1. My life is likely to last 10-15 years. Regular separation from you will be painful and can even cause depression. Think before you buy me.
2. Give me time to understand what you want from me don’t be impatient, short-tempered or irritable.
3. Place your trust in me and I will always trust you back, respect is earned not given as some sort of inalienable right.
4. Don’t be angry with me for long, and don’t lock me up as punishment. I am not capable of understanding why I am being locked up. I only know I have been rejected. You have your work, entertainment and friends. I only have you.
5. Talk to me sometimes. Even if I don’t understand your words, I do understand your tone. “You only have to look at my tail” to know that.
6. Be aware that however you treat me, I will never forget, if that treatment is unjust or bad, it may spoil the special bond between us.
7. Please do not hit me. I cannot hit back, but I can bite and scratch and I don’t ever want to feel the need to do that.
8. Before you tell me off me for being uncooperative, obstinate, or lazy, ask yourself if something might be wrong with me. Perhaps I’m not getting the right food or I’ve been out in the sun too long, maybe my heart is getting old and weak, or maybe I’m just dog-tired.
9. Take care of me when I get old. You too will grow old and will also want care, love, and affection.
10. Go with me on difficult journeys. Never say, “I can’t bear to watch” or “Let it happen in my absence”. Everything is easier for me if you are there. Remember, Irrespective of what you do I will always love you.
from http://anonymousxwrites.blogspot.com/2008/06/what-are-10-promises-to-my-dog-promise.html
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Monday, May 5, 2008
Square root 3
The Square Root of 3 by Dave Feinberg
I’m sure that I will always be
A lonely number like root three
The three is all that’s good and right,
Why must my three keep out of sight
Beneath the vicious square root sign,
I wish instead I were a nine
For nine could thwart this evil trick,
with just some quick arithmetic
I know I’ll never see the sun, as 1.7321
Such is my reality, a sad irrationality
When hark! What is this I see,
Another square root of a three
As quietly co-waltzing by,
Together now we multiply
To form a number we prefer,
Rejoicing as an integer
We break free from our mortal bonds
With the wave of magic wands
Our square root signs become unglued
Your love for me has been renewed
I’m sure that I will always be
A lonely number like root three
The three is all that’s good and right,
Why must my three keep out of sight
Beneath the vicious square root sign,
I wish instead I were a nine
For nine could thwart this evil trick,
with just some quick arithmetic
I know I’ll never see the sun, as 1.7321
Such is my reality, a sad irrationality
When hark! What is this I see,
Another square root of a three
As quietly co-waltzing by,
Together now we multiply
To form a number we prefer,
Rejoicing as an integer
We break free from our mortal bonds
With the wave of magic wands
Our square root signs become unglued
Your love for me has been renewed
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Thoughts
Everyday of my life I am grateful for the opportunities I have been given. I'm grateful for the opportunities I've been wise enough to accept, too. I think there's something to be said for living a simple life. I need very little, therefore, I am in need very little. And it just seems to work out that the less I need, the more I have. I'm pleased with myself, I feel responsible. I feel wise.
I took responsibility for not only my mistakes, but someone else's, too. Oh, and I stopped asking "why."
Everyone is not going to do what I think they should do Many, many people will prefer to walk the other way. I'm fine with that idea. Sometimes I need to walk the other way, too.
I grew up with the idea that it was not okay to be angry. Yet, I was. No matter what I did, no matter how "good" I wanted to be, something would come along and make me angry.
I no longer swallow my anger. I've learned that if you do, it always comes right back up. And at the worst time and in the worst way. If something pisses me off, I try to let it out right then and there. That way, there is no mistake as to what I;m angry about. There is no resentment brewing inside. There is no need to devise a plan to get back at anyone. There is no anger anymore. Until the next time.
Thank you. Thank you for holding your vision close and making it happen. Thank you for not deciding it wasn't worth it. THank you for being prosperous enough to extend yourself far and wide. Thank you for knowing who you are. If everybody did everything I thought they would do? Boy, would I be cheated out of my own self-realization.
A moment that melts. The moment that brings the walls tumbling down. What magnificent joy! What a powerful and altering experience.
What about when the moment is gone? In case you're stumped, let me tell you. It hurts like crazy.
As certain death entered the picture, I decided, "who cares? Who cares what people think? Who cares if Im too young to do this? Who cares who cares?"
It has een my experience that the more darkness I encounter, the greater my capacity for light. Ugliess turns to beauty to uglieness to beauty. The negative with the positive. Up, down. Black and white.
I took responsibility for not only my mistakes, but someone else's, too. Oh, and I stopped asking "why."
Everyone is not going to do what I think they should do Many, many people will prefer to walk the other way. I'm fine with that idea. Sometimes I need to walk the other way, too.
I grew up with the idea that it was not okay to be angry. Yet, I was. No matter what I did, no matter how "good" I wanted to be, something would come along and make me angry.
I no longer swallow my anger. I've learned that if you do, it always comes right back up. And at the worst time and in the worst way. If something pisses me off, I try to let it out right then and there. That way, there is no mistake as to what I;m angry about. There is no resentment brewing inside. There is no need to devise a plan to get back at anyone. There is no anger anymore. Until the next time.
Thank you. Thank you for holding your vision close and making it happen. Thank you for not deciding it wasn't worth it. THank you for being prosperous enough to extend yourself far and wide. Thank you for knowing who you are. If everybody did everything I thought they would do? Boy, would I be cheated out of my own self-realization.
A moment that melts. The moment that brings the walls tumbling down. What magnificent joy! What a powerful and altering experience.
What about when the moment is gone? In case you're stumped, let me tell you. It hurts like crazy.
As certain death entered the picture, I decided, "who cares? Who cares what people think? Who cares if Im too young to do this? Who cares who cares?"
It has een my experience that the more darkness I encounter, the greater my capacity for light. Ugliess turns to beauty to uglieness to beauty. The negative with the positive. Up, down. Black and white.
Friday, March 7, 2008
Koizora 恋空
もしもあの日、きみに出会っていなければ
こんなに苦しくて こんなに悲しくて
こんなにせつなくて こんなに涙があふれえるような想いはしなかったと思う。
けれど、きみに出会っていなければ、
こんなにうれしくて こんなに優しくて
こんなに愛しくて こんなに温かくて
こんなに幸せな気持ちを知る事もできなかったよ。。。
(If on that day I didn't meet you,
It wouldn't be so difficult, It wouldn't be so sad,
It wouldn't be so painful, My thoughts wouldn't be like overflowing tears.
However, If I didn't meet you
I wouldn't be so happy, I wouldn't be so kind,
I wouldn't be so lovely, I wouldn't be so warm
I wouldn't be able to understand happiness...)
きみは幸せでしたか？ [did you get happiness?]
とても幸せでした. [i got excessive happiness before.]
Mika: If only that night... if I took a different way, would it have changed our fates a little?
Yu: Take all your mixed feelings with you until you have sorted them out. Will you be with me?
Yu: If a man loves a woman he wont want her to be unhappy. But if he hurts you I'll take you from him in any way I can.
[turns Mika back facing him]
GO! Before I start crying...
Hiro: Where do humans go after they die?
Mika: Heaven.
Hiro: I want to be the sky. So I always know where you are.
Mika: Like a stalker.
[Hiro smiles]
Mika: Clear skies will mean you are happy. Rain will mean you're crying. Sunset means you are embarrassed. Night will mean you are gently holding me.
Hiro: Mika.. smile.
こんなに苦しくて こんなに悲しくて
こんなにせつなくて こんなに涙があふれえるような想いはしなかったと思う。
けれど、きみに出会っていなければ、
こんなにうれしくて こんなに優しくて
こんなに愛しくて こんなに温かくて
こんなに幸せな気持ちを知る事もできなかったよ。。。
(If on that day I didn't meet you,
It wouldn't be so difficult, It wouldn't be so sad,
It wouldn't be so painful, My thoughts wouldn't be like overflowing tears.
However, If I didn't meet you
I wouldn't be so happy, I wouldn't be so kind,
I wouldn't be so lovely, I wouldn't be so warm
I wouldn't be able to understand happiness...)
きみは幸せでしたか？ [did you get happiness?]
とても幸せでした. [i got excessive happiness before.]
Mika: If only that night... if I took a different way, would it have changed our fates a little?
Yu: Take all your mixed feelings with you until you have sorted them out. Will you be with me?
Yu: If a man loves a woman he wont want her to be unhappy. But if he hurts you I'll take you from him in any way I can.
[turns Mika back facing him]
GO! Before I start crying...
Hiro: Where do humans go after they die?
Mika: Heaven.
Hiro: I want to be the sky. So I always know where you are.
Mika: Like a stalker.
[Hiro smiles]
Mika: Clear skies will mean you are happy. Rain will mean you're crying. Sunset means you are embarrassed. Night will mean you are gently holding me.
Hiro: Mika.. smile.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Two Faces of my Girlfriend
"Why is love like raindrops on the window?
Because they evaporate. And they leave stains behind."
Because they evaporate. And they leave stains behind."
Thursday, February 21, 2008
P.S. I Love You (2007)
Sharon McCarthy: You gotta be rich to be insane, Hol. Losing your mind is not a luxury for the middle class.
Patricia (Holly's mom): So now, alone or not, you've got a walk ahead. Thing to remember is if we're all alone, then we're all together in that too. That helps me sometimes.
Gerry Kennedy: [holding Holly by the shoulders] What do you want? I know what I want, cause I'm holding it in my hands.
Denise Hennessey: [Denise is admiring Ted as he walks by] Ooohhh, he's delicious isn't he? I'd serve coffee on that ass.
John McCarthy: Do you have to be so vulgar about men? Like they're pieces of meat?
Denise Hennessey: I'm sorry, John. I forgot you're sensitive about your flat ass.
John McCarthy: You know, Denise, that's why you're not married. Women act like men. Then they complain men don't want them.
Denise Hennessey: Oh, is that why? 'Cause I thought it was something different. I thought that it was 'cause I deserved the best and he's out there. He's just with all the wrong women. And let me be clear. After CENTURIES of men looking at my tits instead of my eyes and pinching my ass instead of shaking my hand, I now have the *DIVINE* right to stare at a man's BACKSIDE with vulgar, cheap appreciation if I want to!
Sharon McCarthy: Well said!
Denise Hennessey: Yeah, well, I thought so.
Patricia: You know the worst thing for a parent... second after losing a child? Watching your child head for the same life you had. You can't stop it. It's a terrible, helpless feeling. Makes you angry all the time. And I've been angry. For a very long time. I'm exhausted.
Holly Kennedy: Do you think we'll ever see dad again?
Patricia: No sweetheart, never. So you have to stop waiting.
Holly Kennedy: I don't want to make any mistakes.
Gerry Kennedy: Then you're in the wrong species, love. Be a duck.
Gerry: I just can't say goodbye yet.
Gerry: Every morning I still wake up and the first thing I want to do is to see your face.
Love you 'Till the End
I just want to see you
When you're all alone
I just want to catch you if I can
I just want to be there
When the morning light explodes
On your face it radiates
I can't escape
I love you 'till the end
I just want to tell you nothing
You don't want to hear
All I want is for you to say
Why don't you just take me
Where I've never been before
I know you want to hear me
Catch my breath
I love you 'till the end
I just want to be there
When we're caught in the rain
I just want to see you laugh not cry
I just want to feel you
When the night puts on its cloak
I'm lost for words don't tell me
All I can say
I love you 'till the end
The Letters: (letters found at http://www.premiereprops.com/index.php/cPath/109/sort/2a/page/2
First letter: Holly, Save yourself some bruises and buy yourself a bedside lamp..and remember, a disco diva must look her best. Go buy yourself a knockout outfit. you'll need it when my next letter comes. And I know your stll confused about that job. I'll help. Look for a sign, you'll know what to do. P.S. I Love You
Moving on: Holly, You don't need my stuff to remember me...You don't need to wear my old sweatshirt to feel me around you. So here's a list of my things and where I went them sent. Everything else, just get rid of it baby. Ok? P.S. I LOVE YOU...
Galway Girl: To My Galway Girl, Somewhere along the way...somewhere in between getting married and worrying about life starting..you forgot something..the best part...I don't need you to remember me, baby..I need you to remember you...in the meanwhile, it'll give you some time to work on this..it's a big one...create a system or be enslaved by another man's...I will not reason or compare..my business is to create..you know it doesn't matter what..you told me that, remember? P.S. I Love You
Denise's Letter: Denise, Take her to Dublin. There's beautiful music to be heard. Beautiful people to be around. And Denise, your going ot heaven for being my baby's friend. I'm making all the arrangements up here for you... got a few hot men lined up. I hear Ben Franklin's hung like a racehorse. Love you
Letter to Mum and Dad: Dear Mum and Dad, Well Doc says theres not much time so I thought i'd write to you, seeing how bad we Kennedy's are with modern day contraptions like telephones. Tell Dad not to lay about and take care of his legs. Keep them walking. I always think of Dad walking across the farm yelling after the hands too lazy to keep the chickens fed. And you Mum, yelling at Dad to treat the boys with a Father's hand, not a fathers belt. I remember those days, I remember everything Mum. And I thank you for giving me a mothers breath of life and love. No son ever loved a mother more, I can tell you that. Never could say it to your face, nor Dad. but I love you both with all my heart. There was nothing I missed - nothing you didn't give me - I lived a lifetime in my child's life. Noone could ask for more. Take care of each other, and if you need me, just shout from the yard like you always did. Whenever I felt lost i'd hear you shout my name in my mind, and I knew where I was again - your loving son, Gerry . P.S. When Holly visits, take her to my Fort in the backyard and give her this envelope.
Final Letter: Dear Holly I don't have much time. I don't mean literally. I mean your out buying icecream and you'll be home soon. But I have a feeling this is the last letter. Because there is only one thing left to tell you. It isn't going to go down memory lane or make you buy a lamp. You can take care of yourself without any help from me. It's to tell you how much you move me. You have changed me. You made made me a man by loving me, Holly. And for that i'm eternally grateful. Literally. If you can promise me anything, promise me that whenver your sad or unsure..or you lose complete faith..that you'll try and see yourself through my eyes. thank you for the honor of being my wife. I'm a man with no regrets. How lucky am i? You made my life, Holly. But i'm just one chapter in yours. There'll be more. I promise. So here it comes..the big one... Don't be afraid to fall in love again..watch out for that signal when life as you know it ends. P.S. I will always love you.
Sharon McCarthy: You gotta be rich to be insane, Hol. Losing your mind is not a luxury for the middle class.
Patricia (Holly's mom): So now, alone or not, you've got a walk ahead. Thing to remember is if we're all alone, then we're all together in that too. That helps me sometimes.
Gerry Kennedy: [holding Holly by the shoulders] What do you want? I know what I want, cause I'm holding it in my hands.
Denise Hennessey: [Denise is admiring Ted as he walks by] Ooohhh, he's delicious isn't he? I'd serve coffee on that ass.
John McCarthy: Do you have to be so vulgar about men? Like they're pieces of meat?
Denise Hennessey: I'm sorry, John. I forgot you're sensitive about your flat ass.
John McCarthy: You know, Denise, that's why you're not married. Women act like men. Then they complain men don't want them.
Denise Hennessey: Oh, is that why? 'Cause I thought it was something different. I thought that it was 'cause I deserved the best and he's out there. He's just with all the wrong women. And let me be clear. After CENTURIES of men looking at my tits instead of my eyes and pinching my ass instead of shaking my hand, I now have the *DIVINE* right to stare at a man's BACKSIDE with vulgar, cheap appreciation if I want to!
Sharon McCarthy: Well said!
Denise Hennessey: Yeah, well, I thought so.
Patricia: You know the worst thing for a parent... second after losing a child? Watching your child head for the same life you had. You can't stop it. It's a terrible, helpless feeling. Makes you angry all the time. And I've been angry. For a very long time. I'm exhausted.
Holly Kennedy: Do you think we'll ever see dad again?
Patricia: No sweetheart, never. So you have to stop waiting.
Holly Kennedy: I don't want to make any mistakes.
Gerry Kennedy: Then you're in the wrong species, love. Be a duck.
Gerry: I just can't say goodbye yet.
Gerry: Every morning I still wake up and the first thing I want to do is to see your face.
Love you 'Till the End
I just want to see you
When you're all alone
I just want to catch you if I can
I just want to be there
When the morning light explodes
On your face it radiates
I can't escape
I love you 'till the end
I just want to tell you nothing
You don't want to hear
All I want is for you to say
Why don't you just take me
Where I've never been before
I know you want to hear me
Catch my breath
I love you 'till the end
I just want to be there
When we're caught in the rain
I just want to see you laugh not cry
I just want to feel you
When the night puts on its cloak
I'm lost for words don't tell me
All I can say
I love you 'till the end
The Letters: (letters found at http://www.premiereprops.com/index.php/cPath/109/sort/2a/page/2
First letter: Holly, Save yourself some bruises and buy yourself a bedside lamp..and remember, a disco diva must look her best. Go buy yourself a knockout outfit. you'll need it when my next letter comes. And I know your stll confused about that job. I'll help. Look for a sign, you'll know what to do. P.S. I Love You
Moving on: Holly, You don't need my stuff to remember me...You don't need to wear my old sweatshirt to feel me around you. So here's a list of my things and where I went them sent. Everything else, just get rid of it baby. Ok? P.S. I LOVE YOU...
Galway Girl: To My Galway Girl, Somewhere along the way...somewhere in between getting married and worrying about life starting..you forgot something..the best part...I don't need you to remember me, baby..I need you to remember you...in the meanwhile, it'll give you some time to work on this..it's a big one...create a system or be enslaved by another man's...I will not reason or compare..my business is to create..you know it doesn't matter what..you told me that, remember? P.S. I Love You
Denise's Letter: Denise, Take her to Dublin. There's beautiful music to be heard. Beautiful people to be around. And Denise, your going ot heaven for being my baby's friend. I'm making all the arrangements up here for you... got a few hot men lined up. I hear Ben Franklin's hung like a racehorse. Love you
Letter to Mum and Dad: Dear Mum and Dad, Well Doc says theres not much time so I thought i'd write to you, seeing how bad we Kennedy's are with modern day contraptions like telephones. Tell Dad not to lay about and take care of his legs. Keep them walking. I always think of Dad walking across the farm yelling after the hands too lazy to keep the chickens fed. And you Mum, yelling at Dad to treat the boys with a Father's hand, not a fathers belt. I remember those days, I remember everything Mum. And I thank you for giving me a mothers breath of life and love. No son ever loved a mother more, I can tell you that. Never could say it to your face, nor Dad. but I love you both with all my heart. There was nothing I missed - nothing you didn't give me - I lived a lifetime in my child's life. Noone could ask for more. Take care of each other, and if you need me, just shout from the yard like you always did. Whenever I felt lost i'd hear you shout my name in my mind, and I knew where I was again - your loving son, Gerry . P.S. When Holly visits, take her to my Fort in the backyard and give her this envelope.
Final Letter: Dear Holly I don't have much time. I don't mean literally. I mean your out buying icecream and you'll be home soon. But I have a feeling this is the last letter. Because there is only one thing left to tell you. It isn't going to go down memory lane or make you buy a lamp. You can take care of yourself without any help from me. It's to tell you how much you move me. You have changed me. You made made me a man by loving me, Holly. And for that i'm eternally grateful. Literally. If you can promise me anything, promise me that whenver your sad or unsure..or you lose complete faith..that you'll try and see yourself through my eyes. thank you for the honor of being my wife. I'm a man with no regrets. How lucky am i? You made my life, Holly. But i'm just one chapter in yours. There'll be more. I promise. So here it comes..the big one... Don't be afraid to fall in love again..watch out for that signal when life as you know it ends. P.S. I will always love you.
Friday, December 14, 2007
Enchanted (2007)
Prince Edward: [threatening Robert with his sword] Have you any last words before I dispatch you?
Robert: You have got to be kidding me!
Prince Edward: Strange words!
Prince Edward: [holds sword in front of construction worker's neck, trying to find Giselle] I seek a beautiful girl. My life partner, my one coquette, the answer to my love's duet.
Arty: [stuttering] I-I'd like to find one of them too, you know?
Prince Edward: Thank you for looking after my bride, peasants.
Giselle: Is this a habit of yours? Falling off of stuff?
Robert: Only when you're there to catch me.
Giselle: Now if only I can find a place to rest my head for the night.
Robert Philip: What kind of place?
Giselle: I don't know. Maybe a nearby meadow or a hollow tree.
Robert Philip: A hollow tree?
Giselle: Or a houseful of dwarves. I hear they're very hospitable.
Prince Edward: [threatening Robert with his sword] Have you any last words before I dispatch you?
Robert: You have got to be kidding me!
Prince Edward: Strange words!
Prince Edward: [holds sword in front of construction worker's neck, trying to find Giselle] I seek a beautiful girl. My life partner, my one coquette, the answer to my love's duet.
Arty: [stuttering] I-I'd like to find one of them too, you know?
Prince Edward: Thank you for looking after my bride, peasants.
Giselle: Is this a habit of yours? Falling off of stuff?
Robert: Only when you're there to catch me.
Giselle: Now if only I can find a place to rest my head for the night.
Robert Philip: What kind of place?
Giselle: I don't know. Maybe a nearby meadow or a hollow tree.
Robert Philip: A hollow tree?
Giselle: Or a houseful of dwarves. I hear they're very hospitable.
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