Screw McDreamy! I WANT McDARCY!

::single-handedly bringing back the 1700s::

... there is nothing that beats a day at work like lounging in PJs... watching McDarcy deliver my favorite line* for the 12th time... swaying to Beethoven's "Pathetique" while making breakfast amidst which furtively glancing out the window to watch the snow... taking hot bubble baths and drinking wine...

Once I've accomplished doing everything that I wish for on a regular day in the life of the GrownUpMe, I stop... and endulge in the Silence Therapy.
Allow me to redefine "silence": noise < 85dB [85dB being the equivalent of the noise produced by a 17 year old screaming: "Miiiiiiss!", also known as the level of noise that causes irreversible hearing loss and chronic moodiness].

Before you know it, I will be back in > 85 dB noise, endurance of which funds all these little luxuries.

* "My affections and wishes have not changed, but one word from you will silence me forever. If, however, your feelings have changed, I will have to tell you, you have bewitched me body and soul, and I love...I love...I love you. I never wish to be parted from you from this day forth." (Pride and Prejudice)

THIS, I believe...

According to the Belief-O-Matic I am, apparently, an apple that fell very far from the tree*
Here are my beliefs broken into percentages. How much do I really fit into the molds of the big religions?

*check out the #6 and #7

1.Secular Humanism (83%)
2. Buddhism (77%)
3. Baha'i (66%)
4. Judaism (52%)
5. Hinduism (29%)
6. Islam (18%)
7. Roman Catholic (9%)

Et tu, filia?!
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I refuse to be called an atheist. That, I know I am not. I'd rather call myself a notheist. I believe, I truly believe there is a Superior Being (the rebel in me refuses to call it God), that our mind is incapable of wrapping around the concept of its existence. It's the one thing in the universe that is undefinable, unmeasurable, invisible... and it definitelly doesn't care to be worshipped and prioritized before the ones that are dearest to you in this world, to have temples built or blood shed in its name.
And then there is fear... the best motivator known to man, one that for many people turns the idea of God into an external conscience to keep the morals in check.
My beliefs set no boudaries, deny no experiences, suppress no desires, and offer no salvation. I don't look up to this Superior Being as an insurance policy in case I lose a battle against the nature.
I am not afraid to doubt. The doubt does not weigh me down, it liberates me.
I don't have that need to belong or the longing for the realization of the ultimate meaning. Other people's opinions are often intriguing but absolutely of no essential consequence to my own.
So what if most people believe in this Jesus, Allah, Yahweh, Brahman, Jupiter or Zeus? Truth is not democratic!

Just when 2006 and I were getting to know each other...

Poof! It's gone!
So to make it a proper farewell... let me reflect on the important moments of the past year (according to my paperback blog):
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It started off magically... he was the prince, but she doesn't remember much, not due to the easily-justifiable intoxication, but the loud, incessant buzzing in her head that shattered already fragile short term memory to pieces. She was the HAPPIEST girl in the world and his name was Nestle Google.
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Then the Spring Break came around. Equipo Valentina was a last-minute group [of immigrants] put together for a road trip around the NE US... and the best road trip of my life!!! The destinations included: Niagara Falls, Boston, Salem, Garden State, NYC, Washington, Philadelphia and everything in between... good times!
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The Summer was marked by the relaxing nights of jazz, poetry, and wine at RMT and The Artist... aaahhh I was always a sucker for those! He lasted as long as his gypsy jazz melody...
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On the 4th of July I got hired at the new school. Go Colts!
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On Aug 15 I had a dream about The Friend. That wasn't ackward at all... only I felt like someone blended 100 extra hot jalapenos and glazed the inside of my esophagus every time my phone rang after that...
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Sept 21 - I bought a house! / Oct 6 - Moved in!
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On Nov 22 yet another road trip with Equipo Valentina, only expanded to 5 countries, a total of 10 thanksgiving-non-celebrating people, with Mexicans beating us (us = other) 7:3. This time we visited the Windy City and within 24 hours my note-to-self read: MOVE TO CHICAGO ASAP!
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Last event of the year (not counting THE party) is tomorrow...

Et tu, Vedrana?!

I never thought it would come to this! Me? Blogger?
Countless sleepless nights and so much to say - I dare say it was inevitable...