What I liked about Hunger Games was its message on reality tv. We are all naive spectators waiting to be awed by good “reality” where in fact what we see are staged and forced plots.
The Best Thing That God Ever Created is A New Day
Last Lap.
I might need another lap but doing the best(albeit very late) to finish all in one final lap.
Wait. I hate the lap metaphor for it implies race, a competition. College is absolutely not about competition, or at least in my opinion.
But anyway, I need to survive the the last two weeks.
March 14 - nada
March 15 - IE 156 Final Presentation with working database software
March 16 - EnE 31 Photo Essay
March 17 - IE 198 Final Case
March 18 - SUNDAY - RESSSST!
March 19-23 - Pending dates for IE 156 Draft of Final Report, IE 156 Final Exam, EnE31 Reaction Papers, Bio 1 2nd Long Exam, Bio 1 Finals(hopefully I’m exempted so I won’t have to take this), and the most crucial Final Exam of ME63.
I also have to clear my graduation deficiencies. The PE placement exam grades are not yet forwarded to the Engg registrar.
How to become a smoker
Adored this article. The smoking metaphor really worked.
Forcing to like or do something out of the satisfaction of others is the common pitfall of getting in a relationship. I think this reinforces the idea of the complete self rather than relying to the other person to fill in the missing puzzle pieces.
Justin Vernon said perfectly in (probably my favorite interview on him) Pitchfork:
It has a lot to do with realizing that, no matter how much you care about a person, you have to be able to know that you can sit down at night and be happy with who you are without that person.
A few more sleepless nights dedicated to school
- 70% done on our final presentation later today.
- I need some sleep.
- I need more sleep.
- I think I did good enough on the dreaded Thermodynamics exam.
- Motivated now more than ever.
- Good night.
I will definitely miss singing along with Ben Gibbard and the rest of the other fans.
Was also dancing and jumping around to Crooked Teeth, The New Year, The Sound of Settling(baa baaah baa baaah) and so many more(Soul Meets Bodyyyy, the papapa rara papapa part, Grapevine Fires ) LOL.
But I really enjoyed the slower songs where I was still and just taking all the emotions of the songs. A Lack of Color, What Sarah Said?, I Will Follow You into the Dark and Transatlanticism which almost made me shed a tear.
Great show last night. Ben, Chris, Jason and Nick, you guys are freaking amazing. But mostly Ben! He was oozing sex when he danced! Ok enough. Haha.
Nothing upsets me more than disappointing my family especially my mom.
Sigh. Doing my best for it not to happen.
Made a Vday Mix inspired by Skinny Love and re:Stacks
Well not because of Bon Iver’s recent Grammy win but because it’s something personal. The idea came from Justin Vernon’s interview in Pitchfork. He explained what Skinny Love meant when he wrote it.
…you’re in a relationship because you need help, but that’s not necessarily why you should be in a relationship. And that’s skinny. It doesn’t have weight. Skinny love doesn’t have a chance because it’s not nourished.
When asked about how to stay growing in a relationship, this is what he had to say:
It has a lot to do with realizing that, no matter how much you care about a person, you have to be able to know that you can sit down at night and be happy with who you are without that person. That’s really hard when you’re a lonely emo kid. But you can do it. You should be able to have happiness. If you don’t have that, then you’re not really bringing your whole self to the relationship. You’re using each other as a crutch. But I could be totally fucking wrong.
Mr. Vernon is right. Don’t go rush in into something when you, yourself is not ready. Stay in the pit stop for a while until everything’s almost fixed. Be balanced, be fine, be patient and be kind. If you become one, then the unlocking and the lift away happens and you can say with confidence that “your love will be safe with me.”
Download the mix here.
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Wow!After receiving the ugly and tragic result(I’m older by a decade) of my second Thermodynamics exam, here comes great news! My application for the Global Business Seminar is accepted! I’ll be attending the seminar and case competition on the 18th and 25th of this month.
Despite my ingratitude towards life and too much taking it for granted, I’m lucky and endowed with opportunities. I guess it’s really up to me to make use of these opportunities and translate them into success stories. Or if I fail, there’s always wisdom to reap afterwards. Pretty much a win-win situation for me.
And that film makes me sure I want to be a dad.
Hopefully not as a single dad. Cx
Any takers? :))
The event I attended last night
is a reaffirmation of the things I really want and the principles I believed are truly mine. There are personal realizations that came to fruition.
- Being gay doesn’t mean you have to have a group of gay friends. A circle or what we call gay barkada is not necessary.
- Most of the gay men I met yesterday don’t believe in gay rights, specially in gay marriage. I raised that question and asked the opinion of the members of the small group I was part of. According to them, marriage is what the straights do and since we are gay we should not imitate them. 0.o I don’t wanna judge them but that is just idiotic. At least I got to defend my position on gay rights and marriage and prolly taught them a lesson or two.
- Many gay men are still after casual sex. I know from an academic pov that sex can be for pleasure and/or attached to emotion/love. Personally, I don’t want to waste time pursing casual sex that leads to nothing. Emotions and love will be reasons why I would have sex with one person. I’m not saying that I’ll hold out my virginity after I get gay married. LOL. Love should be a dimension of sex.
- I’m disappointed really with the mentality of our fellow Filipino gay men. At least the ones I’ve met.
