Shapes and colors make me happy.
I like abstract paintings. I like Picasso. I like solid colors - blue, red, yellow, green and orange. Sometimes I like neon. I like geometric lines and shapes. I'm particularly fascinated with squares. Not so much with waves and unclosed curves. I don't like Baroque-inspired designs. I don't like paintings of the Madonna and Child, farmers in the field, flowers in vases, and fruits in baskets. They hurt my eyes.
I.AM.SAM
Name::xam From::Metro Manila, Philippines
i'm a pirate at heart. i'm smart, ruthless and greedy. yesterday i navigated the seas and my comrades died in battle. today i am trapped in davy jones' locker. but tomorrow i will find gold, i will be free and i will roam the seas again. Learn more about Sam
"I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge
That myth is more potent than history.
I believe that dreams are more powerful than facts -
That laughter is the only cure for grief.
And I believe that love is stronger than death."
~Robert Fulghum, It Was On Fire When I Laid Down On It
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You Belong to Me
See the pyramids around the Nile
Watch the sun rise
From the tropic isle
Just remember darling
All the while
You belong to me
See the market place
In old Algiers
Send me photographs and souvenirs
Just remember
When a dream appears
You belong to me
And I'll be so alone without you
Maybe you'll be lonesome too
Fly the ocean
In a silver plane
See the jungle
When it's wet with rain
Just remember till
You're home again
You belong to me
Oh I'll be so alone without you
Maybe you'll be lonesome too
Fly the ocean
In a silver plane
See the jungle
When it's wet with rain
Just remember till
You're home again
You belong to me
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What's Up
Twenty - five years and my life is still
Trying to get up that great big hill of hope
For a destination
And I realized quickly when I knew I should
That the world was made up of this brotherhood of man
For whatever that means
And so I cry sometimes
When I'm lying in bed
Just to get it all out
What's in my head
And I am feeling a little peculiar
And so I wake in the morning
And I step outside
And I take a deep breath and I get real high
And I scream at the top of my lungs
What's going on?
And I say, hey hey hey hey
I said hey, what's going on?
Ooh, ooh ooh
And I try, oh my god do I try
I try all the time, in this institution
And I pray, oh my god do I pray
I pray every single day
For a revolution
And so I cry sometimes
When I'm lying in bed
Just to get it all out
What's in my head
And I am feeling a little peculiar
And so I wake in the morning
And I step outside
And I take a deep breath and I get real high
And I scream at the top of my lungs
What's going on?
And I say, hey hey hey hey
I said hey, what's going on?
Twenty - five years and my life is still
Trying to get up that great big hill of hope
For a destination
I don't know what I am right now. A volcano, maybe. Spilling out hot lava every two minutes. Or a pit bull.
Left and right, I'm snapping at everyone who deserves it. Yeah, yeah. The warrior in me has struck again. I'm not holding back on anyone. Temper on the loose, and no time to calm down.
Wreaking havoc, that's the term.
WALANG SINASANTO. That's another way of saying it.
I don't know if I'm on the verge of a nervous breakdown, or I HAVE BROKE DOWN.
I'm picking at rich people now.
Last week, and last night, I picked on the owner of an agency.
This afternoon, I picked on one of the top 100 businesswomen in Cagayan De Oro City. Shrewd businesswoman. Scrupulous. Mary Gaisano, the known BLOODY Mary Gaisano, doesn't want to do business with this woman. This woman, well, she raises hell. Known among the rich Chinese businessmen here in CDO. Most people don't wanna do business with her. You won't get anything out of it. She makes millions out of 1 peso. The Epitome of a Chinese Businessman, only she's a woman, so she has that spunk and mood swings and raging hormones most women have.
This woman phoned me. I missed it. Then she texted me after a minute of not getting through. I didn't get to reply, I was driving. I tried calling her. The line was busy. Finally, she got through. Demanded why I was not answering her calls, not reacting to her text messages. Then a stream of rantings, demands, and so on. That was it. I snapped. Our relationship is indirect. I'm not her employee. She's not my boss. She's not my customer. We're in a transition period. I'm turning over part of my district to her. During this honeymoon period, she avails of my services FOR FREE. She gets something out of me, I don't get anything from her. A win-lose situation. And she's forcing me to choose her, to be on the losing end, when I have the choice to win elsewhere. Conflict of interest, that's what you call it when you're being diplomatic. I call it CONFLICT. Period.
"I didn't hear" - that's why I didn't get to answer her call "I was just calling you, the line was busy"
Then.... I said...
"In just a span of what, TWO MINUTES????" "Bakit ka galit?!"
Now she's tried to scare me, "I was trying to call your boss, to tell him you're not answering my calls."
(and so on.... I'm sparing the details...)
Yeah right. As if I care. I don't really care if I lose my job (but I remain doing my job). That's a good mindset, you know? From the moment I internalized that mindset, I became free from this godforsakensonovabitchputanginanghayopnatrabahongto. And guess what. I'm selling unlike ever before. Like selling hot dogs on a picnic day. Selling like a hot dog. I'm a hot dog.
I'm no longer polite, therefore, I no longer hesitate. I bite, and I lick.
I bite you if I sense danger from you. I lick your face if I will get something out of you. Like a pat on the head, or a bone for me to bury in the ground.
That simple. True or false.
So I bit her head off. Biyatch.
The other night there's this ranting woman. A jealous, insecure woman. The wife of one of my subordinates. Called me up. Texted me. A raving lunatic. First I was making a joke out of it, then I was mean, then I was nice, then I was civil. Then she had to shut up. I got my boss to call her up. Biyatch.
You all biyatches out there. Come near me and I'll bite. I have rabies. Seriously.
Posted by xam ::
Monday, October 24, 2005 ::