i don't know who said this but i agree:
"Hell is empty and all the devils are here."

"Lately, I have come to believe that the principle difference between heaven and hell is the company you keep there."
-- Simon Illyan, from A Civil Campaign by L.M. Bujold

from The Devil's Dictionary by the ultimate cynic Ambrose Bierce :
"Patience: a minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue."
"Diplomacy: The patriotic art of lying for one's country."
"Politics: The conduct of public affairs for private advantage."
"Bride, n.: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her."
"Lawyer, n.: One skilled in the circumvention of the law."
"Year, n.: A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments."
"Pleasure, n.: The least hateful form of dejection."
"Reverence: the spiritual attitude of a man to a god and a dog to a man."
"Admiration, n.: Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves."
"Corporation, n.: An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility."
"Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion."
"Acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to."
"Admiration, n.: Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves."
"Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen."
"Quotation, n.: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another."
"Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum (I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.)"
"Brain, n.: an apparatus with which we think we think."
"Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others."
"Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic."
"Politics, n.: Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles."
"There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know."
"Politeness, n.: The most acceptable hypocrisy."
"Truth: An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance."
"Mad, adj.: Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence."
"Love, n.: A temporary insanity curable by marriage."
"Egotist, n.: A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me."

from Mark Twain:
"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest." "Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."
"Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please."
"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."
"Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow."

from Voltaire:
"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him."

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WHaT'S oN MY SH3LF???

The 8th Commandment by Lawrence Sanders

Lawrence Sander's book: Timothy's Game

Saturday, January 29, 2005

: > > What's the first thing that comes to your mind?

> > > > 1. [ RED ]: mars

> > > > 2. [ BLUE ]: sky

> > > > 3. [ YELLOW ]: sunflowers

> > > > 4. [ GREEN ]: day ("I am one of those melodramatic fools neurotic to the bone no doubt about it") great band

> > > > 5. [ PINK ]: ruby (my officemate, she's obsessed with this color))

> > > > 6. [ WHITE ]: my flower earrings

> > > > 7. [ BROWN ]: chocolates!

> >> > 8. [ BLACK ]: midnight

> > > > 9. [ PURPLE ]: not my color

> > > > 10. [ CRAZY ]: some of the callers

> > > > 11. [ DICTIONARY ]: webster

> > > > 12. [ CALENDAR ]: my last year's calendar of angels

> > > > 13. [ BED ]: hmm sleep zzzz

> > > > 14. [ TV ]: don't have any =(

> > > > 15. [ CAT ]: siamese

> > > > 16. [ HANDPHONE ]: nokia cellphone

> > > > 17. [ LOVE ]: you're talking to the wrong person

> > > > 18. [ EYES ]: almond eyes

> > > > 19. [ WATER ]:something you have to drink 8 glasses of in one day?

> > > > 20. [ EXAM ]: it's the pits!

> > > > 21. [ FISH ]: earl's oscar (which amazingly looks just like a tilapia!)

> > > > 22. [ TOMATO ]: sauce (delmonte)

> > > > 23. [ SHAMPOO ]: pantene

> > > > 24. [ BURGER KING ]: am not sure i've tried it

> > > > 25. [ McDONALDS ]: frenchfries

> > > > 26. [ KFC ]: fun/hotshots

> > > > 27. [ TEA ]: earl grey

> > > > 28. [ SOUP ]: nido oriental soup =)

> > > > 29. [ CAR ]: the C6 (yellow or red)

> > > > 30. [ FRUIT ]: mango

> > > > 31. [ POWERPUFF GIRLS ]: was never into them, but i think one of them was named blossom

> > > > 32. [ NESCAFE ]: one good day coming up ",) -> yeba!

> > > > 33. [ AVRIL LAVIGNE ]: complicated

> > > > 35. [ SUPERSTAR ]: is it a song by the carpenters?

> > > > 36. [ BURN ]: usher

> > > > 37. [ FLOWER ]: red orange roses

> > > > 38. [ TATTOO ]: sunburst

> > > > 39. [ HOLIDAY ]: christmas

> > > > 40. [ BYE ]: ciao!

> > > > 41. [ DREAM GAL ]: puleeze! pass

> > > > 42. [ DREAM GUY ]: legolas - if all elves look like him, why not?

> > > > 43. [ SURVEY ]: never ends

> > > > 44. [ NAIL POLISH ]: nada

> > > > 45. [ FRIENDSTER ]: lots of surveys on my friendster bulletin board, rowdy friends from webhost manila

> > > > 46. [ NUT ]: walnut, macadamia

> > > > 47. [ BALLPEN ]: parker

> > > > 48. [ FISHBALL ]: outside st. jo way back in high school

> > > > 49. [ DIVISORIA ]: always teeming with people and muggers hah!

> > > > 50. [ MANOK ]: ni san pedro

> > > > 51. [ CHOCOLATE ]: always like 'em dark

> > > > 52. [ YM ]: blocked dito sa ofc had to use proxy to be able to use it ",> reminds me of ceej too because he can make it work on his end even if we're having a hard time with it on our end!

> > > > 53. [ STARBUCKS ]: the mug i got from last year's xmas party

> > > > 54. [ POWDER ]: talc

> > > > 55. [ TIME ]: has always moved too fast for me to notice

> > > > 56. [ MOUSE ]: a thing that's attached to your cpu and allows you to navigate through the mess you see on your monitor

> > > > 57. [ HEAVEN ]: there is no beer?

> > > > 58. [ HELL ]: is exothermic

> > > > 59. [ JUICE]: margarita na lang-> ok orange or (green) mango juice

> > > > 60. [ PERFUME]: pleasures, white MUSK

> > > > 61. [SOAP]: dove and biolink

> > > > 62. [LOTION]: victoria's secret, bath and body, jergens, nivea, avon

> > > > 63. [CAMPING]: i don't think i've ever done that

> > > > 64. [COMPUTER]: WORK!!! and SURFING!!!

> > > > 65. [CHAIR]: something that i have yet to purchase - how about a table too!

> > > > 66. [CLUB]: am not affiliated with anything, hmm does webhost manila count?

> > > > 67. [LECHONG BABOY]: lots of bad cholesterol

> > > > 68. [BAG]: nine west

> > > > 69. [SHOES]: black

> > > > 70. [T-SHIRTS]: blue

> > > > 72. [PJs]: sleep

> > > > 73. [CLOSET]: walk in

> > > > 74. [COLLEGE]: best days of my life

> > > > 75. [ESSAYS]: "The Second Spring: A sermon delivered to the First Provincial Council of Westminster, 1852" an excerpt of which can be found in the book "the exorcist" it's attributed to lankaster merrin, one of the priests who exorcised the girl in the story; but it's actually written by Cardinal john henry newman

> > > > 76. [BOOKS]: the day after tomorrow by allan folsom, lord of the rings, harry potter series, any books by Andrew Greeley, stephen king, ramsey campbell, dean koontz and james patterson

> > > > 77. [RING]: sadako-> ditto

> > > > 78. [CDs]: none right now

> > > > 79. [WEBSITE]: bendingover.blogspot.com, vanny.tk

> > > > 80. [REFRIGERATOR]: i want a whirlpool or white westinghouse, gonna buy one probably next month -> i wish

> > > > 81. [CALCULATOR]: thank god for leibnitz!

> > > > 82. [DARNA]: a line from a funny song by a nutty guy about being dumped ng hapon (a japanese) after the latter discovered he's a guy/gay!

> > > > 83. [SINGER]: sheryl crow

> > > > 84. [BROADWAY]: the phantom of the opera , west side story, grease

> > > > 85. [POOL]: efren bata reyes, django bustamante, mika immonen (he's hot)

> > > > 86. [BUS]: philtranco

> > > > 87. [DUNKIN DONUTS]: raspberry, blueberry

> > > > 88. [BASKIN N' ROBINS]: i wish! where can i get one here?

> > > > 89. [TO GO]: pizza

> > > > 90. [MALL]: glorietta, market market

> > > > 91. [NEW YORK]: frank sinatra "Start spreading the news, I'm leaving today I want to be a part of it - New York, New York

These vagabond shoes, are longing to stray Right through the very heart of it - New York, New York"

> > > > 92. [BELT]: black

> > > > 93. [DEODORANT]: nivea

> > > > 94. [GEL]: hair

> > > > 95. [BEVERAGE]: daiquiri (frozen's nice)

> > > > 96. [NOODLES]: nissin

> > > > 97. [CHIPS]: ahoy!

> > > > 98. [WINTER]: wonderland

> > > > 99. [SUMMER]: vacation

> > > > 100. [YOURSELF]: homesick...in need of a serious vacation