Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley’s Comet can be seen. During his life he predicted that he would die when it could be seen.

2. US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.

3. The “57″ on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.

4. Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world’s garbage annually. On average, that’s 3 pounds a day per person.

5. Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.

6. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn’t digest itself.

7. 98% of all murders and rapes are by a close family member or friend of the victim.

8. A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.

9. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.

10. The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle.

11. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

12. Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.

13. Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13. Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th (which occurs one to three times a year). In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.

14. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

15. All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).

16. In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.

17. The ZIP in “ZIP code” means Zoning Improvement Plan.

18. Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.

19. A “2 by 4″ is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.

20. It’s estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world’s population is drunk.

21. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades = David ; Clubs = Alexander the Great ; Hearts = Charlemagne ; Diamonds = Caesar

22. 40% of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

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Current Location: worcester, ma
Current Mood: hopeful

• 16:15 Playing taxi driver (no, iPhone: not taco) to three house guests without {motor,bi}cycles. I hate cars and parking. #
• 17:17 I love this city: sitting in dolores park, I just signed a petition to rename our sewage treatment plant after George W Bush. #

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I am currently on 40mg of fluoxetine, 200mg of Provigil(though I haven't taken it since leaving the hospital Friday because AHCCCS does not cover it and it costs $300), 20mg of Remeron, and just for the time being also on some Naproxen for my hand.

Did I mention I punched a brick while drunk last Monday night? Yeah you see, Boozie and I were drunk and we had just left the skate park and Bret was not yet back to his place. And Boozie peed on the side of a building and security caught him, and chaos ensued. Long story short, we both ended up in the back of a cop car on our way to a hospital. They ended up having to strap him down at one point. They took him away from me to Aurora, while I stayed there till Friday, because for fuck's sake, I had to get on a plane to go to SF Saturday. Besides, Stacy ended up calling and telling me about her birthday celebration at The Rogue that night.

I wonder if Wayne has figured out what I did yet? And what's Sarah going to do? Will I even find out?

In the meantine, look at this:

Current Music: Garbage - #1 Crush

time stands still
my stomach churns
the pressure behind my eyes
it burns
i saw you there
and fled that day
just like before
i couldn't stay
i felt too much
and knew inside
this wouldn't be the last
of the tears that i had cried
it hurt so much
to see you there
knowing that
i couldn't care
not enough
to save OUR love
i don't deserve
to rise above
what is it now
you ask of me
knowing that
i cannot be
the one to love
you as you should
i know now
i never could
but what is it
you want of me
for it wasn't you
it was always me

Current Location: Home...
Current Mood: regretful
Current Music: Bleed Like Me- Trapt

Felicia and I rented "Ray" and watched it during dinner tonight. WHAT a fantastic movie. I actually got tears in my eyes!

Current Mood: impressed

I've wandered down this road
far longer than it seems
reading the code
you left in the leafs
abruptly coming to a cliff
with jagged piercing rocks
and follow the trail you left
glittering so bright it shocks
i climb and climb
gathering more cuts and scrapes
but to reach you this time
I'll even raise the stakes
i long to feel your heat
the satin of your skin
nothing in life could beat
a beauty from within
no matter that they are scars
that cross the satin flesh
your eyes promise the stars
and you'd offer no less
the barriers the wound
are nothing more than pests
and to you i am attuned
like the beat beneath my breasts
and when i reached the top
i found you standing there
you halted me a sudden stop
almost like you didn't care
you smiled a smile so bright
and with a gentle shove
i fought with all my might
but could not stay above
down and down i fell
a darkness greeted me
how long i could not tell
but i did feel you flee
and broke before the end
knowing you weren't mine
farther down did i descend
till i felt to shatter my mind
was i not good enough
to be worthy of your love
a cruel deceitful bluff
to carry me so far above
and i did break
and tumble down
and felt my will quake
as if i might drown
and though the wound is raw
and still i know i cry
i want others who saw
to tell you i will not die

Current Location: Home...
Current Mood: remembering a hurtful past
Current Music: When I'm Gone-three door down

a clear Spring night
I share a cup of tea
with the full moon

----This has been a fantastic year for roses, and the neighborhood's flower have been exuberant this year. I'm lucky enough to walk to work several times a week, through a neighborhood exploding with flowers.
----Domestic flowers like Roses, azaleas, rhododendrons, and flowering trees all had epic displays this year. On the other hand, the natives (like poppies and lupin and native iris) haven't done so well. The weather has been unseasonably warm, and it got warm early, throwing everything off. I was talking with a naturalist today, and he said all the waterfowl are out of synch. Some started nest building early, some are only just now making nests. Wierd.
----Meanwhile, the three rose bushes I planted in the backyard this winter have been generous: a William Shakespere (a David Austin rosewith huge, densely petaled purple-red blooms), a Julia Childs (creamy yellow and fragrant) and *excited* a Double Delight, which is just now producing it's first huge mixed-color and wildly perfumed blossom.
----Tonight, the fog is rolling in, ending our three days of balmy weather. I enjoyed every minute, and laughed at the wussy Bay Area folks who wilted in the heat.

Current Mood: amused

until the next lie.
blood stains on my fingers
ice lips at my neck
you’re so close to me now –
can i take the next step?

your eyes cut right through me
my heart ceases its beat
would your kiss be too salty
or penetratingly sweet?

my imagination runs off
and senses govern alone;
how i long to touch you,
my own sculpture of stone.

but you’re gone, fleeting shadow,
didn’t want to say goodbye;
well, i’ll just wait for you, darling –
until the next lie.