I'm a Rainbow Too!

"Reality continues to ruin my life." - Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes.

Sunday, April 30, 2006

TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS!!!


It started as any other mad party night in Taichung. I went to yoga and picked up burritos for Dave, Leah, KF (Cd making boy) and I. KF and I set out to Freedom bar for Anday and Rainbow's birthday party. We were both a little nervous. 500nt for all you can drink...bound to get messy. This is the same venue that skull holding, ex confessing, inadvertantly being hit on, wierdness a couple weeks back. No good usually comes from all you can drink.

As the night escalates I have to carry one friend to a taxi and send her home, KF and I walk another friend home before we hit the club. This is where I get the feeling something might be up with KF, but can't be sure, we are holding hands and dancing, but this is normal drunk behaviour. I never really thought of him 'that way' until the week before. I met him when he was with his ex, and I with mine. They had a messy break up, I only heard her side and it left a pretty poor impression. My previous annoyance with him stemmed, for the most part, from this, and the fact that ex never really liked him.

The week before we hung out all day Sunday and I suddenly fancied the pants off him! He does Kung Fu (hence KF) and has this wicked, lean, muscual body. We were playing with that religion survey from my previous post and laughing till we cried. I told Leah that I could crawl all over him, and she observed that he probably could take it...turns out she was right!

We end up at mine, standing at the door smiling at each other. Out of the haze of the night I remember looking at him and saying "are you going to do it, or am I?" He laughs and leans in, grabs the back of my neck and kisses me hard. We practically run upstairs.

We woke up, round 2, slept, round 3, talking, giggling. I was curious how he would make his exit. I am certainly not looking for something serious with him, as I was sure neither was he. He didnt leave. We ordered pizza and watched movies in bed, rounds 4 and 5. By 11 last night his contacts were making his eyes look like he had been smoking copious amounts of weed, so he made his exit with a kiss and a smile. No ackwardness, just nice....YAY!!!

I had made plans with Leah and another friend last night so I had sent a" sorry, I can't make it as I have a naked boy in my bed that wants to watch movies and shag all day" text. I was feeling a bit bad as I am not one to ditch for boys, but this does not happen in Taichung. This place is not normal, and rather than any hostility, my girls regailed me with many words of encouragement!

After KF left I stepped over to Dave and Leah's. When Dave could finally look me in the eye he queued up his "boom chica boom" playlist that he downloaded all day for me....'She bangs', 'Taking Care of Business' , etc hahaha.

Am grinning like a freakin idiot today. Ex is no longer the last person I was with (yes it has been 8 months!), No standards were lowered and no self respect harmed in the making of this post!!!!!!!! Mwa hahahahaha!!

Sunday, April 23, 2006

"Procraaaaas-tination Time - COME ON!!"

I love the internet!!! I could NEVER write this exam!!!

No surprises
here: Belief-O-Matic

1. Neo-Pagan (100%)

2. New Age (98%)

3. Unitarian Universalism (96%)

4. Mahayana Buddhism (90%)

5. Liberal Quakers (87%)

6. Theravada Buddhism (78%)

7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (74%)

8. New Thought (69%)

9. Taoism (66%)

10. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (65%)

11. Secular Humanism (65%)

12. Scientology (65%)

13. Reform Judaism (53%)

14. Bahá'í Faith (50%)

15. Hinduism (46%)

16. Jainism (46%)

17. Orthodox Quaker (45%)

18. Sikhism (42%)

19. Nontheist (35%)

20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (28%)

21. Jehovah's Witness (28%)

22. Orthodox Judaism (26%)

23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (24%)

24. Seventh Day Adventist (17%)

25. Islam (15%)

26.Eastern Orthodox (11%)

27. Roman Catholic (11%)

Monday, April 17, 2006

Can You Feel The Love Tonight?

OK OK OK!!!

Saturday morning - T minus 0 sleeps, we pack up our bags and four of the country mice (Dave, Leah, Lisa and I; no longer a bubble-they pop. now we are but a circle!)hop a train to the big city. A bit of shopping (new Douglas Coupland book-yay!!), a visit to Taipei 101 (tallest building in the world for those who didnt know; I didnt until I got here!), a hairwash, some pizza and back to our hostel dorm to hook up with the rest of our mice. (nine of us in total) Some primping, some preening, some comfortable shoes; ready for a night of dancing.

On the way to the venue some love enhancing drugs were consumed. As we walked in we were all taken aback. I knew that this was supposed to be around 5000 people, but I didnt have the best idea of what that would look like. Nor did I have any preconceptions of the venue. It was huge, and packed and full pretty lights and LASERS (yes LAZUUURS). Much like cuz I have never been the biggest techno/trance/electronica fan. I am of the school that if you aren't hitting it out on an actual musical instrument and preferably writing it yourself, then it isnt really your music. But, especially after last Saturday, I will concede that there is some talent to the layering and mixing of sounds, not to mention the manipulation of the mood of the crowd!


The opening acts were great. Good music, lots of LASUUURS, fire shows, hot little dancers shakin there thang's, and some pretty amazing vocalists mixed in. The drugs started to kick in, and the love started to flow..."no YOU are the best!!" "NO, I love YOU" It was a great mix of people, and even the taiwanese people strung out on K, strewn around the stadium couldn't ruin our vibe! Dave was like a small child on Christmas Eve"We are at Tiesto-look, it's Tiesto" He warmed my heart, watching him. The boy has been a Tiesto fan pretty much as long as I have known him (and I have mocked him for it for about as long) He was the mastermind-heart and soul, behind the collosal field trip!

Tiesto went on at about 1:30, and I was flying by this point! I danced my non-exsistent ass off!!He worked the crowd for 3 solid hours, and when the lights went on at about 5, I was NOT ready to call it a night!! This was when the K freaks annoyed me-rumour has it that Tiesto will do 3-6 hour sets, but when a good portion of your crowd is (literally) sprawled out in the middle of the floor I guess you are not all that compelled to play on! It really does not strike me as a real party drug!

Amongst the many new friends we made that night, we found some people from Taipei that were heading to an after hours bar. I didnt leave the dance floor (as I do) but some of the other girls had had enough by about 6:30, so back to the hostel we went.

A couple hours of buzzy sleep, a bit more shopping and we were back to the country we went. Sunday and Monday I was a complete E-tart, but the night was worth it! I don't partake often, but when you save up for a big night like that it makes it worthwhile. A BIG night it was! For other perspecives of it, and some pics check out Dave and Leah. I am still loving my friends, Taiwan, my life!! This weekend will definitely be a quiet one though! I am getting too old for this shit!

Sunday, April 09, 2006

A Whole New Me!!!

Hey kids! I would like to welcome you all to my new and improved blog - I'm a Rainbow Take Two!! Not sure what happened to the old one...aparently I am the victim of some 'bug' in the template...but I had to give myself a new address too! I would like everyone to join me in unision with a "Thank you Leah!!!" Without whom none of this would have been possible-you really are the whiz, cuz!!

As Meghan pointed out, I even missed my one year blog anniversary! Let's just say that at my one year juncture I wanted to give you all a chance to look back and reflect on the past year (cause I don't give you ample opportunity at the best of times). But I am back, and aren't I pretty!!!

Life in Taichung has been great! We have joined a new yoga studio and have been going obsessively. Seasons are changing and we are getting a taste of the heat to come. Pao Pao and I were in the park this morning and I noticed that even my ass was sweating! Oh, summer in Taiwan!! I MUST get my a/c fixed ASAP or I am in big trouble!

I want relate my past weekend cause it was truely the strangest weekend I had in a LONG time!!

Friday night I went to KTV with some work people. Everyone else had ditched out, so it was just Carl and I joining all the Chinese teachers. It was good fun, we butchered a few songs, danced and laughed. At 10 they all announced it was time to go home. Some were getting calls from their mother's. ooookaaay...Carl and I were just getting going so we met up with some mates of mine for a birthday party at a 500 for all you can drink place. Ex and his new girl were there, along with quite a few goodfriends!

Later in the night this girl who was obviously good friends with ex and new girl sat down beside me. She was hammered and started talking about men in Taiwan. I mentioned that I had moved here with my ex. She came out with a very classy "what, did he get a taste of that Taiwanese pussy" Nooo, actually you know him. Turns out she is new girl's flatmate and bestfriend. Her reaction was the really strange part. She was dumbfounded that I had dated ex. Couldnt see us together at all (me either). But her reasoning...."you are just so sexy, and have such a presence, Ex is really good guy, great guy, but I can't imagine you with him...." blah blah blah! This is his new girlfriend's best friend!!!!! Poor girl!

To top off her night Ex cornered me in his drunken stupor to tell me that he still loved me, thinks about me everyday, I am the most important person to him in Taiwan, I am his girl....NOOOOOO! I am NOT your girl. You have a girl, and I am not it. I don't want to be your girl anymore. I loved you, and grieved you and got over you. You can't do this to me!!!! You can't do this to her! Selfish bastard. He had no clue that he was saying anything wrong...even said stuff like "I know I should tell you these things more often, but it is hard' NO you shouldnt tell me these things! I ended up walking away, having a wee teary moment in the bathroom, where Rainbow found me, said all the right things, gave me a hug and went out to the bar that Ex had left.

End of the night, bar clearing out- I see a white guy being dragged out while a taiwanese guy wielding a broken beer pitcher is held back . I go out, chuckling at the testosterone drama, to see the white guy covered in blood. He had messed with gansters and got smashed in the head with a bottle. Everyone was FREAKING OUT!! The guy had been a prick, but he was soooo scared. He was yelling for someone to hold his scalp together. I got some napkins from the bar and looked him square in the eyes. People were screaming, crying, yelling-general panic and mahem - just what a bleeding guy needs. "Look at me, you are ok! It looks worse than it is, Yes I promise! Don't listen to them, listen to me!" He held my gaze for all his life and I continued to talk him down while telling crying, screaming girl to fuck off, until his mates and ambulance came.

When I found my friends they said I looked like I had been out masacring kittens, so they cleaned me up and we moved on to another bar. As the sun was coming up I was talking to a boy that I have been flirting with for a long time (remember "ravishing"?) He suggested we go sit down, and I said that it had been a REALLY long night and I was going to lay down. He got out his keys and told me that he needed to be outside his apartment by ten thirty. I told him goodluck and went to find a taxi with a friend. As I was walking away he called out to me, when I turned around he just said goodnight. It wasnt until I woke up that I realized he thought he was going home with me. I am SO dumb. I am not going home with anyone with that little effort, but I didnt even realize it was on the table until I woke up!

So, yeah, that was my wierd and wacky friday night. Saturday night had me out until 11 am Sunday morning watching people do lines of K. Super interesting sociological study!! I dable recreationally in some drugs, but that is one that hold NO appeal for me, but it was great fun to watch!!

This weekend was much tamer. Yoga, meal out with the girls, bit of dancing! Good night's sleep! I have dedicated Sunday to playing on my new blog! I hope you are all well-I did some drunk commenting last night, so I will have to go back and make sure they are at least coherant and not offensive!

Happy Sunday everyone!!