Tuesday, March 31, 2009

A Lesson in Tagalog

Pakikisama: simultaneously means a sense of belonging and being a good sport.

Quotes

"You don't have to shout and scream to be angry." Spike Lee

"I am deliberate and afraid of nothing." Audre Lorde

"Dogs are not our whole lives, but they make our lives whole." Roger Caras

"Many years ago, when a adored dog died, a great friend, a bishop, said to me, 'You must always remember that, as far as the bible is concerned, God only threw humans out of paradise."

"If you don't own a dog, at least one, there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life." Roger Caras

"...it is more or less assumed that no Oriental can know himself the way an Orientalist can." Edward Said

"They were not love letters, but Lt. Cross was hoping, so he kept them folded in plastic at the bottom of his rucksack."

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Dinuguan



My favorite Filipino dish is called Dinuguan. I had some last night (for the first time in months) with Mark, Hwen, and Yojann last night at Turo Turo on 1st Avenue. Growing up, parents told their kids that it was pigs blood. Apparently it is.

Lets run away.



Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Monday, March 16, 2009

Days with Mark(us) Part I

This is the first of a series that captures my time spent with Mark(us) as we live our lives.

Our first capture takes us into FAO Schwartz on Fifth Avenue. While shopping to increase my ugly doll collection, Mark becomes overzealous and starts frantically scooping them up.



He cannot stop.