Thursday, April 13, 2006
The Search for 99 Secrets - 37 uncovered
In 2004, I posted an entry about my
search for 99 Secrets. Some time ago, a guy named
Matt posted a message in my tagboard informing me of a site where I can find 99 Secrets. Unfortunately, he didn't inform me of the web address. Since it'a a Maundy Thursday, I decided to do a little blog hopping and I got to clicking on Matt's blog and finding 37 of thee 99 Secrets.
The 99 Secrets of Carl Steadman:1. she didn't break his heart, so much as show him what it meant to be in love again.2. once she told him a story about a white knight, and a princess that didn't need saving. am i the knight? he asked her. no, she answered. you're the person i'm telling the story to.3. stay, he asked her, not meaning forever.4. you're so beautiful, she said, you're so beautiful. he closed his eyes, and whispered to himself, i know.
5. she made no mention of recent events, and how he might be the force behind them.
6. if you had me, you wouldn't want me, he said. try me, she said. he smiled. i already have.7. he imagined holding her wrists, and not letting go, until he was done.8. she calls, only to know that he is there. and it pleases him.9. when he told her that he needed her, he meant that he needed her to desire him.10. what you lack in experience, he grinned menacingly, you can make up for with enthusiasm.11. he explained himself to her. not through what he said, but by what he refused to admit.12. she reminded him of a place that he was almost sure he would never see again.13. she was not foolish enough to attempt to save him from himself, despite his obvious need for grace.14. do you practice that smile of yours? he asked. which one? she smiled back.15. you'll never know me well enough to know what it is that i really need, she wanted to say.16. he watches her apply, wipe off, and reapply her lipstick, yet again, and licks his lips at her compulsion.17. i just want to say thanks, she said. for me just being me? he asked. no, she replied, for not mussing my hair.18. she asked for more, but she wouldn't take what he had to offer.19. was it good for you? he asked. yes, she said. et tu?20. i'm not sure you've turned out to be the man that i thought i was falling in love with, she said, but you do have your moments.21. stop thinking, he said. you stop thinking i'm thinking about you, she replied.22. she was unwilling to substitute fascination for trust, or beauty for sincerity.23. she brought her lips to his, then curled them into a mocking smile.24. you used me, she told him, and then laughed at her assertion.25. her face was made more beautiful by wisps of hair which he would brush from her cheek.26. they held each other, dreaming together, but their dreams were not shared.
27. she walked in on him reading her journal. what are you doing? she asked. listening to you, he replied.28. i don't like that one at all, she said. if a guy said that to me, she said, i'd hit him.29. she wanted answers to questions he did not understand.30. it's not me, it's the clothes, he said. does it really matter? she asked.31. i think i love you, he said. is that what you think, she said.32. she wondered why the shortest possible distance between him and his dreams was straight through her.33. he was all surfeit and surface; she was all reason and reflection.34. i want to be in love with someone like you, he said, holding her closely, and laughing.35. it's all tricks and mirrors, he said, and then one day you disappear in a puff of smoke.36. she told him that she wanted him to leave, but forgot to mention when she expected him to return.37. she knew him, because she knew his failings.62 more secrets to be revealed...
Maan @ 4:49 PM
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Sunday, April 09, 2006
All I Want...
...is not always all I need.
But then again, I already have the things that I need that I have the luxury of dreaming for the things that I want. They say that if you think about getting what you want, you will eventually get it.
So for the start of this year, I got three things that I've been WANTING since last year. Those are:
1. Havaianas - which the Saturday Night Gang gave me for my birthday. Note that Trexyl was the one with the biggest contribution from the group. Yes, Trexyl did spend a lot more just so I can get these brazilian slippers I've been wanting for so long and just in time for my...
2. Trip to Boracay - which I already wrote about in my entry before this one. Until now, I still have a "hangover". OA kung OA but I want to go back to Boracay. Much moreso this time that I already have my very own...
3. iPod Nano - which is my Kapatid and my Papa's pasalubong/Christmas/birthday gift for me. It is just the cutest thing that I have ever owned! It is so small, thin and fragile.
It's Holy Week next week and I still don't have a place to go to. I am hoping that I won't get stuck in hot and humid Metro Manila and Cavite during the Holy Week.
Sayang ang bakasyon!Hope I could wear a bikini, go to the beach, lie down on fine sand, and listen to my iPod. Heaveeennnnn!!!!!!!!
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All I Want Is You
U2You say you want diamonds on a ring of gold
You say you want your story to remain untold
But all the promises we made
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you
You say you'll give me a highway with no one on it
A treasure just to look upon it
All the riches in the night
You say you'll give me eyes in a world of blindness
A river in a time of dryness
A harbour in the tempest
But all the promises we make
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you
You say you want your love to work out right
To last with me through the night
You say you want diamonds on a ring of gold
Your story to remain untold
Your love not to grow cold
All the promises we break
From the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you
You
All I want is...you
All I want is...you
All I want is...you
Maan @ 2:06 AM
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