20120220-Random Notes

Here are my boring notes via the “Memo” app of my smart/cellphone:

2012/02/20 19:17. After eating dinner, I had another stray thought. It’s an old thought in which I could hear my voice echo as if within the “Hall Of Records”. The strange echos from my louder than usual voice were heard on several occasions. I’m NOT kidding, including hearing a certain tone/chime on my “right” field of hearing that ONE other time (as per my OLD blog).

2012/02/20 10:29. We were listening to this morning’s local radio station with the funny Brian Sussman and that boring Morgan, what’s her name. The electric car needs an electric outlet to recharge. The electricity bill will sky rocket from usage. The battery can loose power over time, just like my stupid smart/cellphone, which needs CONSTANT recharge because I use the internet more frequently.

The talk was about the Chevy Volt compared to the Ford Focus, which is supposed to run better; since Ford was the only American car manufacturer that did NOT take the government bail money.

2012/02/20 09:44. At 09:43, I broke open/ate a fortune cookie and read: “YOUR HARD WORK IS ABOUT TO PAY OFF”.

2012/02/20 08:09. This morning, Father Mike, sort of re-iterated his sermon from Saturday evening, in which he discussed how the American political system is supposed to be designed for the “COMMON GOOD”. His major was American history with concentrations in the American War of 1812 and another one, which I forgot.

During the closing remarks of Saturday evening’s mass, he spoke in FLUENT Spanish and even pronounced the “Alameda County” with such finesse! This was in regards to the “Californians for Parental Rights” petition (which is supposed to “Protect a Parent’s Right to Know”) that at least six Filipino women where “encouraging” the parishioners to sign.

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More information on petition

The plan was to get a bill into legislation. Maw and Paw signed the “piece of paper”. I didn’t say a word and wanted to knock a pen held up for me to sign while I took a photo of the information section on the bottom the petition.

My problem with this “side of the game” are the parents who don’t believe in abortions. Laws are supposed to be in place to protect the minor from abuses from within the family AND outside the family. I can “see” how abortions are more common among common folks, meaning Hispanics and Black. “Don’t doubt me.” (I borrowed/stole this sound-bite from “El Rushbeau”, of course).

I don’t see how this or any petition CAN be verified if DISHONEST people don’t comply: 1) to being at least 18 years of age and 2) to being a registered voter and a resident of their respective county. I can see “fraud” can happen at this level as much in “caucuses” and in “general elections”.

Going back to this morning’s sermon, Father Mike mentioned how there are freedom of religion and freedom to worship. (08:10) In my mind, “birth control” is NOT the issue. Anyone who wants to protect themselves against unwanted pregnancy should be allowed to do so regardless of anyone’s religious “freedom” and “moral compass”. The point is to preserve fathers from being sued, to prevent mothers from suffering and to avoid children from dying needlessly. You friggin’ righteious morons!

20120215-Random Notes

Here are my boring notes via the “Memo” app of my smart/cellphone:

2012/02/15 23:49. An old thought from this Monday, was regard to Phil Colin’s video “I Wish It Would Rain Down” (on Tuesday) after reading (on Monday) about “Shrimpsei’s” return from the dead last year. It has to do with a recent meditation of rainfalls based on the dewfalls imagery found “Epiclesis” part of the Mass per the “Changes in the Priest’s Parts – Eucharistic Prayer II“:

Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray, by sending down your Spirit upon them like the dewfall, so that they may become for us the Body and Blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ.”

2012/02/15 20:39. While watching Bay Buchanan and Bill O’Reilley spewing on FoxNews, I had an imagery of politics, whereby the “red team” played by the conservatives is represented by a red strip along the ocean floor and the “blue team” played by the liberals is represented by a series of curling blue waves going from “left” to “right” in my field of vision.

2012/02/15 20:25. [Note got deleted/forgotten while attempting to post to draft from my smart/cellphone. The usual roaming charges message within the DeCA commissary store meant that I couldn’t use the internet and therefore the “draft” to this WordPress post was lost on 02/16/2012).

2012/02/15 09:16. We were following a red, Ford Mustang with a license plate number starting with 3GG, which could look like “666″, a mark of a beast and/or satanic numerical value.

Smiling giggles…

I don’t know what is a “love frequency” or truly understood the meaning behind “prayers” to boost. All I know is a few giggles would result after a nice “wave” of emotions from a friendly “smile”. It’s almost like eating “Kraft Foods” product, such as the “Kraft Singlesprocessed cheese, with butter and bread. I know dairy and milk products should be avoided due to allergies.

But nothing could compare to breathing problems resulting from the inhalation of smoke from burning sage smudges and wax candles. Yes, I tried burning sage indoors to cleanse the house but Maw started having asthmatic reactions. Yes, I tried burning white candles to enhance my prayers but Maw was afraid I’d burn my room/house.

Yes, I had my brown felt person and a regular Ouija and mini Ouija board for a dousing pendant. All of those have been “discarded”. I still have a Tarot Deck (Edo Period), though.

Looking back, I learned nothing except open a nice portal near my bedroom window by mumbling a few words from a paperback book (which has been donated long ago) and still have a cracked “witch glass orb” hanging on canopy bed. Both are true with the latter eventually “clearing” the former event.

As embarrassing as I must admit, I “dabbled” in witchcraft, too. So that would have exposed me, if not “turned” me into a “dark-sider”. You know, like Star Wars Palpatine wearing his dark/black, hooded cape/robe and trying his best to keep up the “status-quo” of the “Republic” against the “rebellion” of “freedom fighters”.

And to “flag” my interest in this “art” long ago, I so ordered a return address label/sticker of a black cat logo against a silver background with the words “”So mote it be”. Of course, the surfer pissed off upon receipt of my self-addressed stamped envelope per his old blog entry during the phase of “first contact”.

For whatever reason, I picked up his unsettling emotional state upon/after reading that particular web article and as with my usual but neophyte trait unknowingly, I took it personally with a smile and a few giggles. From then on, I had to be careful in all thoughts, deeds, words and actions.

Faithfully, I’ve failed to get ahead/anywhere with my “controlling” attitude. Hopefully, I’ll try better/harder not to deceive myself into believing the illusions of using props would accomplish anything worthwhile, except accumulate objects meant as “eye-candy” and nothing more than an “ego trip” to nowhere.

20120212-Skype Chatting

Here are my notes take from a chatting session online with my microphone, speakers and HP web-cam:

[7:22:24 PM] *** Call from [username of first cousin here] ***

[7:24:34 PM] FLYNN B.: She said that [name of first cousin here] hit on head…

[7:24:40 PM] FLYNN B.: Oh, boy!

[7:24:49 PM] FLYNN B.: Remember she is disabled!

[7:24:54 PM] FLYNN B.: Where is your understanding?

[7:25:02 PM] FLYNN B.: It’s okay.

[7:25:14 PM] FLYNN B.: Can you please stop [upsetting] each other>?

[7:25:18 PM] FLYNN B.: Wow!

[7:25:21 PM] FLYNN B.: OMG!

[7:25:45 PM] FLYNN B.: Okay, Mom just got her rotor cuff surgery on right shoulder.

[7:25:57 PM] FLYNN B.: So it’s hard work to take care of recovery here.

[7:26:11 PM] FLYNN B.: Are the three gowns fit here?

[7:26:25 PM] FLYNN B.: *her? Those three gowns belong to [name of first cousin here].. the ones without the arms.

[7:26:34 PM] FLYNN B.: There are three big ones for [name of first cousin here].

[7:26:35 PM] [username of first cousin here]: how can i hit her?

[7:26:40 PM] [username of first cousin here]: [she's] telling a lie

[7:26:43 PM] FLYNN B.: Did you get the clothes?

[7:26:52 PM] [username of first cousin here]: im the only one taking care of her omggg

[7:27:04 PM] FLYNN B.:

My best Tagalog interpretation sounded like you HIT your mom over the head.

[7:27:12 PM] FLYNN B.: She cannot wear the tight gown.

[7:27:20 PM] FLYNN B.: Does [name of first cousin here] know how to sew to fix her gowns?

[7:27:22 PM] [username of first cousin here]: i gave her the 3 clothes  [that's] intended for me coz she said all in the package is for her

[7:27:29 PM] FLYNN B.: I’m interpreting here.

[7:27:38 PM] FLYNN B.: The wallet/purse is for her around the neck.

[7:28:01 PM] FLYNN B.: So give wallet to her apo is good. anak si pee-wee or rico apo

[7:28:17 PM] FLYNN B.: did you receive small box?

[7:28:40 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom:smaller box supplement bigger box.

[7:29:01 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: now talking about soup, milk — she is using for drinking? okay. chocolate sent, too.

[7:29:17 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: no, it’s for [name of first cousin here].

[7:29:25 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: okay lang give her.

[7:29:35 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: i made for you so [name of first cousin here] won’t spend.

[7:30:01 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: don’t eat too much. [ramen] top good with veggies. if salty don’t use too much, save for gulay next time, and templa flavor.

[7:30:16 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: did you receive rice? we were going to give more but didn’t fit in box,.

[7:30:34 PM] [username of first cousin here]: yes  rice 2 packs

[7:30:47 PM] [username of first cousin here]: ya rice is very yummy compare to our rice lol

[7:30:48 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: it’s important to eat rice, no panahon lakad, no simbang for two week, balikat hindi mga taas.

[7:30:57 PM] [username of first cousin here]: look my mother got weight hahahaha

[7:30:59 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: Tell [name of first cousin here] don’t hit you…

[7:31:16 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: It’s bad. It’s not good. It’s suppose to be respect of elder.

[7:31:26 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: Of course, i’m nice. I learned [patience].

[7:31:27 PM] [username of first cousin here]: i said im not hitting her

[7:31:39 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: I feel sorry for you. I feel sorry for you.

[7:31:52 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: [name of first cousin here]. You’re violent.

[7:31:58 PM] [username of first cousin here]: [she's] telling  [lie]

[7:32:06 PM] FLYNN B.: I could see your gesture is frustration.

[7:32:07 PM] [username of first cousin here]: tell ya mom im the only one suffering for her

[7:32:14 PM] [username of first cousin here]: but she has no utang na loob to me

[7:32:18 PM] [username of first cousin here]: im very sad for her

[7:32:23 PM] [username of first cousin here]: acting to me

[7:32:24 PM] FLYNN B.: It’s hypertension, high blood pressure and high [triglyceride] high cholesterol.

[7:32:32 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: Don’t raise your voice at [name of first cousin here].

[7:32:49 PM] [username of first cousin here]: ur mom is blaming me

[7:32:53 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: who will take care of you? kids will more likely hit parents.

[7:33:01 PM] [username of first cousin here]: because ur auntie aida is not telling the truth

[7:33:02 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: I know. I’ve heard story.

[7:33:15 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: It’s your test. Your strength.

[7:33:23 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: Maybe it’s because your mouth is too much for [name of first cousin here].

[7:33:37 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: Please pray for your strength or at least let the god take you.

[7:33:46 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: It’s our test for faith.

[7:34:14 PM] [username of first cousin here]: every morning i got headache :( (

[7:34:26 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: I can’t do what you did… Really jerking motion. But not like that [name of first cousin here]. Remember the frustration of lifestyle. I understand> It’s difficult.

[7:34:45 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: Telling her sister about strength. and worrying.

[7:34:47 PM] [username of first cousin here]: but no one will give breakfast for my mother so even [it's] so painful i have to serve her a brekkie\

[7:35:17 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: It’s okay. Your losing it. Okay. Okay.

[7:35:30 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: It’s okay. You need help/assistant living.

[7:35:54 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: Everyone has problems. You must have the karma — everyone has karma to pay.

[7:36:13 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: You have the strength. The headache may be symptom.

[7:36:40 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: We kids are really too much. Trust me. I can get mean, too. Batangas blood.

[7:36:52 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: It’s between you and your mom.

[7:37:21 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: It’s okay. It’s between you and your mom. Sorry. It’s up to you.

[7:37:28 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: Not the head thing.

[7:37:35 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: But your gesture.

[7:37:42 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: You have to be more gentle.

[7:37:52 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: You really loud. It’s our clogged arteries.

[7:38:06 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: Trust me. I don’t like hearing the victim stories.

[7:38:24 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: Remember EMO. Try to hear the words and remove the EMO emotional portion.

[7:39:02 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: Stress, hormones… I was snappy from drinking coffee and I reacted severely…

[7:39:18 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: It’s difficult to repeat everything. Trust me.

[7:39:40 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: High blood pressure, might be symptom, hopefully not the stroke. Be careful…

[7:39:58 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: We have inherited here. All my paternal relatives clogged arteries.

[7:40:32 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: I had to pay cash to see primary care doctor and found out my blood has too much protein… so I have to cut out butter and meat…

[7:41:04 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: Remember she is disabled. Try to laugh it off… I could feel head pressure… That’s from the thick blood, high protein content…

[7:41:10 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: Frustration… really.

[7:41:32 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: Grave before, Grave during, Grave after… oh well…

[7:41:48 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: You might pop.

[7:42:17 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: Yeah, if she can do to public/neighbors, don’t take too hard personally. not fair to you…

[7:42:27 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: caretakers can abuse elderly…

[7:42:36 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: everywhere… it’s frustrating…

[7:43:24 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: oh well… yeah, i farted and dad is behind me…

[7:43:54 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: okay, go for it, lord! Take everyone away… Weeee!

[7:44:08 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: get a ting-ting…

[7:44:40 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: right now my parents are able-bodied and still capacitated… but it’s still a lot of work…

[7:44:54 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: OMG! You two are so cute!

[7:45:03 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: we are all living on this hellish planet…

[7:45:22 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: it’s hard… don’t go nutter…

[7:45:55 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: oh boy… EMO…

[7:46:29 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: yup, we sierra’s keep giving… to go broke…

[7:46:47 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: you have to learn to do the bait and [switch]

[7:46:57 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: oh look, here is yours! there you go…

[7:47:34 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: oh well… hide and seek… weee!

[7:48:10 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: if everyone is starving, so be it… but don’t give too much…

[7:48:37 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: you’re only hurting yourself… if you are close to all of them and the treat you nice and remember you, fine. but that’s too much…

[7:49:13 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: knock you head in and you though shalt be given unto Rico, your brother

[7:49:30 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: okay nice story… thank you [name of first cousin here].

[7:50:00 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: you need the strength of guys and cooperation of people. it’s hard…

[7:50:30 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: just say OKAY…

[7:50:35 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: just say little…

[7:50:47 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: just SMILE… and survive…

[7:51:07 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: wow… she won’t stop gesturing behind you…

[7:51:21 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: wow… goodbye auntie aida… nice knowing you…

[7:51:44 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: wow… the damage from stroke made her old frustration even worse…

[7:52:09 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: wow… we cannot hear but mom can see the facial expression and non-stop MOUTHING… via the web-cam…

[7:52:38 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: [name of first cousin here]… hello!

[7:53:30 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: oops… try new strategy…

[7:53:38 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: wow… she’s disabled…

[7:53:52 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: wow… your test is to “play along”…

[7:54:20 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: wow… don’t let the “demons” within wear down your soul and pray for everyone… Ate…

[7:55:00 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: wow… try not to fight back with a lost soul/mind… it’s too late… sorry cousin… :(

[7:55:34 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: don’t look for credit/acknowledgement/recognition from a crazy woman… sorry cousin…

[7:55:49 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: the town’s folks know stories upon stories… the truth is always out there…

[7:56:21 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: the frame of mind/experience cannot “level” with your hard work/responsibility, etc,,,

[7:57:09 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: wow… it’s okay… usually happy faces reflect upon other happy faces…

[7:57:31 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: maybe she just misses the connection with her sister and other “familiar” faces…

[7:57:49 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: yeah ungrateful brothers… i know the feeling (you know what I mean)!

[7:58:32 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: yup we have experiences here with relatives/siblings… but it comes from understanding each other… no hurt feelings… all this existence … all for nothing …

[7:58:51 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: you are fighting with a frustrated, old, disabled woman and ungrateful brothers…

[7:59:08 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: they are making you sick.

[7:59:25 PM] [username of first cousin here]: hahahha u farted u made me laughed  dad will smell it

[7:59:39 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: lactose intolerant. sorry tatay!

[7:59:56 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: drinking milk makes me go poop easier. thought you should know.

[8:00:16 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: you, your “boyfriend/s”, your grand/children…

[8:00:43 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: thank you, dad for helping us.

[8:00:51 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: oops

[8:01:06 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: angry old woman… hiss (snake sound)…

[8:01:37 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: yeah auntie was fighting with other workers on the “blue house” in kalayaan.

[8:01:54 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: and mom was barely in her underwear and had to scold her sister…

[8:02:32 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: wow… oje vey!

[8:02:58 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: sounds like me (oops)…

[8:03:14 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: sierra blood… of giving without thinking… it’s sad, truly…

[8:03:43 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: live for the “here and now” attitude… hmmm. interesting…

[8:04:07 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: yeah, i feel it… the feeling sorry for everyone… only to be fooled…

[8:04:19 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: No!!!

[8:06:48 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: she’s gone! i’m sorry, Ate…

[8:09:11 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: wow… that is a struggle… just trying to take care of my mom who cannot use her right/surgery arm… i see/understand now… the frustration

[8:09:40 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: it’s all hers! hehehe!

[8:09:55 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: you can always “borrow” when she is not looking…

[8:10:46 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: you got all the food?

[8:10:51 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: what? now what? huh?

[8:10:59 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: stop moorah [name of first cousin here]!

[8:11:39 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: wow… oh well… but you stop morrah… had to find peramahal to rent… where is three lalaki? [mostly] spending [name of first cousin here]. not right what you did.

[8:11:49 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: your [name of first cousin here] spending

[8:12:05 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: [name of first cousin here] renting… paying phone, water… why are [giving] anak hard time

[8:12:20 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: if you give her hard time, where will you live in manila because of mahal rent.

[8:12:36 PM] FLYNN B.: *Mom: if water is expensive too

[8:12:58 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: whaloo limbooo is too much i won’t give you that much!

[8:13:14 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: stop fighting with a crazy woman…

[8:13:44 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: you are wrong aida! what are you talking about?

[8:14:04 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: yeah yeah. but it is what she has been doing all her life … giving without thinking…

[8:14:27 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: it’s none of our business… it’s purely entertainment from our end…

[8:15:08 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: wow… it’s something i’d do out of frustration … gesturing and making faces… must be inherited. hehehe!

[8:16:03 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: wow… there she goes again… gesturing

[8:16:32 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: soy sauce and rice and coffee is all we need… yum.

[8:16:45 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: picky eater! my god!

[8:17:44 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: yup… the town folks know about auntie aida’s, umm, behavior… long ago…

[8:18:01 PM] [username of first cousin here]: [she's] doing it to me

[8:18:15 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: so a lot of things can be said and done after all these years… it’s reality over there, i guess…

[8:18:34 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: spoiled brat even in her old age…

[8:19:00 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: you are already programmed/triggered by your mother’s bad behavior…

[8:19:23 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: yup… get over it… everyone/dog for him/her/itself…

[8:20:06 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: i think mothers love the boys better, just like Chinese families/traditions

[8:20:38 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: i feel it here… not jealousy… but something familiar for all cultures… sons preferred over daughters…

[8:21:15 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: yeah, rotation for all your money given to your brothers via your own mother… wow…

[8:21:53 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: it could be parasites/fungus in brain/neurological system via cats/ticks/dogs…

[8:23:34 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: you are fighting with a disabled woman…

[8:23:56 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: for example, just play along, say: oh, really. oh, okay.

[8:24:11 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: i keep farting. it’s smells!

[8:24:12 PM] [username of first cousin here]: omgg its so hard

[8:24:18 PM] [username of first cousin here]: [she's] possessed

[8:24:37 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: trying smudging with herbs or even black candles from what i read… holy water… whatever…

[8:25:14 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: late uncle Florene wanted to petition auntie aida but her attitude was too much to deal with…

[8:25:42 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: mom got spanked for your mother’s bad behavior during childhood…

[8:27:01 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: we don’t talk with them, just as they don’t talk with us.

[8:27:33 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: the nieces/nephews on both sides don’t come here/talk with us…

[8:28:43 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: i don’t know…

[8:31:17 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: Visayans are beautiful people but such fighters, really. we have a Visayans living next door to us… she’s a divorced nutter… fights a lot…

[8:31:46 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: you set the rules… can’t be nice. you have to be the “matron” of your own house/home/pad…

[8:33:43 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: Rico is like late Florene and our junior… boys are really too much in love/blind to see the error of their ways…

[8:34:18 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: keep the faith… you have the strength… just leave the past behind… good luck, honey!

[8:34:30 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: it’s like a circus!

[8:34:50 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: of course, siblings have different lifestyles/attitudes…

[8:35:29 PM] [username of first cousin here]: yes cuz one day ill look for my own life

[8:35:42 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: Man! I can’t keep up with this/these conversation/talks. I’m spacing out.

[8:35:57 PM] [username of first cousin here]: its tiring but shes my mother and ill take care of her

[8:39:50 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: i just put a wooden table for my printer to hold up the web cam…

[8:41:19 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: arthroscopic surgery… four holes into right shoulder. Feb 2, 2012 and ten days of recovery… staying up late until 3:00am for one week because dad sleeps [downstairs]… six weeks for recovery…

[8:42:12 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: good practice for caretaking the elderly… now i go to sleep at two o’clock… will have to reset my sleeping pattern…

[8:42:18 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: nice shiny!

[8:42:40 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: use oil, soap or get a tool to cut it off…

[8:43:06 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: your mom has yawned. my mind has yawned.

[8:44:11 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: the purpose is so you don’t have to buy, of course.

[8:44:31 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: some creamers taste good. some don’t.

[8:45:07 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: mixing drinks…

[8:45:43 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: C&H, pure cane sugar. from Hawaii ([commercial] jingle)

[8:46:48 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: use dried blocks of [ramen]. use one salt pack. use extra salt pack for your veggie soup later on…

[8:47:01 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: *two blocks, one salt

[8:47:42 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: wow… you eat it… or don’t eat at all… like tipping. you tip or don’t tip at all!

[8:48:21 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: just explain… one sentence… mom tends to [elaborate] too. dad and me prefer summary and it’s understood.

[8:48:29 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: *elaborate

[8:48:59 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: oh well… it’s hard to say “nope” and to get used to it…

[8:49:25 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: if they are starving, oh well… that’s not your problem. but it’s hard.

[8:49:57 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: the age spread between mom and late Florene is almost twenty years? that’s long. they don’t really know/knew each other…

[8:50:25 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: yup… used to be comradery… now everyone for her/herself…

[8:50:40 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: not financially here… ever…

[8:51:01 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: back in the early 1980′s

[8:51:30 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: of course they had to live with the in-law (my dad) and the kids (jr. and me).

[8:52:00 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: if you owe them, then fine. but if you owe them something, oops.

[8:52:44 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: never mind. but we will all get old and no one will remember the “recognition” during the old/dying days…

[8:53:20 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: having fun is temporary. but everything else is hard work.

[8:53:53 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: once again, it’s creepy to show off with poorer bayans… really.

[8:54:05 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: hole in the heart.

[8:54:27 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: over 90 is not good.

[8:55:05 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: high cholesterol/high triglycerides coincide with high blood pressure reading…

[8:55:28 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: because of clog arteries…

[8:55:34 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: Mom is spacing out.. hello!

[8:56:21 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: so it’s all in genes and not eating saturated fat (butter, oily chips) and red meat (pork, beef). I was told.

[8:56:48 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: danger, meaning head aches symptoms… and short fuse/easily angered…

[8:57:21 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: we eat the “other” white meat – chicken, turkey

[8:58:01 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: Chinese egg noodles deep-fried, avoid the lard/[Crisco]…

[8:58:37 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: Mama Sita’s brand called Sinigang soup base mix… blend in cold water and introduce to your soup…

[8:59:10 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: one week of staying up late to take care of mom upstairs… she can’t lie “flat”

[8:59:32 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: so she sat up in chair for one week while waiting…

[8:59:43 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: no operation for dad. just high cholesterol.

[9:00:12 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: mom was the nurse, always on feet at work and now at home cannot “shift” downward to rest, always busy

[9:00:28 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: dad and i are “tasters”. Mom is the primary “cook”.

[9:01:02 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: one time dad and i tried to buy ingredients for her cooking but we always get the wrong one and have to return it! top ramen is easier to cook/eat.

[9:02:09 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: liver spread… for your white/wheat sandwich…

[9:02:25 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: sardines… salty!

[9:02:32 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: but good to eat!

[9:03:52 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: that’s good. no meat. be a vegan (vegetarian).

[9:04:51 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: economize food intake, just like how you budget your HARD work.

[9:05:29 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: lots of horror stories from Filipinos who live here in America via our local church/parish…

[9:06:01 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: the Filipinos here got tired of getting phone calls from the Philippines and even changed their phone numbers to avoid the “begging/complaining” from their bayans/relatives…

[9:06:36 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: all for love and the love of the children…

[9:07:18 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: you kept reporting to me that your wallet is “missing”. hmmm.

[9:10:46 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: you have to play like America’s TSA here… pat them down and run them through the x-ray scanners…

[9:12:27 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: huh?

[9:13:45 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: America

[9:14:13 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: *Americans tend to kick out their kids after they reach 18 years of legal age here.,,

[9:15:04 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: wow… very slow movement… hobbling… at least she can walk!

[9:15:22 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: leans to the left… I could see her spine [curvature] going to the left…

[9:16:43 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: One tube of Ben-Gay is USD15.00.

[9:17:04 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: or 635.87848 PHP

[9:18:51 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: or 1.00 USD to 42.39190 PHP (+/- 0% Interbank Rate) per Oanda.com…

[9:19:41 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: the sweating/poop/urine will ba-hoo the foam without plastic covering/protection… egg foam acts like sponge… stinky!

[9:21:33 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: Valieriano and Sanrod nearby?

[9:27:05 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: yup… life goes on with the living…

[9:27:15 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: excuses, excuses!

[9:28:14 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: why is it always the bad stuff is remembered/gossip more often than good stuff?

[9:29:25 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: usually the children, i hate to say it, “absorb” some, if not all, karma from naughty parents…

[9:30:50 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: she is testing her blood glucose level with a testing tape, lancet needle and the blood glucose meter…

[9:31:19 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: then I look at the “grid” from the doctor and administer the insulin injection(s)…

[9:31:54 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: 243 mg/dl… we had [pineapple] cake from Duncan Hines (Moist),,,

[9:32:14 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: i’ll be back to draw the insulin… she had diabetes for over ten years…

[9:32:43 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: mom and dad do NOT use foul words/false accusations… it’s calm here, really…

[9:35:51 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: two insulins — Humulog (for fast-acting) and Levemir (for slow-acting)…

[9:36:24 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: yeah, liability here… I was “trained” by mom where to inject and how to inject and how to dispose of the needles properly three times a day…

[9:36:40 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: so that’s why there is professional/hired help…

[9:38:23 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: welcome back. so we are ready to sign off… we are getting tired and got our “routines” to do for the evening…

[9:38:56 PM] [username of first cousin here]: u are a good daughter

[9:39:16 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: excitement for Mom tends to raise blood pressure thusly the blood sugar level also goes up… so mom’s condition takes lots of care…

[9:40:11 PM] FLYNN B.: i am a good girl but imperfections of a temper once in a while during frustrations… and the use american slang words…

[9:40:56 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: chicken soup/broth in a can for flavor…

[9:45:40 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: expect a perfect daughter with lots of money to spend on her mother and everyone else, including friends…

[9:46:39 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: so the late uncle Florene didn’t bother contacting his OLD family… what a shame… i guess he was ashamed of his POOR family and prefer the good times with his Navy friends…

[9:47:14 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: i know the feeling of envy/jealously… it’s very strong… but i have to stop… look away…

[9:47:36 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: now i excepted my fate… really simple, boring… but peaceful…

[9:48:30 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: Lola Salina helped late Lola Valing to hide money from your mother long ago…

[9:48:50 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: many old stories we don’t know about…

[9:49:39 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: you’re just lucky she doesn’t freak out that she doesn’t know where she is or who she is or who you are…

[9:49:49 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: they can get violent…

[9:50:20 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: wow… i’m learning this for the first time… it’s all medical…

[9:50:44 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: gently, please… it’s VERY short-term the actions, the thoughts…

[9:51:07 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: just pet her like a nice lamb…

[9:51:14 PM] [username of first cousin here]: i think ill gonna die first before my mother

[9:51:40 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: it’s not faking but it’s the best course of action… something about philosophy of being flexible like a marsh reed…

[9:52:03 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: a HARD/resistant stick will break/snap, of course…

[9:53:03 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: it’s bad. i’m stuck. everyone is stuck. but we try to deal with it/rationalize this reality set/dimension…

[9:54:04 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: everyone will become feeble-minded… there are lots of guys are NOT stupid, they like food and sex…

[9:54:33 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: companionship means supporting each other

[9:54:52 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: if he wants a housewife, that’s a trade-off for his financial support…

[9:55:37 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: actually, he seems nice.

[9:55:54 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: guys with tats are calm…

[9:56:14 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: some guys like big women…

[9:56:24 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: it’s okay… again older people different…

[9:57:21 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: technicalities, huh.

[9:57:59 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: local laws different… he should set you free!

[9:58:49 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: 150,000 PHP = 3,519.78003 per Oanda.com. That’s one month’s mortgage payment for my brother here in America.

[9:59:36 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: that’s it. live and die. it’s 09:59PM here in California…

[10:00:19 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: she needs the head phone…

[10:00:43 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: bye bye. behave auntie. take care cousin. love you all!

[10:00:59 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: don’t give [name of first cousin here] a hard time… god will get mad!

[10:01:28 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: no work, no money. hard work to find living. earning every month.

[10:01:41 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: i should have died but thank god.

[10:02:07 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: it’s hard for my life here. but i don’t use my mouth like you. we are calm here. we don’t say bad words to my family and children. i just cry.

[10:02:20 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: When I cry, i don’t ask for help. I don’t scream at Roger.

[10:02:32 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: our home is calm.

[10:02:49 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: you keep motioning at [name of first cousin here] and do that to the daughter. what kind of mother are you?

[10:03:05 PM] FLYNN B.: Dad: how can you do that do your daughter?

[10:03:25 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: give your sons money. your daughter sacrificed and you let it come out that she’s bad!

[10:03:44 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: i know that. i’m like that. you’re luck you can complain. but i cannot complain.

[10:03:59 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: i’m telling you this is how people end up.

[10:04:20 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: we are waiting for your kids to help us. if they can’t all we can do is cry and not make a big deal.

[10:04:28 PM] [username of first cousin here]: i think u understand Tagalog as u can [transferred] what ya moms saying its just that u cant talk

[10:04:36 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: i can see you getting mad at [name of first cousin here] and making gestures/faces.

[10:04:48 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: I already scolded [name of first cousin here]. I told her everything.

[10:04:51 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: i know.

[10:04:58 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: you ti-is.

[10:05:12 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: here in America if you are stubborn, you get beaten up.

[10:05:18 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: who?

[10:05:31 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: whatever. she is not making sense [name of first cousin here]

[10:05:39 PM] [username of first cousin here]: ur auntie aida is getting crazy again

[10:05:45 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: it’s not good.

[10:05:48 PM] [username of first cousin here]: [she']s saying someone here wanna marry u

[10:05:56 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: did zinnia sierra visit you?

[10:05:57 PM] [username of first cousin here]: [that's] old story

[10:06:12 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: everyday?

[10:06:15 PM] [username of first cousin here]: no i [haven't] see zinnia

[10:06:21 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: okay.

[10:06:24 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: how many times?

[10:06:40 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: who is serving you? the boys or the daughter?

[10:06:57 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: you need to give recognition to your daughter.

[10:07:20 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: she can’t because she is working. where is she going to get money?

[10:07:31 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: we are solo. the children cannot be at our side all the time.

[10:07:39 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: my water and cracker is by my bedside,.

[10:07:47 PM] [username of first cousin here]: actually im pissed off with ya auntie but [can't] help [she's] my mother [i'll] take care of her even she [don't] recognized me

[10:07:58 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: see i cannot use my arm. you keep giving [name of first cousin here] a hard time. and give others who don’t serve you!

[10:08:11 PM] FLYNN B.: Mom: lord might be mad at you that’s why you can’t die.

[10:08:48 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: scratches and blood letting are signs of “demonic activities” manifestations…

[10:09:20 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: attachment could go to you too; so it goes both ways…

[10:10:05 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: ADT is a common household security systems — cameras, motion sensors, 24/7 calling police — my brother uses it in his home…

[10:10:49 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: Wrong deeds must be paid, usually mentally/emotionally and can affect others…

[10:12:16 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: sometimes have to order bad stuff to leave the body/human form…

[10:12:55 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: just lots of old energy from old places in Philippines where lots of old spirits dwell, of course…

[10:13:19 PM] [username of first cousin here]: i will shower her holy water

[10:14:04 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: bad energy will work themselves out eventually… presently just avoid as much as possible…

[10:14:39 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: maybe take anti-parasite, herbal remedy from Amway, if any…

[10:17:56 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: Out of seriousness, her condition is medical and can be treated with medication.

[10:18:30 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: i hear you.

[10:19:15 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: you may need REAL medication…

[10:20:16 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: clogged arteries in hearts, head, neck, legs, etc… angiogram is done here in America.

[10:20:56 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: gas/atmospheric pressure might pop clogged arteries…

[10:21:57 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: I’m close to 90 and that’s not good.

[10:22:18 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: prayers inspire. but “common sense” is better.

[10:23:06 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: try lemon and lime for taste instead of soy sauce/fish sauce. at least she will die happy knowing she ate good tasting food…

[10:26:26 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: i can feel head/ear pressure, a symptom of my condition of which i plan to visit my primary care physician in three months (April) to get “statin” drugs for my high levels in cholestrol and triglycerides.

[10:26:52 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: time to sign off and move on with things. god bless you all. take care.

[10:28:00 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: it’s the socio-economic condition of the P.I. so that’s understood. yup.

[10:29:48 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: it is still cold in the evening but getting warmer in the days.

[10:30:03 PM] [username of first cousin here]: goodnight cuz thanks for everything

[10:30:10 PM] [username of first cousin here]: im very thankful

[10:30:15 PM] [username of first cousin here]: i love you all

[10:30:42 PM] FLYNN B.: Me: thanks for your conversations. be strong, my dear. i’ll be “sending” prayers long distance, if it is god’s will, the energy will calm down…

[10:31:14 PM] FLYNN B.: byr

[10:31:16 PM] FLYNN B.: e

[10:31:34 PM] FLYNN B.: you can always email me.

[10:32:04 PM] FLYNN B.: love you. be well. simple PERSONAL prayers for strength as NEEDED of course.

[10:32:20 PM] FLYNN B.: prayer too long… i got my own way of praying…

[10:32:52 PM] FLYNN B.: imagine shield around your aura/surroundings/protection…

[10:33:15 PM] FLYNN B.: it’s blurry

[10:33:24 PM] FLYNN B.: can’t quite make out condition

[10:33:36 PM] FLYNN B.: extra skin, need plastic surgery to make tighter and prettier!

[10:33:51 PM] FLYNN B.: 10:33pm already. good night. leave now!

20120211-Random Notes

Here are m:y boring notes via the “Memo” app of my smart/cellphone:

2012/02/11 18:15. I saw briefly the time-stamp of 3:55pm as the pronounced death of Whitney Houston. That was a double-digit number and so was the date-stamp of 02/11/2012.

2012/02/11 02:13. At 02:11, I had thoughts of how we are one and all. Then an imagery of a soap dish came to my small mind. I saw that each soap-bubble represented an individual entity. And I would imagine seeing some soap-bubble pop into thin air. I would imagine that some soap was lost into the air or where the air within the bubble would go or merged into the liquid of soap upon a clear, Petri dish. As so it is with an individual entity that goes either up as gaseous form or down below as liquid form.

2012/02/11 00:01. At 12:00, I heard the cellphone charger buzz its charging completion and I verified this with the blue light indicator. The timing of almost exactly midnight was uncanny as I continued to stay awake late at night.