Bottled Sky

Meet the newest superhero in town, the Amazing Nikki — the girl with the super Chin. In her latest adventure, she used her incredible Chin to ward off the evil forces of the Cement Floor, which she met after battling with the Slippery Rug in the Hallway. And when faced with accusations from WonderMom that her slipping was caused by her “imbalanced walking,” the Amazing Nikki used her signature move, the Defiant Chin Jut — which she still managed to pull off magnificently, notwithstanding the fact that at the time she was holding a Betadine-soaked cottonball to her Chin to stop the bleeding — combined with her patented Eye Roll.

The Amazing Nikki cracked jokes with PowerDad at the Superhero Repair Facility (ER to mere mortals), where the ultra-cute DoctorDude happily announced that stitches weren’t necessary and superglued (no kidding!) her Chin back together. Throughout the adventure, all Nikki could think about was how lucky she was that yearbook photos were over and that the cut was right under her face and therefore would not interfere with her relative cuteness too much.

Watch out for the next installment of the Adventures of the Amazing Nikki, where Nikki will attempt to actually finish an assignment without cramming.

I feel like drawing something dark and strange. Dark like a woman with whisper-thin fingers that are long enough to go around someone’s throat thrice and strange like a sunlit sky swarming with little tin-can robots with fairy wings. But I can’t because my artistic skills are limited to the safe and adorable. It’s frustrating to have visions in my head and not being able to let them out.

Still connected with my un-boyfriend search, I got to thinking about the sentence “I love you.” I think it’s overrated. It’s so often misused and abused that it’s lost some of its meaning and impact, at least to me. And when it’s said by someone who thinks love is a feeling, it can be downright sickening. There are a lot of other things I’d rather hear, like what my mom told me last week during a casual chat over breakfast. We were talking about metaphysics (casual?! LOL) and she said that her greatest fear about dying is not dying itself but that she might forget my dad and me. “I don’t ever want to forget you” is much better than “I love you” if you ask me. And I guess what made it more touching was that it didn’t come out being sappy or sentimental - she just said it as a matter of fact. I had to try very hard not to cry when she said that, because tearing up over breakfast cereal is way too weird, even for me

I did cry while eating a piece of toast two years ago, though. I had burnt my tongue and had not been able to eat anything solid for a week when that happened. I was crying because, man, it hurt! But I was laughing at the same time, because I found it so absurd and hilarious to be crying over toast. I bet I’ll never cry, laugh and eat toast all at the same time ever again LOL.

Well, wasn’t this quite the eclectic post! From fairy-bots to I-love-you’s to toast. I should stop typing now. Who knows what I’ll end up writing next.

The first time I tried JobPredictor.com it said, “Nikki Brion, your ideal job is a bungee jumper.” I knew it! I was born to bungee. I’ve been hoping for such a long time that a bungee jumping place would open here in the Philippines. There used to be one in Subic, but it closed down years ago. Someday I’m going to find some high place from which to jump off with ridiculously thin cords strapped to my ankles. I can’t wait!

It’s funny, because I’m not really an extreme-sports type. I just happen to love activities that involve heights I try to avoid, however, high edges with low to no railings, because I don’t trust myself not to jump. Don’t get me wrong! I’m not suicidal at all, but I get the feeling that I just might jump for the heck of it. I’ve always felt that way, even as a little kid.

When I read White Oleander many years back, I found this quote: “The mistrust of heights is the mistrust of self, you don’t know whether you’re going to jump.” Apparently I’m not the only one. Do you think you might jump, too?

Oh, and I saw an Adventure One plug for extreme ironing last night. I must say I haven’t seen anything more entertaining in a while. Who knew you could iron clothes while scuba diving? ;-P