- Live in
- Cancel my credit card debt.
- Pay for a maid for my parents.
- Go with my mom to
- Write a book with my mother.
- Go on a cruise in the
- Learn to read music
- Spend a day at a Spa.
- Go to the Olympics.
- Make my own website.
- Wear a dress from the late 1800 or early 1900’s
- Sky diving
- Spend a weekend at a skiing resort
- Visit Anabela in
- Flash at Mardi gras
- Learn how to use a gun.
- Go on a cruise on the
- Run a half marathon
- Road trip across the
- See all the movies on my queue.
- Have a speaking role in a movie or tv show.
- Go to a talk show. Ellen or Oprah.
- Give an important speech in front of the world.
- Become a role model.
- Have a position in the Government.
- Go to service at a church or temple for every religious denomination.
- Get my cards read.
- Finish my scrapbooks
- Sit with my daughter and show her my scrapbooks
- Learn to surf
- Donate money and put something on my name, like a scholarship.
- Ride on a hot air balloon.
- Learn to bar tend.
- Visit the site of all the wonders of the world
- Own a boat
- Get a photograph in a gallery.
- Write a poem and publish it.
- Win a contest
- Ride on a helicopter
- Be my own boss
- Learn how to drive stick shift
- Record a song
- Learn Japanese
- Learn how to knit
- Learn to identify the major constellations
- Have a star with my name
- Work on a political campaign
- Learn how to make bread
- Learn how to make ice cream
- Restore a house in ruins
- Go to every town in PR and take a picture at the Plaza.
- Spend a night at the most expensive room in the most expensive hotel.
- Get married.
- Spend my honeymoon in
- Be a good mother.
- Design a piece of clothing & then make it myself.
- Learn how to make chocolate.
- Loose my accent
- Read more
- Learn how to give a good massage.
- Be on the cover of a magazine.
- Own a horse
- Have a personal trainer
- Go to a movie screening
- Go to the Oscars
- Interview someone famous
- Be on the read carpet
- Quit Facebook
- Save someone's life
- Save money
- Invest money
- Go to the symphony
- Say 'I love you' to my family ever day.
- Take the FE test
- Finish paying my student loans.
- Get CPR Certified
- Become a Wine Expert
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Life list (the beginning)
Monday, February 26, 2007
Miscselaneous
St. Louis has decided that it will only have sunny days from Monday to Friday, when the working force cannot enjoy them. Oh Well. So I started my weekend Friday night with an almost two mile run on a treadmill. Last week, after a 6-mile run at forest park i hurt my foot an was unable to run all week. On Friday I decided I was ready, but I could barely make it through 1 mile... Thankfully all the news stations at the time, where showing clips of Anna Nicole's trial. Who will get custody of baby? Who is the father? Where will her body be put to rest? I think that Angelina Jolie should step up and adopt the baby girl.
Britney Spears went into rehab again, for the third time... I fear she's in the same road Anna Nicole took in her life. Hopefully I am wrong and Britney can come back as the face of soberness....
Saturday night a group got together for game night. It was so much fun. Another friend who is also training for the marathon told me how he was hurt the same day I was. His symptoms were pretty much the same as mine. He went to the doctor, got X-rays, and was diagnosed with a Stress Fracture. Great! Just Great! I get to 6 miles... 1/4 of a marathon! and I get a stress fracture!!! There goes my marathon dream. Maybe I'll do a relay. I want to bring a medal home!
We celebrated the Rite of Election on Sunday, with a Liturgy at the Basilica. It was cool. The Archbishop is cool. And to my pleasant surprise, they were bilingual. I tuned out for half of the homily, and then he summarized everything he had said in Spanish. Yey!
The Oscars. Was Ryan the only one disappointed that they didn't include Anna Nicole Smith on the video of everyone that died this past year? Did you stopped what you were doing when Al Gore almost announced he was running for the 08 elections? Did you cringe when Ellen insinuated that Penelope Cruz was from Mexico? I thing they didn't use Ellen enough. Abigail Breslin and Jaden Smith were adorable. I was a little dissapointed by the winners and my favorite part was the special awards. Do you thing Peter O'Toole will make it to anothe Oscar or will he receive a special award? The best musical performance goes to Jack Black and Will
Ferrel. They should host the Oscars next year. And I loved the contortionist troup. In fact, I taped the show and rewind after it was over to see them do everything all over again.
Britney Spears went into rehab again, for the third time... I fear she's in the same road Anna Nicole took in her life. Hopefully I am wrong and Britney can come back as the face of soberness....
Saturday night a group got together for game night. It was so much fun. Another friend who is also training for the marathon told me how he was hurt the same day I was. His symptoms were pretty much the same as mine. He went to the doctor, got X-rays, and was diagnosed with a Stress Fracture. Great! Just Great! I get to 6 miles... 1/4 of a marathon! and I get a stress fracture!!! There goes my marathon dream. Maybe I'll do a relay. I want to bring a medal home!
We celebrated the Rite of Election on Sunday, with a Liturgy at the Basilica. It was cool. The Archbishop is cool. And to my pleasant surprise, they were bilingual. I tuned out for half of the homily, and then he summarized everything he had said in Spanish. Yey!
The Oscars. Was Ryan the only one disappointed that they didn't include Anna Nicole Smith on the video of everyone that died this past year? Did you stopped what you were doing when Al Gore almost announced he was running for the 08 elections? Did you cringe when Ellen insinuated that Penelope Cruz was from Mexico? I thing they didn't use Ellen enough. Abigail Breslin and Jaden Smith were adorable. I was a little dissapointed by the winners and my favorite part was the special awards. Do you thing Peter O'Toole will make it to anothe Oscar or will he receive a special award? The best musical performance goes to Jack Black and Will
Ferrel. They should host the Oscars next year. And I loved the contortionist troup. In fact, I taped the show and rewind after it was over to see them do everything all over again.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Lent and Marriage
The title to my blog today may seem weird... am I talking about marriage as a form of torture? Considering I have no experience on the subject, the answer is no. I'm just going to share with you some thoughts about last night's RCIA meeting.
Today is Ash Wednesday, a day that marks the beginning of the season of Lent. You'd be surprised to know that Lent means Spring. It is a time of changing of seasons, and if you are in the Midwest, this may be a little rough. Lent is the "season for winter hearts to melt." And last night we were given three words to describe it: prayer, fasting & almsgiving. Prayer as in developing your relationship with God and the people around you; Fasting as a way to make a spiritual connection with the less fortunate and Jesus in the dessert; and Almsgiving as a way to stretch our resources.
People always talk about giving something up for Lent. Lent is a season of Fasting and Feasting. It's not only what you do not do, but what you do. It is about change. A suggestion is to look into the following 5 aspects and come up with things to improve (From a magazine called 'America'):
1. Interiority: who you are when you are not filled with noise?
2. Intimacy: build relationship with someone you care.
3. Solidarity: make a public stand with an issue of justice.
4. Simplicity: give away
5. The Marginal: walk humbly into the life of the handicapped, terminally ill, ect.
Marriage is also a time of change. And it is considered a sacrament because if you think about it, every sacrament brings to the person some kind of change in their life. So in that sense it is similar to Lent. Lent is also a commitment to become better. Marriage is a commitment to another person. But one thing is different. Lent is only 40 days, and sometimes that commitment ends on Easter. But marriage is forever. Any of you have thought about living with your boyfriend/girlfriend? Here's a thought: "You cannot practice permanency." Just something to think about.
Today is Ash Wednesday, a day that marks the beginning of the season of Lent. You'd be surprised to know that Lent means Spring. It is a time of changing of seasons, and if you are in the Midwest, this may be a little rough. Lent is the "season for winter hearts to melt." And last night we were given three words to describe it: prayer, fasting & almsgiving. Prayer as in developing your relationship with God and the people around you; Fasting as a way to make a spiritual connection with the less fortunate and Jesus in the dessert; and Almsgiving as a way to stretch our resources.
People always talk about giving something up for Lent. Lent is a season of Fasting and Feasting. It's not only what you do not do, but what you do. It is about change. A suggestion is to look into the following 5 aspects and come up with things to improve (From a magazine called 'America'):
1. Interiority: who you are when you are not filled with noise?
2. Intimacy: build relationship with someone you care.
3. Solidarity: make a public stand with an issue of justice.
4. Simplicity: give away
5. The Marginal: walk humbly into the life of the handicapped, terminally ill, ect.
Marriage is also a time of change. And it is considered a sacrament because if you think about it, every sacrament brings to the person some kind of change in their life. So in that sense it is similar to Lent. Lent is also a commitment to become better. Marriage is a commitment to another person. But one thing is different. Lent is only 40 days, and sometimes that commitment ends on Easter. But marriage is forever. Any of you have thought about living with your boyfriend/girlfriend? Here's a thought: "You cannot practice permanency." Just something to think about.
Monday, February 19, 2007
Climate Crisis
So, I decided to take a more serious look at Global Warming. And I finally watched inconvenient truth on Sunday evening. I must say I was dissapointed by the portrayal of Al Gore's dramatic life and the lack of facts regarding the issue. I was expecting something more like March of the Penguins and got a slightly political & biographical documentary. The movie left me with more questions than answers because they would throw a random fact and then go on about Al Gore's friend dying of cancer. And I really wanted to know what tragedy Winston Churchill warned the English people about. And when the asian girl asked Gore what are the things we can do to help he gave an allegorical answer. The film crew decided that it would be better to inlcude the 'what we can do' section in microfont and alternated with the credits. This was boring and hard to read. And don't even try to make me believe that Al Gore did the powerpoint on his own.
I believe something has to be done and than everyone can contribute to decrease pollution. In the movie they said that 40% of the world population drinks mineral water... what does the other 60% drink? Some fraction of that percentage would be people that drink purified ocean water, but most of it would be people that do not have access to clean water. THAT IS A PROBLEM. And I think we should not only focus on what we can do to prevent a crisis, but on WHAT WE CAN DO NOW to deal with our current crisis.
I have a headache now so I'm not going to get more into this. But I'll try to continue to get informed about stuff and posting more blogs about the topic.
I believe something has to be done and than everyone can contribute to decrease pollution. In the movie they said that 40% of the world population drinks mineral water... what does the other 60% drink? Some fraction of that percentage would be people that drink purified ocean water, but most of it would be people that do not have access to clean water. THAT IS A PROBLEM. And I think we should not only focus on what we can do to prevent a crisis, but on WHAT WE CAN DO NOW to deal with our current crisis.
I have a headache now so I'm not going to get more into this. But I'll try to continue to get informed about stuff and posting more blogs about the topic.
Friday, February 16, 2007
Hiccuping??????????????
A Florida females makes the news once more:
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Jennifer Mee can't stop hiccuping. For more than three weeks now, the 15-year-old St. Petersburg teen has hiccuped close to 50 times a minute — despite the best efforts of doctors and home remedies.
She's had blood tests, a CT scan and an MRI. Drugs haven't worked. Neither has holding her breath, putting sugar under her tongue, sipping pickle juice, breathing into a paper bag and drinking out of the wrong side of a glass.
And, yes, people have tried to scare them out of her.
The hiccups do stop when she's sleeping.
According to the National Institutes of Health, hiccups are caused by involuntary contractions of the diaphragm, which causes vocal cords to briefly close, which makes that distinctive hiccup sound. They can start for no reason or be triggered by anything from spicy foods to stress.
It is not clear what triggered Jennifer's hiccups, which started in school Jan. 23. Her mother, Rachel Robidoux, recently turned to the local newspaper for help.
"I'm just looking for some answers where somebody's gone through this," Robidoux told the St. Petersburg Times. "At this point, we're willing to do anything."
What do you think is causing this hilarious avalanche of tall tales from Florida women????
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Jennifer Mee can't stop hiccuping. For more than three weeks now, the 15-year-old St. Petersburg teen has hiccuped close to 50 times a minute — despite the best efforts of doctors and home remedies.
She's had blood tests, a CT scan and an MRI. Drugs haven't worked. Neither has holding her breath, putting sugar under her tongue, sipping pickle juice, breathing into a paper bag and drinking out of the wrong side of a glass.
And, yes, people have tried to scare them out of her.
The hiccups do stop when she's sleeping.
According to the National Institutes of Health, hiccups are caused by involuntary contractions of the diaphragm, which causes vocal cords to briefly close, which makes that distinctive hiccup sound. They can start for no reason or be triggered by anything from spicy foods to stress.
It is not clear what triggered Jennifer's hiccups, which started in school Jan. 23. Her mother, Rachel Robidoux, recently turned to the local newspaper for help.
"I'm just looking for some answers where somebody's gone through this," Robidoux told the St. Petersburg Times. "At this point, we're willing to do anything."
What do you think is causing this hilarious avalanche of tall tales from Florida women????
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Security
I park on a residential area, and to get to my lab from there, I must cross a bridge over 64/40 and pass a . I've always been a little hesitant about this, since usually, when I leave work, it is after dark. However, this is saving me about $300 in parking/month. Is it worth it?
On Feb. 12 a girl was sexually assaulted at a WashU Dorm. Below is the Crime alert. If you click on the image it will be clear.
This story hits us close to home and I feel the need to create awareness about it. I am so proud of this girl for reporting the assault. She's one strong woman. Lets pray to God to give her more strenght as she continues her life. And hopefully we all can learn a lesson about this.
This story hits us close to home and I feel the need to create awareness about it. I am so proud of this girl for reporting the assault. She's one strong woman. Lets pray to God to give her more strenght as she continues her life. And hopefully we all can learn a lesson about this.Monday, February 12, 2007
Last Week
So I'm training for the half marathon and until last week it was great. Not easy but every run made me feel better about myself. Last week, however, was terrible. I felt very unmotivated. Yesterday I ran 5 miles on Forest Park. It was my first run outside and it was great. I really enjoyed it and the feeling of actually getting somewhere really helped. So I'm starting this week with a high. I blame Anna Nicole's death and Nisa Nowak for my bad week. Seriously.. wassup with Florida and all the women making crazy news down there??? Perhaps it is Global Warming.
Monday, February 05, 2007
On the Super Bowl
For this 22 year old Puerto Rican woman living in St. Louis watching the Super Bowl for the first time, it was actually a very interesting time...
Lets start by the location.... I ended up watching the game at the house of the 3rd generation of the Pulitzer family in St. Louis... Pulitzer as the Pulitzer prize. When I arrived to the house in Ladue, there were a couple of sculptures in the front yard... and a Picaso decorated the wall to the left of the TV. So it was a little overwhelming and for the first five minutes there I didn't know what I should be looking at: the game or the art.
I arrived a little late and missed the National Anthem and Jessica Simpson's declaration of love to Pizza Hut, and Chicago's 1st Touchdown. Oh yeah, after carefull consideration I decided I wanted the Colts to win... My reasoning: the only game I had seen before this was at ND.. and that's in Indiana. =) So, I was a little disappointed when they didn't get the first field goal.
Chicago kept the lead with another touchdown, but thanks do Oprah and David Letterman, the disappointment didn't last long. I learned what a turnover is, and absorbed the energy of watching the first game with 4 turnovers in the first quarter. Was the purple rain to blame for this historic moment?
Then there was that heart commercial... Who was the first person that came to your mind when you saw this?
Anyway, the Colts took the lead and I was happy. Then there was halftime. The only thing that came off was Prince's headscarf... Thank goodness! BTW, what a waste of money! And I cannot believe those dancers didn't slip... Now that the game is on break, I'm going to speak about all the food that we had at this place. Every dip you can imagine, Chili, & brownies and cookies! Super Bowl=Yummy Food!
Coca Cola loses points for not coming up with a new commercial for the Super Bowl. And just when I was wondering were K-Fed was, he shows up laughing at himself. I liked the Budweiser commercials during Baseball season better than the ones they had for the Super Bowl. And I still have no idea what GoDaddy.com is. AND where was that guy proposing to his wife????
Anyway, the Colts kept the lead the rest of the game. My favorite moment was when that guy intercepted the bowl and almost touched the line. And the Bear's sad attempt to question the amazing play.
So I'm a little bit more acquainted with the game of football now... Still, my favorite part was all the computer graphics on the screen. And finally an African American coach leads a team to Super Bowl victory... OR may I say, it is 2007 and it is the first time an African American coach leads a team to Super Bowl victory!!! What is wrong with us!!! I bet Hollywood is already working the contract to make a movie about this...
Lets start by the location.... I ended up watching the game at the house of the 3rd generation of the Pulitzer family in St. Louis... Pulitzer as the Pulitzer prize. When I arrived to the house in Ladue, there were a couple of sculptures in the front yard... and a Picaso decorated the wall to the left of the TV. So it was a little overwhelming and for the first five minutes there I didn't know what I should be looking at: the game or the art.
I arrived a little late and missed the National Anthem and Jessica Simpson's declaration of love to Pizza Hut, and Chicago's 1st Touchdown. Oh yeah, after carefull consideration I decided I wanted the Colts to win... My reasoning: the only game I had seen before this was at ND.. and that's in Indiana. =) So, I was a little disappointed when they didn't get the first field goal.
Chicago kept the lead with another touchdown, but thanks do Oprah and David Letterman, the disappointment didn't last long. I learned what a turnover is, and absorbed the energy of watching the first game with 4 turnovers in the first quarter. Was the purple rain to blame for this historic moment?
Then there was that heart commercial... Who was the first person that came to your mind when you saw this?
Anyway, the Colts took the lead and I was happy. Then there was halftime. The only thing that came off was Prince's headscarf... Thank goodness! BTW, what a waste of money! And I cannot believe those dancers didn't slip... Now that the game is on break, I'm going to speak about all the food that we had at this place. Every dip you can imagine, Chili, & brownies and cookies! Super Bowl=Yummy Food!
Coca Cola loses points for not coming up with a new commercial for the Super Bowl. And just when I was wondering were K-Fed was, he shows up laughing at himself. I liked the Budweiser commercials during Baseball season better than the ones they had for the Super Bowl. And I still have no idea what GoDaddy.com is. AND where was that guy proposing to his wife????
Anyway, the Colts kept the lead the rest of the game. My favorite moment was when that guy intercepted the bowl and almost touched the line. And the Bear's sad attempt to question the amazing play.
So I'm a little bit more acquainted with the game of football now... Still, my favorite part was all the computer graphics on the screen. And finally an African American coach leads a team to Super Bowl victory... OR may I say, it is 2007 and it is the first time an African American coach leads a team to Super Bowl victory!!! What is wrong with us!!! I bet Hollywood is already working the contract to make a movie about this...
Friday, February 02, 2007
News Recap!
Today I feel like a celebrity blogger... or perhaps more like writing an editorial of editorials....
My day has been full of hilarious moments, all given by interactive webpages that deliver the news daily to us.
I'm not very up-to-date with the world news, but I do know that this week the Eifel tower turned off all its lights for 5 minutes to commemorate the eve of a report made by UN scientits concerning Global Warming. The result of this report: the probablity that Global Warming is here and caused by us humans: 90%! Now, I'm sure that was reduced after the Eifel's tower demonstration. But what's even better about this is how different newsrooms cover the story... There are the straight forward people like Times & CNN who bombarded their stories with facts and figures, while others thought that using metaphors of urban legends and murdered honor roll students a better way to cover the story.... and others even went beyond that and accused Bush's of hiring a bunch of scientists to say that the UN report is full of bull... I thought all of it was funny...
American women made the news bigtime today... One just a few miles away, fell into the Mississipi river over by the River Boats... Some people heard her screaming, but when they tried to save her she was stuck... Firefighters came to the rescue and she was saved around 10am this morning. Another woman, in St. Petersburg, FL faked her own death after 11 months of faking her cancer treatment... How did people find out? She showed up at her funeral. But she was not arrested, she did not commit a crime! I wonder if anyone will show up when she actually dies...
Maybe global warming is affecting women more than the moon these days... who knows!
Finally... ew.com.. An ode to you! Thank you! You make my favorite shows even better!
My day has been full of hilarious moments, all given by interactive webpages that deliver the news daily to us.
I'm not very up-to-date with the world news, but I do know that this week the Eifel tower turned off all its lights for 5 minutes to commemorate the eve of a report made by UN scientits concerning Global Warming. The result of this report: the probablity that Global Warming is here and caused by us humans: 90%! Now, I'm sure that was reduced after the Eifel's tower demonstration. But what's even better about this is how different newsrooms cover the story... There are the straight forward people like Times & CNN who bombarded their stories with facts and figures, while others thought that using metaphors of urban legends and murdered honor roll students a better way to cover the story.... and others even went beyond that and accused Bush's of hiring a bunch of scientists to say that the UN report is full of bull... I thought all of it was funny...
American women made the news bigtime today... One just a few miles away, fell into the Mississipi river over by the River Boats... Some people heard her screaming, but when they tried to save her she was stuck... Firefighters came to the rescue and she was saved around 10am this morning. Another woman, in St. Petersburg, FL faked her own death after 11 months of faking her cancer treatment... How did people find out? She showed up at her funeral. But she was not arrested, she did not commit a crime! I wonder if anyone will show up when she actually dies...
Maybe global warming is affecting women more than the moon these days... who knows!
Finally... ew.com.. An ode to you! Thank you! You make my favorite shows even better!
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