Feeling (reddest) 7:16 PM

iPod Nano (PRODUCT)Red
Originally uploaded by sh3kk

Urghhh! Ok... I'm getting one.

Feeling (redder) 7:09 PM

Love was Black and White
Originally uploaded by powerbooktrance

Geez... that clear case sure looks awesome!

Feeling (red) 7:02 PM

iPod nano PRODUCT Red
Originally uploaded by therealp00h

Itching for one. It just looks bloody cool.

What ever happened to... the original Power Rangers? 10:04 AM

15 years after they first stormed into our tv screens and imaginations, let's re-visit the 6 actors that made up this colorful band of renegade enforcers.


Austin St. John - Red Ranger

St. John wrote a martial arts book since leaving the show. It is entitled Karate Warrior: A Beginner's Guide to Martial Arts. He is currently a paramedic n the Washington DC suburbs of Northern Virginia. And for those who had a big crush on him during his glory days, on the left is a
recent pic!

Walter Emanuel Jones - Black Ranger

Jones has focused on teaching and performing salsa dancing and placed first in the 2004 Mayan International Salsa Championship. He recently appeared in the reality tv show Age of Love providing salsa instructions. He now runs a dance studio in LA.

David Yost - Blue Ranger

Yost continued on acting soon after finishing close to 200 episodes of the show. Of the original 5, he stayed with the show the longest. He has since produced a number of cable tv series. Recently, he starred as a Playboy photographer in the made-for-tv movie After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter Stopped.

Thuy Trang - Yellow Ranger

Trang died at the age of 27 in a car accident on September 3, 2001 near San Francisco, California. She and former actress/model Angela Rockwood-Nguyen, to whom Trang was to be a bridesmaid later that year, were passengers in a car traveling on Interstate 5 between San Francisco and Los Angeles (they were returning from visiting Angela's planned maid of honor) when the driver (another of Angela's bridesmaids) of the vehicle she was riding in lost control. The episode "Circuit Unsure" of Power Rangers: Time Force was dedicated to her memory.

Amy Jo Johnson - Pink Ranger

Johnson was Julie Emrick in the popular tv drama Felicity. She now regularly appears with her band Valhalla, where she is the lead singer as well as a guitarist & has recently contributed guest vocals to Koishii and Hush's cover of The Cars track "Since You're Gone".

Jason David Frank - Green Ranger

Frank appeared in the most Power Ranger series & spin-offs. He was in Mighty Morphin (original), Zeo, Turbo, Wild Force and DinoThunder. He also starred in 2 Power Rangers movies! Since then, he has founded of the Toso Kune Do sytem, an American Martial Arts system that follows the concepts of many of the American Martial Art Masters such as Bruce Lee, Ed Parker and the like who blended many martial art techniques, concepts and disciplines to seek truth in self expression. He now teaches this technique in his Rising Sun Karate Academy in Houston.

The music, movie & tv geek was here 10:20 PM

The music, movie & tv geek was here
Originally uploaded by Mark Ordoñez

I take my daily media dose seriously. If I'm not playing video games, I'm watching tv. And if I'm not watching tv, I'm tripping on sound.

I'm always on the look out for the latest and greatest out there. That's my addiction. It will be the death of me.

Wow! That court is really blue! 12:00 PM

Australian Open '08 this year has a few changes. Not least of which are the blue courts. Blue is a great color but I am on the fence on the contrast. It's bit too bright for me.

This year, we no longer have Hingis or Clijsters. Bummer. I really like those 2, especially Hingis. Hard to imagine they were just contesting for a semifinal spot last year. At least Davenport is still around.

Oh well, go Roger!

Do not stand at my grave and weep 4:00 PM

Originally uploaded by andrewlee1967

I saw the latest episode of Desperate Housewives yesterday ("Welcome to Kanagawa", first airing on the ABC network January 6, 2008). In the episode, the character Mrs. McCluskey recited a modified version of the poem "Do not stand at my grave and weep" by Mary Elizabeth Frye (1904-2004) as she was scattering the ashes of her dear friend Ida Greenberg on the baseball field where Ida had executed a triple play as a women's professional ballplayer.

The poem was sad, subtle and nothing short of beautiful.

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am in a thousand winds that blow,
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the starshine of the night.
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am in the birds that sing,
I am in each lovely thing.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there. I did not die.

To the Limerent Other 4:04 AM

"I've got some things I'd like to set in pen.
I would have used a pencil, but lead's just not permanent."
- Hellogoodbye - Dear Jamie... Sincerely Me



"Oh it's what you do to me,
Oh it's what you do to me."
- Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah



"This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No happy ending."
- Mika - Happy Ending

Nothing Good Is On 11:09 PM

I am looking forward to hangovers this Yuletide season. Nothing seems to be worth waking up for these days. I seem to occupy myself between meals just working off a list of immediate to-dos. And I never seem run out of those.

I lost some weight. Good for me. Funny thing is I never really found a hobby aside from eating. I am in the middle of 6 books and 11 video games. It shows I lose interest a little too quickly.

I love tv. Thank God for tv. I'd rather watch tv than live my own life nowadays. Betty Suarez's life is more interesting. I'd swap lives with the pie maker any day. I may have more tv heroes now than real life role models.

I seem to have been stringing a number boring days lately. Things would only get better from now on I would think. Something big is bound to happen for sure. Because right now... if I were a tv show, I wouldn't be watching me.

Cousins 8:36 AM

Cousins
Originally uploaded by Mark Ordoñez

Family time is Fun time!

A Pocket full of Creepy Crawlies 10:21 PM

A Pocketful of Creepy Crawlies
Originally uploaded by Mark Ordoñez

Crazy folks, all special...

Surviving Long-Haul Flights 11:43 AM

Luggage
Originally uploaded by Cake Walk

Feature film in the main cabin sucky? Children just love kicking your seat from behind? You just can't get some sleep?

Here's the best way to travel for us citizens of the world.

1) Not with Northwest

Though the may offer the cheapest flights, if you travel frequently, a little comfort and leg room are more that welcome. My experience with Cathay is great for trans-pacific. They have personal entertainment systems in the main cabin!

2) With earplugs

For those that could bear the lull of the engine at 2000 feet, I tell you, you are freaks of nature. Get medical help.

3) With noise-canceling headphones/earphones

This is a 10 year old technology. Listening to Beyonce from you ipod may prove a tad more satisfying without the crying baby in background.

4) With an eye mask

Some people just love reading when it's supposed to be lights off. This would help improve the illusion of darkness.

5) Without belts or jewelry

Efficiency before style. Get rid of the hassle of constantly un-bling-ing and bling-ing when passing through security inspection from the onset.

6) With a DS lite or a PSP slim

Just love it when kids point and drool. Hahaha. Ok, didn't I tell you guys I was evil?

7) With a jacket that has deep and secure pockets

They ask for hand carry bags and luggage to be stowed. Not jackets.

8) Using online check-in

They have predicted back in 1992 that lines would be a thing of the past by now. I guess they were wrong.

Deja Vu 8:31 AM

Deja Vu
Originally uploaded by Mark Ordoñez

Did it. Done it!

The same picture 5 years ago!

Good Question 3:55 AM

Good Question
Originally uploaded by Michelle L.

It pains me to answer a number of questions.
But nothing pains me more than this one I guess.
There's no way around it; It's plain and bare.
Will you go out with yourself? Nothing more, nothing less.

Far From Home 2:48 AM

Northern Dusk
Originally uploaded by Mark Ordoñez

I grew up from place much different from this
A place where dust is in every crevice
Where the sun sets early in the evening
And where the day ends late at night

Where I am right now could not be more distant
For it takes no notice of the world beyond
It exists where reality ends for some
And it survives purely in the minds of most

The leaves here grow weary as the seasons change
And here, the autumn breeze carries a forlorn fall
The dream of here can only be for now
A flight not for me and maybe not for all

Free Willy? 6:56 PM

A Killer Whale Jumps!

5 years & about 20 lbs later 4:21 AM

Me above Toronto
Originally uploaded by Mark Ordoñez

I am flying back to the Metropolitan Toronto. Just found out about the trip 12 hours ago. I am supposed to leave 8 hours from now. As I did in Chicago, I hope to have a recapture of this same picture above. It will be interesting to see how much the skyline has changed.

Here's the plan for this trip:

1) Visit Niagara again. Ride the Maid of the Mist this time.
2) Check out the club scene.
3) Check out off Broadway plays.
4) Finally visit Jaimee in Indianapolis.
5) Maybe buy a new racquet and the new Ipod.

6) and... ohhh... work. Hehehehehe.

My first gig... in McDo 12:47 AM

Song Bite
Originally uploaded by Mark Ordoñez

Not exactly Araneta but I guess you have to start somewhere! :)

Smacking me with balloons 12:44 AM

Smacking me with balloons
Originally uploaded by Mark Ordoñez

I don't think I deserve this type of abuse!
Mean and ungrateful children!
Behave!

Getting out the Funk 2:02 AM

Feeling really, really depressed after a big loss?
Work really bogging you down?
Want to release some of that negative energy but drinking is not really your thing?
Here is a short list of alternative activities to get you back to happyville!

1) Junk Food Binging

Ahhh... say hello to my best friends! Sour Cream & Cheddar Ruffles and Sour Cream & Onion Pringles! Get those gastric juices to work and fall prey to the quick satisfaction of potato chips and artificial flavoring. A can of cherry cola or cream soda will be a perfect compliment!

2) Flinging & Breaking

Every formulaic dramatic movie scene has this and it is indeed very therapeutic. Get those old jugs and jars out of the top shelf and start pitching them out an abandoned lot! Add some matching profanity directed towards the object of stress for full effect!

3) Self-Mutilation

Sometimes you really want to hurt somebody but you can't because it's... well, not cool. So, why don't hurt yourself instead! Pounding ones head on a wall or self-inflicting flesh wounds would usuqlly do the trick. The pain and the bleeding might be a downer at first but the street cred you'll get for the bruising and stitches will surely make up for it!

4) Get on the Rebound

Random hookups are creepy and uhm.... dangerous. Be on the safe side. Look around your office or campus and offer yourself up for charity to the next geeky kid you see! Think of it as giving back to society. Who knows? You might end up inspiring the next Steve Jobs or Condoleeza Rice!

5) Blog about it

Hell.. it works for me!