My Dream Last Night

I had this dream last night where it was this massive family event at what must be a recreational center because it wasn't any house or place I recognized. I remember seeing my eldest aunt's youngest daughter and her daughter there.

I weaved through a mass of faceless people and ended up near this bright window where my uncle was sitting. (He passed away a year and a half ago). He was sitting there smiling. I greeted him and when I gave him a hug, it felt warm. When I went to sit down, he was gone.

And then I woke up. I guess this may be my way of saying good bye to my uncle. He slipped away so suddenly. He went into a diabetic coma and then passed two days after that. I found out too late.

I remember seeing him, laying there, dressed up, hair combed and looking waxy. It's not the way I want to remember him.

My best memory of him is everytime I saw him, he'd greet me with a "punch my stomach". His stomach was very round but very hard. And I wind up and punch him as hard as I could and it felt like my hand hit a bunch of bricks. I'd be rubbing my hand and he'd laughing hard, happy.

In Country Sleep

"Never and never, my girl riding far and near
In the land of the hearthstone tales, and spelled asleep,
Fear or believe that the wolf in a sleepwhite hood
Loping and bleating roughly and blithely shall leap,
My dear, my dear
Out of a lair in the flocked leaves in the dew dipped year
To eat your heart in the house in the rosy wood.

Sleep, good, for ever, slow and deep, spelled rare and wise,
My girl ranging the night in the rose and shire
Of the hobnail tales: no gooseherd or swine will turn
Into a homestall king or hamlet of fire
And prince of ice
To court the honeyed heart from your side before sunrise
In a spinney of ringed boys and ganders, spike and burn,
Nor the innocent lie in the rooting dingle wooed
And staved, and riven among plumes my rider weep.

From the broomed witch’s spume you are shielded by fern
And flower of country sleep and the greenwood keep.
Lie fast and soothed,
Safe be and smooth from the bellows of the rushy brood."
~Dylan Thomas, In Country Sleep

Egyptians Love Jamaicans

Lucky Yap. ;)

Message From Luxor

my trip so far

We are in Santorini now.
It's a cute little island. We haven't had great food in Santorini yet. By far the best meal I have had is in Meteora. I had beefsteak stuffed with melted fetacheese. (no pics of that sorry didn't have my camera on me! :( ) Got one more day in Santorini - visiting volcano island and hot springs and trying to rent an atv to drive around Santorini. Then, it's back to Athens and the Acropolis. After that, it's time to go home. Sad that it's ending so soon and I'll be back at work trudging along again....

Anyways here's a photo journal of my trip so far...

Giza, Egypt

Pyramids

Camel Scam at Pyramids

Sphinx

Cairo, Egypt

Call to Prayer by a muzzein

Luxor, Egypt

Firing up the hot balloon

Sunrise from Hot Air Balloon

Other Hot Air Balloons

Biking to Valley of the Kings
Tomb of Thutmes III

Thermopylae, Greece

300 Spartans fight to the death (for Yap)
Meteora, Greece

Ossuary in Megalo Monastery

Megalo Monastery
Somwhere in the Aegean Sea

Blue Star Ferry Greek Flag
Santorini, Greece

Volcan Winery

Red Beach in Santorini

Sunset in Akotiri

Alrighty kids, that's it. Here's a pic that says, "see you later muthaf*ckas!" hehe.

Dynamic Edition

I love tv. Probably more than 99% of America. I am the official tv guide of my household. I know what is pretty much every channel and I used to know what was on Monday - Friday even if I didn't watch the show.

Thursday nights?

You can watch My Name is Earl, Kath and Kim, The Office, and 30 Rock in consecutive order starting at 8pm on channel 3 NBC.

Anyways, this is not the reason of this post. I want to say I've been watching the third season of America's Best Dance Crew and I have to ask.....HOW is Dynamic Edition still on this show? They clog. They are not a crew. And I don't care what JC Chasez, Lil Mama, or Shane Sparks have to say. Yes their moves are in sync. Yay, gold star for you DE.


When I watch ABDC, I want to watch CREWS dance their butts off for $100, 000. If I wanted to watch Riverdance, I'll switch to channel 9 PBS. (no diss to PBS, I love that channel).

You tell me. Do these fools look like a crew?

Dynamic Edition dancing

Alrighty then.

Big ups to Beat Freaks, Quest Crew, and Strikers All Stars. :D

I'm alive

So it's Christmas Eve and this year I decided to tear into my christmas presents early. I am going back to my parent's house this year for Christmas and I don't want to be lugging stuff around more than I need.

Anyways, this year I got a French press from Yap's brother and a coffee grinder from his aunt. Now, the pound of Jamaican coffee beans sitting in my fridge will be mine!!!! (evil laugh ensues)

I was thinking, though, I was going to whiten my teeth after the holidays, I got a little kit at home and it has a lightening flash to make the teeth whiter. All the coffee drinking has darkened my teeth a bit and it makes me sad.

I dunno, I dunno I think I might just have to drink my Jamaican coffee and forgo the teeth whitening until a later time.

Jitteriness here I come!