What I've Been Up To

P142

Hi there. I have an hour to get online and play while I hold down the fort here as they start taking out drywall at my apt.

I thought I'd try I'm this updated Posterous app for the first time since I've been away by posting photos. So let's see.

The bulk of my time is spent with my 92 year old Grandma, who I've blogged about here in Posterous. Just this past week I was bitten (twice) on my left ankle by a really mean spider who put me out of commission, busted my second toe on my right doot and the toilets in my apt overflowed and one of them actually spewed/shot out stuff as if it were a volcano while I was gone for a day.

When people ask why didn't I go to the emergency because my ankle looked like some mutant growth that went bad I say it was simple. I don't like going for myself. I can go visit or go with others but I avoid hospitals like nobody else. Except my Dad. He's worse than I am.

1) I have a phobia of hospitals, esp the emergency room.

2) I have been helping my Gma the past few months and figured I'd ask her doctor when we visited the following day.

3) I forgot all about it after the dr informed us she had terminal cancer and they couldn't do anything to help her.

Later that day my Mom took me to her friend who is a practicing medical doctor. I was given a prescription for antibiotics. As I was leaving the building I didn't see a tiny step and my right shoe flew off as my foot pounded the rocky cement. My long ass toes smacked the pavement so hard they curled the opposite way. I was in serious pain but too embarrassed to tell my mom. The following morning she came to check on me since I was told I couldn't walk on it for 24 hrs and my busted second toe was black and blue with a huge knot on the first knuckle, or whatever it is. WOULD YOU say something? No! You're limping as it is and then trip and hurt your good foot...

Anyway, after that I had to get up because my Gma needs me to massage her. It helps her a lot and I'm the only one who does it here.

So with my two bunk feet I go one more day before doing back to visit the doctor and she promptly tells me that she is prescribing the strongest antibiotic there is because it wasn't working. I thought it looked a little better but I guess not. She also stated when she said I couldn't go anywhere that meant staying off the foot. Period. And she was calling my mom to tell her.

So after that I drive to my Mom's work because they're having their Christmas office party. A Chinese herbalist takes a look at my foot and says she'll fix me. I'll be better by that night. ??? Excuse me? There's no way.

Look how my foot was at that time.

Or don't. This app only let's you post one photo at a time?

I better send this before my iPhone drops.

Pardon the no links and heavy text. I'm just full of it these days.

Krys

http://facebook.com/dreammm
http://twitter.com/krystynchong

Posterous Subscriptions & Some Love

Just did an update on who's subscribing via KRYS: Krys Rocks You Silly Posterous and who's subscribed to KrysPics. I'm going to take this time to ask you twitterers and facebook friends to click my linkage and find the subscribe button so you get my blog posts. I'm gauging traffic because I'm back in the mix. First, there's going to be a massive clean up. No matter how clean you are there's always some form of trash nearby that needs attending to.

P_lg_dreammm_c2d425a23d53

Get in and get dirty. Good dirty. Subscribe. Follow. Friend me. Something, you can't just keep feeding off my tweets forever you know. OK, so you can. I like to feed. In fact, I'm going to RSS feed you real soon so be ready.

http://kryspics.posterous.com/

http://dreammm.posterous.com/

http://facebook.com/dreammm/

http://twitter.com/krystynchong

http://empireavenue.com/DREAMMM

If I booted you or boot you feel free to do the same to me. If I know you via twitter email me at dreammm @ facebook.com with your ID so I can apologize and ask you to resubscribe.

Any questions? Hugs? Accolades? The finger? I'm all about the thumb now. No more poking. I want a thumbing aka: thumbs up. If you like me, I want to know. It helps me grow. Otherwise, I wouldn't really give a shit. I know who sees me and bothers but we're going to start doing this like thing so I can get a bigger head.

Now I'll probably get all thumbs down or hey, if only there was a hating on you icon...

Anyway. Love me and have a good one.  :)

Krys

<!--- CUT AND PASTE FROM HERE --> <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"> //EDIT THE FOLLOWING VARIABLES //enter your exact ticker var eav_t = "DUPS"; //Size 1 is 100x100 and Size 2 is 190x167 var eav_s = 2; //Do not edit the following: var eav_is_ssl = ("https:" == document.location.protocol); var eav_asset_host = eav_is_ssl ? "https://badge.empireavenue.com/" : "http://badge.empireavenue.com/"; document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + eav_asset_host + "blog/?t=" + eav_t + "&l=" + escape(window.location) +"&s=" + eav_s + "' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); </script> <!--- TO HERE -->

Splish Splash

Here it is, my bathtub pic from earlier today. I feel like I lost a bet and am paying up. :p So, I had to do some fail to it to make it special, hence the distortion. Shoot, if I just posted it straight it'd be so unlike me and way uh, normal? Ordinary?

;)

Anyway...

Photo

Thanks for your support. This picture will self-destruct in 10, 9, 8...


Ebony Eyes


-Krys
Bug Stomper

Pick n Click
http://dreammm.Posterous.com
http://kryspics.Posterous.com
http://fav.Posterous.com

http://facebook.com/dreammm
http://twitter.com/krystynchong
http://youtube.com/user/krystynchong


-Sent from my iPhone

These Heels Aren't Made For Walkin

I'll post a picture with them on when I have something cute to wear. I'm showing em now via tweet requests...

Photo


Brick and Stop

-Krys
Bug Stomper

Pick n Click
http://dreammm.Posterous.com
http://kryspics.Posterous.com
http://fav.Posterous.com

http://facebook.com/dreammm
http://twitter.com/krystynchong
http://youtube.com/user/krystynchong


-Sent from my iPhone

Know what this is?

I didn't. My brother showed this to me.

Photo


The Floaters - Float On

-Krys
Bug Stomper

Pick n Click
http://dreammm.Posterous.com
http://kryspics.Posterous.com
http://fav.Posterous.com

http://facebook.com/dreammm
http://twitter.com/krystynchong
http://youtube.com/user/krystynchong


-Sent from my iPhone

Blue Bully is Dead

Damn! I just looked over at the tank and he's done. No sign of trauma, just belly up dead.

I never located the albino frog, kind of want to see if it's in Blue Bully's tummy but nah. I wonder if it was the frog that killed him maybe? He couldn't digest?

wth. Why are these fish dying? I bought a heater, fixed the
water ph...

Now I'm left with one brown algae fish you can barely see. He's next to the heater (left side, bottom) in the photo below.

Photo

Blue Bully's last picture, taken after I couldn't find the frog.


Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Deliver


-Krys
Fish Killer

Pick n Click
http://dreammm.Posterous.com
http://kryspics.Posterous.com
http://fav.Posterous.com

http://facebook.com/dreammm
http://twitter.com/krystynchong
http://youtube.com/user/krystynchong


-Sent from my iPhone

My Gma's (Grace, 91 yrs old) Latest Ikebana Arrangement

There are 3 different floral materials but I can only name two: Dogwood and orchids. The other is a tongue twister. Dendedroloaneslalium or something. I'll ask my grandma in the morning.

Photo


The Marvelettes - Beat Me to the Punch

-Krys
Bug Stomper

Pick n Click
http://dreammm.Posterous.com
http://kryspics.Posterous.com
http://fav.Posterous.com

http://facebook.com/dreammm
http://twitter.com/krystynchong
http://youtube.com/user/krystynchong


-Sent from my iPhone

Tasty worms for my African Albino Frog & Bettas

I bought a feeder fish and African albino frog yesterday for the tank with my remaining blue cichlid. 

The guy said my cichlid (small) should leave them alone. Now that blue bully is the only fish left he doesn't know what to do with himself.

The bettas are both doing fine. When I was a kid we used to feed them these worms. They're slurping in feast heaven as well as being entertained since the worms fall through the slots at the bottom and they turn into stalk-like predators ready to snatch up the worms as they wiggle in and out the grid...

This picture was taken with Camera Flash Ultra
Email

Jiggy's "It"

I shot this photo knowing Jiggy would be peeking around the corner as we chased each other back and forth playing tag. 

As long as I'm not looking at her when she's "it" she will stalk me...creep around corner, run up and pat me with her paws when she spots me (usually cowering toward wall) and then run off when I turn around in response.

This is how I taught her to pump up her chest like guys do when they fight. "whhhaaasup!?" I say this and then "giddy up, Jiggy!" she'll then stand on her back paws like a meercat, cock her head sideways like she's egging you on. Cmon, want some? She rises up and down - thats where I got "giddy up" - it's hilarious. She totally does a dance/posturing move, challenging me.  Just bust a move!

She's hasn't wanted to play like this for a year.

This is the Jiggy I know!

(picture taken with iPhone app Camera Flash Ultra)
Email

While I'm Injured, My Brother Sets Up Shop

I fell and injured my hand right before my brother started teaching a self-defense women's wing chun class. He wants me there to hold the bag, etc.

This is what he setup while I heal. LOL when he kicks this bag, the sound you hear is scary enough to stay injured.

I should record it.

This picture was taken with Camera Flash Ultra
Email

Make-up!

Brands. Who cares, right? Well, women do. I've found out over the past six months that most females who wear make-up can tell you the name of their mascara and what brands they use.

Now I can, too. 

I like Smashbox, Urban Decay, Loreal and whatever has a pretty case or design. 

Aveda, a hair product company, has the best foundation. Bed Head, has the best shampoo and hair products. Oil of Olay's Pro skin care line is great with their facial cleansing brush.

This useless information brought to you via insomnia. Shit. I'm awake and looking at make-up. Insane in the membrane...

This picture was taken with iPhone app Camera Flash Ultra


Email

My Mom!

Dropped by my Mom's office this afternoon to take a picture of my Grandma's ikebana arrangement. 

One week from today my mother will be turning 66 years old. She looks pretty good for age, eh?

Image
This picture was taken with Camera Flash Ultra

Jiggy Gets Sleepy

Jiggy chills in my bedroom for a change. I hope she's finally back to feeling "at home". She's been on my lap and talking to me non-stop all day so I think I do have my little baby diva back.

I brought out a comforter for her and she was fast asleep in minutes.

Photo

You're getting sleeeepy...

Image

And she sleeps. I get some clothes folded and prepare for the Kung-fu robots.


Tierra - Together


-Krys
Cat Whisperer

Pick n Click
http://dreammm.Posterous.com
http://kryspics.Posterous.com
http://fav.Posterous.com

http://facebook.com/dreammm
http://twitter.com/krystynchong
http://youtube.com/user/krystynchong


-Sent from my iPhone

Oh Fish

So I went to the fish place to get answers about my cichlids and it's what I was told by my friend: I didn't leave any leftover water when I cleaned the tank.

Check out their thirty-five year old blue Oscar. Am I alone in feeling sorry for him? He can't swim freely in a tank that's just big enough to hold him and there aren't any decorative sea life plants to make it at least a little fish-like reality.

He's in a holding tank. Imprisoned. Then I remind myself, what do I know? He's lasted this long, I suppose he's fine. I wish he didn't follow me as I circled his tank because my lame way of summing things up is he needs more room to roam and he's longing for attention.

Photo_3

Scary beautiful.

(download)

Pets are so precious. I'm still getting over the guilt of having a budgie in a cage for over a decade. When I brought her to the emergency pet hospital and they said she stopped breathing I wondered for the longest time if she just gave up. What happened? Knowing it was her time, she lived a long bird life didn't console me.

So why do I have a cat and some fish now? Jiggy was bought from a pet store and given to me as a surprise from my roommate over 15 years ago. Damn. Jiggy is old. Anyway, it had been 4 years since my 19 year old cat, Kiku, had to be put down when Chani, who is allergic to cats, brought her and said, "Surprise!" I would never have taken steps to get another cat on my own. The pain of losing Kiku was still fresh, I would tear up at the mention of her name. Little did I know another cat would bring so much laughter and joy. The fish - well I wanted to entertain Jiggy with the bettas and then I was given a beautiful fish tank so I gave in and bought the darn things.

Where was I going with this? I think I was saying I don't know what's best for fish and harbor guilt for the albino cichlid dying from my own naiveity and still have opinionated nerve about an Oscar's well-being. I won't be expressing my fish concern to the to store employees, this is just for you to know. You know?

My iPhone is about to die and I can barely read what I've written because I have the brightness on low to prolong battery life.

If only our pets had rechargeable batteries...life would be grand, wouldn't it?

-Krys
Unintentional Fish Stomper

P.S. Due to time, this post as well as all my other kryspics get sent "as is". Editing will be here once I get an internet connection aside from this iPhone.

In other words, I'm not careless and get the on and on's without good purpose.

Pick n Click
http://dreammm.Posterous.com
http://kryspics.Posterous.com
http://fav.Posterous.com

http://facebook.com/dreammm
http://twitter.com/krystynchong
http://youtube.com/user/krystynchong

http://dreammm.com/mp3/shiningstar.mp3 The Manhattans - Shining Star

-
Sent from my iPhone

Water Tank Meds for Dead Fish Swimming

It's been a long day. I changed the carbon clean & clear renewal sachet in the water pump. Looks like I messed up by not leaving any old water when I cleaned the tank the other night. I dumped it all, all the necessary bacteria needed and made sure everything was spic and span, sparkling clean. Ugh. What a knucklehead maneuver!

I also have a five-in-one Marine Test Kit. It's very white coat lab techie like. Ph, Aik, NH3 & NH4, NO2, NO3...

Uh, OK.

The orange cichlid is still having seizures every 20 minutes. It's very painful to watch but hearing the fish bang into the lid and dive into the gravel is worse. I don't know how the poor thing is hanging on.

Photo

I feel like the fish are already doomed. I suck. Sigh.

-Krys
Fish Taker

Pick n Click
http://dreammm.Posterous.com
http://kryspics.Posterous.com
http://fav.Posterous.com

http://facebook.com/dreammm
http://twitter.com/krystynchong
http://youtube.com/user/krystynchong


-Sent from my iPhone

Just One Look

Howdy. Thought I'd upload some blog posts that never made it to the presses. For some reason or another they just stayed in my draft box.

Here's one from a little over a month ago I had titled "Attack On My Zombie Brainz."

February 2011:

Photo

If you know my 91 year old Grandma you know she doesn't mince words. She drives, teaches ikebana twice a week, shops & cooks for herself. And she doesn't like this hairstyle. "Too much forehead." Yup. She said that after I noticed her looking at me with an odd, distasteful look and curiously asked, "What? You don't like my hair pulled back?" So you won't be seeing my extra large brain (cause we know that's the sign of a big forehead) anymore.

She doesn't like this photo either but oh well.


-Krys
Bug Stomper

Pick n Click
http://dreammm.Posterous.com

You Are Here
http://kryspics.Posterous.com

http://facebook.com/dreammm
http://twitter.com/krystynchong
http://youtube.com/user/krystynchong


Eddie Money - Baby Hold On To Me


-Sent from my iPhone

My Fluval

Lots of work, these cichlids...

Check out my big ass net I had to bend since my 2 gallon tank is just about the same width. The Fluval gravel cleaning tube is quite large, as well.

Image
This picture was taken with iPhone app: Camera Flash Ultra

Fish N Cups

Fish on! 

This picture was taken with Camera Flash Ultra

Email
Cleaning my Fluval fish tank! It's somewhat of a challenge with my janky hand slowing me up. It was anticipated but for some reason I thought it'd be easier with a tube gravel cleaner. Not so much. 

For now, I rest and watch the cichlids. 

The stress must make them poop, they've only been in the water cups for 10 minutes. I treated it with dechlorinator and have had the water sitting out since yesterday -- which is good since they'll be cupping it for an hour at least. 

6 mins, 6 mins of whining...

One more month for my hand to get back to doing what it ought to be doing. What it is capable of. Excels at.

Like eating? I've lost weight it seems. I hadn't noticed. I haven't been taking daily mirror shots because it's a challenge and I look like my hand feels. Bent. Or is it "spent"? Either way it's difficult at times. When you can't twist off a water bottle cap or sign your name legibly, it's not a big deal until it coincides with all the other setbacks meshing into one tossed salad weeks later. And I can't complain without feeling lame because things definitely could be worse. Let's just call this what it is.

Fail!

Photo

Ew.


Everything

-Krys
Bug Stomper

Pick n Click
http://dreammm.Posterous.com
http://kryspics.Posterous.com
http://fav.Posterous.com

http://facebook.com/dreammm
http://twitter.com/krystynchong
http://youtube.com/user/krystynchong


-Sent from my iPhone

How's the weather?

Rainy, windy and chilly. Trees are falling down left and right, drains are clogged and flooding streets, traffic accidents on every highway, and power keeps going out.

Minuscule when compared to other parts of the world. I'm cold and windblown this morning but grateful for everything I have. My Family. Friends. And music.

Photo

"Music exposes a person's soul." ~Unknown


Elton John - Daniel

-Krys
Bug Stomper

You Are Here
http://kryspics.Posterous.com

http://youtube.com/user/krystynchong
http://dreammm.Posterous.com
http://twitter.com/krystynchong
http://facebook.com/dreammm

-Sent from my iPhone