so, i decided to change my avatar to that picture of me since i don't think i'll be seeing a decent picture of me for a long while ~_^
damn dishy tagged me, so i guess i'll go ahead with this freakin' 20 things list, even though i doubt there's 20 interesting things about me...
1. When i was 2 years old, my father passed away. He died of a sort of lung cancer. In the process of trying to cure him he went though many different experimental treatments including topical cobalt treatment, slow heat treatments, and a zinc pill treatment. I don't remember anything about him yet everyone says that my mannerisms and all of my preferences are a lot like his. All that we have left now are movies that he took me when I was a baby... On Beta. All photos and the urn filled with his ashes are still at my house in Louisiana.
2. I have a brother. He's 15 years older than I am and he's my father's son, not my mother's. He lived with us til I was about 4 and then he moved away, returning a couple years ago to live with us for about a year before getting a place of his own. We have the same, exact, full name, believe it.
3. My first piercing was my cartilage when I was about 7 years old. One halloween I dressed up as a pirate and I had a fake beard painted on with face paint and everything. My mother sat me on the counter in the bathroom after we finished trick-or-treating and was cleaning the paint off my face. When she was finished she picked me up and set me down on the ground. Then she proceeded to stand up, but felt her necklace caught on something, so she jerked up straight, and the pendant on the necklace pierced the top of my ear.
4. When I was a child I had a couple different careers picked out for my future, a few: comedian, neurologist, professional wrestler, the pope, psychologist, the list goes on.
5. I collect bouncy balls, aka super balls. I have a crapload of them, but I've never bothered to actually count them. At one point, before I started giving them to little kids at work, I probably had almost 1000.
6. I went to a catholic school for kindergarten through 8th grade. In 4th grade I got it in my head that I wanted to be an altar boy. I was never molested, in fact, the priest frequently cursed us out for screwing up. In my 8th grade year I was awarded Altar Server of the Year for my parish and was given a medal by the Archbishop. I was kind of excited. Now I'm buddhist.
7. When I was in kindergarten I could read like a mother. I read every book in the whole damn classroom. To make sure I read them they'd pick out random things in the books and try to trick me into answering incorrectly. It didn't work. They gave me a test and from that point on I went to the next grade up for some classes. This subsequently ruined my life as far as social aspects go. That's kool though, I fucking read books like a maniac.
8. One of my favorite things to do, as weird as it is, is masturbate in odd places. Here's some of the places I've masturbated: Almost every house I've been in more than twice, the bathroom at the church I served mass at, the Cathedral in New Orleans that I served mass at a few times, every place of work I've ever worked at, every place of work my girlfriends have ever worked at, most fast food restaurants I frequent, most malls I've been to, schools I've gone to (including in class), and, my most prided moment, you know the big golf ball ride at EPCOT? Yeah.
9. Remember how I said I read like crazy? Now I can't stand reading the last half of a book. It's like once I get to the climax, I'm done. The rest of the book isn't good enough for me and I can't muster up the courage to read it. The last book I read cover to cover was "House of Leaves" by Mark Danielewski a few years ago. Before that it was the first 6 books of Robert Jordans "Wheel of Time" series. But I only got through the first half of the 6th book.
10. When I was little I swore I had syphilis. I had all the symptoms including the insanity. My mother just wouldn't get it through her head that I had immaculate syphilis. I was an all-around hypochondriac. I went home once because I couldn't see the board. My ailment was listed as I told them "cold eyes".
11. Before I got my first DVD player (senior year of high school) I met a kid that told me he had 400 DVDs. I was so jealous I vowed that one day I'd have more DVDs than he did. Before Hurricane Katrina I had 213 movies from USA, France, Germany, Japan, China, India, plus more. Now I'm down to about 145 that I could pull out of the muck in my house.
12. It was brought to my attention recently that I have to sleep on the right side of the bed. Not necessarily on the right side of my partner, but if I lay on my back, the closest end of the bed would be nearest to my right side. I didn't notice this until it was pointed out to me and I'm kinda in denial right now, so I don't really wanna talk about it.
13. Another bed thing... I have this pillow, ok? I need this pillow, man, you just don't understand. It's like, my thing. I can't go anywhere for an extended period of time without my pillow. It's usually got some cartoon pillowcase on it, so its kind of embarassing, but seriously, its my pillow!
14. When I take a shower, I wash my body before my hair. I've been told that I should go the opposite way because when you wash your hair, the dirt from your hair goes down your body, and if you've already washed your body, it defeats the purpose. I say, if your hair is dirty enough to de-cleanse your body, its okay, at least you're taking a freakin' shower.
15. When I was in high school I started a porn site that got 20,000 hits in one week. It was called "Heavens to Cheerleaders" and it was pictures of the cheerleading squad and dance team at my high school performing. The site was so busy, and it was being hosted on my friend's cable connection, that the cable company cut off his connection at random points during the day and ended up sending him weird letters harassing him about the traffic.
16. I'm a kleptomaniac. I call it "finding things". It pisses most people off.
17. I used to sleep in a hammock. Most people think that its impossible, that I fall out on a frequent basis. I've never fallen out of a hammock in the 10+ years I've slept in a hammock. In fact, it cured my back ailments, and I miss it.
18. At the end of my Junior year of high school I was going around getting people to sign my yearbook, but that wasn't good enough for me. So I got a composition notebook and proceeded to get people to cut out pieces of their hair, and I'd tape them in the book, and they'd write a little message on their page. In the end I think I got about 85 people. Crazy? But ask yourself, who is crazier, me, or the 85 people that cut their hair for me?
19. I can do that beatbox thing with my mouth. My favorite noise to make is the bass boom. It kinda freaks people out when they're not expecting it. I also make this loud, obnoxious noise called a "throat weasel" that generally scares the shit out of everyone within a 3 block radius its so freaking loud and sharp.
20. I'm really upset that I lost everything I worked so hard for, but, I'm getting over it.
sorry it was so long, i didn't think it was going to be. if you read it all, congratulations, you get a cookie. there'll be a test at the end of the week. joke.
damn dishy tagged me, so i guess i'll go ahead with this freakin' 20 things list, even though i doubt there's 20 interesting things about me...
1. When i was 2 years old, my father passed away. He died of a sort of lung cancer. In the process of trying to cure him he went though many different experimental treatments including topical cobalt treatment, slow heat treatments, and a zinc pill treatment. I don't remember anything about him yet everyone says that my mannerisms and all of my preferences are a lot like his. All that we have left now are movies that he took me when I was a baby... On Beta. All photos and the urn filled with his ashes are still at my house in Louisiana.
2. I have a brother. He's 15 years older than I am and he's my father's son, not my mother's. He lived with us til I was about 4 and then he moved away, returning a couple years ago to live with us for about a year before getting a place of his own. We have the same, exact, full name, believe it.
3. My first piercing was my cartilage when I was about 7 years old. One halloween I dressed up as a pirate and I had a fake beard painted on with face paint and everything. My mother sat me on the counter in the bathroom after we finished trick-or-treating and was cleaning the paint off my face. When she was finished she picked me up and set me down on the ground. Then she proceeded to stand up, but felt her necklace caught on something, so she jerked up straight, and the pendant on the necklace pierced the top of my ear.
4. When I was a child I had a couple different careers picked out for my future, a few: comedian, neurologist, professional wrestler, the pope, psychologist, the list goes on.
5. I collect bouncy balls, aka super balls. I have a crapload of them, but I've never bothered to actually count them. At one point, before I started giving them to little kids at work, I probably had almost 1000.
6. I went to a catholic school for kindergarten through 8th grade. In 4th grade I got it in my head that I wanted to be an altar boy. I was never molested, in fact, the priest frequently cursed us out for screwing up. In my 8th grade year I was awarded Altar Server of the Year for my parish and was given a medal by the Archbishop. I was kind of excited. Now I'm buddhist.
7. When I was in kindergarten I could read like a mother. I read every book in the whole damn classroom. To make sure I read them they'd pick out random things in the books and try to trick me into answering incorrectly. It didn't work. They gave me a test and from that point on I went to the next grade up for some classes. This subsequently ruined my life as far as social aspects go. That's kool though, I fucking read books like a maniac.
8. One of my favorite things to do, as weird as it is, is masturbate in odd places. Here's some of the places I've masturbated: Almost every house I've been in more than twice, the bathroom at the church I served mass at, the Cathedral in New Orleans that I served mass at a few times, every place of work I've ever worked at, every place of work my girlfriends have ever worked at, most fast food restaurants I frequent, most malls I've been to, schools I've gone to (including in class), and, my most prided moment, you know the big golf ball ride at EPCOT? Yeah.
9. Remember how I said I read like crazy? Now I can't stand reading the last half of a book. It's like once I get to the climax, I'm done. The rest of the book isn't good enough for me and I can't muster up the courage to read it. The last book I read cover to cover was "House of Leaves" by Mark Danielewski a few years ago. Before that it was the first 6 books of Robert Jordans "Wheel of Time" series. But I only got through the first half of the 6th book.
10. When I was little I swore I had syphilis. I had all the symptoms including the insanity. My mother just wouldn't get it through her head that I had immaculate syphilis. I was an all-around hypochondriac. I went home once because I couldn't see the board. My ailment was listed as I told them "cold eyes".
11. Before I got my first DVD player (senior year of high school) I met a kid that told me he had 400 DVDs. I was so jealous I vowed that one day I'd have more DVDs than he did. Before Hurricane Katrina I had 213 movies from USA, France, Germany, Japan, China, India, plus more. Now I'm down to about 145 that I could pull out of the muck in my house.
12. It was brought to my attention recently that I have to sleep on the right side of the bed. Not necessarily on the right side of my partner, but if I lay on my back, the closest end of the bed would be nearest to my right side. I didn't notice this until it was pointed out to me and I'm kinda in denial right now, so I don't really wanna talk about it.
13. Another bed thing... I have this pillow, ok? I need this pillow, man, you just don't understand. It's like, my thing. I can't go anywhere for an extended period of time without my pillow. It's usually got some cartoon pillowcase on it, so its kind of embarassing, but seriously, its my pillow!
14. When I take a shower, I wash my body before my hair. I've been told that I should go the opposite way because when you wash your hair, the dirt from your hair goes down your body, and if you've already washed your body, it defeats the purpose. I say, if your hair is dirty enough to de-cleanse your body, its okay, at least you're taking a freakin' shower.
15. When I was in high school I started a porn site that got 20,000 hits in one week. It was called "Heavens to Cheerleaders" and it was pictures of the cheerleading squad and dance team at my high school performing. The site was so busy, and it was being hosted on my friend's cable connection, that the cable company cut off his connection at random points during the day and ended up sending him weird letters harassing him about the traffic.
16. I'm a kleptomaniac. I call it "finding things". It pisses most people off.
17. I used to sleep in a hammock. Most people think that its impossible, that I fall out on a frequent basis. I've never fallen out of a hammock in the 10+ years I've slept in a hammock. In fact, it cured my back ailments, and I miss it.
18. At the end of my Junior year of high school I was going around getting people to sign my yearbook, but that wasn't good enough for me. So I got a composition notebook and proceeded to get people to cut out pieces of their hair, and I'd tape them in the book, and they'd write a little message on their page. In the end I think I got about 85 people. Crazy? But ask yourself, who is crazier, me, or the 85 people that cut their hair for me?
19. I can do that beatbox thing with my mouth. My favorite noise to make is the bass boom. It kinda freaks people out when they're not expecting it. I also make this loud, obnoxious noise called a "throat weasel" that generally scares the shit out of everyone within a 3 block radius its so freaking loud and sharp.
20. I'm really upset that I lost everything I worked so hard for, but, I'm getting over it.
sorry it was so long, i didn't think it was going to be. if you read it all, congratulations, you get a cookie. there'll be a test at the end of the week. joke.
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The third sword is the komagong or kamagong.... hell, they don't even use our alphbet on some islands... there likely is no correct spelling.
It's the sword which is supposed to be a stylised crocadile.... Siamese crocs in the area are the largest crocs on the
planet, excepting saltwater crocs...
Hell, the symboplogy of these swords is just as formidible as the blades on them....
The little black thingies are kinda hook-spirals.
When the blade was still hot, they cut a little piece of metal away from the blade in those places...... they twisted the resulting barbs into spirally hooks.
The spiral being a malay-pollynesian symbol for harmony and creation..... you'll see it in all their native art, and on their tattoos...
And the hooks arn't all together decorative. They're snag-tastic.
I'll snap off a quality photo of that sword for you once I've got some spare sunlight.
I'll snap on off a photo of the fillipino kriss too... just cause I want you to see that sword for the work of art that it is.