count the ways ...

 express your love

image from: i love you more than blank ...

i love you more than ... is a nice little way to share your love with others. with nine categories to share your love of - the benjamins, coffee vs. fizz, wired, eatables, wax poetic, pop culture, if you only knew, homies, and motley crew - have at it.

(repost from jan 30, 2010)

i love you more than ... blank

(reposts from '09 - feb 17, april 25, sept 26)

oh ellie grace ... an excuse to post this little clip. (hee-hee)

(may be a little "pg-13+" rated, for some)

i love you more than ...
little britain & little britain USA
(well ... kinda sorta)
oh yeah
>peace, bitch

i love you more than ...

. grits at rudy's . happy hour with the gals .
. watching glee . pressing speed dial on my phone .
. non sequitur conversations . ocean wet smell .
. air-conditioned buses on an indian summer day .
. color theme dress-up day .
. the colored markers i lug around at work .
. the garden fresh fruits & vegetables you share .
. movies we quote for the immature teenage boys
that we truly can be  .
. le pen .
... blank ...

. all the bags in my closet . that tasty cookie at caffe trieste .
. the smell of the ocean . a cup of espresso forte or garuda .
. i did yesterday . you love yourself .
. reading david's recaps of fave (and not so fave) reality tv shows .
. a scoop of chocolate therapy . cheese .
. the color of the sun setting and rising .
. how much i love how you smell .
. writing . people think i love penguins .
. our stupidicus and moronicus frivolity . i miss san diego .
. staring at the ceiling . fried pickles .
. harold and his purple crayon .
. sweet potato fries (baked of course, ha!) .
. sound of your loving sigh . blogging . ha cherng .
. your love for jumble words . your love for gardening .
... blank ...

. i love our hit or miss morning chats . the heat in d.c. .
. that filipino dessert i forget the name of . guacamole & chips .
. you love gerard butler . oatmeal mango cookies .
. you love talking in french . pedicures with leg massages .
. you love your belgian beer .  you hate muta .
. hot chocolate with whipped chocolate mousse .
. you love to travel . buzz loves the spice girls .
. you love poppy & rosey . the sound of music .
. you love our harry potter books . uffpa .
. you love shopping . the guns you own . your love for wine .
. you love bejeweled . your dragonboat fun .
... blank ...

today's ... blank ...?
. barney's burgers & milkshakes .
. awesome shopping deals .

f|back (nov '10): oracle friend peek-a-boo

looking up a power plant stack

wisdom words ... oracle is the nickname of a friend whom i shared about in a post back in november '10 over here. the following is a bit of a repost AND includes yesterday's oracle share.

background ... i met oracle in late 2000 through my previous business and have stayed in on/off yippity-yap contact. when i chat with the oracle, i enjoy the intellectual banter that ensues. my friend earned the nickname from the oracle of delphi - he shared a series of different answers to his young daughter's questions and/or quotes he spewed.

2012 oracle share ... attributed to his mentor (andy b.) way-back in the day-

right is always right; 

not simply when it's obvious or convenient. 

past oracle spew ... here are the little tidbits the oracle has shared ...

• nothing is impossible for the person who does not have to do it.
  
  
• dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.
  
  
• (in response to a colored spreadsheet) pay no attention to the man behind the curtain - uhm ... can you just tell me the answers?
  
  
• (quotes aldous huxley) actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the over-compensations for misery.
  
  
• no one wins a race to the moral bottom.
  
  
• coincidence is a result assigned by those who failed to plan.
  
  
• (in response to a contact list i pulled together) nice work. get yourself a bucket of oats and hit the "turnout" for a rest under the apple tree. and, don't bother the geldings!
  
  
• high performers persevere. perseverance requires optimism. hope drives achievement.
  
  
• things of this world are neither inherently good nor evil, but it is Steve Jobs that makes them so.
  
  
• you are the sole architect of your fortune ... and misfortune.
  
  
• (in response to my leisurely tuesday routine in 2007 - yoga in the morn and kickboxing in the eve) meditate on this in your yoga class this afternoon, or whatever trending exercise class you San Francisco people do...
  
  • you achieve happiness by immersing yourself on working toward a goal.
  • when you stay focused on that goal and give it your all, happiness follows.
  • don't be in a rush to be the best, let it come from hard work.
  • develop the discipline and determination to focus on getting better, not being the best.
  (with a personal note of - "I just sent this to my daughter, and thought you could add it to your book. It is a paraphrased quote from an Indian philosopher (take note: very trendy and cosmopolitan of me), and I happen to completely agree and have been stressing this with daughter for years.")
  
  
• creativity is intrinsically hard to manage, but there is an essential paradox whereby enough process must be introduced so that creativity is balanced by a certain level of accountability.
  

and finally, oracle contributed a quote i've included in my mission, vision, values statements -

sometimes logic must give way to equity.

f|back (oct '10): got cow?

MOO-ME! ... @craigyferg @geofftherobot am heading down from SF bay area to see the halloween day taping of the late late show with craig ferguson as part of my 48th halloween birthday gifts to myself!!! (or thirty-eighteenth, as a friend suggested) i am VERY excited - to see the show, though not so much about the drive a bunch of hours yet it is well worth it. totally hoping to touch meet craig ferguson and geoff ... and maybe even secretariat. i will later pull together the little lists a few friends have for the top 7 reasons why i should meet craig ferguson in the intro portion of the show. (7? yes, seven, because it's a prime number.) meanwhile, about that costume i'll have on somehow under my real clothes ...

DIY cow costume resurrected ... as i've done so for some past halloweens, the cow is coming back out of the pasture and will be distributing its methane molecules - via burping or pooping. i'll have to figure out how NOT to be in costume while i'm in costume per the audience rule thing.

(image from s. colbert's 2010 keep fear alive)

(oh, and maybe with a little bit of ammonia, but i still have to get those pom-poms glued molecules together.) i'll have some methane molecules to give away while standing in line and a few extra udders (three to be exact) to tug on!

and just to rehash - here is a bit about the cow costume history - a repost of part of a flashback post from 10/15/2010. in other words, i cut and paste shit i have posted before.

(repost from 11/02/08)

halloween '08 cow costume repurposed ...

... for an enviro theme.
(what else, eh?!)

"burp-utot-cow" persona ... had the dmv allowed a nice standard headshot (or maybe a costume-shot) ... my license would have be more fun. (side note: halloween = birthday)
CH4 methane molecules ... as fashioned by 1 black pom-pom with 4 white pom-poms and SEVERAL of them glued to white pipe cleaners just spewing from my "BURP" ...

"thirsty meg" (or maybe "lonely meg"?) ... l.a.g., dolled up as family guy's meg, was at first somewhat gentle, until she got a bit greedy.

and if you can't quite see them ... there are dingleberries with some methane molecules, also. (they look like little humps on the lower back.) here they are - hiding at night.

geek cow.

(repost from 10/31/08)
it COULD happen once a year ...

... if you don't pay attention to the little date above the little picture of your head. your driver license may be expired (or soon to expire - like really, really soon).

turns out ... my driver license expires today. (i discovered that unintentionally this past wednesday night at dinner.) that means, i'm celebrating a b-day ... this morning ... at the dmv ... in a machine+hand sewn cow costume (which has seen better days) that i swore i'd retire.

cow costume history ... goes like this ...

• 1st time out = cow
• 2nd time out = cow with more fancy cow stuff (a cow bell)
• 3rd time out = "holy cow" ... cow with big glow-in-the-dark cross (no, not flames), a makeshift priest's collar, a rosary, a scapula, and at some point, a make shift halo. (i had a tiny bible, but without pockets (note to self - make at least one pocket), the bible was set aside). and yes, this was stuff worn at the same time.
  
• 4th time out = "mad cow" ... a machine+hand sewn make-shift straight-jacket and those glasses with the crazy eyes hanging off of metal springs (another note to self - make an "escape" hole for each of your arms. turns out you can't eat dinner with your arms wrapped around toward your back. in fact, you can't do much drinking or anything else.)
  

... and THEN there was a hiatus, UNTIL NOW. hopefully someone will have a camera at work (yes, not only will i be in costume at the dmv this morn, i'll be in costume at work.) i am going to try to pull off ...

"renewable resource energy" cow

update:
"bovine methane generator"

(yeah ... we'll see if the idea can be pulled off.
HINT: the carbon molecule is represented by a black pom-pom.
the hydroden molecule is represented by a white pom-pom.
and micheal's (the arts-crafts store) has my money. )

f|break: wednesday morn sade love ...

ba-boom-boom-boom ... a little over 9 months ago, got my tix. am very excited. tomorrow - half-day in cubeopolis, dinner in san jose somewhere with pho queen, and sade (and john legend).

enjoy a fiber break with sade (over here)
for ~ 4:05 minutes

i know my eyes already like you

(repost from 05/23/11)

sade ... LOVE @sadeofficial (on web, twitter, facebook). got my tickets (back in november) for the august 25 san jose show. also now have the ultimate collection.

enjoy a music fiber break this morn with sade (over here)
at that san diego show which i saw her from row h

for ~ 8 minutes singing is it a crime

it dives and it jumps ...

(repost from 11/12/10)

sade tickets ... i will be at the aug 25 show in san jose at the hp pavilion.

• yesterday's thing - at coffee yesterday afternoon, mister-boy-working-at-specialty's asked what the acronyn "sayd" on my baseball cap meant. i told him it was a group with a female lead singer named sade. he asked if they were popular. as i started explaining, he interrupted me and asked if it was some sort of 80s band. solution? just show him the sade website. he then asked, "is that her?"
  
  
• pre-sale amex thing - i learned about the amex presales and the "costs-as-much-as-two-pairs-of-fluevogs" VIP ticket package.
  
  
• lesson learned thing - find a new memorable super-secret hiding place. i spent literally HOURS (last night and this morning at 4:AM-ish) looking for my amex card for presale tix so it could VIP myself.
  
  
• time passes and shit happens thing - in between the time when a VIP hospitality package was available STILL available yesterday to the time i found the super-secret amex card hiding place this morning, said VIP package NO LONGER available. (note to self: snag a package at the san diego show.)
  
  

good thing...
i purchased tickets this morning.

f|break: (bonus) sunday morning

flashback to jack (of will & grace fame) so soon?! ... yes! because this is how i felt getting up this morning - boundless energy (although without coffee)! sean hayes (aka jack) is fabu. just love this scene. (now off to the farmers market this morn.)

(repost from 11/18/10)

just jack! ... or jack 2000. regardless of how i remember jack mcfarland - LOVE JACK. LOVE. JACK! recently reminded of will & grace on one of my recent visits to david dust's blog.

enjoy your midweek fiber break of less than a minute
with jack of will & grace over here

Jack: Hey, friends, lovers, mothers, and other strangers. You’re never going to believe what happened to me. Oh, my gosh! Did you see that? I almost did the half nelson. I almost bruised my delicates, my delicates, my domo arigato Mr. Tomatoes. Huge news! I have met— Are you ready for this? Mr. Right. Well, Mr. Right-Now, anyway. Ba-da-bum! Good night, folks, I’m here all week. Jack 2000! He works over at the Jumpin’ Java. You know that coffee shop on 72nd? And his name is Paul. He is cute with a capital “Q”! And the busier it gets, the hotter he gets. And the hotter he gets, the sweatier he gets. And the sweatier he gets— I forgot where I’m going with this, but the point is… Me likey he, and he likey me. And the best part is— Shazam— he gives me free iced coffee every time I go in, which is every hour on the hour. Thank you very much! And occasionally on the half hour! Bah-da-da-da-da! Blblblbt!