one of my favourite Paolo Coehlo books is going on the big screen. Veronika is going to be played by Sarah Michelle Gellar. I dont know if I like the idea.

Occasionally, I find myself grabbing a copy of the OCWeekly. I rarely read their articles, I mostly just browse through. The last issue I read was had a story on the last (real) Orange grove in Orange County. I was never really into the whole Orange grove thing, I never thought of visiting an orchard at all but the story about this one was really sad knowing it is a part of Orange County’s history. To think we live in ORANGE County. We don’t even have a decent (public) Orange grove. Anyway, today I picked up another copy. The headline story for this one was about a Vietnamese-American man who was murdered in Tustin, a few years ago. The murderer is the first person Orange County sent to San Quentin Prison’s death row. If you read the story, you’d hate the public defender!

I was watching the tube with my folks in Anaheim earlier and ANC had a segment on an Eco-Club in North London. I was a bit confused with the whole concept and thought what could they possibly be doing to save the world?

The club uses biodegradable cups to serve their organic drinks. And get this, the club can be (60%) powered by the dancers on the dance floor! According to an article posted on MSNBC:

The dance floor uses the concept of piezoelectricity, where crystals and ceramics create a charge to generate electricity.

“We estimate that if you had loads of clubbers dancing vigorously it would provide 60 percent of the club’s energy needs,” said Charalambous. (the developer)

I’ve never been into the whole club scene but I’d dance to save the planet!

We supposedly have (only) 100 months to save it!

i ran out of things to read i’ve gone and read tim yap’s blog. Funny coz he’s blogged about early morning telemarketer calls. I remember last week, my landline rang at 6am and it kept ringing every half hour. I picked up and talked to the telemarketer who was trying to sell me services for calls to the Philippines. She asked me if I spoke tagalog and I said yes. So she started selling me services in tagalog. It was weird. It’s like when she spoke tagalog, she became unprofessional, like she was talking to one of her friends. So I told her that I don’t make calls to the Philippines and she’s not going to be able to sell me anything and hang the phone up. I hang up on telemarketers, Filipino or not. So after two seconds of hanging up the phone, my phone rang again, J picked it up and said, “Look, you have been calling us since 6 in the morning. That is so rude.. *looks at the phone* she hung up on me!!”

i started laughing so hard. yep, the Filipina telemarketer called me back so she can hang up on me too.

here’s something to start the day with.a month and a couple days away til i see them live!! YAY!!

I love you Ive a drowning grip on your adoring face
I love you my responsibility has found a place
Beside you and strong warnings in the guise of gentle words
Come wave upon me from the wider family net absurd
- Belle & Sebastian, Piazza, New York Catcher

I haven’t been able to sleep soundly since J left for Canada. The bed seems an acre big. Rico doesn’t mind it though, he gets to sleep int he bed with me now that it’s just me occupying the space. I never thought I’d miss him as much as I’m missing him now. It’s weird, when he was here all I wanted was more bed space.

I went out to a bar tonight and I thought it’d make sleep come a lot quicker than it has the past few days. While out I yawned all night but I knew that once I get home I know it was just a tease. I’d never sleep early enough nor would i be able to sleep through the night. i’d toss and turn, wake up every couple of minutes. waiting for the time I’d get to spend it with him again.

Daddy J has left Rico & I. He’s gone back to the land of ham (err canadian bacon) and maple syrup. I’ve been bugging J about taking me home with him and settling in the Great White North. He hates snow and believes he was born to surf. Ah well. Rico and I are now lounging in my big bed without a daddy; and momma can’t sleep. boohoo.

this video made me want to cry. i’ve been dreaming of moving but my baby rico’s kind of holding me back. i cant imagine living anywhere without him. although i’m sure he won’t forget who i am, i’m just so used to being around him everyday.

i’ve been having a really bad day. like seriously, the day just pissed on me all throughout. note to self: don’t blog about depressing stuff like murder/child abuse when you’ve just woken up.it’ll eff your day up! i made some baked macaroni for the boys and my prego sis-in-law. got online to check on my email and then i got a message from someone that pissed me off royally. i’m sure it wasn’t meant to tick me off but it just did. my friend, tim, who i never see enough but talk to regularly told me, “”stop talking to those you have to try hard at”. true words from a true friend. seriously, why bother, right?

I.

Two French research students found stabbed to death following a flat fire had been tied up and suffered horrific, excessive injuries, police have said.

The bodies of Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez, both 23, were found in a ground-floor flat in New Cross, south-east London, on Sunday night..more of the story on BBCNews

this is proof that there are mental people outside the US.

II.

Investigators have found the body of a 12-year-old Vermont girl missing for a week in a case that led to separate sexual assault charges against her uncle and stepfather, state police announced Wednesday.

Her uncle, Michael Jacques, was arrested Sunday on a charge of sexually assaulting another child, identified in a police affadavit as a relative of Jacques. That girl told police about her association with Brooke, Jacques and an alleged child sex ring. Information gathered in a search of Jacques home led police to the gravesite, Baker said, but he provided no details. More of the story on CNN.com

Her own uncle fessed up that he’s been having sex with his niece since she was 9yo. What kind of sick arse does that to his own niece, his nine-year-old niece?!