A birthday wish

Tonight, I have a birthday wish
that is a little bit different
than any other birthday wish I've given
I have a birthday wish that goes out to an angel

I wish you a happy birthday
I wish you know that you changed my life
I wish you feel no more pain
I wish you are still dancing
I wish you got to see Iceland
I wish you found that faeries exist and danced with them to eternity
I wish your days are filled with music
I wish you know you are special
I wish you are loved
I wish you know how loved you were
when you were down here with us
I wish you know you still are loved
I wish that heaven is treating you well
and the clouds you are wearing are fluffy enough to your liking
I wish I never forget you
I wish I always remember the things you taught me
I wish we had more time
and I wish one day we meet again
some day
Until then
I'll always be remembering you
every day
I wish you are well
Happy birthday

Stolen

So, shoot me

i have blogger's block, so i have to do this
I stole it from Erin's blog, which rawks

What is on your bed right now? new sheets, thank you very much, yes I am clean

When was the last time you threw up? oh, during my forgotten years, that was about 10 years ago.. uh-huh!

What's your favorite word or phrase? I don't know... wait, that's not my favorite phrase, i just really don't know!

Name 3 people who made you smile today? Three??? Are you kidding? Do you know the people I have to deal with? Ok, Panos made me smile today, and Antigone, and I was laughing with (not at) Kalouda on MSN, so that might be 3 if I can count

What were you doing at 8 am this morning? I was having breakfast, realizing that I'll probably be having a bad day stomach-wise... I was right, there was pain! :D

What were you doing 30 minutes ago? Trying to get the cat that found the door open and ran outside

What is your favorite holiday? Erin said "Halloween" and I agree

Have you ever been to another country? Yup, i have

What is the last thing you said aloud? "And you're singing the songs thinking this is the life and you wake up in the morning and your head feels twice it's size where are you gonna go where are you gonna go where are you gonna sleep tonight" I had mtv on

What is the best ice cream flavor? Yoghurt and cinnamon

What was the last thing you had to drink? Tea

What are you wearing right now? Shirt, yoga pants

What was the last thing you ate? Breakfast

Have you bought any new clothing items this week? This week? uhm... burberry's rain boots...

When was the last time you ran? I ran up the stairs this morning

What's the last sporting event you watched? Football games, last night... both football and... well... football, cause football is played with your feet, you know! FOOTball, get it??

If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? New York, and Dublin, and Los Angeles, and Canada, cause I've never been to Canada

Who is the last person you sent a comment/message on myspace? I don't even remember, for real... My space on myspace is a dead space

Ever go camping? Every year for about 20 years!

Do you have a tan? oh of course i do, it's January, who doesnt!

Have you ever lost anything down a toilet? Yes, I have, a ring, it fell off my finger while I was -DUDE!!- washing my hands, bounced off the counter right into the toilet, and I refused to stick my hand in there and get it back... what???

What is your guilty pleasure? Food, shoes and New Kids On The Block

Do you use smiley faces on the computer alot? Yes... and on sms...

Do you drink your soda from a straw? Uhm... whatever...

What did your last text message say? it was a phone number

Are you someone's best friend? you bet

What are you doing tomorrow? Work, then a game, then maybe I'll go out, but then again I'm going out tonight and then again on Wednesday, so maybe just the game, we'll see

Where is your mom right now? At home

Look to your left, what do you see? Panos, his foot on the couch's back, a plant, doors...

What color is your watch? It's white with black eyes, shaped like a skull... oh wait... That's it on the right

What do you think of when you think of Australia? Kangaroos and sunny Christmases

Ever ridden on a roller coaster? Uhm... no... Ok, once, but it was a thousand years ago and it was the tiniest little thing you've seen so I don't think that counts

What is your birthstone? I forgot to ask. I was too happy to be born

Do you go in at a fast food place or just hit the drive tthru? I don't go to fast food places, period.

Do you have any friends on myspace that you actually hate? Again, MySpace, DeadSpace

Do you have a dog? I have a cat that looks like a dog

Last person you talked to on the phone? Antigone

Any plans today? I'll try to get my stomach to rest and then go out and mess it up all over again

Are you happy? I am healthy, I have a loving family, a good man, a cat that hates me and friends all around me... I'm OK... If I was happy, that would mean I have no goals and my life is complete, and I don't really want to die just yet

Where are you right now? At Panos' place

Biggest annoyance in your life right now? Panos is baking sausages and his house smells

Last song listened to? This is the life

Last movie you saw? Stardust

Are you allergic to anything? Chocolate

Favorite pair of shoes you wear all the time? My boots.

Are you jealous of anyone? I'm human, aren't I?

Are you married? Nope

Is anyone jealous of you? Why would anyone be jealous of me??

Do any of your friends have children? Actually, no.. Some people I know do, but noone very close to me

Do you eat healthy? Sometimes I do

What do you usually do during the day? I go to work, I come back home, I sometimes go to the gym, I cook, I read, I listen to music, normal things... what, you think us awesome people are not normal, like everyone else? Please...

Do you hate anyone right now? Hate?? gawd, no, why would I give anyone I dont like this much attention??

Do you use the word 'hello' daily? It would be kind of weird, considering I speak greek

How old will you be turning on your next birthday? 34... shit, I'm old

Have you ever been to Six Flags? Six Flags??? eh... no...

How did u get one of your scars? Chicken pox

The 100 best English-language novels of the 20th Century

This is something Richard posted, but i thought reposting it was good, cause these things need to go around

plus, i need to keep this list, for future reference.

In 2000, a board of authors and literary critics created a list for Random House of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th Century. This is that list. I've bolded the works that I've read.

Note that these are english-language novels, and any additions to that list are more than welcome, english language or not!

1. (1922) Ulysses James Joyce
2. (1925) The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
3. (1916) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man James Joyce
4. (1955) Lolita Vladimir Nabokov
5. (1932) Brave New World Aldous Huxley
6. (1929) The Sound and the Fury William Faulkner
7. (1961) Catch-22 Joseph Heller
8. (1940) Darkness at Noon Arthur Koestler
9. (1913) Sons and Lovers D. H. Lawrence
10. (1939) The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck
11. (1947) Under the Volcano Malcolm Lowry
12. (1903) The Way of All Flesh Samuel Butler
13. (1949) Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell
14. (1934) I, Claudius Robert Graves
15. (1927) To the Lighthouse Virginia Woolf
16. (1925) An American Tragedy Theodore Dreiser
17. (1940) The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Carson McCullers
18. (1969) Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut
19. (1952) Invisible Man Ralph Ellison
20. (1940) Native Son Richard Wright
21. (1959) Henderson the Rain King Saul Bellow
22. (1934) Appointment in Samarra John O'Hara
23. (1938) U.S.A. (trilogy) John Dos Passos
24. (1919) Winesburg, Ohio Sherwood Anderson
25. (1924) A Passage to India E. M. Forster
26. (1902) The Wings of the Dove Henry James
27. (1903) The Ambassadors Henry James
28. (1934) Tender Is the Night F. Scott Fitzgerald
29. (1935) Studs Lonigan (trilogy) James T. Farrell
30. (1915) The Good Soldier Ford Madox Ford
31. (1945) Animal Farm George Orwell
32. (1904) The Golden Bowl Henry James
33. (1900) Sister Carrie Theodore Dreiser
34. (1934) A Handful of Dust Evelyn Waugh
35. (1930) As I Lay Dying William Faulkner
36. (1946) All the King's Men Robert Penn Warren
37. (1927) The Bridge of San Luis Rey Thornton Wilder
38. (1910) Howards End E. M. Forster
39. (1953) Go Tell It on the Mountain James Baldwin
40. (1948) The Heart of the Matter Graham Greene
41. (1954) Lord of the Flies William Golding
42. (1970) Deliverance James Dickey
43. (1951-1975) A Dance to the Music of Time (series) Anthony Powell
44. (1928) Point Counter Point Aldous Huxley
45. (1926) The Sun Also Rises Ernest Hemingway
46. (1907) The Secret Agent Joseph Conrad
47. (1904) Nostromo Joseph Conrad
48. (1915) The Rainbow D. H. Lawrence
49. (1920) Women in Love D. H. Lawrence
50. (1934) Tropic of Cancer Henry Miller
51. (1948) The Naked and the Dead Norman Mailer
52. (1969) Portnoy's Complaint Philip Roth
53. (1962) Pale Fire Vladimir Nabokov
54. (1932) Light in August William Faulkner
55. (1957) On the Road Jack Kerouac
56. (1930) The Maltese Falcon Dashiell Hammett
57. (1924-1928) Parade's End Ford Madox Ford
58. (1920) The Age of Innocence Edith Wharton
59. (1911) Zuleika Dobson Max Beerbohm
60. (1961) The Moviegoer Walker Percy
61. (1927) Death Comes for the Archbishop Willa Cather
62. (1951) From Here to Eternity James Jones
63. (1957) The Wapshot Chronicle John Cheever
64. (1951) The Catcher in the Rye J. D. Salinger
65. (1962) A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess
66. (1915) Of Human Bondage W. Somerset Maugham
67. (1902) Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad
68. (1920) Main Street Sinclair Lewis
69. (1905) The House of Mirth Edith Wharton
70. (1957-1960) The Alexandria Quartet Lawrence Durrell
71. (1929) A High Wind in Jamaica Richard Hughes
72. (1961) A House for Mr Biswas V. S. Naipaul
73. (1939) The Day of the Locust Nathanael West
74. (1929) A Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway
75. (1938) Scoop Evelyn Waugh
76. (1962) The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Muriel Spark
77. (1939) Finnegans Wake James Joyce
78. (1901) Kim Rudyard Kipling
79. (1908) A Room with a View E. M. Forster
80. (1945) Brideshead Revisited Evelyn Waugh
81. (1953) The Adventures of Augie March Saul Bellow
82. (1971) Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner
83. (1979) A Bend in the River V. S. Naipaul
84. (1938) The Death of the Heart Elizabeth Bowen
85. (1900) Lord Jim Joseph Conrad
86. (1975) Ragtime E. L. Doctorow
87. (1908) The Old Wives' Tale Arnold Bennett
88. (1903) The Call of the Wild Jack London
89. (1945) Loving Henry Green
90. (1980) Midnight's Children Salman Rushdie
91. (1932) Tobacco Road Erskine Caldwell
92. (1983) Ironweed William Kennedy
93. (1965) The Magus John Fowles
94. (1966) Wide Sargasso Sea Jean Rhys
95. (1954) Under the Net Iris Murdoch
96. (1979) Sophie's Choice William Styron
97. (1949) The Sheltering Sky Paul Bowles
98. (1934) The Postman Always Rings Twice James M. Cain
99. (1955) The Ginger Man J. P. Donleavy
100. (1918) The Magnificent Ambersons Booth Tarkington

All right

after two days of partying, not sleeping and (I'm sorry Debs, we're Greek, we can't have a celebration without it!!) food, life is slowly getting back on track (and so will I, food-wise, today!). Of course the holidays here are far from over, the celebration ends on Tuesday, but it's much lighter and far less partying...

so... i guess what I'm trying to say, is

happy new year to everybody

I really do hope this year is better for everyone than 2008 was! No one expects it to be challenge free and rosey, but at least i hope it's easy and filled with more laughter and good times!

Anyway... it's back to work for me (no work yesterday, thankfully, because I couldn't even stand on my feet!) but i can't even get myself to get dressed! I should already be there by now, but wth

Hopefully you all had a great time, and 2009 proves to be fun as well as... well... fun! :)

goodmorning everybody