My balls and my word

1. What's your weather?

It's about 100 degrees F & very humid right now.

2. Where are you on your way to?

Bed.

3. Are you good with directions?

If they are correct, then yes.

4. Do you know your neighbors?

No.

5. What do you smell?

A breakdown coming on.

1. Last laugh?

This morning while watching Los Hombres de Paco.

2. What do you love?

My new anatomy colouring book.

3. Gold or silver?

Cash, buddy.

4. Who do you hold hands with?

I've never held hands with anyone.

5. Friday fill-in:
There's no time to freak out.

1. What have you sold?

I wish I could say my soul so I'd at least be able to afford a flat.

2. What do you want to change?

Myself.

3. What does your answering machine / voice mail message say?

Maybe still says "I don't know what that means anymore".

4. Where did you go to school?

Mason-Dixon line.

5. Friday fill-in:
If you'd like to reach me, I'll always be here for you. .

fridayfiver:

1. Where do you like to walk?

El centro de Sevilla.

2. What does your hair look like?

Right now it's shiny, curly & pulled back in a classic bun.

3. What are you jealous of?

My baby fotos.

4. What kind of promises do you make?

I try not to make any, except the I WILL BEAT YOU SO BAD in whatever I'm competing for.

5. What makes you stare?

Sexy boys (haven't seen those in months) & helicopter activity in my neighbourhood.


altfriday5:

1. Is it harder for you to stop doing something you like (e.g., quitting smoking or going on a diet) or to talk yourself into doing something you don't like (e.g., doing chores or exercising)? Or are they equally hard?

Why would I stop doing something I like? I'm too young for that. But it is very hard to talk myself into doing I don't like.

2. Do you engage in tricks or personal bribes to try to help with such things?

Sure.

3. What are they, and do they work?

I constantly threaten myself, & it works only if I know it's not an empty threat.

4. Have you ever managed to change a habit to the degree that it was no longer work to inhabit the new custom?

It happens accidentally, after I make fun of something, like an accent or a walk. I then have to make myself normal again.

5. Are you working on anything along these lines right now? What is it?

Getting organised.

1. What's the last movie you saw?

Umberto D.

2. Are you gentle?

When need be.

3. Do you sleep with your bedroom door shut?

Yes.

4. What's your middle name?

Verta.

5. Friday fill-in:
I could learn to like Morse Code.

1. What timezone are you in?

GMT + 1

2. Do like Daylight Savings Time, or should it be gotten rid of?

I like the Fall Back, not Spring Forward.

3. Do you wear a wristwatch?

Nope.

4. What time is it right now (local time)?

Almost 4 am.

5. Analog or Digital?

Whatever, really.

altfriday5

1. Have you ever taken a red-eye (i.e., overnight) flight, train, or bus? Why or why not? Do you prefer to take a red-eye or travel during the day?

Bus, from Madrid to Sevilla, cos I really had to get home. I liked it, actually. I prefer whatever's cheaper.

2. What makes your eyes red? When was the last time you had red eyes?

I don't know!

3. Have you ever had pink eye? If yes, tell us a bit more about it.

Yes, it sucks & hurts.

4. What makes you see red?

Right now, nothing.

5. What was the last thing your eyes read (besides these questions)?

Poems.

friday 5

1. How's your weather?

Today was a lovely cool Spring-ish day with sunshine & light breezes & the smell of rain from yesterday still in the air. Absolutely beautiful.

2. What can you hear right now?

Capello's press conference on f=M & the beating of my heart.

3. Do you like to spy on people?

Most people are too boring to enjoy spying on them.

4. When is the last time you had to prove yourself?

Today, to myself.

5. What would you like to take back?

The Liga leadership.


altfriday:

1. Tell us about the last time you went to an art exhibition, installation, or museum. How often do you go to see art? Do you seek it out, or have it forced upon you?

Last month, to the Reina Sofia museum in Madrid.
All the time.
It's in my blood.

2. Which periods or styles of art do you particularly like? Why?

I don't tend to like styles as a whole, just particular artists, but expressionism was pretty damn hot. Why? Cos of the strong colors & the imagery.

3. Which periods or styles of art do you particularly dislike? Why?

I'm not a fan of abstract, pop or commercial art (in general), it just doesn't fit in my realm of what art really is.

4. Do you make art yourself? Which kinds of art?

Yes.
Beautiful, heart-felt art.

5. What role does art play in your life in general?

It's a part of me, the biggest part of me.

altfriday5:

1. What was the last question someone asked you (not including this one)? What was your answer?

Want to meet up Monday at 11?
Yes.

2. What was the last question you asked? What was the answer?

Is there Canal+ at the bar?
Yes, come watch the derbis.

3. Do people often ask you questions? Why or why not? How many questions would you estimate you get asked in an average day?

Yes, mostly stupid ones, though, or the same ones over & over.
A lot, especially when meeting new people, which I tend to do.

4. Do you often ask questions? Why or why not? How many questions would you estimate you ask in an average day?

Not usually, no.
Just cos I like to figure things out.
Not many.

5. When you hear a question, do you feel compelled to answer it?

Yes, especially if I know the answer & the person answering doesn't have a clue.



friday5:

1. How did you feel yesterday?

So-so.

2. What kind of obstacles do you face?

Lots.

3. Who is a good friend?

No one.

4. What is your fondest memory?

Drawing with my mommy.

5. Does time always kill pain?

No, but alcohol sure does.

Monday was Yom Kippur (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_kippur), the Day of Atonement.

From the altfriday5:

1. What wrongs have you committed against the universe in general that you should atone for?

I haven't been recycling, cos the containers are too far away ...

2. What wrongs have you committed against specific people that you should atone for?

None.

3. When was the last time you made an effort to atone for something? Tell us a bit about it.

Lately, sort of. I have a Date with God every Friday for it.

4. What wrongs have been committed against you that you would like others to atone for, if any?

Broads lie to me a lot, & use me & fuck me over. But instead of atonement, I just make them pay for it. That's why their lives are shit, & always will be.

5. When was the last time that someone atoned for a wrong they committed against you? Tell us a bit about it.

I have no clue. Probably never.


friday 5:

1) Name one of your bad habits:

Trusting broads who imply that they're my friends.

2) What do you expect from friends?

Honesty, loyalty, fun&interesting times.

3) What is the last thing you wrote down?

A boy's number.

4) What is the last favor you did for someone else?

I woke Paula up at 8:30.

5) What is your favorite TV show?

Lately I think it's Prison Break & Monk.

alt:

1. The list of the top 100 challenged or banned books from 1990 - 2000 is here: http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.htm (or, for a less youth-oriented list, go here: http://books.google.com/googlebooks/banned/). Which of these books have you read?

I've read:
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Blubber by Judy Blume
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein (LOVE)
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (one of my favorites)
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs (HORRIBLE)

Currently on my reading list:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Ulysses by James Joyce


Have always wanted to read:
Lolita by Vladimir Nabakov
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison (read part of it a while ago)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (saw the film with my mom, LOVED)

2. Which of those books, if any, had a strong effect on you -- either positive or negative? How did they affect you?

The Catcher in the Rye had a very positive effect on me, I absolutely loved it. I've no clue why on Earth losers see themselves in the main character, he's an amazing person. Slaughter-House Five was boring & I almost killed myself while reading it for class in college.

3. Have you ever been personally affected by or involved in a challenge or a ban of a book? If yes, tell us a bit about it.

I think somewhere along the line Before Night Falls by Reinaldo Arenas might have been banned. That book completely changed my life.

4. Have you ever read a book that you felt should have been banned? If yes, why?

Anything by Burroughs. I absolutely loathe him, he shouldn't have the honor of being called a writer.

5. How do you feel about the banning of books? Is it an important issue to you?

Books shouldn't be banned, society should be wiser, I believe.

friday5:

Broken.
1. What's the last thing you broke?

A cigarette.

2. What's the most expensive thing you've broken?

My car, but it wasn't my fault, I swear.

3. Do you consider yourself clumsy or graceful?

I get more graceful as I get older, but I am a bit clumsy when I'm nervous.

4. How much money do you have in your wallet right now?

About 50 centimos.

5. Someone asks for change while you're walking down the street -- what do you do?

Depends on the person, usually I just walk by, cos I'm poor, too, but if it's a person outside of my mother's church, I usually give them whatever 1 or 2 centimo coins I have in my wallet.

1. How much TV do you watch?

A healthy amount.

2. What type of show is your favorite?

I don't really know.

3. Which talk show host do you hate?

That Laura lady from Peru.

4. Are you looking forward to any new season premieres?

Nope.

5. Which show is your guilty pleasure?

Amistades Peligrosas -- it's this awesome soap opera type show for "young people" that's only a half-hour long, but so interesting. I usually can't watch a show every time it's on but I make sure I do with this one.

1. When is the last time you dressed inappropriately for a situation?

I always feel under-dressed in church.

2. How many friends do you have?

Five! Okay, probably more, but don't feel like counting.

3. Are you running on time today?

Nope, pure adrenaline & love of life.

4. Do you use bleach on your laundry?

No, there's no need.

5. What are your thoughts on guns?

I don't really want them around me but I should know how to shoot them. One of the top5 things I want to do before I die is pistol-whup someone.


alt

1. What was the last sudden change in your life?

Moving to Spain.

2. What is the most remarkable sudden change you've ever had to deal with (either most sudden or biggest change)?

The death of my mother.

3. How well do you typically deal with sudden change? Why?

Alright, I'm usually the one making that sudden change.

4. How often are you the source of sudden changes in others' lives?

Not often, I think, but when I gotta remove that person from my life, they have to deal with it.

5. What sudden change would you like to have in your life right now, if any? Why?

I'd like to be beautiful, just cos.

Friday 5:

1. When I'm angry, I walk away, and later make them pay.

2. The first time I realised I love life I also realised I love myself.

3. I was born in Terceira, Açores.

4. My favorite artist is Modigliani.

5 I laughed so hard when Paula did an imitation of my landlord doing an imitation of the boy who lived in my flat before me.

Alt Friday 5:

1. How much time do you spend keeping up with the news? Why?

FOOTBALL NEWS? A lot, cos I'm trying to catch up with the boys my age. WHY? Cos I love football. Regular news, just a bit, I try and watch the news when I can and such, and read some articles. Why, cos I care about stuff going on sometimes.

2. What are your main sources for information about current events?

FOOTBALL NEWS? Sevilla FC's website, Jesus Alvarado's blog, this awesome searchable newsfeed Emrah Darling gave to me, newspapers, and the daily news on television as well as sports channels and random conversations in bars and with boys in general. Regular news, what I can stand before and after the sports news on television and in the newspapers.

3. Which current news story has you the most angry or upset? Why?

FOOTBALL NEWS? Well, that SFC hasn't signed the media contract so I can't watch the matches. But I can at least hear them, which gives me half-heart-attacks, but I'll take what I can get right now. I reallyreallyreally want to see it and it's not fair for the commentator so say QUE BONITO! Regular news, the immigrant problem, because just to the Canary Islands this year there have been nearly 20,000 immigrants, and some more dead ones, and that's just ridiculous. We can't pay for it and have to keep begging the EU for help. We should just cut it off at the source, I think.

4. Which current news story has you the most happy or excited? Why?

FOOTBALL NEWS? That SFC is #1, why cos we're the best and we should be; and that Reyes is at R.Madrid and that the losers have left, why cos Reyes is my cousin somewhere along the line and I love him and want him to be happy and triumph and cos R.Madrid is in second place in my heart now, on a national level (international I'm with the Spanish selection, duh). Regular news, I don't really know, but I like it when Mr. President Bean speaks, why cos he's not an asshole like presidents are supposed to be, he's actually quite calming and reminds me of good things and I'd like to meet him one day. I met Carter when I was a baby kid, I have fotos. But these fotos would be cooler.

5. If you could change one thing about the way news is gathered and disseminated, what would it be?

FOOTBALL NEWS? I'd have it delivered to my house through telegrams by the footballers themselves, and they'd have to read it and maybe act out what happened. Regular news, I'm pretty happy with the way the news works in Spain, after being in the States so long ... what I would change is to make more people care about what's going on outside of their stupid lives, at least love something outside of you like football or your city.