Jabber

I leave for Macau in about 24 hours. Yeah, I have to leave for the airport at 3am. Isn’t that insane? Seems like I had 2 flights to choose from and the late option took almost a whole day off of the trip.

I’m not really getting into the trip. Casinos, cigarette smoke, being decked out almost 24 hours a day, etc… I’m in “chill mode”. Plus it’s going to be collllddd 20 – 24 c.  I am really going to have to take sweater-sets. That’s kinda okay, because they are really cute. lol

I woke up at 2am. Got my sleep all backwards so that I could watch college football – I’m 12 hours ahead of EDT. It will be 13 hours when the time changes.

So, Miss Fair-weather Fan here can go back to giving a shit less about UK football.  They’ve lost twice in a row. I can write off their win over LSU as a fluke. hehe Besides, it took 3 OT’s for them to do it…

 I do wish them the best, but I’m through caring. Now, I can focus on my favorite teams. No, I’m not telling and no, none are SEC schools… Although, as much as I dislike UT, I’m glad they won. THIS TIME. ANNNND it was uber-nice that The Georgia Bulldogs whipped up on crybaby Tim Tebow and the Florida Gators. Hell, KY couldn’t beat them.

Those are all of my gripes. I’ll come back when I’m a bit less crabby.

Bor-ing…

Sorry that this has been almost unbearable boring lately.

Quotes, quotes, and MORE quotes. I have had fun with them though. Think I covered a lot of my faves and various categories.

The word of the day started grating on my nerves a little. I was running out of words that I wanted to present. No worries, I’ll get back to them sooner or later.

Jokes come and go. I can only work with what I am supplied or can expand on what I have. If you know any funnies, send them in.   If you want me to list you as the source, I’d be more than happy to. Besides, you could use it to advertise your blog, web page, email addy (if you’re lonely), or whatever.

I have been lazy. No diving, only massages and reflexology. Love it that they just come to my house. How good is that?!? Makes ‘em irresistible

I’m leaving for Macau on Tuesday. Hopefully I’ll have fun pics and stories to share when I return.

Think I’m going to take another nap. Football starts at about Noon EST in the US… that’s midnight for me. So, for today, I’m sleeping during the day to allow myself the energy to stay up all night. Oh the sacrifices we make in the name of sports.

Sports Quotes Pt. 2

The follow-up to yesterday’s sports related quotes:

If the Bible has taught us nothing else, and it hasn’t, it’s that girls should stick to girls’ sports, such as hot oil wrestling, foxy boxing, and such and such. – Homer Simpson

There are only two options regarding commitment. You’re either IN or you’re OUT. There is no such thing as life in-between. – Pat Riley

Cricket is basically baseball on valium. – Robin Williams

I’ll always be Number 1 to myself! – Moses Malone

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack
of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. – Vince Lombardi

This is a really a lovely horse, I once rode her mother. – Ted Walsh, horse racing commentator

You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That’s the mark of a true professional. – Joe Paterno

The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break. – John Madden

We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time. – Vince Lombardi

The more I practice, the luckier I get. – Gary Player

Sports Quotes Pt. 1

And for my fanatical sports fans… Here is Part 1, come back tomorrow for the conclusion.

Football is like life — it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority. – Vince Lombardi

Champions keep playing until they get it right. – Billy Jean King

I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people’s accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man’s failures. – Earl Warren

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail. – Roy Keane

It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up. – Muhammad Ali

Golf is a good walk spoiled. – Mark Twain

If you watch a game, it’s fun. If you play it, it’s recreation. If you work at it, it’s golf. – Bob Hope

The English are not very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity. – George Bernard Shaw

I am a winner. I just didn’t win today. – Greg Norman

I’m tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok. – Shaquille O’Neal

More Quotes

These lean a little more, okay a lot more, to the homosexual side. Not all specifiy such, but can be interpreted that way. They will eventually find their way to the Quotes page… meanwhile, enjoy.

As long as society is anti-gay, then it will seem like being gay is anti-social. – Joseph Francis

Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night. – Woody Allen

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

For a long time I thought I wanted to be a nun. Then I realized that what I really wanted to be was a lesbian. – Mabel Maney

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another. – William Shakespeare

Homosexuality is god’s way of insuring that the truly gifted aren’t burdened with children. – Sam Austin

I don’t mind straight people as long as they act gay in public. – T-shirt (worn by Dennis Rodman)

I like my beers cold and my homosexuals flaming. – Homer Simpson

I’d rather be black than gay because when you’re black you don’t have to tell your mother. – Charles Pierce

If homosexuality is a disease, let’s all call in queer to work: “Hello. Can’t work today, still queer.” – Robin Tyler

If Michelangelo had been straight, the Sistine Chapel would have been wallpapered. – Robin Tyler

If time and space are curved, where do all of the straight people come from? - Author Unknown

Is life not a hundred times too short for us to stifle ourselves. -
Friedrich Nietzsche

Isn’t it a violation of the Georgia sodomy law for the Supreme Court to have its head up its ass? – Letter to Playboy magazine, February 1987

Hood & Vest

I totally forgot. Can’t believe I haven’t mentioned it here. I got a new 0.5mm  custom hooded vest. It’s totally awesome. The people at Hot Wave in Phuket, Thailand did a great job with my entire order. Thanks guys!

My “colors” for all of my dive stuff are silver, black, and pearly white. (Not stark white and not iridescent.) So, it’s starting to get a little chilly, particularly at the depths I prefer. (The clouds haven’t helped.) That means, time for new gear!

I was going to just go to Phuket and see what we could design, but with other trips coming up and stuff to do, we did it via the ‘net. There was only ONE problem that I hadn’t thought of… until I got under water that is. My head felt funny and I kept turning “head up”. Um, there wasn’t a release hole in the top of my hood. haha

The hood is one that comes up over my chin and down over the skirt of the mask – fitted really well. But, um, because of the fit around my neck and all, when I exhale into my mask (don’t ask.) it blows air into the hood. ROFL So, in effect, I blew up my hood… like a balloon. I need to find someone local who can make the teeny adjustment.

So yeah, my vest is mainly silver, black stripes on the side. Then from the neck up, it’s black, with a wide silver stripe from the top of my forehead to the nape of my neck. It’s super sharp. It complements the other stuff well. I’m scared about the silver though. It seems more delicate than regular covered neoprene. We’ll see.

I am “here”

You know those maps at the mall that have a dot and say “You Are Here”. Well, I talk about where I am and where I’m going so often, that I thought I would show you.

Please, click to enlarge the map. I think there is a lot there to see. (When I converted the work to .jpg it got a little “scruffy” looking. Sorry)

Other things to look for:
** I have circled Macau (Macao), where I will be going next week. 
** There is a small country that I have labeled “Brunei”. The title on the map is the traditional name.
** The portion of Malaysia shown is the eastern portion, which is actually separated from the mainland by water. What you see is Malaysian Borneo.

Prayer

“Dear Lord,

Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you for bringing me to Timmy’s house and not sending me to Michael Vick’s”
  

(click to enlarge) 

Movie Quotes

I think the “Quotable Quotes” tab gets passed over sometimes. Or when people see the unbelievably long list, they give up. So, maybe I’ll try some small doses from time to time, before I put them on the “Official Page”.  Besides, it might help me organise them.

MOVIE QUOTES:

“The first and most important rule of gun-running is: never get shot with your own merchandise.” – ‘Lord of War’ tagline

“Bullets change governments far surer than votes.” -  Simeon Weiz ‘Lord of War’

“Geology is the study of pressure and time. Thats all it takes really… pressure, and time… that and a big goddamn poster”. – Red ‘The Shawshank Redemption’

“If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions.” – Jules ‘Pulp Fiction’

“Well I don’t wanna break up the meeting or nothin’, but she’s somethin’ of a cunt, ain’t she Doc?” – McMurphy ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’

“Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.” – Rick ‘Casablanca’

“The Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It’s an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together.” – Obi-Wan ‘Star Wars’

“You Americans, you’re all the same. Always overdressing for the wrong occasions.” – Toht ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’

“Uh-uh, Mother-m-mother, uh, what is the phrase? She isn’t quite herself today.” – Norman Bates ‘Psycho’

“It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again.” – Jame Gumb “The Silence of the Lambs

“All the ways you wish you could be, that’s me. I look like you wanna look, I fuck like you wanna fuck, I am smart, capable, and most importantly, I am free in all the ways that you are not.” – Tyler Durden ‘Fight Club’

“Remember those posters that said, ‘Today is the first day of the rest of your life?’ Well, that’s true with every day except one: the day that you die.” – Lester Burnham ‘American Beauty’

“Here’s to five miserable months on the wagon, and all the irreparable harm it has caused me.” – Jack Torrance ‘The Shining’

“I see Bud because I want to. I see Bud because he can’t hide the good inside of him. I see Bud because he treats me like Lynn Bracken and not some Veronica Lake look-alike who fucks for money.” – Lynn Bracken ‘L.A. Confidential’

Behind, sorry.

I haven’t had Internet access for 4 days… so I’m a little behind. (I plug the wotd and joke in ahead of time.) I’ll get caught up. I’m pretty sure nobody is going to throw themselves off of a bridge because I don’t have a wotd up.

Just gotta get my act together and get my nose to the grindstone…. whip myself back into working order.

Besides, I leave for Macao (Macau) in like a week or something. THEN I’ll have something good to write about.