Too much time

Ok, the upside of having too much time and too little to do is that I can now do a shoulder stand pretty effortlessly and with all the running and swimming I've been doing, I'm the strongest (physically...and consequently, mentally) I've been in weeks...I feel awesome.

I really feel things will be great again after I get out of this country. But like I say to people, "don't try, don't know". I don't regret moving here but now, I can't wait to get out.

See you guys soon.

The YES/NO meme

Do this if you feel like it, but you can only say 'yes' or 'no'. You are not allowed to explain or comment on anything unless someone asks!

1. Taken a picture naked? NO
2. Painted your room? NO
3. Made out with a member of the same sex? NO
4. Drove a car? YES
5. Danced in front of your mirror? YES
6. Had a crush? YES
7. Been dumped? YES
8. Stole money from friend? NO
9. Gotten in a car with people you just met? YES
10. Been in a fist fight? NO
11. Snuck out of your house? YES
12. Had feelings for someone who didn’t have them back? YES
13. Been arrested? NO
14. Made out with a stranger? NO
15. Met up with a member of the opposite sex somewhere? YES
16. Left your house without telling your parents? YES
17. Had a crush on your neighbour? NO
18. Ditched school to do something more fun? YES
19. Slept in a bed with a member of the same sex? YES
20. Seen someone die? NO
21. Been on a plane? YES
22. Kissed a picture? YES
23. Slept in until 3PM? YES
24. Love or miss someone right now? YES
25. Laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by? YES
26. Made a snow angel? NO
27. Played dress up? YES
28. Cheated while playing a game? YES
29. Been lonely? YES
30. Fallen asleep at school? YES
31. Been to a club? YES
32. Felt an earthquake? YES
33. Touched a snake? YES
34. Ran a red light? NO
35. Been suspended from school? NO
36. Had detention? NO
37. Been in a car accident? YES
38. Hated the way you look? YES
39. Witnessed a crime? NO
40. Pole danced? YES
41. Been lost? YES
42. Been to the opposite side of the country? YES
43. Felt like dying? YES
44. Cried yourself to sleep? YES
45. Sang karaoke? YES
46. Sucked your thumb? YES
47. Done something you told yourself you wouldn’t do? YES
48. Laughed till some kind of beverage came out of your nose? YES
49. Caught a snowflake on your tongue? YES
50. Kissed in the rain? YES
51. Sing in the shower? YES
52. Made love in a park? NO
53. Had a dream that you married someone? NO
54. Glued your hand to something? NO
55. Got your tongue stuck to a flag pole? NO
56. Ever gone to school partially naked? NO
57. Been a cheerleader? NO
58. Sat on a roof top? YES
59. Didn’t take a shower for a week? NO
60. Ever too scared to watch scary movies alone? YES
61. Played chicken? NO
62. Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on? YES
63. Been told you’re hot by a complete stranger? YES
64. Broken a bone? NO
65. Been easily amused? YES
66. Laugh so hard you cry? YES
67. Mooned/flashed someone? NO
68. Cheated on a test? NO
69. Forgotten someone’s name? YES
70. Slept naked? YES
71. Gone skinny dipping in a pool? NO
72. Performed on stage? YES
73. Blacked out from drinking? YES
74. Played a prank on someone? YES
75. Gone to a late night movie? YES
76. Made love to anything not human? NO
77. Failed a class? YES
78. Choked on something you’re not supposed to eat? NO
79. Played an instrument for more than 10 hours? NO
80. Cheated on a girl/boyfriend? NO
81. Did you celebrate the 4th of July? NO
82. Thrown strange objects? YES
83. Felt like killing someone? NO
84. Thought about running away? YES
85. Ran away? YES
86. Did drugs? YES
87. Had detention and not attend it? NO
88. Dumped anyone? YES
89. Made a parent cry? YES
90. Cried over someone? YES
91. Owned more than 5 sharpies? NO
92. Dated someone more than once? YES
93. Have/had a dog? YES
94. Own an instrument? YES
95. Been in a band? YES
96. Drank 25 sodas in a day? NO
97. Broken a cd? YES
98. Shot a gun? NO
99. Dated a married person of the opposite sex? YES
100. Written a love letter? YES

Bite me

I should learn to moderate my comments.

Women/men - fruit

Women are like apples on trees.

The best ones are at the top of the tree. Most men don’t want to reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and getting hurt. So, instead, they sometimes take the apples from the ground that aren’t as good, but easy to reach. The apples at the top think something must be wrong with them, when in reality, they’re amazing. They just have to wait for the right man to come along, the one who is brave enough to climb all the way to the top of the tree.

Now men — Men are like a fine wine. They begin as grapes, and it’s up to women to stomp the shit out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.

Journalism: best job in the world?

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- From impoverished Nepal to ultramodern Singapore, Asian governments have shackled media by arresting journalists, censoring news and stifling independent opinion, a media watchdog says.

Asia is still "struggling with the old demons of totalitarianism," Paris-based media watchdog Reporters Without Borders said in releasing its latest World Press Freedom Index.

"Big gaps have opened up in Asia when it comes to press freedom," RSF's head of Asia Vincent Brossel said in the report, released Wednesday.

Asian nations dominated the bottom of the Reporters Without Borders index. A higher number denotes less freedom.

North Korea was last at 167, while Iran was three rungs higher at 164. Myanmar was ranked 163rd, behind Nepal (160), China (159) and Vietnam (158).

"China, a burgeoning power, keeps its journalists in a state of servitude to bias," Brossel added. "Despite promises to the contrary, foreign correspondents are still tightly controlled when they raise sensitive issues. Police have manhandled at least 16 of them."

The 16 were investigating issues deemed sensitive to the Communist government, RSF said, adding there were at least 32 journalists imprisoned by Beijing at the start of 2006.

Two of them -- New York Times contributor Zhao Yan and Singapore Straits Times correspondent Ching Cheong -- face charges of divulging state secrets and espionage respectively, RSF said.

There were numerous examples of a lack of press freedom elsewhere in Asia, RSF said.
• In Nepal, RSF counted 567 instances in which independent reports were censored, while 145 journalists were physically attacked or harassed following King Gyanendra's seizure of power in February last year.
• In Pakistan, journalists have to deal with threats from tribal warlords while undergoing intense scrutiny from the military. Two reporters have died, while another is still missing after he reported on the death of an alleged al-Qaida leader that contradicted the official government version.
• In neighboring Afghanistan, Ali Mohaqiq Nasab, the editor of the "Women's Rights" magazine, was sentenced to two years in jail after a series of articles that slammed archaic practices still common in the country, such as stoning. The articles were deemed blasphemous toward Islam.
Post-Taliban Afghanistan was ranked 125th on the RSF index -- which was ahead of Singapore, by far the lowest-ranked developed country on the index at 140, slightly better than its 147th place last year.

The report says there is a "complete absence" of an independent local media in Singapore, the most developed and richest nation in Southeast Asia.

"The government threatens journalists, foreign media and opposition with defamation suits seeking dizzying amounts in damages," RSF's report said of Singapore. "Despite statements in support of an 'open' society, the ruling party still does not brook any criticism."

Foreign news organizations including The Economist, The International Herald Tribune, Bloomberg, The Far Eastern Economic Review and The Asian Wall Street Journal have paid large fines or had their circulation restricted in lawsuits brought by Singapore's ruling party stalwarts.

Singapore's leaders did not immediately respond to the RSF report, but have said they sue to defend their reputations. Information Minister Lee Boon Yang has said there were "special circumstances" surrounding press freedom in the city-state, with local media more focused on nation-building.

RSF said the Philippines, despite having a freewheeling press, remained -- after Iraq -- the most dangerous place for journalists to work. Seven were killed there last year.

Things don't have to be complicated

1. figure out what you want
2. go for it
3. the rest will just have to follow if they have the balls