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Litany of Saints

spineshakin — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:45:29 +0000

A favorite of mine: The Crucifixion of St. Peter by Carravagio~ Cerasi Chapel in Rome, Italy.

Do you believe in saints? This is Carravagio’s depiction of St. Peter’s crucifixion. It struck a chord with me when I first saw it. St. Peter becomes a martyr in the foot steps of Jesus; therefore, becoming a heroic and holy saint. Doesn’t it look so real? Very sad and emotional. St. Peter is truly a great man…in my book.

Thai One On

spineshakin — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:57:47 +0000

My dad introduced me to Thai food while I was in middle school. This was while growing up in Guam, U.S.A. We like Thai cuisine because it’s really spicy. If you ever have the chance, I recommend:

Drink: Thai ice tea

Appetizer: chicken satay

Main course: pad thai

Thai food is not for the faint of heart and I suggest asking a lot of questions if it’s your first time. The food is really good if the restaurant is top-knotch. I’m writing this after enjoying dinner at a this restautarant: : - )

Bangkok Garden

Oakland Mills Village Center
5810 Robert Oliver Place
Columbia, MD 21045
(410)992-9553-4

An Existential Verse

spineshakin — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:27:04 +0000

Here is my existensial poem everyone. Hope you enjoy it. There is another one; however, it’s more hardcore. This one will make you laugh. I promise.

Popular

Lose weight before you hang with me.

I am Popular.

Your weight is an issue for me.

Popular is thin.

No love handles allowed.

Whether through spinning, aerobics, or extreme dieting

Lose weight for me.

Tiny waist lines please.

No hanging flabs

You should be banned from being Popular.

Your weight is a disaster for me.

If you have weight,

Please lose it to be Popular.

I am Popular.

How the other half lives!

spineshakin — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:13:36 +0000

I have a buddy and a few friends that went to Santa Clara University in Silicon Valley. Take a look because I’ve always been fascinated by it. Go Broncos! They went golfing while I froze my ass off on snow days in Maryland.

www.scu.edu

Existential Void

spineshakin — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:36:06 +0000

After the New Year and Holiday upswing–it’s now time to hunker back down into ordinary time. Happy Valentines Day anyone? Am I jumping the gun? I know what I’m gonna do next. I’ll write a poem about existentialism. We are now officially in an existential time period. It’s now up to each one of us to keep life interesting because there are a few very minor holidays ahead of us. Except for birthdays! That’s what we can all look foward to until next Novemberish. The next big thing is your birthday. Time for me to go write an existential poem or watch a movie.

Treatment for the road rash in your life…ughhhhh!

spineshakin — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:14:04 +0000

So I’ve had my share of honor student woes and wicked honor student competitors from grade school through college. Nice people with a plan to cramp my style. . .ever since elementary school. Here’s one for the villains–past and present.

My friend Juaquin

My friend Juaquin hates me.

Not for any reason at all.

He hates me for being smart.

Juaquin hates me.

He thinks I’m dumb.

That’s not right.

He’s not nice.

He shows my Mom his tongue.

My Mom cries.

I forgive Juaquin.

He is dumb.

Just for fun– two women on a mission–a visual comparison

spineshakin — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:21:33 +0000

The image on the left is the X-man comic book character: Domino–a combative mercenary with the mutant ability to warp probability fields in her own favor–she’s a walking good luck charm in the X-books. The image on the right is a statue of Our Lady of Camarin…one of the Virgin Mary’s many titles–and fondly known as a miracle worker. Do you see similarities between these two images? There are quite a few if you take a good look.

1) what about the face stuns you?

2) is she dressed for combat?

3) what about the deadly portrayal of the hands for each woman?

4) aren’t each of them carrying a weapon?

5) what about the clothes?

6) is she a sweet heart?

7) what about the hair style?

You tell me!

Better late than never…Thanksgiving PhOtOes.

spineshakin — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 12:59:55 +0000

A photo of me on the big turkey day.

My brother, sis, and I enjoy Irish coffee at the Cheesecake Factory.

Rename your Band

spineshakin — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:41:02 +0000

College students come up with some pretty creative games to keep dorm parties interesting or too just relieve stress. I came up with this whacky list of alternative names for some well-known bands. Read it. I think it’s funny.

Real Band Name Alternate Band Names

Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark Emotional Interludes in the Daylight

Blink 182 Scream 531

Linkin Park Hell’s Kitchin

The Wallflowers Jacob’s Weeds

Run DMC Step 311

Sublime Lemonade

The Cure The Cure

Oasis Overated

New Order The Godfathers

Live The Difibulators

Guns N Roses Beer N Nuts

Tesla Fanta

REM The Georgia Bugs

Silver Chair The Croc Pots

The Beatles The Boy Londons

Weezer High Def

Fugazi @!#$%$!

Metalica Fraid Knots

Depeche Mode Penny Worths

Phish Pig Pen

The Dave Matthews Band Team Dave

REO Speedwagon Religion

Papa Roach Hardcore

10,000 Maniacs The Natalie Merchant Band

U2 King Arthur and the Knights of the

Roundtable

The Smashing Pumpkins Leaving Earth at Five

Simon and Garfunkel Penn and Teller

Dashboard Confessional Titanium Whitewalls

Hole She’s Come Undone

System of a Down Slide Rule

9TH GRADE JITTERS

spineshakin — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 02:48:44 +0000

This one harkens back to my high school freshman year. I attended a Cotholic College Prep High School and wore a uniform. Oh dear. Here’s one for the 1993-4 me.

Thanks…I needed that.

The Cranberries are all the rage.

Seventh period geography is my pride and joy.

Paging through my CD case

Coolio, 10000 Maniacs, and New Order

Freshman year nerves

Introductory Theology has taken a turn for the worse.

Albert has a habit of leaning on me.

The rest play basketball.

My self-esteem is so high.

Peer pressure be damned.

I got my homework done in Spanish class.

This is just the first year.

High school sucks.