4 types of things about Darius Stone
If it was only possible to get a beer each time I was tagged…..
Well, since Val tagged me, I guess its good netiquette to actually respond….and I must admit, some of my answers surprised me.
4 things that I’m passionate about
- My family. I know I missed out a lot on my son’s first year growing up coz’ of work schedules and routines that tested the boundaries of insanity. I guess sometimes we struggle to get the balance between providing for and actually living life, but I’ll be damned if I do that again.
- I’m fanatical about Arsenal football club. Some argue that my obsession is insane and unhealthy, but hey! Some folks love sex, others worship money, my serenity is the Arsenal. Of course it doesn’t help that my wife is a diehard Chelsea fan (you should see her shouting down a dodgy ref on TV – Oh! She makes me so proud), and people have asked me how I can live with a Chelsea fan – but stranger things have happened I tell you. At least we’re both passionate and crazy about the mighty All Blacks when it comes to rugby.
- Music. Did I mention music. I listen to most stuff except classical (despite studying it in high school and performing classical pieces) and hard core head banging noise that some folks prefer to call music. The only time I certified myself as clinically depressed was when in 1998, my entire music collection (I won’t say how many records or CD’s coz’ it was obscene – Imelda Marcos and her shoes wouldn’t touch me), was stolen while in transit. I was more gutted about the sentimental value of some of those songs rather than the financial cost of acquiring them.
- Writing. If I’m in a good zone and I’ve got the right headspace, I enjoy writing creative and thought provoking things. I sometimes scare myself when I read back what I’ve written in the past but I don’t regret it for the most part… Someone once told me that if I put my mind to it, my vividness and descriptive precision can be disturbing…LOL! Ye with issues….
4 words or phrases I use often
- Whatsmijiggmiface. Another variation is whatsmithingibob. I smile at my introduction to the whatsmijiggmiface word by my Australian flat-mate way back in college (bless her cotton socks…).The poor girl wanted to find a way of articulating her thoughts about the male genetalia without blushing in a room filled with warm blooded males.
- Lakini some people jomoko yawa – a phrase I use a lot in “mshangao” mode
- “I must have given you the impression that I actually give a fuck” – usually reserved for those that I want to ensure that there’s absolutely no ambiguity or grey areas about where I stand.
- ”Where did that come from?” – particularly when wondering what’s with the attitude….
4 things I want to do before I die
- Drive a train through a subway tunnel. I think its crazy driving an underground train in the dark and I just want to experience that madness.
- Renew my marriage vows at Ashburton Grove in N5 1BU, the most famous post code in North London. In case you’re wondering, its the magnificent Emirates Stadium, home of the Arsenal. Don’t tell anyone, but I don’t think my wife will buy that standing on the centre circle of the pitch with a vicar sort of thing (though I personally wouldn’t mind Arsene Wenger doing it)…but hey, you can dream….
- Do a road trip with a few good friends (the usual suspects know themselves) driving from the furthest point in the East coast of America, to the opposite side of the West coast. It’ll just be fun stopping for a few days nowhere in particular, or trying to find someone you know in a strange place like North Dakota. Considering you can fly for more than 8 hours and still be in the same country – I dread to think how long it will take and how many hired cars will be broken…but it just feels like a damn good thing to do.
- Learn how to use a fax machine and a photo-copier by myself….Yes! I confess (LOL!)…its a long story.
4 things I have learnt from the past
- Some people are only alive because it’s illegal to kill
- The only thing a good credit rating is useful for is to get you into debt – fuck that!
- Ambition is a poor excuse for those without the guts or the balls to say fuck it once in a while. It’s OK to be comfortable with what I’m up to…what’s all the fuss about.
- Everybody in life has their own demons…most never talk about their trials and tribulations, but behind the many faces that they present to others, there’s always one messed up person behind there.
4 Places I want to see or visit
- A proper traditional bull fight in Spain (I don’t want to be the matador)…but I most def want to experience the drama and run like a nonsense with a bull vying for blood chasing folks down the street.
- Being at the stadium where Arsenal lift the European Champions league trophy
- I want to go back to the little Italian restaurant in Old Town Alexandria…I don’t know whether they were having a bad night the first time I went there, but having the restaurant to ourselves with a chef who enjoyed cooking for us was the bomb.
- Seoul. When I was last in South Korea, I spent most days working and couldn’t venture out much – well except for the magnificent pub, the Warbar down the road from the hotel. But the couple of nights we went downtown was not enough to soak up the experience. When they say Asian tiger, you have to ride this one to believe it. It’s a fascinating place that I want to go back to.
4 things that happened yesterday
- I watched 2 episodes of Spooks
- I read an excruciatingly boring report with many figures that just went way over my head.
- Tomas Rosicky started training again – Yippee! (its an Arsenal thing)…
- My son cracked me up playing his own rendition of twinkle twinkle little star on the piano…
Do I even have enough people to tag? Let me see – Rafiki, Mystic, Acolyte, and where the hell is Pink when you need her?
Ebu unleash.
