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November 24, 2004

how well do i know her?

been floatin this idea around for some time--finally got to doin it..

Name: Esther
Nickname: Skim, TBK, Estaaah!!, Banka
Astrological Sign: Cancer
Chinese Astrological Sign: Rabbit
Age: 29
Height: 5 flat
Occupation: Doctah
Birthplace: Korea
Marital status: Hitched
How many children: 0
Does she drink (alcohol): Nope, though she'd like to
Does she smoke: Nope
Favorite outdoor activities: Walking to the car, then driving to the mall.
Favorite indoor activities: TV, sleeping, or sleeping with the TV on.
Favorite color: Pink
Favorite type of music: Anything that sounds happy, joyous, cheery
Favorite musical groups/performers: Rich Mullins, Caedmon's Call, Eminem
Favorite song at the moment: don't think she has one (weird)
What's in her home CD/Casette player right now: Nothing
What's in her car iPod right now: Everything
Does she play an instrument: Piano
What kind of guitar Does she play: Air
Has she ever gone skinny-dipping: Doubtful
As a child, what did she want to be when she grew up: The wife of a tall, dark, and handsome millionaire.
What would be her dream job now: A cross between Oprah and Martha Stewart (pre-incarceration).
Has she ever been convicted of a crime: No, no convictions.
Place she'd most like to visit for the first time: Tahiti
Place she'd most like to visit again: Hawaii
Her first car: Some ole Volvo
Dream car: 4Runner or Audi TT
Car She Drives now: '95 Ford Explorer
Favorite season: Spring
Favorite holiday: Christmas
Favorite hobbies: Performing pimple-popping surgery on me
Favorite sport to play: Competitive sleeping
Favorite sport to watch: Duke Basketball
Least favorite sport to watch: Anything else Charles is watching
Most humiliating moment: Having her most private bathroom habits revealed on the world wide web
Does she have any siblings: Yep, two brothers.
Does she get along with her parents: Yep
Favorite place to chill: Home
Favorite place to visit: St Louis
What is her bad time of day: Morning
What is her good time of day: Any time afterwards
Favorite flower/plant: Mums, roses, anything but a cactus?
Favorite subject in school: Science
Least favorite subject in school: Math
Favorite authors: J.K. Rowling
Favorite book genre: Oprah's Book Club Fiction
Favorite book: Jane Eyre, Harry Potter
Current book I'm reading: New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 351
Favorite magazine: Real Simple
Favorite website: nordstroms.com
Favorite piece of technology: Jumpdrives
Favorite TV show: Gilmore Girls, Scrubs, Joan of Arcadia
Favorite movie of all time: Moulin Rouge
Other favorite movies: Shrek, Lord of the Rings
Favorite actors/actresses: Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman
Favorite cartoon character: Arnold (from "Hey Arnold!")
Favorite food: Duhk-Mahn-Dhoo-Ghook
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate AND Vanilla
Favorite alcoholic Drink: Any fruity virgin--uuhh, yeah..
What is her bedtime: Anytime after coming home
Worst enemies: Cynical passive-aggressive introverts w/ OCD
Interesting fact about her childhood: She played Center on her high school basketball team
The first thing she thinks of in the morning: "Turn off that damn alarm, SLAVE [aka, Charles]!!!"
Favorite thing to do when she's home alone: Sulk and be miserable
Things that make her feel good: Dogs, happy songs, cartoons.
Things she doesn't like: Football, anything Charles likes, and Mexican food.
Worst feeling in the world: Being alone
Scariest feeling in the world: Not being able to breathe (asthma attack)
Best feeling in the world: Having her toes licked by Stella ("Aaaaah, refreshing!" she gushes)
Does she get motion sickness: Slightly
Roller Coasters - Deadly or Exciting: Somewhere in between
Thunderstorms - Cool or Scary: Scary
Pen or Pencil: Pen
Pet Peeves: Metal utensils scraping teeth, magazine subscription inserts
Does she like to drive: Not really
Does she sleep with stuffed animals: Not unless I count
Did she have imaginary friends or a blanket as a child: I don't think so
What is on the walls of her room: Pictures of family, friends, and dogs.
What words or phrases does she overuse: "What am I, chop liver?"
Coolest things anyone ever gave her: A dog
How would she characterize her political leanings: Conservative
If she could pick one super-human power, what would she choose: Teleporting, so she could just immediately be at her destination
Motto: "Do as I order, not as I do."

Soul searching

What is her most marked characteristic? What you see is what you get -> wearing her emotions all over her sleeves.
What does she consider her greatest achievement? Being at Hopkins for Internal Medicine.
When and where was she happiest? Either when I'm actually being affectionate towards her (aka, hug) or being w/ her family in St Louis.
What is her greatest regret? Neutering Cocoa.
What is her idea of perfect happiness? Being surrounded by everyone she loves and likes.
Where would she like to live? Near our families and not in California (doh!).
What is the trait she most deplores in herself? Her temper.
What is the trait she most deplores in others? Being passive-aggressive/non-confrontational
What is her greatest extravagance? Clearly Canadian (flavored sparkling water)
What is her favorite journey? Umm, on the way home to see her dogs.
What is it that she most dislikes? Passive-aggressiveness
What is the quality she most likes in a man? Gentle leadership
Then why is she married to you? Good one.
What is the quality she most likes in a woman? Uuhh, I don't like where these questions are leading...
What does she most value in her friends? How different they are from her and how they genuinely want to get to know her.
If she were to come back as a person or thing, what does she think it would be? Stella, who is already Esther incarnate.

Posted by cpaik at 05:00 PM

November 23, 2004

vending machinations..

is there a more tense moment in life than those 3 or 4 seconds you spend waitin for your bag of chips/candy/cookies to drop, hopin against all that is cruel and unjust in this universe that your bag wont get stuck in the vending machines spiralin ring of doom?

argh, vending machines! cant live w/ em, cant punch thru the glass on em..

Posted by cpaik at 11:59 PM

November 12, 2004

at least its not rainin men..

wuts worse? havin a pink umbrella or a broken one?

assumin its rainin (of course), the pink would be the obvious choice. right?

well, not if your aim is to avoid widespread snickerin and all-around humiliation..

sorry, i have the BROKEN umbrella and will gladly walk through the pourin, cold showers, thank you..

Posted by cpaik at 05:01 PM

November 03, 2004

post-election stream..

damnit..

i stayed up past 2am last nite cuz i was waitin for all the poll results to get in (a lotta good that did). and now, i cant stop yawnin cuz im frickin tired and sick of sittin in front of a computer my entire life..

but though i dream of hittin the sack when i finally blow this joint and get home, wut is it about not bein at work that energizes and rejuvenates me? as sleepy as i say i am at the moment, w/o a doubt i will be able to stay up til whenever because i am home..

im such an idiot..

anyways, for the first time ive been listenin to npr all day (goodbye espn) and as a result, ive already made up my mind--next time around, ill be placin a vote. just another reason to look forward to ohio..

hmm, that sounds awfully sarcastic but im actually bein sincere. now whether my single vote would really count even there is questionable. but the political parties and media sure make us feel like it..

question: are you bein rational when you say youre bein irrational?

Posted by cpaik at 03:02 PM

November 01, 2004

a tuesday for the ages..

wow, election day AND the kickoff to the nba season on the SAME DAY??!! tuesdays have never been better..

so who am i votin for? wouldnt you like to know..

i am actually NOT votin and there are various reasons for that..

one, i dont feel strongly towards any candidate (i do consider nader a candidate although hes become more of an annoyance this time around); only a-little-more-than-slightly opposed to/repelled by someone..

b, im not all that informed on the various issues and where each candidate stands on em. yeah, maybe if i really cared i would take the time/make the effort to become informed. which leads me to..

d, the biggest reason i aint votin is cuz im just too damn lazy to register. which effectively translates to bein too lazy to care..

well, maybe i do care (a bit) as to who wins (or who loses). it could be a sign that im growin up a little cuz ive actually been followin bits and pieces of the campaigns this time around--watchin various liberal media proganda, seein the conservatives retaliation..

but mostly, ive been tryin to read up on peoples opinions. not that i dont have one of my own, but i think its interestin to see how decided some people are on a candidate while others are equally undecided or confused as to who to punch their ballot for..

i guess i just like seein why some find one more attractive than the other. thats not always evident in opinionated articles, but it sure is fun to read the inherent bias in em..

so anyways, on to more important matters..

FIVE THINGS TO WATCH FOR THIS NBA SEASON

of course, anyone actually readin this bit would already know wut im about to list. but if youre lame enough to be readin this blog as it is, shame on you!!

1) the beast back east - i wonder how many publications has used "beast in the east" since the july trade that sent shaq to miami. in any case, if detroits dominatin series over the lakers didnt open things up for the league, this trade certainly did. breakin up the nbas evil empire and sendin the biggest player to the smaller conference makes this the brightest-lookin season in a long time..

2) therapist in charge - ok, i dont care if he did it or not. cuz while kobe is arguably the leagues best player--the true heir to michael--he is shorely turnin out to be quite a frickin diva. i think all of us livin outside of socal are lookin forward to seein 50-pt nites and a .500 purple-and-gold team..

3) the rocket combo - honestly, im not too optimistic on the whole tmac-yao thang mainly cuz of jeff van gundy. the slow-down, grind-it-out, half-court offense doesnt seem to fit mcgrady. i feel hes more of a free-flowin, transition-into-the-play kinda guy. but then, maybe thats cuz thats how he played the last couple yrs in orlando. in any case, i think half-court sets and playin tenacious d will be better for him and yao. it will be an intriguigin show to watch..

4) realignment - waitaminute, so now weve got an even number of teams and SIX divisions?! who makes the playoffs and in wut order? damn, man--that southeast division looks sorry. and do i feel sorry for new orleans havin to move west. sings the blue, boys..

5) parity - alright, so this aint the nfl where the bobcats can beat detroit on any given weekday. but w/ shaq movin to miami and the addition of a 30th team, size no longer dominates the west and depth is an even greater issue for teams. the season may last 82 games, but five games may be all the difference between the playoffs and gohomes..

so election tuesday and the return of the nba. i guess i will be glued to the tube all frickin nite..

Posted by cpaik at 05:01 PM