, which is funny because i was so obsessed about it when i was playing the "college" game in high school. my act's were like thirty something, my sat's were good but i did better on my sat ii's i got at least 700s on the three.
43. WHATS THE FASTEST YOU HAVE GONE IN A CAR?
just under 100.
44. LAST THING YOU DRANK?
water.
45. HAVE YOU EVER CHEATED ON A TEST?
no.
46. WHAT IS YOUR EYE COLOR?
brown.
47. YOU LIKE SUSHI?
is the sky blue?
48. FAVORITE HOLIDAYS?
thanksgiving. autumn is my favorite season.
49. PLAY ANY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS?
im a trombone drop-out. however i am a whistling champion and i like to think i play the harmonica well when im toasted.
50. Hugs or kisses?
dont make me choose. ever.
BONUS! WHAT KIND OF CAR DO YOU DRIVE?
since im home, ive been driving a forerunner and compromising all my beliefs. on the east coast 96 toyota camry and i are pals.
BONUS! DESCRIBE YOUR LOVE LIFE.
you nosy sonuvabitch.
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| im growing a uterus.
ok i'll talk about that in a second.
so the other day i was in the bookstore looking for something to give my six year old niece. she was graduating from kindergarten and she was very excited (she asked to have her hair curled). i love giving books to children. when people gave books to me i took it for granted. i never appreciated it in the moment. but books were seed-presents. i would rediscover books days sometimes years afterward and it would be magical. my nieces love reading and i now appreciate books so it works out. i think everyone should visit the children's section from time to time. i hate using terms like this, but you really reconnect with your "inner child" or "child-self". since drama school training where we learned to free our voices and bodies like children do, i embrace this endlessly. but i found books i loved reading as a child. i found that authors i admire are still making books and i see their growth and message. i see books that take on another meaning now that im at a certain stage of adulthood and realize there is so much wisdom waiting to blossom in children's literature.
dr. seuss is amazing.
curious george is my hero.
shel silverstein blows my mind.
my sister gave me "oh, the places you'll go" when i graduated high school. i carry it with me everywhere i go. i was debating whether i should give it to my niece now or later. then i saw "curious you: on your way!" and it was so profound. i saw other parents doing the same thing i was...introducing their children to books, but secretly letting their self-child out to explore. i love book stores.
so back to my uterus.
i love felicity. it was a beautiful show. absolutely brilliant.
i discovered it right when it was closing and regretted not watching it.
then they were showing on the we network but they stopped. i wrote them a letter and they wrote me back assuming i was a girl.
felicity knows no gender....but it was on we so that's why i say im growing a uterus.
so my friend lent me seasons 1-2 and im turning into a little freshman. not just a freshman...but a giggling dork who blushes while watching the show. i seriously have to pause to to laugh into my pillow or take a moment to walk around the house because felicity just went through something humiliating or did something that i would never have the courage to do. felicity is like the books. i dont think i would have appreciated it as much then, but it tugs at this nostalgic part of my life where we had the luxury of dealing with college drama or sometimes it reminds me of some of my own dreams and wishes. i wish i had a boggle kissing scene. who doesn't want fight and kiss in the rain? so im watching the episode where felicity and ben were mugged and they deal with the event together. one night felicity and ben can't sleep, so they stay up all night carving pumpkins. they are so cute. i had to take a break from their cuteness and decided to write in my blog. now im ready to see where the plot goes.
im at home doing the dorkiest things and it feels so good. | | |
| i am so in the burbs.
tomorrow i wake up uber early to watch my niece's kindergarten graduation. after shopping around the grove, i chose a gym. i went to the small neighborhood gym that reminded me of the one i trained in during grad school. i could have joined the three level gold's gym...but why?!?! it was way too fancy, it had computerized lockers that took a retinal scan, it had wi-fi, classes that i would never make, tv's on every machine. what happened to just get in, work, get out?!?! gold's gym had this really well rehearsed sales scheme that was soooo annoying!! you dont need to spend 7 minutes telling me how great your tanning salon is if im a brown ass mudapuka! "is this our new member?!?!?"
no fuck off.
so yeah i went to this cool gym: it's clean, open 24 hours, all the machines i need and i won't have to wait for a machine.
the gym couldn't have come at a better time because i have been doing some serious eating since my last leg in jersey and it was time.
so i am just loving "so you think you can dance"!
i have yet to see if this season is better than the others but i am just loving chelsie hightower and mark kanemura. it seems like the favorites are katee shean and joshua allen. they are good, but i think the judges get the "spirit" live while i dont get it as much on tv. plus mark and chelsie are a solid couple, a bit underdoggish but i hope they keep peaking each week.
i had a starbuck conversation with a certain brazilian before i left new york. we shared this secret that we both secretly wished we were dancers. it was so cute, so emotional and so silly for the outsider but i totally understood. she realized she wasnt the dancer she thought she was and im thick with big flat feet. i want my flexibility to come back. that's the journey while im home.
gotta get some sleep, have a niece to cheer for tomorrow. | | |
| im being held hostage in my room.
it is 2:54 am.
i am not allowed to leave my room because my mother decided to plop herself down and not let me leave.
she won't let me leave because she is convinced that my lolo's (grandfather) ghost is in the house.
my mother is praying out loud in two languages to God and lolo as i write this because i have nothing else to do but sit.
every few seconds she stops and tells me to join her in prayer and talk to him.
i so don't do that.
im trying not to shake my chair with the church giggles.
my mother was sitting alone in the family room in her rocking chair and the fat ass flat screen turned on by itself.
so as im about to change into my pj's...my mother comes into my room to tell me that my lolo is in the house.
so dramatic.
my contacts are so dry and my face can fry spam.
my mom has now decided that she will not leave my room and is now fluffling a pillow to sleep.
im telling my mom to go to her bed but this aquamarine moo moo will not budge.
now im more tired than tickled and damnit she fell asleep.
maybe if i leave now i can make a quick trip to the bathroom.
she just woke up and now wants me to wake up my dad. she's really scared.
urgh. if ghosts are for real, i dont think my lolo would be so dramatic...knowing how my mom is about these things. | | |
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