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hey daddy...i love you.

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The Scorpion and the Frog

One day, a scorpion looked around at the mountain where he lived and decided that he wanted a change. So he set out on a journey through the forests and hills. He climbed over rocks and under vines and kept going until he reached a river.
The river was wide and swift, and the scorpion stopped to reconsider the situation. He couldn't see any way across. So he ran upriver and then checked downriver, all the while thinking that he might have to turn back.

Suddenly, he saw a frog sitting in the rushes by the bank of the stream on the other side of the river. He decided to ask the frog for help getting across the stream.

"Hellooo Mr. Frog!" called the scorpion across the water, "Would you be so kind as to give me a ride on your back across the river?"

"Well now, Mr. Scorpion! How do I know that if I try to help you, you wont try to kill me?" asked the frog hesitantly.

"Because," the scorpion replied, "If I try to kill you, then I would die too, for you see I cannot swim!"

Now this seemed to make sense to the frog. But he asked. "What about when I get close to the bank? You could still try to kill me and get back to the shore!"

"This is true," agreed the scorpion, "But then I wouldn't be able to get to the other side of the river!"

"Alright then...how do I know you wont just wait till we get to the other side and THEN kill me?" said the frog.

"Ahh...," crooned the scorpion, "Because you see, once you've taken me to the other side of this river, I will be so grateful for your help, that it would hardly be fair to reward you with death, now would it?!"

So the frog agreed to take the scorpion across the river. He swam over to the bank and settled himself near the mud to pick up his passenger. The scorpion crawled onto the frog's back, his sharp claws prickling into the frog's soft hide, and the frog slid into the river. The muddy water swirled around them, but the frog stayed near the surface so the scorpion would not drown. He kicked strongly through the first half of the stream, his flippers paddling wildly against the current.

Halfway across the river, the frog suddenly felt a sharp sting in his back and, out of the corner of his eye, saw the scorpion remove his stinger from the frog's back. A deadening numbness began to creep into his limbs.

"You fool!" croaked the frog, "Now we shall both die! Why on earth did you do that?"

The scorpion shrugged, and did a little jig on the drownings frog's back.

"I could not help myself. It is my nature."

Then they both sank into the muddy waters of the swiftly flowing river.

***

sometimes you get into something with the best of intentions.

but sometimes, intentions fade, and what's left behind are tears and the knowledge that you hurt someone you care about.

i'm sorry. you have no idea how truly sorry i am.

but this is me.

and i tried to change, honest to god, i tried.

but i couldn't.

it's my nature.

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much thanks to cwiff who reminded me about the story. and to the sisters who helped me feel like less of a d!ck.

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we're always stronger than we think we are.

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* tsakiwaki made kwento @ 8/28/2006 02:31:00 PM

Friday, August 11, 2006

cwiffywiffy is sheer BRILLIANCE! shiny shimmery brilliance! i love him!!! ;)

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"I wonder," he said, "do the stars glow so that some day, everyone can find a way back to their own? Look at my planet. It is directly above us. But how far away it is!"

Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The Little Prince

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...twinkle twinkle little three stars on orion's belt...
do you see them too?
do you remember?
do you know?

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* tsakiwaki made kwento @ 8/11/2006 12:44:00 AM

Friday, August 04, 2006

yes. confession is good for the psyche. to a certain extent.

and once again...

...i am vindicated...

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postcard courtesy of (what else?) postsecret.

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if you've seen over 80 movies on this list = you have no life.
i got this from shiro who got it from tobie.

mark the ones you've seen. there are 168 movie titles on this list.

( ) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Boondock Saints
(x) Fight Club
(x) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
( ) Blazing Saddles
( ) Airplane
( ) My First Mister
(x) The Virgin Suicides

Total: 7 /11

(x) The Princess Bride
( ) AnchorMan: The Legend of Ron Burgandy
( ) Napoleon Dynamite
(x) Labyrinth
( ) Saw
( ) Saw II
( ) White Noise
(x) White Oleander
( ) Anger Management
(x) 50 First Dates
(x) The Princess Diaries
(x) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

Total: 6 /12

(x) Scream
(x) Scream 2
(x) Scream 3
(x) Scary Movie
( ) Scary Movie 2
( ) Scary Movie 3
( ) Scary Movie 4
(x) American Pie
(x) American Pie 2
( ) American Wedding
( ) American Pie Band Camp

Total: 6 /11

(x) Harry Potter
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
(x) Harry Potter 4
(x) Resident Evil 1
(x) Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
( ) Little Black Book
(x) The Village
(x) Lilo & Stitch

Total: 9/10

(x) Finding Nemo
(x) Finding Neverland
(x) Signs
(x) The Grinch
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(x) White Chicks
( ) Butterfly Effect
( ) 13 Going on 30
(x) I, Robot
( ) Robots

Total: 6 /10

(x) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
(x) Universal Soldier
( ) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(x) Along Came Polly
(x) Deep Impact
( ) KingPin
(x) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers (a$$hoooole!)
(x) Eight Crazy Nights
(x) Joe Dirt
( ) King Kong

Total: 9 /12

(x) A Cinderella Story
( ) The Terminal
(x) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumber & Dumberer
(x) Final Destination
( ) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
( ) Halloween
(x) The Ring
(x) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving X-MAS
(x) Flubber

Total: 7 /14

(x) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (i love this movie!!!)
(x) Practical Magic
(x) Chicago
(x) Ghost Ship
(x) From Hell
(x) Hellboy
( ) Secret Window
( ) I Am Sam
(x) The Whole Nine Yards

Total: 7 /9

(x) The Day After Tomorrow
( ) Child's Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
(x) Bride of Chucky
(x) Ten Things I Hate About You
( ) Just Married
(x) Gothika
(x) Nightmare on Elm Street
(x) Sixteen Candles
(x) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
(x) The Grudge
(x) the Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask

Total: 9 /14

(x) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
(x) Se7en
(x) Ocean's Eleven
( ) Ocean's Twelve
( ) Identity
( ) Lone Star
( ) Bedazzled
( ) Predator I
( ) Predator II
( ) The Fog
(x) Ice Age
( ) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown

Total: 4 /13

(x) Independence Day
(x) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
(x) ET
(x) Children of the Corn
( ) My Boss' Daughter
(x) Maid in Manhattan
( ) Frailty
( ) War of the Worlds
(x) Rush Hour
(x) Rush Hour 2

Total: 7 /12

( ) Best Bet
(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x) She's All That
(x) Calendar Girls
( ) Sideways
(x) Mars Attacks
(x) Event Horizon
(x) Ever After
(x) Forrest Gump
(x) Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
(x) Terminator 2

Total: 10 /12

(x) X-Men
(x) X2
(x) Spider-Man
( ) Spider-Man 2
(x) Sky High
(x) Jeepers Creepers
( ) Jeepers Creepers 2
(x) Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Others
(x) Freaky Friday
(x) Reign of Fire
(x) Cruel Intentions
(x) Cruel Intentions 2
( ) Cruel Intentions 3 (there's a three???)
(x) The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2

Total: 14 /17

(x) Swimfan
( ) Miracle
(x) Old School (you're my boy, blue!)
( ) The Notebook
(x) K-Pax
(x) Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(x) A Walk to Remember
( ) Boogeyman
( ) The 40-year-old-virgin

Total: 7 /11

GRAND TOTAL: 108 /168

so...do i have a life, or what? guess not. hahahaha.

i'm actually curious to see how ritsi scores on this. :D

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you know about this. i know you do. you sent me the words i put down, in the exact same way i did. so what now?

you want to stop.

this will not let you crash.

you ARE awesome at what you do. and i know you - there's no way you're going down. not over this, not when it was something you allowed to slip away A LONG TIME AGO.

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* tsakiwaki made kwento @ 8/04/2006 06:22:00 PM

Thursday, August 03, 2006

...he said...

you go be happy.

you go with him.

this may be the biggest mistake of my life.

and yes, it broke my heart.

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time just withers away stealing day after day
the moon calls & night falls
goodbye beautiful day
seems time never can stay, just keeps running away

the stars fly & hearts cry leaving nothing left to say

♫ goodbye beautiful day i must be on my way
stop the rain and ease my pain
i'm sorry i can't stay
goodbye beautiful day
that's all i have to say
come tomorrow i'll be gone
i'm sorry i can't stay
i'm sorry i can't stay ♫

time always has her say
slowly slipping away
it's gone now but somehow there's no telling time
today, this time, i'll go away
and i'll be gone to stay
we all know we will go that's all i have to say

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* tsakiwaki made kwento @ 8/03/2006 06:33:00 PM