self celebration

received good news today and thus rewarded myself with a new pair of sperrys. some kudos for selling ice to eskimos.
lesson learnt today: haters got to hate. skaters got to skate. potatoes just got to potate.

about the extinction of dinosaurs

when i was a child, i hated dinosaurs with passion. they gave me horrifying nightmares and i could vividly hear the noises they make in my head. it drives me so mad at night i have to get out of bed, head downstairs to find myself a drink just to calm myself down.

i hated them so much. they look hideous, they were huge, they take up so much space, they have no facial expression, all day long they seem to be screaming and running everywhere.

for the longest of time i thought humans co-existed with dinosaurs. like me, they hated them and decided to exterminate them from the face of this earth.

i learn in history that dinosaurs died from these following hypothesizes : climate change, asteroid impact, volcano eruptions and diseases.

whatever the hypothesizes, mine stays the same: dinosaurs were wiped out for the fact that they were pain in the arse. gave men nightmares and caused noise pollution of blaring decibels.

If I were the devil...

for the fellow folks who question and wonder,...

This speech was broadcast by legendary ABC Radio commentator Paul Harvey on  April 3, 1965:

If I were the Devil . . . I mean, if I were the Prince of Darkness, I would of course, want to engulf the whole earth in darkness. I would have a third of its real estate and four-fifths of its population, but I would not be happy until I had seized the ripest apple on the tree, so I should set about however necessary to take over the United States. I would begin with a campaign of whispers. With the wisdom of a serpent, I would whisper to you as I whispered to Eve: “Do as you please.” “Do as you please.”   To the young, I would whisper, “The Bible is a myth.” I would convince them that man created God instead of the other way around. I would confide that what is bad is good, and what is good is “square”.  In the ears of the young marrieds, I would whisper that work is debasing, that cocktail parties are good for you. I would caution them not to be extreme in religion, in patriotism, in moral conduct. And the old, I would teach to pray. I would teach them to say after me: “Our Father, which art in Washington” . . .

If I were the devil, I’d educate authors in how to make lurid literature exciting so that anything else would appear dull an uninteresting. I’d threaten T.V. with dirtier movies and vice versa. And then, if I were the devil, I’d get organized. I’d infiltrate unions and urge more loafing and less work, because idle hands usually work for me. I’d peddle narcotics to whom I could. I’d sell alcohol to ladies and gentlemen of distinction. And I’d tranquilize the rest with pills. If I were the devil, I would encourage schools to refine yound intellects but neglect to discipline emotions . . . let those run wild. I would designate an athiest to front for me before the highest courts in the land and I would get preachers to say “she’s right.” With flattery and promises of power, I could get the courts to rule what I construe as against God and in favor of pornography, and  thus, I would evict God from the courthouse, and then from the school house, and then from the houses of Congress and then, in His own churches I would substitute psychology for religion, and I would deify science because that way men would become smart enough to create super weapons but not wise enough to control them.

If I were Satan, I’d make the symbol of Easter an egg, and the symbol of Christmas, a bottle. If  I were the devil, I would take from those who have and I would give to those who wanted, until I had killed the incentive of the ambitious. And then, my police state would force everybody back to work. Then, I could separate families, putting children in uniform, women in coal mines, and objectors in slave camps. In other words, if I were Satan, I’d just keep on doing what he’s doing.

Paul Harvey, Good Day.

flowers are like sunshine

bought some lilies on thursday and just yesterday it opened its shy little self to
the world. one more still hiding away

saw some sunbathing cats after lunch

my naked brolly

lost my brolly's outer sleeve last week. upset. its now incomplete. just can't get past it. so bitter.

fifth ave shoe repair cardi

shawn went shopping last week and picked up this lovely drapey cardi from the now defunc, Asylum shop.

RIP Asylum shop

in desperate times...

i look at my pet dog

countdown to BKK

logistics - done.

 this is our hotel. :-)
deluxe suite, our stay for the trip

evergreen place bangkok, agoda

all i need to do now is to pack my bags when the dates comes closer.

i can't wait.